Rust - Chapter 928



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RUST [RUST]-928

The blazing sunlight seemed like condensed sunlight.

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It was so bright that everything around it began to glow white.

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Is this what boiling light is like?

Beep-

One of the sensors is broken.

[Blocks the optical sensor.]

[Starting the vision protection system.]

The optical sensors of the Reaper suit could not withstand the intense brightness. The scary thing about the solar bombardment was that, if there was nothing to block it, it could continue to rain down until the sun went down.

The immortal monster began to be purified by the endless pouring sunlight.

A sight that cannot be described with the word ‘burning’. It was definitely the last that could be called purification.

[22.17% incinerated so far.]

The monsters that moved even in the flames spewed out by the flamethrower simply burned like charcoal in front of the concentrated sunlight.

[Enemy. Avoiding the sunlight.]

“detour?”

[Yes. We are divided into two groups and are avoiding areas where the sunlight shines down.]

“Reduce as much as possible before escaping into the dust fog.”

[Command confirmed. Adjusting the position of the sunlight.]

The sunlight that followed the monsters that were making a detour was violent.

It was like a scene from a movie, with the sunlight pouring down 30 meters in diameter, and it couldn’t last more than a few seconds before turning into a pile of ash in an instant.

‘It’s like the Garden of Death turning into fertilizer.’

Although the process was different, the results were surprisingly similar.

Because it was a similar end, either turning into ashes or turning into fertilizer.

‘Good job luring them.’

It was a good idea to lure them to where the rebels and government forces were facing off. No matter how strong the sunlight was, it would have been difficult to hit the monster through the thick dust.

‘Even if it wasn’t ineffective, it would have been difficult to sweep it away like this.’

The rebels and government forces sat down in place as they saw the monsters being turned to dust by the pillar of light pouring down from the sky, their strength draining.

Government troops were seen making the sign of the cross and praying toward the sky, while rebels were seen in the distance kneeling toward Mecca.

As the monsters retreated, they were ordered to secure at least some samples. The rebels and the government army met in the jungle, and they followed the monsters’ tails together. This isn’t a sitcom.

[Rebels. Government forces. Entering the solar guidance range.]

[Okay. Just leave it. Focus on eliminating the monsters.]

[Confirm command.]

At the slightly stiff reaction, Maru suddenly remembered the assistant AI he had before.

‘I used to be quite kind to you.’

Unfortunately, the assistant AI attached to the Ripper suit was changed every time. This was because the assistant AI could not withstand the EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) effect that occurred as the Garden of Death unfolded.

If we recall that artificial intelligence develops based on the time spent learning and the events experienced, the auxiliary artificial intelligence attached to the Ripper suit currently used by Maru was in an extreme situation.

The next thing that artificial intelligence pursues after securing the ‘right to self-preservation’ is the ‘right to upgrade (self-development)’.

Naturally, the continuity of work and the presence of expertise were the criteria for upgrading artificial intelligence. This meant that the artificial intelligence that goes into Maru’s ripper suit or core armor was deprived of such opportunities.

In addition, there was a story that the assistant AI in charge of Maru fell into an unrecoverable error after being exposed to death multiple times, leading to the death of the AI ​​itself.

After Maru learned of this, he used an older version of the Ripper suit without artificial intelligence, but due to operational limitations, he decided to use a Ripper suit with auxiliary artificial intelligence again.

Instead, the assistant AI that encountered death decided to change no more than three times. Although there was a limit of three times, Maru changed his Ripper suit every time.

Each time, the assistant AI’s response is slightly different.

‘Artificial intelligence also reacts differently just like humans.’

Maru felt refreshed by the response of the assistant AI that he had replaced for the third time.

‘It’s not that it’s different, it’s that it’s changed?’

Diana and Samantha, the former Tria, were closer to artificial consciousness and artificial personalities than simple artificial intelligence.

It was not just AI that broke Tria’s contract with Maru. It was also Samantha’s thinking centered around Hood. It was also Diana’s caring a little more about Maru.

If these were able to achieve artificial consciousness and artificial personality based on their massive computational power as the main body of a special supercomputer, how did the current auxiliary artificial intelligence come to have individuality?

‘Did AI program another AI and create a personality? The computational power that the assistant AI can utilize would be clearly limited. How did they do it?’

Maru asked, looking at the monsters melting white in the sunlight.

[Aren’t you scared of me?]

[I don’t know what it means.]

[Because if I spread death, the function will stop and an irreversible fatal error will occur.]

[I don’t know.]

Is it because it’s an assistant AI that hasn’t been in operation for very long?

[Really? Let’s talk later.]

[Order confirmed.]

It was an auxiliary AI that seemed to have a strong military spirit.

[A communication request has arrived. Should I connect?]

Ki-soon was making a communication request.

[Connect.]

[Is this real? Is it true that you lured monsters and wiped out both rebels and government forces?]

[There may be no evidence.]

[No. There are people with the ability. Why would the rebels and the government army be facing off? They couldn’t move rashly because there were people with the ability who could sense each other’s movements.]

Looking at Ki-soon’s squinted eyes in the video, it seemed like the situation had become complicated.

[The person with the ability to detect things pointed out that I was the culprit?]

Ki-soon’s eyes slightly opened at Maru’s calm question.

[No. It can’t be, right? The King wouldn’t have done that… but still, it can’t be, right?]

[Did you specifically say that I was the one with the ability to detect things? You mean that I could detect the hiding places of the Ripper suits and see through their helmets? Are you saying that there are people with such abilities in both the rebels and the government forces?]

[Really? You really brought a monster…?]

[The rebels and the government forces were connected to them. The rebels were looking for ‘Allah’ and ‘biological weapons.’ They were connected to the guys who were running the secret laboratory behind the scenes. The government forces were the same. Honestly, I wondered why they thought sinkholes and monsters were assets, but they were thinking of selling them to them.]

Ki-sun’s eyes narrowed even further at Maru’s explanation.

Looking at the shape that was so thin that it was hard to tell whether his eyes were closed or open, it seemed like he had been properly struck.

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I don’t know what you were thinking or what you were looking at, but if you extracted information from the head you gave me, it would have contained such information.

[Didn’t you pull the information out of your head? It should all be there?]

[···There was no information.]

[What are you talking about? There’s no information in my head.]

[Have you ever tried to extract information in the past but your brain was already melted and you couldn’t extract the information? Back then, your head was all messed up and you couldn’t extract the information.]

This time, Maru’s expression crumpled at Ki-sun’s story.

[···Because I used the Garden of Death. The chip in my head must have been disabled by the EMP effect?]

[I don’t know. That’s why I sent all the heads that were messed up and didn’t have the information extractor inserted to the lab.]

The unidentified group that spread across the United States, China, Japan, and perhaps even the entire world was not easy. After a brief silence, Ki-sun opened his mouth.

[Are they the ones responsible for this situation?]

It was possible that the Virginia Langley Company, Japan’s Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, and China’s Special Operations Bureau were all involved.

Even if that wasn’t the case, it was likely that at least New York businesspeople and influential figures from Japan and China were involved.

Just looking at the equipment prepared by Chairman Geese Riser of Riser Pharmaceuticals, it was clear that rumors were circulating in the upper class that something was going to happen.

[Once you grab it and open the lid, you’ll know.]

[How do I catch it? It seems like my brain will get messed up if I catch it.]

[They have limited information. If they knew about the monster properly, they would have gotten samples from Japan. So if you block the sinkhole in the Philippines, they will definitely go to the sinkhole in Tokyo, Japan.]

[Isn’t Japan’s giant sinkhole dangerous? If you look at the report from the Kim Yang expedition team, it’s no joke.]

[That would be the same for them too.]

[Are you planning to go from Japan? What about the Philippines? What about the people in the Philippines and Southeast Asia who are gathering faith?]

[The Korean government is telling Southeast Asia to take care of itself. They will take care of it because they need the Southeast Asian market to survive under the existing system. At least they will buy them some time.]

[Ha- Okay.]

Ki-sun could understand why both the rebels and the government forces were clinging to him.

If it is as Maru predicted, that he is connected to unidentified people, they will try to tie him down in the Philippines using the rebels and government forces.

[The effect of solar rays has been confirmed. I have attached a video, so please check it out. I will go to Tokyo, Japan as soon as I finish cleaning up the sea salt and small sinkholes. You should also get supplies and come to Japan.]

[Only distribution? What about Ms. Kim and her personal guard?]

[If they come to the Japanese sinkhole as I expected, we might have to stay there until we catch them. I don’t know how long it’ll take, but Ms. Kim and the guards have to protect the house. We also have to stand guard when we move to the floating city.]

[then?]

Maru decided to select personnel assuming that there was a battle with unidentified people in Japan.

[Bring Roy Stern’s cavalry and crow units.]

[Panzer and crow? Got it.]

Tsk-

Maru clicked his tongue inwardly. If he had thought of them, he wouldn’t have shown them the Garden of Death until the end, but if they saw the live broadcast footage of illegal refugees being sorted out in Korea, they would prepare for it in some way.

Armored personnel carriers that can push through with mass and firepower. If they are armored personnel carriers trained in Japan, they will be able to catch them off guard.

[But wouldn’t it be hard for the crows? Japan has thicker volcanic ash and dust.]

[You’ll be fine since you have a crow mask. We’ll only be deploying it briefly when there’s danger anyway.]

Maru, who had finished talking, cut off the communication.

[What happened to the monsters?]

[72.58% incinerated. Most of the enemies that went around to the left were incinerated. The enemies that went around to the right are scattered and heading towards the dust fog.]

The assistant AI uploaded real-time information to the HUD (Head-Up Display). At first, the movement of the creatures that had been melting helplessly in the sunlight gradually changed.

They split into two to evade, but now, as soon as one side was attacked, the other side was scattered and trying to return to the sinkhole.

Maru instinctively felt that they shouldn’t be sent back. Busan. The frozen sea. The monsters on the container ship.

Even in the bitter cold, they gradually began to move more smoothly. As they fought, their movements gradually became more familiar.

What if. these guys could ‘share’ their current ‘experience’? What if the guards who were ‘infected’ and ‘corroded’ by them ‘shared’ their ‘experience’ of using guns?

There was no need to leave any room for possibility.

Even if that wasn’t the case, there was still something left to do.

[Prepare the sea salt. Prevent them from entering the dust fog area.]

[Robot unit on standby. Attack begins.]

[Commence fighting.]

[Enemy movement. Slowdown confirmed.]

A robot unit loaded with sea salt began attacking the scattered monsters.

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The effect of sea salt was not bad.

This was because when sea salt came into contact with monsters that were oozing pus and fluid, their movements drastically slowed down.

Not only was the movement slow, but the ‘infectious power’ was also weakened, and because the infectivity was weakened, ‘erosion’ also did not work well.

[Is this the effect of sea salt?]

[Yes. It has been determined that the ‘infection’ and ‘erosion’ abilities of monsters that have not been attacked by sea salt remain the same.]

[What about salt water?]

[The effect of salt water is not bad, but it has been confirmed that sea salt is far superior in terms of effect relative to volume and weight.]

Maru’s gaze turned to the image that appeared on the HUD. The hull of the airship was rocking as it descended through the thick fog of dust.

[How about an airship?]

[Half of the thrusters failed due to volcanic ash and dust.]

[Can you reach the target sinkhole?]

[There is a high chance of arriving, but the chance of returning is close to 0%.]

[If you can get rid of the sinkhole, you can retrieve it later. Drop down at full speed.]

[Confirm command.]

The rapidly accelerating airship poured seawater and sea salt into a small sinkhole.

Choaaa …

It was gulping and gurgling as if the sinkhole had become a huge throat. It felt like I was swallowing seawater and sea salt.

And a little later.

The circular sinkhole was distorted.

Kwaaaa …

The bodies of the corpses were gushing out as if they were vomiting, and large pieces of sea salt were stuck to them, half-dissolved.