Rust - Chapter 671



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RUST [RUST]-671

Urgent reports continued.

After an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) occurs, regular communication devices are down. Biometric communication devices are also out of order.

The only remaining method of communication was through psychic waves using dominance, but that also ended up in a mess because the high-ranking new humans and nobles centered around the major cities went berserk in order to protect their own lives.

Meanwhile, the mental connection with external staff was being cut off terribly. When the links of dozens of staff standing guard were cut off in an instant, the security staff turned pale.

The last emotions sent by the staff were ‘Fear.’ and ‘Death.’ The last emotions sent by the lower entities were death and fear…

“Mr. Chairman, you must avoid it.”

“The headquarters has definitely been exposed.”

“You have to get out of here right now.”

“San Antonio, Dallas, Houston were blown up by hydrogen bombs. Where did they go?”

“This is their trap. If they knew the exact location, they would have deployed a battalion-sized force or more to surround us.”

“Yes. Right now they are continuing to pressure us and lure us into running away.”

Joseph Meyer’s expression soon returned to its usual expressionless state. The situation was not good. The army, one of the Confederate’s key forces, was half-decapitated.

Even if they were to attempt nuclear retaliation, it would take at least 24 hours. They say it’s 24 hours, but if the Holy Kingdom’s technology has reached the singularity, there’s a chance that they’ll detect the launch preparations.

Joseph Meyer reproached himself for having oversimplified Vladimir Kalin’s greed. He was trying to become an absolute monarch all by himself.

He is a madman who wants to sweep away all supporters like the new humans and the nobles and become the absolute ruler who will rule over humanity alone.

How dare you fool everyone into thinking it wasn’t a topic like that.

Holy Kingdom?

HOLLY?

I should have realized when I was a writer who couldn’t even use a beauty trick. It was a mistake to talk about compromise to someone who was so greedy that he would even suppress his most basic desires.

‘He’s the one who broke the non-aggression pact and will launch a preemptive strike without hesitation. If we get swayed, it’s over.’

Joseph Meyer’s concentration was at its peak. Any mistake in choice was annihilation. As he became a noble, his brain, which had deviated from the cognitive abilities of ordinary people, began to search for a survival route in an instant.

‘If you stay here, you die.’

He came to one clear conclusion: he had to escape.

“All data is to be discarded. Define the current situation as scenario 36. Escape according to scenario 36.”

“Mr. Chairman, the security team and I will stay.”

Instead of answering, he pushed aside the bookshelf and a secret safe appeared. Joseph Meyer opened the safe using his psychic powers and took out a round bar and handed it to each executive.

“It’s a device that contains scenario number 36 and the location of Anga. It’s in a special safe, so it won’t be damaged by the EMP, but even if you receive a damaged one, there’s no spare. Take the employees and escape to your respective Anga immediately.”

When the security team said they would stay, several of their staff members joined them. When an organization is in danger and discipline begins to break down, these are the people who tend to show up.

“Good luck.”

“······.”

“······.”

Rather than build up his reputation, Joseph Meyer chose to escape as quickly as possible.

‘If that monster thinks he’s the only new human, he won’t take prisoners.’

It was a fitting end for those who disobeyed orders. Joseph Meyer’s figure disappeared deep into the underground tunnels.

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Phew!

A cannibal who reacts without dying even when an Eclipse pierces through his chest.

“Ugh- Here. Here-”

As a guard, he is a mid-level cannibal with tenacious vitality. With that tenacious vitality, he grabs the blade that pierces his back.

Tsk-

As Maru, who had been clicking his tongue, turned the Eclipse’s handle 90 degrees and pulled it out, the cannibal’s fingers that had been holding the blade were sliced ​​off like sausages.

Ughh …

Wormwood – The guard’s movements gradually stopped after he had cut off the neck with the drawn blade. In that short moment, three guards rushed towards the floor.

Tudadadak-

“Shoot from 3 to 6.”

“Nothing. There is nothing.”

“Fuck. What the hell is this?”

“What about the sensor?”

“They were all blown away by the EMP.”

“Fuck. Keep shooting.”

Nothing was visible, but it was the guards sweeping their guns as they scanned the entire space where their comrade’s body was.

No one noticed the shadows that had moved behind them at the sound of gunfire and flying bullets.

Swish-

The sound of a head being chopped off, obscured by gunfire.

The two remaining guards, who were pulling the triggers hard, did not notice it because they heard the sound of swords being swung. They noticed it because the number of gunshots fired by the three had decreased to two.

‘Behind!’

‘Behind!’

The two pulled the triggers behind them with a movement that far surpassed human reaction speed. They desperately sprayed heavy bullets, but they only flew through the air in vain.

Tick-tick-

Tick-tick-

‘Fuck. What a mistake.’

Normally, one person would keep aiming while the other would reload, but both of them emptied their magazines at the same time. Their eyes crossed.

“Reload!”

As one man took out his magazine, the other pulled out his pistol and charged forward.

No, I thought it was restrained.

But unfortunately, the death that lay before them was not something they could restrain.

Crunch-

The arm that had been aiming forward with the pistol drawn was cut diagonally. The scene of the cannibal’s strong muscles being sliced ​​as smoothly as spam was fantastic.

???

There was no way to know where or how the stabbing occurred. All that was known was that the arm that was holding the gun was cut off.

Black!

It wasn’t a cry of pain. My arm was cut off before I could feel any pain.

“No···. M.”

Before he could say anything, the extended blade pierced the guard’s severed arm through his mouth and exited through the back of his head. The last sound he made was a gasp of relief.

Krrrrrr-

“Fuck!!!”

First, the Rsh-12.7mm 5-shot revolver in Maru’s left hand fired faster than the guard who had reloaded turned his gun into the swaying space.

Boohoo!

A thick bullet shattered the head of the guard who was aiming his rifle. Thud, thud, thud— The remaining life in his already dead body pulled the trigger, but the muzzle was already pointed at the sky.

Tick—

Throb thump.

Maru’s brow furrowed slightly at the sight of his finger twitching as he pulled the trigger in the air.

‘It’s definitely tough.’

Cannibals grew stronger by eating humans. The leader of the group who monopolized human flesh in the bunker under the Air Force base did so.

The leader at the time was quite strong. But here, the guards are only 70% to 80% of the leader in the Air Force bunker. These guys are standing guard?

‘think.’

Maru could intuitively tell that this was the real headquarters of Virginia Langley.

If it had been a military facility, they would have been wearing military uniforms. However, all the guards here were wearing uniforms made of special material.

That wasn’t all. Their movements were more like those of counter-terrorism specialists than of ordinary soldiers.

[The guards are upgraded to intermediate cannibals. They have stronger vitality and better physical abilities than the average intermediate, so be careful.]

As soon as Maru relayed the warning to the Royal Guard and the punitive force, the auxiliary AI reported.

[A large number of unidentified vans appeared.]

A video was sent from an airship waiting in the sky.

It was a video of dozens of vans suddenly jumping out of nowhere. The vans, which were running along the road and scattering in all directions, were clearly running away.

“Can it be tracked by a drone? What is the maximum tracking range?”

[Tracking is possible if the stratospheric airship and map are linked in real time. Also, the current drone’s flight range is about 50km.]

The fact that a drone can operate at temperatures between -40 and -50 degrees Celsius is a new technology in itself, but the fact that a palm-sized reconnaissance drone can fly as far as 50 km is a technological advancement that has truly reached a singular point.

There was even a stratospheric airship waiting to replace the GPS satellites, so it was impossible for them to escape.

‘But why do I feel so uneasy?’

I also found the headquarters of the Virginia Langley Company, and was tracking the fugitives in real time, so I felt uneasy about ending one important line in the Confederacy.

‘Is this the one that ran away?’

Where is the real thing hiding here? I had no intention of going underground. When I raided the old lab, they tried to bury me alive by blowing me up.

There was no way that those who had managed to burn down the laboratory and nearby research facilities would not have planted a suicide device in the headquarters building.

‘If this is the headquarters, there will definitely be a suicide device. It will explode when the punitive force enters.’

Maru had no intention of playing to their rhythm.

[Send ground combat drones this way.]

[Ground combat drones descend to the location.]

The combat drone entered a tunnel that went deep underground.

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Although it was not completely immune to the EMP, most of the CCTVs were down.

To replace CCTV, ordinary rank-and-file officers were deployed to key locations, and their job was to watch key locations and report on the situation if anything happened.

Reporting using mental waves was different from telepathy.

While the superior entity could send relatively clear images to the inferior entity, the inferior entity could only send vague sensations and emotions to the superior entity.

Of course, I was able to properly send strong images, such as the emotions before death, but that wasn’t something I could do at will.

So when the combat drones came rushing down, the guards couldn’t report clearly, because they didn’t know whether the combat drones were dangerous or not because they hadn’t fought them.

Moreover, if you were to blow up the passage to block the combat drones, you would be blowing up an important trap. Since it was uncertain whether you should use the passage trap to block the entry of drones, which were neither the Royal Guard nor the punitive force, the mental wave reporting became equally ambiguous.

‘Enemy small combat drones have entered. Should we activate the trap?’

The security team leader frowned at the vaguely sent mental wave. If it had been a strong danger, the mental wave would have been clear, but it was a dull mental wave. The security team leader who received such an ambiguous mental wave decided that it would be possible to resolve it on site.

‘Keep the traps. Directly hit the drones to lure enemy forces.’

Even if they are lower class, new humans are still new humans.

Since they were a new species of human beings with physical abilities three to five times greater than those of an average adult male and could freely handle large-caliber firearms, they thought that small drones would not be a problem.

“Pull it in and organize it.”

“Once you clear the can, the real guys will come in. That’s when the trap will be triggered.”

Soon, a line of incoming combat drones came into view.

“Just like that.”

“Just let it come to point A.”

A robot that moves on four legs like a dog is definitely a combat drone.

“There is a sensor on the head. A 7.62mm machine gun appears to be the primary armament.”

“Each entity has different armament. Some are armed with shotguns, while others are armed with grenade launchers.”

I had loaded my magazine with AP rounds in anticipation of engaging the Holy Kingdom forces armed with exosuits, so there was no problem.

3!

2!

1!

“now.”

pop!

What the cannibals threw were grenades filled with aluminum pieces and special powder.

Jiying-

Jiiing-

The combat drone’s sensors and camera apertures were focused on the front, but failed to properly capture it. The sensors and cameras were temporarily disabled by aluminum pieces and special powder.

“Now! Shoot!”

The cannibals hiding behind the wall began to fire concentrated fire.

Thud, thud, thud!

Tidding- tidy ding!

I managed to strike first using a sensor-nulling grenade, but…

“What the···.”

“These things are weird.”

“Fuck- what the hell is this?”

“These guys aren’t getting hit by armor-piercing bullets.”

A drone that appears to weigh only about 65 to 70 pounds (29 to 32 kg) can stop a 12.7mm armor-piercing round?

At the same time, the drone’s counterattack began. When the visual sensor failed, it used the sonic sensor to reverse-calculate the direction of the gunfire and counterattacked.

The results were horrific. Even though the cannibals were equipped with top-of-the-line body armor, they were no match for the new firearms of the Holy Kingdom.

“The bulletproof vest was pierced-”

“Take cover. Take cover!”

When the drone’s machine gun fired, the cannibals in the line of fire fell one after another. The reason the fight could still continue was because they were cannibals.

“Use the trap!”

“Blow it up!”

The subordinate entity’s urgent mental wave was transmitted to the security team leader.

‘It’s like a monstrous divine kingdom.’

If the bulletproof performance of a drone is that good, wouldn’t an exosuit piloted by a human be even better? An exosuit that can’t even be penetrated by 12.7mm armor-piercing bullets.

‘Use the trap and retreat.’

bang!

The central passage collapsed, burying the combat drone in cement and dirt.

Huh- Huh-

Ugh-

It was no chaotic battle that lasted only a few minutes.

As the cannibals with wounds here and there pull out the bullets embedded in their bodies, their wounds begin to slowly heal. And as their wounds heal, their appetites increase.

“I guess I should eat.”

“Tsk- I didn’t mean to write that now.”

They decided to open the fresh(?) food first.

Kkaaaak!

A red optical sensor protruding from one corner of the collapsed passageway watched as people were dismembered alive in an instant and cannibals gorged on food.

“Huh? What is that?”

“what?”

An optical sensor with a red glow inside the aperture.

“That red thing.”

“I think it’s a drone sensor.”

Because I was rapidly expending energy trying to heal my injuries and was preoccupied with my appetite, most of my judgment was not sharp.

“No, that’s not it. It means it’s still working.”

“What the heck is that···.”

Come to think of it, that’s right. They blew up the passage, so they should have been crushed by the collapsed reinforced concrete and soil, but the sensor is working?

???

The cannibals, who had somewhat quelled their rising desires, turned their heads toward the collapsed passageway.

“Did you hear that?”

“uh.”

A grinding sound was heard from across the blocked passage. Everyone perked up their ears and then a loud noise erupted.

Kkwadduk!

As the debris blocking the passage burst forward, a circular tunnel was revealed.

Beep- beep beep- beep-

Wheein- Wheein- Wheein-

In the darkness inside, red lights like the pupils of a beast began to appear in twos and threes.

“Fuck!!!”