Rust - Chapter 844



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RUST [RUST]-844

Red warning lights flashed and a high-pitched warning sound filled Na Ju-yeon’s lab.

Beep beep beep!!

Quantum computers lack computing power?

A quantum computer that can perform hundreds or thousands of studies simultaneously?

Even a biometric terminal there?

What the heck is that?

Between what exists and what does not exist. A black aura that is seen with the eyes but does not exist. A contradictory space was unfolding around the floor in real time.

Microorganisms that had been reproduced in the air were disappearing.

Whether it was bacteria or a virus, they all died without exception.

Everything that was consumed by the black garden that rose from Maru’s footsteps was dying.

Absolute zero?

Energy death?

Entropy equilibrium?

What on earth do I call that?

That had to be some kind of concept.

What concept?

The only thing on her mind was death.

‘That can’t be.’

Such a thing could not exist.

The closest interpretation is that the concept of death is embodied and shaped.

Then why was it depicted as a vine garden?

It definitely resembled a vine.

It had leaves and a stem that was curled like a fern.

‘Is that what death looks like?’

Na Ju-yeon couldn’t understand why, among all the many images of death, death was depicted as a garden of black vines.

Actually, I couldn’t know everything related to Maru.

How did you not get affected by the experiment?

Why didn’t the love potion he sprinkled work?

How could he be so fine despite being administered so many dangerous drugs?

Maru was a being beyond her knowledge.

Beep! Beep!

[Sir, the quantum computer is in danger. You must disconnect.]

[The biological terminal is dying.]

[Artificial spinal fluid. Safe temperature exceeded.]

[Protein denaturation begins.]

[Director, make a decision!]

Will we ever have another opportunity to analyze this phenomenon?

Could it be that this is the last chance I get to see it?

The one who ended Na Ju-yeon’s conflict was the artificial intelligence Diana.

[Start protecting your core resources.]

The bio-terminal could be recovered even if it took some time, but it wasn’t a quantum computer. If there was one thing that was difficult to make and produce quickly even with the technology of the Holy Kingdom, it was a quantum computer. It was a resource too precious to lose so easily.

Beep!

The artificial intelligence Diana forcibly disconnected. The monitor turned off, and the high-pitched warning sound and red warning light disappeared simultaneously.

Blink-

The lab’s characteristic silence and white light descended, as if all the commotion that had occurred a moment ago had been an illusion.

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Kim Yang felt breathless as she faced the vines blooming in black concentric circles.

Jaw- Jaw-

In some ways it was beautiful, and in other ways it was a bizarre phenomenon.

It was not an illusion or an illusion.

A single proposition that permeates the entire body.

Kim Yang responded with a booster to the black concentric circles that were trying to engulf her in an instant.

Puhwaaaaaaaah!

Kim Yang’s dedicated core fuselage jumped backwards at a 45-degree angle and scattered napalm grenades. The napalm grenades, which fell like pine cones in a strong wind, disintegrated before they even touched the ground.

The Eclipse’s vibrating blade, which had grown too long to be detected by sensors, dismantled the napalm grenade and aimed for Kim Yang.

‘Coming.’

Kim Yang’s senses, accustomed to fighting against the Enpi Maru, responded.

Dash after cut.

A series of attacks from the floor unfolded, almost like a combo. The super-vibration blade began to slice through the grenade and tear through the space.

In the comma-second area, Kim Yang held her breath.

Haaaak–

Although it was an invisible blade, Kim Yang, who guessed the distance between the grenade and the floor based on its disintegration, activated the booster to the maximum and pulled the trigger.

A vibration that shouldn’t be felt, since she was wearing a core armor, was shaking her head. It wasn’t her body that was vibrating, but her soul.

She fiercely resists the aura of death.

A composite coilgun bullet that digs into the black vine garden.

And death, which chews up her resistance and advances forward.

Booster. Booster. Booster.

From 45 degrees to 30 degrees. And then back to vertical. Even though I was using maximum power to the point of being crushed by the acceleration of gravity (G), I couldn’t shake off death.

Thump- thump- thump-

My heart feels like it’s being squeezed.

A pressure that makes it feel as if the windpipe is going to burst and the lungs are going to be pushed out of the mouth.

My heart was so full that I felt like crying.

He was giving his all, just as she was giving her all.

That’s why she could smile.

Ting-

One. Two. Three.

Flash-

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A small sun rose before her.

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The decision was made roughly at the same time as the writing of the book.

The moment Maru himself touched the aura of death he had raised, almost everyone became stiff or died instantly.

It’s not that I’ve never overcome the will to live and moved, but when I resist the will to live, I become dull and my movements become simple. All I have to do is not miss that gap.

The black concentric circles and the vines blooming above them made Maru’s forehead slightly wrinkle. A typology of life. Feeling it and seeing it were clearly different.

‘You can see it clearly?’

Last time I couldn’t express life properly, but this time I was calculating the typology.

‘Are you trying to analyze it by mobilizing all the computational power of a quantum computer?’

If it were Na Ju-yeon, she might have stopped all other experiments and tried to explore.

Although he was using it well, Maru himself didn’t know much about living, so it wouldn’t be bad if he could learn about it through this opportunity.

The killing intent drew concentric circles. It was a killing intent that did not discriminate between enemies and allies, and the result was usually death. It was possible to slightly distort the shape to an elliptical shape by consuming concentration, but it was not something that could be done freely during combat.

‘Okay. If we’re going to check it out, we might as well go all the way.’

If you want to go all the way, you have to like your opponent too. If your opponent is extremely weak, it will end before you can do anything.

In that sense, Kim Yang was the best opponent. Long-range attacks kept coming, and he didn’t give up and ran away. Maybe it was because his killing intent was so tangible, but the way he dodged in every way was so admirable.

Sticking together like this reminded me of the old days and I felt that Kim Yang had grown a lot. Her movements had improved and she was also using the drone to create a barrier.

If my concentration wavers even slightly, Kim Yang will attack me like a ghost, taking advantage of that gap. The creepy sensation made my hair stand on end.

‘You’ve really grown a lot.’

Maru picked up a piece of rock from the floor, rolled over to avoid the bullet, and then used inertia and elasticity to throw the rock.

A drone that was hit by a rock lost its direction and exploded. It was a suicide drone. Since there was no special suit or ripper suit, Maru had to block all attacks with just Eclipse.

If it was a new Eclipse, it would have eaten up the space where the bullets were pouring out, but what I was holding now was an Eclipse. And it was an early Eclipse before the upgrade.

I used to be able to ignore most attacks with my dedicated core body and cut them down with my armor, but now that I’m dealing with bullets and bombs one by one like the first time, I’m starting to get nervous.

It was the beginning. Old memories came to mind and it was strange to see the typical murderous intent blooming like vines, but Maru’s blood pressure was starting to rise as he dodged the sword strikes that made him think, ‘Let’s end it now.’ and Kim Yang’s attacks were scratching at his nerves.

pop-

Mr. Kim explodes another drone and uses the gap to gain distance. At the same time, attack drones surround him from all sides.

‘This fucking-.’

I’m not training a shit dog.

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The vines, which were typified by the overlapping anger and murderousness, responded to Maru’s spirit. The vines that rose from the black garden obscured Maru’s appearance.

The moment the drone’s sensors missed the sight of Maru, the slashing continued. Eclipse, which replaced the shock with blades of vibration and sound waves, began to cut down the drones.

Kim Yang dodged the blade and dropped the napalm grenade, but Maru rushed at him, tearing him to pieces mid-air before he could explode.

‘Got it.’

The moment he wanted to. Maru’s murderous intent, which had finally reached its peak as Kim Yang evaded the stabbings here and there using the booster, truly changed.

With each step, a garden of death unfolded, and the rising vines began to press on Kim Yang like tentacles.

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As if responding to Maru’s will, the Garden of Death began to not disappear right away. The Garden of Death, which had been moving along with Maru’s movements, began to be laid out like a floorboard.

It only lasted for a few seconds, but it was enough time to make the difference between life and death. Add Maru’s speed to that moment, and the entire surrounding area was filled with a space of death.

In an instant, Kim Yang, who was surrounded by the space of death, could only jump vertically. Then, Maru raised Eclipse horizontally in order to send Kim Yang flying into the open sky with a single stroke.

Wheeeeeeee—–

The booster’s roar. Kim Yang, who was expected to soar to avoid death, rose to an awkward height. And Maru, who did not miss that awkwardness, struck her with a single blow.

‘Aren’t you avoiding it?’

A heart that pounded like crazy for a moment.

The tip of the sword on the floor shook with the eerieness that ran up my spine, but I could not turn back the inertia that had already run through the air.

Phukak!

A flash of light pierced through Kim Yang’s exclusive core armor. A small sun rose in front of Kim Yang.

‘Self-destruction?’

Maru never died even once. He avoided death before he died, and if he had disconnected before he died, he would have disconnected and not died.

It was the same in the fight with Enpi Maru, and also when I fought a swarm of ants worth billions to conquer the ant empire.

Maru was able to avoid it because his sense of danger always warned him. But this kind of self-destruction.

If Kim Yang had thought it was a suicide, her senses would have warned her in advance. So what is this now? Why didn’t she notice it in advance?

The flashes of light began to coalesce.

Death approaches slowly, as if the frame is snapping.

‘seed-‘

Maru couldn’t admit it. It’s not like there weren’t any attempts to self-destruct before, and he could have noticed and killed them all before, so why was his senses so slow to react?

Why did Ms. Kim, who was so obsessed with her own life, blow herself up? Even if it was a virtual reality, she probably wanted to avoid the experience of death.

A cute crater rose up in that spot with a flash of light. And as if rejecting that little sun, the garden of death rose up.

Beep-ee—ee—ik-

A space that instantly turns into a white waiting room.

My heart is pounding like crazy.

The headache was so vivid, like my head was being squeezed with a press.

Is that death?

Did it bounce off when it died?

Thud thud thud-

Sweat poured down his face.

It feels like the boundary between virtual reality and reality is collapsing.

Maru wiped the beads of sweat running down his face with his sleeve.

The artificial intelligence Diana explained the situation, blinking a calming green light.

[The quantum computer and biometric terminal began to collapse due to the inability to handle the calculations, so we forcibly cut off the connection.]

[Current vital signs are not normal.]

[I will do it.]

‘What? What are you going to do?’

Diana’s voice, which rang like tinnitus, faded away

Cheeeeeeek-

The capsule was opened.

‘huh?’

Maru raises his body with a sense of urgency

Thud thud thud-

Sweat poured down his face.

I wiped the beads of sweat running down the floor with my bare hands.

Somehow it feels like the boundary between virtual reality and reality is collapsing.

[The aura of death has run wild, forcibly blocking your connection.]

[The brain waves are very unstable.]

[I will do it.]

Woof woof – Diana’s voice ringing in my head is getting smaller

Cheeeeeeek-

The capsule was opened.

Let’s get up.

Thud thud thud-

Sweat pouring down.

Maru gave the order without wiping away the beads of sweat that were dripping down his face.

“Stop for now.”

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Diana, the artificial intelligence that had been blinking green lights, stopped moving.

“What are you doing now?”