Rust - Chapter 411



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RUST-411

Maru, who started rolling the three women, started farming.

The reason I came to Pittsburgh was to obtain raw materials for medicines, but now I had a huge laboratory, which was a tempting prey. I couldn’t miss this great opportunity.

[The cannibals are wandering around one by one. Is that okay?]

[It’s better because people also need to gain practical experience.]

The cannibals in the large laboratory were annihilated. What remained were scattered here and there, and the situation was that the control was released when the psychic power user died.

I thought that since the mind control was lifted, the intelligence would be restored, but it wasn’t. It was similar to how the infected people who had been running wild gradually developed behavioral disorders as if they were developing dementia.

[That’s terrible. Did you become like that after being affected by psychic powers for a long time?]

[Isn’t that something the person looking for information should check?]

[······.]

[There will be some information related to the cannibal state in the experimental report, so look for it carefully.]

Do you have the presence of mind to worry about anything else? Get to work quickly.

[Chick- A-1 area cleared.]

[Beep. Area A-2 cleared.]

[Don’t forget to install and retrieve the repeater, and keep groups of three.]

[Check communication status.]

[Communication status is good.]

The Royal Guard and Knights, armed with armored exosuits, began searching in groups of three.

[Raw materials secured.]

[Special steel found.]

There were warehouses for iron and steel and petrochemical companies in the outskirts, so they were able to secure ample supplies.

[When will the convoy arrive?]

[We will arrive within an hour.]

Additional snowmobiles and sleds were sent from Vladivostok, but the vast quantities of raw materials required multiple round trips.

‘An airship. No, I wish we could have used at least a railway.’

It was fortunate that there was no heavy snow and the temperature was around -40 degrees Celsius. If there had been a blizzard or the temperature had dropped below -50 degrees Celsius, we might have had to give up transporting supplies.

‘It’s fortunate that the worst was avoided.’

A large-scale transport operation involving more than 200 personnel continued for several days.

Kim Yang lived as a sniper totem the rest of the time, except for a short break, while Hood was buried in data organization, high on caffeine.

What about the nurse?

[Everyone worked hard today. Please take a special meal. Oh, right. The weather is nice, so should we take a bath in warm water?]

What?

Kaaaak–

That’s right.

[Shoot the head]

[If it is difficult to align the head and heart, aim for the lower body as much as possible.]

Those who are gaining practical experience fighting against cannibals suffering from the aftereffects of mind control are growing by the day. Should we say that they are now able to handle it on their own?

[Cannibal discovered in Area C-12.]

[Secure the distance. Support Charlie Team.]

[The engagement begins.]

The attack began with low, suppressed gunfire.

[Clear. This is Alpha. Move to Area D-1.]

[Confirmed. Bravo will support you.]

The good times were short-lived, however, as the cannibals’ reactions began to change little by little.

[Their movements have changed.]

[Specifically.]

[Beginning to conceal, cover.]

[There are still a few who use weapons.]

There was circumstantial evidence that the brain functions damaged by the mind takeover were gradually recovering. They were starting to avoid traps, and forming groups. They were regaining their senses.

[According to research data, cannibals generally recover from the side effects of mind control in about three weeks.]

[Cannibals. Normal people don’t recover?]

[Yes. It has been shown that even if ordinary people are released from mind control, they suffer permanent damage to their brain.]

[Is it because of the cannibalistic power?]

[Yes.]

[Do you remember that too?]

[They say that most cannibals get their food back.]

[Not good.]

It had been two weeks since the transport operation began, and the cannibals were starting to slowly recover from the side effects of their mind control.

[This is the last time we transport supplies, and we will gather as many troops as possible.]

It was Maru who planned to bring the troops from Vladiak Town to Pittsburgh and wipe out the cannibals.

[I’ll finish this before they come to their senses.]

The transport operation turned into a large-scale punitive operation, and then the sound of gunfire to celebrate the New Year filled Pittsburgh.

The new year seemed like it would be a bountiful year in many ways.

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A bitter cold spell hit New York.

The temperature in New York, which had never dropped below -10 degrees Celsius no matter how cold it was because it was surrounded by the ocean, began to drop below -20 to -30 degrees Celsius.

Fortunately, the Department of Homeland Security had been steadily stockpiling heating coal and stoves in preparation for emergencies, but these measures only benefited those who had them.

The New York State government and New York City government prepared for the situation as if they were on fire, but they were helpless in the face of the natural disaster of extreme cold.

“The snow has piled up and turned into ice. Snow removal is impossible.”

“Until winter is over, we have no choice but to rely on manpower to supply basic necessities.”

After weeks of power outages of unknown causes that lasted for about a month, less than 30% of high-rise buildings had elevators that could be operated by emergency generators.

It was horrible enough to have to climb up and down 40 to 50 floors of stairs, but the water pipes were frozen, so we had to carry drinking water up the stairs. In this way, little by little, high-rise buildings and mansions turned into hell.

“There are increasing areas without electricity and communications.”

“The New York Police Department and the FBI are jointly investigating, but they say there has been no progress in the investigation.”

There were also a series of mass disappearances of homeless people and refugees who were unable to endure the sudden cold wave and had gone into underground sewers to escape the cold.

In this situation, the Department of Homeland Security, which should have been the center of gravity, was in disarray. This was because the hardliners, led by the deputy director, attempted to oust Director Dan Brown.

Director Dan Brown noticed that the Deputy Director and the hardliners were moving strangely and used the trap to get rid of the hardliners and the Deputy Director, but the repercussions were huge.

“Are you sure their involvement is true?”

“The circumstances are clear, but no clear evidence can be found.”

If Virginia Langley had set her mind to designing it, it would be hard to find any evidence.

“The strangest thing is that so many agents rebelled at the same time.”

“Yes, looking at your abnormal judgment and behavior, it seems like you’ve been brainwashed. That’s true, but it does raise a lot of questions.”

Many production facilities were damaged by the EMP aftermath. Considering that even facilities producing psychotropic drugs related to brainwashing were not spared from the aftermath, there were many parts that were difficult to understand in order to simply conclude that the brainwashing was done with drugs.

Just considering that so many agents were brainwashed in a short period of time, that was the case.

If a large number of people were brainwashed with drugs, it would have taken a long time, and it would have been impossible for abnormal signs of such large-scale brainwashing not to have been discovered.

So, you’re saying that they used something other than drugs to brainwash them. Whatever it was, it must have been a human experiment, so if we find an experiment that involved moving large amounts of material, we can catch them.

Director Den Brown thought so.

“What happened to the search?”

“A large quantity of material has been confirmed to have entered a laboratory in Pittsburgh.”

There was a place where they regularly delivered food to feed thousands of people.

“Thousands?”

“At the lab?”

“······.”

“Where did it lead to?”

“We found evidence of a large order of food from the military-industrial complex and traced it back.”

Director Dan Brown’s eyelids fluttered slightly. If there were any signs that Virginia Langley and the military-industrial complex were working together, he had to assume that the military was also involved.

‘Even the military is involved in large-scale biological experiments.’

It wasn’t good.

Whatever research they did there was used to tell Homeland Security agents, which was definitely not good because it could be interpreted to mean that even the military wanted to weaken Homeland Security.

Director Dan Brown dispatched a team to Pittsburgh, where a large laboratory was located, to determine the exact circumstances.

What the investigation team found when they arrived in Pittsburgh was evidence of a fight scattered here and there. Traces of the majority killing the minority as if hunting them down.

“Traces of exosuit movement.”

There is talk of heavily armed troops being deployed.

“If you look at the bullet marks on the wall, it’s a 12.7mm armor-piercing bullet.”

“There are no shell casings around.”

And the deep pits dug here and there were filled with charcoal lumps shaped like humans.

“oh my god.”

“It’s a massacre.”

Although the Homeland Security Investigation Team had been through a lot, they couldn’t help but be shaken by the traces of cruelty that could be seen in Africa or the Middle East.

“Once you’ve filmed everything, get some samples.”

“All right.”

After several days of searching, they were able to find a large laboratory. And as soon as they entered the underground laboratory on the first basement level, several of the people in the lead collapsed, showing symptoms of nerve gas poisoning.

“Gas! Gas!”

“Crazy! It’s VX gas.”

“Antidotes! Antidotes?”

“That’s it.”

The investigation team lost their comrades in vain.

“What kind of kids are they?”

“They sprayed gas and didn’t even put up a warning sign?”

When I think of the forces that have no qualms about using VX gas, only one comes to mind: those who sprayed VX in New York’s sewers.

Who were the ones who threw all the corpses into the pit and burned them? Who were the ones who left the mutilated corpses that were found here and there?

“Vladimir Kalin···?”

“······.”

“maybe.”

“You little shits.”

The investigators who had lost their comrades in vain hurled curses, but that only lasted for a moment.

Starting with a building with a hole in it, there were buildings with their sides torn apart. The investigation team members could not help but remain silent as they looked at the buildings covered in cut marks here and there.

“Are you saying that that person did that?”

“what’s this···.”

“Is that a knife mark? Isn’t it?”

“······.”

“···Cutting a building with a knife?”

Is this a real human baby?

Judging by the traces left on the bodies and buildings, it was clear that Vladimir Kalin and his forces had swept through Pittsburgh, turning the city of 300,000 into a giant graveyard.

“I’m going back.”

As the investigation team turned toward New York, people began to emerge from the bushes a short distance away.

“These Homeland Security kids are quick-witted.”

“There are still people left to dispatch. It seems like the operation has failed.”

“Go straight into the lab.”

Looking at the luggage of those returning to New York, it seemed that they had not found the lab. If they had, they would not have left behind such important parts and data.

“If those Homeland Security bastards are running around okay, it’s possible that those with psychic abilities are still under control.”

“The most important thing is the psychic. Next, we retrieve the key components and medicine. Got it?”

“ancient!”

“approach.”

Those who watched the Homeland Security investigation team leave seeped into the city, which was left with only traces of death.

Those who headed straight for the building with the large laboratory as if they knew where everything was reached the basement level.

“Ugh! Nerve gas?”

“Gas! Gaas-”

“Ugh. Don’t come in.”

I was too deep to tell them not to come in. The steady steps I took turned into steps toward death.

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Director Dan Brown chewed and swallowed a headache pill after receiving the investigation team’s report.

‘Suspected of mass genocide?’

There are traces of Vladimir Kalin in it too?

Could it be that we’re having a fight?