Rust - Chapter 864



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RUST [RUST]-864

Maru checked the footage of the city being taken over by monsters.

Mississauga, adjacent to Toronto, has already become a hunting ground for wolves, and Montreal is inhabited by bears.

Excluding those who fled immediately after the walls surrounding the city collapsed, between 70 and 80 percent of the people were trapped in the city.

At first, wolves and bears, excited by the abundance of prey, hunted everything they could find, but they stopped slaughtering as they had more than enough to spare.

The smart beasts made their nests near the wall that the moose herd had breached. They began to prey on those who escaped through the breach.

As wolves and bears began to operate their urban farms in this way, people flocked to city centers and high-rise buildings and apartments.

The supermarkets were empty, and the high-rise buildings without electricity had turned into hell. There was a lot of looting and theft as people went up the high-rise buildings with food.

Still, people preferred high floors, as blocking the stairs provided a primary defense against mutated monsters, including wolves.

The fact that there was no interference with electronic devices when mutants were gathered in a certain density meant that the city had not yet been invaded by cleaners.

The Canadian territory was vast. The rats and ants under the Holy Kingdom were probably a handful compared to the rats and ants that would be spread across the northern part of Canada.

“If there is movement of rats and ants, send an alert immediately.”

[All right.]

It was a bitter winter, so they would not leave their territory unless absolutely necessary, but who could have predicted that a herd of moose would come south and give humans a hard time?

Last year, we rounded up some of those moose and sent them to the farm, so I didn’t expect a new herd to do the same thing. If the moose did it, there was no reason why the buffalo or other herbivores wouldn’t do it.

“If there is a large-scale movement, check immediately.”

[Yes, we are working on a project to build a surveillance and communications network across North America before this winter passes.]

“Yeah, I heard it reported last time. It was supposed to connect to East Asia, right?”

[The ongoing volcanic eruptions in Japan and volcanic activity near Sakhalin and the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia have left East Asian communication lines unstable.]

While we were on the subject, Maru checked the situation in Korea and the seven Chinese countries.

[Seven Chinese countries have begun expanding their air defense networks.]

I had been monitoring the situation with a stratospheric airship, but it seems like it will be difficult in the future. At least I found out what was going on with information like Altolan before the anti-aircraft network was built, so I’ll leave it at that.

[Korea is suffering from a wild animal epidemic.]

Starting with the Asiatic black bear that had been released, the wild boar epidemic has become a serious situation. The animals that used to live in the forest before winter have come down to the village.

The end times. Korea, which had the highest number of deaths among the elderly population, shouted “good luck” but then, seeing agricultural production hit rock bottom, it desperately tried to revive the rural areas.

And so, the people who were preparing to mechanize agriculture in the empty village were attacked by wild animals.

[It is said that the damage was great because the magpies that guarded the orchards and the crows that used to live in the rural villages disappeared and they were unable to detect the night raid.]

“······.”

Crows and magpies were excellent biological alarms. Magpies in particular were used by humans for farming, so they must have helped humans at least as a form of protection… They are no longer around.

greatness-

[···And the proportion of stray cats and abandoned dogs causing mutations is increasing.]

“It’s winter?”

[Yes. It has been confirmed that the size of stray cats and abandoned dogs has significantly changed.]

“Warn the Korean government.”

It was good for Korea to hold out in order to check and respond to the situation in China, Japan, and Russia, where the environment itself has changed strangely.

‘Is this what America felt like?’

Maru laughed inwardly.

“What about Russia?”

The situation in eastern Russia, also known as the Far East or the Far East, was not good. As Kim Yang’s expedition team confirmed, strange creatures were occupying Russian naval bases, and the Siberian Railroad was cut off, making it difficult to expect support.

The Chinese Northern Theater, which controlled the Manchuria region, and the Russian Far East military were not on good terms, so there was no proper exchange of goods between them.

And as survival becomes more difficult, more and more people choose to become cannibals in order to survive.

[···It is believed that cannibals are increasing in the Russian Far East.]

The footage Diana showed showed Russian soldiers controlling the city, walking around in only their regular gear, even in temperatures approaching minus 70 degrees.

“···Is this a special military uniform? It doesn’t look like a special military uniform for extreme cold weather.”

[This is a typical winter military uniform.]

If you were a normal person, you wouldn’t be able to work 8 hours on guard duty. Even if you awakened as a person with physical abilities, it’s true that it’s difficult to endure the extreme cold of -70 degrees Celsius for more than 2 hours.

That meant the soldiers controlling the city weren’t human. At least not the ones caught on surveillance cameras.

“If the Russian army is like that, then that must mean the northern Chinese theater is like that too.”

[Results of the operation. The conclusion is that there is a high possibility of that.]

Tsk- That’s right. The Chinese bastards destroyed the air defense network, making it difficult to confirm information.

Maru clicked his tongue inwardly. It was certain that after this winter, eastern Russia would become an independent warlord state.

Ukraine, cut off from Western support, created cannibal soldiers to pressure Russia, and Russia had no choice but to respond.

With Moscow right around the corner, there was no room to worry about the Far East becoming a warlord state, with communications and transportation cut off. Russia was expected to suffer when winter passed and spring came.

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After inspecting the unit for several days, Ms. Kim expressed her opinion that training was necessary.

“I think it’s difficult to carry out this operation with just information injection. There’s a lack of flexibility in responding to situations, and in many ways, it seems dangerous to just go out.”

The regeneration unit (rehabilitation unit) and growth unit (unit rapidly grown using clone technology) brought from Korea were basically units that had been indoctrinated with the war experiences of many people.

Director Yoo’s memories, or the memories of a famous mercenary unit. Information extracted from the memories of a survival expert and injected. The problem was that the information injected into the battlefield and the enemy was completely different.

The memories of the famous mercenary units were mostly memories of fighting in countries in civil war. The environment was the same. Most of them were memories of the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and South America. It was a completely different battlefield and situation from the situation of fighting mutant monsters in temperatures below -60 to -70 degrees.

This is also the case with Director Yu’s memories. The battlefields she was active in were platoon- and company-sized engagements and urban warfare across desert and wilderness terrain. Even without that, most of the battlefields were in Iraq and Afghanistan, so they were far from the cold weather of Canada.

The survival expert’s memory was similar. He had no memory of surviving at minus 60 to minus 70 degrees. Kim concluded that the unit he brought from Korea could not carry out the operation.

“Is it difficult to provide additional core armor or exosuits?”

If you lack experience, you can just push through with overwhelming firepower. Diana answered Maru’s question.

[Currently, there is no room for supply.]

Since most of the resources were being poured into building floating cities, the production of core armor, which requires a lot of resources, was delayed.

The new exosuits were still being produced because they were cost-effective, but even they were not enough to be supplied sufficiently for this operation.

“How long will the training take?”

“At least 3 to 4 weeks?”

Maru thought for a moment when he heard that he could only go in mid-January next year. There wouldn’t be any big problems if he postponed it by a month. As time passed, the exosuits and production quantities would have gathered that much.

“I don’t mind. Just finish your training and go.”

Just as the city walls became cages for people, the moment Kim Yang and the military were brought in, the outer walls that had been imprisoning people would become cages for wolves and bears.

“What if the wolf and the bear go to different places?”

“I’m going to try to spend this winter in the city because there’s so much to hunt.”

A blizzard had been raging for several days, and any trace of the moose herd had disappeared, so they were going to have to be in the city, whether they liked it or not.

Even if they were to hibernate again, they would think it would be more advantageous to hibernate in a city with weak humans than in the wild where there were many competitors. These mutated monsters had no reason to leave the city until they ran out of food.

“Okay.”

After hearing Maru’s explanation, Ms. Kim nodded and went outside.

While Kim Yang is training in the cold weather, strange currents begin to appear in a Canadian city overrun by mutant monsters.

[People continue to flock to high-rise buildings and large buildings.]

[···People with awakened abilities began to appear.]

[The number of people with the ability to manipulate fire has increased significantly.]

Is it because it’s the cold season? Most people tend to awaken as physical ability users, but a significant percentage of fire ability users are starting to emerge.

‘They said that if 1,000 people awaken, there will be about 1 person who will come out.’

There are only about 200 awakened people, but already 3 of them have fire-type abilities. Being able to control fire is advantageous for survival.

This means that they can start a fire even in temperatures as cold as -60 to -70 degrees Celsius. Furthermore, even if wolves and bears had mutated to become larger and smarter, they would have no choice but to run away if flames were blazing right in front of them.

The flames created by the ability did not go out as easily as napalm, and the burns from it did not heal easily. That is why wolves and bears did not bother to hunt groups of humans with the ability to use flames.

Even though they could have left the city because the wolves and bears ignored them like cows do chickens, the fire-type abilities users and their followers did not leave the city.

“Why don’t you leave the city?”

[We are trying to gather forces to drive out the mutant monsters.]

‘It seems difficult with just fire-type abilities.’

The reason the wolves and bears avoided attacking was not only because the fire was tricky, but also because they were not hungry.

‘If flames are an ability, they must have been created through concentration, mental power, or physical strength, so there must be a limit.’

Maru could tell because he had encountered mutated monsters that wouldn’t back down even from napalm flames.

‘Don’t you know that even wolves and bears can destroy reinforced concrete and use the debris for their own benefit?’

As time goes by, wolves and bears will begin to actively hunt humans hiding in the reinforced concrete. It might be more possible to escape by digging a tunnel in the snow from now on.

A group of people armed with exosuits and 12.7mm machine guns, led by a flame-type user, were captured by a stealth drone hunting a bear.

It was fine to lure the bear to the trap by shooting from a high-rise building. The bear, which was not moved even after being shot by a sniper rifle, got angry and charged.

Kwajik-

The bear fell into the ice pit as the trap went off. Then, as the fire type user lit the pit with flames, a huge explosion occurred.

Kwaaaaang-

A huge explosion and fireworks.

In an instant, the snow that had piled up to 3 meters began to melt.

[Got it!]

[Fuck! We got him.]

The people cheered.

Until a huge roar echoed from the pit of fire.

Kwoooooooooooo-

Pick-

A stealth drone that approached a bear in a pit of fire to get a closer look lost control and crashed. A drone that was a little further away shook briefly before regaining its bearings.

Kwaaaaaaaah!

People froze in place. Some sank to the spot and peed their pants, and some even seemed to have lost consciousness.

Do you see this?

Right now it seems like something similar to living in a roar is mixed in there?

Thump. Thump.

I couldn’t really feel it because it was a video taken by a drone, but my heart started to pound softly.

‘This. I guess I should go first.’

When Kim Yang was going to go with the military to catch wolves, he felt he had to go first. Maru got up right away and headed for the door.

Maru, who was about to open the door and go out, stopped walking and turned his head, and there was a neatly placed Newclips.

If you kill a bear with death, the bear soup will go across the water.

The bear I caught last time was very effective, but this one would be even more effective. It would be a waste to just let Death suck it up.

hmm-

Maru said, lifting up Newclips.

“There’s talk of cutting you into pieces and making bullets. My death is also dangerous. The situation is like that in many ways, so let’s do our best without being too harsh.”

Newclips had no response.

As in, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m just a knife.’

“Yeah. You’re doing great.”

Pick- Maru, who was smiling, boarded the airship holding Newclips.