Rust - Chapter 649



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RUST -649

Kim Yang was only able to set off in mid-April, after March, because the construction of a large airship that could cope with climate change was delayed by more than two weeks.

As it was late, her airship was filled with over-technology. The technological advancements that combined quantum computers, grape clusters, and artificial intelligence were incredibly fast, and the first large-scale airship built by mobilizing all of that advanced new technology was Kim Yang’s airship.

“How many crows volunteered?”

“There are 1,217.”

Kim nodded when she heard that more than 1,000 people had applied.

“How are the drones ready?”

“2,500 aerial drones. 1,000 maritime drones. 3,000 land drones. A total of 6,500 drones have been loaded.”

In addition, Kim Yang was carrying various bombs including missiles and even nuclear missiles for use as emergency measures.

Maru, who was watching Kim Yang, who was throwing in weapons one by one, was dumbfounded, to the point where he could literally call them decisive weapons if only they were considered weapons.

“You said you were going to get gold, but are you going to war with England?”

“Didn’t you say that there were traces of British looters burning people in France?”

According to Erica’s psychometric confirmation, it was true that western France had been plundered by English raiders.

“Are you planning to wipe London off the map under the pretext of looters? What are you carrying around so much of?”

Instead of answering, Ms. Kim just chuckled.

Since leaving the economic conference, relations with the Empire have become distant. Trade continues, but it no longer feels like an alliance like it used to.

We asked for information on Britain and France, but they said they had lost contact for a long time and had no information, so their response was clearly different from before.

Even if England did, France did not. There is no information about sending the provisional government and French refugees to Quebec, in the direction of the Holy Kingdom of Canada.

They were openly showing their discomfort at being left out of the North American Free Trade Agreement talks. Like it or not, they had no intention of going.

“You know Britain has nuclear weapons too, right? You also know that we have no information on how things work there.”

“Just look at the looters roaming around France, and you’ll get a rough idea of ​​what England is like. Don’t worry.”

It was also obvious that the Empire was hiding information. Kim Yang didn’t mind that either. The better the results, the more the Empire would suffer.

And I still remember the time when I went to New York to catch rats and wheels. To be honest, I sued when New York was in danger of being swept by rats.

What if they order you to do something and then don’t take care of it properly? It was all a joke to Ms. Kim, saying that the political situation was chaotic at the time and that the Department of Homeland Security was in danger of splitting in two.

Maru spoke in a serious voice to her who was answering smoothly.

“Gold is important, but what’s more important is life, you know?”

Kim Yang turned her head as if she had heard something unheard and ran towards the airship that was loading weapons, waving her hands and shouting.

“Come on, come on. So when are you leaving?”

Really-

Maru burst out laughing.

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“Get out!”

Kim Yang, whose tension had somehow risen, shouted cheerfully.

Her private airship, the Black Drake, rose into the sky. Its enormous size and overwhelming cargo capacity were proof that the Holy Kingdom’s technology had reached a singular point.

Gooooooooo-

A giant airship measuring over 1.2 km in length soared toward London, England, accompanied by a heavy resonating sound.

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An airship that rises to altitude with agility that belies its large size.

Kim Yang said, looking down at the shrinking Vladiak Tower.

“How long does it take to get to London?”

“It will take about 62 hours.”

The new airship was literally a vessel that defied the laws of physics, but its only drawback was its speed.

“62 hours···.”

The distance from Detroit to London was approximately 6,000 km, which meant it would take roughly two nights and three days.

“Shall we increase the speed?”

“No. It’s okay.”

“······.”

“We’ll be going into operation as soon as we arrive, so don’t do anything stupid and get plenty of rest.”

“All right.”

As Ms. Kim went out of the bridge, the captain gave an order.

“Maintain proper speed. Increase altitude to avoid getting caught in the snow clouds.”

“Ascent!”

“Ascent!”

“We have left the snow cloud zone.”

“Current altitude 8.7km. Current speed 105km stable.”

“Altitude. Maintain speed. Cruising to London.”

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After two nights and three days, the Black Drake arrived in the skies near London and deployed optical stealth. The sight of the giant airship, over 1.2 km long, blending into the sky was magical.

A crow and a drone suddenly appeared out of the transparent sky and began to descend toward downtown London. It was a reconnaissance mission sent by Kim Yang.

‘No sign of popularity?’

From the Houses of Parliament, famous for the Palace of Westminster, to Trafalgar Square and near the British Museum, there was no sign of people.

The crows even boldly climbed onto the windows of a nearby three- or four-story building to film the interior, but the results were the same.

“Check out nearby residential areas and hotels.”

[Caaaaah!]

Scattered crows circled around. Those who had broken windows and entered the building could not find humans.

‘Did you abandon London?’

Marauders. Could it be that they were the ones who abandoned Britain?

Huh-

Kim Yang’s eyes sparkled brightly.

So you’re saying London is an empty house?

honey?

huh.

honey.

“Descent. Target over the Bank of England. All units prepare to land.”

Right next to the Bank of England was the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA).

“Wouldn’t further reconnaissance be necessary?”

“Yes. This ship has optical stealth capabilities, but if you look closely, you’ll feel uneasy. If you lower your altitude, you’ll be more likely to be detected by surveillance.”

Despite suggestions from the captain and tactical officer, Yang Kim declared a blitzkrieg.

“This is a ship that has mobilized all of the new technologies of the Holy Kingdom. The simulation results show that it is immune to most surface-to-air missiles, so it’s okay. It’s a race against time now.”

It was the same when I passed through the streets of Washington DC, which were dominated by vines. I was poking around here and there, trying to reconnoiter, and a few people were killed by the vines. I was sure that the damage would only increase as I was wondering, “What should I do?” and “What should I do about it?”

Run hot and fast to the shortest distance and grab the gold. Before the monster rats swarming underground or the cannibals hiding in groups can notice the Black Drake and react, you just have to sweep up the gold and take to the sky.

Kim Yang’s Black Drake had enough defense and payload to make up for its slow speed. If it weren’t for tactical nukes, there was no way it could be blown up in one hit.

Kim Yang intended to deploy it in a single descent and fill up the gold in one breath.

“All forces ready to deploy.”

“Immediately blockade the surrounding area and secure the gold.”

After Kim Yang finished preparing to descend, he asked the assistant AI.

“What happened to the kids in Europe?”

[Dick Herold’s mercenary band is currently heading to Switzerland.]

Huh-

She felt regretful. She was going to Switzerland instead of just recovering the remaining gold in France. She was planning to raid London, England, and go to Switzerland, but for various reasons.

‘No···. No.’

It may be said that seeing gold is like seeing a thing of the past, but it was certainly true when you look at the actions of the mercenaries in Montreal.

‘If those who were once filtered by psychometry are like that, how can we guarantee that those who go out on their own in France won’t have other thoughts?’

Considering the cost and risk, it would have been right to ask a contractor or mercenary to do the job. But why did the company create a specialized department and run it?

It was because of control and credibility. Likewise, the Holy Kingdom army and the mercenary force were bound to differ in control and credibility.

Even the majority of those mercenaries had no real combat experience other than beating up people with anger management disorders and fighting mutated monsters.

Most of the kids who thought, “I can just become a mercenary” after awakening their abilities. Would these kids keep their promises and contracts when they see 100 or 1,000 tons of gold bars piled up?

She decided that she had to hurry up and go to Zurich.

“Operation commencement!”

Woooooooooo-

Puddleduddeuk-

The sky was swaying. A flock of over a thousand crows suddenly appeared in the sky. At the same time, thousands of drones began to form a swarm and cover the sky and the city of London.

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Maru looked again at the data that Ki-sun had sent. There was something strange about it.

‘Women fought among themselves and the death toll was in the hundreds? And there was arson on top of that?’

Of course, it was not surprising that there were deaths in an era when all one had to do was pull the trigger, but over 100 deaths in two weeks was by no means a small number.

The death toll was something you would expect to see in Detroit during its lawless heyday. The number of corpses was also unusually high, but there was something else that Maru found strange.

‘The weapon could not be identified.’

‘Death by collapse of the skull.’

‘The rib pierced the lung···.’

‘With internal bleeding and intestinal obstruction···.’

Looking at the cause of death, it was the kind of result you would find at a scene where a bunch of loose lumps had used physical force to beat a person to death.

“Certainly… this is a bit strange.”

PD also agreed with Maru’s point.

“Judging by the continued disappearances, it appears that the violence is ongoing.”

If the body was not found, it was considered a missing person. As Ki-soon did not go to Ottawa and focused on normalizing Montreal, the number of missing people increased as if the dead people were all missing people.

“It appears that since the vines became widespread, they have been using them to dispose of corpses.”

Everyone’s expression became serious when Na Ju-yeon said that, looking at the speed at which the vines spread, they were getting more nutrients than through fertilizer.

Something was happening in Montreal.

Maru decided to go to Montreal with psychometric Erica.

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Ki-soon was out of his mind because Montreal was on the verge of becoming Sodom and Gomorrah.

“Wait a minute. What is this graph here?”

[This is the missing person item displayed in a graph at the end of the last report.]

The assistant AI uploaded the previous data to the monitor. The increase rate of missing persons was displayed as a graph at the end of the data.

“Ah- oh- why are there so many missing people?”

[No significant correlation was found.]

Ki-soon said with a sigh.

“CCTV footage?”

[There was no CCTV footage related to the disappearance.]

“We talked about this last time, right? How’s the additional CCTV installation going?”

[There are people destroying CCTV, so the installation work is progressing slowly.]

Advanced optical sensors and chipsets were rare.

But there are people who break them. They even burn them with lighter fluid so they can’t be recycled.

“If you damage the CCTV, you will be subject to financial punishment. The fine will be greatly increased, and if you can’t pay, you will be imprisoned. And if you do it twice, you will be deported.”

[How long will the guidance period be after the announcement?]

Ki-soon, whose nerves were on edge, answered.

“Send a notification text message to your personal terminal now and implement it starting today.”

[Notice: From now on, we will strengthen the punishment for CCTV damage, and if the same crime is committed twice, an expulsion order will be executed.]

“Hah- Shit.”

If there was one thing that Ki-soon and PD had in common, it was that they should avoid excessive use of AI.

I thought that human wars should be fought by humans and that human societies should be run by humans, but realistically, in the current situation, it was nearly impossible to educate people and put them into administration.

The PD in charge of the administration of the state of Michigan could not run the administration without an assistant AI, and the same goes for the Governor General of Canada, Ki-soon.

“Ah- I’m going to turn back.”

In Ki-soon’s view, the problem of relying on artificial intelligence was the same as the current situation.

The AI ​​analyzed the importance of the work in the order it was learned. As a result of the data analysis and processing, it was pushed to the back because it was a missing person’s case, not a death case, and it was also a case that was reported for a short period of time.

Ki-sun hurriedly checked again after hearing that Maru was coming to Montreal because she had a strange feeling about the missing person case.

Objectively speaking, it was difficult to find a logical correlation between the results, but it was strange that the number of fatal accidents was decreasing and the number of missing people was increasing.

[His Majesty Vladimir Kalin will arrive in two hours. Shall we prepare for the parade?]

“what?”

[His Majesty Vladimir Kalin will arrive in two hours. I am telling you this because I thought you had forgotten to prepare for his reception. Shall we prepare for the parade?]

“···okay.”

Ki-sun’s eyes narrowed.

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A ship with a floor as smooth as white marble arrived in Montreal.

Bam bam bam. Bam papa papa-

Maru looked at the sword-like parade and laughed in vain.

“Why the sudden parade? When did we ever do something like this?”

“As you say that, look at the corners of your mouth going up.”

Ki-soon, who had been laughing heartily, lowered her voice and spoke.

“But. Did you implant something like a loyalty code into the assistant AI?”

Ki-sun, who saw Maru’s expression as if to say, “What nonsense are you talking about?”, took the lead as if it was nothing.