Rust - Chapter 832



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RUST [RUST]-832

The white airship floating at the boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere slowly changed direction.

“The base is the cathedral···.”

Maru was dumbfounded after seeing the footage extracted from the woman. The man-eaters had their headquarters in the cathedral.

It’s as if all of this is God’s will… no, it’s as if he’s bestowing grace.

“Do you want to imitate God?”

The quaint cathedral had been turned into a place for cannibal transformation rituals.

‘They are all seeds that should be sent to hell.’

The PD who was watching the video felt disgusted. The true savior and divine being would humble himself, but a cannibalistic vampire would imitate divinity. He couldn’t stand it.

‘We need to strengthen the Knights Templar further.’

The PD said that now that talented people are starting to gather in the Holy Knights, it is time to get active, and he looked at the video with a deep look in his eyes.

[The heretics and cannibals are the ones who are eating away at the Holy Kingdom. I believe they should be identified and purified.]

“Let’s do that, since the troops defending Canada are gone.”

[We need to hunt down the heretics and cannibals at all times. Allow the Knights Templar to do their job.]

“The Holy Knights···.”

PD may not say that, but somehow the Holy Knights, the extermination of heretics, and the punishment of cannibals reminded me of witch hunts.

‘But now we have auxiliary AI, real-time tactical camera recording, and cannibal diagnostic equipment, so I don’t think we’ll cross the line.’

Rather than creating a complete surveillance society using artificial intelligence, animals, and insects, I thought it would be better to recognize the investigative authority of the Holy Knights.

“Make the investigation and punishment processes clear.”

[All right.]

The video continued even during the short conversation between Maru and the PD.

In the basement of the cathedral, there was a facility for creating cannibals. Unlike the early days when the cannibalism was prevalent, now one could only transform into a cannibal by injecting condensed mutations from parts of the cannibal, such as the brain, heart, and intestines.

If you just catch one cannibal, you can only mutate two or three of them. That’s why the cultivation facility was created.

They say it’s a culture facility, but in reality it’s a facility that repeatedly feeds people to cannibals who remove their organs to increase their regenerative powers.

[It’s a simple and reasonable method. If we were going to go with cell culture, we would need advanced equipment.]

Na Ju-yeon evaluated it calmly.

[The method of utilizing the life force of a cannibal is effective. In fact, if you have human flesh, you can maximize your regenerative power.]

Footage showing a person being cut open, their intestines cut out, part of the brain removed, and human flesh shakes being poured into their mouths through a hose.

As the removed parts were played back in real time, the sight of them immediately being cut again was almost mechanical. They were mass-producing cannibals with the extracts they had extracted.

[If the mother cannibal is a servant of the vampire, it will not be able to escape the vertical dominance structure.]

“Isn’t there a limit to dominance?”

[For cannibals, there are differences in dominance in the order of low, middle, high, and high, and the number of entities that can be directly commanded is determined, but there is still no definitive data on vampires.]

Na Ju-yeon’s analysis was that, of course, it would not be possible to dominate infinitely, but it would be possible to dominate a considerable number of people.

Even if capturing the vampire would have given her a lot of information, Maru would not have allowed it, so Na Ju-yeon ended the story by saying that there was no information.

[Huh- why don’t you just catch one and analyze it?]

“There will be no capture. There must be a reason why the Free Canadian League guys are willing to take out all the liver and gall bladder.”

Cannibals also have a unique power to control humans, but vampires are even worse. It was the same with the vampire princess and when she fought the lower-level vampires. Since it was Maru himself, he ignored them and fought them, but if it was an ordinary person, it was likely that he would not have been able to keep up.

What if he were to capture it and then try to trick the researcher? Something terrible would happen. Maru had no intention of letting someone like that live.

“I’ll catch the vampires. The U+ team will take care of the cannibals in the cathedral, and Naruz will stand by and surround the outskirts. We’ll prevent them from escaping, and then we’ll carry out an operation to clear out the interior.”

I had already been there once, so I knew the general structure. While waiting to join up with Naruzu and the U+ team, the assistant AI reported an abnormal situation.

[There’s trouble with the Imperial Rangers and the Cannibals.]

The Imperials must have sent troops to check on the Rangers, who had lost contact with them. They were supposed to take care of the unconscious refugees and clean up the mess. What’s the problem?

[These are footage captured by a stratospheric surveillance airship and a high-altitude drone.]

The image of the Imperial Army in disarray appeared on the screen. Even though it was a frame-type exosuit that was an improved version of the power loader-type exosuit, it had been improved upon and improved so much that it should have no trouble fighting off even the most formidable cannibals, but it was falling so pointlessly.

“Pause. Zoom in on the screen just now.”

Footage of a soldier’s neck being broken, almost torn apart, while wearing an exosuit. Maru focused on what attacked the soldier rather than the fact that his neck was broken.

Neither the stratospheric blimp nor the high-altitude drone could identify the attacker, which meant he was using a stealth suit.

The next scene was even more surprising. It seemed like they were going to capture the imperial army, but they immediately started to capture and kill refugees. The trampled, torn, and burst refugees became a pool of blood.

[That. Movement. Seems similar?]

Maru immediately understood what Kim Yang was talking about. It was a method that Maru used often in the early days, using intense fear to discourage the enemy and using stealth to confuse them.

[It doesn’t seem like they’re just killing refugees to discourage them. Considering the Vampiric suit, it seems like they’re creating terrain that’s advantageous to them.]

As Hood’s sharp analysis continued, Na Ju-yeon also added flesh.

[As a result of the current calculation using a quantum computer and a bunch of grapes, it was revealed that the blood shed by the refugees is decreasing in real time.]

If it wasn’t absorbed into the frozen ground, where did the missing blood go? As Hood’s analysis had shown, it had to be absorbed into the creature.

‘Blood gives you stronger physical abilities?’

Maru had a gut feeling. The vampire was there. He had moved himself to find the one who had killed his escort.

“Naruz, move to the current coordinates. Search and surround the entire area. U+ Team, move to the enemy stronghold cathedral as planned, destroy the incubation facility, and eliminate everyone inside without exception.”

It was a situation where I thought it was better. Rather than going to the bastard’s stronghold and escaping through a secret passage or falling into a sewer and going around in circles, the plains were more advantageous.

“Tell the nearby ant kingdom. Tell them to create a siege around the area. The crow unit is also preparing for emergency deployment.”

The Maru private airship heading to Montreal changed course.

“Full speed.”

The sleek airship, as if made of white marble, picked up speed.

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Hee-yeon and the U+ team attacked the cathedral, which was their production facility and base.

(Communication blocked.)

The tiny EMP bombs carried by the rats on their backs exploded, sending powerful electromagnetic waves blasting through the cathedral.

(Ant search party enters)

Ants carrying cameras squeezed through a gap and entered the cathedral.

“Hey, the communicator is broken!”

“Again? Damn it, I told you not to crowd around.”

The enemies were mistaken in thinking that the communicator was down due to the biological EMP generated by the small space they were in. It was a good start as it bought them time.

The ants hanging upside down from the ceiling diligently relayed the situation inside. Hee-yeon, who knew what the cathedral looked like in the past, frowned as she watched the footage sent by the ants that had infiltrated the inside.

The entire space was adorned with gold, silver, and jewels. The already antique cathedral had become even more splendid.

‘What the hell is this?’

Rather than being grand and reverent, it was somehow splendid enough to be tiresome. If we were to judge only by its splendor, it would not be inferior to the Golden Room of the Romanov Dynasty of Russia.

“Let’s get those who have come to their senses out.”

“Tell them to bring me a working communicator from the warehouse first.”

Those whose communication devices were broken sent out the newly turned cannibals to reduce the density. Hee-yeon did not miss this good opportunity.

(Take care of those who are leaving.)

Thump- thump- thump-

Under Hee-yeon’s orders, the clones snipe the cannibals that have come out. They have the sense to start from the back and deal with them so that they cannot escape.

The cannibals who came out instinctively tried to go back in, but they panicked when they saw the people dying starting from the very back.

“It’s a sniper!”

“Where the fuck are you?”

puck-

Let’s start by blowing off the heads of those who were voicing their intentions and asking where they were going, and the enemies would immediately collapse. Now that they had become cannibals and were out without proper equipment, they were just stupid targets.

(Keep shooting. When support comes out, grab that and then move in.)

The U+ clones, who had intentionally left a few cannibals alive, looked at the central entrance with their scopes.

“Eww! My leg!”

“Help me!”

“Save me!”

The cannibals, whose lower bodies and legs had been blown off, reached out to the doorway, begging for help, but the door would not open.

‘It’s strange. Even though the cannibals are clearly connected by strings since they originated from a single entity, they must know that the ones outside are dead, but they don’t react at all?’

I was about to open the door slightly as he was crying for help, but there was no such thing.

(Towards the main gate of the Ant Search Squad.)

The footage sent by the ants that climbed the ceiling towards the main gate showed enemies setting up barricades and preparing for battle.

‘Are you saying you’ll throw away what’s outside and protect what’s inside?’

(Attack the main entrance. Distract the enemy’s attention, infiltrate through a bypass. Subdue them.)

It was a simple order, but Director Yu’s clones used their inherent memories to launch a precise operation. They staged an all-out assault on the central entrance using long-range sniping and smoke bombs.

Taking advantage of the loud attack, they broke a stained-glass window and infiltrated the building.

Phew!

Flashbangs exploded and suppressive fire poured in. The defensive line, a hodgepodge of cannibals and what appeared to be militiamen, was swept away by the U+ team who had flanked them.

Tudadadadadak!

“The enemy!”

“They broke through the window.”

“It’s a bulletproof window, but it got breached?”

“Block the window!”

“It might be a diversionary operation!”

“Over there! Block the windows up to there and guard the main gate for the rest of the time!”

“Communication?”

“You’re wrong. Those who went out to get the communicator should be considered annihilated!”

“There’s a wire. Emergency communication!”

“That one was cut off too.”

It was rats and ants that broke the wired communication.

“Damn it. Hold on. The Count will be back soon.”

“Hold the line of defense!”

“Take off the silencer and shoot!”

“Don’t worry about it and just throw the grenade!”

The sound of gunfire and explosions had to alert the enemy that there was trouble. If they knew the sanctuary was under attack, the militia would come to their aid.

pop!

Pushshi …

Whether it was because they initially used simple smoke bombs or because they lacked chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear equipment, they did not respond properly when the smoke bombs exploded.

‘You’re reacting late?’

After being tested with flashbangs and smoke grenades, Hee-yeon began to use nerve gas in earnest.

(Using nerve gas.)

The militiamen who had not yet become cannibals could not withstand the nerve gas. In an instant, the militiamen became corpses with their limbs shriveled up.

Even the cannibals who used the militia as meat shields and medicine went underground, unable to withstand the nerve gas mixed with smoke bombs.

A video sent by the ant search party that had already infiltrated the underground. They were so urgent that they mobilized all their incubation facilities to turn the militia into cannibals in real time.

(Break the sprinkler.)

The ants that destroyed the firefighting equipment entered the substation and cut off the power. The cannibals could see through the darkness with their special eyesight, but that also meant that they were vulnerable to flash grenades.

Phew, oh my

A powerful light melted away the pitch-black darkness. Even without the flashbang from the already insane Holy Kingdom, the cannibals exposed to the intense light momentarily lost their eyesight.

There were a few cannibals that attacked, but they were not enough to stop U+, who was using nerve gas and flashbangs without sparing any effort to catch them all.

‘Now all we need to do is finish the incubation facility.’

As expected from a core facility, it was a completely sealed incubation facility.

‘Should I use a small nuke?’

If you were going to blow it up anyway, it wouldn’t have been a bad idea to just open the lid and destroy it with a nuclear grenade. As Hee-yeon was pondering for a moment, the tightly closed iron door opened.

And the interior was revealed. All the cannibals who had escaped inside had their limbs cut off and were rendered incapacitated.

‘huh?’

While Hee-yeon was momentarily taken aback, a cannibal with his head half open stepped forward.

“They have a grudge. Let us fight together.”

Cannibals whose long torn stomachs were slowly healing, cannibals with some of their intestines missing, spoke.