Rust - Chapter 719



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RUST -719

Churik-

The spider webs that spread out like a fan looked like shotguns. Dozens of spider webs shot out at the same time, entangling Maru’s limbs like a net.

‘These kids. What the hell are they?’

It has tensile strength and elasticity comparable to that of a special material instructor. If it weren’t for Eclipse, I would have been unable to move and would have just rolled around.

When I fought them directly, I could tell that these were not just any ordinary spiders. They were clearly biological weapons designed with malicious intent.

The biggest evidence is spider webs. Why would spider webs need radio-jamming and electronic device-disrupting capabilities in their natural state?

This was clearly a function aimed at humans, at human weapons. It evolved in an instant to win a fight with humans?

With a mutant virus outbreak, a cannibalistic epidemic, war with China, and virtually no infrastructure, how much electronic equipment has been left running that we really need electronic jamming to disrupt radio waves?

In the United States, less than 20% of the area had even a limited supply of electricity, and even those were all near solar, wind, hydro, and thermal power plants.

Even if electricity was generated, most of the transmission lines were down, and it wasn’t easy to restore the transmission facilities. The monsters were smart enough to know that human power came from electricity.

Even if they didn’t raid the village, they went around cutting power lines, internet cables, and communication lines wherever they saw them.

So there was no reason for spider webs to evolve the ability to jam radio waves or disrupt electronic devices, unless someone had designed a mutant spider to do so.

Maru’s gaze scanned the front. The way he lunged at the small spider as if he was making a life-or-death decision was also strange.

After the commanding entity died, they were supposed to disperse, but the spiders were attacking even more fiercely.

‘The special entities are already dead anyway? Why are these like this… No way?’

Maru’s conclusion, without missing that subtle sense of discomfort.

‘So you’re saying there’s something else you want to protect these kids?’

After dodging, tearing, and changing direction as spider webs shot out from all directions, I found a specific floor in the direction where the spiders’ resistance was growing stronger.

‘Are you there?’

It was a place where the artificial rock climbing facility was tilted and formed into a canyon. As Maru headed towards that place, even the jumping spiders started to attack with their own bullets.

Spider webs spread out everywhere, making it impossible to move using both spider webs and speed. Sizzle – The sticky spider webs began to grab Maru’s ankles.

In that brief moment, the spiders swarmed into the artificial canyon and formed a swarm.

It’s good if we stick together.

Now was the time. The time to let loose and drop the napalm grenades.

A deep murderous aura rose up from Maru’s entire body. The spiders spinning their webs flinched and froze for a moment at the aura of death that seemed as if it would become tangible.

And the sword strike that digs into that trembling moment.

Kujijijijik-

As the spider webs entangling his arms and upper body were cut, the napalm grenade exploded. The hot flames seemed to mix with the flesh and burn into a blood-red death.

The sword strike, a mixture of heat and death, simultaneously cut through the H-beams supporting the artificial rock wall. The truly merciless blow ignored the spider web, which seemed like a special material, and split one side of the wall like a fish’s stomach.

Kkuddududuk-

Like the guts of a gutted fish spilling out, the torn wall crumpled and pushed the furniture on the other side out, becoming fuel for the napalm flames.

A swarm of jumping spiders leapt up the artificial rock walls that formed the canyon, blazing red death.

Spiders flying in midair, cut to pieces. Spiders cut lengthwise and crosswise like soy sauce marinated crabs sprayed venom and webs, but it only stopped their deathly steps for a moment.

To stop just one step, hundreds of spiders died. The sacrifice to stop the steps of death, even if only for a moment, was not in vain.

And then came the all-out attack of the spiders. Maru’s ripper suit was instantly dismantled by the attack that threw away his own life for the sake of death.

‘Tsk-‘

The new Ripper suit, which was supposed to be able to block 12.7mm bullets, couldn’t withstand the spider’s venom and fangs. Maru’s eyes narrowed at the sight of the spiders persistently tearing at his joints and connecting parts.

‘these guys···.’

Thump- thump- Maru’s eyes darkened at the sound of his heartbeat getting louder. He discarded the Ripper suit.

Maru, who had made a decision, detonated the napalm grenade.

Ting-

The napalm grenade that fell at her feet exploded, instantly burning the attached spider with flames reaching 1,300 to 1,400 degrees.

The spiders attacked the floor while burning. Their webs shriveled in the flames, their fangs turned to charcoal, and their forelegs, already sharp, were broken.

Kujik- The ripper suit Maru was wearing was torn apart after failing to withstand the final attack. And another evil inside was revealed.

It looked as if human skin had been peeled off to reveal the muscles. The dark red, muscular body was so moist that it felt as if it were alive.

Hurrrurruk-

The spider’s body fluid sizzled in the blazing flames. The dark red muscle fibers spun around like loose earthworms, rushing toward the spiders around them.

Muscle fibers that began to suck the spider’s fluids while burning in the napalm flames. The strands that appeared alive were not muscle fibers, but rather tentacles as thin as hair.

‘Fuck. What the hell is this?’

In the simulation, it wasn’t like this. It was activated when you covered up the enemy’s blood, but now it was completely different.

Maru, who had momentarily gathered his thoughts about to be distracted, ran into the valley, to the place the spiders were trying to protect.

The combination of napalm grenades and vampire suits proved disastrous for the spiders. The sticky webs shriveled in the flames, and the sharp claws and fangs were no match for Eclipse’s blades.

With a loud cracking sound of thick carapace, a giant spider as big as a person collapsed, spilling its internal organs and fluids.

A crimson tentacle dug into the cross-section. It was no longer possible to tell whether it was a tentacle disguised as muscle fiber or a muscle fiber made of tentacles, but the tissue sucked the giant spider up in an instant.

It felt like the energy absorbed from the spider was transformed into the energy of the vampire slinger. Maru was able to reach the artificial canyon thanks to the slingerer reacting to Maru’s quick reflexes and adding strength to them.

Fighting spirit-

At the very edge of the canyon, as I parted the spiderwebs that had been piled up like bunkers, I saw people. Four of them.

“Hmph- stop it. Stop it!”

“S. Save me.”

“I didn’t want to be like this. I was kidnapped too…”

“Ah. Ah. No. This can’t be happening. This can’t be happening.”

[You’ll know if it’s unfair or not when you check.]

“Ah- thank you.”

“Ask me anything.”

“I’ll put those spiders right back.”

“Then is the airship coming to pick you up?”

Airship?

Maru, who tilted his head slightly, spoke to the people who were getting up as if they were alive.

[But you know. Even though it’s unfair, it’s true that you moved the spiders and attacked them. Isn’t that right?]

Swish-

Thump- thump- thump- degurururur-

While Maru placed the head into the container, the muscle tentacles released from the vampiric gauntlet feasted.

‘Tsk – I should check that too.’

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Kim Yang and the guards who joined Maru were in shambles.

[What the heck is this spider? This is crazy. Seriously.]

Miss Kim, who had shown a strong appearance in front of her subordinates, that is, only showed strong pronunciation, unknowingly grumbled in a tone she mainly used in front of the floor.

‘Oh. You’re cute, Captain.’

‘Is the captain after all after His Majesty?’

‘Well, who else would sit next to you if not the captain?’

‘You were singing the song next to me. Was this something you had been doing for a while?’

The guards pretended not to hear and stepped back to let the two talk comfortably. Without realizing it, Kim Yang began to report.

[Have you seen a jumping spider? It’s a thing that can jump over two or three-story houses to attack. That crazy spider just kicks off buildings and jumps… Seriously. Seriously. Real. It wasn’t a joke.]

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[And there were ground spiders. They didn’t just burrow into the soft dirt, they also dug through the asphalt. Wow- really- they made a cover out of asphalt and lay in wait. They lay in wait like that, so maybe because of the spider webs, the sensors didn’t work. Wow-]

[Thank you for your hard work.]

Kim Yang’s shoulders shrugged under Maru’s encouragement.

How was it possible to preserve the entire guard in such a situation?

huh.

Praise more.

hurry.

hurry.

[Well done.]

[Huh- So how did it go? Did you catch it?]

[Yeah. Those spider-controlling bastards I saw in the information extractor. They were all huddled together.]

[That’s strange. Aren’t those important things usually spread out everywhere?]

So that they don’t get wiped out all at once.

[You’ll know the reason when you check it out.]

[The special airship said it would be here soon. Ah- here it comes. Fire a signal flare.]

Boom- Boom-

A new assault airship landed behind a soaring flare.

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The results of extracting information were as expected.

“Spiders are originally from China. And small spiders act as intermediary terminals.”

Na Ju-yeon analyzed the information in an instant using a quantum computer.

The secret of how humans give orders to spiders that exchange information through vibrations in their webs has been revealed.

[If the small spider acted as a terminal, does that mean the small spider can perceive human mental waves?]

Ki-soon, who went to Canada, participated in the meeting via text message.

“that’s right.”

Na Ju-yeon nodded.

[···The Confederacy was the one that handled psychic waves well and conducted many biological experiments.]

“Yes. Based on the information analysis, there is a high possibility that it is connected to you.”

It was a text message from Gi-sun that omitted the mention of a secret laboratory in Virginia Langley, but everyone present at the meeting knew that much.

The problem was the chronological order. Depending on whether it had been connected to China before, or whether it followed the Chinese spider outbreak after the Sino-Japanese War, or whether it followed the attack on the Sacred Kingdom’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia, the response would have to be different.

“What’s the problem with that?”

Miss Kim tilted her head. It was because she was eagerly aiming for a happy ending.

If it all just ends with a bang, why bother looking for reasons and thinking about the cause? What’s the point?

“If it has had ties to China since the beginning, there is a good chance that this spider is loose outside of Richmond.”

When we dug into the source of the mutant virus, the result at the time was this: the mutant virus was created by a mixture of Chinese manpower, American capital, and Japanese technology.

If spiders were involved, it would mean that whoever created the mutant virus had a biological weapon in mind.

Cockroaches? Rats? Cannibals? They were all accidentally leaked during experiments, and you could call them accidents, but spiders were different.

“That’s true. It’s a web of electromagnetic interference due to radio interference. I can only say that they analyzed the phenomenon that occurs when the density of mutant monsters increases and incorporated that effect into the web.”

“The same goes for the control method. If each individual spider can perceive psychic waves, they could be attacked on the spot by psychic power users. Judging from the control method that anticipates the interference of psychic power users, it is possible that related research was conducted in advance.”

PD and Hood’s analysis also made sense. In particular, if Hood’s opinion is correct, the spider is a biological weapon. It is a biological weapon that even takes into account encounters with power users.

“Why don’t we just fire nukes?”

What if we blow up Richmond like we blew up London and Paris?

“As I said before, it would be difficult to abandon the Newport News naval base and facilities, the new aircraft carriers under construction, and the Second Fleet under maintenance, and then fire a nuke at Richmond.”

“I heard the crows talking. The spiders are paragliding, and that big structure is like a balloon that controls the air superiority. Wouldn’t it be safer to just abandon Newport News and fire nukes?”

Kim Yang strongly insisted on the hydrogen bomb ending.

[That’s difficult. If Richmond is the center of the spiders and there are no mutant spiders or humans controlling spiders anywhere else, then it’s possible. If there are spider-related organizations in other places besides Richmond, the moment you nuke Richmond, they’ll run away in all directions.]

Can’t we just nuke them as soon as we see them? Kim Yang held back her words. The atmosphere was such that people agreed with Gi-sun’s words.

In Kim Yang’s opinion, at least, it was effective to get rid of the head first if he was going to use a nuclear weapon.

Maru summarized the situation in a deep voice.

“If necessary, we must use nuclear weapons.”

Because it’s a nuclear weapon that was made to be used when necessary for survival and safety.

“But as we all know, abusing nuclear weapons could actually endanger our lives.”

So it was important to use it exactly where it was needed.

“Then why don’t you make a small one instead of a big one?”

With the power to erase a radius of about 2 to 3 km.

Even smaller, say with a radius of 400 to 500 meters.

There are tactical nuclear weapons that can do that, but they are too big to carry around and fire.

The code and other procedures are also complicated.

So, a small and compact nuclear weapon that the field commander can shoot with ease.

A cute and smart nuclear exosuit that can be used as an exosuit.

If possible, it should be of a size that infantry can use.

Feel free to shoot and run around.

huh.

Kim Yang took this opportunity to arm the infantry with nuclear weapons.