Rust - Chapter 849



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RUST -849

Maru’s first real fight wasn’t a real fight.

It was because they were all annihilated without a fight or anything. There were no survivors or witnesses. The Garden of Death descended and in just 2-3 seconds, everything within the range was dead.

From people and animals to small bugs, microorganisms, even fungi and bacteria, and even viruses. It was beyond common sense that viruses would die, let alone anything else.

Viruses were on the borderline between the inanimate and the animate. They were inanimate and did not have any life of their own. But the virus died.

The virus discovered in Maru’s area did not divide again when put into cells. It was as if it was dead. Na Ju-yeon was excited.

“If we could harness even a small portion of that power, we would be able to cure any disease. Do you know what that means? It means that humans will be able to fight and win against all diseases.”

Resistance? What kind of resistance can there be when you are sure to die? If you use Maru’s ability to create antibiotics, it would be the birth of an antibiotic with no resistance. Na Ju-yeon insisted that all computational resources should be mobilized to analyze Maru’s ability.

“Okay, but stop for a moment. That’s important, but don’t you all know that it’s dangerous right now?”

Kim Yang calmed down the excited Na Ju-yeon.

“Aren’t you worried about losing communication when you use your ability? This time, it only lasted for 2-3 seconds, but what would happen if you had to keep using your ability? What if you were to fight while communication was lost and you came to a place where your allies were? The maximum range is 100m, so if you were to say ‘Oops’, your allies would just be wiped out?”

“The problem is not only communication, but also the inability to use electronic devices.”

Hood also agreed with Kim Yang’s story this time. Not only was the communication cut off a problem, but he couldn’t use the core machine, the ripper suit, or even the airship. If he used his power, he wouldn’t be able to use modern civilization.

I thought it was killing the electronic device, but to be exact, it wasn’t. It simply turned off, and the program became unusable as if it had been deleted. After the Garden of Death disappeared, it worked fine when I turned it back on.

The problem, however, was that most of the electronic machines of the Holy Kingdom used advanced software.

The more complex the program, the more it reacted to Maru’s abilities and had to be reinstalled. In the case of artificial intelligence in particular, it was impossible to express it in any other way than that it was deleted, leaving only the automatic backup files.

“It’s one thing to say that the program has been deleted, but it’s another to say that it’s dead. The operating system, including the artificial intelligence, has become unusable, so we have to resolve that issue somehow.”

Hood, who manages the electronics and information side, explained the results of his investigation with Samantha. In order to operate the core armor, the ripper suit, and the airship, various programs were needed in addition to the assistant AI, but if they touched Maru’s ability, they would all be completely destroyed.

“It’s not even an EMP, but it has that kind of effect. As expected… I need to stop all the other research I’m doing and focus on analyzing it.”

Na Ju-yeon’s eyes, covered in dark circles, began to sparkle.

“Uh- That. So, so that you can control your ability. Wouldn’t it be a priority to make sure that you practice enough to control your ability?”

Caw!

When the crow sitting on the nurse’s shoulder gave a short cry of agreement, the PD nodded, adding strength to the nurse’s argument.

“In any situation, the first priority is to become accustomed to that ability. In the past, when you had a clear will to kill, a unique aura would come out. The problem is that it is being expressed even though it wasn’t like that now.”

I was just a little annoyed and uncomfortable with the mixed dominance of the mind wave, but my ability was manifested. What if I was just annoyed by Na Ju-yeon’s experiments and my ability was manifested?

It was also annoying before fighting the enemy. It would be nice if the range was reduced or at least the ability was only applied in the direction where the enemy was, but that wasn’t the case.

“That vine can move. I think it would be okay if I could just control that side.”

Kim Yang, who follows Maru around whenever he goes out for practical(?) training, added the story.

“I’m already focusing on the range of ability manifestation and vine control. I think that’s the priority. If I bother to research it and it suddenly comes out, who’s going to take care of that?”

“Uh- And I think it would be good to send the animals along when you are training them.”

The new born babies, if not all the crows, rats, and wolves, had only heard of Maru’s power through word of mouth.

This was because the regular training sessions that were held occasionally had been postponed due to the spider and ant incidents.

The nurse’s opinion was that extensive training would be necessary this winter to avoid problems like the first time the Sacred Rat split.

Kaaaak!!!

Knock!

The magpie briefly agreed, having come into contact with the crow’s enthusiastic support.

Fortunately, ants are a vertical society, so as long as the queen is disciplined, the rest of the group doesn’t matter. In any case, everyone agreed that the newborn mice, crows, and magpies needed to be educated directly by the ants themselves.

But those crows and magpies. Do they do that knowing that they could get into trouble if they do something wrong?

Miss Kim tilted her head.

Last time, the crows that were fighting were annihilated once in an indoor stadium···.

what.

I’ll figure it out.

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The vines snaked through the swaying grass and wrapped around the ankles of the fleeing cannibal. Even the thick socks and winter boots could not stop the aura of death.

The cannibal, who had been struggling for a while, finally became good after convulsing as if bitten by a poisonous snake.

“It’s a monster!”

“Run away!”

“Jump!”

“Shoot the fuck!”

Each person’s reaction was different, but the result was the same: equal death.

Those who froze with the cry of “monster” entered into rest with that stern expression on their face, and those who shouted to run and those who shouted to run were given peace as a gift without being able to move even a few steps.

And those who fiercely refused to die were swallowed up by the black garden. Those who were turned into manure in the garden full of black grass and vines.

Tsk-

The floor standing in the center of the garden clicked its tongue. The living room that had been used before was more convenient and intuitive. What should I call this space of death now? Should I say that it moves halfway as it pleases?

‘Still, I have a rough idea of ​​his temperament.’

A circular space. Commonly known as the Garden of Death, there were two main types of forms. One was vines. The other was grass.

The vines looked much like common vines and plants, but they were not grass. The short ones were as long as grass, and the large ones were as long as reeds.

The reeds were about 1.5 to 2.5 meters long and looked like sharp razors. It had the same effect as walking into a field of swaying razor blades.

“Heuk- Heuuuuuuk- Blood. Blood!”

The scene of a cannibal trying to escape from a field of grass that had grown lush in an instant and slowly dying with his whole body mutilated was repeated here and there.

If it were an ordinary person, it would have been comfortable as soon as they entered the area, but the cannibals with strong vitality were painfully turned into fertilizer because of their strong vitality.

‘That’s true. There were some who held out even when they were fed to live.’

There were those who held on, even though there were those who shook off the will to live and moved after a brief moment of froze, but the realm of death was not a place for living. It was a space close to a materialized trap.

‘There are many advantages to hunting cannibals or mutated monsters over killing them.’

The cost of living was inversely proportional to the distance.

The closer you are to the floor, the stronger the killing power.

If we interpret it the other way around, it means that if you move a little bit further away, the aura of instant death will weaken and change to a level of fear or paralysis.

For ordinary people or small animals, it would be an instant death, but not for a cannibal with strong vitality. If they were to get a little farther away, they would only survive with paralysis, so Maru often had to take action himself.

But it was not a realm of death. Once inside the space, small grasses like grass restricted the enemy’s movement, and long grasses tore and cut them like razors. And vines that moved like snakes took life away in an instant.

Those who entered the realm became good even if Maru did not pay any attention to them. A garden of death filled with vines that cause instant death and blades of grass that lead to certain death.

‘It’s good that it’s more durable than a living being and that it automatically hunts if it’s near its territory.’

Just as in life, the space of death was also difficult to distinguish between friend and foe. In particular, the vines that grew independently were a problem even when the garden was not spread out.

Just as he was inwardly surprised by the vines that were seeking out and killing the remnants of Joseph Meyer, the very source of his irritating domineering spirit, Maru was startled every time the vines of instant death would react.

‘It’s ambiguous.’

It was burdensome in many ways that the most freely moving vine had the most dangerous instant death ability, but it was actually effective.

Even if it was the realm of death, the vines had to be controlled, but it wasn’t easy.

“This side is all cleared up. Let’s move to the next area.”

[Chi- chijijijik-]

‘Is communication still difficult?’

I heard that there was at least some noise, so I think I might be able to solve the communication problem if I keep researching. As Maru gathered his thoughts, the space of death slowly disappeared.

The garden turned into sparkling black particles and disappeared into thin air. As if in a dream, only an empty land remained.

Maru, lost in thought, looking out over an empty space with a radius of over 100 meters.

‘It’s not just a simple ability.’

The more I used my abilities, the more I tried using them on mutated monsters including cannibals, and the more I realized that they were different from what I had expected.

‘There must be a way to use typification and materialization.’

It was the cannibals who solved Maru’s problem.

Canadian cannibals were gathering in Toronto.

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The cannibals of the Free Canadian League leadership, who had been fighting and keeping each other in check to become the superior entity, gathered together for the first time in a long time.

“Seeing everyone gathered here, I guess you’ve heard rumors about that monster.”

“Huh! Rumors are just rumors.”

“I don’t understand why someone who assumed it was just a rumor dragged their heavy butt all the way here.”

“I wasn’t scared of my head, but I guess I was scared of my butt.”

“It must have been scary because she had such a plump butt.”

They were ruined in just a few months. Those who cried out for freedom and independence, even if it was just a cause, turned into cannibals and changed.

If they were elites, they were elites. Most of them were people in politics, economics, society, culture, media, and the legal profession, or they were family members, but their behavior gave off an atmosphere almost like that of a criminal group.

“Take it easy. Don’t you all know that it’s not just a rumor and that’s why you’re all here?”

“······.”

“······.”

Someone was hunting them. The source of the rumor was Lunchbox. In other words, it was the testimony of a commoner who was dragging them around to catch and eat them if necessary.

‘It’s a monster.’

‘If you fall into the black hell, you all die.’

‘Mom. We’re all going to die.’

‘Die. I’m going to die.’

It was a disjointed testimony, but one thing was certain: something was targeting them.

“What happened to your return to the Empire?”

“They say that even the Empire rejects the new humans.”

“Is it because of President Den Brown? Didn’t you say you were going to get rid of that guy?”

“It’s not time yet, so we have to wait.”

Outside, the temperature was already below -40 degrees Celsius. In Canada, temperatures of -30 to -40 degrees Celsius were common, but -40 degrees Celsius was a rare cold spell, especially in the northern part of the country and near Toronto. And it was even more so in mid-November.

“If the new humans fail to control humans, humanity will become extinct.”

“Yeah. There are too many humans.”

Even within the Imperial Senate and the Imperial Military, there were growing numbers of people who gradually came to realize the truth.

The moment they seize control of the Empire’s waist, the Free Canadian League and the Empire will become one. Humanity will be freed from the danger of extinction, and a utopia will unfold for the new human race.

While the cannibals were talking about a bright future, a corner of the room was shaking.

[This is crazy.]

As if responding to that emotion, a black garden unfolded.

Chara—

The vines stretching out in all directions made a snake-like sound.