Rust - Chapter 540



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RUST -540

Crunch crunch-

Hurururururuk-

A vacuum cleaner that sucks up bear soup and wild boar ribs.

Maru was a meat-eating machine right now.

Even Kim Yang, who was proud that he could not lose to anyone when it came to eating, was shocked by Maru’s vicious eating habits.

“Fuck. Chew and swallow.”

“What do you have to say?”

No. If you answer like that, it’ll sound like you’re pretending to worry so I can eat more.

That’s not it. Really.

Kim Yang, who was as wounded as an eye booger, ate the wild boar ribs that were full in both hands with great pleasure.

Yes, this is war.

Isn’t that what we do just to eat and live anyway?

The one who eats more is the winner. So I had no intention of losing.

Kim Yang, who chewed and swallowed a large mouthful, tilted her head. Now that she thought about it, there was a time when she ate this much.

‘It happened when I used up a lot of stamina.’

After fighting, eating, and using his strength again and replenishing his nutrients, his physical abilities improved greatly. This was the case for Kim Yang himself, but so was Maru.

‘That’s strange… Was it hard to just sit still and play games?’

I would understand if it had been a while, but it had only been a little over 30 minutes in real time since I logged in. Even in game time, it was 3 hours.

But the way he ate like he had starved for several days was a little strange.

Gyaut-

Kim Yang felt uncomfortable. He had played in virtual reality before, but he had never felt that hungry…

“What were you doing inside? What were you doing that made you so hungry?”

“Find the video.”

Maru was stuffing meat into his mouth as if he had no time to answer.

To Kim Yang, it looked like she wasn’t eating, but rather taking in nutrients. What was the rush?

Maru had many thoughts of his own.

‘I couldn’t get through it.’

I didn’t use up all the cards I had.

‘Would it have been okay if I had used a neutralizer?’

Strictly speaking, it wasn’t that it couldn’t be used, but that it couldn’t be used because it wasn’t implemented. At the same time, a question arose. Why was there a pink rapid cure, but no neutralizer?

‘Was there no information about the Chinese medicine?’

The part where I couldn’t dance the swordsmanship coolly while wearing the neutralizer was the most regrettable. The gap of one year was bigger than I thought. I didn’t really feel it, but when I fought against myself from a year ago, it was definitely different.

The things that Enpi Maru did were things that he would have done. Maru realized that he was the one who fought dirty.

As the battle dragged on, Enpi Maru discovered Maru’s weakness. It was a battle of wits. This was the area that Maru’s enemies had pointed out as Maru’s weakness.

Enpi Maru immediately used the duel tactic. It was a perfect counter, pushing in all the crows, guards, and knights stationed in the Ark Tower at once.

Even though I kept hitting and retreating, I ended up overheating. I drank rapid healing medicine to support my collapsing body, but in the end, it was game over.

Somehow I felt uneasy.

Kim Yang asked Maru, who was lost in thought and chewing, if she was okay.

“Huh? Are you okay? Are there any side effects from playing the game for too long?”

“No. There is a rapid cure, but no neutralizer.”

“Shouldn’t there be CCTV information or data like that?”

“I’m saying this because it’s not something that can be simply passed over like that.”

As if the fire had been put out, Maru’s eating speed slowly returned to normal.

“I guess I’ll have to look into it properly.”

“what?”

“It’s the same with virtual reality and games.”

At Maru’s words, Kim Yang blinked innocently.

‘I have nothing to do with it. I don’t know anything about it.’

That was the look on his face.

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Na Ju-yeon rewinded.

She was overwhelmed by the movements of the floor that were beyond her imagination. Human limitations had long since been surpassed, and later she even began to doubt whether it was the same living being.

Even if it’s a super-fast swordsmanship, what kind of movement is it that rivals a supercar? It’s not like it overturned physics and biology, but it’s not like it can continue to do that kind of movement.

‘Rapid treatment?’

When put into an extreme situation, N.P. Marugo and the original Marugo started to suck the pink potion like a potion and run wild.

‘They use rapid-acting medication like that.’

I heard the rumor.

There are rumors that the Charlotte Group’s Special Pharmaceuticals Division has such a drug. There was also talk that the Japanese pharmaceutical companies Yamazuki and Takaichi were researching a drug that could reattach severed limbs in real time.

‘I never thought there would be something real.’

It was a story that I had just heard as an urban legend, but after having a hole drilled into my head by the information extractor, I couldn’t help but believe it.

It would take at least half a year to recover because a hole was drilled in his skull and the information extractor had torn through his brain. The aftereffects were also expected to be serious.

There was no guarantee that it would be cured over time, as modern medicine had difficulty curing damaged brains.

But the moment she treated her wounds with the rapid healing drug, her predictions and expectations were wrong. The rumors about the rapid healing drug were true, and thanks to the drug, she was able to recover completely without any fatal aftereffects.

‘I guess we can say that just the rapid treatment drug increases the fighting power several times.’

The ones who killed Maru, who continued the fight through an endless war of attrition based on bombing and artillery fire, even using rapid healing drugs, were ultimately NP Maru and NP Kim.

Na Ju-yeon, who watched the video over and over again, was troubled. If she changed the starting area as Maru requested, there was a high chance of clearing the game.

Use the Ripper Suit to hide and sneak into the tower. If you kill N.P. Kim first or destroy the AI ​​computer, the difficulty will drop significantly.

The question is, is that the clear Maru wants?

‘If I roll back the NP Maru that has gained experience and go back to the beginning, it will probably end blandly, but will I be satisfied with that?’

No, it won’t be.

Kim Yang could bet her heart that it definitely wasn’t true.

If I cleared it so easily, I knew I would definitely find fault with something else. It was difficult to find fault with the reaction of breaking it so easily, but the more important issue was the possibility of growth.

‘Even though it’s a virtual reality, I’ve grown. Definitely.’

Enpi Maru and Enpi Kim Yang, who were attacked by Maru, grew in real time.

Enpi Maru, who was pushed into an extreme situation, grew closer to evolution in that short period of time and changed to become closer to the original Maru.

This evolution also happened to the original Maru. After overcoming countless near-death experiences, his swordsmanship became sharper, and his movements began to settle into a form optimized for killing.

How can I use this?

‘Isn’t it better to keep the memories of N.P. Maru and Kim Yang?’

What if the NPCs remember their experiences from the previous round? There would be a synergy effect.

If Enpi Maru gains experience and becomes stronger, Maru will also do his best to become stronger.

‘How strong can I become?’

How far can Maru, who has surpassed even her own predictions, evolve? That was what Na Ju-yeon was most curious about.

Always. Always.

Even though she entered the virtual reality with administrator rights, Na Ju-yeon instinctively looked around and slightly manipulated the status board.

Pot-

Maru appeared out of thin air and stood in front of Na Ju-yeon.

Na Ju-yeon lightly touched Enpi Maru’s arm, which was as still as a statue. It was strong and sturdy.

‘Here. It’s okay.’

Didn’t you gain enlightenment? Na Ju-yeon found courage.

Pot-

Potpot-

With a pop pop pop sound, not a pat pat pat –

One floor soon became two, and two floors multiplied into three, then four. Thick and strong floors stood everywhere, as if they would fill the whole world.

This is heaven.

Yeah, that’s what it tasted like.

A taste that fills you up just by looking at it.

Why did I just remember this now?

Perhaps the utopia that Dr. Noedungdung dreamed of was a world like this.

‘Then should I be a little more greedy?’

I’m just trying to lighten my mood in a world full of floors

Beep-

A message came from reality.

[What happened to the Kisoon cure? I told you to put everything else aside and make that first. Is it all done?]

“···I was looking into that first because of the difficulty adjustment.”

[The difficulty level is okay, but you just want the starting point to be moved to the outskirts?]

“Will that be okay?”

Na Ju-yeon explained her thoughts step by step.

[So, in order to gain proper experience, moving the starting point to the outskirts is meaningless?]

“Yes. So···.”

Wouldn’t it be more effective to strengthen NP Maru and Kim Yang by giving them phone memories rather than just grasping the patterns that have already been figured out?

[Add to previous experience?]

“yes.”

[Okay.]

Na Ju-yeon smiled faintly at Maru’s immediate answer. He had listened to her opinion.

“Yes. I’ll get it ready right away.”

Maru was also willing to fight with himself as he grew endlessly.

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The combination of quantum computers and grapes was fraudulent.

While using 60% to 70% of the computing power to implement virtual reality, the remaining computing power was used to come up with a treatment method for Ki-soon.

Quantum computers and grape clusters, which have succeeded in integrating and developing the knowledge of various research teams, have suggested various treatment methods through virtual experiments in the thousands and tens of thousands.

“So the most certain way is to create a clone of Ki-soon?”

“If this continues, it is only a matter of time before the mutant barnacle factor will invade your brain and bone marrow, completely changing you. Your personality has already begun to change.”

In terms of unnecessary killings and ruthless aggression, it was definitely not like Ki-sun.

“Is that the only way? Is it hard to do it with medicine?”

“Yes. It is virtually impossible to eliminate the barnacle factor all at once. Even if it were possible, there is already a part that has fused with the cell, so if that part dies, Ki-sun would also be in danger.”

“······.”

“Some cells are still uncontaminated with the barnacle’s genetic material. I think the most certain way is to extract cells with purely preserved genes and multiply them to create clones.”

Maru shook his head. He was already having a headache because of Director Yu Mark 2, and putting diapers on Ki-soon was out of the question.

To be honest, Maru had an aversion to clones. He could tell just by looking at Director Yu Mark 2. He was a lost being who couldn’t tell if he was Director Yu or the dregs of Director Yu.

Even with cloning technology, it was impossible to extract, preserve, and transplant perfect memories. Director Yu Mark 2 also lost most of his past daily memories, and only had intense memories of war and battles.

What if Ki-soon only has strong memories? Probably recent memories and memories of being manipulated by her step-siblings in the past.

“You don’t have to worry about that.”

Na Ju-yeon said, pointing to the connector.

Wasn’t it a means to perfectly extract and transplant memories? If it even used quantum computers and bunches of grapes, the effect could be guaranteed.

Maru, who had been thinking for a moment, opened his mouth.

“Obsessed with Naru. Can that be fixed?”

“You can’t completely eliminate it, but you can definitely reduce your obsession with the side effects of the medication.”

“···Then let me choose myself.”

“Let’s let them choose what to do?”

“okay.”

“······.”

Ki-soon’s situation wasn’t very good.

On the scalp where he had shaved his head and treated it with a rapid healing agent, something like a worm the length of a finger had already grown. It was the tentacles of a mutated barnacle growing again.

“Hey, bro. Long time no see. Are you going to cut my hair again?”

“No. There is a more fundamental way.”

“Really? What method is it?”

“This is the copy and paste method.”

Maru briefly explained the current situation.

“You’re not being serious, are you?”

It wasn’t some science fiction novel or movie, nor was it a story about a clone troop from a space war.

“The drug Na Ju-yeon made can only slow down the progression. If we continue like this, there won’t be a single cell left intact. You and the barnacle will completely fuse.”

“H- What the hell. So you’re saying we should extract the memories separately and create a clone of the body and merge them together?”

“Because that’s the only way.”

“Hey. C- Even if that were true, are you fully aware of how dangerous that technology is?”

“······.”

“I guess you don’t feel it when the target is me, but imagine if you were to do that to yourself. What if beings that replicate your memories, emotions, and abilities were mass-produced?”

“······.”

“Even if it’s not mass-produced, that technology. In fact, it’s not enough to just clone yourself, it’s like making immortality a reality. Can you handle that?”

As if in response to Gisoon’s heightened emotions, tentacles sprouted like earthworms and swished around.

Srrrrrrrr-

I guess I should get a haircut first. Ki-soon shouted as Maru pulled out Eclipse with a sullen look in his eyes.

“I’ll do it! Let’s do it! I’ll do it!”