Rust - Chapter 935



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RUST -935

Many prophets were predicting the end of the world.

“At first I didn’t believe it. It was unscientific and irrational. But after decades of verification, I came to know that prophecies about the end of the world can actually come true.”

Humanity called the end of the world the destruction of the Earth, but strictly speaking, it was not the destruction of the Earth. The Earth simply existed, and the ones who were becoming extinct or destroyed were the living beings currently on the Earth.

“Already tens of thousands of species have gone extinct, but humans have ignored that fact. Because humans were not the target. And because of what humans did, the extinction of humans is now imminent.”

[It’s human behavior’s fault?]

Maru said as he took off his helmet. It was already broken anyway.

“Yes, because humans have devoured everything on Earth.” “······.”

“We concluded that the surest way to prevent the destruction of humanity was to manage humanity.”

When I heard the word ‘management’, things like production management and quality management came to mind. To put it nicely, it was management, but Maru’s brow furrowed because the meaning it contained was not necessarily good.

“There are too many people whose very existence is a burden. To be honest, there are too many people who are destroying the Earth.”

“Existence is a burden? Ah- right. Then who decides who is the problem?”

The woman, sensing that Maru’s tone was not good, took a step aside.

“Environmental regulations were meaningless, and neither political nor economic solutions worked.”

“Don’t change the subject. Who can decide whether humans are the problem or not?”

The gunfire and screaming were slowly dying down. It meant that the Garden of Death was starting to grow stronger as it cleared out the cannibals.

Since my attempt to take only a few heads had failed, since I had already spread the realm of death, I was planning on wiping them all out, so I was focusing on preventing them from escaping rather than killing them.

The floor, walls, and ceiling were all covered in death, so the density was low, and the initial attack power and absorption power were weak, but the choice of the floor was right.

“The bullets aren’t working!”

“Even a flamethrower won’t burn it.”

“The bomb?”

“Blow it up!”

Boom! Kwaaaaang!

“The black curtain won’t burst!”

“It’s a vine!”

“There are vines on the ceiling and walls too!”

“Keep shooting!”

They could not escape through death, and likewise they could not enter from the outside.

“Don’t get caught in the vines!”

“They are sucking our life force out of us.”

“I feel like I’m getting stronger!”

“Don’t die, damn it. If you’re going to die, blow yourself up!”

“Support?”

“The communication is dead.”

“Is the phone still dead? Even the phone?”

“There goes that rat. Catch him!”

The vines slowly tightening, the grass sharply tearing, and the black rat persistently clinging to you. The noisy party venue gradually began to quiet down.

“······.”

“······.”

Suddenly, silence descended after the last gunshot and explosion.

“You were wasting your time.”

“Did I pull it?”

At Maru’s expression that said, ‘You did it all by yourself, b*stard,’ sparks began to spread out from under her crimson dress.

Whoosh whoosh-

The woman gave her final order amidst the red flames that burned in layers like a fragrant rose blossom.

“Let me say this one last time. Clear this space. Would you like to negotiate?”

Maru signaled for Newclips to come over. It was obvious from the sound of ‘negotiation bullshit’. They were just doing a noble work(?) for humanity, and they were going to say something like this.

After the Garden of Death unfolded, Nuclipse, who had been saying “I am a sword. Just a sword,” became stiff and sharp like a normal sword.

“The negotiations broke down.”

The corners of the woman’s mouth curved as she saw the tip of the sword, and one of the four men standing behind her rushed toward the floor like a bullet.

Chaeeeeeeeeeng—

In an instant, the man with the knife drawn was shot away, and at the same time, black vines shot up to the ground and tangled the man in the air.

Kkwaduk- Crimson blood poured out from the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears of the man twisted in the air. Before any life could be pulled out of the Garden of Death, the flowing blood boiled and burned as if it were exploding.

Boom- hurrururuk-

The vines that had entangled the man melted in the bloody flames.

Kwaaaaaaaah!!!

A man whose whole body, starting with his face, began to burn like lava ran towards the floor, but over 40 knife vines automatically began to dismember the man.

‘Is the heat sticky?’

The spark of life was sticky. The blood clung to the knife and burned, and the crimson flames burned the vines that wrapped around the knife.

The vines that had been tying the knives turned to ashes and the knives fell down with a thud. Taking advantage of the moment when the knives disappeared, two of the three rushed toward the floor at the same time.

Clang-

Crunch-

The vines entangled them like spiderwebs, and the blades of grass cut into their limbs. A hot heat rose between the blood and flesh that spurted everywhere.

■■- □□□□□—

Kwarung— Kwarrrrrrrr—-

The crimson flames condensed and exploded into a white explosion. The Garden of Death contracted due to the absurdly powerful explosion, creating a thick barrier in front of the floor.

As the lava-like heat melted away half the barrier of vines and grass, the crimson woman and the lone remaining man began to escape through the wall where death had disappeared.

Kwajik-

‘I’m just a sword.’ Maru jumped down from the terrace, swinging his Nuclips in mode and tearing the closed shutters.

A shadow stood up behind Maru, who had landed lightly like a cat. The one who had been thrown outside at first was growling at Maru, touching his jawbone.

“You- you little shit-”

Maru swung his New Clips without looking back.

Standing still—

Bam-

The severed head was lying on the floor with an expression like ‘This kid.’ Maru didn’t even glance in that direction.

‘Where are you?’

What Maru was looking for was a fiery woman.

As the Garden of Death unfolded, the power went out and the area around the hotel was pitch black. Perhaps because they were prepared for electronic warfare, the power went out only in the hotel and its vicinity, while the lights were on in other areas as usual.

‘Did he run away into the forest?’

No. It’s not the forest. They must have called reinforcements.

The reinforcements would have been used as fertilizer to break through the Garden of Death blocking all sides. In that case, the woman would have to go towards the city.

Maru’s gaze turned to the road. A crimson dress was moving away quickly in front of him. Even though she was wearing high heels, it was moving at an incredible speed.

Tsk-

Maru, who clicked his tongue slightly, opened up the garden of death. He caught so many things that looked like cannibals and vampires, but it was not rewarding.

It was because of the flames that burned life, and also because they would rather blow themselves up than lose their lives in the garden of death.

As he was about to chase after the woman who was shrinking in an instant, Maru’s eyes suddenly became sharp.

‘What about the other one?’

Clearly, there were two of them when they ran away… Pak- The dagger vines spread out behind Maru’s back automatically slashed behind him.

Pak- Bababak-

Blood began to drip from the tip of the dagger as it dug into the floor.

Hidden underground? Or in the shadows?

Whatever it was, it was hiding inside, waiting for its chance.

Kkaaaaaaaaa-

The floor was cut by a slash of more than 40 daggers, slicing through the floor and shadows. Long, deep slash marks were made on the ground. A severed human torso was visible through the gushing blood.

As soon as I swung my sword in preparation for the explosion, I immediately pulled back, but there was no burning or explosion. Cannibals would blow themselves up before they could die, but this bitch didn’t blow herself up.

‘Was this year’s smile the same?’

I thought it was the biofuel that the fire years carried around.

Maru cut off the head of the dead man in the ground.

‘Will it become space? It will become space.’

The head, which had been split in half and stored in a preservation container, split open on both sides and a newly severed head took its place.

Maru looked in the direction where the fiery woman had run away. She had disappeared in just a few seconds.

Waaaaa …

The sound of sirens waking up the island. Searchlights turned on from all directions, shooting out into the darkness of the hotel and its surroundings.

What should I do?

If the Garden of Death had completely absorbed the cannibals, it could have pushed the entire island away.

‘The ability to turn life force into flames.’

I thought of those who said that blood is life. In her case, blood and life would be fire and fuel. Since she has no power to die, if she opens the garden of death, her mental and physical strength will be consumed.

Tsk-

‘This kid.’ Maru stepped back, putting the head that had been hanging around in a storage container with an expression on his face. The island wasn’t running away anywhere.

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The Crow Unit literally annihilated the flock of seagulls. The air-to-air missiles used by the Crow Unit were effective, but even more effective were the Crow-specific masks.

The flock of seagulls tried to lure the crows away to hide the island, which inevitably put a strain on their lungs.

“The lungs are like that, so they’re all destroyed. They can’t even run away.”

Ki-soon said this while looking at Maru changing into his broken Ripper suit.

“Are you going again?”

“We have to see the end. There are Aegis ships and even submarines in the port.”

“Submarine on the Aegis?”

“Yes. I can say that the speedboats are like that, but the submarines and Aegis ships are like that. There were even tank units and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. There were also many Westerners.”

Maru said, putting the head down in the preservation container.

The floating heads each had distinct characteristics. The woman who had dug into the ground and had her torso torn in half was Latin. The expression on her face was mixed race. The researcher looked Japanese.

“Are you going right away?”

“There’s a girl I have to catch, but she’s really good at running away. Her abilities are also tricky.”

A year that uses blood as fuel. I had a feeling that if I let that year go, I would get tired.

“It’s good to go. Since you’ve already brought it, wouldn’t it be better to extract the information and go? It won’t take too long.”

Ki-soon says that if you ran away because there was a submarine, it would be too late even if you went right now. It would be better to extract information from your head and check it.

“Whatever you do, why don’t you check the information and then decide?”

“···okay.”

Ki-soon extracted information from the researcher’s head, which was split left and right, because the risk of injury was the greatest.

Pogurruruk-

The researcher’s memories and information floating on the monitor were a bit disappointing.

“This guy was trying to run away from there.”

“······.”

What can I do? It’s not like I’m going around writing on my forehead, ‘I don’t like this place.’ or ‘I’m trying to escape.’

“I think most of the information for researchers is related to experiments. Let’s save it separately. Let’s look at other things.”

Ki-soon nodded at Maru’s words and stuck the information extractor into the head of the ‘this kid.’ expression.

Pogururrrrrr-

He was promoted with the support of a wealthy family. After his discharge, he worked for a PMC (private military company). He became a cannibal and later worked as a security team leader at Hotel No. 4.

“There are five similar hotels. Why are there so many hotels on such a small island? Anyway, there seem to be quite a few of them. Are you okay? The Garden of Death is almost completely consumed.”

If you add up all the cannibals and vampires of the upper and middle class, there must be about 100 to 150 of them. Maru had turned one place into a wasteland, so there were four places left.

“I should just go for it. If I just try to find out their special abilities, it’ll be worth a try.”

As the head of the security team, he had information about evacuation areas and escape methods in case of an emergency. And also the special abilities of the security personnel.

The last one was a Latina woman who had gone underground.

Ppeugururururuk–

Ki-sun’s eyes narrowed as he looked at the information that appeared on the monitor. Information about Maru was appearing.

“This. I don’t think it would be good for you to go down alone?”