Rust - Chapter 577



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RUST -577

Ki-soon looked over the information extracted from his brain once more.

“The cannibal was John Denver, one of the Confederate scouts in the western region.”

The Confederacy, which had signed a non-aggression pact, sent out scouts to all directions to gather talented people. This was possible because of the strong vitality and fighting ability of the cannibals.

“It seems that the Empire has completely turned its back on clones using newly acquired test subjects rather than Director Yu’s clones.”

“Director Yoo, there is a better test subject than the clone?”

Maru’s eyebrows twitched. If he fought the original Director Yu ten times, he would win eight or nine times, but when he fought the cannibal Director Yu, it wouldn’t be strange if anyone won.

Even if Director Yu were in cannibal mode now, he would easily win by 85% to 90%. But that doesn’t mean that Director Yu’s fighting prowess is lacking.

It was surprising that there was someone who could push out Director Yoo and create a clone. I checked the information carefully to see if it was the same for Ki-sun, but that was it.

“High suitability? I don’t know what it’s high suitability for, but anyway, the Empire is said to be expanding its military power centered on clones, machines, and those with abilities.”

“···Is this an expansion of military power?”

“There’s no way around it. The Empire is at war with rats right now. Rats and cockroaches. The Confederacy is even increasing the number of cannibals that it had limited because of rats and cockroaches. It was a good move that we used rats to create a front line in the beginning. Otherwise, we would all have been dragged around catching rats.”

“Are rats that dangerous?”

Ki-soon nodded, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

“The rat had a thumb nail on its front paw.”

“Smart guys?”

“Yes. But they say that such things are spreading. It is predicted that both the Empire and the Confederacy will suffer astronomical losses due to rats and cockroaches.”

“If mice become smarter, they will not be easy to catch.”

The underground and night areas of the Sacred Kingdom were safe because there were rats who worshipped Maru as their god, but other places were not.

The clever rats attacked humans without leaving any evidence, and when they felt threatened, they began digging holes and harassing them as if they were engaging in guerrilla warfare.

However, it is impossible to release mutant cats that think of humans as food, and poisonous gases and poisons that were effective at first have gradually developed resistance over time, making them difficult to use.

Now it’s time to literally catch them by slaughtering and shooting them. And it wasn’t just rats that were doing this. In Texas, there was an incident where a rural town was wiped out by a few mutated hogzillas.

“At first, they caught it with a javelin, but now they say it can’t be caught with one or two shots from a javelin.”

“Are you crazy? You can’t catch it with an anti-tank missile?”

“The bears we catch aren’t easy either. Unless you shoot them with a tank gun or use your sword yourself, their only weakness is their eyes. And there aren’t many gunmen who can hit the eyes of a moving bear.”

“So you were trying to recruit Roy Stern and his men?”

The 4.5m~5m-tall armored personnel carrier was the best weapon to fight such monsters. It wasn’t that tanks or armored vehicles were bad, but in urban combat situations such as dense forests or collapsed villages or cities, and in battlefields where hidden monsters would attack, armored personnel carriers were definitely advantageous.

Especially in Japan, ace-level armored personnel carriers with extensive experience fighting various monsters were truly valuable.

“I guess so.”

Ki-soon smacked her lips again as if it was a pity to waste it.

“The Confederacy and the Empire seem to be expanding rapidly, but it seems like they won’t be able to do much until they get rid of the rats and monsters. The Confederacy appoints the best fighters among the cannibals as knights and puts them in charge of hunting wild boars, and it’s said that the damage is considerable.”

“We should also organize things in advance.”

In the Holy Kingdom, bear hunting was steadily being carried out thanks to the love of Kim Yang for ‘bear’ soup and the passionate support of the research team including the royal guard.

As bears were hunted, friction with wolves in northern Canada continued. As wolf tribes became part of the Holy Kingdom, or were driven north, or were killed, the damage caused by wolves decreased dramatically, and northern Canada gradually regained stability.

So, after the bears and wolves were sorted out to some extent, this time it was the pumas that caused the problem. As their rivals, the bears and wolves, decreased, they began to expand their territory.

The puma is the largest feline in North America, and it’s also very clever. Bears and wolves have gotten smarter and tired of it, but the puma has gone one step further.

It was more tricky than expected for a beast that considered the direction of the wind every time it moved and knew how to dig traps using its own footprints.

Maru had set his hunting target on pumas until the first snowfall this year.

“Then how about you go on a puma hunt as training to get in step with the newly recruited soldiers? I’m sure everyone will be excited if you say you’re going with them.”

“···okay.”

In an instant

‘Puma Hunting with His Majesty.’

‘His Majesty draws his sword to hunt the monstrous puma that threatens the Holy Kingdom.’

‘Who will be the warrior who will stand by His Majesty’s side?’

‘Let’s hunt the monsters, the enemies of humanity!’

These were the things that had passed through my mind, but I shook my head to shake off the thoughts.

The recruitment is over, so I wonder if that will happen. Of course not.

Ki-soon continued her briefing towards the floor.

“It’ll probably take about a month to clean up San Francisco.”

Still, it was easy to handle these things because Ki-soon was there.

A month to clean up San Francisco and transport the people to the Holy Kingdom.

This was the time it took to mobilize two 150-ton airships, eight 50-80 ton airships built by the Holy Kingdom, and four 200-ton airships designed with quantum computers and grape clusters.

That would be the case, since the number of returning soldiers, their families, relatives, and military personnel was close to 200,000, and among the Charlotte Group, there were 200,000 who chose to defect to the Holy Kingdom. And among the survivors in San Francisco, there were close to 100,000 who asked to be taken.

“It’s a rough estimate, but you should be thinking of up to 550,000.”

“There are too many more than I expected.”

“Yes. At that time, we didn’t consider the soldiers’ families and relatives, or the people living in San Francisco.”

“It would be better not to take him rather than starve him and make him suffer.”

Ki-soon shook her head.

“That’s not it. Those who want to stay here are not included, but those who want to go should be taken. If they stay, they’ll become food for cannibals or mutant monsters, and if they’re lucky, they’ll starve to death or rob each other. You know that and leave them behind? It’s a bad thing to play a generous video and leave people behind.”

“···Who told you to make such a video?”

“No matter what anyone says, thanks to that video, recruitment went well and people followed suit. And when I calculated it, I could handle it somehow. You invested a lot in production facilities.”

The production capacity of just one Bloody Ark Tower was enough to feed tens of thousands of units.

This is possible because crops are produced 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, like semiconductors, in a literal smart farm.

When the related facilities were first installed, production facilities that were thought to be excessive turned out to be a stroke of genius as time went by.

They upgraded such facilities with quantum computers and grape bunches and installed them all over Detroit, literally producing enough food to feed millions of people in one city.

“If you hold out for a week to ten days, cherry tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, and beans will start to pour out. There will be no food problem. Even beans can be made into tofu and yubu, mixed with various other ingredients, and processed into protein, so you can use them as a meal replacement without any problem.”

“Ha. Okay, then. You take care of that. I’ll check the bunker and the armory with Ms. Kim.”

There couldn’t have been only one tactical nuke. So we had to get the equipment including the tactical nuke. The target was the armory and other bunkers in Charlotte.

Kim Yang followed Maru with his personal guard.

[There will be resistance in the Charlotte bunker because of Chairman Shim’s death.]

“If you show Chairman Shim the video of the tentacle contamination and he still says he’ll fight, then we’ll have to sort it out.”

Two people chatting away.

[I checked right away when the story about the remaining tactical nuclear weapons came up, and there were two in the temporary camp. And since there was a person who knew how to modify the tactical nuclear detonator, they were tied up tightly.]

The tactical nuclear weapons that were brought to avoid the earthquake and tsunami were three in total. One was used to blow away the monster’s tentacles, and two were secured.

The B61-11 was a tactical nuclear weapon that could increase the maximum explosive power to a whopping 340kt. It was a good start to get two of those. Above all, it was good to get the manpower to adjust the explosive power and modify the detonator.

“Well done.”

[After that-]

Ms. Kim is shrugging.

‘But aren’t you going to tie Miss Kim up tightly?’

Maru held back the words he wanted to add to her who was shrugging. She had been through a lot, so there was no need to ruin her mood.

The first place I went to was the armory. A huge warehouse was used as an armory, but the warehouse collapsed due to an earthquake, and the tsunami swept through the collapsed area, burying me in a mud pit over 1m deep.

‘If we can find a tactical nuke here, that’s great.’

Under the command of Kim Yang, the exosuit-equipped bodyguards cleared the rubble, but it wasn’t something that could be done in a day or two.

“Let’s go around the bunker.”

[Okay. Just a moment. Drill a hole in there and put the drone in. Drone! I told you to check inside! You have to check the part that receives the force and dismantle it!]

Maru was slightly surprised by the meticulousness that seemed to indicate that some demolition had been done.

Who knew Kim Yang had this side to him.

As if sensing Maru’s gaze, the back of Kim Yang’s head made an ‘ahem’ sound.

Ahem, the back of the head. Maru was a little taken aback, but since it was Ms. Kim, he thought, “What’s the big deal?” and moved on.

As I was watching, I realized that when he was guiding the guards, he spoke well, but why did he speak like that when he was talking to me or having meetings?

A speech style that mainly ends with ~ㅁ.

Are you using it to select people? Why?

[···Go ahead. What are you thinking?]

“No. Let’s go.”

They took over the secret bunkers centered around the central bunker one by one. Some of them opened their doors and surrendered after seeing the footage of Chairman Shim being contaminated by tentacles, but…

[Do you think I can believe this kind of thing?]

[Don’t you know that CCTV footage and recordings have no evidentiary value?]

From what I heard, he seemed to know a lot about Korean law.

[How will anyone prove that this is sophisticated CG?]

“proof?”

As Maru held out Eclipse, Kim Yang pulled the trigger.

bang!

When a 12.7mm bullet hits the Eclipse

Krrrrrrrrrr-

Sharp sound waves shot out in the shape of blades.

[uh?]

[Huh? Stop!]

Big-

Eclipse is stuck in the hatch

■■■-■■—■■■—

The circular interior was revealed with a sound of metal cutting.

Tong-tong- push-sissy

Kim Yang, who quickly threw a tear gas canister, took the lead holding a shield.

“Cluck, cluck – shoot!”

“Ahead. I can’t see ahead.”

“You idiot! Stop rubbing your eyes and just shoot!”

Amidst the hail of bullets and the sound of people shedding tears and snot due to tear gas, Maru, who was hiding, moved along the ceiling.

Maru, who had approached them from behind, began working quietly.

Phew-

cook-

Crunch-

The sound of gunfire gradually diminishes in the acrid tear gas smoke.

“Shoot! Shoot!”

Thud, thud, thud!

Clank clank

“What are you all doing? I said shoot!”

Kkiyungkkiyung

The moment he sharpened the magazine and aimed the gun at the mechanical sound heard from in front, his back felt hot and he heard a sound. Pugeuk – The man who had been blankly staring at the blade that pierced his back and protruded in front of his chest fell down.

[Is it sorted out?]

[All the things in front.]

[If this is all, there is a lot less than I thought.]

[I have to look inside.]

Inside, there were quite comfortable living facilities, and deep inside was a huge warehouse. A warehouse filled with a huge amount of supplies.

Kim Yang was amazed at the huge pile of supplies. It made sense, since Charlotte was in charge of supplying the returning troops.

[After watching the video, aren’t the kids stuck in the bunker trying to hold out by grabbing all the accumulated supplies?]

I was wondering if there was gold and silver in the central bunker, but where were the jewels and luxury items?

‘So, it’s like the luxury guns that collectors collect.’

Kim Yang’s eyes sparkled.

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Hehehehe

Kim Yang was grinning broadly while caressing a Beretta, Imperiale Montecarlo shotgun.

Her hand was on the Beretta shotgun, but her gaze was in a bizarre position, directed at the Holland & Holland ‘Royal’ Deluxe double rifle, neatly packed in a box.

“Is it that good?”

“huh.”

The Charlotte Group had a whopping eight large bunker warehouses and 15 medium-sized bunker warehouses. Converted into containers, it was a whopping 60,000 containers. They said they operated over 20 large container ships, so the scale was no joke.

The fact that this much remained despite the materials on the ground being blown away by the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear explosion was the basis for President Charlotte Sim’s plan to take over LA and build her own power.

Now it has become a commodity of the Holy Kingdom.