Rust - Chapter 712



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RUST [RUST]-712

Kim Yang believed that Maru would neatly resolve the survivor problem.

[As expected, the highest dignity.]

Be cool and cool. That means trustworthy.

huh.

Ki-sun’s face crumpled at Kim Yang’s praise.

[Ha- No. Fuck, that’s true. What are we going to do if we just leave these people here? The mutant monsters get stronger when they eat people, so we’re going to leave them here. What are you thinking?]

[And then, like in the movies, what if spiders suddenly pop out of your stomach? What if you’re carrying it and it explodes on the airship and you crash?]

[No, it only takes half a day to transport it by airship. That bird is going to burst?]

[There’s no equipment to look inside the stomach, and no way to check if a spider has parasitized you, so of course safety first is important, right?]

There are limits to safety, Ki-sun clicked his tongue.

Whether he clicked his tongue or not, once the Supreme Majesty made his decision, it was the end. After all, in the Holy Kingdom, the king’s orders were the highest priority.

Maru had told Richmond to leave the people he had saved there, and that order became the decision.

“Please take us too.”

“I want to go together.”

“Please save me.”

“If I stay here, I’ll get involved again! If I keep going like this, I’ll get involved again!”

“If we go on like this, you’re telling us to die!”

“Gun. Give me the gun!”

People who were almost eaten alive by spiders immediately panicked. Or they pretended to panic to get sympathy.

Either way, it didn’t work on Kim Yang. Her blurry eyes were staring straight at human nature. Now, even those who are begging like they’re going to die will probably turn into tantrums the moment they feel a little more comfortable.

How often do you see something like that? Seeing the person who helped you when you were really having a hard time as a fool – that was the human trait she saw in her life.

[That’s because you grew up in that kind of environment. Not all people are like that.]

[Want to bet what would happen if you gave a gun to a kid who keeps asking for a gun?]

Kim Yang nodded with blurry eyes.

[···What? A bet? What kind of bet?]

[If you give a gun to that guy who keeps asking for a gun, he’ll form a group and subdue the people here, and monopolize all the supplies we left. Yeah – I’ll bet you a gold watch.]

It’s a gold watch. A pure gold watch.

If I bet you a gold watch, what will you bet me?

Kim Yang’s dim eyes suddenly lit up with a golden light.

Ki-soon was dumbfounded. What kind of stupid bet is that?

[Okay. Okay. Ah- really.]

No matter how crazy the world is, you want to make a bet with a person? He knew that Kim Yang and he weren’t compatible, but in this situation, he couldn’t make a bet, so Ki-soon laughed bitterly.

Let’s say you give guns to 10 people. Some of them will pick up the guns and fight actively, while others will pick up the guns and just defend themselves.

There may be people who want to loot with guns, but on the other hand, there are bound to be people who don’t use guns even if given one.

That was human. While some people would kill others to survive, others would rather die than kill someone. That was human.

So, looking only at the negative side…

[Stop talking nonsense. A bastard who is going to die should die quickly. What have you left for us? You saved a bastard who is going to die, and now he’s whining like he wants to go with you, begging you to save him, and demanding we hand over our guns? These bastards were screwed from the start.]

Ki-sun’s thin, squinted eyes slightly widened at Kim Yang’s cold voice.

‘Now that I think about it···.’

Not a single person thanked me for saving them.

Yeah, definitely not a single person said thank you.

Because of that sense of discomfort, Ki-sun used her powers without realizing it.

The ability to see the emotions of those who are pleading as if they are in a panic has moved.

‘ha-‘

Ki-sun sighed at the color of emotion blooming from the bodies of those who had been rescued.

The end might not come from outside.

The extinction of humanity will not come because humans die, but rather the extinction of humanity may be the end of humanity.

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After confirming the feelings of those who had been rescued using their abilities, Ki-soon did not oppose Kim Yang’s opinion.

Somehow, her weak, squinted eyes told of Ki-sun’s miserable state of mind, but Kim Yang didn’t care about that.

You’re not even a kid, what are you gloomy about?

What mattered to her was not the state of Ki-sun. What mattered more was the subtlety that had just occurred to her.

[Isn’t this strange?]

Kim Yang tilted her head while looking at the status board.

[···what?]

The number of spiders killed so far has easily exceeded ten thousand. With this number, they could have taken over the entire city of Richmond. The spiders only took over the southern part of the city, not the entire city.

Ki-sun answered in a slightly vain voice.

[They must have been smart enough to manage the food.]

[Food management? Huh?]

Are you going to catch them and eat them fresh? But aren’t humans inefficient food sources?

I don’t know about rats, ants, or cockroaches. But humans need to be raised for at least 15 years to grow into something edible. Isn’t that a very bad cost-effectiveness?

[Spiders must have noticed that the more they eat humans, the stronger they become.]

[Don’t other monsters know that they become stronger by eating people?]

If mutant monsters eat people, they become smarter, so if they find out there are humans in Richmond, wouldn’t the normal monsters attack and eat them? I think so.

[The spiders would have been after that.]

[If that’s what you were aiming for… you’re using people as bait? Spiders? Really?]

Ki-sun’s eyes crinkled at Kim Yang’s question.

[Yes. Looking at the situation so far, that is true.]

[oh···.]

Now, it is the era when spiders use humans as bait. It is ridiculous. The reason why there are survivors in a city half-surrounded by spiders is because they act as bait and because they are fresh food.

It was only three and a half years.

It’s been three years and six months since the Japanese disaster.

Five years, if we take the period of time since the world started getting a little weirder.

In this short period of time, humans have gone from being the lords of all creation to being the food source desired by all mutant monsters. A high-quality food source that must be eaten sparingly to avoid extinction.

[I said I didn’t like the spider bitches from the start, and it makes sense.]

Not only do spiders store humans to eat them fresh, and do not attack, but they also surround them, using humans as bait to lure other monsters, and even control their population to expand their territory?

No matter how I thought about it, leaving the survivors here was like giving the surviving spiders a chance to get back on their feet.

However, the situation and forces were not such that we could conduct a spider extermination operation by searching through all the buildings and basements.

To Ki-sun’s worries, Ms. Kim said as if to say, “What’s the big deal?”

[Can’t you just report the entire situation right now?]

Anyway, the King is the one who decides, so you’re not trying to change his mind, are you? Ki-soon shook her head at Kim Yang’s gaze.

[I get it.]

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Maru’s brow furrowed as he read the new report that Ki-sun had sent.

‘If I tell them to leave the survivors behind, there’s a risk that the remaining spiders will eat the survivors and become stronger?’

Even if that weren’t the case, there’s talk of other mutant monsters being able to push out the dwindling spiders and farm the survivors.

“Diana, can you come up with a scenario that could happen in Richmond based on what’s happened so far?”

[it’s possible.]

The artificial intelligence Diana quickly came up with possible scenarios.

[A scenario was created where spiders regained their power with a probability of more than 72%.]

72% was a pretty high probability.

[Analysis of the report’s contents revealed that Richmond’s spiders feed on rats, ants, flies and bees.]

[As the spiders’ power weakens, it seems likely that rats, ants, bees and flies will take over Richmond in that order.]

[The chances of mice and ants taking over Richmond were 11% and 8%, respectively.]

[Bees and flies combined made up less than 1%.]

Maru frowned as he listened to Diana.

“The calculation is weird. It only adds up to 92%.”

[There is a greater than 7% chance that the wasps, which prey on small insects and animals, will target Richmond.]

The story goes that wasps will appear with about the same probability as ants will take over the city. This means that if spiders disappear, there will likely be a three-way war between rats, ants, and wasps.

Even if they could escape the spiders, it didn’t look like the survivors would be able to withstand the swarms of rats, ants, and wasps.

‘Still, that won’t work.’

The bait survivors who remained in the city, as well as the survivors who Kim Yang and Ki-soon saved from Kochi by sweeping away the spiders, were also lacking in basics.

Maru had no intention of allowing those who were ungrateful into the Holy Kingdom. Above all, he was not sure what kind of danger the survivors who had been caught in the spiders’ hands posed.

There was no reason to inspect the survivors since they would not be allowed into the Holy Realm. However, there was no reason to let spiders, rats, ants, and wasps eat up the city one day at a time.

“How long does it take to build a new aircraft carrier?”

[It is expected to be completed late this fall or early winter.]

“What about the 2nd Fleet adjustment?”

[The schedule is being carried out in accordance with the aircraft carrier launching ceremony.]

“Let’s put in all the newly developed technologies. We’ll even deploy construction drones and robots.”

[Dispatching new drones and robots.]

Maru was planning to use hydrogen bombs after the new carriers and the 2nd fleet upgrades were completed. If Richmond was wiped out, there would be no need to worry about spiders or anything.

“Please connect with President Dan Brown. He wants to discuss the new aircraft carrier under construction at Newport News Shipyard and the Richmond issue. Also, give him the information that Ki-sun sent last.”

[Final report sent.]

[Text communication system connected with President Den Brown.]

Since things weren’t going well for Den Brown either, he got straight to the point.

[What do you mean, Newport News Shipyard is going to close?]

“Have you read what’s happening in Richmond?”

[I see. The spiders are quite dangerous. But I think we’ve already defeated their main force with napalm bombing. Isn’t it just a matter of managing them so that their numbers don’t increase in the future?]

“As you know, Richmond is beyond the power of the Holy Kingdom. Given the current situation, at least 100,000 units would need to be stationed, which is realistically impossible.”

[Is that so even though there are rats and crows?]

“Because there is a compatibility issue.”

Rats and spiders didn’t get along well. They could probably survive to some extent because they were acid rats and fire rats, but if the information that Ki-sun sent was correct, it was obvious that they would only end up driving away prey for the spiders.

[It’s compatibility. I guess that could be the case. So what do you want to do?]

“If Richmond falls to the monsters, we plan to use the hydrogen bomb.”

If a hydrogen bomb of the Tsar Bomba class or greater were to explode in Richmond, the Newport News shipyard facilities would have been blown up by the EMP, as would the fleet in the nearby harbor.

Den Brown, who had already tried it in New York, was very surprised.

[You’re going to use that?]

“It would be better than Richmond being taken over by monsters.”

[Are there any survivors there?]

“I would like the Empire to take charge of it.”

[It’s impossible. The empire is currently pouring all its energy into building a sea city, so it doesn’t have the resources.]

There was no room to feed, clothe, house and treat a group of beggars numbering in the hundreds of thousands.

Moreover, according to Ki-sun’s report, it was not proven to be safe. If even a few out of 100,000 people were parasitized by spiders, it was dangerous.

“Then let’s provide weapons and food to the survivors. If the survivors can’t stop the monsters and Richmond falls, then we’ll use the bombs.”

[Whew- Let’s do that. Once the new aircraft carrier and the Aegis ship being built separately here are completed, we’ll move the Newport News shipyard facilities.]

Maru certainly thought he had some level of understanding with Dan Brown.