Rust - Chapter 544



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RUST [RUST]-544

The expression on Maru’s face after taking off the connector was somehow not good.

The first time, I went in as Na Ju-yeon and got cut down without knowing anything, and the second time was intense, but I couldn’t endure the tea and died.

And this third time. Things went as planned and I won, but I wasn’t satisfied.

The reason why NP Maru was strong in the second round was because of the good backup of Kim Yang, who supported him. In other words, NP Maru’s ability alone did not create a sense of crisis that was enough to break through the limit.

Tsk-

I worked hard to make it 1:1 by turning and cutting it, but it ended up being easier than the second time. In terms of taste and chewy texture, it feels worse than the second time?

Well, from the beginning, he killed the crows and took away the automatic turrets. He also threatened to touch the nuke to prevent the intervention of Kim Yang, the Royal Guard, and the remaining Knights, so the NP Maru must have been going crazy and delirious.

‘But I was expecting that if it was my clone(?), it would do something.’

Ki-sun stuttered after hearing Maru’s grumbling.

“That’s the player mind.”

“Player mind?”

“Yes. ‘If it fails, I’ll do it again.’ That’s the basic mindset of a player. On the other hand, for NP Maru, virtual reality was real reality.”

“The reason the results are different is because of the difference in how we view reality?”

“Then, isn’t it inevitable that there will be a big difference in how you perceive reality? You thought that you wouldn’t care if you died, so you kept yelling, and NP Maru thought that if he died, it would be the end, so he tried to go as safely as possible, but wouldn’t there be a difference? In a fight where your life is at stake, the difference is actually bigger than you think.”

Ki-soon had a clear understanding of the limitations of the NP Maru. Even if he had extended his blade at the same time as Maru, it was the NP Maru that had the tip of the blade waving in the end.

Somehow, the difference in skill level wasn’t that big, but Maru’s expression crumpled slightly when he heard that he won because of the player’s mindset.

“Anyway, a win is a win. Don’t frown. The problem is that if you do that, it might not have the effect you wanted, right?”

Ki-sun immediately realized the limitations of the virtual reality he was currently using. It was not something that could easily be filled with one year of experience.

“Even if you see some effects at first, if you keep doing it over and over again, you’ll probably reach a plateau soon.”

“······.”

Even if you say you grew through the previous experience, it’s the same.

The amount of experience gained from the desperate struggles and deaths that Maru went through and the victory of Enpi Maru was different. Maru stuffed himself with his desperate experiences and ended up getting the [YOU DIED] ending.

Even if the experience points accumulated by NP Maru, who mobilized Kim Yang’s assistant, the guards, the knights, and even the crows to kill Maru, were considered high, there was bound to be a difference in purity.

That qualitative difference is what made the difference this time around.

So what will happen next time? Will Enpi Maru be able to achieve something beyond Maru’s experience? Ki-soon was skeptical.

“I just watched the gameplay video. If you do it the same way as now, it’ll be useless going to the next round.”

“······.”

“If the crows, guards, and knights rush at Kim Yang, you’ll end up losing, and if you just take them all out like you are doing now and fight with Enpi Maru, you won’t gain any experience.”

“But if I keep repeating it, won’t the NPC experience level increase?”

So, when Maru said that if he cuts down the NP Maru, wouldn’t that kid also gain experience and grow? Ki-sun’s expression hardened slightly.

“I thought that was a bit strange anyway.”

“······.”

“The basis of the virtual reality is Dr. Jack Neese’s memories and the surveillance camera footage so far? But how could they figure out your personality and create the N.P. Maru? They only filmed your daily life and combat scenes.”

“Isn’t it because the information managed by supercomputers and artificial intelligence is so vast? If we assume that the vast information was processed using quantum computers and bunches of grapes, it doesn’t seem impossible.”

“Let’s say the background is like that. The background from a year ago, or the sniping of Ms. Kim, or the movements of the crow, etc. are all possible. But what are your thoughts? Your character’s thoughts clearly came to mind through the speech bubbles.”

“···Isn’t it just something that was roughly put together? Like an AI chat app?”

Ki-sun’s expression hardened at Maru’s answer.

“It’s not impossible. But you know, if you held on and inputted your reactions for months or years. But did you?”

“no way···.”

Maru’s voice became cold as he realized Gi-sun’s meaning.

“Yeah. The moment you log in, it seems like they’ve read you and combined your personality.”

“Who? Na Ju-yeon?”

“That girl really tried to kill herself?” Ki-soon shook her head at Maru’s increasingly ominous gaze.

“No. That’s not him. Na Ju-yeon is your fangirl. Do you think she was hiding her body the whole time?”

“then?”

Na Ju-yeon, despite her appearance, was the president of the Ojin Group. Even though she could have amassed considerable power by combining the researchers who followed her, she kept her position low.

After gathering people and forming a force, it would have been natural to ask them to bring back those who had been left behind in the Confederacy, expand the research lab, and create private quarters. But she didn’t do that.

“Based on the situation so far, it’s definitely not Na Ju-yeon. It’s probably the result of a combination of quantum computers and brains that make up the virtual reality. I told you last time. There’s a possibility that a singularity will occur. Didn’t the PD warn about the singularity?”

“Isn’t it impossible for there to be a singularity or something?”

“What can’t happen?”

“If you want to do a calculation, you need some kind of data or information, right?”

“yes.”

“Even before I connected to the virtual reality, the virtual reality NPI Maru acted like me. Na Ju-yeon was cut down over 100 times, and Kim Yang was saved when I hit her head right away. How could a quantum computer + a bunch of grapes know my personality? The NPC guy’s speech bubble made him dizzy.”

Ki-sun’s face began to crumple in an instant after hearing Maru’s words.

“You were saying that NPC Maru’s behavior was similar to yours before you even logged in? Hey- what the hell! Then that’s a singularity!”

“······.”

“This means that the information acquisition capabilities of quantum computers and grape bunches are not limited to wires and terminals!”

“Telepathy? Psychometry? That kind of mental ability?”

Even psychometric Erica gave up on reading Maru herself, and so did telepathic Julia.

Considering that even the mercenaries with the ability to welcome could not catch him, his mental immunity was like an iron wall.

But you broke through it?

“So you’re saying that you used your psychic powers on me? And I didn’t know about it?”

A combination of a newly built quantum computer and a bunch of grapes?

Without even knowing when it happened?

Ki-soon, with a serious expression, slowly shook his head.

“It wasn’t pierced.”

“then?”

“I read what was leaked.”

Ki-sun’s hypothesis was as follows.

When a human thinks or moves something, brain waves are emitted in response. What if we read those brain waves? If we read what flows out, not what is inside? There was a possibility.

“The question is, what does such a function look like?”

There was no way the bunches of grapes based on Dr. Jack Neese’s brain would have suddenly awakened. Maru’s eyes narrowed at Ki-sun’s story.

There was something with a similar function. The mental wave generator that I had installed last time. It was a device that generated mental waves. It was also a similar ability to telepathy, and it was a bio-terminal that generated mental waves that stimulated people’s emotions or thoughts.

“If Dr. Jack Nees’ brain was affected by it and developed mental or brainwave-related functions….”

“I think so.”

Maru and Gisun nodded at the same time.

“First, we need to cut off the connection with the quantum computer.”

“Yes. And I would also like to start my treatment as soon as possible.”

I had already decided to change bodies. In addition, I was planning to mass-produce brains and copy and paste them, so it was better to do it quickly since things had come to this.

“What about the experimental experiment?”

“Let’s just finish it with simulation and go right away.”

Although Na Ju-yeon was administering drugs to Dr. Jack Neese, it was a combination of a quantum computer and a bunch of grapes. A combination that could finish in an instant what a supercomputer would take decades to calculate.

“Are you okay?”

“If you’re worried, just give me control of the virtual reality.”

Maru’s eyes narrowed again at the sight of the earthworm tentacles attached to Gisun’s head shaking as if they were in a good mood.

Maru had secretly decided that he had to tease Na Ju-yeon.

“Huh? You mean it’s like reading brain waves and mental waves that flow out of a bunch of grapes? I didn’t create that function, though?”

Na Ju-yeon was surprised. As Ki-sun explained the story she had told Maru, Na Ju-yeon’s expression turned cold.

So, if it was possible to read brain waves or mental waves as Ki-soon said, there was a high possibility that Dr. Jack Ass’s son had read her hobbies.

It felt like the hidden folder on my computer had been discovered. Ki-soon nodded as Na-ju-yeon’s expression turned murderous.

“So I wanted to bring forward the plan I had planned to make.”

“I see. Actually, I thought it was a bit too hasty. It wasn’t like that.”

Na Ju-yeon looked at Gi-sun.

‘That?’

‘carrot.’

The negotiations between the two ended immediately.

“If Jack Ness Grapevine can read mind waves, then why can’t he read our thoughts right now?”

Maru, who felt uneasy about the two exchanging glances, nagged.

“No. If you were reading brain waves and mental waves leaking out, you wouldn’t be able to read something this far away.”

“You’ll be fine if you don’t go near it. You’ll be fine even if you wear a brainwave shielding helmet.”

Something like the helmet they use in those mutant movies.

Ki-soon explained further.

“Because it’s urgent. Let’s transfer it to the cultured body later.”

“That would be good.”

The sight of Na Ju-yeon and Ki-sun bonding.

If Ki-soon fails, he may have to live in a virtual world, and even if he succeeds in living in a virtual world, his own existence will be shaken, but he showed no hesitation.

‘Was it really that hard to merge with a crow?’

It must have been hard to see himself gradually becoming more mixed up every moment. Maru watched the two of them preparing to kill each other, feeling somewhat uneasy, but he watched quietly.

“First, we will transfer all of Ki-sun’s memories to a character created in virtual reality, and then we will keep his real body in cryogenic storage.”

“Is it safe?”

“Yes. Since the physical cultivation is not finished yet, it is safer to go this way.”

“Isn’t that what cold storage is? That’s what they keep people in refrigerators when they’re on long-distance sailing scenes in science fiction movies.”

“Yes, that’s right. We’ve succeeded in creating a long-term low-temperature sleep system by utilizing the hibernation of animals···.”

“···Then, the aging of the body is also delayed···.”

As Na Ju-yeon and Gi-sun’s story seemed like it would get longer, Maru coughed in vain.

Na Ju-yeon and Gi-sun, who were lost in conversation, felt a pang in their hearts at the sound of Maru’s presence.

“Ah- Let’s get started right away. Come this way.”

“for a moment!”

??“Can’t I wash up and do it? If I’m going to do it, I’d like to scrub it off.”

“······.”

“······.”

“No, why? I might be here for a long time. Then I should wash up.”

Even in this situation, Gi-sun was Gi-sun.

While Ki-soon prepared to become a clean low-temperature can, Maru moved directly to cut off the connection between the quantum computer and the bunch of grapes.

Na Ju-yeon, who had quickly created a helmet with brainwave blocking functions, carefully handed over the helmet and spoke.

‘Be careful, Jack Neese Grapevine might find out you made a brainwave-blocking helmet.’

‘I just administered a controlled drug to a bunch of grapes.’

‘The duration of the effect is about 30 minutes, but as Ki-sun said, there may be a way to deal with it, so it’s better to hurry.’

Ms. Kim, who was watching the scene, turned her head away as if she was dissatisfied with something.

Maru, who was embarrassed, went straight into the operation with Kim Yang.

Kkiyungkkiyung-

The sound of the exosuit’s footsteps was somehow nerve-wracking.

[Two people. Didn’t you say they were enemies?]

“If you think about it, that’s true. Why is that?”

[No.]

“······.”

Maru coughed loudly and explained the plan.

“I’ll take the bunch of grapes, you cut the cable connecting it to the quantum computer.”

[Okay. Communication? Security?]

“No, except in an emergency, silence. When cutting cables, don’t just cut in one place, but in several places.”

[But. What if I connect via something like Wi-Fi?]

Even if you cut the wire, wouldn’t it be a total waste if you could connect wirelessly?

“When you go, bring a radio jammer with you.”

[Okay.]

While Kim Yang went to cut the cable connecting the quantum computer to the bunch of grapes, Maru opened the door to the lab containing the bunch of grapes.

Beep beep beep-

Cheeeeeeek-

The gray-white door made of composite armor slowly opened with a heavy sound.

The cameras attached to the hanging grapes all pointed toward the floor.

At the same time, bubbles began to bubble out from the head and brain in the round glass bottle.

[Ppeugurrrrrrrr-]

[Bboogyurrrrrrr-]

[Burgurrururururuk-]

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Srrrrrrrr-

As Maru, who was laughing, pulled out his sword, the bubbles that had been rising disappeared.