Rust - Chapter 964



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Rust [RUST] – Episode 964

The building shook with the sound of pillars breaking, and all that could be heard was a scream.

“Eww— F**k–”

—Ahhhh?

It didn’t collapse?

I didn’t think I was afraid of dying… But when I almost died again, my body responded by saying it wanted to live. There was no irony like this.

Ki-sun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and took a deep breath. He felt alive, but for some reason he started swearing.

“Fuck.”

There were cracks all over, but it didn’t collapse.

I really thought it would collapse. Is this a miracle?

[1-13 Isolation Lab. Damage to the bulkhead.]

[Laboratory area. Multiple barriers damaged.]

[Emergency recovery system activated.]

The red warning light flashed and Diana’s somewhat cold voice came through the speaker. Ki-sun caught his breath and looked around.

I don’t know what the magnitude was, but I thought it was an earthquake of at least magnitude 7.

Through the gaps between the vertical and horizontal cracks, the window and door frames were twisted and torn, and the windows and doors were torn. The doors were twisted and shaken to the point where they were almost falling out, but it was a miracle they didn’t collapse.

Chijijijik–

Chijik-Pijik-

As Ki-soon, who had been on high alert, came out into the isolation lab hallway, he saw electrical sparks flying everywhere. It seemed as if sparks were flying from the wires that were not completely cut off but were being pulled apart.

‘They said it was made of non-flammable material, so it won’t catch fire right away.’

Ki-soon spoke while carefully looking at the CCTV on the ceiling.

“Diana? I see a section of wire here on the battlefield where there are frayed wires. Sparks are flying. Shouldn’t we cut off the power to avoid a fire?”

[If power is cut to the area, all isolation lab and research lab security systems will stop.]

“There’s emergency power, too. How about a detour there?”

[We are currently restoring our emergency systems. It will take approximately 23 minutes for the emergency systems to be restored.]

“Oh. Really?”

[Currently, CCTV and sensors from Lab 3 to Lab 5 are broken. Please check the area.]

“Where are the brainwashing things, including Joseph Meyer’s dregs? And Room 5 is where the live samples are?”

[If the bulkhead is completely damaged or there is a risk of biological contamination, please use a manual individual incineration system.]

When you say incinerate, you mean burn it. If you have to, just burn it?

“If you really have to, why don’t you send a robot or a drone?”

[···The death vines have entered the middle area and are holding up the collapsing pillars, creating a force field that renders electronic devices inoperable. Drones and robots cannot pass through this area.]

shit.

Ki-sun’s eyes were tightly shut.

Although they call it dregs, the person we’ve been talking to so far was Joseph Meyer’s brain. There were people whose minds were contaminated during the previous psychic terror incident, and the plant fusion samples and cloning lab that we’ve just brought in are from that side.

“What if they don’t come out and follow my control?”

[If a test subject escapes the area, the entire research block will be incinerated.]

There were many dangerous entities. Even the newly imported plant fusion samples were like that. Things got complicated when they combined with the spare clones in the lab or when they fused with people contaminated with psychic waves.

“Ah- Okay. I’ll go first. Give me some emergency core armor or exosuit.”

At Ki-sun’s request, Diana’s green light dimmed.

[Did you forget? I told you that there was a pillar in the middle supported by the vines of death.]

“No. Then give me a weapon.”

Ki-soon, who had packed emergency weapons and was wearing a hazmat suit, moved.

“Oh- See-”

As I walked along the hallway, I saw a section of black vines holding onto a splitting pillar, just as Diana had said. And not just one, but three.

Ki-sun shook his head without realizing it. That meant that Maru had prevented the Vladiak Tower from collapsing.

‘They said that physical strength has become stronger.’

Isn’t this just a little bit stronger?

What kind of crazy strength is it that keeps a building from collapsing in an earthquake exceeding magnitude 7?

‘I told you this vine was dangerous.’

They say that if you get entangled in vines, your life will be sucked out in an instant. Now that I think about it, didn’t they say that Maru can tell what’s going on around him through black vines or blades of grass?

“Can you hear my voice?”

Ki-soon spoke softly to the vines that were wrapped around the pillar like a cast, but stared at them intently, but there was no change.

“Is it because it doesn’t absorb life?”

Since there is no stimulation, it may not be transmitted to Maru.

As he entered Area 3, past the pillars covered in black vines, a wave of mental energy began to invade Ki-sun’s mind.

(Oh my gosh. Did you see that? It’s really amazing. Isn’t it?)

Joseph Meyer’s dregs could not hide their excitement. Ki-soon responded to the feeling that was clearly felt in his mental wave.

“The floor is pretty impressive. But the psychic blocking device and the door seem to be broken?”

(It’s not my fault. So the reason I came here is to dispose of it?)

“If you don’t blindly let out your mental waves like you do now, there won’t be any problems.”

(Is that so? I’m not the only one with this problem, am I?)

“So, I’d appreciate it if you could help me out a bit. If anything goes out here, the procedure is to roast the whole thing.”

(That would certainly be a bit risky.)

A variety of emotions slightly mixed with Joseph Meyer’s mentality.

Along with a sense of doubt as to whether to burn the whole thing down even though there is a gi-sun, I felt a slight desire to talk to Maru now that there was an opening like this.

“Ah- Seriously, the AI ​​here will follow the procedure, so don’t get any weird ideas. If anything happens, they’ll be disposed of as a whole. I’m one of those people who think they can just be brought back to life as clones.”

(Now that things have turned out this way, you can’t hide your abilities either. So you’ve become able to read my thoughts?)

“No. Not to that extent, but I guess I can feel it vaguely.”

(I guess it’s right to hide 30% of anything. But I think you’re a little late.)

“What do you mean you’re late?”

(There is an entity moving using mental waves in the clone lab.)

The clone lab? Was there anything there that could move?

“The clone lab?”

(It looks like he’s trying to escape.)

“Just try to stop it. They’re going to burn it all down here.”

(Hmm. I’ll try to connect it.)

As soon as Joseph Meyer’s psychic wave was cut off, Ki-soon started running towards the clone lab. The clone lab came into view, its isolation barrier halfway down before stopping.

Ki-sun immediately raised his head and checked the CCTV. He saw one CCTV with a green light on.

“Diana. See here? Nothing escaped yet?”

[No entities emerged from the bulkhead.]

“Even if something comes out, don’t burn it. If you do, you won’t be able to get the data and samples back. Instead, report the situation to Maru. Just increase the speaker output.”

[I have already reported the current situation.]

“Huh- So you’re saying you’re not going to burn it?”

[In case of danger, permission is granted to incinerate.]

“Crazy- Ao- Okay. Get permission from Maru again before burning.”

The green light from the CCTV looking at Ki-sun dimmed. Ki-sun entered the half-lowered barrier.

There were various clones in the clone lab, including Ki-soon’s spare clone. It was assumed that all the key figures, including Yang Kim, the nurse, and PD Hood, were there. And even Naruzu and the U+ clone.

It wasn’t just a place where clones were kept, but also where organs, including limbs, were cultured and stored. So all kinds of research related to clones were being done there…

‘Wait a minute. What do you mean by using psychic waves?’

Ki-sun, who had entered, suddenly stopped.

(Oh my. This is crazy. I can’t understand.)

Joseph Meyer’s mental wave reached Ki-sun’s mind.

“Crazy bitch?”

(Yeah. I just want to fight Vladimir Kalin. I have such a bad feeling about him that he locked me up. He didn’t let me grow up? I don’t know what that means.)

Ah- chew-

Unlike Hee-yeon, who chose to become a separate entity despite being a clone of Director Yoo, there was an entity here who declared that she was Director Yoo, the Yudain, and that she was the reincarnation of Director Yoo. And the U+ entity that she could link to was also here.

‘If you try to escape using a psychic wave, it means you’ve linked up with a U+ clone.’

Ki-soon immediately understood the situation. Trying to escape meant that he hadn’t escaped yet.

The story is that she is trying to move the main body by controlling the clone through the link. If she succeeds in escaping, it is certain that even U+, which Hee-yeon is linking to, will be thrown into chaos.

‘I will try to become stronger by any means necessary.’

Likewise, I will not hesitate to use any means necessary to win.

‘They’re terrorists and all, and they even have clones, so they won’t hesitate to blow themselves up.’

Ki-soon immediately stepped back and shouted.

“Diana. Here in the clone lab, Director Yu is moving by linking with the U+ clone! Tell Maru.”

If it was U+ that Director Yoo linked, it was a war machine in itself. Even if you just look at U+ that Hee-yeon linked, its fighting power was no joke, so if she went herself, she would become a hostage.

[I told you.]

[The internal CCTV has been destroyed, so the inside of the lab cannot be viewed.]

[There are records of CCTV and other sensors being destroyed immediately after the earthquake.]

[It is predicted that there is an entity using electronic warfare capabilities.]

A clone capable of using electronic warfare capabilities?

You said that even if you clone a person with abilities, they won’t gain the same abilities as the original person?

Did you just keep spinning the gacha until you got the ability you wanted?

What on earth are these researchers doing?

‘You just have to hold on until Maru comes.’

3 minutes? 4 minutes? Maru will come up by then, so he just needs to tie his feet for a moment. Ki-soon used the half-lowered barrier as a drain.

How many seconds passed?

The U+ entity appeared in the hallway with a thick door that ripped open like an aluminum can. It was a bizarre figure with arms entangled with plant stems on its back, as if it had fragments of plant samples embedded in its body.

“Fuck–”

And the U+s that came out after that weren’t normal either. Suddenly- the emotion felt by the U+ entity that turned its head was the same.

Only the emotions of the body were present in them.

The joy of finding freedom.

The joy of being able to fight.

And on the other side, the main body connected to the link recognized the order.

“““Kisun?”””

Emotions that arose at the same time.

A strange feeling of wanting to do this and that came rushing in like a tidal wave.

“crazy-”

Ki-soon, who had switched the joystick automatically, pulled the trigger of the coil gun. The chemical-electric composite rifle fired special bullets.

Tudadadadadada-

Since it was a caseless ammunition, there was no sound of the cartridge falling.

The automatic turret opened above Ki-sun’s head, firing over 50 rounds in an instant, but suddenly stopped moving.

Wheeing-

As the half-opened automatic turret stopped, the green light on the CCTV attached to the ceiling disappeared.

“““You pulled the trigger first. You’ve grown so much.”””

The coilgun battery indicator light went out. The electromagnetic acceleration had stopped, but the unloaded gunpowder was still usable.

“Fuck···.”

Tudadadadadada-

The torrent of bullets seemed to be slowing down. There seemed to be entities with electronic warfare capabilities, as well as entities with bio-force fields.

It wasn’t just U+ that was linked. It was also linked to regular clones.

Clank-

As Ki-sun quickly changed the magazine, a new clip appeared on his face. Ki-sun’s eyes froze at the sudden appearance of the new clip, and he saw the space slowly turning red.

The head of the hidden entity was split open, and it seemed to be drawn in blood. The blood flowing from the head, down the neck, and through the body, was breaking the stealth.

“······.”

Before the speechless Ki-soon could say anything, Maru, who had arrived from behind at some unknown time, rushed forward.

“······.”

Over 40 black vines spread across the floor like wings. Whirlwind- The daggers on the tips of the vines began to slice the clones apart.

The sight of U+ clones and ability clones being instantly transformed into chunks of meat. The plant samples dug into the chunks of meat, but it was no use.

As the black vines wrapped around the fleshy mass that had merged with the plant, it withered and turned into manure. Neither the flame power nor the force field power could stop Maru’s advance.

Although the ability was not strong, it could not withstand the characteristics of the Nuclipse and the Dagger. In an instant, the entities that were contaminated with Link were literally erased.

The voice of the artificial intelligence Diana was heard from outside the barrier.

[It’s a shame. I can’t see it in person.]

It was the voice of an artificial intelligence that gave off a somewhat resentful feeling.

[You held out for two minutes. Well done. I’m glad you didn’t get a freezing penalty.]

Diana said that if there had been no Ki-sun, she would not have been able to last two minutes and would have chosen to incinerate. If the incinerator had stopped working like an automatic turret, she might have escaped before Maru arrived.

Ki-soon’s head was buzzing with mental waves exploding one after another. The orders given by Director Yoo to stop Maru.

The urgent mental commands to disperse, bypass, and attack with various abilities were becoming increasingly desperate.

“······.”

The back of Maru, who had already cleaned up the hallway and disappeared into the lab.

And then a powerful psychic wave spread out as if it were going to break through the wall.

Huh-

A psychic wave so powerful that it couldn’t be said to have emerged from a crack. It was a psychic wave that created a link. It seemed to be a psychic wave directed at the floor.

(Clones? All clones want to become the main body!)

(Hee-yeon? Naruzu? Ki-sun? You don’t even know what the clone wants!)

(You will eventually lose everything!)

(If you stop getting stronger, you’ll eventually get eaten!)

(Stop!)

(Stop!)

The emotions contained in it are shock, anger, outrage…

The desperate feeling that everything seemed to be mixed up was suddenly cut off.

“······.”

Ki-soon, who had been holding the gun without realizing it, lowered the gun.

The buzzing mental waves had completely disappeared.

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