Rust - Chapter 1010



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RUST [RUST]-1010

Ki-sun wanted to cry.

How long has it been since we said we would do well, and we have pushed out the Laotian and North Vietnamese regimes?

‘Is this real right now? Are we just going to go out like that?’

Didn’t you say you wanted to do a public opinion war? If you were going to do a public opinion war using AI, shouldn’t you have waited at least a week?

Beginning with Thailand, we began broadcasting throughout Southeast Asia about why the Holy Kingdom had no choice but to take a hard-line approach.

They were gradually turning public opinion by broadcasting information about human sacrifice, evidence that the Thai king, royal family, government, and military were cannibals, and that Thailand had used elephant monsters to control and weaponize sinkholes.

It seemed like public opinion in Southeast Asia was calming down a bit, but the reactions from Korea and the Empire were cold. The video seemed real, but the science and technology of the Empire and Korea were enough to figure out that the video being broadcast was data created by artificial intelligence.

‘I can understand why the Thai regime was overthrown, but I don’t think it’s right to use artificial intelligence to manipulate information to influence public opinion.’

The Korean government reacted sensitively because it was subject to media control during the cannibal regime.

‘It’s disappointing. The moment you distribute AI-generated data, you should have known that it would lose its meaning, whether it was true or false.’

Even the Reich Chancellor Den Brown criticized the use of artificial intelligence, and tried to calm public opinion in Southeast Asia while enduring such backlash.

And then you blow up Laos and North Vietnam again. Then why the hell did you have an AI public opinion war?

Ki-sun was at a loss.

“What the hell is the reason? Do you want to see me go crazy?”

[What are you talking about? It was because Laos and North Vietnam joined forces to blow up five sinkholes on the border at once, right?]

Ki-sun was momentarily dumbfounded by Maru’s answer.

Does that make sense?

Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia were splitting up and they even broadcasted it in real time, so what can you do?

“What do you mean? You were in your right mind and wanted to do something like that? After seeing all the other countries end up like that?”

[I’m also dumbfounded. I checked. In the broadcast about Thailand trying to weaponize sinkholes, they showed us the situation where we had a hard time with the immortal monster that came out of the sinkhole. They were already weaponizing sinkholes, but after watching that video, I think they tried to blow up the sinkhole.]

So, the reason why Kim Yang and his bodyguards broadcasted the footage of their struggle in the sinkhole was this: they had no choice but to punish the Thai government because they were weaponizing this dangerous sinkhole and threatening the survival of humanity.

Look at this message, even the elite forces of the Holy Kingdom can’t stop it. If you use sinkholes well, aren’t they a strategic weapon?

If one small sinkhole erupts and has that much destructive power, wouldn’t it be possible for four or five of them to erupt simultaneously, enough to wipe out the Holy Kingdom and everything else?

Since the main force of the Holy Kingdom is in Thailand, if the Holy Kingdom army and the sinkhole monster unite, wouldn’t they be able to divide Thailand and finish off Myanmar?

The Laotian and North Vietnamese military thought so. Above all, if you watch the broadcasts of the Holy Kingdom, you can see that they are openly suppressing the new humans by denouncing them as cannibals.

Given the media play that the reason the Thai, Burmese, and Indonesian governments were wiped out was because they were cannibals, the Laotian and North Vietnamese governments could not be said to be safe either.

What happens if we stabilize an area that has already collapsed?

Could it be their turn next?

The Laotian and North Vietnamese regimes attempted to strike first by simultaneously blowing up five sinkholes. If only their movements had been predicted in advance by AI hacking, Thailand and Myanmar would have been swept away by the immortal monster.

“crazy···.”

Ki-sun, who had learned the whole story, closed her narrow eyes tightly. Even if she told the truth, there was no answer if it was misunderstood.

When we informed them that sinkholes were dangerous, they interpreted it as, ‘It’s good because it’s dangerous.’ They thought that the cannibalistic Thai government was threatening humanity by weaponizing sinkholes, and that they were ‘concluding that the new humans are cannibals and disposing of them.’ There was no way.

“Regret was expressed in Korea and the Empire.”

[So what do you want to do?]

Ki-soon relayed the exact words of the conversation between the President of the Republic of Korea and the Prime Minister of the Empire, Dan Brown.

[So there’s a lot of talk about manipulating information through artificial intelligence, and that it’s not the right response. To be frank, are you saying that we manipulated the market and the economy and they suffered losses?]

“······.”

[Then send the army to Southeast Asia. To keep order here.]

“what?”

[We are a Southeast Asian market and have no intention of turning the economy around here, so come here and take care of public order and establish a friendly government, a pro-imperial government, and tell them to do well.]

“······.”

What mattered to Maru was survival and safety. Economy? Market? If that was so important, the Holy Kingdom would fall, so he just told them to work hard.

“I don’t think it will be well received.”

[Why? You’re complaining even though I tell you to do it yourself?]

“Yeah. Think about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.”

[······.]

They could not afford the ever-increasing costs of maintaining security and stationing troops.

[So. Are you saying that they’ll judge you as someone who’s trying to drain their energy by telling them to come in and do it themselves?]

[maybe.]

Maru shook his head, laughing as if he was dumbfounded.

[Then what do you want me to do? Are you asking me to wrap it up nicely and put it in your mouth? From what I’m hearing from you now, I think you’re still dissatisfied.]

“Because I buttoned it wrong.”

[Shit. That’s enough. That’s enough. If the market is the problem and the economy is the problem, then send the security forces and the companies. Since we’re going to form a new government through elections anyway, tell them to come and either grow their power or grow the market. If they don’t come now, we’ll maintain security and go straight to the election.]

The military was needed at first, but once the law was established, it was easy to maintain it. All we had to do was dispatch them on the spot with crows and AI drone patrols.

Ki-soon, who rolled like a bug on Maru’s dribble, delivered a proposal to Korea and the Empire.

‘If you can enter from a place where the Holy Kingdom has secured security, then yes.’

The South Korean president found the truth

‘I think it’s something that will be decided after the election is over and the new government is formed.’

Dan Brown said indirectly that he had no intention of harming anyone.

Both Korea and the Empire thought that Maru’s proposal might have been poisoned. Korea, which had to eat it anyway, bit into it, and the Empire, which had the means, was waiting to see whether Korea would eat it or not.

So the election began in the country that the Holy Kingdom had pushed aside.

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Thailand, a constitutional monarchy, had no choice but to change to a republic because there were no direct or collateral descendants left to succeed to the throne.

“Let’s start the election right away without wasting any time.”

Even if they were my 8th or 10th cousins, I could find them if I looked for them, but Maru wasn’t gentle enough to wait until I found them.

“Prepare to hand over power immediately after the election is over.”

As soon as the cabinet was formed through elections, the Holy Kingdom military, as if they had been waiting, completed the handover and left Thailand.

Myanmar, where the Korean military was in charge of security, also elected a president through an election. The constitution guaranteeing the military’s seats was revised, and the military’s inability to intervene in politics was made explicit.

It was the influence of the Korean military. Despite strong protests from the Myanmar military, the Korean military disbanded and expelled the existing military forces and created a new military government.

“Military dictatorship and coups will never happen again. Myanmar is now free.”

The Korean president and the Korean military were somehow pleased. The election results were the same. Perhaps due to Korea’s support, the new Myanmar president and most of the National Assembly members were pro-Korean.

“Through the friendship between Korea and Myanmar···.”

“So that the Miracle on the Han River can happen in Myanmar too…”

The Korean government and Myanmar’s new government joined hands.

Dan Brown’s forehead grew hot as he watched the situation.

‘Hmm. You’re completely out of Thailand. What’s the Holy Kingdom thinking?’

Unlike South Korea, which began to exert political and economic influence in Myanmar, the Holy Kingdom withdrew after the elections were over, as if it had no interest in Thai politics and economy.

Thailand was not a small country. Despite the population decline due to the mutant virus outbreak, it maintained a population of 50 million, and it was a country with abundant territory and underground resources.

Moreover, its geopolitical location was also important. The Holy Kingdom withdrew its troops even though it was not a country that could be ignored politically and economically.

‘Are you busy?’

It was definitely true. No matter how much public opinion was circulated, the fact that the royal family was annihilated and a new god was killed remained unchanged.

Even if human sacrifice and cannibalism were true, there would inevitably be repercussions from killing people unilaterally without any public procedures like a trial or justification.

‘If they had stayed there for sure, there would have been friction with the new government.’

As the Holy Kingdom withdrew its army, it became the achievement of the newly elected government, so at least the new government and the Holy Kingdom will not immediately be defeated.

‘Not bad. Not the best, but avoiding the worst.’

As Thailand and Myanmar held elections and formed new governments, the empires that had been watching began to take action.

“Send security forces to Indonesia and Cambodia. Start rebuilding infrastructure and providing living support, focusing on populous cities.”

[All right.]

The empire began to extend its influence into Indonesia, Cambodia, and South Vietnam.

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Ki-soon explained the situation.

[The old man finally got his ass up. Imperial troops entered Indonesia and Cambodia. No troops entered South Vietnam, but they started providing material support.]

“It’s fast for something with a heavy butt?”

[But I guess that’s because he has a fishing rod. Hey, old man. Even though he looks like that, he’s from the Department of Homeland Security. It seems like Myanmar ended well, but what are you going to do about Laos?]

“Korea said it would support Laos.”

Laos, without the Holy Kingdom, began holding elections with South Korean troops in charge of security, and North Vietnam refused to hold separate elections.

“North Vietnam-only elections are meaningless!”

“We must suppress the South Vietnamese forces that advocate separation!”

North Vietnam asked South Korea, which was stationed in Laos, to lend its strength. South Vietnam asked the empire in Cambodia to help.

“Are you going to abandon South Vietnam now, just like before?”

“If we had inherited the United States, wouldn’t we have also inherited the spirit of liberal democracy?”

But that was not the case anymore, because the empire had become a constitutional monarchy with an emperor.

“How about independence rather than war?”

“The North is saying that we are trying to sell our country by separating and becoming independent. Are you saying that we should talk about separating and becoming independent first?”

The Empire had the trauma of the Vietnam War during the United States era. The Vietnam War season 2 was so sloppy that it felt like it was stuck in a swamp.

Even then, it was more dangerous now. There were still undiscovered sinkholes scattered around like bombs, and there were cannibals and power-users, so if a guerrilla war broke out, the damage would be incomparable to that of the past.

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empire.

Maritime City. Prime Minister’s Office

“What did Korea say it would do? Will it support North Vietnam?”

[In principle, they said there would be no weapons support. They said they would provide basic necessities on humanitarian grounds.]

“Humanitarian aid. Well, there are many Korean companies in northern Vietnam, so it would be difficult to completely reject them. Do we have a chance of success if we support the south?”

[The battlefield has changed a lot since before, so it is difficult to make any guarantees.]

The North and South had so many economic differences that Vietnam was split in two. Perhaps because Vietnam was unified under the Communist Party in the North, discrimination against the South continued for a long time.

Most of the industrial zones were formed in the North, and the North was also given priority for infrastructure construction. In a situation where the economic conflict between the North and the South was so severe that the economic power gap was three to five times greater, the South rose up when capable people emerged, sinkholes, and mutated monsters created a virtual division.

“Unification may be difficult, but independence may be possible.”

An urgent report came to Den Brown, who was in a dilemma.

[Prime Minister. We have won! His Majesty the Emperor has succeeded in recapturing Philadelphia.]

Shouts of victory filled the empire.

and.

[Prepare for deployment to Vietnam.]

Emperor Leon Bonnard declared that he would not simply support, but participate in the war.