Rust - Chapter 280
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RUST -280
A 12.7mm bullet penetrated the white smoke and created a red flower.
A long black wave stretched over the dull gunshot muffled by a silencer.
[crow?]
[Don’t shoot them.]
At Maru’s words, Ms. Kim tilted her head slightly.
Thinking back to the last time he fought with a flock of birds, shouldn’t he be chased out to the pasture or killed? It’s okay for Baekjeong because he has ‘life’, but what about the others?
[Don’t worry. I’m watching them because they seem smart.]
[Okay.]
The butcher is responsible. Avoid the crow.
[uh?]
The sight that caught Kim Yang’s eye was the crows soaring high into the sky, skimming over the white smoke.
Then, the crows, flying in layers, began to move in earnest. They were using the vortex created by flapping their wings to clear away the smoke.
Mass-produced exosuits hidden in the smoke were revealed. Armed with 7.62mm chain guns and 12.7mm machine guns, the exosuits aimed their guns at the flock of crows.
Kim Yang, who had been watching the crow’s tricks, pulled the trigger. The exosuits fell with a heavy gunshot sound.
“It’s a sniper!”
“How much is it?”
“2~3 people.”
“Where is it?”
“obscuration!”
The exosuits targeting the crows spread out to the left and right to take cover and detonated smoke grenades again. The crows spiraled and glided toward the thick smoke again.
It wasn’t a simple flight. The first wave flew over and assessed the situation. The second wave flapped its wings to clear the smoke and reveal the target. And the last third wave dug in with its claws and beak.
In an instant, crows swooped past between the smoke grenades. The crows, who had been conscious of being sniped and had been slow to react for a moment, swiped their talons and beaks in the air, scanning the area.
“Kwaaaaak!”
“Crow?”
Thud, thud, thud!
Ta-da-da-da!
The crows that fly low and cut through the air like knives, the fear of flying silently brings death.
Ms. Kim cursed inwardly when she saw that scene.
You’re like a crazy butcher. If you’re going to raise one, raise something normal like a dog or cat. Are you saying you want to raise something like that now?
The sight of crows dismembering a person in an instant was like a scene from a horror movie.
‘What the hell are they doing?’
Why do you listen to the Baekjeong?
Shouldn’t the birds that fought with the Baekjeong before run away?
Ms. Kim was momentarily confused.
Suddenly, I remembered something that happened in Japan. The monster cats ran away like crazy.
Cats used to run away and rebel in fear, just like people. They did that back in the days of the weak Baekjeong, but now that they can use their life freely, is it natural for crows to move around?
Even if the rest is like that, it’s said that the crow understood what people were saying…
Even distinguishing between friend and foe?
Because it was a power loader type exosuit, those who could not block the crow’s sharp feathers, talons, and beak disappeared without a trace in an instant.
The crows weren’t unscathed either. There were crows scattered around that had been shot here and there, and those that had been hit on the wings or torso were occasionally sending signals that they were still alive.
Maru was shocked by the unexpected result.
Dogs and cats understand and react to their owners, so crows are smarter than them and just set the mood and move. Even so, what kind of crow uses tactics?
‘It was clearly a tactic.’
There were three stages: reconnaissance, smoke clearing, and attack. The attack wasn’t done recklessly either. As if they knew the characteristics of the gun, they descended vertically and flew at a low altitude.
The movements of the crows were astonishing, just as World War II bombers would dive vertically to reduce their hit area, and torpedo bombers would fly low and horizontal to the sea to fire their torpedoes.
‘Why don’t they listen to me?’
Looking at what they’ve shown so far, it’s hard to guess the reason. They can communicate with each other and plan strategies, so why?
Crows are birds, so they should have a problem with defecation, but they didn’t do that. They should have been circling the floor ten thousand times, so there should have been a lot of poop and urine, but that didn’t happen.
It was a floor where several crows, who had been shot and were crouching on the ground, could be seen. It was hard to understand that they had been entangled once before and were following him, but weren’t they crows that had died and been injured while trying to clean up after themselves?
Tsk-
[Is there anything unusual around here?]
[Nothing abnormal.]
There was also confusion in Kim Yang’s answer.
[Don’t shoot the crow.]
[···Okay, I understand.]
“Diana. Unless the crows attack first. Exclude them from attack.”
[All right.]
Maru, who was hiding in a ripper suit, headed to the scene far away. There were no people at the scene, and only mass-produced exosuits remained.
Foodie!
A few injured crows flapped their wings, as if they knew Maru was approaching, despite their hiding. The tingling sensation was a mixture of primal fear, horror, and awe.
‘This tickling. Is it because I sense the crows’ thoughts?’
A small wrinkle appeared between Maru’s eyebrows.
Thought? It’s like speaking directly to the mind…
I have once experienced a thought more distinct than this.
‘japan?’
The thoughts in the black box in the secret laboratory. The place where the altar was. And the tentacle monster. Maru shook his head to collect his thoughts. That wasn’t what was important right now.
As soon as they released their hiding, Maru’s figure was revealed. Several injured crows bowed their heads, probably guessing that Maru was nearby.
‘Huh- he really looks like a person.’
He took out a new type of hemostatic agent from his backpack and applied it to the crow’s wound. The crow, frozen by Maru’s actions, lowered its head and remained still.
Maru, who had been treating the injured crows with medicine and fixing broken or cracked bones, carefully took a few seriously injured crows that needed professional treatment and returned to the building.
“Here, please treat these guys.”
“A crow?”
The nurse opened her eyes wide when she saw several large crows lying in a row on the hospital bed. They were so quiet and croaking. They were so big that it was frankly scary.
“It’s okay because you didn’t ask.”
“Ah. Yes.”
Now that I think about it, I once said that animals show their bellies because they trust the other person.
The nurse mustered up a little courage to examine the wounds. They were all serious. In human terms, they were serious injuries.
“I think I need surgery.”
“Okay. Please take care of it.”
“yes.”
Nurses and medical staff dragged the bed to the operating room.
Caw?
Foodduck-
“Be quiet.”
The nurse said with stern eyes.
Caaaak···
“It doesn’t hurt if you get anesthesia.”
But did I tell you that crows understand what people say?
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Crazy bitch.
Why did God give such brilliant talent to a crazy bitch? She must be either an innate psychopath or an acquired sociopath.
How can you be looking for a fiancé when the survival of humanity is at stake? Or even someone you ran away to?
If you’re married, shouldn’t you break it off cleanly with a divorce suit? If you’re engaged, shouldn’t you file a lawsuit to resolve the damages and then let it go?
Den Brown barely managed to swallow the urge to curse as he lowered the touchscreen. All the information that appeared on the screen was gloomy.
[Yellowstone Outskirts Small Towns Destroyed]
[It appears to be the work of a mutant monster.]
[Giant snakes appear along the river and wetlands]
[Giant mutant crocodile confirmed]
[Kansas drought damage widens; wheat crop fails]
[Agricultural machinery repairs only reach 1%]
The situation became even more dire after excluding the farmland and storage areas that were most likely to be contaminated with radioactive material.
The drought was a problem, but farming itself was not the answer. Whether it was wheat, barley, or rice, farming required the use of farm machinery.
Before the agricultural revolution, agriculture was a labor-intensive industry. So, if you don’t have farm machinery, why not just use manpower?
Let’s put people in and do farming? That’s all well and good, but where are the people who will do the work? Most of them lived in the city. There weren’t many people in the countryside.
Even if there were many people who wanted to farm, there was a problem. How were they going to feed and house all those people until the harvest?
[The emergency food warehouse is under attack by protesters.]
[Rioting and looting are spreading.]
Thanks to the freedom of firearms, relatively small monsters have been defeated quite well. The problem is that the guns are aimed at the same people.
As the saying goes, there is no such thing as business when you are hungry, and when stockpiles of food ran out and distribution networks collapsed, people began to loot each other.
Chief Dan Brown picked up the stomach medicine and put it down. Medicine was scarce now. The chief let out a small breath and gulped down the water and laughed in vain. He didn’t know when the bottled water would run out.
How many years will it take to rebuild? Ten years? Twenty years?
“Chief Dan Brown, Camp 11 in New York has collapsed and all the inmates have escaped.”
“How many people?”
“There are 823 people:
“What about the other camps?”
“Three places have been pre-cleared by the military, and the rest will be cleared sequentially.”
Even though there is medicine, you can’t use it and you have to kill him. Dan Brown was not happy about his promotion to chief. The promotion would only make sense if the world returned to normal, chief.
“Vladimir has still not responded?”
“doesn’t exist.”
It was no use telling the crazy woman where Vladimir Maru was and telling her to take him there herself. She just kept repeating like a parrot that she should pack it up herself.
If I could have killed her and taken it, I would have killed her dozens, hundreds of times. The Chinese were determined to kill that crazy woman, so Virginia and the US military in Korea made great sacrifices to stop them.
If someone had saved her life, she would have reacted in some way, even if it was just out of gratitude, but that crazy bitch didn’t show any signs of that.
“Kim Ki-soon. Have you still not found any trace of Bernard Green?”
“It is said that the last confirmed location was near Osan City.”
“Osan? Air Force base?”
“yes.”
Chief Den Brown asked back.
“There, near Pyeongtaek?”
“Yes.”
The two cities that were unable to stop China’s concentrated attacks were Pyeongtaek and Daegu.
“The damage in the vicinity is so severe and chaotic that tracking is virtually impossible.”
“Fuck.”
I tried to find a friend and negotiate with Vladimir Maru, but that was blocked too. Even though I told them not to touch him, it seemed like the military was still pushing in that direction.
“···Wasn’t there a satellite photo from last time?”
“What picture?”
“This is a photo of what looks like a dark cloud blocking the sky over Detroit.”
“That. You said it looked like a flock of birds?”
“yes.”
What is that?
“Only birds that looked like crows remained, and they wiped out the special forces sent by the military.”
“Huh? So?”
“Those crows have built a nest near the Vladislav Tower.”
“······.”
So now, to see Vladimir, you have to go through a mutant crow? Chief Dan Brown shook his head.
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Samantha, Tria, and Diana began a discussion, using up their saved computational resources.
Samantha, who had been blinking blue light, relayed the current situation to Tria and Diana. Samantha’s goal was Xenia Roden, or Hood’s well-being.
[The war between the United States and China is likely to last longer than expected. Even if the war with the seven Chinese countries ends, the United States is likely to have a civil war again.]
Although the federal government is currently concentrating all its power on hitting China, it is clear that civil war will eventually break out over time.
If a civil war breaks out, Vladislav Tower will inevitably be involved. That means Xenia will be involved too.
[The civil war is just beginning. Mutants and cannibalism are on the rise. Food production is expected to be difficult for at least three more years.]
The red light was flashing. Semiconductors were needed immediately to fix agricultural machinery, but there was no telling when the supply would return to normal.
Arithmetically, the population was decreasing, so there were fewer mouths to feed, and the food stockpiled was supposed to last, but excluding food that was likely contaminated with radiation, it was not enough.
Food is a problem, but the bigger problem right now is drinking water. How many regions have their own proper water purification facilities?
The green light remained still amidst the red and blue lights.
[······.]
Diana’s logical operation was attempted to be responded to with ‘Flexibility 3-step’ and the ‘Kim Yang Package’ that she recently learned. The resulting answer was ‘What should I do?’
If the AIs get together to talk for the first time in a while, they won’t just output ‘What should I do?’ So in a situation where there is no answer, silence is the best option.
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