Rust - Chapter 701



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RUST [RUST]-701

Ki-soon said as he looked at a map of New York City, with areas highlighted in red in real time.

“It seems that the rats that were pushed out by our field mice have regained their power.”

The number of rats that have crawled out of New York’s underground is at least 7 million, and the maximum number is unknown. The minimum estimate is still increasing. The story is that there is no sign of the number decreasing even after killing and killing.

“You said you could cause confusion with a psychic generator?”

What about the psychic generator I got from Langley, Virginia, in the Confederacy?

“They said it broke down. They said the one deployed suddenly blew up.”

“If it was Den Brown, he would have packed a spare, right?”

Ki-soon shrugged her shoulders at Maru’s doubts.

“I was trying to reverse engineer (RE) a spare one when things went wrong.”

The situation is that the lid was opened for reverse engineering and the incident occurred, so troops are being deployed to block it.

Where are the troops being brought in? Naturally, the defense units that participated in the coup are being brought in first, so the atmosphere is becoming increasingly tense.

“There’s nothing you can do about it. Even if you pardon the ordinary soldiers who participated in the coup, if you think about it, they’re still under the control of cannibalistic vampires. They say that once a path is opened, it’s easy to be opened again. Even if that’s not the case, it’s also the job of the defense unit… Anyway, Mr. Den requested support, so what do you plan on doing?”

Ki-soon’s squinted eyes ask, “What are your Majesty’s thoughts?”

Maru calmed down his irritation and anger from the first round and sorted out the situation.

‘It is impossible to send a field mouse.’

In the winter, they could travel down the frozen Hudson River and supply themselves with the flora and fauna around them, but now it was spring.

It was impossible to travel along the riverbanks, which were flooded by melting snow and ice, and the most important problem was supply.

Since rodents already burn a lot of calories, they would have to eat their own body weight if they were to march rapidly.

It was impossible for millions of field mice to march and supply supplies while wandering through the muddy fields. It was equally impossible to transport them by airship.

The problem is that the number of units that need to be transported is at least in the millions. It wouldn’t work if we sent a few hundred thousand units like this. If we sent them like that, they would only be gradually consumed.

“I can’t send the field mice away.”

“Is that so?”

“Even if we wanted to send them, it’s realistically impossible. The road conditions are terrible, and supply during the most important march is virtually impossible. And in fact, we don’t have the luxury either.”

“You don’t have time?”

Maru continued talking with a serious expression on his face.

“I figured it out after the first try. You said that the ants seemed to read the numbers, right? Just like you said, the ants aren’t moving around in vain.”

“···It’s not easy to see even one step ahead, but they saw two or three steps ahead.”

“When you think about it, our situation isn’t good either. Think about it. How did you know that the ant expedition would go that way, and how many ants there would be?”

“So the ants were already gathering regardless of the expedition? In the border area?”

Ki-sun understood Maru’s words perfectly.

“Yes. I guess the ants were deploying their troops along the border.”

“Then why didn’t the ants chase us further? Why were they trying to capture us?”

“As you said, they are the ones who are demanding the exchange rate. They must have known that the firepower of the expedition force was formidable, so they didn’t pursue us any further. It was obvious that they would be captured. Just as we tried to figure out the enemy, wouldn’t the ants also try to figure out us, their enemy?”

“That’s ridiculous. So you’re saying that ants also have a way to extract information.”

“I guess that’s how it is.”

“This is driving me crazy.”

Maru and Gisun shook their heads at the same time. As expected, an ant attack was imminent.

“It may not be right away, but judging by the fact that they’ve concentrated their forces on the border, there’s a high possibility that they’ll launch a reconnaissance war. Those little ants will take a look at us, and if they think it’s worth it, they’ll launch an all-out war.”

“It would be dangerous if the rats on the border were to disappear in the millions.”

What about New York?

If a swarm of rats became strong by eating tens of millions of people, that would also be a disaster.

“We should tell them to use nukes. We were going to send them anyway.”

Ki-soon found the answer to Maru’s question. It might be a way to cause rapid mutation due to radiation, but what can you do?

The major cities of the Confederacy, London, and Paris had already been bombed with hydrogen bombs, so there was no special treatment for the Empire’s New York.

It might be a bit of a stretch to pee on someone’s feet, but what can you do? The only thing that can stop the horde of rats that is now beginning to eat New York itself is nuclear weapons.

“Diana, how many shots have you made so far?”

The artificial intelligence Diana answered right away.

[Three shots.]

It was a Tsar Bomba-class hydrogen bomb.

“Send one to the Empire with a safety device attached. Keep two on standby, ready to be used at any time.”

[Emergency transport order has been issued.]

“They told us to continue production of the hydrogen bomb as scheduled.”

[Delivered.]

What was needed now was a strategic nuclear weapon with low radioactive contamination.

“The second round starts right now.”

“What if you guys do a real-time text chat?”

“Tell them to roughly explain the situation and wait. We don’t have much time either.”

Whether it was catching the queen ant or finding another way, the Holy Kingdom was also short on time. Maru, who responded to the Empire’s request for support by delivering a hydrogen bomb, immediately challenged the second round.

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Dan Brown’s face was the same, but his eyes were not.

A look that has somehow become old.

It wasn’t an old, worn-out look, but a worn, rusty look.

Roana Blanc, who suddenly became an ambassador for the Holy Kingdom from being a pastry instructor at the Trading Post Cultural Center, was at a loss as to where to look.

“···So there is no support from the Holy Kingdom?”

“That’s not it. You said you would support the new hydrogen bomb. You said you would transport it immediately.”

“A new hydrogen bomb? Is that the one they dropped in Texas?”

“Huh? Yes. That’s right.”

Dan Brown could not understand the intentions of the Holy Kingdom in sending Breadsoon as its ambassador.

insult?

Is it an insult?

Or provocation?

What’s the point of doing something like that?

Vladimir Kalin and Bernard Green were not the type to engage in a meaningless war of nerves in a situation like this.

If you thought you couldn’t go together, you would have cut off all support and declared us enemies. So, that means you’re serious about sending hydrogen bombs.

‘Are you telling me to destroy New York City with my own hands?’

Right now, 13% of New York City has been eaten by rats. And it’s happening in real time. They’re sending in defense forces and new clone troopers, but that’s quickly reaching its limit.

A longer wire meant a thinner wall, making it easier to breach. After the balloon burst, there was no point in trying to clean it up.

‘Are you serious? You can catch a bunch of rats outside, but how can you stop them if there are more hiding underground?’

The problem was that they sent the Tsar Bomba-class hydrogen bomb even though they knew that detonating a hydrogen bomb would generate an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) and shut down the defense system.

“I would like to speak directly with Vladimir Kalin. Is that possible?”

“Communication is difficult right now due to severe radio interference.”

In that case, we have no choice but to exchange text messages.

“If we use a Tsar Bomba-class nuke, the trading post will also be within the nuclear blast radius. What will we do?”

“Huh? Ah— The personnel at the trading post decided to return on the emergency transport ship carrying the nukes.”

Do you think it might not be safe even if you use nukes? Dan Brown handed over the documents and the USB.

“Tell this directly to King Vladimir Kalin. It’s important information, so make sure it’s heard.”

“Okay, I get it.”

It was information obtained by reverse engineering the psychic generator, including climate change information. Since the technology of the Holy Kingdom, which had reached the singularity, could easily create a psychic generator, they decided to send it.

‘I wish I could make a psychic generator before using nukes.’

I decided to build a floating city using mega floats, but I wasn’t going to blow up New York myself. I didn’t want to end the pride of the empire, the city that never sleeps, the torch of liberty with my own hands…

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Maru, who entered the second round, added a condition.

[Adjust so that our field mice, crows, wolves and drone units can appear.]

[If there are too many variables, the results can be completely different.]

It was nice to run a simulation of the field mice and crows that would be support troops when fighting the ants.

[Then only the field mice and crows.]

[I adjusted it. Is that okay?]

The question was whether it was okay to experience death in the first round.

[It’s okay though, because I logged out before I completely lost my breath.]

With Mayan City 4.0, you can now log out without completing a quest. This is a huge improvement over the previous version, where you couldn’t log out unless you completed a quest or died.

[···I hope you are careful not to get caught up in emotions.]

Na Ju-yeon, who experienced a triple-digit death in Mayen City, was worried about Maru.

As a researcher, I have endured the indirect experience of death, but even for Ms. Kim, it took a long time to recover after dying once.

Even in the case of Kim Yang, who was a long-range attacker, it was not good for Maru, who had to be at the forefront, to fall into a slump due to the shock he received from experiencing death.

Na Ju-yeon was worried because she looked at Maru’s play record.

I said I logged out right before I died, but the records show that I died and the game ended. I was completely surrounded and slowly died from being hit by ant acid.

‘Can you shake off that deadness?’

How could someone die from a simple stabbing like this? She still vividly remembered her first death in Mayen City.

[Then let’s begin.]

Despite her worries, Maru started the second round without stopping.

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Maru took a deep breath, holding the knife in his hand.

after-

Humid and heavy air.

The air felt more damp than cool.

Maru, who was standing at the starting point for the second time, changed his method of infiltration. Even with the stealth function of the Ripper suit, it was difficult to hide his movements.

Since I knew they were using the vibrations and pressure generated when I walked to determine my location, I needed to distract them.

Maru immediately mobilized the field mouse army. As the two-part field mouse army began to attack both above and below ground simultaneously, the ants also divided into above and below ground to respond.

[Start crow reconnaissance.]

The crows began to scout out where the ants that had come up to the ground came from and where the ant nests were.

Meanwhile, the battle on the hill became more and more intense. While the rats and ants fought, the company troops succeeded in building a fort on the hill.

The field mice, supported by firepower, began to push the ants back on the ground. Taking advantage of the noise and vibration of mortar and machine gun fire, they began to infiltrate the floor.

Kaaaak-

Eight crows hung from the hidden floor and flew behind the ant colony. The ants, sensing the crows’ approach, lifted their buttocks and stuck their butts out toward the crows.

Chuwak!

Jjuk!

The ant mountain rose over 10m as if it was being shot by a high-pressure pump. Since he was in hiding, the ants didn’t notice and shot him, but Maru, who was hanging on to the crow, was hit by the ant mountain he shot at.

If you get hit by the ant mountain, your stealth will be broken, so you will be hit by concentrated attacks. The crows guarding Maru lower their altitude and block the rising ant mountain with their bodies.

Cheeeeeeek!

huh?

Maru’s pupils grew wide. It was because the crows that had been hit by the ant mountain were fine.

[I was definitely hit by formic acid?]

Maru paused the second round and analyzed the play records.

“Look for the relationship between crows and ants.”

[Crows also attack ants to remove parasites attached to their bodies, causing them to spray formic acid, thus eliminating the parasites.]

Artificial intelligence Diana found the relevant information.

The story goes that crows use ants to catch parasites.

So does that mean our mutated crows might be resistant to the ants’ formic acid?

“Crows gather.”

Caw! (Gather!)

Kaaaak! (It’s a gathering!)

There was a need to check in reality to see if that was really true.