Rust - Chapter 629



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RUST -629

Maru, who was chasing the fleeing stray cats, stopped in his tracks at the sound of a sudden explosion. At first glance, it looked like a few field mice were blocking the path, but they had exploded.

Kwaaaaang!

The frozen ice broke and the fleeing cats were sucked into the river.

Gyaaaahhhhhh!

Meow meow meow!

Stray cats struggling desperately.

But the sharp claws actually took their lives.

Card-

Even though they tried to climb up by holding onto the ice, the claws were so sharp that they would cut off rather than hold on. Even the feral cat that managed to survive with great difficulty could not hold out for long.

The winter, with temperatures dropping below -45 degrees Celsius even in broad daylight, was not easy for a soaking wet feral cat to survive. Unable to escape properly, its hardened corpse was embedded in the ice.

[Did you see the suicide just now?]

[Chijijik- I saw it.]

I tried to capture a few, but they were blown away.

[Did you tell me to blow myself up?]

[Chijiji- If I told you to blow yourself up, would you do it?]

In fact, the field mice didn’t pay any attention to humans except for Maru and the nurse. Even though quite a few could understand human speech, they pretended not to know, and if they wanted to do something, they had to be paid first.

If it was something like wiretapping or cutting off electric wires or gas pipes, they would do it in return for food, but suicide was different. If a human were to ask them to give up their lives, would the rats stay still?

[But why are you blowing yourself up and making a fuss? I didn’t even ask you to.]

[Beep- Talk to the PD. According to the data, the rats in Toledo were like that in the beginning.]

This is driving me crazy.

In fact, Maru didn’t even want to look up what the scriptures said. He would openly call himself a god, so how could anyone in their right mind see that?

Just hearing it in passing the other day made my heart shiver. So, it was something like, ‘Cockroaches belong to God, so they will surely die.’

It was said that this phrase was put into the scriptures to prevent the field mice from learning cockroach breeding techniques from the renegade rats of Toledo.

‘This is driving me crazy. But the scriptures are written mainly about rats.’

What kind of a crazy situation could there be? But I couldn’t avoid it because I didn’t like it. Even the rats and the furries were fanatics in the beginning. I saw the kids who took drugs and blew themselves up go crazy after just a year. I had to establish a system.

[Tsk- If I keep doing this, won’t I become an animal god?]

[Cheeeeeek- Well. The number of people who believe in HOLLY is no joke. Almost half of them are nationalists.]

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[Why? Chiiik-]

Maru momentarily forgot that there were too many humans who believed in HOLLY to become the god of animals.

[No. What are they going to do?]

Maru, who had been thinking blankly for a moment, glanced at her brother’s unit, which was continuously raising the decibel level, and asked.

[Chi-ik- So, I’m telling you to wave and shake hands a bit. Or, pick a few people who have done well and have a meal together.]

Maru, who had come out of hiding, waved at the excited Naru clones. In response, cheers surpassed the sound of the siren!

“Kkiyaaaa …

“Gyaaa …

Kimuruk-

When he made eye contact with several clones in the front row, they all fainted. The clones next to him kicked the unconscious clones away and stepped forward, causing Maru to hide again.

This isn’t it. Really.

“Oppaaaaaaaaa!”

“Your Majesty King!”

The heated atmosphere didn’t cool down until Ki-soon’s ‘threat’ to calm down.

[Chi-ik- You’re just going to go? What else is in front of you?]

[What is there? Judging from the way the rats are blowing themselves up, I guess they’ll figure out how to clean up whatever’s there.]

[Chi-ik – But if I just leave, what will they do?]

[I don’t know.]

[Beep beep- Are you really going?]

[Then you should go fake? I’m going to go and have a meeting about what happened this time, but you shouldn’t come and go and organize things over there.]

Despite the rebellion of Kisun, Maru was king in the Holy Kingdom. Maru, who was fed up with the thousand or so Naru clones, left for Vladiak Tower first.

The incident of Maru leaving for Detroit made the two forces(?) fighting a war of nerves in Montreal feel uncomfortable.

“It’s all your fault.” (It’s all your fault.)

“We didn’t see it either?”

“The King… The King left without seeing us.”

“It’s Ki-soon’s fault. Bad Soo-nim.”

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The four members of Hee-yeon and Naru were angry at the new recruits Cheon-myeong and Gi-sun.

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Detroit, Vladikavkaz Tower.

A month has already passed since the new year began, but the cold shows no sign of abating.

“Quantum computers and grape bunch calculations predict that the weather will be similar to last year.”

In terms of temperature alone, as was the case last year, sub-zero temperatures were expected to continue from late April to mid-May.

“The energy problem has been solved thanks to the success of small nuclear fusion power generation. The heating and cooling problem is likely to be solved within this year.”

Starting with the report from Hood and PD, the main agenda was organized. The technology of the Holy Kingdom was literally developing by the day.

Since we can run a virtual world that is close to reality, using it for simulations is bound to speed up the progress of research.

What was needed was time and resources. The problem was that there was a lack of time and resources. That was the reason why they could not break away from the empire.

By securing the major areas of central and eastern Canada and controlling key roads, they were able to advance into virtually all of Canada. Therefore, the underground resources were sufficient.

The problem was the ‘buried underground resources’ and the damn weather. The winters were longer due to climate change, and the roads were usable for only about half the year.

You might think that the remaining half could be used to mine resources, but the Canadian mines were inhabited by various monsters, including field rats.

Getting mines and equipment back online after more than two years of neglect required time and resources.

“The design is complete and we have started building the basic modules that will make up the new city, but we are short on resources.”

Na Ju-yeon and the staff of the Oh Jin Group who followed her were competent.

“We need a large airship that is not affected by the weather. If trade and mining stop every winter, it may take more than six years to complete the construction of the new city.”

Normally, six years would have been a short period of time. Even just the civil engineering work would have taken two to three years. But this was not a normal situation.

We never knew when a major natural disaster would strike, and the same goes for monsters. That’s why we decided to build a floating city on a lake.

A city that can hold its ground even when waves crash and sway like a fishing rod. A living space that can withstand earthquakes, typhoons, tornadoes, and extreme weather was needed.

“Let us invest all our capabilities in building new cities. First, let us prioritize the construction of large airships.”

Even when considering trade with the Empire and moving to a new city in the future, a large airship was essential.

Maru briefly explained what had happened in the empire, starting with the energy issue and organizing the situation of the new city construction.

Starting with the situation where the rats that took over the New York underworld set their sights on the surface, a brief summary of the incident where the Naru clones were split up and the situation was ended using rats was concluded.

After that, the story went on about the clone technology secured from the Empire, the corpse of the main Naaru, and over a thousand Naaru clones.

“Certainly, our Holy Kingdom also needs clones.”

“As you can see from the clones’ reactions, they are dangerous. And His Majesty the Great once rejected Bernard Green’s request to expand the production of clones.”

It was a hood that reminded him of the incident where Ki-soon had refused to allow him to pick and choose many of himself.

“Then is there any other alternative to solve the shortage of troops? The current troop supply system is already at its limit.”

After the Toledo Tribute Rats defection, they also began building strongholds on their southern borders, because they could not leave their borders to the rats alone.

Even if they were to replenish the force by conscription, it would still be a problem. No matter how harshly they trained civilians, it would be nearly impossible to acquire the fighting power of a Yu Isa clone or a Naru clone.

“I hope you don’t overlook the fact that autonomous turrets equipped with AI are not capable of responding to monster situations.”

Hood, who was about to say something to the PD’s words, closed his mouth.

Unmanned weapons equipped with artificial intelligence had clear limitations. This was due to the electromagnetic interference phenomenon that occurred when monsters gathered together.

There were sensor malfunctions, starting with poor communication and disconnections. In severe cases, there was even an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) phenomenon that rendered electronic devices powerless.

“Autonomous turrets alone cannot create a defense system.”

Maru and Tolly, who were very positive about the AI ​​unmanned defense system, changed their minds after seeing the betrayal of the tribute rat and the attack power of the field mouse.

Miss Kim tilted her head.

“Even if that’s true, if manpower is the problem, why not use animals? Even a field mouse could probably handle weapons.”

“Are you talking about a field mouse?”

“Since the Supreme Being said that he will strictly manage to prevent the emergence of reactionaries, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to go with a combination of field mice and artificial intelligence. Or not?”

The rats with thumb joints were able to use human tools. They couldn’t make things with tools, but they could do simple things, like make booby traps with grenades or set up snare claymores.

“So. You want to arm the field mice? Are you serious?”

“If we manage to keep traitors out, then using field mice becomes a problem?”

It was a problem. A lot of it.

“It’s not something to be thought of as simple as that. If you send armed rats to defend a stronghold, they will quickly breed and disrupt electronic devices. But it’s also questionable whether neutering the rats or drugging them to make them infertile is cost-effective.”

“···Why not just use an animal like a crow or a wolf instead of a field mouse?”

Why don’t you just make weapons that they can use? Make a button that a crow can peck with its beak, a button that a dog can press with its front paw, and so on.

“Crows and wolves are equally in trouble. Honestly, that’s what I think.”

Why? Why! Are you only arguing with me? Kim Yang’s narrowed eyes turned to the PD.

“You all know how powerful animals can be when they have acquired human technology and are armed with human weapons. And unfortunately, we cannot control mutations.”

The arrogance of believing that viruses could be controlled is what caused the problem. If simple viruses can be controlled, wouldn’t it be arrogance to think that intelligent animals can be controlled?

“What would happen if a mutant with special abilities were to arise and rebel? The reason Your Majesty was able to suppress the field rats in one fell swoop was because the field rats had no guns, bombs, or medicine.”

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That’s what the PD thought. Maru was clearly a person who had escaped from humanity, but it was true that there were limits to having a physical body.

What if a horde of a million field rats were armed with guns and bombs? Could they still be put down in one fell swoop?

“What if the rats rebelled, armed to the teeth with the latest weapons? Imagine the renegade crows that bombed us from high above. We have already experienced the renegade rats of the tributary state of Turley.”

I also saw the religious beliefs of the Rat Tribe, which seemed like fanaticism, eroding.

“First of all, animals are never human. The same goes for artificial intelligence. That’s why I think it’s a very dangerous idea to entrust human safety to something other than humans.”

The argument was that crows, wolves, field mice, and artificial intelligence should all play a supporting role. The argument was that human safety should be protected by human hands.

Maru, who raised his hand to stop Kim Yang and Hood from saying something, asked the PD.

“Okay, so assuming we expand our force with clones, how many do we need?”

“If we consider the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Reserve Forces, it is at least 1 million.”

1 million?

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So there are 1 million Naru clones?

···crazy.