Rust - Chapter 658



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RUST -658

Kim Yang’s airship, the Black Drake, was blowing up the entire area where the Bank of England was located with bunker busters and napalm.

When the napalm flames go out, they burn again, and when they go out again, they burn again.

After bombing, it was common to move on to the next stage. It was common to do additional bombing or focus bombing on a specific location, and then deploy ground forces. However, the Black Drake was repeating wide-area bombing every hour or two.

As the Maru private airship approached, the auxiliary AI that was autonomously piloting the Black Drake sent information.

[Hello, Your Majesty. This is ‘All A-703’, operating the Black Drake autonomously. Currently, in accordance with autonomous engagement protocol, Operation Log Number 20218873, Operation Log Number 20228874, and the situation are being calculated. Support bombing is in progress.]

Maru sighed inwardly at the report of the assistant AI that seemed to have learned little.

As soon as the dedicated airship was built, it was towed away, and it seemed like it was put into actual combat without even coordinating with the auxiliary AI.

Maru got straight to the point.

“Send detailed information to the file.”

[Transmitting the engagement situation. Transmission completed.]

Data was streaming onto the monitor. It was Maru who was checking the footage captured by the tactical camera of Kim Yang and the guards.

Kim Yang’s command was swift. Troop distribution and operation were carried out in real time. The sniper team deployment, advance reconnaissance, and securing of retreat routes were flawless.

The problem started with the sudden onset of communication failures. As soon as the communication failures began, errors in electronic equipment, including sensors, began to occur.

[Retreat. All retreat. Go to the airship.]

[Chijijik- This is Alpha! It’s a wall! They’re breaking through the wall -Chijijik!]

Although Kim Yang quickly ordered a retreat, the enemy’s reaction was faster.

‘Was it outside the sensor detection range?’

It didn’t seem to be that. When you look at the video, they burst through the reinforced concrete wall like a tofu. They had two long tentacles, and a black, tar-like mass.

‘Japanese tentacle monster?’

At first glance, they looked similar, but Maru, who had fought them in close combat, immediately noticed the differences.

The tentacles I experienced in Japan were ones that ate people whole and attacked them with their tentacles. In the US, the tentacles that were created by mixing Chairman Shim and the fragments of the altar attached themselves to rats and other living things to create tentacles.

But what was in the video was a slimy substance with tentacles growing out of the melted asphalt. It had no proper shape and was flowing, like slime that you would see in a fantasy novel or movie.

Moreover, the two tentacles that protruded were not just tentacles, but were also functioning as a mouth. Not only did the tentacles move like an elephant’s trunk or a snake, but they also functioned as a snout.

[Tadadadadang-]

[Chijijiji- The bullets won’t work!]

[Beep beep – The giant monster grenade doesn’t penetrate.]

[Chick- Target approach.]

[Beep- Stop it! Stop it!]

[Chijijijik- Cremoa explodes!]

Dust filled the area with the sound of an explosion.

[Chijijik- Is there anyone with the sensor working? Tiiiii-]

[Tsujijik – It’s a dead end.]

[Beep beep- This side is all gone too.]

[Chick – in front – Beep – forward!]

A dark red amorphous life form emerged from the smoky dust. It was about the size of a large plate. As the amorphous object moved slowly, its tentacles shot out as it squeezed its entire body.

[Pfft!]

The exosuit bounced back with a dull thud. It didn’t penetrate the new exosuit’s special armor plate, but it was crumpled here and there.

It was a monster that did not conform to the laws of physics or the laws of life, as it was made of new materials that could block even 12.7mm armor-piercing bullets.

[Chiiik- Get up!]

The exosuit lay motionless, as if it had lost consciousness due to the strong impact. The long, amoeba-like monster jumped up.

[Chijiiik- Fuck!!! Chiiik- Stop it!!]

The team members nearby tried to stop the monster that was moving slowly and then suddenly bounced like a tennis ball, but it was faster.

It clung to the fallen exosuit and wrapped its limbs with its tentacles. The exosuit’s limbs began to slowly twist, making a sound like a snake wrapping itself around its prey.

KADDDDD – The gloves held up, but the joint parts started to warp.

[Beep! – Cut it out! Cut it out!]

[Chew! Flamethrower!]

[Chiiik- Get out of the way!]

Footage continued of the SS men using high-frequency cutters and flamethrowers to cut and burn things. Other teams were also being attacked at the same time.

[Beep- Gather. Gather in front of the safe. Chi-]

[Chi-i-ik – The safe is open!]

Kim Yang’s decision was quick. Rather than escaping by engaging the unknown enemy on the stairs, he decided to use the safe on the first basement floor, where there were no enemies, as a bunker.

[Beep- Bomb with bunker busters and napalm! To our current location! Now! Chi-chi!]

Her orders to the Black Drake, which had taken refuge in the vault, were to bomb and burn the surrounding area.

‘Because I took refuge in the safe.’

There was no rush to move. Maru took out a few of the various videos. They were videos of the team that failed to retreat outside and also failed to join up with Kim Yang and take refuge in the vault.

[Crack- Kkaaaak!]

The monsters also communicate with each other, twisting and breaking limbs rather than attacking the solid torso of the exosuit.

[Take it off, flamethrower!]

[I’m out of fuel.]

Those who realized that the flamethrower’s napalm and ammunition were all used up rushed in. Even with their limbs broken and necks broken, the guardsmen did not turn off their tactical cameras. Those who set up their auxiliary AI to transmit information even after death.

It moved as if an octopus or squid were opening the crab’s shell and eating its insides. It was like breaking the exosuit’s limbs and tearing them off, then inserting its tentacles inside.

Churuk-churuk-

The predation began with the thrust of the tentacle’s tip. The video was a mix of screams, wills, and final prayers of the guards being eaten alive.

Beep-

Maru, who had turned off the monitor, looked at the burning Bank of England and the International Gold Exchange area. The bunker busters were clearly visible, with holes here and there.

Whoosh whoosh-

The large hole looked like a chimney, with flames and black smoke rising from inside.

‘That’s strange.’

Maru didn’t just pass over that subtlety. A sharp sense whispered to him as he began to scan the video from the beginning again. There was something he was missing.

[Chijijijijik-]

The recorded video started with noise and ended with noise. Maru’s eyes, who was watching the video at high speed with the screen blurring here and there, suddenly turned cold.

[I’m out of fuel.]

[Aaaah! Mom!]

Footage of them being eaten alive. There was no noise or blur in the footage. Maru’s expression suddenly distorted. So these monster bastards.

‘Do you know that I’m recording?’

Knowing that they were recording with a tactical camera, they tried to break their morale. They attacked their mentality by saying that they would be eaten alive like this.

‘Those fucking kids···.’

Another strange thing was that the bunker buster and napalm had turned the surrounding area into a sea of ​​fire, so Kim Yang and his bodyguards who were hiding in the safe should have come out.

‘The Black Drake continues to use bunker busters and napalm.’

It meant that in a situation where there was no way out, the monsters were being held in check.

“All A-Black Drakes. Stop bombing.”

Artificial intelligence number, Jeon A- Maru ordered the bombing to stop. The command code of the King of the Holy Kingdom was the highest order, so the bombing was stopped.

[There is a risk that the bombing-focused monsters will take over the area around the vault.]

“Bomb them after they’ve gathered enough.”

[All right.]

“Are the sensors working properly?”

[The sensor is operating normally.]

“okay?”

They could affect electronics. That means they could mess with sensors. It was just a matter of communication and recording problems, but what if it was more than that?

Maybe it was because they were high in the sky, but my heart didn’t pound or anything, but the more I thought about them, the more uneasy they became.

Just in case, I checked the remaining bunker busters and napalm, and the results were as bad as I had expected.

The Black Drake’s AI bombed based on previous engagement data, so it consumed a lot of bombs. If Maru hadn’t stopped the bombing, it would have consumed all of them soon.

Maru was convinced after re-watching all the footage of Kim Yang scouting London using crows and drones.

‘I know how to erase these traces.’

We could tell from the video footage of the empty room captured by the scout crow.

Footage of the door being closed, with clear evidence of someone getting out of bed in a hurry.

‘A box of cookies?’

Maru felt uneasy as he pressed the pause button.

Because the box of cookies was stuck in the crack of the door and was crushed, the door was shut tight.

‘It’s strange?’

Think back to a time when you had to close a door abruptly.

What do you do when you’re about to close the door and go out, but the box of cookies gets caught in the crack and the door won’t close?

Since I’m in a hurry, I’ll just leave the door open and go out.

He kicks the box of cookies stuck in the crack of the door away with his foot or hand, then closes the door.

Even if the cookie box gets stuck in the crack of the door and won’t close, I force the door shut by pushing it all the way.

Is there any reason to choose the last of the three options? Why?

If you choose the third, there’s probably a good reason for it.

The common elements in the footage captured by the scout crows were that there were no people, there were signs of people leaving in a hurry, and most of the doors were tightly shut. Whether it was the front door, the room, or the windows.

There was footage of a crow opening a window and going in. There was footage of the door opening and flying from the second floor to the first floor, but nothing happened.

The more Maru watched the video, the more he felt uneasy. The crumpled cardboard boxes, the empty rooms and buildings where there was no sign of life, were the same.

‘They’re smart. They’re smart enough to try to break your morale.’

Amorphous bodies, they know that the human mind is weak, so they actively attack. At first, they are not detected by the sensors, but when they discover the safe and the main force goes underground, they attack by surprise.

Did you know you went down to the basement? How?

Maru replayed the video. It was the sight of Ms. Kim and her guards opening the main gate of the Bank of England and entering. The International Gold Exchange right next door was the same. The guards opening the main gate and entering.

‘Open and come in?’

Opened it and went in and noticed?

Why did you close all the doors and windows to find out?

So what did the crows open and go in?

Can you tell the difference between humans and animals?

Maru immediately lowered the autonomous exosuit to the Bank of England. The AI-powered exosuit entered the building, which was half-destroyed by bunker busters and napalm explosions.

I opened the front door, which had broken windows and rattling doors, but there was nothing unusual. The same thing happened when I opened the doors inside the building. Nothing unusual happened.

Well then, how about somewhere a little further away?

The moment the automated exosuit opens the front door of a building a block away and enters.

beep-

A split second. A red dot appears on the sensor screen and then disappears. Maru didn’t miss that moment.

There were those guys.

Maru immediately sent the exosuit towards the first basement level.

As the AI-powered exosuit opens the fire door of the emergency staircase and enters the parking lot, a red dot is clearly visible on the fire door.

Clank-

The sound of a fire door locking, as if it were an automatic door.

And then the red dots start to appear one by one on the sensor.

Chiiik-

The tactical camera footage mounted on the exosuit was distorted.

Charrick-

The guys who had been pretending to be on the fire door and ceiling attacked the exosuit. Crunch- As if they were used to it now, the guys who had already broken the limbs attacked the head next.

Kkuduk-

The thing that was stuck to the back of my head on my helmet stuck its tentacles between my neck and my helmet and shook its body back and forth as if it was flustered.

It was because the inside of the helmet was empty. And Maru’s eyes, which had been checking the tentacles’ movements with the internal camera, sank coldly.

‘Is it a head?’

After disabling the limbs, they were after the human’s head. The brain.

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The heavy vault door slowly closed.

[Close it quickly!]

Two guards came in, supporting a sagging exosuit from either side. Kim Yang stopped them both.

[There. Stop right there.]

[It was a trap.]

[They are lying in wait near the safe.]

Kim Yang said, pointing her gun at the two people speaking urgently.

[Step back.]