Rust - Chapter 636
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RUST -636
The information the French cannibal had was a mess.
Initially, the disease was spread by shrimp-flavored powder sold in Chinese grocery stores. Later, the virus was transmitted through secretions and saliva. The unlucky ones were infected by droplets.
After some time, the virus’s transmissibility decreased, and it could only be transmitted through direct transfer of bodily fluids, and now it is virtually impossible to transmit it unless you make a deliberate effort to transmit it.
Do viruses have heads? If droplet infection had continued, the cannibals would have naturally disappeared.
If all the ordinary people in the closed area were to become infected and only cannibals would remain, they would self-destruct due to the fundamental problem that arose when they mutated into cannibals: if they did not consume humans at regular intervals, they would simply turn into meat-eating monsters.
“Of course I thought he would have that information too.”
Erica, who had stopped using psychometry, answered with a pale face.
“It seemed like he was unaware of the superior entity’s dominance.”
“You don’t even know the power of dominance? Then are you a first generation cannibal who became a shrimp-flavored powder?”
“I don’t remember how I became a cannibal. At some point, I was eating people. That’s what it felt like.”
“okay?”
The experience of being transformed into a cannibal must have been intense, but you don’t remember it? Maru thought it was strange.
The biggest difference between the early cannibals and the mutants was the presence or absence of memory.
The reason cannibals spread so rapidly in the beginning was because of memory, and the reason cannibals were able to take over cities and attempt to take over the military was also because of memory.
Barring cannibalism, cannibals were not easy to deal with because they had their existing memories, personality, and ability to think.
“You worked hard. Take a rest for now.”
“···yes.”
Maru decided to let Erica, whose complexion was not good, rest and go check the scene where the cannibal was discovered.
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Dick Herold, who had been cursing the mercenaries, turned pale when he saw Maru appear out of nowhere. It was the same when he was rescued in New York, but now he really felt nothing.
“Oh. Welcome.”
Maru didn’t waste any time and told the mercenary captain what he wanted to say, seeing him frozen in place while he was swearing just a moment ago.
“Where is the place where the cannibal was captured?”
“Please wait a moment.”
Dick quickly organized the search area and map, then transmitted it.
“GPS is not working. There is an error.”
“Are there any survivors?”
“Yes. There is no news yet.”
“If any problems arise, please contact me immediately.”
“yes.”
Dick unconsciously felt his heart sink as he watched Maru disappear into thin air. The most fearsome person in the kingdom is the king. What the…
[Search completed in the 1 o’clock direction.]
[T- Let’s take it slow. A little.]
[Ti- It would be better if it turned quickly.]
[Beep- Hey. Did you just see that?]
I immediately cursed when I saw Dick Herold’s dazzling camera movements, his head whipping around in place.
“You damn kid. Can you see when you spin it around like that?”
[Beep- Something definitely passed!]
“Okay, calm down. Hey. What the fuck. Why are you alone? I told you to move in pairs.”
[Beep- FUCK! FUCK!! Sheldon! Sheldon!]
Dick frowned at the sight of them suddenly turning around and running away. The idiots were going crazy, acting on their own to expedite the search.
“Calm down. Calm down. What’s going on? There’s nothing on camera.”
[Beep- Sheldeeeeun!]
Dick zoomed in on Sheldon’s camera as he cried out desperately. Sheldon’s camera footage was running fine.
“Hey, calm down. Nothing happened to Sheldon…”
Dick, who had been trying to calm him down, looked at Sheldon’s footage again. Slow-moving footage. The footage Sheldon’s tactical camera was capturing looked like a wall at first glance, but it wasn’t a wall.
‘ceiling?’
Lying down and moving? Or being dragged? Dick checked Sheldon’s vitals. His heart was beating quietly. Very slowly.
“Come out! Get out of that building! Now!”
[Beep-······.]
The camera footage that had been shaking in all directions as they ran away in a panic was now moving slowly. Swish-swish- It wasn’t the sound of footsteps, but of dragging. And the camera was pointed at the ceiling.
What the hell. What the hell.
Dick Herold was immediately informed of the situation.
“I have a problem right now.”
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Maru, who was heading to the place where the seriously injured cannibal was captured, changed direction after receiving an urgent report from Dick.
The western coast of France had been developed into a tourist destination, so there were many buildings larger than expected. Most of the accommodations that stretched out like that were half-ruins. Most of the buildings were belching black smoke because the embers were not extinguished.
Corpses were hanging everywhere. Traces of people being burned at the stake, tied to huge logs that no one knew where, were scattered here and there.
Traces of repeated massacres. At first, the anti-government forces killed. Then, the government forces came in and killed those who had collaborated with the anti-government forces under the pretext of disposing of them. Finally, there was the massacre of British raiders who had come across the sea.
The body had the three marks clearly visible: a corpse with its throat cut and on display, a corpse burned, and a corpse hung.
Maru increased his speed with his stealth function turned on. If there were any survivors who survived this massacre, they were likely not in their right minds.
‘If by any chance he had survived, there is a possibility that his abilities would have awakened.’
Considering that it was said that the possibility of awakening one’s abilities increases when one is in danger of death, it was true. This was an environment where there were not just one but three massacres in a short period of time, so it wouldn’t be strange if there were cases where one awakened one’s abilities while mad.
‘There might be a type like Director Yoo.’
Since those with abilities were immune to most viruses, there was no need to worry about becoming a cannibal if bitten by one.
However, just because there were cases like Director Yoo’s where he became a cannibal after awakening, we needed to be careful.
Dadadak-
The sound of Maru’s footsteps became a little faster.
The building where the two mercenaries went missing was a fairly large condominium. Most of the large windows facing the ocean were broken.
It was a floor that was being moved into a condo where traces of fire were clearly visible in the middle of the building, and where the flames that had not gone out remained and warmed the air.
[No biological response.]
[No motion sensor response.]
[Thermal imaging sensor has a malfunction.]
[Stop the thermal imaging sensor.]
Situational analysis by the assistant AI. Even a basic analysis was definitely helpful.
“Upload the information sent by the mercenary captain.”
[Please select the video you want to play.]
“entire”
A video from Dick Herold appeared on the HUD (Head-Up Display).
hmm-
The sight of two people with enhanced physical abilities being dragged away without even putting up a single fight. It was impressive that the tactical camera didn’t even catch what was attacking them.
[Video analysis results. The noise identified as the sound of movement has been separated. Would you like to confirm?]
“Don’t turn the volume up too loud.”
Sseuuk-(creak) Sseuuk-(thud)
The clear sound of the mercenary being dragged was clear. But there was a small sticky sound inside. So, a slimy sound? The feeling of something sticky sticking and falling.
Maru pulled out Eclipse and went inside, his heartbeat slightly quickening. The first direction he went was near the entrance. It was where the mercenary named Sheldon was.
As I passed through the hallway where melted water droplets were dripping down, perhaps because the embers were still burning, I came to the space I had seen in the video.
Maru’s gaze quickly scanned up, down, left, and right. The assistant AI confirmed that there was nothing caught on the sensor.
[No biological response.]
[No response.]
[Thermal imaging error.]
The bloodstains that ran along the hallway floor were clearly the blood of mercenaries.
“How much bleeding? Is it dangerous?”
[Not much. The risk of death from excessive bleeding is low.]
‘You wounded him so he wouldn’t die?’
It is said that he incapacitated the person with enhanced physical abilities, but wounded them enough that there was no excessive bleeding. It was not a stab wound.
Above all, it was strange that the mercenaries who were attacked were dragged away quietly. The video sent by Dick Herold contained the vital signs of the missing mercenaries. It was definitely strange to see a regular heartbeat and stable blood pressure.
Maru took out a small box the size of a wallet from his waistband. Inside was a small drone.
Huh-
A drone that made a small mosquito-like sound flew up. It followed the blood trail down the stairs leading to the basement, and the drone’s response disappeared for a moment.
‘Is that so?’
Maru nodded.
The fact that it was destroyed immediately despite being a very small drone means that it was recognized and eliminated. It means that anything underground can recognize a reconnaissance drone.
Maru didn’t go down right away, but first checked where the other mercenaries were. This side was the same. The long trail left a clear trace of going down the emergency stairs on the other side and going underground.
‘It’s a clear trace···.’
It’s a trap. Are you telling me to come down?
Under his cold, sunken eyes, one corner of Maru’s mouth slightly rose. Maru, who had been suppressing the sound of his heartbeat accelerating, slammed Eclipse into the floor.
Kwajik- Wooooowoong-
Eclipse, who had been fed a solid meal of mutant rats, cried all over even though he had not been hit with a bullet. As the blade that had been stuck through the floor turned smoothly in an oval shape,
Quaddukduk-
The red tissues that were woven like vines broke off, and the oval-shaped cut floor sank downwards. Two flash grenades that were thrown in between rolled down.
Kujik—–
The sound of something being crushed by a pile of reinforced concrete. Maru, taking advantage of the crushing sound, landed quietly and drew a circle in eclipse.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
The blade, ignoring the slight resistance, made a perfect circle.
Kwaaaaah!
The flash grenade that had been waiting for things to rush into the empty circular space greeted them happily.
Flash- Paaaaang-
Flash- Paaaaang-
The things underground were blinded by a strong light and sound.
Kkaaaaaaah!
Gyaaaaaaah!
Those whose blotchy skin had blended into the darkness. The sight of naked people struggling with their blinded eyes and ears in the bitter cold of -40 degrees Celsius was like a scene from hell.
Stand up stand up stand up—–
Maru gave them rest.
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The mercenaries who had been conducting reconnaissance were all ordered to return to the airship. A few came up carrying their bags full of food, and were met with envy and criticism, but most had their mouths raised in a smile.
“Did you fill this operation once?”
“Anyway, once is once.”
“Of course it should be like that. Then.”
“But I heard Sheldon and Miles got hurt?”
“I saw him being taken away on a medical blimp. It’s true that he was injured.”
“What happened to you?”
“They said I was a cannibal.”
“Cannibals? Ha. Those idiots must have gotten hurt because they got greedy again.”
“If we went in pairs, it would have been fine. We probably moved separately to eat more.”
“It’s obvious even without looking.”
In an atmosphere where the victim was considered a retard, one person raised a question.
“If they were taken on a medical blimp, who would have saved those bastards?”
“?”
“?”
“?”
Now that I think about it, if there was someone who saved me, I would have bragged about it, but there was no one like that.
“Everyone, sit down. This is an emergency.”
Dick Herold silenced the squawking mercenaries and played the video.
“As you all know, those two idiots are now literally idiots.”
The footage showed Sheldon and Miles in a medical capsule.
“We need to send him back to his home country for a thorough diagnosis and intensive treatment, but as of now, he is paralyzed from the waist down. If he doesn’t recover, he will have to wear diapers for the rest of his life.”
“······.”
“······.”
“What happened to you?”
“It’s these guys.”
A bizarre figure with grayish white skin and patches of darkness appeared on the monitor. It had the shape of a human, but it had no hair on its entire body and was instead covered in something like mucus.
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