Rust - Chapter 794



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RUST -794

The transparent thread was not sticky.

Perhaps because of the frost, it was not very noticeable. Perhaps that was why Maru and the other guards did not notice the transparent thread on the floor.

Jerk- Jerk-

Maru looked around, feeling a sense of unease rising with every step he took. No matter how he looked at it, it was just a typical North American-style orchard.

Since their current location was south of the Saint Lawrence River, that is, in the northern Canadian part of the empire, it was difficult to guess why the magpies and crows had disappeared.

‘It’s impossible for the Confederate cannibals to have gotten here without leaving a trace.’

The Empire would not have suddenly acted out of the blue, and there would have been no benefit to be gained by doing so. So what on earth happened?

Am I missing something?

Maru retrace his steps, feeling not a sense of crisis or a threat to his life, but rather a lingering sense of unease.

So Maru could see. The traces of transparent threads where frosty footprints had been stepped on.

‘What is this?’

The crouching Maru pressed the transparent thread with the Eclipse sheath.

Teeeeeeeeing—-

A transparent thread with considerable elasticity and strength, but no adhesive power. Except for the adhesive power, it was a thread very similar to the spider silk I had seen in Richmond.

“Is this a spider web?”

[I don’t know.]

If there was astrology, it would definitely be a spider web, but it was difficult to tell because it wasn’t sticky. It’s not like there aren’t other insects that spin silk besides spiders.

‘Could this be an insect that has mutated to spin thread?’

Maru moved along the long, stretched-out thread. One by one, the long threads began to weave themselves towards the outskirts of the orchard.

‘It’s not the thread of a normal insect.’

The threads that were slowly becoming entangled here and there were definitely spider webs that I had seen in Richmond. In other words, they had a pattern similar to that of a ground spider’s web.

“Everyone stop. Retreat.”

Maru, who had pulled the guards back first, sent the tactical camera footage to the Vladiak Tower.

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The retreating guards immediately returned to Detroit with the nurse and psychometric Erica, while Ms. Kim and the guards, fully armed, came aboard the Black Drake.

[Is that the spider in Richmond? Are you sure about that?]

How did the spider get here?

Is it possible for someone to cross imperial territory and suddenly appear in Canada?

What is it that suddenly appears in orchards in Canada, south of Montreal and Quebec, when it might be south of Detroit, Ohio, or Indiana?

“It’s certain.”

Data analyzed by AI Diana and a team of insect experts showed that it was entirely possible. Spiders can fly not only using the wind, but also using the Earth’s magnetic field.

[A spider can fly using the Earth’s magnetic field?]

“Yes. It’s like the giant balloon we saw in Richmond. If we assume that it’s a flying machine made by spiders, then the simulation results show that it’s possible.”

Kim Yang’s eyes grew wide.

Oh my god.

It’s absurd that spiders make flying machines out of spider webs, but it’s also absurd that they make flying machines using the Earth’s magnetic field.

[Didn’t we burn that thing down?]

“We either missed it, or it appeared before we got there.”

The orchard and surrounding area were checked by stratospheric surveillance airships, and all six Black Drake-class airships were mobilized.

“Check the entire orchard area with a drone.”

If there are a bunch of spiders gathered together, the drones will fall due to the bio-EMP effect. Conversely, the spiders could use the bio-EMP to lure the drones.

“If we go with the magpies, we will be able to pinpoint their exact location even if the drone falls.”

Maru attached a drone and a magpie.

‘I touched the spider web, so the spiders must know I’m moving.’

The only good thing was that the severe cold would soon set in, and even if they spread out in all directions, they would just freeze to death.

“Let’s uproot it even if it means using small nuclear weapons.”

As soon as he said that he was going to use small nuclear weapons, the magpies bowed their heads at Maru’s feet.

Kaaaak! (No, that won’t work!)

Kaaaak! (Please contact me!)

Even a small nucleus is a nucleus.

There was an outcry asking what would happen to the orchard if it was used so sparingly.

“Do you mind if I sacrifice a lot of my time to capture it without using small nukes?”

Magpies express their will to keep the orchard safe, saying that it doesn’t matter.

[It seems like everyone has already laid eggs. I think it would be okay to just do whatever you want.]

Somehow, Ms. Kim, who had a strong accent on the word ‘egg’, said that she would do whatever the magpies wanted. I thought she would make a fuss, saying that she would use a cute hack, but Maru looked at her as if she was wondering what her intentions were.

‘No intention. It’s real.’

‘You’re not going to use the cute hack?’

‘It’s okay if you can catch it without using it. Really.’

‘······.’

‘Even if magpies die, they still hatch their eggs. They won’t have any grudges. You can just incubate the remaining eggs. That’s all.’

‘······.’

At the sight of Yang Kim’s eyes, Maru canceled the use of the small nuclear weapon.

“Okay. Let’s hold off on using nukes for now. Let the magpies fill the power vacuum.”

Kaaaah! (Thank you!)

Cackle cackle! (Everyone, come to your senses!)

A precision search using magpies and drones has begun.

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‘Ah, this is really difficult.’

I felt like I was in Montréal longer than in Ottawa, where the Government General is located. Ottawa has a more English-speaking feel, while Montréal and Quebec have a more French feel, so the stress I felt was definitely different.

Even in Canada, the US, the UK, and France, there is no racial discrimination, but the feeling that Ki-sun was experiencing was truly indescribable.

As I became more comfortable with the ability to visualize my emotions, my ability to interpret those visualized emotions also gradually improved.

The emotions that emerged in red were not simply just one emotion. Anger was red, affection was red, and murderous intent was divided into red murderous intent and black murderous intent.

The more I learned about his emotions, the more difficult it was to form relationships. Those emotions that I sent even though I knew he was the governor.

Because of the people who were different on the outside and inside, Ki-soon’s nerves gradually became sharper. It wasn’t because he had been resurrected as a clone, but maybe because of the emotional exhaustion he experienced in his daily life, his faith in humanity was weakening.

‘How ridiculous. Are you pretending not to know that I am the Governor?’

A famous French restaurant that had reopened had people lining up. They made us wait even though we had a reservation, and even gave us a seat in the corner near the bathroom, even though there were plenty of empty seats.

Before the mutant incident broke out, Kisun remembered a famous American Newtuber who had rented out a famous restaurant in Paris and had broadcast that he had been given a corner seat.

But this wasn’t Paris, and Ki-soon wasn’t a Newtuber, and even though she had made the reservation through the secretary’s office, it was like this.

“Where the hell are those bastards? Tell them to rule!”

(Where the hell are those bastards coming from? Tell the manager to come out!)

Hee-yeon, who had been enjoying French cuisine for the first time in a while, was indignant at the thought of being hit in the front. The same was true for Naruzu, who was escorting Gi-sun.

“Shall we turn it over?”

“Let’s just blow it up.”

“How about contacting Oraburning?”

“Green Sooni is like this because she is such a stupid and kind person.”

The four escorts with Naru’s face were all indignant.

[His Majesty has sent important information.]

The assistant AI somehow delivered the news from Maru in a solemn tone, even though I had just sat down.

“Put it up right now.”

[Data sent.]

Ki-sun checked the data sent to her smartphone. She thought it was a fight between magpies and crows, but Hee-yeon and Naruzu were fired up by the story that a spider was involved.

While Maru and Kim were fighting in Richmond last time, they were fighting mutant monsters in northern Canada.

“I’ll do the cleaning.” (I’ll do the searching.)

Although not very large, Hee-yeon, whose pronunciation was almost corrected, volunteered to search for spiders.

“oh.”

“Oh my god.”

“How can a search be done without a few people?”

“You should just escort Green Sun. We’ll do the search.”

Naruzu Net was keeping Heeyeon in check. It was understandable, as it had been over half a year since they last saw each other.

Oraburning.

Him.

Someone I really want to become close with.

Your Majesty.

The floor was nearby.

A distance where you can sneakily encounter spiders while searching.

Do you know?

I wonder if you’ll give me time again like last time.

So, Naruzu had no intention of missing this opportunity.

“I would also like to inform you directly that the network is now available.”

“You’ve done well so far, so you deserve a reward, right?”

“There are many things I want to talk about with him in person.”

“You wouldn’t refuse an offer to replace the reward with a search operation, would you?”

The eyes looking at Ki-sun seemed to be burning brightly. As if he was going to take it for granted that he would be deployed for the search operation, Hee-yeon, who was sitting in the child seat, screamed.

“What! Whoever wants it!” (What! Whoever wants it!)

Hee-yeon, who was excited and let out a slurred sound again, was furious at Naruzu’s behavior. As she became furious, the clones of Director Yu, who were mentally connected to her, suddenly stood up from the table next to her.

“Everyone stop. I’ll send you all to search.”

“Then who will be the escort?”

Heeyeon furrowed her brow.

If something happens to Gi-sun while I’m away, what will the aftermath be? Is it that hard to have a few Naruj left out of the thousand? It seemed like the original Naru’s personality was revealed here.

That was the same thought as Naruzu, who was looking at the smoke. In any case, the number of U+ clone units was only about 10 people. Even then, if the main body, Mark 2, was far away, the link sensitivity also decreased.

There’s a shortage of pages right now, and the daily temperature difference is getting worse, so it’ll be hard to manage the main body in its puppy state, so you should just escort it. It was a pup who made things complicated by buying it.

“It would be good if you knew reality. But you don’t know reality because the original is a crazy woman.”

“The atmosphere in this neighborhood seems strange these days. Wouldn’t it be dangerous if we reduce the number of escorts?”

“Green Sun. Since you have the ability to read emotions, you can identify weird guys first.”

“I guess that might be okay.”

“A crazy guy is crazy for no reason. Just look at what he’s doing in this restaurant right now and you’ll see that he’s not in his right mind.”

“It’s dangerous if someone sided with a terrorist. Even crows can’t seem to concentrate these days.”

As the conflict with the magpies grew, the crows became more nervous. It was obvious that they were unable to patrol with focus.

“Both crows and magpies need mental education.”

“That’s right. The King should have caught it properly.”

At Naruzu’s fuss, Kisun pointed to a woman with a nod.

“Okay, okay. You can send all of you to search for me, but I’m okay because I’m here.”

Where Ki-sun’s signal was directed, a woman with one arm made of metal was standing near the restaurant entrance. There was no sign of disorder in her appearance as she held a sword sheath ready to be drawn at any moment.

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[For the surrounding search, we sent Heeyeon, the U+ clones, and Naruzu as the center.]

At Ki-sun’s words, Maru made a face as if asking if it was okay.

[There’s also Erilyn here, and there are many awakened mercenaries in Montreal.]

It was Ki-sun who said that women with swords and those with abilities could prepare for emergencies.

“We’ll have to search not only the farmland but also the city. You saw the Richmond footage. The spiders are settling into the city.”

[For a city search, send out mercenaries familiar with the geography first.]

First of all, finding traces was the priority.

“If you think it’s too big, don’t just push in your troops, tell me.”

[Okay, I’ll do that.]

In places with a lot of closed spaces, it was effective to use the life skill to kill and move forward.

[Kaaaah! (Spider-aaaah!)]

The sound of the magpie screaming and the communication suddenly being cut off.

“I found the spider. You should be careful too. It looks like the magpie was subdued in an instant.”

[Yeah. You be careful too.]

The last place where the magpie’s signal was caught appeared on Maru’s HUD. Miss Kim, who was searching the other side, immediately communicated.

[There are a lot of spider webs here too. I’ll keep searching here.]

“Okay. Don’t go too deep. Just go while clearing the cobwebs.]

[Okay.]

Dadadak-

Maru arrived at the last place where the signal came in an instant.

Scattered feathers and broken pieces of drone littered the floor.

‘Look at these.’

The drone’s camera was obscured by spider webs.