Rust - Chapter 721



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RUST [RUST]-721

A floating city based on mega floats would be like building an artificial island and building a city on top of it.

A single mega float measuring 4km² is similar in size to Yeouido, and if eight such mega floats were combined, the area would be close to 32km².

A structure that combines eight mega floats is defined as one unit, and a total of seven such units are created.

A plan to build a sea city that looks like a honeycomb when viewed from above, with one unit in the center and the remaining six units placed at the corners of a regular hexagon.

The moment a sea city is completed, a natural defense line called the sea is created. You can escape attacks from large mutant monsters and birds, and say goodbye to annoying rats and cockroaches.

The problem was time.

Maru thought that the baby spiders that flew into the ecosystem food chain would naturally regulate their population, but Dan Brown thought differently.

‘You never know what will happen when it’s in the hands of humans.’

Vladimir Kalin’s judgment seemed to overlook the peculiarities of the mutant virus. The peculiarities of the mutant virus.

The phenomenon of mutants eating mutant cockroaches and becoming mutated. If you look at the animals that mutated after eating mutant mice, you wouldn’t know what would happen to the mutants that ate mutant spider larvae.

The fact that this issue, which would have been sensitive even for Vladimir Kalin in the past, was passed over so easily is probably because there are simulation results using quantum computers and artificial intelligence.

‘You’re relying too much on simulations.’

Dan Brown’s gaze turned to the ampoule on the desk, in the direction of Detroit, the capital of the Holy Kingdom.

The ampoule left behind by Joseph Meyer. A red and transparent ampoule. The best way to determine whether Virginia Langley’s technology or the Empire’s clone technology was applied to the mutant spider was to look at Joseph Meyer’s memories.

“This is ridiculous.”

I was going to use the ampoule left by Joseph Meyer in a situation where I could control it sufficiently, but I didn’t have time.

“There’s nothing we can do. Prepare a clone to administer the ampoule.”

“Memory transplants have a high chance of failure.”

If it were possible to simply inject memory and extract information, wouldn’t it be possible to just inject the information into the brain of a dog or cat and extract it instead of the human brain?

Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. The human brain was the best place to transplant information.

Since there was a lot of information that was degraded when simply listing memories, the key was to download the memory information in its entirety. Naturally, the better the performance of the brain that downloaded it, the less information was squashed.

‘You need a brain big enough to fully download Joseph Meyer’s memories.’

A slight wrinkle formed on Dan Brown’s forehead. He thought it would be much later if he wrote.

“What type of clone should I prepare?”

“BG type.”

“If it’s BG type… Okay. I’ll prepare it as BG type.”

Since their days as mercenaries, Vladimir Kalin and Yania Kim have walked without shedding a single hair. It’s as if they are conscious of genetic cloning. But Bernard Green and Kim Ki-soon were different.

It was the same when he was carrying a barnacle tentacle, and it is the same now that he is the Governor General of Canada. It’s just that the genetic information he left behind is overflowing.

May the information the Empire needs be contained in the ampoule containing Joseph Meyer’s memories.

Dan Brown’s gaze turned toward the waters off Boston.

The empire had no time.

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Holy Kingdom. Vladiak Tower.

After the development and deployment of small nuclear weapons for the exosuit was decided, Maru called Najuyeon and Hood.

“So what do you want to say?”

At Maru’s words, the two women glanced at each other. As if they had decided the order with their eyes, Na Ju-yeon started talking first.

“There’s a bit of a problem with spider venom.”

It was basically a poison that caused paralysis, but it was a poison that could be combined in various ways.

Because of its good combinability, a variety of drugs based on spider venom were produced and distributed among the survivors of Richmond.

The problem was that this poison did not stop at paralyzing, but also helped with corrosion, melting, and digestion.

“It’s not strange that spiders put digestive juices inside their prey’s body to dissolve it and then suck it out, but it’s dangerous to the extent that it’s serious.”

The synergistic effect of digestive fluid and paralyzing poison combined is so great that it is dangerous not only for reinforced concrete but also for composite armor. That is also why Eclipse and Stiletto were damaged.

Maru’s forehead furrowed slightly. Na Ju-yeon, who saw that, continued her explanation.

“Like rats and cockroaches that spread from early Japan, spiders also appear to have characteristics.”

“characteristic?”

“Yes. The first generation of rats in the Japanese secret laboratory were able to gnaw through reinforced concrete. Cockroaches were tough enough to crawl through cracks created by earthquakes.”

“Do spiders have that trait now?”

“Yes. One is a combination of venom and digestive fluids that creates something close to a corrosive or dissolving fluid, and···.”

“It must be a spider web.”

Maru recalled how his Ripper suit had been torn to shreds in an instant when he had fought the spider. If he hadn’t been wearing his vampire-like bodysuit at the time, he would have been a total wreck.

“I’m studying spider webs, but I’ve come across something that can’t be explained by existing scientific theories. It’s impossible to put radio interference and electronic device interference into such a thin spider web.”

It was said that the spider web was constantly generating EMPs, but there was no way to explain it, scientifically or otherwise.

It was a similar story to how the teeth of the first generation of Japanese laboratory rats had cutting power beyond common sense, and how the first generation of cockroaches survived the flames that burned down an entire secret laboratory.

“so?”

“There is absolutely no way to predict what will happen when radiation mutations overlap.”

The results of the simulation are also uncertain. If the infantry nuclear tactic that Kim Yang mentioned becomes a routine tactic, then even if the radiation contamination is at a low concentration, it will inevitably affect the spider’s genetic makeup.

The argument was that the spiders that created the corrosive properties by combining venom and digestive fluids and used them to tear through the armor of Ripper suits and exosuits would be lethal if they were to create stronger venom and digestive fluids through radiation mutation.

“Let’s look at it from a different perspective. If there are people who made spiders like that, wouldn’t they be using radioactive mutations?”

If there was such a force, it would definitely use radiation and everything. Even now, somewhere, they must be diligently using radiation to cause mutations. Until a useful mutation appears.

“We don’t think that mutants will appear or not depending on whether we use nuclear weapons or not.”

“···I see. Okay, I understand.”

“Yes. You said that Stiletto and Eclipse were likely connected to the fragments of the altar?”

“Yes. Because a structural pattern similar to the fragments of the altar was seen in the Eclipse.”

“If the Eclipse has a non-destructive property, then that means the Altar has a similar property… If it’s a fragment of the Altar, then that means the Altar has been broken, right?”

“that’s right.”

“What broke it?”

“Could it be nuclear? Because Tokyo was bombed with a hydrogen bomb.”

“I thought so too, but I’m starting to think that maybe not. If it could be destroyed by nuclear weapons, I wouldn’t have said that it couldn’t be destroyed by modern science.”

Nuclear weapons were clearly within the category of modern science.

A slight wrinkle formed between Maru’s eyebrows again.

It was said that the Eclipse could not be destroyed by modern science. If the Altar had a similar structure, it would not have been destroyed by modern science either.

So how did the altar fragments come about?

‘An acidic solution synthesized by a mutant monster? Or a corrosive solution? Or a collision between similar materials?’

If you think about the use of diamonds in diamond processing, it would mean that the fragments of the altar were broken by something similar.

And is it a coincidence that the first generation of rats and cockroaches in the secret laboratory that housed the altar have characteristics that transcend common sense?

Is it a coincidence that cockroaches were the cause of cannibalism?

Would it be a leap to suspect that the traits of mutant spiders that cannot be explained by simple genetic manipulation might be related to that?

Maru’s eyebrows rose slightly as he felt increasingly uncomfortable.

The feeling of unease and discomfort grew stronger than before. It really felt like there was some kind of connection between the altar, or the altar fragments, and the mutant spider.

Maru didn’t just ignore that awkwardness and unease.

“Diana. Check the wind direction and speed for the Richmond area for the next two days.”

“Are you thinking of catching a baby spider?”

Na Ju-yeon reacted to Maru’s words.

“I’ll get as much as I can, so can you help me find out the secret of the mutant spider?”

“I will do my best.”

Na Ju-yeon’s eyes slowly opened, hiding her sparkling gaze.

Maru, who sent Na Ju-yeon away like that, had a private conversation with Hood.

“I’ve been waiting for a long time.”

“no.”

Perhaps because it had been a long time since they had met, Xenia Roden unconsciously caressed her half mask as she answered.

“Okay. What was it you wanted to talk about earlier?”

“It was a question of the dangers of small nuclear weapons.”

What Kim Yang wants is a small nuclear device the size of an anti-tank missile or a rocket, but he wants more than that.

Nuclear mines and torpedoes, nuclear warheads usable in 155mm guns, 81mm and 120mm nuclear mortars, and nuclear grenades and 40mm nuclear grenades were wanted.

“As you can see from what I heard from Na Ju-yeon, radiation mutations aren’t something that can happen even if we’re careful.”

“Yes. But apart from that, such miniaturized nuclear weapons could pose a fatal threat to our forces.”

As Maru nodded slightly, indicating that he should continue the story, Hood continued his explanation.

“No matter how small the nucleus is, a nucleus is still a nucleus.”

Even a small nuclear weapon like a nuclear grenade would detonate and incinerate a radius of tens of meters. The same goes for grenades and mortar shells, which can travel from tens to hundreds of meters in a single hit.

“That’s right. A nuke is a nuke.”

“What would happen if among the rats that saw the power of a nuclear weapon, some fell into the nuclear weapon? What about the crows?”

If you think about the shock experienced by people who first encountered a nuclear explosion, Hood’s thinking makes sense.

So the concept of death might move from the floor to the nuclear. Large hydrogen bombs launched from airships are not something that animals can use anyway, so it doesn’t matter, but small nuclear weapons used by ordinary infantry were different.

What if rats who see nuclear grenades being used start to desire them? What if crows pursue 81mm nuclear mortar shells? Will Maru’s unique image of death still hold up?

indeed.

Maru nodded.

“Good point. Let’s think about that part separately.”

If you’re going to fight bugs, you need to be able to deal with overwhelming numbers.

‘Once the floating city is completed, there will be no problem in defending the city.’

As the floating city is completed and the fusion power plant begins to operate, many technologies and weapons that have reached the singularity can be used to defend the city.

For example, it would be possible to defend floating cities with weapons such as laser cannons and railguns.

So even if that’s the case for the floating new city under construction, what are we going to do about the other areas?

Are you going to abandon all the other areas?

If we give up our territory, where will we get our resources?

So the soldiers had no choice but to go out of the city, which meant they had to fight mutant monsters and bugs. That’s why the mini-nukes were needed.

‘Is it possible that nuclear weapons could replace the symbol of death?’

Maru’s thoughts deepened.