Rust - Chapter 891



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RUST [RUST]-891

Maru looked at the cannibal who had lost focus and was inwardly slightly surprised.

‘Is this possible?’

In practice, they didn’t move this smoothly, but in real life, the vines moved several times more terrifyingly.

It was one thing to pull up only the vines from the Garden of Death, and another to wrap the vines around his body like a coat, but what was truly amazing was that the vines pulled out a dagger and swung it.

‘The vines move according to my thoughts, as if the artificial intelligence is learning.’

Even if you used the vine of death as is, it would kill the cannibal instantly. However, if you used the vine directly, the increased power of death would have drained all of the cannibal’s life force and turned it into fertilizer. You would not have been able to obtain any information.

As Maru thought about this and pulled out the dagger from the vine, the vine began to move as if it was under the control of an auxiliary AI.

In practice, it moved somewhat linearly, but in real combat, it attacked naturally as if it were a living tentacle wielding a knife and swinging it.

Those vines that attacked using all 12 daggers attached to their dagger belts. The 12 bladed whips dismembered the cannibals.

Even if Maru had held the sword himself, it seemed impossible for him to cut it up in one breath like that. Since he had brought 12 daggers, it must have been 12 vines. What if he had brought more, 24 or 48 or even more?

‘No matter how many there are, they can move as if they are controlled by artificial intelligence.’

If you categorize the Garden of Death and the Vine of Death, you can see that it somewhat fills the void left by the fact that electronic devices were affected, making it impossible to use core armor or auxiliary AI.

However, the vine of death had been pulled out, so communication was cut off and all the tactical cameras were still dead.

“So. What were you doing here?”

“······.”

The cannibal, who was not dead even though only his head and upper body remained, did not answer.

Tsk-

Maru, who had released the vines of death, called the airship.

[I will land at your current location.]

A dedicated airship controlled by an AI assistant descended smoothly even in bad weather with a blizzard blowing in.

“Extract this information and send it to the lab.”

[All right.]

The cannibal, who had been tightly shutting his eyes with a determined expression as he watched Maru and the assistant AI talking calmly in front of him, became confused when nothing happened.

“Huh···? Huh? Huh?”

“Are you trying to commit suicide?”

A suicide device in your head? That thing was knocked out by the pseudo-EMP from the Garden of Death.

“No? No!”

[Preservation begins.]

The cannibal, who did not die despite losing his limbs, lower body, and some of his internal organs, was preserved and shipped with his terrified face intact.

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During the video call, Ki-soon’s thin eyes became even narrower.

[I extracted information from the cannibal sent by the king.]

Maru knew that when it was difficult to tell whether Gi-sun’s eyes were open or closed, it meant that Gi-sun was in a very uncomfortable mood.

[···It’s a bit difficult to explain in words. I’ll send you the information, so you should check it out yourself.]

“Okay. Send it.”

Maru checked the information sent by Ki-sun.

The aftermath of the operation that struck the top cannibals and vampires at the heart of the Confederacy was severe. Twelve high-ranking vampires were locked in a bloody competition with each other.

As the hierarchy was divided by dominance, all sorts of conspiracies, betrayals, alliances, and manipulations were endless in order to rise up by undermining the dominance of the other side.

If someone stood out even a little, the people around them would unite and hammer nails into them. Then, the forces surrounding the united forces would rise up. This was to prevent the power of the nobles who had been nailed down from growing larger by absorbing them.

That was the reason why a high-ranking vampire of the count class had crawled all the way to Canada to establish himself. They were wary and distrustful of each other, so they didn’t have many options left.

In such chaos, one of the ways to save the Holy Kingdom was to become a cannibal with a knife.

They confirmed that Maru’s physical abilities were similar to those of lower-level cannibals. No matter how well he fought, his physical abilities were weak even for mid-level ones, but they thought he had accumulated considerable achievements with just one swing of the sword.

A female gunfighter who specializes in stealth attacks using a ripper suit and moves in pairs is a variable. After the establishment of the Holy Kingdom, the national power is rapidly increasing due to the acceleration of technological development and military expansion.

Currently, they are operating strategic nuclear bombs, airships, and aircraft carriers, and have succeeded in mass producing exosuits. It is evaluated that they have secured military power that can single-handedly restrain the Empire and the entire New Human Forces.

[Have you seen everything?]

“yet.”

Since most of the research facilities identified during the Confederacy’s invasion were destroyed, the technology of cannibals and vampires in the Confederacy was stagnant or even regressing.

The reality is that infrastructure is collapsing rapidly due to the checks and balances of surrounding forces and continued local warfare. The dream of living a luxurious noble life is collapsing in real time.

“So they’re targeting us so they can live a life of luxury.”

[The method used is the problem.]

The order given to the swordsman was simple: to force Maru into becoming a new human being. If that was impossible, to assassinate him.

The plan was to kill Maru and infiltrate the Sacred Kingdom. The plan was to evolve key figures into new humans and devour the Sacred Kingdom as a whole.

[If it had been the king from 2-3 years ago according to the information they have, he would have been defeated without being able to move.]

The bastard planned to disguise himself as Maru by removing Maru’s facial skin, fingerprints, eyeballs, and vocal cords. Given the regenerative powers characteristic of high-level cannibals, it wouldn’t be a problem to transplant Maru’s body, so it wasn’t an absurd plan.

How can we stop him if he disguises himself like that? Can we ask the King to examine him for cannibals? Who? How dare he?

Once they succeeded in getting inside, forcibly turning key figures into new humans was no problem. The idea was that if they could just control the key personnel, they could take over the entire Holy Kingdom.

“Are you crazy?”

[···Well. Even if it’s at the level of 2~3 years ago, I still have that feeling. There’s no chance of their plan succeeding.]

The important thing was that there were forces targeting the entire Holy Kingdom. And quite a few of them.

[It was fortunate that this guy was persistently after the king. If he had been after someone else from the beginning, he would have been tired.]

“What’s there to be tired of? Just start over.”

Ki-soon shook her head at Maru’s nuance that if Nurse or Miss Kim were to turn into cannibals, they could just be chopped up and resurrected as clones.

[I told you that clone resurrection isn’t omnipotent. What if they lose all their abilities? Even if they’re resurrected as clones, isn’t it proven through the U+ program, Naruzu, and me that they don’t inherit their original abilities?]

There was a high possibility that a completely different ability would be awakened.

You may not have awakened your abilities or talents.

The moment the clone was pulled, if Kim Yang’s bullet time, the nurse’s animal interpretation ability, and Hood’s programming talent were all lost, it would be a great loss to the Holy Kingdom.

“Doesn’t it matter now?”

Ki-sun’s squinted eyes narrowed again.

[You don’t care? Our King. Are you trying to become a god even in your mind? Since you are already half a god, if your thoughts follow suit… I don’t know if I should like this or not.]

“······.”

[The King of God thinks that even without those minor powers, there won’t be a big problem in organizing things on his own, and if all the minor ones die, he can just revive them as clones, so what’s the problem? That’s what he thinks···]

“Hey- don’t be naughty, just tell me.”

Should we consider that by absorbing the faith of AI and gaining control of the Garden of Death, we have escaped the problem that Najuyeon warned us about? Really?

The Garden of Death couldn’t possibly detach itself from the floor and move independently, or automatically expand to destroy the world? Since it was now under control? Ki-soon couldn’t be sure.

“so?”

[You have to think about it calmly.]

If you just throw it anywhere where there is life, a miracle will happen where fertilizer is copied. Simply put, it is a story about Maru becoming a clear, clean, and confident fertilizer producer.

How to solve the Confederate cannibal vampire fragments?

It was simple.

If you just throw the floor in, everyone will become fertilizer, regardless of whether they are cannibals or high-ranking nobles. Finding the location is important, but there is no problem making fertilizer.

Is that really the end?

Is it really over if I just throw the floor down?

It wasn’t what Ki-soon thought.

The important thing is that nothing has changed.

If death is controlled, how far can it be controlled?

If we continue to take life and extract life, will nothing change?

That’s probably not it.

Just as the faith of 13 million rats had its limits, it was safe to assume that the faith of the artificial intelligence that is currently running also had its limits.

So the question of what would happen if we crossed a critical point while fertilizing vigorous cannibals and vampires remained.

I thought the Garden of Death was under control, but what if it goes beyond that control? Would it still be a good idea to throw the floor in and try to solve the problem?

“Kisun-ah. I understand, so don’t change the subject. Why are you against the resurrection of clones? Really? Is it because of your abilities?”

[···There is no proper footage of you and the sword-wielding cannibal fighting because of the snowstorm. In the brief scene I saw, the vines moved like tentacles.]

“so?”

[Fuck- That’s right. I’ve had one too, haven’t I? But you know. I still sometimes wonder if I’m really me.]

The thought that the real Ki-sun who had bonded with the tentacles was dead and the shell that copied his memories was merely imitating the dead Ki-sun. That was a feeling that could not be understood by someone who had not been a clone.

“······.”

[Sometimes I don’t know.]

If we consider that Hee-yeon, Director Yoo’s clone, denied her memories and the origins of her body and chose a new entity, it would not have been easy for the current Ki-soon to have chosen the past Ki-soon.

Above all, Ki-soon knew that he was different from the old Ki-soon. Even the old Ki-soon had lowered the hurdles for killing people by mixing with barnacles.

To be honest, it is true that after being resurrected as a clone, my psychology on life and living things changed a lot. It was the same with Ki-soon thinking that he would easily become bait and having double-crossing judgments about clones.

Ki-soon felt upset whenever he realized that decisions or thoughts that he would not have made in the past came to him naturally.

And now. The emotions that Ki-sun felt when he caught a glimpse of Maru waving the vines of death like tentacles were complicated and complex.

This was because the image of his past self swinging his tentacles and killing people overlapped with the image of Maru swinging vines and dismembering people.

I was just a barnacle tentacle and Maru was just a vine of death. I thought that it was the same for personalities to change and be swayed. That might be why I reacted so sensitively.

Maru nodded at Ki-sun’s words.

I think I know why Ki-soon didn’t declare herself as an independent being from her past like Hee-yeon did. Only the past Ki-soon could talk to Maru like this. But what can I do? You little brat.

“Hey. Okay. If I die, just pick me as a clone. Even if I have no abilities, the king is still the king. If I die and lose my faith, I can just rebuild it, right? I don’t know about the others, but the AI ​​will send me back with my faith intact if I’m picked as a clone again. We can start from there and go again.”

[······.]

“Ability, talent, and idiot. You are you and I am me. You idiot. Were you hiding that? Is your life easy these days? You were the Governor General of Canada, so you don’t have much time to think because you don’t have any work.”

[······.]

Ki-soon’s eyes widened as he listened. This kid.

“While we’re on the subject, I’ll go catch the guy who sent the knife-wielding cannibal, so keep an eye out for any signs of cult activity.”

[You little punk. If you’re going to be a jerk, you should take a break and go. What if you just go there and spread it? What if you spread there and take a bite of a cannibal and a vampire and explode?]

“what?]

[You don’t eat death, do you? Where are you going alone? Don’t be a jerk, and if you’re going, eat something before you go. You can control death too. Take a Kim Yang or a nurse with you.]

With the swirling snowstorm as a backdrop, Ki-soon’s squinted eyes and Maru’s sunken gaze collided across the monitor.

Purung- Purung

“I told you, we’re not fighting.”

Heeeeeeling-

“Hey. Gently. Smallly. Huh?”

Maru and Gisun’s gaze turned towards the direction where the sound of the black horse and the smoke was coming from.

“Uh- Let’s talk.”

Heeeeling-