Rust - Chapter 860



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RUST -860

Maru wanted to stop death moderately. Because if he died in the Black Garden, the information in his brain would be destroyed.

‘Up to there.’

But as if a dam had burst in a flood, black death began to pour out. Moreover, the blades of grass and vines moving in the garden of death felt a little more sensitive.

The grass and vines that had swallowed up the pile driver’s powerful firepower began to squeeze the cannibal’s life out of him. It seemed as if they could not leave even the little energy left in each cell alone.

The cannibals and werewolves, possessed by that powerful aura of death, began to stiffen.

Khuhuup-

Huhu-

Haaa—-

The vivid sound of the cannibal’s breathing ceased after three times.

Kkieeeeing- Kkieeee—

Even the toughest werewolf couldn’t last 10 seconds before turning into manure.

‘Stop it!’

Maru tried to reduce the black garden that started to sweep in all directions like a tsunami, but it was not easy to calm down, perhaps due to the reaction of controlling his emotions.

Is it because I took life?

It was a garden of death that grew stronger and stronger.

‘hmm?’

The movement of the blades of grass and vines that coveted the lives of cannibals and werewolves began to feel more and more vivid.

Death that eats life and blooms.

The greater and more abundant life is, the darker death becomes.

The more lives that die, the more deaths there will be.

Death is inevitable if you are alive.

What does this ability mean?

Why has living become such an ability?

‘The same goes for Newclips and the Garden of Death.’

Maru felt strange for a moment, but it was not something to think about now.

Like the cannibals that showed up with pile drivers. I had no idea where else the cannibals might be hiding in this building.

Seeing so many werewolves, there could have been a related period, and as a pharmaceutical company, there was a high possibility that they were doing something.

‘There may be things hidden that aren’t listed here.’

Then, information from the surroundings came directly into Maru’s brain. It was a sense of recognizing the surroundings in three dimensions, rather than seeing them with one’s eyes. The surroundings were understood in gray and dark green.

The gray is the structure such as the walls and floor and ceiling, the dark green is the garden of death, and the light color is the living thing.

Living organism?

There are still alive?

The area near where the signalman was was rippling with red. The dark green was slowly eating away at the red, expanding its territory.

The sight of a deep green that could almost be called black greedily absorbing red was recognized. Maru could tell intuitively.

Red is life.

But the red color on the floor?

‘That place···.’

The small space in red was clearly where the signalman was.

‘Signalist?’

A signalman was seen desperately trying to escape through the blazing crimson light, as if fighting against the grass and vines that had sprung up from the black death.

In the space where the Imperial Army was annihilated, the red liquid extracted from the corpse was perceived to be swirling around the signalman like a protective shield.

Clearly the signalman was moving blood.

Is it telekinesis?

You’re not even an object, you’re moving blood with telekinesis?

Controlling blood was a completely different story from the ability to control water.

The hypothesis that Na Ju-yeon had mentioned came to Maru’s mind.

A hypothesis about a world where concepts become real. What if such a phenomenon does not only apply to Maru himself?

What if the rules of the world really are starting to change and the evidence is the ability of the signalman we see here now?

‘Blood is life, and whoever controls blood controls life.’

Could it be that the concept of a vampire has been embodied as an actual ability?

Unlike cannibals, vampires were able to suppress their cannibalistic desires by drinking blood. Vampires were only slightly stronger and more dominant than cannibals. Scientifically speaking, they were merely genetically mutant vampires.

But what if the concept of a vampire project based on vampires, like Na Ju-yeon’s hypothesis, becomes a reality? Wouldn’t it be possible to handle blood?

The existence that had been writhing in crimson in the gray and green image of the floor began to slowly lose its light. The red light was entangled in the endless black garden, grass, and vines, and its life was pulled out.

“Eww! This can’t be happening. This can’t be happening!”

The signalman who could not escape from the Garden of Death screamed. The blood that could be extracted from the scattered corpses was limited, and the death summoned through the floor fed on life and became stronger.

The irony is that the stronger life becomes, the stronger death becomes.

The desperate struggle of life to survive only leads to a fleeting death.

“The ability! The ability has awakened···.”

Cannibals and vampires couldn’t gain powers like those with abilities, with a few exceptions like Director Yu.

And now, signalmen have become a rare and tiny minority.

The signalman, who had come face to face with death and had experienced the life force of cannibals and werewolves being pulled out alive, ended up awakening his abilities. However, it may be regrettable that he met death along with his awakening.

“I can’t die here! I can’t die in vain like this!”

At the signalman’s will, the drops of blood that had been splattered on the floor gathered at his feet. The blood began to swirl and formed a circular film.

The signalman could monitor the movements of the imperial army in real time. So the vampire who infiltrated as a signalman got a lot of information.

I want to live. I have to live.

If only I could get out of here alive.

You can become a count-level noble in one breath, rather than a lower-ranking noble.

In the terrible garden where life was being extracted and replaced with death at every moment, the signalman’s brain desperately turned over the information it had received.

Current status of the Imperial Army.

Conflict between Chancellor Den Brown, the Reichstag, and the military.

Clash between supporters and opponents of President Den Brown.

The rift between the Empire and the Holy Kingdom.

Various new human forces gathered in the city of Syracuse.

Cooperation and competition among groups from Langley, Virginia.

There was a lot of information, but no information about the Garden of Death. It was only natural that no one had seen the Garden of Death and survived, but the signalman could not know that. He just wanted to live.

A thought that occurred to me at that moment.

Who created this space of death?

Who the hell has such crazy powers?

A person who enjoys using a stealth suit and is skilled at cutting grenade detonators.

A person who uses a knife outside of common sense has created a space of death.

One keyword and one person come to his mind.

Hide.

knife.

Overwhelming killing power.

‘Vladimir Kalin.’

The King of the Holy Kingdom. That was him. He was dealing with death.

“Your Majesty the King Vladimir Kalin!”

As Chairman Joseph Meyer had said, Vladimir Kalin was the pinnacle of the new humanity. If only he could be acknowledged as the king of the new humanity, then everything he had would become the legacy of the new humanity.

Look at this situation now.

Even though we have learned to handle life, we are still mortal in the face of death.

The signalman realized with a keen sense that Chairman Joseph Meyer was right. In order for him to survive, he had to let them know that Vladimir Kalin was the king of the new race.

It had to be made known that the new humans and the king did not need to be enemies, because in the new era and the new world, an order would be established centered around the king.

“Your Majesty! A new era has come. A new world has come!”

The signalman shouted as the blood-made shield was being eaten away by death in real time.

“In the new world, everyone will follow the king’s orders! Please······.”

Before the words, “Give me time to talk, save me,” could leave his throat, a vine pierced through the blood-made membrane and entered the signalman’s mouth.

Huh- huff-

Next to the vine that had dug into his mouth, a smaller vine grew and dug into his ear hole and nostril.

Kkeuuuuuup-

The signalman’s face, which had been struggling for a moment, suddenly turned pale and shriveled up.

[You piece of shit- stop right there!]

When Maru came running, the signalman’s body had dried up like a mummy.

‧

With the dissolution of the Confederacy, the Empire redeployed its entire air defense network that had been densely built up across the South.

“Are other cities also building air defense networks and stationing defense units?”

[According to information verification, cities with a population of over 100,000 have defense units and air defense networks installed.]

There was information that the Empire had strengthened its air defenses along the western, southern, and eastern coasts, but that was old information. The Empire had also rebuilt its air defenses along the northern Canadian border, and had also established air defenses in areas close to the Holy Kingdom.

The air defense network wasn’t only installed near the border.

Even small cities like Syracuse, which are quite far from the border, have air defense networks. I don’t know if it’s to block mutant birds or to intercept airplanes and airships.

‘The EMP would have destroyed the air defenses, so there’s no way we could hide our involvement. What on earth are you thinking?’

Kim Yang stared quietly at the enlarged image of the ground. The Black Drake’s AI made an urgent report.

[Communication with His Majesty has been lost.]

When told that communication had been cut off, Ms. Kim reacted indifferently. Isn’t that obvious?

“Of course, since the EMP went off. The Ripper suit also has countermeasure equipment, so it will recover quickly.”

[If the EMP response system was functioning properly, communications should have been established.]

Huh-

“It’s okay. Just wait a minute. How are the Imperial forces moving?”

[Attacking the lab and secret hideout.]

When the information the rats found was relayed to the defense forces, the defense forces took active action. As expected, I thought they would either remain silent after receiving the information or steal it and join the cannibals and werewolves.

‘Huh – that’s weird.’

When I saw them moving, they looked exactly like their scapegoats. Kim Yang tilted her head. Anyway, since we exchanged information with the Imperial Army, I guess we can cover up the trouble a little.

If it doesn’t work, then don’t do it.

I was a little worried, but there was a strategic Baekjeong on this side. In the past, I sometimes wondered if it was a human baby, but it gradually got better, and now it was so different that I would even joke and say, “Are you human?”

Yeah. Level.

Now, Maru’s fundamentals were so different that they could be considered class differences.

I felt it last time too, but it was changing more and more.

She prided herself on having a discerning eye. From her perspective, Maru had really changed a lot from before.

‘How do you stop the walking death? There is no answer.’

I used to joke around about the god of death or something, but now it’s not a joke, it’s serious talk.

If you release the Garden of Death, even if 70,000 or 80,000 people gather, they will be finished in one go. How are you going to block that kind of floor?

With a missile?

It might have worked in the past, but not now…

Even though it was a virtual reality, if it could erase the explosion of a small nuclear grenade, there was no reason why it couldn’t do the same in real life.

‘Even a small nuclear explosion was chewed up. What.’

Even if the Empire found out that Maru was causing trouble in Syracuse, there was nothing they could do right away. They would tire of it later, but by then, the Empire and the Holy Kingdom would surely be busy going their separate ways.

‘The crows and the rats have been disciplined, so that’s fine. I need to discipline the ants before going to war with the spiders.’

The Holy Kingdom should focus on floating cities, and the Empire should focus on sea cities. The unfortunate events that occurred in Syracuse would likely be buried if there were no witnesses or evidence.

Kim Yang nodded mechanically while looking at the monitor that was filming the ground.

If it’s not buried, then just bury it.

huh.

Her calm eyes began to grow bigger and bigger.

“Huh?”

Kim Yang rubbed her eyes. The image she was seeing was the same.

The sight of death vines spreading out in all directions through the windows of a pharmaceutical company building. As if in fast forward, the death vines grew rapidly and took over the entire exterior wall of the building.

What the hell is going on inside?

‧

Death began to sweep through the building, wiping out cannibals, werewolves, and even vampires. As Maru had expected, there was a secret research lab inside the pharmaceutical company building.

bingo-

Death followed Maru’s footsteps and began to swarm everywhere.