Rust - Chapter 647



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RUST -647

Corpses and bone fragments hanging between the vines.

It was a honeysuckle vine that had transformed into a carnivore, even though it wasn’t a carnivore. So, Ms. Kim was happy.

‘See these? They’re guarding the gold. How cute.’

Hoohoohoo-

[Let’s burn only from there to here.]

[ancient.]

She decided to show mercy. These things were not intentional, but they were guarding the gold well anyway.

Roar roar!

Kim Yang’s exclusive exosuit caught fire.

Long ago.

From the village eaten by rats until now.

A feature that is equipped without falling off the dedicated exosuit.

Self-ignition.

There were no vines blocking Kim Yang’s path as she entered the IMF building, which was still on fire. Even the guards following her were amazed at the vines in the lobby squirming away.

‘Hey. The vines just moved over there.’

‘Avoiding the fire?’

‘Even if there is fire, isn’t it dangerous?’

‘Of course, the seat next to him.’

There were some potentially misleading remarks made, but Ms. Kim continued to move forward.

There was no sound of a pounding heart.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Only the sound of the drums advancing heightened her senses.

The scene of the vines covering the safe struggling to escape from the safe as Kim Yang’s footsteps, which were like a bulldozer, rushed in, saying, “Roots, save us.”

At the end of the green waves that scattered like the sea parted before the apostle of God, a huge vault was revealed. And it was a half-open vault.

Wince!

Kim Yang’s steps faltered slightly when he saw the open safe. His confident gait changed into a hurried run.

[Captain!]

[Dangerous!]

Kim Yang was a dangerous beast right now. Kiiyong- The red meteor that rushed in at full power blasted open the half-open safe.

Ooooooooooo-

It was a silent scream. She screamed with her whole body.

‘I saw the heart-!!!’

What was reflected in Kim Yang’s pupils, which were a mixture of vermilion and gold, was a pile of gold bars.

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In fact, it wasn’t without its ups and downs. There were monsters that had strangely mutated, perhaps due to the effects of radiation. But those things were nothing.

[Hurry up, hurry up. How much have you collected so far?]

[It weighs about 200 tons.]

It’s 200 tons, but it’s 5 times as much as 200 1-ton trucks? There was that much more. It was a huge amount of gold, but Kim Yang tilted his head.

[It’s strange.]

[Yes? What are you talking about?]

[The highest dignity said that there are over 2,800 tons in the IMF.]

[······.]

Even if we estimate generously, the amount in the vault was around 1,200 tons.

The question mark that had been floating above Kim Yang’s tilted head changed into an exclamation mark.

Was it like that? Was it like that?

What does a half-open safe door mean?

So someone stole my gold.

Weed bitches… I thought the safe was well-guarded, but it was full of holes.

A soldier who loses a battle can be forgiven, but a soldier who fails to keep watch cannot be forgiven.

Weed bitches are being burned at the stake.

Hurrrurruk-

Flames burst out of her exosuit.

[Ah- Maybe it was stored in a distributed manner in a gold exchange.]

One of the guardsmen who was busy moving the gold bars spoke to the burning Kim Yang.

[Exchange? Gold?]

[Yes, I heard there is an exchange that trades physical gold internationally.]

Somehow, the flames surrounding Kim Yang felt stronger.

[Where is that? The exchange.]

Her voice burned red.

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There were several places where gold was traded internationally. There were four famous places: London, England, Zurich, Switzerland, New York, USA, and Tokyo, Japan.

Among these, the gold exchanges in England and Switzerland were famous.

“So, the daily gold trading volume on the London Gold Exchange is over 5,000 tons?”

[Yes.]

Kim Yang’s glaring eyes turned to Maru. His eyes asked why he didn’t stop by England after going to France. If 5,000 tons are traded per day, wouldn’t there actually be more?

Maru heard that there wasn’t that much gold on the London Gold Exchange.

“Diana. How does the London gold trade work? Is the physical product moved directly?”

[Physical movement is extremely rare.]

This was followed by a question from Kim Yang.

“So? Are you saying that you are trading gold without gold?”

[Transacting like money in a bank.]

Gold trading became active when the fractionally reserved system was introduced to gold trading.

The partial reserve system was a system that allowed a portion of deposits to be kept as reserves and the rest to be loaned out. In other words, it was a system that allowed only a portion of the actual money held to be kept and the rest to be loaned out or invested.

This was beneficial to the activation of gold trading and investment, but conversely, since it was possible to lend or invest in gold exceeding the physical gold held, it could create counterparty risk.

There was actually a time when something like that happened.

After the gold payment risk incident at the London Stock Exchange in England, the artificial intelligence Diana explains that Zurich, Switzerland, famous for its safe deposit boxes and safe banks, absorbed the demand for gold storage and trading.

“So you’re saying there’s no gold in reality?”

Kim blinked at the mention of dealing in a similar way to a regular bank. Banks have money that people have deposited. They roll that money and make a profit.

So, if you deposit gold, you are making a profit by rolling the gold somewhere else, so does that mean that you are not actually storing much gold?

[···Similar. However, it is known that the Bank of England stores gold held by countries around the world and major financial institutions in physical form.]

What does that mean? You have all the gold in the world?

[For the convenience of transactions, it means that gold was deposited with the Bank of England.]

According to information provided by Diana, 4,875 tons were stored at the Bank of England.

This is gold held by central banks and large financial companies in over 70 countries around the world, including the UK, but it was entrusted to London for reasons such as safety of storage and convenience of transactions.

Kim Yang’s eyes grew wide.

Did you hear? Did you just hear?

If we add the gold that is being prepared for payment at the exchange and the gold that is waiting, it means that it is over 5,000 tons, even if we only calculate 300 to 400 tons.

Did you know?

Maru shook his head. He had only heard of gold exchanges, but he had no idea that the Bank of England kept physical gold.

“I’m going to London.”

[It is uncertain whether there is still gold.]

With the financial system collapsing, countries around the world could have withdrawn their gold, and more likely, they did.

“There were 5,000 tons, so they’re all gone?”

Even if it can’t be done, there must be at least 10% left. Where is 500 tons?

And while I’m at it, I’ll stop by Switzerland too.

The fate of London and Zurich changed.

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Na Ju-yeon was observing the vine plant specimens that Kim Yang had brought.

Inside the transparent container, delicate vines and leaves moved here and there. And on one monitor, an image of vines running away from the burning Kim Yang was floating.

“How could they have escaped in advance without eyes? The majority opinion is that they have no sensory nerves.”

She has a natural talent for constraints and has recently been enjoying a variety of pleasures in various fields. She has been able to enjoy architecture, computers, and programming beyond the biological category of biotechnology and genetic engineering.

[···Research on the cognitive abilities of plants. There are 13 search results.]

“Organize it and upload it.”

There was an experiment in which plants were able to distinguish the murderer who killed their owner. The claim that plants have cognitive abilities has not been established, but it was surprising that plants responded.

After that, there were various experiments on plants. Plants, like animals, also compete fiercely.

For example, pine forests were also the result of a victory in the war for survival. Once pine trees took hold and began to form colonies, they actively prevented other plants from growing.

The pine forest was created after a fierce battle for survival that rivaled that of most animals, including waging chemical warfare by secreting special chemical components and first absorbing nutrients from the surface to cut off the supply of nutrients to other plants.

‘It moves without freezing even at -40 to -50 degrees. Is there antifreeze hidden in the sap?’

At Na Ju-yeon’s smile, the delicate vine that was feeling the wall of the preservation container flinched and stepped back.

‘It’s really amazing.’

Even though I don’t have eyes.

The vine didn’t react to Kim Yang’s burning appearance in the video, but reacted to his smile.

“I guess I need to check it out.”

There were some parts that I could guess.

It is possible that the vines were not responding to the physical appearance of her smile, but rather to the brain waves that her brain emitted when she smiled.

“Hmm… That would be good. Let’s start by seeing if we can talk to each other.”

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“Eh? Talking to plants?”

A note of bewilderment in the nurse’s voice.

“Yes. Since you can talk to animals, I would like you to try talking to plants too.”

Nanae Ono was embarrassed by Na Juyeon’s calm words.

“Etto- Not all animals can communicate.”

Even rats were like that. They say they’ve gotten a lot better now, but at first I could only get a rough idea of ​​the texture. And now I have to say, plants.

‘But what if the plant says something?’

Just thinking about it made me feel scared.

Just thinking about kimchi, which I’ve been enjoying recently, was like that.

So, kimchi is made by pickling the corpse of cabbage in salt, mixing it with seasoning, and letting it age…

Huehuet!

The same was true for chicken radish. The chopped radish was soaked in a liquid mixed with sugar and vinegar…

Heeeeeeek!

Talk to plants?

company.

Absolutely not.

The nurse shook her head.

“That. That’s impossible. It’s impossible.”

Ms. Kim spoke indifferently to the nurse.

“What are you talking about when you ate chicken so well?”

“Chicken comes out as chicken. Meat comes out as meat.”

In response to the nurse’s desperate protest, Ms. Kim picked up the container containing the vines and said, “Oh? Is that so?” The delicate vines ran away to a corner of the container as if to avoid Ms. Kim’s gaze.

Brrrr-

[Ah. Devil···.]

???

Parrr-

[Sa. Save me···.]

to?

The nurse looked at Ms. Kim and the vines.

‘······.’

Slowly-

[I don’t want to die. Please, someone···]

Huh?

The nurse’s eyes became blurry.

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Maru lifted the storage container containing the vines.

“So the vines talk?”

“Ha. Hi-”

The nurse was responding in Japanese, as if she was mentally shocked. Maru felt a little bit alive.

Brrrr-brrrr- The trembling vine leaves.

[Heeeeeeek, monster!]

Maru asked, looking around at the vines.

“It moves more vigorously than I thought. What does it mean?”

The nurse’s eyes, which had been blank at Maru’s question, somehow became moist.

“A monster. A monster.”

“A monster? Me?”

Psik- Maru somehow found himself laughing. What had the world become in just 2~3 years?

‘A monster···.’

It meant that he knew the concept of the vine being a monster.

‘It’s not good.’

It’s only a vine now, but what if other plants change like this? Mutant monsters aren’t easy, but mutant plants too?

Maru said to the nurse.

“Does this have a head?”

“What? Your hair?”

Yeah. Head.

If you want to live, you have to start with your head.

The nurse’s eyes became cloudy again at Maru’s words.

And a moment later, the vines were curled into a bridge shape.