Ch.6868. Anti-Psychic, Part 3

# Anti-Psychic Bomb

In this era—within the Project Monster 6 universe—it serves as a strategic weapon equivalent to real-world nuclear weapons.

When used, it causes the psychic abilities of all targets with psychic potential within range to go berserk and attack their owners. The power of this attack increases proportionally with the target’s talent level.

The effective range of this weapon varies depending on how far the anti-psychic waves spread, and these waves propagate remarkably well beyond imagination.

There have been cases where the aftermath of a low-output anti-psychic bomb detonated in Alaska reached as far as Tokyo, Japan, making it potentially more dangerous than radiation.

Since almost everyone living in this era is born with some degree of psychic talent, if the aftershock reaches a city by mistake… a ghost town could be created.

Moreover, most high-ranking officials have psychic organs implanted in their brains to prevent assassination attempts, and their children often inherit these psychic organs, giving them considerable psychic talent.

Consequently, if such aftershocks were to reach civilian residential areas, it could lead to the worst possible outcome: the annihilation of the upper class.

These individuals hold high positions in government organizations or corporations, and their mass elimination could potentially destabilize society itself.

Therefore, the anti-psychic bomb is considered even more dangerous than modern ABC weapons like nuclear or biochemical weapons. I cannot use it carelessly.

The moment one uses it, they risk being branded a global enemy and priority elimination target. Unless facing imminent collapse, the burden is simply too great.

‘…Yikes.’

[Activating Primal Psychic: Spatial Barrier (A).]

Despite these risks, I was currently tempted to use the anti-psychic bomb.

The attacks from the berserk Grade 0 Hive Mind were overwhelming just to defend against.

‘Tetra, any ideas?’

[…I’m sorry. With my limited capabilities, I don’t know.]

Even when seeking advice from my “children” to somehow resolve this situation, no clear solution emerged, and using collective intelligence yielded no results either.

As I repeatedly agonized over how to solve this problem while barely fending off the enemy’s attacks…

‘…Huh?’

Suddenly, a brilliant idea came to me.

※ ※ ※

『Analysis』[Result]’Confirmed'{In Progress}〔Complete〕

At the same time, in Pyongyang.

『Blueprint』[Interpretation]’Complete'{Immediate}〔Production〕「Possible」

The Pyongyang Hive Mind was analyzing the corpses obtained during the first attack by those counterfeit humans, investing roughly 2/7 of its cognitive capacity separate from its psychic attacks.

Based on the information gathered from the Hive’s battles with the enemy, their monsters were equipped with various long-range firepower compared to its own.

Particularly, those who attacked its headquarters in Pyongyang were exceptionally strong and unpredictable, beyond just provoking anger. The Hive’s plan was to analyze them and create new monsters based on their genetic material.

『Gene』[Reconstruction]’Bio-weaponry'{Copy}〔Initiated〕

And this plan had essentially reached its completion stage.

This monster, with hardware specs equivalent to roughly Grade 5 by human standards, was based on the Hive Spider form like other monsters.

However, this was only for the lower body. Instead of a head on the torso, which was the size of a Heavy Hive Spider, there was an attached humanoid monster upper body extending from it.

The upper body had an insect-like head and four arms. The upper pair was equipped with large blades (Hunter Claws), while the lower arms each had a laser shooter.

Additionally, the lower body—the Heavy Hive Spider part—had blade-equipped front legs on both sides of the torso, giving it the appearance of something that might be called a spider centaur.

While repulsive by human aesthetic standards, it was a reliable form by the Hive Mind’s criteria.

Thus, the Pyongyang Hive Mind was contentedly watching these creatures being produced in the bio-facilities that had been painstakingly restored using energy drawn from underground storage.

And that’s when the incident occurred.

『Question』[Approach]’Unknown Identity'{Discovered}

The surveillance network laid by the Pyongyang Hive Mind detected something rapidly flying toward its Pyongyang headquarters.

【Rage】

Since there was clearly no other candidate who would do such a thing except for that bastard from the east, the Pyongyang Hive Mind’s anger naturally surged.

But regardless, it was obvious that this “thing” approaching too fast to identify needed to be intercepted.

Therefore, the Pyongyang Hive Mind activated a psychic barrier through a nearby psychic-specialized mid-tier monster to block “it,” but—

『Question』[Unexpected]【Unforeseen】{Analyzing}〔Verifying〕

Despite forming a psychic barrier with considerable effort, “it” penetrated the barrier, leaving the Pyongyang Hive Mind unable to hide its bewilderment as it attempted to analyze the situation.

『Activation Order』[Direction]「Control Authority」〔Secured〕

Of course, separate from this analysis, it still needed to intercept “it,” so the Pyongyang Hive Mind attempted to shoot it down using a defense weapon modeled after that eastern bastard’s—an ultra-large high-output laser blaster.

Unlike other energy or plasma weapons that require complex engineering knowledge to increase firepower, laser weapons are remarkably simple: their size directly correlates with their power.

Therefore, it was simply a matter of enlarging the captured design and constructing it with materials capable of handling the output—an ideal weapon for the Pyongyang Hive Mind with its limited engineering knowledge.

Anyway, back to the main point. The laser fired from the installed large barrel extended straight and hit “it,” with spectacular effect!

KWAAAAAAANG!

“It” was directly hit by the attack, more like a heat ray than a laser, creating a hole straight through it. Something went wrong in the process, and “it” was completely blown away with a magnificent explosion.

『Question』【Analysis】{Required}〔Approved〕

After its destruction, the Pyongyang Hive Mind checked the memories of observation monsters functioning like organic CCTV, allowing it to clearly identify the form of “it.”

The appearance of “it” was unexpectedly ordinary, even extremely simple.

If one were to describe the overall slightly elongated spherical shape, it would be like a round stone commonly found in valleys or their vicinity.

While it didn’t appear to have any propulsion mechanism, the Pyongyang Hive Mind had experienced something similar—the so-called Golem—once before, so it remained absolutely vigilant.

Convinced that bastard must have set up some kind of trick, the Pyongyang Hive Mind immediately tried to move nearby monsters to collect and analyze the debris.

『Discovery』【Detection】{Elimination}〔Confirmed〕

The problem was that, in the meantime, dozens more of these stone-like “things” were now flying toward them.

Judging by the barrier destruction mechanism, they weren’t as overwhelming as the previous Golem, but given that mere stones had destroyed the barrier, they couldn’t be underestimated.

Therefore, the Pyongyang Hive Mind intercepted these incoming stones using laser batteries increased to four times their original number.

Fortunately, of the 743 projectiles flying toward Pyongyang, not a single one reached the ground, all exploding in mid-air…

But the real incident was just beginning.

『Question』【Productivity】{Decline}〔Confirmed〕

『Question』【Monsters】{Weakening}〔Confirmed〕

From a certain point, the monsters produced in the ground facilities not only decreased in number but frequently developed disabilities.

Even a metal disease that seemed artificially created specifically to target monsters began to spread—a disease that attached to cells and transformed them into metal.

For monsters with complete immunity to ordinary biological diseases, this phenomenon spread wildly, as they naturally had no knowledge of disease countermeasures, being unfamiliar with human society.

By the time the Pyongyang Hive Mind belatedly realized the cause of the disease was cell-sized micro-monsters, more than 40% of its monsters had already turned into scrap metal.

Of course, those bastards from the east didn’t miss this opportunity and had been advancing madly toward Pyongyang, switching to an offensive stance despite taking damage.