Rust - Chapter 615



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RUST -615

Everyone looked like, ‘What are you talking about?’ at the PD’s claim that faith is more important than nuclear weapons.

As we saw in Toledo, rats are fast at changing generations, and they start to act up after four generations. And yet, faith?

“What if Lord Kalin had shown death every quarter? Would the rats have lost their faith?”

Major religious forces such as churches, cathedrals, and temples engaged in spiritual education once a week to once a month.

“But it’s no use. No religion or civilization has ever succeeded in eliminating crime.”

Na Ju-yeon’s voice was somehow cold.

“I think so too. Even though we educated people by having them pray five times a day, murderers still murdered and thieves still stole. Even though we cut off the hands of thieves, theft did not disappear. If we look at human history, no matter how strong a religious power was, it eventually lost its power. Isn’t it the same? Didn’t we see in Toledo that because the generational change was fast, the rate at which faith disappeared was also fast?”

Even though Hood agreed with Na Ju-yeon’s story, the PD didn’t care at all.

“It’s different if you show me evidence every quarter. How can I not believe that a transcendent being has descended in person?”

“So what I’m saying is that believing that way is meaningless. Even if you do believe that way, how long will it last?”

The PD’s voice was heavy.

“Even if it’s temporary, isn’t it worth a try? If we don’t use faith, what other alternative is there? Are you suggesting that we use nuclear weapons, which may have unintended side effects?”

That was the problem.

“Why do you think crows and wolves live with us? Do you think it’s because they’re smarter? Then why do rats attack people and other carnivorous animals attack humans?”

“······.”

“Because humans are relatively easy prey.”

“Because if you eat people, you become stronger.”

“Don’t the crows and wolves know that? They must have attacked humans before joining us.”

“Are you saying that the reason is because of faith?”

“Yes. After experiencing the power of Vladimir Kalin, they developed faith and chose to coexist with us.”

The PD’s voice weighed down heavily.

“Why do crows and wolves, who have no qualms about attacking other humans, obey orders to uphold the rules of the Holy Kingdom and protect its citizens? What are they afraid of? Who is it? Lord Vladimir Kalin. Isn’t it?”

That was true. If there were no floors, crows and wolves would have had no reason to coexist with humans.

“Even if we exclude God or God’s agent or something abstract like that, I think it’s a miracle enough that we’ve survived so far. So. Since we survived. If we want to survive in the future, and we decide to trust Vladimir Kalin, is that a problem?”

Hood and Najuyeon chose to remain silent even though they had something to say. Even if they had presented a counterargument, there was no realistic way to control over a million field mice.

At the silence between the two, Ms. Kim nodded with a somewhat satisfied expression.

‘That’s right. That’s right. It’s a country that you have to trust to become right. You have to trust because the Supreme Dignity rules it personally. Yes.’

When PD heard that over a million field mice had gathered, he intuitively felt that there was no other way than faith.

“The most effective way is to control the rats through faith, use them to invade the Toledo underground, and then push them back to the New York underground, thus reducing the overall explosive growth of the rat population.”

Although it didn’t suit my personality to become an object of worship, I couldn’t help but agree with the PD’s idea.

‘Even if we use nukes, there’s no guarantee that we’ll be annihilated.’

Rather than using nukes and having the survivors spread out in all directions, it was more likely to use field mice to take down the rat forces that had taken control of the underground of the city.

“Diana, what’s the weather like now?”

[The current temperature is -47 degrees Celsius.]

After making his decision, Maru headed straight to Canada.

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Ki-sun was pulling troops from each fortress and concentrating them in Montreal. It was difficult to gather troops because the temperature was so cold that it was between -45 and -50 degrees Celsius.

“There should be at least 30,000. How many people have gathered and how much longer will it take?”

[So far, 14,775 people have gathered in Montreal. If they continue to gather at the current rate, it will take at least 5 more days.]

‘It’s taking too long.’

It would take another 5 to 7 days to move to Area D in Montreal. That means it would take at least 10 days at the earliest.

‘It’s dangerous.’

The probability that one million field mice would stay in one place for more than 10 days approached 0%.

Because rats have a high metabolism, they eat up to 20% of their body weight in food per day. That means a monster rat weighing 10 kg would eat 2 kg per day.

If there weren’t many, that amount of consumption wouldn’t have been a big problem, but the number of field mice gathered now is a whopping million.

It was said that they eat 2 million kg a day. That means they eat the equivalent of 2,000 one-ton trucks every day. And that was at the very least.

‘You’ll burn a lot of calories just to maintain your body temperature, so you’ll eat more than that.’

I guess we can say that Fort 11 is finished.

‘We’ve attacked the fortress and raided its food stores, so we won’t just pass over other fortresses either.’

It was Gisun who gave the order to withdraw all temporary forts built in Sector D, starting with Forts 12 and 10.

‘If you want to fire tactical nukes, you have to do it when they’re as close together as possible. But if I demand the right to use tactical nukes right away, PD and other people might misunderstand. I can only hope that Maru understands this.’

So I sent an emergency support request. Maru probably had a rough idea of ​​what I wanted, so I thought he would grant it, but I wanted him to do it quickly.

‘We need to gather as much as possible to one side.’

After luring them to the northern part of Sector D and planting tactical nukes, the remaining rats had to be cleaned out using the troops gathered in Montreal.

The key to the operation is to lure the mice to one place.

‘how?’

We need to lure them out for at least 5 days. Is that possible for a regular soldier in this weather?

‘Fuck. Ha-‘

I had no choice but to send the clones.

The Naru clones were noisy at Kisun’s order to deploy.

“I do it when I’m green.”

“-Lure the mice.- I raised my voice.”

“You secretly have a nice voice.”

“Good? Not really. The King has the best voice.”

“Brother?”

The Naru clones, who were fully armed, turned their heads to the side. There, expressionless clones of Director Yu were checking their equipment.

“But why are you going this way?”

“It would be enough if we just went.”

One of the clones of Director Yu, who was moving mechanically, turned his head and said.

“Make some noise and get ready quickly. Take turns luring the mice so they don’t get lost.”

“Who has the authority?”

When one of the Naru clones got angry, Director Yu’s clone responded immediately.

“I will lead.”

“Who are you?”

“This is Lieutenant Yoo Hee-yeon.”

“Heeyeon?”

“runt?”

“Oh. Then suddenly something big?”

“No. Is that a link? A bing? That’s the deal.”

“What is that? It’s scary.”

“Everyone, shut up and get ready! You don’t like it? If you don’t like it, just shut up and stay home!”

“Wow- powerful-”

“Oh- awesome-”

The Naru clones and Director Yu clones began to march across the snowy field.

Clones were basically a type of enhanced human. Not only the Yu Director clones that used Yu Director’s body, but also the Naru clones were the same.

If they were ordinary soldiers, it would have been impossible for them to march for 12 hours in the bitter cold with temperatures ranging from 45 to 50 degrees Celsius, but they did it with ease.

“The bitch with the statue?”

“no-”

“doesn’t exist.”

“No.”

“······.”

“Okay. Our scout party that was conducting a power reconnaissance has been surrounded by a field mouse scout party. Rescue orders. Be ready to depart within 3 minutes. Over.”

The clones, running at a speed close to that of a swarm, quickly entered the area where the Power Scouts and the Rat Scouts were engaging each other.

Phew-

A giant rat jumped out of the snow and went for the Naru clone’s ankle.

As the screaming clone kicked the rat’s jaw with his boot, the clone next to him stabbed the rat in the eye with his awl-like broadsword.

The ending was as if it was a well-written script. Hee-yeon nodded as she saw the Naru clone responding in pairs without being told to do so.

I saw some familiar movements somewhere, but that was only natural. It was only natural since I had acquired combat information based on Director Yu.

“Attack at 3 o’clock on your side and 9 o’clock on our side simultaneously to break the siege. As I just saw, the field mice are lying in ambush in the snow. Be careful.”

As Hee-yeon gave a simple order and led the Yu Director clones to leave in the 9 o’clock direction, the Naru clones positioned themselves in the 3 o’clock direction and prepared to snipe.

[Sniping ready.]

[Chiiik-launch. Beep-]

As the gunfire continued, red flowers began to bloom on the heads of the mice.

Click!

Sizzle!

The rats’ reaction was extremely fast. The rat scouts who had been surrounding the humans and attacking them were instantly divided into two.

One side was surrounded, while the other side started running in the direction where the sniping had come from. Hee-yeon’s eyes, watching the field mouse’s response, narrowed.

‘We’re almost halfway to the Naru years. Now!’

And then the clones led by Heeyeon raided the siege line that was divided in two.

“This way!”

The clones commanded by Heeyeon freely used the 12.7mm caliber Rsh revolver and the Ash assault submachine gun to break through the rats’ encirclement.

Once the siege was breached, the reconnaissance force began to move. At the very front of the sharp, awl-like formation was a woman wielding a sword.

Kwajijijik-

A field mouse as big as a 20kg rice bag is gently cut to pieces. The field mice, attacked from both sides at the same time, reorganized and tried to surround each other again, but

Tudadadadadang

Bang- bang- ta-bang-

The field mouse could not withstand the 12.7mm special bullets that even mutant wolves can eat.

[chijik- too many- beep]

[Beep- There really are a lot-tsk]

The number of field mice that went that way must have been quite large, so the Naru clones screamed. Hee-yeon, who had been looking at the woman with the sword who was swinging her sword coolly, sent a radio message.

[Operation successful. Retreat. Join at Point B.]

[Cheek-yep-yep-beep]

The gunshots fired by the Naru clones grew farther and farther away, and the clones led by Heeyeon and the Power Reconnaissance Unit that managed to escape also began to fall back.

Only after nearly an hour of being gone did the rat scouts finally stop chasing them.

“No pursuit. Let’s take a short break.”

“Gasp-gasp- thank you.”

“Thank you.”

I was prepared to run away for about half a day, but the field mouse scouts got away sooner than expected.

‘You give up quickly.’

Heeyeon did not let her guard down and sent a radio message to the Naru clone.

[Resting at Point B. When will we arrive?]

[Chi-ik- Almost there. Beep-]

[Chick- I’m here. Chiik]

[Beep- Here we come. -Beep]

I could see the Naru clones circling around a short hill.

Hee-yeon shook her head at the sight of the Naru clones waving their hands. They must have had similar battle memories to me. But they looked like this.

The swordsman woman who had been watching Heeyeon communicate with the Naru clone approached.

“Is long distance communication possible?”

“It is possible at a set time.”

When asked why, the knife-wielding woman answered with a serious expression.

“I must report that the main force has begun to move.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes. I got too close to check it out and was caught by the scouts.”

“Which direction?”

“To Montreal.”

“······.”

Hee-yeon checked the map that appeared on the HUD (Head Up Display). Ki-sun’s order was to delay the movement of the main force of the field rats. And it was a reconnaissance unit structure.

“How fast does a field mouse move?”

“About 25km a day.”

The distance from where the main field mouse base is to Montreal is approximately 140 to 150 km. It was delayed by a day.

That’s how the delay began.

Hee-yeon, Naru’s clone, and the one-armed swordsman Erin and the scouts joined in. In terms of firepower alone, they had the firepower of a firearms company, but that was meaningless against a pack of a million field mice.

“How did you lure me with this?”

“You idiot, Ki-sun.”

“Gisun was wrong.”

“Order of weapons.”

It was no use trying to lure them by shooting bullets. About 20,000 of them just fell and rushed in, while the remaining 980,000 or so continued on their way.

The prediction that they would be lured away when food became scarce was also dashed, as the field mice continued to advance towards Montreal, preying on injured and old rats.

“You crazy rats.”

“You don’t even have a map. How did you get directions?”

In this way, after catching nearly ten thousand rats for four days, the main force continued towards Montreal. And when they were about 40 km away from Montreal, the rats suddenly started moving faster.

Usssssssss

Urrrrrrrr

The sound made when the field mice, whose numbers had grown even larger, suddenly started running, as if all the surrounding field mice had gathered.

What is this?

The always noisy Naru clones shut their mouths. And a new type of airship that looked like a rugby ball passed over their heads.

Huh?

Why a new airship?

A person jumped out of the airship that had stopped in the sky above the swarm of field mice that was surging in like a tsunami.

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