Rust - Chapter 1031



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RUST [RUST]-1031

[The emperor is dead.]

The emperor’s half-ripened face was a horrifying sight even to Gi-sun, who was not an imperial citizen.

[The fact of the Emperor’s death was kept secret from the Imperial military and parliament.]

The emperor’s head was not fully cooked, but half-cooked. It made me feel uncomfortable, like when I first saw a boiled cow’s head or a pig’s head.

[Why did the emperor die? How did the emperor who survived the sniper attack end up like this?]

The PD turned his ripe face towards the camera as if telling us to look closely. Leon Bonnard’s pale, dead eyes turned towards the camera, vividly conveying the feeling of being unripe.

And a close-up.

‘T- T- T- Ah- Really.’

Even though I’m not from the Empire, I feel uncomfortable, so I wonder how the people from the Empire who were crazy about the Emperor would feel when they see that.

‘Fuck- you old man. Why are you exposing the Emperor’s boiled head? And what’s with the close-up there-.’

Ki-soon felt like she was going crazy.

It was clear that the PD was crazy. Even without that, the imperial military and parliament were in a panic and were on the verge of nuclear war, so they were just going wild and saying let’s all die together.

The emperor and prime minister died in pairs, and the empire was on the verge of running wild without a break. I chose to broadcast it to somehow resolve it, but what the hell is this?

How about exposing the Emperor’s body live on TV?

Even the military and parliament haven’t announced that the emperor is dead?

What if the Emperor suddenly died and his corpse was revealed on a live broadcast of the Holy Kingdom?

Where will the aftershock come from?

[Did you see that? Did you see the PD guy doing the live broadcast just now?]

“I saw it.”

[Isn’t the PD’s judgment strange? He said he was going to reorganize the doctrine of the Holy Church with the Japanese kids, but isn’t he too absorbed in it that he’s acting like that?]

“···There’s nothing we can do. Even so, we’ve already broken the body. Even if we stop broadcasting, we can’t collect the spilled water again.”

Maru thought that since things had come to this, he should let the PD finish it.

[Would the people of the empire who were crazy about the emperor just sit by and watch that? They would go wild and threaten to start a nuclear war to get revenge.]

“Do you think PD Ajae didn’t know that and did that? Let’s wait and see. And Diana, all the stratospheric reconnaissance airships scattered throughout the region, except for those essential for communication, turn them all toward North America and standby for interception.”

[Okay. Should I also turn all the airships that are scouting East Asia?]

“okay.”

There were quite a few stratospheric airships in East Asia.

[It is expected to take approximately 22 hours and 30 minutes to redeploy the stratospheric airship.]

Seven Chinese cities were also under intense surveillance, and the trade line from Taiwan to the Indochina Peninsula was also an area of ​​intensive reconnaissance.

And there were also airships observing the Japanese archipelago, which was covered in thick clouds, volcanic ash, and dust. All were subject to relocation.

[Is that okay? According to the information from the Korean government, there were changes in 7 Chinese countries.]

Hood, in charge of intelligence and security, suggested that the reconnaissance airships used to monitor China be left in place.

[Excluding Chinese reconnaissance airships, this would account for 40% of the redeployment targets. Should we exclude Chinese reconnaissance airships?]

“No. Just leave the minimum number as I said at the beginning and pull it this way.”

Maru chose to prepare for the unexpected. PD must have done it because he was confident that he could handle it, but humans do not always make rational decisions.

‘It’s hard to see Leon Bonnard’s choice as rational either.’

Even though Maru realized that the emperor had set a trap, he did not act rationally or logically when he rushed in.

“It is right to be prepared, because the Imperial military and parliament may make blatantly crazy choices.”

[Ha- Really- Everyone really···.]

Ki-soon was speechless.

[We will hack the Imperial Military and the Senate until the situation calms down.]

“Do that.”

There would be traces of hacking, but in this situation, the important thing was whether or not to actually use the hack.

[Huh. If you go completely crazy and run wild, won’t you blow yourself up?]

[You’re saying you’re going to blow yourself up with a strategic nuclear weapon?]

Kim Yang’s idea is that we could place nuclear weapons in one place and detonate them to create a large-scale artificial earthquake.

[That’s right. You were deifying the emperor, right? If the god is dead, it’s no wonder that crazy people do crazy things.]

“So instead of firing the nuke, they might just blow it up on the spot?”

[Yeah. If you detonate several strategic nuclear weapons at once underground, it will cause an artificial earthquake. Even without that, when we dropped strategic nuclear weapons in Central and South America last time, the aftereffects spread throughout North America. Huh- If we just detonate them underground.]

As Kim Yang said, if we use a nuclear weapon like that, we can’t intercept it, so we have to endure the full aftermath of the tectonic shift. And if the shock of the nuclear explosion reaches Yellowstone, it will be a fatal risk.

‘The city’s capacity and productivity are sufficient.’

The problem was the aftermath of the Yellowstone explosion. The mutant monsters that had been guarding their territory until now would move and fight the survivors who had survived in various places.

If small and medium-sized cities and towns that were holding out with their power users are swept away by mutated monsters, they will become stronger mutated monsters that eat humans.

There were also cannibals and vampires. When volcanic ash and dust covered the North American continent, ordinary people could not survive for long. Even if you sealed the cracks in door frames and window frames, what would happen to food?

It has already been several years since the apocalypse broke out. Food that can be stored for a long time is in short supply. In a situation where farming, hunting, and gathering were barely being done in villages and cities, a large-scale earthquake and a series of volcanic eruptions were disasters enough to sentence people to death.

People are dying? What will cannibals and vampires do if they remain rational and don’t want to become hideous monsters? They will try to eat as many humans as possible.

‘I’m going to die anyway. I’ll eat as fast as I can, get stronger, and then wander around looking for places where there are still fresh humans.’

The moment the floating city of the Holy Kingdom is revealed, you will engage in an endless battle against cannibals and vampires that have become stronger and stronger.

The imperial bastards who turned North America into a mess with nukes will move their maritime cities and escape to the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, or Africa.

Maru’s eyebrows rose slightly.

Tsk-

[So. How about we hit first?]

Kim Yang suggested that we push the Empire away first before they do anything.

[What? What are you going to hit with? They say that if rats and crows come pushing down, they’ll just shoot strategic nuclear weapons. What are you going to hit with? You said that they might self-destruct if they’re not careful? If we use strategic nuclear weapons, won’t there be an earthquake?]

[Neutron bomb. Can’t we just make that quickly and use it to erase people?]

Why would you be stingy with the technology to make good weapons? Why not just shower them with neutron bombs from an appropriate altitude?

[The heads are scattered all over the place, including the nuclear bunker, and they’re probably stuck in the sea city. What if we can’t kill the guys holding the launch button with the neutron bomb?]

[Ah- Green Sun. So fucking annoying.]

Kim Yang’s eyes turned into triangles at Ki-sun’s tackle. Regardless, Ki-sun said what he had to say.

[What about the corpses that will be created after killing the people of the Empire? The surviving mutant monsters will eat the corpses by the tens of millions and run rampant? Have you forgotten why we left the Empire alone?]

[······.]

Any survivors would have to detonate their nukes, and the corpse problem would have been left hanging.

Kim Yang somehow found Ki-sun annoying. Even when she said something true, he would always say something that would make her punish him. It wasn’t like this before.

‘Is it time to upgrade from the Mark 2 to the Mark 3?’

Kim Yang, who had been looking at Ki-sun on the monitor with a subtle expression, turned her gaze.

‘Huh – I didn’t say anything wrong.’

If you think about it, it wasn’t Ki-soon’s fault. The Imperial Bitches were the problem. Those damn bitches who were so big that if you couldn’t kill them in one hit, you couldn’t even mess with them.

‘It’s awesome.’

As thoughts about the empire intersected, PD’s broadcast was running towards its climax.

[I will tell you why the emperor died.]

[The Emperor attempted to assassinate the King of the Holy Kingdom.]

A scene was shown that recreated the fight between Maru and the Emperor, with the artificial intelligence simulation video embedded in it.

The Emperor and his elite troops attempt to kill the King of the Holy Kingdom with double and triple traps. And then a high-ranking vampire appears.

If this had been a video broadcast by a regular broadcasting station, comments would have been posted until the server blew up, but since this was a broadcast broadcast through hacking, the people of the empire posted on portals including SNS.

(Stop being a jerk!)

(His Majesty the Emperor has passed away? Don’t make me laugh.)

(That’s special effects makeup. I know because I used to work at a movie prop shop.)

(Why did our emperor kill the king of the *sacred kingdom?)

Most people were unbelievers, but a very small minority were different.

(Are you kidding His Majesty the Emperor? What is the military doing now?)

(What is Congress doing?)

(Shouldn’t that be a declaration of war right now?)

(Those Holy Kingdom brats are hacking all of our broadcasting stations right now and doing this?)

The PD continued his story, not knowing whether he was aware of that reaction or not.

[The three states that the Imperial Army’s elite forces are said to be invading, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, do not have elite forces.]

[So what kind of troops are attacking the three states? They are the local defense forces and newly recruited recruits.]

PD uploaded the hacked military data.

An order was issued for the elite units that had won the Battle of Philadelphia and taken control of the surrounding areas in one fell swoop to move secretly north, and for the local defense forces and new recruits defending the southern front to take their place.

It was as if oil had been poured on the already burning SNS and portal sites.

(You’re saying that the Holy Kingdom bastards hacked using AI!)

(Can you believe that? That’s also a fabrication.)

(Why did the elite unit go up?)

(If there are 3 legions, wouldn’t that be over 200,000 troops?)

(Yes. You said you filled 80,000 people during the reorganization.)

(If you include the supply unit and related units, it would be around 300,000.)

(You moved 300,000 people secretly? You have to say something reasonable.)

The PD continued talking as if he had seen the reactions on SNS or portal sites.

[Yes. Why did you bring up the elite corps?]

[It was, as I said earlier, to shake the Holy Kingdom and assassinate the King of the Holy Kingdom.]

Emperor Leon Bonard’s operation continued. It was a vicious operation that could only be described as malicious. The plan to attack the King of the Holy Kingdom and steal the technology of the Holy Kingdom regardless of success or failure was completely revealed.

There’s no way our empire would do this.

His Majesty the Emperor would never do that.

How can you trust a kid who hacks broadcasting stations?

[You won’t believe it. No, you won’t believe it.]

[Then how about we check it out? Let’s make a phone call and check. Can’t the local defense forces do video calls when they’re not on operations?]

[Families of the Southern Front Defense Forces. Call your children and spouses who are currently serving in the military. Isn’t it something you can check for yourself?]

The reactions on SNS and portals continued to increase. As if he had been waiting for that, the PD continued his story calmly.

[The Empire sent its elite troops to the Holy Kingdom in order to attack it. Unfortunately, they were annihilated in combat with the Holy Kingdom troops.]

The footage continued. It showed a swarm of rats and crows annihilating the entire population. And then there was footage of the crows bombing key facilities and supply depots.

(FUCK!!! The factory exploded because of a bomb?)

(The warehouse fire was an attack!)

(Was the air raid warning real?)

(The crows were flocking around because of the bombing?)

It was only after the stories of people who had been far away came up that it was revealed that what the PD had said was true.

It was also said that it was highly likely that three legions had been annihilated. That meant that at least 300,000 troops had disappeared in an instant.

The undefeated emperor lost half of his empire’s forces in a single defeat?

An unbelievable conclusion.

If that’s true, then what did the Emperor want?

Why did you make that choice?

[Why would the Emperor do such a crazy thing?]

[That was to become God himself!]

[Emperor Leon Bonard was intent on killing hundreds of thousands of soldiers to take down His Majesty Vladimir Kalin, the King of the Holy Kingdom, in order to become a god himself.]

What all of a sudden?

What the hell is this?

god?

Why is God there?

His Majesty the Emperor wanted to become a god?

Whether SNS and portals are on fire or not, PD’s evangelism has begun.

[Now we all need to know the truth that has been hidden.]

[It’s a secret about faith.]

Holly- HOLY–

Behind the magnificent and sacred background music—

The PD said.

[Check the truth first.]

[Whether the soldiers of the Empire lived or died.]

[The life and death of your children and spouse···]

Holly- HOLY–

[Is the body of the Emperor of the Empire here real or fake? Is the Emperor of the Empire alive or not?]

[You have the right to know the truth.]

Swish-

[We must know the truth.]

···

···

The sacred and magnificent music gradually faded away and the lights illuminated the side of the PD’s face.

···

···

Swish–

The PD turned his head and looked at the camera and spoke in a meaningful voice.

[······See you again in Part 2.]

The empire’s SNS and portal exploded.