Rust - Chapter 441



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RUST [RUST]-441

Cockroaches were able to recover even from fatal injuries.

The same goes for the tentacle monster I saw in Japan, which was so alive that it wriggled around even after being cut off.

So what about the monster right before our eyes?

The brown sap moved as if it were alive, stretching out to reconnect with the severed lower body.

[Fuck.]

As Maru’s curses spread, the brown juice that stretched from his upper body stretched out like cheese toppings and finally reached the cut surface of his lower body.

Brrrrrr

Brrrrrr

Kieeeee-

The upper body, which had seemed to be frozen, began to writhe and twist, and the lower body, which had been about 30 cm away, began to stick together as if being pulled by a brown rubber band.

The floor, which was left untouched, was cut again.

Kujik- Once.

Coolung- Twice.

Maru shouted as he tore the connecting part again and split it vertically into four pieces.

[This looks like the tentacle I saw in Japan! A flamethrower!]

At the same time, Ms. Kim came forward.

[Bikiseom.]

Kim Yang, who had recently changed his weapon to a flamethrower, sprayed flames as it was.

Puhwaaaaaaaaaaah!

As the fierce napalm flames poured down at a super high temperature of over 1,200 degrees, the four pieces of writhing brown slime began to melt.

Kieeeeeeeeek

The squishy surface] shriveled up like a semi-dried squid in an instant and eventually burst into flames.

[······.]

[······.]

Maru and Kim Yang crouched down with faces that looked as if they had lost all energy.

The two looked at the wreckage, sighed, looked at the wreckage again, and so on.

[So, this. The Japanese tentacle thing?]

[Now that I look at it closely, it’s not that… It seems similar.]

The terrifying life force and alien feeling were similar, but overall they were weaker than the tentacle monsters I experienced in Japan.

Miss Kim blinked.

‘Not that one, but something similar to that one?’ What the heck?

Maru must have sensed that as well, as he continued his explanation.

[···The leather, muscles, and intestines are weaker than those of the tentacle monsters seen in Japan, but the bones are stronger.]

Isn’t that important? Kim Yang tilted her head slightly.

[Then it’s hard to kill, right?]

It means that the brain and heart, which are weak points, can even withstand the sword strike from the floor. And not just any sword strike, but a sword strike with Eclipse.

Maru turned his head and looked at the wreckage. The bones were left in between the black marks like melted asphalt. Even at temperatures exceeding 1,200 degrees, the bones were intact.

[Oh my. This is driving me crazy.]

[?]

Since Geese Raiser was a cannibal, there must have been cannibals among those guarding the cocoon. Even after the mercenary force left, those who remained would have gotten by without problems for several months.

[It must have been a problem after the cure and flesh shake ran out.]

[Because of appetite?]

[Yes. For cannibals, cannibalistic desires are unavoidable.]

[It’s strange, cannibals here. They go out and hunt somewhere else. If only the guards here would take care of the security… Ah-]

It was Kim Yang who remembered the traces of the battle she had seen at the entrance. The cannibals had no intention of giving up the cocoon and did not want those who had been there to go out.

If only it had stopped there, it wouldn’t have become such a monster, but the fresh supplies coming in from outside were cut off, and the food stored inside the cocoon couldn’t be taken out.

As if things weren’t so bad, a severe cold front struck due to climate disaster. Snow and ice piled up 5-6 meters thick, making it impossible for anyone, whether they were cannibals or guards, to leave.

The result was a fight at the doorstep.

[Since I killed people, it would be okay to control my cannibalistic desires.]

[Then why did it turn out like this?]

[The power went out, they couldn’t get out, their bodies were rotting, and they lost contact with the Geese Riser, so they couldn’t know the cocoon password. They couldn’t hold out.]

The cannibals who consumed all the human flesh would eventually eat each other and end up like this. That was the problem.

[Really. What are you trying to do?]

I just thought there were a lot of isolated and confined areas with accumulated snow and ice, but when I came here, that wasn’t the case.

[why?]

[The same goes for prisons and underground bunkers.]

What would happen if you were locked up in prison for communicating with cannibals? In that case, you were lucky to be locked up in prison. The people inside were fine, at least for now.

So what happens in places like New York, Seattle, or San Francisco that are isolated by snow? What if there are cannibals among the people who have crawled into bunkers nearby?

[So there will be something like that again?]

[I guess so?]

The same goes for personal bunkers and single-story houses. If cannibals were isolated in their homes and turned into monsters like that, it was obvious that hell would break out the moment the sun rose.

Even if cannibals just wield guns and go wild, there’s no answer, but what if a monster starts running wild? In reality, it’s difficult to catch it with soldiers.

Honestly, even if he used a flamethrower, would he have just stood there and gotten hit? Maru could have killed him by cutting him into four pieces, otherwise it would have been hard to catch him.

[Tentacle cub. Clearly absorbed a human.]

[······.]

The one I saw in Japan was like that. The one on this side was a cannibal that was crushed into tentacles and turned into a wheel, so I don’t know what to do, but it was definitely eating people.

[Perhaps it could multiply by eating everything it comes across, not just people.]

[······.]

Since it was related to cockroaches, it wouldn’t be strange if it ate everything it could get its hands on like a cockroach. But it wasn’t easy to catch either.

[Anyway, you have to catch and kill the things here to open the cocoon, right?]

Kim Yang, who had been listening to Maru, sat up as if she had rested and spoke. The exosuit made a rumbling sound as if it was expressing her feelings.

Kiiyiyung-

[To take care of it quickly···.]

Maru spoke leisurely to Kim Yang, who was burning with enthusiasm.

[Let’s take it slow. I told you that cannibals eat each other when there’s nothing left to eat. Their intelligence also deteriorates. So this guy will be the last one left.]

Ugh-

[I still need to check though. Let’s go slowly. We won’t miss anything if we rush.]

As Maru had expected, there was only one monster.

Weeeeeeeeeing-

The door made of a special alloy opened with a heavy sound. I was worried that the cocoon might not open due to a power outage, but it opened naturally as if it had its own power.

As the name Cocoon suggests, the interior was a facility that looked like something out of a movie or novel. I could see the thoughts of Geese Raiser and the Raiser Group.

[Ha- This kid really believed they were a new species.]

It was filled with massive supplies and equipment, as if the purpose was to enable humans to be reborn as new humans and survive in any situation.

‘This looks like a quantum computer that was made experimentally.’

It was like the quantum computer module I had seen briefly in the news. It was neatly packed and stacked with various medical and diagnostic equipment, as well as equipment that Maru had never thought of when he built the Vladiak Tower.

‘Our researchers were all frugal people.’

Even though they said they would provide everything they wanted if they could get it, less than 20% of the equipment they had here was there.

A structure that allows you to freely take items out and convert this space into a laboratory to install equipment.

It was a design that I learned a lot from in many ways, to the point where I thought that if I were to dig the ground later, I would want to make a structure like this.

‘But where did he go?’

Miss Kim, who had been following me nearby, suddenly disappeared somewhere.

‘Surely not inside the cocoon…’

At that moment, a strange sound was received from Ms. Kim, who had disappeared somewhere.

[Ouch-!!!]

A sigh that sounds like there’s a gag in one’s mouth, even though one wants to say something.

The sound of gasping for breath followed.

[Big- keuuup–]

Maru ran straight away.

Beep-

Beep beep-

There was no map on the HUD. All there was was a biometric indicator.

As Maru ran towards the red dot, he saw the exosuit frozen in place before his eyes.

Maru, who activated stealth, approached Kim Yang’s exosuit.

An exosuit with its flesh completely removed, like a shrimp shell that has been peeled off.

Miss Kim wasn’t inside.

[crazy!]

What is it? What is it?

Why did you take off your exosuit?

Are there any people with psychic abilities?

There was no biological response.

Maru, who was very nervous, pulled out his sword.

Kukhwak-

As Maru jumped into the thick barrier blocking the way, the world turned yellow.

Sigh-

In front of Maru, who was holding his breath without realizing it.

Huh-

There was Ms. Kim, hanging on a huge pile of gold bars and rubbing her body.

[hey—–!!!]

The lion’s afterlife drove away the gold.

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A glass of whiskey glowing a deep amber color was poured.

Director Dan Brown lifted his glass through the window and drank the whiskey in one gulp. The hot air that went down his esophagus along with the rich aroma warmed his stomach.

Phew-

Despite the rising black smoke and flames, Dan Brown’s eyes remained cold and settled.

[Submarine Squadron Commander’s death confirmed.]

If you say submarine captain, he was a colonel. If you think about it, whether it’s an aircraft carrier captain or a cruiser captain, he’s a colonel, but the person who said submarine squadron commander was also a colonel.

But since the naval command was said to have been destroyed, he immediately took control of the navy and tried to get approval from the state and city councils to stamp his seal.

That’s good enough, but help me take control of Vladimir Kalin’s Aegis ship. Hand over the airship. I’ll draft you from the Naval Aviation Corps. You have to get an official document from the State Council before you can hand it over. He was making a fuss.

As Vladimir Kalin said, there were many people who were crazy and wanted to die. So I just gave them their wish. I had no ill feelings.

Director Dan Brown looked out the window at the black smoke rising like incense on the other side.

In an instant, the entire city of New York could have been engulfed in black smoke and flames. Now that the Aegis ships and cruisers have been completely sacked by monster rats.

If the enemy attacked New York, there was virtually no way to stop them. Even if they retaliated with submarines, it would be meaningless to fire missiles if there were Aegis ships over there.

Admiral Seagal knew that, and the commander of the submarine squadron knew that. The Navy is full of idiots who know that and still try to eat it raw.

They even ignored the advice of the Director of Homeland Security, and when told to do as they pleased, they overturned the negotiating table.

The bigger problem was the executive branch, state legislatures, and city councils that gave power to such idiots. With the federal government effectively collapsed, New York was the center of power in the East.

How are we to understand that New York, which should be at the center of the rebuilt United States of America, is only selecting and approving idiots?

Reducing the powers of the Department of Homeland Security is a good thing.

I can understand.

Because checks and balances are important.

But, there is a limit to that.

In the middle of a war against monster rats, what on earth would have the Department of Homeland Security hand over its exosuits to a civilian pest control contractor?

Are you saying that the marine rescue operation will be handed over to the private sector in the future?

Did you turn around? Did you find it funny that the rats couldn’t get past the barrier?

The Department of Homeland Security drafted, trained, and supplied 80,000 men, and now they want to hand over command to the National Guard?

What’s worse, what do you mean the emergency powers that were activated under the Homeland Security Act have been revoked because time has passed? Are you saying that the emergency powers of the Department of Homeland Security are being used when you’re trying to do something in earnest?

The whole country was in shambles due to the severe cold.

New York was fortunate to have a port that was connected to the North Sea crude oil and gas supply chain and supplied coal imported from Detroit, but other places were in dire straits.

When the weather gets warmer and refugees start to pour in, will we be able to handle it? Shouldn’t we be prepared for that?

What if a state with active administrative power asks New York for aid supplies?

What if I just refuse and they bring troops?

You don’t think so?

During the initial outbreak of the virus, weren’t there instances of quarantine supplies being stolen while being transported to other states?

What seemed like a real risk to Director Dan Brown was seen as an opportunity by those in power.

It seemed as though he saw the current situation as an opportunity to make money, to gain more power, to move up, even though the United States of America was essentially collapsing.

Are they human babies?

“How did the next operation go?”

Operation name ‘Creature’. It can mean a living thing, but when used as a noun, it is used to mean a person.

There was something that was just right for a situation like this.

[Director, this operation is dangerous. Please reconsider.]

“You can cut it with a plasma cutter or a super-vibration blade, and catch it with a flamethrower. There’s no need to worry about it spreading.”

This was also the case in Vladimir Kalin’s report on Japan and in my own laboratory confirmation.

If you meet a monster that doesn’t work with power or capital, even those who are full of power and money will realize something. Or you will become the monster’s poop.

“Operating creature. Begin.”

A moment later, there was a noise so loud that the parliament building shook.

KEE …