Rust - Chapter 824



Only Krnovel

RUST [RUST]-824

The atmosphere in the conference room of the Free Canadian League of Montreal Civic Center was dark.

“It was a fucking trap!”

“What are you talking about? A trap?”

“A trap? What about the special forces? What happened to the unit that infiltrated?”

“It’s total destruction.”

Not an operational annihilation where a few percent of the force was lost, but a literal annihilation where not a single survivor was left. So an awkward silence fell upon hearing that the entire unit that had gone to attack the Governor’s Residence had been annihilated.

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News has spread that all the special forces agents who were reborn as new humans, as well as the ability users and mercenaries who joined the Free Canadian League, have been killed.

“···annihilation?”

“They were annihilated?”

“If it’s difficult to capture the governor, didn’t we decide to retreat immediately?”

“Didn’t you say that we were on the verge of capturing the Governor just a moment ago? And then all of a sudden, we were wiped out?”

“You crazy guys!”

“I never thought the Governor would act like that.”

There is news that he used himself as bait to lure them inside, and then used the clone special forces to block their escape route and kill them all.

If you think about it, it was a simple trap, but no one could have predicted that the governor, who had been so docile until then, would do something like that.

“Was it because I was acting like a dove because I thought about the current situation?”

“That’s right. It was a mistake to think that the person who was said to be the mad king’s closest confidant was normal.”

Ki-sun, who had been quietly locked up, suddenly became a mad governor.

“By the way, it seems like annihilation is a big deal.”

“······.”

It would be beneficial to just capture them and bring them to the negotiating table. Since it means they were all killed.

“It can’t be helped since the King himself mentioned it.”

“···There will be no negotiations?”

What he said on air. ‘There is no tolerance for cannibals.’ It meant that he would not compromise. That led to the massacre.

“It doesn’t matter. Now that their eyes are on the Governor, it would be my chance to stab them in the heart.”

“Yes. Let’s wait. Didn’t their vaunted clone special forces, Naruz, go to rescue the governor?”

“Yes. The entire Rapid Response Force has gone to rescue the Governor, so the main base will be empty.”

“The King’s private plane, which is said to be at its peak of power, has moved to where the Governor is, so now is the opportunity.”

Former Virginia Company executive, Confederate aristocrat, and now the de facto leader of the Free Canadian League. His operations have begun.

‘You said there was no tolerance for the new humans, so let’s see if that’s really true.’

While Vladimir Kalin is away from the nest to rescue his close friend, the Governor, the nest is raided and all the chicks he has been raising with great care are turned into new humans.

So what will he do? Will he kill all his subordinates who have become new humans as he said? Or will he seek coexistence with the new humans?

“It is unfortunate that we lost the unit that attacked the governor, but we will gain something greater.”

“Long live freedom.”

“Long live victory.”

The Free Canadian League leadership waited for news of victory.

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Detroit, a city with iron walls and several layers of defense lines.

As the capital of the Holy Kingdom, this city had been building a defensive network even before the Holy Kingdom was founded. Maru was the one who set up the Vladiak Tower in Detroit to build a defensive network, so the city naturally benefited from it.

After the Holy Kingdom was established, the defense network became thicker. Aegis ships were launched on the surrounding lakes, and the city became equipped with defense systems in every high-rise building. As if that wasn’t enough, crows and rats were always patrolling the city’s perimeter.

Although it was a city with such iron walls, there was a moment when those mighty walls were briefly weakened, and that was when a blizzard struck.

The multi-defense system that the Holy Kingdom boasts could not be complete in the face of the violence of nature. The radar of the Aegis ship was jammed, the stratospheric surveillance airship could not detect the ground, and the autonomous defense system installed in each high-rise building had its limits. In addition, patrols with crows and rats were impossible.

Those who judged that brief moment of emptiness was the perfect opportunity to infiltrate the impregnable fortress city of Detroit rode the blizzard and infiltrated.

[This is ridiculous. Another wall in the middle of a city.]

The outer defensive wall surrounding Detroit was also formidable. But once inside, there was another wall. It was the wall surrounding Vladyak Town.

And once you pass the wall surrounding the town area, you come across another wall defending Vladislav’s Tower. It turns out, ridiculously, it’s a triple wall.

[This wasn’t in the information.]

[There is no way there is no information.]

Silence fell as no one who had entered could come out.

[Our goal is to evolve their core characters into new humans.]

The core personnel of the Holy Kingdom, known by the codename Nurse, Hood, and PD. If possible, the Chairman of the Ojin Group, Na Ju-yeon, and Commander of the Bodyguard, Kim Yang.

[If it is difficult to make them into new humans, then kill them.]

That alone would be enough to diminish the national power of the Holy Kingdom.

[What if a murderous king uses strategic nuclear weapons?]

What if the Holy Kingdom wiped out the Free Canadian League with a crazy nuclear weapon, a hydrogen bomb with a whopping 120 Mt?

[That won’t happen. According to information from the Empire, it’s hard to predict what problems might arise if strategic nuclear weapons are used. The Holy Kingdom must know that too. They won’t use nuclear weapons recklessly.]

There was no way I wouldn’t know the results of research conducted by various research institutes, including the Imperial Earthquake Research Institute.

[They are the ones who used nukes for the sake of humanity, so if it were for the sake of humanity, they wouldn’t be able to use nukes. If they do use nukes, their relationship with the empire will be over.]

If we plant nukes in Canada, the repercussions will be felt entirely by the Empire.

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[While the decoy team lures their guards, the ability users and infiltration team attack key personnel.]

The man who was in charge of the vampire’s escort encouraged his subordinates who had become new cannibals. The Detroit scene was very different from the existing information, but the operation could not be stopped until it came to this point.

Whatever the reason, the King of the Holy Kingdom had to be absent at the same time that a blizzard-like weather event occurred, rendering the Holy Kingdom’s defense system half-ineffective.

Will we ever get another chance to satisfy both of these simultaneously?

It was hard to be sure. It was only a godsend that we were able to attack the Governor General of Canada at the very moment when the Blizzard was engulfing Detroit.

[This is the first and last opportunity to turn the core personnel of the Holy Kingdom into new humans.]

[Long live freedom.]

[Long live victory.]

Their operation has begun.

Tsup—-

The moment they entered the inner courtyard of Vladislav’s Tower, the leader’s head was smashed.

[It’s a sniper!]

[obscuration.]

[There’s nowhere to run to!]

[Warehouse. To the warehouse!]

And waiting for them in the empty warehouse were Kim Yang and his bodyguards.

[You really came?]

They said that Baekjeong’s attack on Gisun might be bait, and it turned out to be true.

As expected, the highest dignity.

huh.

The men who had taken refuge in the warehouse despaired when they saw Kim Yang and his bodyguards sticking their guns out of the makeshift bunker.

[Was it a trap?]

The cannibal leading them said, pulling out his knife.

It was the cannibal who was escorting the vampire from behind. In other words, it was the guy who threw the knife at the rat in the video of the city hall.

[They crawled in and the trap was···.]

As soon as Ms. Kim answered with a voice saying, “Thank you for coming,” a fierce gunshot rang out.

Tudadadadadak!

Pavababababak!

The dark warehouse began to sparkle with flames.

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A video featuring the King of the Holy Kingdom himself has turned Canada upside down.

“Did you see the video? Did you see the video? The Free Canadian League and all that stuff. Did you say you were going to turn into cannibals and eat us?”

“You idiot. If it’s the Holy Kingdom, then they must have developed AI so much that they must have used deepfake. Do you naively believe that the video just came out?”

“The King of the Holy Kingdom himself came out and gave a speech, but they used deepfake?”

“What can’t they use? Those guys are the ones who launched a preemptive nuclear strike on the Confederacy.”

“That’s right. You bastards. If you look at how they blew up London, England and Paris, France, don’t you get the answer?”

“What’s the answer? You said that a new type of mutant monster was running rampant in London, England and Paris, France, so there was nothing you could do.”

“I saw it too. That situation was broadcast more than three times.”

“No. So how can you believe that broadcast? Huh?”

“Yes. Is everything they say true and factual? Did you check properly whether there were any survivors in London? Was there anything like that? There wasn’t.”

“That’s right. That’s right. That’s what happened when the Confederates blew up the major cities in Texas. Let’s say there were cannibals, high-ranking officials and all. Then there were no people there? No civilians? They just blew everything up together.”

“Do you think those guys would care about London and Paris?”

Those who trusted the Holy Kingdom had migrated to the urban areas from Windsor to London, so there were far more people who distrusted the speech made by Maru, the King of the Holy Kingdom.

People who felt something was strange after watching the video tried to run away, but the Free Canadian League, which had gained freedom, forcibly prevented the people from escaping.

“You stupid kids.”

“Do you think you’ll survive if you run away in the middle of winter?”

“I thought you saved me from freezing to death on the street.”

“Fuck. Why are you stopping me from going out?”

“Weren’t you free to go wherever you wanted? You said you were free?”

“Why are you stopping me, even if others freeze to death?”

Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Mississauga, and Vancouver. The six major cities, with a population of only 1.5 million, were at least too small.

Even when there were 2.5 million, it was small. Even if you add the Holy Kingdom army and those who immigrated from Korea, it didn’t exceed 5 million, but even with 5 million, it was still possible to live.

The population suddenly decreased from 5 million to 1.5 million, so it felt like the population had decreased by nearly 70%.

The problem was that the economy collapsed as the population rapidly declined. As a result, 70% of the population disappeared in an instant, and production, consumption, and distribution were all destroyed at once.

The Free Canadian League did not anticipate the Holy Kingdom’s sudden departure.

The Holy Kingdom was expected to either recognize self-government in order to maintain the Canadian provinces, or respond with a hard line.

If they recognized the autonomous government, they would try to rip off the Holy Kingdom’s core technology and equipment through negotiations. If they responded with a strong response, they would try to drag it into the swamp through terrorism.

But what a quick withdrawal.

“Already 20,000 people have tried to escape to the Empire.”

“There are 20,000 of those who went towards the Empire. There are also at least 20,000 of those who went towards London, which is under the control of the Holy Kingdom.”

“Forty thousand? That’s too many.”

“It’s because of the energy restriction policy and the difficulty in obtaining food. I’m trying to get to the empire before the weather gets colder.”

“Will the operation be successful?”

An operation to turn the key personnel of the Holy Kingdom into new humans. It was a secret operation carried out simultaneously with the operation to capture the Governor and negotiate.

With the capture of the Governor-General having failed, the only card left was for key members of the Holy Kingdom to become new humans and establish good relations with the Free Canadian League.

“Is the Empire still without an answer?”

“You say you are the successor to the United States of America, but you are being so hesitant about establishing diplomatic relations with the Canadian Free League, the successor to Canada?”

This was said without knowing that Dan Brown was evading the cannibalistic government of the Free Canadian League.

“I am keeping an eye on the Holy Kingdom.”

“The Empire?”

“Even if it is difficult to establish normal diplomatic relations, we should at least trade necessities, food, and modular nuclear power plants.”

“It emphasizes the humanitarian dimension.”

“Let’s start by normalizing trade.”

“Even if the Holy Kingdom were like that, the Empire would never make the decision to starve and freeze its people to death.”

“We can’t just wait for the Empire to make a choice. Let’s prepare for something.”

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The fall of the Holy Kingdom affected all sectors, but the hardest hit were food production and energy.

“If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have liked Smart Farm.”

“Let’s check quickly.”

The core of the production automation system was artificial intelligence, but with artificial intelligence being dismantled, it had to be replaced with machines and manpower.

“This one doesn’t have an autopilot chip.”

“The app was also deleted. Remote control is no longer possible.”

“Shouldn’t someone drive it themselves?”

“It seems like manual driving is also blocked?”

“why?”

“They took the control unit away.”

“Those damn bastards.”

The problem wasn’t manpower. The problem was that the Holy Kingdom had taken away key components for new agricultural machinery and new automation systems when it withdrew.

To be reused, all farm machinery had to be upgraded to the latest systems and converted to mechanical controls.

Even if agricultural machinery was mechanically repaired, there was no way to make smart farms survive the harsh cold weather.

Not only was the automation system taken away by various sensors linked to artificial intelligence, but the power was cut off as the modular nuclear power plant was also dismantled, making it impossible to maintain the smart farm.

“What the hell do you want me to do?”

“It’s not just here. I heard from a friend of mine that the factories and mines are the same.”

The story is that everything from smart farms to factories for basic necessities and raw materials, and even mines, will come to a halt.

“They said the transportation network will be cut off soon.”

“oh my god.”