Rust - Chapter 538



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RUST [RUST]-538

Kim Yang coughed at Maru’s suggestion to see the virtual reality. Looking at Na Ju-yeon’s appearance, she was in a complete panic. She was the only one who could overcome this crisis.

‘Expression. Watch your expression there!’

Na Ju-yeon’s eyes were wide as she stared at Kim Yang, unable to hide her expression. Kim Yang desperately tried to catch her eye with her shaking pupils, but she was still a slut.

Why are all the people around me full of gluttony?

The nurse in Unit 1 was like that, and so was the half-and-half hood in Unit 2. Psychometry was also a disaster at first. Even the dirty diapers.

Na Ju-yeon’s face looked like her soul had left her body, so Maru couldn’t miss it.

“Why are you looking like that? I told you to take a look at virtual reality.”

Na Ju-yeon, who answered the question and then instinctively thought of the following Dang-gang, unconsciously put the survival route into practice.

?!Maru looked at Kim Yang as Na Ju-yeon quietly nodded her head.

‘I don’t know why he’s like that. Seriously. Not at all. Seriously, it has nothing to do with him being like that.’

Maru said at the desperate look in Kim Yang’s eyes.

“First of all. You put your head in too.”

Kim Yang gave up on resisting and muttered while quietly resting his head next to Na Ju-yeon.

‘I’m crazy, I’m crazy.’

As Na Ju-yeon, who was unable to keep her balance because it was her first time hitting her head, tilted toward Ms. Kim, Ms. Kim lowered her voice and told her to get off.

‘Who are you leaning against right now? Aren’t you going to fall? Where are you leaning? Can’t you keep your balance?’

‘No···. The center···.’

‘You just have to spread your legs out to the side. Don’t you know that?’

‘That wasn’t the attitude there.’

In the episode that passed in one breath, Kim Yang got angry at Na Ju-yeon who answered that it was not that kind of attitude.

‘A skilled assistant and a rookie are the same? You’re going to see it once and do it exactly like that? If you’re stupid, you should at least use your head. What’s the point of having your head down? Do you want to live that easy in this world? Is it that easy? You just wanted to eat everything raw?’

‘······.’

While the lecture on life wisdom and survival skills began, Maru sat on a chair and put on the connector. As soon as he activated the helmet-like connector, his consciousness seemed to be sucked into somewhere, and the main window appeared.

[1. New game.]

[2. Loading the save file.]

[3. Exit.]

Let’s choose a new game

[1. Select character.]

[2. Continue.]

[3. Exit.]

Didn’t you say you were doing beta testing?

Very concise composition.

The moment I pressed character selection, there were two characters to choose from.

[1. Na Ju-yeon.]

[2. Ms. Kim.]

[3. Exit.]

Maru had to choose between the two. Choosing Kim Yang was a bit much, but Maru chose number 1 because he thought it might give him a hint about what kind of character Na Ju-yeon was. But Maru’s perspective changed in an instant.

“crazy-”

The first word that came out immediately after the elasticity was a small curse.

“Whoa- fuck-”

The cold air woke me up. This place, filled with pure white, is a small park at the entrance of the Ark Tower.

Maru was terrified by the vividness of the white breath spewing out in various colors. Even with his keen senses, he could not find any sense of discomfort.

The fluttering snowflakes, the crunching sound of your feet underfoot, and even your cold breath.

Phew-

ha-

Maru took a deep breath, unable to believe it.

The sight of white breath colliding with the cold air and dispersing like fog.

‘This is fake?’

Maru rubbed his forearm against the cool cold. The moment he felt uncomfortable about his slender arm under his thin outerwear, a mechanical sound rang in his head.

[Start point activated. Scenario 1 begins.]

A mechanical sound and a human presence felt behind me.

When Maru turned around, he saw himself wearing a Ripper suit equipped with cold weather gear.

Maru, who saw himself straining his eyes, just laughed in vain. So, did that mean he was the target of Miyeonsi’s attack?

“ha-”

You guys are like, you two are so ridiculous, Na Ju-yeon and Kim Yang, so you made this game with the goal of making me appear and trolling me?

‘These are really···.’

At this scale, I had no choice but to sincerely admit it.

‘Wow, look at the level of completion. It’s made to look realistic.’

The flaw was that it was the first virtual reality created by mobilizing everything from a quantum computer to a bunch of grapes, but the virtual reality itself was amazing.

‘So you’re saying I have such sharp eyes? How did you get them?’

As I was looking at myself, who had been realized so naturally, the fake floor spoke softly.

“You. How did you get in here?”

“What the fuck···.”

Maru couldn’t help but shake his head at the subtle atmosphere that the fake Maru was giving off.

Isn’t this blatant white supremacy?

Am I like this?

no way.

There was no way that he, who was gentle and well-mannered, could do this.

“···What the hell? How did you get in here? Did you bribe the security guard?”

(How did you break through the AI ​​barrier? Were you prepared enough to prevent hacking?)

“Even the speech bubble? I’m going to go crazy···.”

Before I could even think, ‘Even crazy women make games, they put speech bubbles in their heads…’, I felt a bit uneasy.

A step back – a sharp blade swiping past you as you step back.

Aftereffect-

The trajectory of the blade sharply bends as the sword strike passes by a thin margin, aiming for one arm.

Maru tried to take another long step back, but he couldn’t even move back 50 centimeters.

‘Ah- this wasn’t my body.’

It was Na Ju-yeon’s character. Somehow, they were all dull.

‘Shit-‘

You said it was a game?

But what is this?

It didn’t feel like a game at all.

‘This fucking idiot…’

Die.

That too to yourself.

What the hell is this kind of shitty case?

Even if it’s Na Ju-yeon’s body?

‘Stop. Halt. Pause.’

It was no use shouting it in my head.

‘Skip. Skip. Yay save. Save!’

Maru’s desperate struggles were useless.

The blade of the Eclipse flashes in the black solid line. The slowly flowing time is suddenly cut off.

and

Swish-

The sky and the earth spun around with a hot sensation.

As the decapitated body of a woman collapsed, he lifted up his own severed head. A speech bubble floated above it.

(You were moving strangely just now. Are you avoiding my sword strikes? I guess I’ll have to use my brain to extract information.)

My vision grew darker and darker, and my consciousness became hazy.

‘Dog. C-‘

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Kim Yang and Na Ju-yeon desperately sent signals to each other.

‘What are you going to do? There are only two characters.’

‘There is no way?’

‘What method? Oh, this is driving me crazy. Why are you showing off your face there? You’re the chairman, right? Then don’t you get the feeling? Why are you suddenly doing this? Are you trying to screw me? Is that it?’

‘I told you not to lie to that person…’

‘No. Sir, you just have to not lie. Don’t lie, just say with a blank expression, I don’t know. That’s what you should have done.’

‘I know, but how can you do that?’

‘Ah, seriously, why are you acting so suffocated? If you do that, you’ll really get hurt. Seriously, you’ll get hurt. Don’t you know that our highest dignity was just running around like crazy until then?’

‘······.’

‘You’ve experienced it in games, right? It’s really hard. Or maybe you’ve died over 100 times and are used to it? So this time, you want to die for real in real life?’

‘······.’

When she was working at a company in Korea, Ms. Kim was a homebody who would relieve stress by playing games, watching dramas, and watching movies after work.

‘Listen carefully. Do you know what gamers are most good at?’

‘Gameplay? Fun?’

‘Yeah, that’s it. And what about the games that parents allow?’

‘Learning? Being studied?’

‘That’s it. When we talk about games, we always think of fun and learning···.’

At that moment, Maru took off the connector and screamed.

“Dog- s—”

‘He’s dead?’

’35 seconds.’

Maru jumped up from his chair and lifted up the two women who had been quietly laying their heads down. Maru’s fierce gaze alternately glared at Na Ju-yeon and Kim Yang.

Maru, who had been unconsciously touching the back of his neck, began to let out exclamations of disbelief and sighs of anger alternately.

“Ha- Fuck-”

“Ah- Really-”

Maru, who had been loitering for a while, asked Na Ju-yeon.

“What game is that?”

“Underage···.”

“That’s premature? Stop talking nonsense and speak clearly. Everything.”

“······.”

Seeing Na Ju-yeon hesitating to answer and glancing at Ms. Kim, Maru turned his gaze to Ms. Kim.

Kim Yang’s bewildered expression.

‘No, why? Why there? Why are you looking at me?’

Although she had a truly aggrieved expression, Na Ju-yeon turned her head away and looked away.

‘Are you really going to get cut?’

If we’re together, wouldn’t the chances of getting cut be a little lower?

Complex and subtle gazes tangled in the air.

That’s how the explanation of virtual reality began.

“Actually, it wasn’t a minor poem, it was a minor poem.”

Kim Yang closed her eyes tightly at Na Ju-yeon’s words.

It was a difficult start.

That was how the confession began, but fortunately, Maru’s attention was focused elsewhere.

“Can I create my own character too?”

“yes?”

“So, instead of me over there, can you play as me right now?”

“Ah···? Yes.”

Maru is for two people? Na Ju-yeon looked like she was gaining some kind of realization.

“How about the time scale? Is it adjustable?”

“It’s possible. But if you adjust the time scale too much… it can be dangerous because it puts a strain on your brain.”

“How safe is it?”

“In terms of ratio, it’s about 1 to 6. Even if you take the maximum, if it exceeds 8, the possibility of side effects increases.”

Maru closed his eyes for a moment and collected his thoughts.

‘The ratio is 1:6~1:8.’

This means that even if you play for only 3 to 4 hours in reality, you can spend a whole day in a virtual reality that is similar to reality. So, if you train there, the training effect is 6 to 8 times greater.

‘It’s so sweet?’

How can I endure this when I get at least 6x more experience points?

“My character. Can you make it right now?”

“Right now?”

When I glanced at Ms. Kim, wondering what to do, Ms. Kim opened her eyes wide. She was struggling desperately.

‘Don’t look this way. I told you not to look.’

‘······.’

As Maru’s eyes narrowed, Na Ju-yeon answered with a start.

“It is possible.”

“Okay. Make it right now. I can use the equipment I’m using right away, right?”

Na Ju-yeon nodded cautiously at the request to match the items. I thought it would just pass like that, but Maru added something.

“Let’s talk more about it later. Both of you.”

The faces of Kim Yang and Na Ju-yeon, who had been showing expressions of relief, turned pale.

That’s how Maru participated in his attack.

It’s a slightly different strategy though.

Maru’s character was created in an instant.

Because we simply copied the NPC Maru and made him into a playable character, it was easy to make subtle adjustments between Maru from a year ago and Maru now.

As soon as his character was completed, Maru logged into the game.

[Scenario 1. Start from the starting point.]

At the same time as the mechanical sound, Maru activated the stealth function of the Ripper suit. At the moment when he was about to blend into the white snow, a long sword stroke cut through the rippling space.

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeng-

The shockwaves created by the collision between Eclipse and Eclipse scattered in all directions. The strong waves blew away the snow on the ground, leaving white marks on the Ripper Suit’s stealth module.

Enpi Maru, who was aiming his sword at the white trace, spoke heavily.

“Who are you?”

(Stop this? Same sword as Eclipse? What the hell is this guy?)

Maru snickered at the speech bubble floating above his head, then released his hiding spot and waved the tip of his sword.

Knock-knock-

[Need I say more?]

Ta-da-tak-

In an instant, the space narrowed to zero distance, and the two people extended their swords.

Charge and then stab.

The same stabs were fired at each other, as if stabbing each other in the mirror.

Skak-

Sakak-

The two men, who had nodded their heads and avoided the slightest angle, swung their swords horizontally again. One from left to right, the other from right to left.

Kakakaka-

Hehehehehe-

The two Eclipse swords began to intertwine, aiming for the enemy’s nape on the opposite side. The Eclipse sword’s blade, which converted the powerful impact, emitted sharp waves.

Fit-

Swish-

The cutting force of the wave began to damage the ripper suits on both sides, but Maru remained calm.

‘This is what I was like a year ago.’

Maru felt proud because he was also quite good at it a year ago.

‘Then where···.’

Let’s see how far his past self can go. The moment he slightly relaxes his strength, he blocks the sword strike that is coming at him with his guard and delivers a low kick.

Creak-

At the same time as the low kick, the response of Enpi Maru was so fast that I exclaimed in admiration. He momentarily put strength into his thighs to resist the low kick and at the same time used his firm center to push-

Maru retreated back using the force that Enpi Maru had pushed him with. As if he had expected this, Maru slashed at Enpi Maru who was chasing him.

‘If you do that, your upper left side will be empty.’

Enpi Maru, who slashed through the gap with a sharp sound and rolled down the guard.

huh?

Creak-

Maru, who had withstood Enpi Maru’s low kick to the thigh with his strength, pushed towards Enpi Maru.

Top, top and stop stab fake stop.

Bang. Bang. Ga-ga-ga-gak. Each.

The eclipses, which had been entangled and sparks flying in succession, fell apart while exploring each other.

“······.”

“······.”

‘This kid is annoying.’

(This kid is annoying.)

‘Fuck’

(Fuck)