Rust - Chapter 571



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RUST [RUST]-571

It was an inexplicable ominous feeling that could not be interpreted, but the security team leader and Sim Eun-young, who had been consumed by it, knew that death was near.

Shukak-

A short, cut-off sound passed by the nape of its neck. It was the memories of Sim Eun-young, who had died once, and the memories of the security team leader who had met the reaper that moved it.

Even though it avoided the blade by a sheet of paper, it had been cut by something, leaving a long mark on its nape. What flowed from the torn wound was not blood, but mucus.

“Huh? This. This is···.”

The person with the ability I was interviewing was frozen in place and didn’t know what to do.

[get out!]

As a strange mechanical sound rang out through the air, it turned its head towards the man, who had become even more rigid. The lacerated wound opened wider, revealing worm-like tentacles writhing in the mucus.

Perhaps because he was close, Maru could feel the aura it was giving off. It was something stronger than murderous intent.

‘Even when you’re attacked, other emotions take precedence over murderous intent or anger?’

lack?

Lack?

defect?

No, it was appetite.

‘You crazy little monster.’

A strong appetite was shooting towards the man whose body was frozen and frozen. A tentacle wriggled out of the gaping wound and shot towards the man, and Maru cut it off in the middle and shouted again.

[Run away!]

Huh- Huh-huh!

The man who saw the tentacles shoot out and cut off in midair stood up, fell down, and crawled out of the tent.

Whirlirik!

The severed tentacles flailed and twisted like an octopus, and mucus flowed out from the severed surface and sprayed in all directions.

Papapapat!

Maru stepped back from the sudden surge of discomfort.

The mucus scattered in the air spread out widely and began to fall very slowly like flower petals.

The gaping wound slowly healed and the security team leader’s appearance distorted into that of Sim Eun-young.

“Ah, Mr. Maru. I know you’re there.”

At first, the head changed, and then slowly the upper body changed into Sim Eun-young’s appearance.

The collarbone that follows the sleek neckline that is revealed in real time, and the breasts that are plump like a peach.

Maru’s eyebrows rose slightly.

[······.]

It was a naked body that had completely transformed into Sim Eun-young.

A more beautiful appearance than the original Sim Eun-young. The left-right symmetry that was slightly off was also perfectly corrected.

Her appearance was smooth, as if she were a protein doll. Her wrinkle-free, moist skin and her naked body that seemed to glow on its own caught everyone’s attention.

“Oh God!-”

“What the···.”

As the naked body of a woman was seen through the half-open tent, the people waiting to be interviewed began to gather in a murmur.

‘These little bastards.’

But Maru couldn’t make a sound. The things that were falling like flower petals changed shape and became like small parachutes.

‘parachute?’

Honey-

The slowly falling object rose upwards with a rippling motion. The sight of it slowly falling and then rising upwards again resembled a jellyfish. Translucent jellyfish the size of a thumbnail began to swim lazily across the tent.

‘Is it a biosensor?’

You couldn’t figure out the stealth module, so you made this on the spot and spread it?

Tentacles and such?

That couldn’t be true. It was the kind of thought that Sim Eun-young would have.

A jellyfish tentacle that was swaying from side to side and rising and falling repeatedly approached the floor.

Maru stepped back to avoid it.

Swish-

As the tentacles of the jellyfish, which had been fluttering and swaying, were caught in the air current and began to spin around in the air, Shim Eun-young’s empty eyes turned towards the direction of the floor.

‘Chew-‘

Maru reflexively threw the napalm grenade.

Ting-

The jellyfish tentacles began to sway and approach at the sound of small fins popping.

One-two-three- Maru counted to three in his head and stepped back, dropping the napalm grenade where it was.

Sim Eun-young’s arm stretched like a rubber band and she tried to kick the napalm grenade away, but the napalm grenade, whose delay time had already expired, exploded first.

The flames that turned a 3-4m radius into a sea of ​​fire set the tent on fire. The tentacles of the jellyfish covered in flames writhed in the air and turned into sparks.

[Are tactical nukes ready?]

[Chijik- It still takes time.]

Maru sent the recorded video to the command center.

A scene where mucus is sprayed and fluttering like flower petals, then transforms into small jellyfish and swims in the air.

[This is a biometric sensor. It detects movements and sounds through the movement of air. If you miss it here, it’s over.]

[Chi-ik – Explosive power is minimal···.]

[To the max. Must be to the max.]

[Beep…Okay, I understand.]

Even as a napalm grenade exploded and turned one of the barracks into a sea of ​​fire, some people were still looking at the naked female body.

‘You little shits.’

The round sphere visible inside the burnt-out barracks slowly turned into a pile of ashes and scattered. A translucent film that had formed at some point had spread out into a circle, blocking the napalm flames.

It looked around at the circular wall of burning flames and jumped.

‘Where.’

As it flew up, Maru picked up a rock from the ground and threw it. Thud- Before it hit the rock in midair and fell back onto the barracks that had become a sea of ​​fire, a tentacle shot out and pierced the military vehicle next to it, supporting itself in the air.

It hung in the air, relying on its tentacles, and threw its tentacles in the direction from which the stones had come.

Choaaaak-

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The command center was shocked by the video Maru sent.

“We must retreat immediately and detonate the nukes.”

“Yes. If something like that were to run around, the survival of humanity would be hopeless.”

Those who want to destroy it here and now. The idea is to retreat and blow it up while Vladimir Maru catches the monster.

“Are you saying we should abandon Vladimir Kalin now?”

“Isn’t it something you can just throw away and do? If you can catch such a monster with that one sacrifice, humanity will remember his sacrifice forever.”

“Are you in your right mind? He is the King of the Holy Kingdom. If you blow him up like a monster, who will take care of the aftermath?”

“Didn’t he say that? He told me to maximize the tactical nuclear explosion. If I did as he said and got caught up in it and died, wouldn’t that be all that was needed?”

All three nukes currently in possession have lost their bunker buster function when the detonator was fixed, but their killing power and killing range have increased.

If the explosive power was adjusted to only about 10kt, the area of ​​Yongsan-gu would have been blown up. However, if the explosive power of the B61-11 currently in possession was adjusted to the maximum, it would have been 340kt. In fact, it would have been powerful enough to blow up the entire city of San Francisco.

The power to blow up San Francisco as a whole would have wiped out all the refugees and troops. The earthquake damaged the roads and the tsunami swept through, forcing people to travel on foot.

Are you saying that we should blow it with maximum power in an extremely dire situation where we can say that going 2km in an hour is going well?

“That’s impossible. As you can see from the footage, even Vladimir Kalin can’t hold out against that monster for an hour.”

“Didn’t you kill that monster in the video you sent last time?”

“Did you create something like a real-time biometric sensor in the last video? If you don’t catch it now, it’s impossible to predict what will happen. What are you thinking!”

“Stop. Standby for a bomb limited to 20 kilotons. How long will it take to adjust the power?”

The general made a decision.

“It takes about 10 minutes.”

“Let’s get started right away and stand up too.”

“Wait a minute. We may be witnessing hope. If there were a lot of these things, whether they were bioweapons or not, this would have happened long ago. If there aren’t, that means there’s reason to it.”

“······.”

“······.”

“I agree with you. First of all, remember what it did when it came into the camp. Remember that it didn’t attack people or anything like in the movies or novels.”

“······.”

“······.”

“At least, judging from the fact that the creature disguised itself as the security team leader and interviewed the people with powers, it is possible that it can communicate. Perhaps, if Vladimir Kalin had not launched a preemptive strike, it could have been resolved through dialogue.”

“I don’t know about anything else, but if we can control that, it’s clear that we can eliminate one of our biggest fears.”

“Yes. In the first video that Vladimir Kalin sent, the tentacles were controlling the rats. If we use that thing that looks like the leader of the tentacles, we can definitely get rid of the rats and cockroaches.”

The idea was to have a conversation without using nukes. The argument was that even if a situation arises, we should not burn it down with nukes, but instead secure samples and develop biological weapons.

“What are you all talking about? The one who fought those tentacles was Vladimir Kalin. Do you think he would have started with the sword?”

I guess so?

Wouldn’t that be so?

Did you just come out with the thing where you hide and hit someone in the neck?

“······.”

“······.”

“If he had used the sword, there must have been a reason. Let’s sacrifice him and detonate the nuke? We did it because we were told to do it at maximum power, but he got caught up and died? Do you think the Holy Kingdom would understand that? And above all, since when did it become normal for us to abandon and exploit our comrades?”

The United States Army. Although they had lost their home and their country, they were proud to be the best soldiers in the world.

But what does it mean here?

Let’s use our comrades to kill monsters?

Even if it’s a monster, we might be able to communicate, so let’s throw away our comrades and talk to the monster.

Instead of burning it, let’s at least salvage a sample and make a bioweapon?

“FUCK! You should know shame!”

Is that the kind of thing you can say to your comrades who are risking their lives fighting monsters right now?

Is this an honorable soldier?

“An ideal story is just an ideal. Let’s look at reality. Reality.”

“Among those who talk about honor, there are a lot of dark-hearted people. So are you saying that you will join the Holy Kingdom?”

“That’s right. Do you know anyone who would say something like that because they like it?”

“Do you want to talk about using nukes like Vladimir Kalin said? Then just say that. I don’t see where the honor comes from.”

When signs began to appear that the disagreement was escalating into an emotional fight, the general raised his hand.

“Stop. The idea of ​​talking to a monster tentacle is problematic.”

“General!”

“If the tentacles’ purpose is reproduction, what are you going to do? Are you going to tell them not to reproduce? The same goes for getting samples. Are you going to ask Vladimir Kalin to get samples? What if he refuses? Are you going to throw our children to the tentacles and get samples? I can’t do that. Are you going to take the lead? Then think about it.”

“······.”

“And the same goes for using nukes while Vladimir Kalin’s tentacles are tied up. It’s unrealistic, let’s leave honor aside. Let’s proceed as originally planned. How’s the explosive power adjustment going?”

“They tried to adjust it to 20kt, but they said that it is expected to be 25~30kt because they adjusted it in a hurry.”

“Tell Vladimir Kalin and we will rise up right away.”

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Choaaaak-

Mucus spurted out from Sim Eun-young’s back, which was split diagonally. The mucus sprayed into the air immediately changed into the shape of a jellyfish and began to swim. It was changing faster and faster.

The translucent jellyfish hovering around it, taking the shape of Sim Eun-young, were slowly encroaching on its attack route.

Maru’s eyes deepened as he instinctively grasped the range of the arms that stretched like rubber bands and the attack range of the tentacles that burst out as the wounds opened.

[Chi-Ik – Nuclear adjustment complete. Power is 20~30kt. The size of the hot ball is expected to be over 2 miles (3.2km). To be safe, you need to be at least 6~7 miles (9~11km) away.]

The problem was that the detonator’s signal could only reach 5km, or at best 6km, due to communication failure. Maru checked the escape route in his head.

Considering the tentacles’ regenerative abilities and reaction speed, the maximum distance they could distance themselves was 4~5km. After that, the tentacles would immediately chase after them.

‘I have to burn it with heat’

I couldn’t believe things like aftershocks and radiation.

Maru’s intuition whispered so.

It is certain that the best way to kill the tentacles is to burn them with a nuclear explosion.

Thump thump.

The tension changes here and there according to the plan. A route where you feel like you’re going to die. A route where you live leisurely, but even your tentacles seem to survive.

Maru created the optimal route by following that feeling.

[Are all the refugees and troops gone?]

[Chijijik- The road is a mess, so we took refuge in a nearby bunker. Don’t worry, it will explode on the surface. The tactical nukes and motorcycles you requested are next to the command center.]

Maru’s eyes sank heavily.

[Get started.]

[Chijijik- Good luck···.]

Maru’s movements, which were mainly focused on avoiding tentacles, changed. Ting- thud- thud- 3 napalm grenades fell, and his arms, which stretched like rubber bands, began to explode before they could be kicked away.

Jellyfish tentacles the size of a thumbnail that had been swimming around, taking up all the space, disappeared in the flames and shock waves.

Boom! Kwaang! Kwakwakwang!

Whoosh whoosh!

Three explosions occurred in succession, creating a trail of flames that resembled Shim Eun-young’s body.

Chewy chewy!

It tried to block its advance by spewing out tentacles, but there were no contaminated rats or corpses here. Inside it, the security team leader insisted on ‘escape.’ Sim Eun-young insisted on ‘persuasion.’ and ‘capture.’

‘We have to run away now. It’s ominous. It’s ominous.’

‘Do you think you can survive if you run away? The only way to survive now is to catch it or persuade it.’

It was decided to capture Maru. The large-scale explosion in the experience of Sim Eun-young and the security team leader played a decisive role.

There was no guarantee that running away would avoid a carpet bombing or missile attack. Likewise, there was no guarantee that the collapsed rubble would completely protect you.

In that case, it would have been more efficient to catch it and absorb it, or at least continue close combat with it to prevent humans from attacking it.

‘No. No. I said we have to run away.’

‘If you get too close, you’ll be attacked right away. How are you going to run away? Where are you going? How are you going to go?’

A series of napalm grenades exploded, opening up a path of flames.

(Come.)

‘Eww! I have to run away…’

‘I have to catch it this time.’

Tentacles spread out like a net towards the floor, piercing through the flames.

!

Jump?

no,

under!

Even though the tentacles could have burst through the floor, Maru moved as intuition dictated. Maru slid under the tentacles that spread out like a net and twisted his body using the friction of the sliding.

From a head-up sliding position, sideways, then sideways to a crouching start position, and then an explosive dash.

Something was running towards me that I couldn’t see or sense. The long trail of dust behind me was proof of it.

One step-

puck-

acceleration-

Two steps–

Pfft–

Acceleration of acceleration.

Both the security team leader and Sim Eun-young were shocked.

‘Eww!’

‘Oh, oh, oh.’

Sim Eun-young’s figure began to blur and reveal the figure of the security team leader. Overlapping on top of that, like a jellyfish or sea anemone, black lines began to form as the tentacles could not be pulled out from the back and face.

Crunch-

The head of Sim Eun-young was cut off and rolled away in the aftershock. The other half of the security team leader’s face was cut off and flew away in the opposite direction.

The ensuing chaos.

Squad – Maru who cuts off its arm and then kicks it away.

The same goes for the other arm and leg. The moment I cut them off, I kicked them and they scattered in all directions.

Slowly

The scattered pieces slowly began to melt and transform into tentacles.

Maru left it behind and ran away.

Chick-

Maru, who had put a neutralizer in her burning thigh, headed towards the command center.

Bburung- Budadadadada

Maru, mounted on his motorcycle, began to race through the ruined road.

Did I run for 2 minutes?

Ignoring the messy road and driving on, my motorcycle quickly became a tattered mess.

Thump-

Thump thump-

Maru’s heart began to warn that the tentacles were gathering again.

You scattered it everywhere, and it only lasted 2 minutes? You couldn’t even last 3 minutes?

Boooooooooo!

Rattling- rattling-

Dulkdeok- Kwajik!

Late.

It’s too late if we keep doing this.

Maru, who had abandoned his rickety motorcycle and was running at full speed, turned around and jumped into the basement of a large building, shouting.

[Blast it now!]

Flash!

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Ddd …

A nuclear bomb nearly twice as powerful as the Little Boy bomb dropped on Hiroshima sent up a huge mushroom cloud.

Ddd …

Vibrations that reach the basement of the building.

!!!

At the same time, the intuition that had been warning me quietly subsided.