Rust - Chapter 818



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RUST [RUST]-818

The ant workers sent from the winter independent ant kingdom worked hard. When it came to digging the ground and tunneling, the ants were better than the giant tunnel excavators.

When making the tunnel, it becomes considerably stronger when finished with soil mixed with ant saliva. Adding graphene material reinforcement and glass fiber reinforcement made by the Holy Kingdom to this makes the tunnel able to withstand moderate vibration, shock, and fire.

In just one year, from last winter to this winter, a subway network connecting major Michigan mines to Detroit was completed.

This was a huge deal, because it meant that the mine could be operated even in the middle of winter using the electrical energy produced by nuclear fusion power plants and modular nuclear power plants.

A hungry mutant monster suddenly appears. Detroit is bustling even in winter because mining operations can be done in spite of the murderous cold that can drop to minus 70 degrees.

“What is the status of the water city?”

“Now the construction of the upper and lower levels is complete. The construction of the upper levels and the interior of the residential areas has begun. The construction of public facilities and infrastructure has begun.”

The ant service skills were improving by leaps and bounds. In particular, many of the recently born ants had pincers on their front legs, so they were effectively showing 70% of the efficiency of an average skilled worker.

[It’s scary. There were some with pincers on their front legs, but there weren’t that many.]

“It would be advantageous to have the tongs, so they would mutate to that side.”

As the ants helped a lot in building the infrastructure, the pheromone translator was upgraded several times. It is now possible to translate short sentences from word-centered ones.

So, the inconvenience of having to have a nurse follow along whenever a complex construction was needed was greatly reduced. Since it was possible to do some interpretation and translation without a nurse, several construction projects could be carried out at the same time. The Holy Kingdom was always bustling with construction.

[I talked to the old man one-on-one, and the situation was complicated for him as well.]

“It gets more complicated there?”

Ki-sun’s already slender eyes slowly became even narrower.

[That’s what they said. It seems like the controversy is growing as they push ahead with the construction of a coastal city even in the winter.]

Now, New York is completely devastated. The powerful families and heads of famous financial companies that had settled in New York have now lost their power.

New York’s revenge was declared. The ability-holders who had been drafted into the ant extermination force were officially declared missing, so they were unable to pressure Dan Brown.

Since they have lost their real power, the only power they can use is public opinion, but now that public opinion is split in half. Since they can no longer wage a one-sided public opinion war, it is bound to be even more noisy.

Boston was no different. With New York gone, it was only natural that the temporary capital should be rebuilt as promised, but President Dan Brown’s regime was building that damned sea city off the coast of New York.

If it’s questionable whether to build it in the Boston coast, what do you mean building it in the New York coast where infrastructure and everything else is destroyed?

Materials were piling up on Long Island, and evacuees from New York had gathered there, so Bostonians were increasingly dissatisfied, despite explanations such as cheap labor and concentration.

If it was made in the Boston sea, wouldn’t the labor be done by Bostonians? A shelter for refugees? Up until now, New Yorkers have been eating their fill, but relief supplies and shelter?

Boston was also hit hard by the ants’ attack, with unemployment skyrocketing as farmland and industrial areas on the city’s borders were destroyed.

But, if you look at the way they say that only New Yorkers are getting the honey, isn’t it because the residents of the coastal city and New Yorkers are the ones who are going to go to the ancient times? We can’t let that happen.

In that way, the public opinion of the empire was being touched by the side and the intestines were being grilled. Maru, who had been quietly listening to the way the empire was being turned, said.

“I say again, we don’t raise such things. We went to the palace to avoid seeing such things. We don’t have such things.”

[······.]

“Why is there no answer? The same goes for the Canadian region. Last time, I thought something absurd was going on. If you catch them, at the very least, you’ll be deported or sent to forced labor. If you don’t want that, send them to Vladislav Tower. We’ll take care of it.”

Use it well, Brain Dungdung.

Why do they sentence him to death for such a waste?

We have to keep only the brain and spinal cord and keep it for more than 200 years.

[···Honestly, the situation in Canada right now is not good. It may be because I am often away, but when you look at the feelings of people here, the situation is more unstable than you might think.]

From late fall to early winter, the mutated monsters that came down to replenish their energy for hibernation were swept away by the armored unit led by Roy Stern and Naruzu.

Even last year, it was extremely dangerous, but the heavily fortified fortresses and new armored personnel carriers that were installed last year literally annihilated the large mutant monsters.

Naruzu was very active in subduing small and medium-sized carnivorous monsters. Naruzu, who had gained experience on various fronts, naturally shared his combat experience, although it was unclear how this was done.

Each individual Naruz has a fighting power that is likely to be 90% to 95% of the existing Kim Yang. If they were fighting 1:1, they would be pushed back by a narrow margin, but it would be different if they were thinking about a large-scale battle. It was predicted that Naruz would have a high probability of overwhelming Kim Yang and his guards.

“I guess we can just turn to Naruzu for security. That’s fine. What’s the problem?”

[Remember the Free Canadian Army?]

“The guys who took hostage the canals and local residents near Niagara Falls and caused a commotion?”

They were a force active in the Welland Canal area. They were a group of people who opposed the Holy Kingdom’s control of Canada and sought Canadian independence, but their only actions were terrorist acts.

What would have happened if the Holy Kingdom had fallen as they claimed? Canada would have been a bloodbath for the carnivorous monsters that had come down to pursue the herds of buffalo and moose that were moving south.

“Why those irresponsible bastards? Didn’t you just wipe them out?”

[In Quebec and Montreal, French-speaking residents, and in Toronto and Mississauga, British-speaking residents, are calling for the formation of a Free Canadian Association.]

“How ridiculous. Are you full after I stopped the carnivore monster and gave you food to live on?”

[There seems to be a lot of antipathy among people who have relatives living in France and England.]

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“So what do they want?”

[The Free Canadian Association was founded with the goal of forming a Canadian territorial self-government through elections.]

“Why are you suddenly doing that?”

[Most of the people brought from Korea were moved to Canada. I think there is some resentment against that.]

Of the 4 million people in the Holy Kingdom, about 2.5 million were Canadians. But suddenly, over 2 million Koreans came in, and all of these immigrants were young people.

Active-duty soldiers and young women alone numbered over a million. The remaining million were immigrants who formed strange units called regeneration units and growth units.

Canadians, who are more than 95% white, showed strong opposition to the sudden immigration of Koreans, especially those who were mainly military personnel.

The idea was to regulate the sex ratio in the Holy Kingdom through Korean immigration and prepare for future political problems, but contrary to expectations, it immediately became a problem.

“Really- ha- what- the- hell-”

Maru was really dumbfounded. Are these guys out of their minds? Wasn’t Canada a milder country than the US?

[Canada is no slouch either. It’s said that the British and French fought so much that they even thought about splitting up.]

I didn’t even know American history, so I didn’t want to learn Canadian history. After all, aren’t Canada and the United States of America countries that have disappeared into the back of history?

The Holy Kingdom was the country that had survived and would survive in the future. No, it had to be made into a country that would survive even if it meant getting rid of its retarded behavior.

“So what you want is autonomy? Do you want the military and economic power to be autonomous? You want the military to be handed over to the Holy Kingdom and its troops and technology, and you want the economy to be handed over to the Holy Kingdom. That’s not what you’re saying, is it?”

Ki-sun did not answer Maru’s question, “If you were in your right mind, you wouldn’t say something like that.”

[······.]

“Those guys are really crazy. So they’re going to stick a straw in there, and if it doesn’t work, they’re going to commit terrorism or protest and throw away the intestines. Is that right?”

[I think so.]

“Do we need to exert ourselves? Why don’t we just let things happen naturally?”

For some reason, Ms. Kim, who had been listening quietly, started knocking on the table. Ms. Kim was suggesting that they do things the natural way, the way Maru had done well in the past.

[As expected?]

“So, if there was no Holy Kingdom, aren’t you guys all doomed? So, withdraw your troops from the defense line, empty the strongholds, collect all the electricity, gas, and necessities, and return to the world as it was before the Holy Kingdom. Tell them to do as they please, whether they become independent or become a free Canada.”

The nurse, hood, and PD were surprised by Kim Yang’s calm remark.

“Huh? It’s the middle of winter? If we cut off our energy and food, we’ll all die.”

“Why should we worry about that? They should worry about that.”

The hood was half-masked and half-dressed, then he objected.

“Why did we take over Canada in the first place? To secure stability by increasing the population. To secure essential resources by establishing territory. To expand the safe territory by stopping the southward advance of mutant monsters. Wasn’t it for those purposes?”

[······.]

“······.”

Maru, who stopped Ms. Kim, who was about to object, with a look, sent a signal to Hood to continue.

“But if you go by what you’re saying now, you’re saying that we should throw away all the plans we initially aimed for and pursued. All the time and resources we’ve invested so far. What would happen if we go down that path? Isn’t that basically the same as saying that we’re going to kill all 2.5 million people?”

“So why should we worry about that? We help them, feed them, keep them alive, and protect them with our troops when they ask us to. And when those crazy bitches say, ‘Do it,’ do we have to do it?”

Miss Kim couldn’t hold it in any longer and said.

“There are five months left in winter. The severe cold period lasts four months. If we cut off energy and food without time to prepare, isn’t that just asking for death? It’s the same as mass slaughter. I don’t think it’s something to be judged so emotionally.”

“I’m not saying this emotionally, but with a cool head. If they start a terrorist attack, who’s responsible? Is it the responsibility of the Free Canadians? Or is it the responsibility of the Holy Kingdom that failed to stop the terrorist attack? If they cut off the energy and water, who’s going to fix it? The terrorists or us?”

Kim Yang, with her eyes clouded, spoke while looking at Maru. As if she didn’t need to hear what other people thought. Kim Yang’s gaze was only directed at Maru.

“Free Canada or whatever, the basics of guerrilla warfare are the support of the local population. After living off the benefits of the Holy Kingdom for two years, why should our safety and survival be threatened for those bastards who are doing dog shit?”

“That is too far-fetched of an argument.”

“There are Holy followers in Canada, too. There are quite a few of them. There are Holy churches in stronghold towns and stronghold forts.”

Hood and PD spoke in succession.

“Let the Holy Church and the people of the Holy Kingdom in Canada be relocated to Windsor, Chatham, and London. Let them be relocated within a month. Let’s say that the people who have moved from Korea can also move from where they are now at any time.”

[Within a month? It might be over a million?]

“One million or two million, within a month. If the Canadian people do not voluntarily arrest those so-called Free Canadians or whatever, the Holy Kingdom will abandon all of Canada, keeping only the part attached to Michigan.”

There was no need to make excuses like free riding or trying to take my backbone. I was tricked into doing it. I didn’t need to make excuses like I didn’t know. If you want to live like that, shouldn’t you live like that?

All they had to do was live as they wanted and do as they wanted. Whether they enjoyed such a happy apocalyptic life or not, would the Holy Kingdom, which invested so much in infrastructure, ever back out? It couldn’t be happening. No matter what the outcome was for those who made that decision, it was the result of their choice.

Maru is the end of the world. He had no intention of seeing the Empire of Den Brown bursting at the seams. Why did he make it a kingdom instead of a holy republic?

What was it that had so much emphasis on rights and duties from the beginning of the founding of the Holy Kingdom, and why did they open the way for Canada to join the Empire if it did not want to, even after annexing it?

But now that they have enough to eat and live, it is right to say that they should live well among themselves, saying, “Free Canada, this and that, the British and the French.”

Underground Resources Now that we have ants, a natural all-rounder, there is no need to defend Canada’s surface. All we have to do is mine from 1km to 2km underground.

With Maru’s declaration, Canada’s fate was left to the Canadian people to decide.

Freedom and choice were scattered in a blizzard.