Rust - Chapter 429



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RUST -429

High waves and temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius were no problem underwater.

“This is how you write a submarine.”

Kim Yang was stunned. She had taken the submarine that the Riser Pharmaceuticals guys had been using, and it turned out to be useful.

“But why did you go in from such a far away place in a submarine instead of in an airship?”

“They say there’s a naval vessel anchored there, so we have to be careful.”

Although the radar may not be performing at its best due to the snowstorm and radio interference, we must not let our guard down.

If the crows were in an environment where they could do their job, then maybe. If you were trying to miss a fleet-to-air missile in the cold and snow, wouldn’t an airship be a one-shot kill?

“Then why come here? There were other places besides here.”

“If we attack a port city, we won’t know who attacked us.”

Just because the New York Department of Homeland Security attacked a secret laboratory, it wouldn’t immediately lead to an all-out war with New York. If we started a war in this weather, the damage would be enormous, regardless of who won or lost.

“What if I wake up?”

“I guess there’s nothing I can do.”

whatever?

Maru was confident.

Are you doing this just to make things better for yourself?

No, that’s not true.

We’re all trying to live together, so what if we just sit still and don’t attack?

So what if cannibals upgrade to vampires? Wouldn’t that just make things even worse?

“While New York and Texas are at war, just blowing up their secret lab would give New York an advantage.”

According to information from Seattle, their experiments are almost complete. So we have to do something.

“I don’t know why cannibals do that either.”

Their goal was to become the dominant species. If their goal was simply to become the dominant species, they would have become cannibals when the cannibalism spread.

The reason why they continued to conduct related research was probably because they wanted to become a more perfect dominant species that eliminated the shortcomings of cannibals.

[Arrived.]

“Okay. Let’s send the crow first.”

Kaaaak!

The submarine hatch opened and several crows flew out.

Because of the snowstorm, the reconnaissance camera footage quality wasn’t great, but we were still able to get a rough idea of ​​the alert posture.

“This side is completely empty.”

It was so empty that I wondered if it was a trap. I don’t know if they trusted the navy because the warship was anchored there, but it was empty. The CCTV was also out of service due to the snow piled up over 4m and the blizzard blowing.

Kim Yang equipped the exosuit with a look of delight on her face.

[This will be over soon.]

“Okay. The target is the building marked 8th Street. We’ll complete the operation before the snowstorm ends.”

Why would anyone risk their life waiting for this kind of weather? This was what they were aiming for.

“Blow out all but one entrance. Prioritize infiltration and detonation.”

[Okay.]

If they moved together, Maru would have a good synergy with Kim Yang, who could snipe from a distance, but Maru would have a disadvantage in that he could not freely use his life skills.

“Let’s go separately, since we might have to live together.”

In order to maximize Maru’s fighting power, they had to move separately. Maru alone, Kim Yang alone, and a team of five guards, with two teams providing backup. A total of 12 people infiltrated one side of the port city.

Kaaaak!

The crows began to perform skilled reconnaissance flights. They flew low and close, and not only did they capture the external situation as much as possible with cameras, but they also installed repeaters here and there to establish a communications network.

[good job.]

Caw-

Kaaaak-

The crows did a great job, to the point where even Maru would praise them, and the crows got their money’s worth, even if they were people.

The snowstorm made hiding a bit unstable, but on the other hand, the snowstorm quickly erased my footprints, so I didn’t have to climb up walls or buildings.

[Arrived. But there are a lot of security guards on the 2nd and 3rd floors.]

Miss Kim arrived first and reported.

Half of the first and second floors were covered in snow, but there were a lot of security guards? This was strange.

[Isn’t it stuck?]

[If I had gotten caught, the siren would have sounded.]

Maru went up to the fourth floor of the building where there were few security guards.

Suguguk- As we passed through a corner, we saw guards guarding the 4th floor.

Although there were fewer guards than on the 2nd and 3rd floors, it was definitely strange that there were guards on duty all the time on the 4th floor as well. It was unusual for every floor to be like this.

‘Did the information leak?’

We strengthened security using psychometry before and after the operation. So there’s no way information could leak out… What if we lure them to the 4th floor and then Ms. Kim enters the 2nd floor and goes down to the basement?

It felt bad to think that they were going to force it like this. Maru did not ignore this feeling.

Since we didn’t know the facility’s defense system, it was difficult to be sure of success. But we couldn’t retreat like this either.

Tsk-

Maru changed his plans on the spot. He went straight into the office and checked the internet cable.

Chick-

‘The line is alive.’

The fact that the line was alive meant that the network was being used. It meant that the building was running an intranet.

If so, there was a way. Maru, who had inserted the hacking equipment into the net, erased the traces of the penetration and came out.

[Please check if hacking equipment has been installed on the intranet.]

[Confirmed.]

The hood on the submarine started hacking.

[CCTV footage inside the building has been secured.]

[I am uploading the expected drawing of the building.]

[I checked the floor plan of the underground laboratory.]

Information transmitted in real time is accumulated on the HUD.

[Self-destruct device discovered. This is···.]

Hood cut off the conversation. There was a bomb planted in the building.

In addition to the suicide device that was supposed to shut down the laboratory, an additional bomb was installed.

[It’s a trap.]

[No. It’s not a trap.]

[You mean there’s an extra bomb?]

[Look at the underground CCTV footage. The lab is operating normally.]

If it had been a simple trap, the secret lab would have been empty.

‘You knew you were going to be attacked?’

The worst part is that there are strays who aren’t even affected by psychometry, and even if there weren’t such strays, it would still be a problem, because it would mean that they anticipated and prepared for our actions.

[Can you detonate the suicide device from here?]

If that were the case, there would be no need to go in, and it could just be blown away.

[It is difficult because it operates as an independent line.]

[Gather all the security forces to the rooftop?]

[It is possible, but in that case the hacking will be detected.]

[First, tell me the location of the independent line connected to the suicide device]

Maru was thinking of cutting the line connecting to the suicide device.

[After gathering all the armed guards on the rooftop, stop the elevator. Lower the barrier to isolate the guards on the rooftop.]

[All right.]

Kim Yang, who was listening to Maru and Hood’s conversation, said.

[What are you going to do?]

[I’ll go in and try to solve it.]

[Would the nearby navy be okay? If they launch a surface-to-surface missile or something from their warship, we might just get buried alive?]

[We need to block communication by jamming and hacking. If there are any who escape to the Navy, you and the guards can take care of them.]

Maru gave the order to change the operation to use Hood’s hacking.

[I’ll blockade the armed guards with hacking, so you go down to the underground lab right away, take a position, and block all but one entrance.]

[Okay.]

Hood called all armed guards to the rooftop with hacking. Nearly 100 men headed to the roof of the building.

“Emergency. Gather on the rooftop.”

“Is the enemy coming to the rooftop?”

“Shut up and go up to the roof!”

As soon as the guards reached the rooftop, the elevator stopped and the barriers lowered. They were completely trapped on the rooftop. There was no other way since Hood had control of the communications.

Maru and Kim took advantage of the gap and infiltrated the underground laboratory.

[Which side is the suicide line on?]

[Guide begins.]

A floor plan and arrows appeared on Maru’s HUD. While Maru went in to cut the self-destruct line, Kim Yang cleared the passage. Kim Yang confirmed that bombs were placed in all passages except one.

[Bomb installation complete.]

[If you cut the suicide line, the passage will be blown up immediately.]

[Okay.]

Kujijijik-

Maru, who had cut through the wall through which the suicide line passed, shouted.

[now.]

3. 2. 1.

[blasting.]

Boom. Boom. Kwaaaaang!

The explosion blocked all the outside entrances except one. Kim Yang took a position in front of the only remaining entrance and waited, hiding behind a concealment device.

“It’s an explosion!”

“What about the alarm? Why isn’t the alarm sounding?”

“This passage is blocked!”

“what’s the matter?”

The heads of the researchers who were wandering the hallways in confusion due to the loud noise began to explode like firecrackers.

Tutututu-

Clank-

Tutu dududuk-

Crash

12.7mm bullets mercilessly swept through the hallways.

The secret research lab’s central control room was thrown into chaos by the sudden attack, like a beehive had been poked.

“Where is the guard?”

“It’s on the rooftop.”

“What are you doing there! The lab is under attack right now!”

“Communication is not possible. Jamming.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. Check again. What about the CCTV?”

“It’s a dead end.”

“CCTV is down? Hey! You idiot! Then it’s hacking!”

“This is an intranet. What kind of hacking is this?”

The head of the central control room and the head of the security department clashed.

“There is no time for that now. We must self-destruct as instructed from above.”

“Fuck. Yeah, Navy! There’s a warship anchored in the harbor. Request emergency assistance from there!”

“I told you there’s no communication. We can’t even contact the security guard right now.”

“Turn to emergency line. Siren. Sound the siren outside and send someone!”

“It doesn’t work.”

“What about the emergency escape signal? You can just turn it manually. It will sound the escape alarm.”

Central Control Room. While the security chief and the control room agents were popping like popcorn, a man pulled out a detonator.

“Hey. What’s wrong with you? Put that down.”

“It’s too late. If they hacked the system, the data would be leaked.”

“Hey. Do you want to die? If that thing explodes, we’ll all be buried alive.”

“The enemies will also be buried alive. It is an order.”

“Orders? Who gave the orders? The emergency evacuation signal has sounded, so shouldn’t we wait until everyone gets out?”

“It’s too late. We have to blow it up now to catch them.”

The man answered indifferently and pressed the creek-detonator.

“이 개새끼야!”

“······?”

“······.”

The bomb didn’t explode. It was a wired detonator, so there shouldn’t be an error, right?

Creek- Creek-

A bomb that doesn’t explode even if you press it again.

“Catch that kid!”

“It’s too late. We have to blow it up now to catch them.”

The staff members nearby pressed down on the man.

“You crazy kid!”

“Huh? Huh! This kid is weird?”

“It’s too late. We have to blow it up now to catch them.”

“Hey-! You-?”

“It’s too late. We have to blow it up now to catch them.”

Someone who saw that sight muttered.

“···Forced domination?”

“brainwashing···?”

The agents in the central control room suddenly became quiet.

It was exactly the same as the reactions of the subjects studied in Seattle and Pittsburgh.

You forcibly subdued the central control room agents?

Could it be that someone else here has already become a test subject?

“Fuck.”

“It’s too late. We have to blow it up now to catch them.”

“Release all Blood Sucker program test subjects. The order is to destroy all invading enemies by any means necessary.”

“Use of test subjects requires permission from higher-ups.”

“Control is not yet certain.”

“The upper part is frozen to death…. Communications have been cut off. Let’s release them for now.”

“It’s dangerous.”

“What’s more dangerous than a bomb exploding right now? Just give the test subject a target and let it go. We even forced it to self-destruct, so who knows who else will do something crazy? It’s more dangerous to just sit there and do nothing.”

“······.”

“······.”

“This is an emergency! Send in the test subject! Have you been forcibly controlled too? Have you been brainwashed? Can’t you make a decision?”

“No. We are sending in the test subject.”

You issued a level 1 alert, and now you’re preparing to self-destruct by force?

What on earth are they thinking up there?

“Blood Seeker Subject 2 has been released from restraint. The order is to eliminate the intruders by any means necessary.”

With the sound of an alarm, the test subject and the Blood Sucker program were released.

“Eww- Over here! This way!”

“It’s open. It’s open!”

“Aisle 4 is open.”

“Run away!”

All the entrances collapsed and 12.7mm armor-piercing rounds rained down on the researchers who were gathering towards the only open passageway.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo-

Puck- puff puff puck-

The sight of heads being blown off and limbs being torn off.

Even though the passage was straight and those who crossed the diagonal line were instantly turned into pieces of meat, the researchers headed down the passage like moths to a flame. It was as if they were being chased by something.

‘What is it?’

Kim Yang’s eyes narrowed.

The ominous feeling she felt at that moment. She pulled the trigger in advance, following the subtle sensation she could feel because she had trained with Maru.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo-

Puppupupupupup!-

Movements like a butcher.

It was after he fired the gun that something that seemed to go beyond human limits was captured on Kim Yang’s HUD.

As naked men and women bit the necks and arms of the fleeing researchers, Kim Yang’s bullets swept through the area.

The spot where a 12.7mm armor-piercing bullet passed through.

dump-

Iron-pudeok-

Chunks of meat, torn and ripped here and there, fell down.

wiggle–

■▬■▬

‘huh?’

A small movement seen in Kim Yang’s narrowed eyes.

A strange noise began to be heard in the hallway that had become a sea of ​​blood.

Gulp-

Kkujijik-

The blood that had soaked the floor was sucked somewhere.