Rust - Chapter 718



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RUST -718

A formation of crows soared above the structure that was floating like cotton candy and dropped napalm bombs. The moment the napalm bombs hit the slowly shaking white structure.

A napalm bomb that settles softly and quietly.

?

Caw? (Why doesn’t it explode?)

A structure hit by dozens of napalm bombs begins to slowly descend to the ground, unable to support the weight of the bombs.

As one structure fell, the surrounding structures, entangled in spiderwebs, began to sink in a chain reaction. As a result, they sank downwards like a hat turned inside out. However, the napalm bomb did not explode.

Why?

Huh?

The priest didn’t work?

Caw?

then···.

We need to force a bombing.

Caw!

The crow leader pressed his claws against the blasting device attached to his ankle.

beep—

??

The remote detonator is dead?

Kaaaak? (Is this being reported now?)

Knock! (The communication is dead!)

The crow squadron leader decided to return immediately.

Anyway, all the napalm shells had been used up, and close range attacks were impossible because of the spider webs covering the sky.

Kaaaak! (Back to the airship!)

The crows, who had made such a huge sacrifice in that short moment, returned to the Black Drake-class airship.

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Kim Yang and his bodyguards managed to escape after being relentlessly pursued by jumping spiders and ground spiders.

[What kind of spider is that?]

[This is driving me crazy.]

[How far did these kids go in setting their traps?]

[There is no answer as I jumped from behind the building.]

When I looked up, there was a ground spider waiting for an opportunity to poke around in the ground. When I tried to keep an eye on the ground spider below, there was a jumping spider jumping towards me. And when I was paying attention to those two, a chameleon spider shot a web.

It was literally a total mess. If it weren’t for Kim Yang’s quick choice to set fire and then flee, even the guards could have been annihilated.

[What are those?]

[Is there still that much left?]

[Wasn’t it almost completely wiped out by the first bombing?]

[I knew the chameleon spider would be waiting at the last minute···.]

Although the guards who had taken a breath each spoke without letting down their guard, Ms. Kim was cautious in her response.

[······.]

Come to think of it, something similar happened when she was working at the company.

At that time, there were four targets. I remember killing two key executives and reducing the number of subordinates following them considerably, but then suddenly a number of enemies far exceeding my expectations surged in.

After killing two executives in an instant, the remaining executives gave up some of their vested interests and asked for support from headquarters.

If we look at the current situation, it means that the spiders either had a headquarters(?) or received help from humans.

After some brainstorming, it turns out there are more people who can control spiders. Whether it’s through awakening their powers or through drugs or procedures.

The spiders, who suffered massive damage from the first air raid, may have asked humans who could communicate with them how to respond, and the humans may have suggested ways to respond.

At least it was possible to float a cotton candy-like structure in the sky. It would have been difficult for a simple spider to come up with such an idea.

‘Or maybe there’s a real headquarters, like an ant kingdom or something.’

I don’t know about the spider kingdom, but it was definitely touched by human hands. If not, and this was purely spider skill, then it was truly terrifying.

‘Whether it’s a new aircraft carrier or something, we just have to fire nukes.’

Kim Yang thought as he placed the jumping spiders, ground spiders, and chameleon spiders he had caught as samples into the preservation device.

‘We’ve already nuked the variants in London and Paris, and the Richmond spider is dangerous enough. So it’s right to nuke it.’

She vowed to suggest using nuclear weapons.

[It falls into the middle area.]

[Yes? So you’re giving up on Richmond?]

[I’m going to suggest using nuclear weapons. The Richmond survivors need to be evacuated separately. We’re going to get tired if we stay there.]

Of course, there will be authors who oppose the use of nuclear weapons, and there will be people who say that if you are going to use nuclear weapons, you should take them with you. Or there will be people who say that you cannot go, so you should not use nuclear weapons.

Just say you’re going to use nukes and shoot them…

‘No, there are some guys who are stuck with spiders.’

If you were to blow up the entire area with a hydrogen bomb, wouldn’t that information get into the spider?

The events of just a moment ago came to her mind.

View from Richmond International Airport.

Spiders are flying on paragliders made of silk and building huge structures to use as balloons, and you’re threatening a nuclear attack? Just to give the spiders time to escape?

Kim Yang’s eyes became cold and gloomy.

‘The spider bitches weren’t just using humans as bait…’

The thing that was being held hostage.

‘They were trapping the survivors so that even if they were to bomb the entire city of Richmond, they wouldn’t blow it up.’

Maybe there are guys who taught the spiders about nuclear weapons.

‘No. I’m sure that’ll happen. There’s no way those spider-controlling bastards would just sit there and do nothing.’

then···.

‘It was a good decision for Kisun to go to Canada.’

So that you don’t get into trouble.

huh.

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Maru followed the trail, moving from building to building using spider webs without touching the ground, so he didn’t encounter any spiders.

Occasionally, I would see buildings with their entire exterior walls covered in spider webs, and I would wonder about that, but Maru never went near that area.

What mattered now was who the spiders had dragged away, where they had taken them, and what was there.

If you think about it calmly, it didn’t matter if the people who were taken away died. They were the ones who Ki-soon had rejected. They were people who wouldn’t change even if you saved them, and there was no responsibility for them.

So what we really need to check is the purpose of the spiders that dragged them away, and the entity that gave the order.

Spiders were largely independent. Individual hunting was common, but there were some spiders that were social.

‘Considering the skirmishes between the Hee-yeon and U+ clone units in the middle zone, and the spiders engaging with Kim Yang and her guards, it’s definitely strange.’

Maru thought that if there was a spider leadership, they should strike there first.

Thud- Shuaaaak-

The long spider web converted Maru’s body weight and kinetic energy into potential energy and lifted him into the air. Maru’s potential energy, which rose into the air, was converted back into kinetic energy, accelerating him in an instant.

As I looked down, there was a clearly distinct trace.

It’s been quite some time since they moved, but we’ve finally caught up.

As I used the energy from my fall to rise into the air again like a swing, the spiders dragging people into view came into view.

And Maru felt uncomfortable.

‘Why do you have to use the road?’

Since it was a spider, it could have just climbed over the building or gone into the space between the buildings, but it insisted on going around the road.

And then there were the spiders waiting behind the buildings lined up along the road. There were spiders that looked completely different from chameleon spiders.

A spider with a pair of unusually large eyes. A jumping spider that occasionally appears in animations and picture books, waiting on the side of the road.

‘The whole road was a trap.’

Considering that there were ground spiders that attacked Kim Yang and his guards, it was highly likely that there were double traps on the road as well.

[What happened to the Crow Bombardment?]

[Communication is not connected.]

[I thought the Black Drake-class airship came with it?]

A large airship capable of acting as a relay station at high altitudes has arrived, but communication is cut off? Let’s turn our heads and look behind us. In the distance, there were structures floating in the sky like puffy clouds.

‘I told you to burn the structure. What did you do until it floated like that?’

[Is it difficult to contact Ms. Kim?]

[Yes. Transmission and reception are currently unavailable.]

It was the spider webs. The structure floating in the sky was probably made of spider webs, so seeing it covering the sky on such a large scale would have caused radio interference.

‘Is that the intended structure?’

The scale was too large to simply be used for radio interference or electronic device jamming. Maru erased the scenery he had looked back at and focused on the traces.

The spiders lured people into an indoor rock climbing center called Peak Experiences.

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Even though we broke through the roof of the center, there was no response from the spiders.

‘Haven’t you thought about breaking into the rooftop?’

Maru sprayed a fluorescent liquid that reacted to spider webs all around. The spider webs glowed green when they touched the liquid. The density of the sprayed spider webs was definitely lower than that of those who had settled down underground.

‘It’s quite large. It’ll take longer than expected.’

The indoor rock climbing center was really big. Most of the courses were low to prevent falls, but the expert courses were almost 10m high.

Spiders that had just entered through the gaps between the cocoons on display in the empty spaces began to coil people and hang them from the ceiling.

Maru’s brow furrowed at the sight of the spiders that had wrapped a dozen people in a cocoon and disappeared in an instant.

It was a different situation than I expected. I thought there were people who controlled the spiders, or some kind of command entity that controlled the spiders. I thought they’d just hang them in the food storage…

There were two choices: go out and find it yourself, or hide here and wait. Both were risky.

The inside of the building is currently like a giant spider web. The sensors and hiding modules are not working, and even the auxiliary AI is acting up and down.

The only good thing was that the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear countermeasures equipment was functioning normally.

‘Then can I set it on fire?’

Okay, let’s set it on fire.

If we burn it down, the important ones will move first. Maru, who had raised his body from a good position to watch all directions, went into action.

Ting- Amidst the brisk clipping sound, a terrible flame was lurking. And for a moment. With a loud explosion, hot flames shot up in all directions.

Whoosh whoosh!

Kwaaaaang- Hwareuk!

Maru’s prediction was right.

‘Is that him?’

There was a small spider moving towards the center, escorted by spiders. It was possible that it was a decoy, but it didn’t matter since I was going to burn it anyway.

Maru, who had moved from the ceiling to the destination in one go using a spider web, stuck an eclipse right into the small spider’s back.

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The small spider was helpless against the movements that even the spider did not notice.

Kukduk-

A dull tang ran up Eclipse’s handle. Judging by the enormously hard shell compared to the spider’s size, it could be real.

Even if it’s bait, it’s probably bait that’s located quite high up. Maru, who slashes down with an eclipse that pierces the center of his chest from the back.

When I split its plump abdomen in two, spider fluid and internal organs poured out. The chameleon spiders guarding right next to it realized the situation belatedly and started to throw webs towards the floor as if they were having a fit.

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But the place where the spider web was shot is already an empty space.

Whoosh- Maru’s movements, a mixture of spiderweb and swiftness, were literally like those of a god of death.

Chunk- crack-

The sight of a chameleon spider’s legs being cut off and its entire body being torn apart. Without any particular sound, the sound of it being sliced ​​and split began to fill the space.

The people who had been turned into gochis desperately struggled to keep up, perhaps feeling the heat and the sound of the writing.

“Sa-sa-sal–”

“Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.”

But the tip of Maru’s sword was only aimed at spiders. Even though he was catching the spiders with ease, he felt uneasy for some reason.

Whoosh whoosh-

The interior of the indoor rock climbing center was mostly made of wood and the walls were made of sandwich panels, so the fire spread quickly.

Spiders began to swarm across the fluorescent green glowing webs and the burning red flames.

Then, they began to spray venom and spider webs towards the rapidly growing flames. The venom and spider webs that touched the flames gave off a fishy smell and gradually extinguished the flames.

Ting- A napalm grenade went into the middle of the spiders who were trying to put out the flames. There was a loud explosion and flames, and the spiders popped like popcorn.

As Maru escaped the space using his spider web and speed, a sudden eerie feeling came over him, and jumping spiders poured down on the spot where Maru had been.

Mungkul-

As Maru concentrated his energy and created a murderous spirit, a genuine murderous spirit that was so strong that it made the flames shake began to spread in all directions.

The swiftness of the floor spread out towards the swarm of spiders that had frozen in an instant.

Quasi-

The swordsmanship, which was full of life, cut through wooden pillars and even artificial rock walls, and fell upon a group of jumping spiders. The jumping spiders, which were torn to pieces in the same position they had been jumping in, sprayed venom and spider webs as they died.

The spider webs entangled Maru’s forearms and upper body eventually stopped his speed.

And then came the all-out attack of spiders.

The sound of a napalm grenade exploding between ripper suits that were ripped apart in an instant.

Kwaaaaang-

And amid the flames and smoke, shadows swayed, greedily sucking the spider’s fluids.

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