Rust - Chapter 861



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RUST [RUST]-861

“So, death sucked everything out.”

All of them, including the bone marrow and brain, whether they were cannibals or vampires. That’s why the pharmaceutical company couldn’t get information on dead imperial soldiers, cannibals, werewolves, or vampires.

[To be exact, that’s not the case. If you look at it broadly, it’s a similar situation.]

It was a garden that literally sucked out every bit of life force, whether it was a reaction to what had been suppressed or because it had absorbed cannibals and werewolves and its absorption power had grown stronger.

Thanks to that, when death is realized, you gain the ability to perceive your surroundings in three dimensions. However, it is unfortunate that you cannot use it normally, and can only use it when you summon a garden.

“But if you say ‘death,’ is there any need to use a knife?”

I can’t even try to summon Nuclipse because I’m afraid it might die.

‘Because you said that Newclips reacted as if it were alive.’

Kim Yang looked at the New Eclipse, which had become smaller than it was when it was Eclipse. Maru had kept it on the Black Drake just in case.

The size is roughly 80cm in length including the handle. It has a strange movement that suddenly jumps up and down, aiming for the target’s head. It is said that even if you swing it roughly, it will automatically tear off the head.

Huh-

Kim Yang’s eyes narrowed slightly again. What was it that he envied while looking at Baekjeong?

‘Sal.’ Ability and finishing swordsmanship.

Like most gunfighters, Kim Yang was a gun-wielding nerd, but his thoughts changed a bit after experiencing encounters with mutant monsters, cannibals, and vampires.

Of course, guns were the best weapon without a doubt. Even with the little nukes and V’s cute x, they couldn’t compete with the versatility of guns.

If your firepower is weak in a certain situation, it’s not that the gun is weak, it’s that the gun lacks firepower.

All you have to do is use a gun with more powerful firepower.

Even though you used a large caliber gun, it didn’t work?

Then the bullet is a cripple.

‘A bullet.’

Huh-

Miss Kim licked her lips without realizing it.

What if you made a warhead out of those nuclides? It would be a really killer bullet.

Even if it’s made into a bullet by cutting it into pieces, if the head fetish trait is still alive, doesn’t that mean you can get a headshot even if you shoot it roughly?

Even if the space-eating property is maintained, doesn’t that mean that even if you shoot roughly, all of them will be critical? Adding headshots to the space-eating property was literally the birth of a dream bullet.

‘If you put a Nuclipse split bullet into a Colt Python and use Quick Draw, it’ll be a real treat. It’s great for sniping too… It’s just the best in every situation.’

Huh-

Miss Kim spoke in a somehow gentle voice

“But by the way. If we continue like this, won’t Newclips be useless?”

[I should check it out since Na Ju-yeon said that she is going to focus on virtual reality calculations while upgrading quantum computers and bio-terminals.]

“If you still find it difficult to use after checking that, can you give it to me?”

[New Clips? Why? Learn how to use a knife?]

“It’s not a sword. I’m going to try making it into a bullet. I made a bullet with Nuclipse, so if the characteristics are maintained, it’ll be a real hit.”

[···Let’s think about it later.]

“Okay.”

That’s it for now. Ms. Kim didn’t stick around any longer and wrapped up the story neatly. Now that she’s out of luck, she’ll be able to bring up the story more seriously if the opportunity arises again.

huh.

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Maru, who had quietly cut off communication when Kim Yang suddenly started targeting Newclips, looked back at the completely ruined pharmaceutical company.

All the electronic products inside the pharmaceutical company were destroyed in the Garden of Death, which was not an EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse), but rather a device that destroyed electronic devices.

Not only CCTV, but also various sensors, expensive experimental equipment, computers, and servers all broke down.

Fortunately, the new communicator could be powered off and on again. Fortunately, the Ripper suit Maru was wearing had features such as body temperature maintenance and chemical, biological, and radiological defense equipment.

Most of the other functions were disabled. From the moment the Garden of Death was opened, I was continuously exposed to a unique aura and could not endure it.

If the aura was that bad, it would have an effect on humans as well, but Maru was fine. Should I say that his condition had actually improved?

Not only did my senses improve, but I was able to perceive what was happening in the realm of death in three dimensions, so much so that I felt as if I had gained omniscience.

I thought I could be unrivaled in the realm of death if I could just control the movements of vines and blades of grass, but that was difficult.

If it were absolutely impossible, I would have just given up, but this was ambiguous and sometimes responded to my will, and sometimes it didn’t work at all, so it was difficult.

For example, when I captured the signalman, I tried to capture the vampire signalman and extract information from him, but before I could do anything, the vines finished him off first.

It wasn’t just a simple ending. Every single cell had its life force sucked out, turning them into mummies. To the point where it was impossible to extract information using an information extractor.

Likewise, the corpses of imperial troops, cannibals, and werewolves were transformed into mummies that had no trace of life in them.

The information on the werewolves who were hit by the Garden of Death was already severely damaged, but this time, it was impossible to extract any information at all.

‘The moment I thought about finding it and catching it, it moved just like that.’

Even aside from the cannibals and werewolves gathered at the main entrance and lobby on the first floor, there were many people in the pharmaceutical company. And the moment I thought about finding and catching them, the realm of death moved actively.

Even if you tried to lower the barrier, the control device would be disabled the moment it reached the area, so it couldn’t be stopped. Even if you entered the sealed room, death would come if there was a ventilation shaft.

The vines dug in and harvested their lives, as if cephalopods were stealing their prey from a bottle.

The same goes for those who tried to break the window and escape outside. The vines that had been encroaching on the entire outer wall were swept away as soon as the window was broken.

What was even scarier was the sight of him forcefully tearing through a completely sealed laboratory. The more life he extracted, the stronger he became, and the end of the typification and realization showed a power that went beyond the laws of physics.

It’s amazing to see a vine no bigger than a thumb tearing through a thick special door and tearing through a wall.

The black garden that had taken all of the life of the pharmaceutical company existed for almost five minutes. It was a short five minutes, but the erosion of the vines and grass blades that pierced, tore, and dug through everything that stood in their way was a time when death literally became a reality.

‘It was no use.’

The pharmaceutical company employees fought back fiercely. They tried to drive out the black vines using poison, acids, bases, plasma, and lasers, but it was no use.

It literally became a space dominated by absolute death. The previous life force was blocked by thick walls. So when the rats surrounded the church, the nurses and people hiding inside the church did not die even if they used the life force.

The range was the same. The killing effect had a certain range, and once it exceeded that range, the instant killing effect disappeared and was reduced to the level of making you terrified or freezing your body for a moment.

However, it was not a typical death. If caught by Death, an ordinary person would die instantly, and cannibals or werewolves with tenacious vitality would hold out for a while but eventually die.

Unlike living, if you hold on to something for a while and endure it for a while, there is no such thing as letting go. Up until now, the area where you must kill was the Black Garden.

‘At first it was just something you could see with your eyes, but now it’s even interfering physically.’

Maru wondered how far the typified death would go.

By taking life, we were projecting a longer period of time and stronger physical force into reality.

It almost seemed intelligent, destroying electronic equipment and swiping out hidden enemies like an octopus or squid.

Even outside the Garden of Death, the vines grew to catch fish, and it was incomparably more vicious than the single-shot murderous intent.

‘I thought that if I controlled my emotions, I would be able to manage it to some extent.’

The black garden, which showed more intense movements due to the reaction, was a slightly stuffy floor.

It would be nice if I could use the Garden of Life and Death as I wanted, but right now, it was dangerous because my emotions would just come out when I was angry or had a murderous intent, or when I was in an emergency situation.

‘I think it would be better to be alone for the time being.’

Maru decided to focus on dealing with death during the winter. This pharmaceutical company skirmish showed that if death is not dealt with properly, a major accident can occur at any time.

“Separate important documents···.”

There was no assistant AI. Maru stopped talking about sorting important documents naturally. A major accident is a major accident, but organizing the situation without the assistance of an assistant AI was tiring in many ways.

“Ha- Send some drones and robots here. We need to clean up.”

[Okay. I analyzed the Imperial Army’s communications and it looks like reinforcements are heading your way.]

“Send as many as you can. Contact me immediately when the Imperial Army comes this way.]

[Okay.]

Maru, who had collected everything that could be used as a drone and robot, looked around the messy area.

Tsk-

‘I can’t help it.’

“Burn it with napalm.”

Flames from the napalm engulfed a pharmaceutical company building.

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Relations with the Empire were outwardly normal, but internally they were bound to become strained.

[You said you would not interfere, so why did you stir up trouble in the empire?]

“What other reason could there be, besides cannibals and werewolves?”

Ki-soon responds calmly to Dan Brown’s sharp voice as if telling him to calm down.

“···Didn’t you provide information on the cannibal and werewolf hideouts in Syracuse? I think that alone would have been enough to do the job.”

[Don’t change the subject. Do you think I didn’t know that you threw small things away and took big things? If you set fire to a pharmaceutical company building to destroy evidence, what on earth was inside? You can’t tell. If you were going to tell, you wouldn’t have burned it.]

Ki-sun responded with narrowed eyes to Dan Brown’s sharp gaze. Ki-sun was also about to die, as he would just set fire to anything that happened.

However, it cannot be said that Maru’s life force changed and was able to expand the realm of death, so he tried to block that information.

It was good that they declared the principle of non-intervention. It was good that they caught the cannibals and werewolves hiding in the empire, but shouldn’t they have not been caught?

‘Witness, if there is no evidence, it is an assassination.’

What if I get caught like this and the old man starts making a fuss about it himself?

“Cannibals, werewolves, and vampires that have disturbed the Holy Kingdom are hiding in the Empire, so we can’t just sit back and do nothing. If it were only cannibals, the Empire might be able to handle it, but there are also werewolves and vampires. Can you handle that? Isn’t it realistically impossible?”

Dan Brown asked, expressionless.

[There were werewolves and vampires without even showing the combat footage? The footage of the werewolf wasn’t from inside the pharmaceutical company, but inside the Holy Kingdom stronghold. What on earth are they trying to hide?]

I wish it would just pass, but Den Brown just wouldn’t let it pass.

“There’s nothing to hide. The tactical camera footage was simply blown away by the EMP used during the engagement. And the fact that there are cannibals, werewolves, and vampires in a small city like Syracuse means that there are also those in other cities.”

So, at Gi-sun’s answer that he should spend more time regulating the Empire rather than worrying about what the Holy Kingdom was hiding, Dan Brown’s expressionless face hardened slightly.

Before Dan Brown speaks, Ki-soon adds to the story.

“The Holy Kingdom is preparing for war against the spiders. We will drive the spiders out of the Holy Kingdom territory and wipe out the ants that do not submit. Is the Empire prepared for the spiders and ants? If we do not prepare now, it will be difficult to handle.”

[So, are you saying we should join forces to catch spiders and ants? Let’s just bury this matter?]

Ki-soon opened her narrow eyes slightly and said.

“No. His Majesty has expressed regret over this incident and has stated that he intends to maintain a non-interference policy in the future. So I advise you to prepare. Please also keep in mind that in addition to cannibals, there are werewolves and vampires in Imperial territory.”

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Dan Brown requested a private conversation with Maru, but was denied, as he was sweeping the northern Canadian strongholds for his death training.