Rust - Chapter 1030



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RUST -1030

[Yellowstone? That thing that they said would kill everyone if it erupted?]

[I saw it in a documentary. Oh. Right. And I saw that they talked about that when they went to the Rocky Mountains a long time ago.]

Ki-sun answered Kim Yang, who was mumbling.

[That would be correct.]

Even if you narrow the scope of the explosion, it would definitely destroy North America. The problem with volcanic eruptions is that the volcanic ash and dust are acidic.

Not only was everything on land contaminated with acid, but with Yellowstone at its height, it was hard to guarantee that even the North Pacific and Atlantic oceans were safe.

Even if the North Pacific Ocean is like that thanks to the westerly wind buff, the entire west will be in ruins. In particular, the southwest, centered around Yellowstone, will definitely be scorched earth.

‘Wait a minute… If it’s towards the southwest.’

Maru’s gaze turned to the map of North America.

[The current empire has a martial law government formed by the congress and military working together. And they are releasing information related to nuclear war.]

“Are you telling us to listen?”

[It seems to be a warning not only to us, but also to the cannibal forces including the Confederacy. If you touch us, we will die together.]

[Hmm – It’s effective. And the Imperial kids have a sea city. If they jump in there and shoot nukes, there’s no answer.]

If we escape to the sea city as Kim Yang said and drop the nukes, those in North America will slowly wither away and die.

So, while threatening to die together, he actually created a hole for her to escape through. An uncomfortable wrinkle appeared between Maru’s eyebrows.

“There was no official offer of talks?”

[It was like leaving it open for hacking, and also announcing a nuclear war on the air. Rumors are spreading all over the neighborhood, but there has been no official contact.]

It was an empire that had lost its emperor and Den Brown after touching the Holy Kingdom. It must have been judged that it would not be good to bow down to the Holy Kingdom in a politically unstable situation.

“That’s ridiculous. So if we touch it, it’ll detonate a nuke. If we leave it alone, it’ll escape to the maritime city and use a nuke to make us eat shit?”

[···If the current imperial power structure is the worst, then that’s what they would do.]

First, there was a need to sort out the situation.

“The rat and crow units are to cease operations and stand by.”

The rat unit, which had annihilated the imperial army targeting the Holy Kingdom, was slowly eating away at the imperial territory. The crow unit was destroying the defense force’s gathering with a surprise bombing.

“If the Empire is going to broadcast it, we should do the same.”

It was Maru who brought in a PD with a unique perspective on broadcasting.

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The current situation was an absurd one. Even though the relationship between the Holy Kingdom and the Empire was not as good as it used to be, they were not in a position to suddenly fight to the death.

‘I cannot understand why the Emperor made such a decision.’

Michael wanted to find out the reason before producing the broadcast. Was it because the Empire wanted to monopolize the Southeast Asian market, excluding both the Holy Kingdom and Korea?

But wouldn’t the damage from the war be greater? If the situation worsens, the Holy Kingdom and Korea could form an alliance and attack the Empire?

‘Was the problem that the Holy Kingdom currency became the reserve currency?’

It was also not enough to justify the decision of the Southeast Asian countries to fight the Holy Kingdom by resisting the closure of the sinkhole and declaring that they would not use the Holy Kingdom’s currency and would instead use the Imperial currency.

‘If it were Dan Brown, he would have opposed it, but the Emperor forced the war. What is the reason for choosing a war with a weak justification?’

If it had been someone else, it would have been information that I would have just passed over, but since he was practically the leader of the Holy Church, there was a sense of incongruity that could be felt.

(Glory to the Empire!)

(Long live His Majesty the Emperor!)

(His Majesty the Emperor of Victory conquers three states simultaneously!)

The Imperial press was increasingly praising him. Even in the Holy Kingdom, they did not praise him so openly.

The majority of the imperial press was praising Emperor Leon Bonnard to the point of fanaticism. The press on the side of Den Brown tried to take the lead, but in PD’s view, the trend had already shifted.

(Long live His Majesty the Invincible Emperor!)

(Long live His Majesty the Victorious Emperor!)

There was something awkward about saying that it was because of the continuous victories over a short period of time.

‘Are you under the influence of a psychopath?’

Could it be that high-ranking cannibals or vampires used psychic powers? Could it be that they used psychic power generators that could shake the emotions of ordinary people, but were ineffective against those who were prepared and suspicious, or those with awakened abilities?

The PD was able to detect the Empire’s discomfort, as there was an attempt to manipulate the emotions of the Southern Confederacy using a psychic generator in the early days of the Holy Kingdom.

‘Faith. The Emperor wanted to take away his faith.’

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have set up a double or triple trap to lure them in and then ended up causing a nuclear explosion that was close to self-destruction.

The PD’s eyes were somehow sparkling. How dare you say you were after him to gain faith and divinity? It was clear that you had even used a mental wave in the process.

‘Whether with the help of cannibals or vampires, or with the use of a psychic generator, it is clear that they were incited to easily extract faith.’

Was that so?

It made sense that Den Brown had attempted to assassinate the Emperor. It also made sense that the Emperor had hastily executed Den Brown in order to destroy evidence.

Now that the two people are dead, the Imperial military and the parliament are also raising the sense of crisis and emotions by talking about nuclear war. They must be doing so because they have a way to stir emotions and rally them.

‘hmm.’

It was because they knew that Emperor Leon Bonnard, who had threatened the Imperial Government with nuclear weapons, was dead. How did they know about the Emperor’s death and respond in real time?

A round trip from the Imperial Sea City to Southeast Asia would take at least three days by Imperial airship, even if it was the fastest.

But as soon as the Emperor died, the Empire created a sense of crisis by mentioning nuclear war. That meant that they could know about the Emperor’s death almost in real time.

‘There is no technology that allows for ultra-long-distance communication in situations like the Indonesian volcano eruption and the sinkhole monster surrounding it.’

The conclusion was simple. Either a long-range telepath or a high-level cannibal or vampire was involved. The data said that a high-level vampire escaped, so he must have relayed the information to the Empire.

‘How much is true and how much is false?’

If we only look at what was officially revealed, both the Emperor and Dan Brown were against cannibals and vampires, but upon verification, the truth was somewhat different.

The Emperor was using vampires, while Dan Brown had completely rejected them.

‘Will those vampires just ignore the situation where the empire is in chaos after losing both its emperor and prime minister?’

The PD’s eyes sparkled slightly.

‘The emperor who joined hands with vampires to attack him.’

It seemed like it was going to be an exciting broadcast.

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The Imperial military and parliament were turned upside down by the news of the Emperor’s death.

“His Majesty the Emperor was murdered by Vladimir Kalin.”

“That can’t be true!”

“You brought tactical nuclear weapons to the elite unit, and it doesn’t make sense that you were defeated by Vladimir Kalin.”

At first, it was denial.

But as the telepath’s silence grew longer and reports emerged that a stratospheric reconnaissance craft sent to Indonesia had detected a tactical nuclear explosion, Anger set in.

“The reason the Holy Kingdom was able to respond so quickly was because of Den Brown’s betrayal.”

“We must root out the pro-Sacred Kingdom faction that is parasitic on the military and parliament.”

“We cannot just leave the Baekjeong who murdered His Majesty the Emperor alone!”

“We must have revenge. Now!”

“Let’s talk sense. Aren’t we all here for His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire? What are we going to do by splitting up here?”

“If His Majesty the Emperor has passed away, isn’t it more important to know what to do next?”

They compromised (bargained), but what was left was a bleak future.

“Three legions were annihilated, and the best units were annihilated. And according to the information, even with the use of tactical nukes, Vladimir Kalin was not killed.”

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The results were terrible.

“If we continue like this, we will have to stop our current offensive in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee and switch to a defensive posture.”

“What about the rats and crows of the Holy Kingdom?”

“We have lost the right to provide air support. We cannot stop the Crow Unit’s air raids.”

“It was a mistake to think that we couldn’t use the crow bomb because of the extreme cold.”

There was no answer to catching crows with anti-aircraft missiles. How could you catch hundreds of thousands of crows? In addition, if crows were crowded together, they would generate a biological EMP, so there was no way to do anything.

The Imperial military and the Senate had no idea what they had fed the crows, who were still flying around in temperatures that were still hovering around minus 30 to 40 degrees. That was the effect of the special diet.

“Rats are also a problem.”

“The rats are armed and are even committing suicide.”

“Burlington, Vermont, and Watertown, New York, have been overrun. And rats are moving into several nearby forest preserves and into the White Mountain National Forest.”

Once a swarm of rats settled in a forest, it was nearly impossible to drive them out.

“No matter how fast they mutate, how can a rat wear a gas mask and shoot a gun? They must have genetically modified it.”

“The same goes for crows. What kind of crows fly in minus 30 degrees? They must have been modified into biological weapons.”

The Holy Kingdom was attacking the Empire. Why did the Emperor start a war with the Holy Kingdom? What would have happened if he had succeeded in killing Vladimir Kalin?

No matter how much I looked back, the result was the same. The empire had lost everything, and there was nothing left but destruction.

The goal of monopolizing the Southeast Asian market and regaining the status of a key currency have all gone out the window. The good relationship with Korea has also ended, and we are now at war with the Holy Kingdom.

The outcome of the war was virtually certain to be destruction.

I was just depressed.

The military and parliament had no choice but to accept the situation.

So, I gave up everything and a way appeared.

‘Okay. We’re dead now.’

‘If we’re going to be destroyed anyway, let’s fight and die.’

‘If we’re going to die one way or another, let’s just shoot a nuke and die.’

‘If tactical nuclear weapons are used, there is a risk of destruction of the Earth?’

‘It’s already over, so what can I do?’

‘Wait a minute. If I do it right, I might not die?’

‘That’s right. If you blow yourself up, what will happen to the Holy Kingdom?’

‘We have a maritime city, so if we use that, we might be able to live a precarious life.’

‘Anyway, since we can move in the sea, let’s have a nuclear ceasefire and get out into the Atlantic.’

The Imperial military and parliament, having accepted the death and destruction of the Emperor, began to propagandize nuclear war. At the same time, they dismantled all the equipment on the mainland and moved it to the sea city.

An indirect threat, not a direct one. The Imperial broadcasts proclaimed that if a nuclear war were to break out, the Yellowstone volcano would erupt, causing an impact that would be devastating to the Earth.

There were constant broadcasts about how the nuclear explosion in South America shook volcanoes and how New York and Boston were destroyed by earthquakes and tsunamis.

“The Holy Kingdom asked.”

“Okay. Definitely prepare.”

The military deliberately did not stop the Holy Kingdom from hacking. What would they do if they found out that they were actually preparing to launch a nuclear attack?

“Are you really going to use strategic nuclear weapons?”

“It’s our job to prepare it so it can be used.”

It worked, the rat invasion of the Holy Kingdom stopped. So did the crow raids. And then it started all of a sudden.

[HOLY]

HOLLYYYYYYYY spreads with a grand and majestic rhyme-

[May you all rest in peace.]

[This is Holly Broadcasting, which always broadcasts only the truth.]

[Today’s topic is facts and lies, truth and deception···]

The Imperial military and parliament were taken aback by the sudden public broadcast.

“It seems like a pseudo-religious broadcast. Instead of worrying about that, move the supplies quickly.”

“Why is the same show on all channels?”

The Holy Kingdom, which had hijacked all of the Empire’s radio waves, began broadcasting strange messages.

“Is this psychological warfare? Just turn off the broadcasting station. Tell them to turn off the main power.”

“It’s no use. The frequency itself has been hijacked.”

All channels in the Empire were broadcasting a special broadcast from the Holy Kingdom.

[Have you heard that the Imperial Army is still winning?]

[Then, who did you fight and do you know how you won?]

[Do you believe the story that the Imperial Army, commanded by the great Emperor of the Empire, is winning battle after battle?]

[Unfortunately, the Imperial military and parliament have been hiding the truth and deceiving the Imperial citizens.]

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[We will face the truth today with a humble heart.]

THUNK – A black pack was placed on the stainless steel seat.

An exosuit visible through the cracks in the rustlingly cut bag.

Even at a glance, it was clear that it was the exclusive exosuit used by the Emperor.

The faces of the military and lawmakers turned pale.

Could it be that the Holy Kingdom’s madmen are trying to expose His Majesty the Emperor’s body?

“Stop broadcasting!”

“Stop hacking or whatever!!!”

“Where are the power users! The electronic warfare power users!”

“All electronic warfare personnel have been mobilized for His Majesty the Emperor’s operations.”

[Right here, right now. See the truth hidden by the Empire’s command.]

Whack-

The pack was torn open, revealing the exosuit with only the upper body split diagonally.

“You crazy kids!!!”

“no!!!”

The gruesome appearance of Emperor Leon Bonnard’s exclusive exosuit was revealed in real time.

[The emperor is dead.]

Woojik- Under the helmet that was forcibly removed, the half-ripe face of Emperor Leon Bonnard was revealed.

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