Rust - Chapter 948



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RUST -948

The story is that when you open the garden of death, the ants attack first even though they are just annihilated.

“That’s strange. How fast does the wing move?”

[Speed ​​is 110~130km/h.]

The AI ​​Diana checked the information in real time. It was fast, but slower than expected. The slow speed was a fatal disadvantage in air combat.

“Are you trying to push the disadvantages with numbers? Even if that’s the case for the Crow Unit, it won’t be of any use to me.”

It was strange that the ants that escaped when the ant empire was wiped out came out like that even though they must have told Maru information.

Diana uploaded a simulation of what would happen if Maru used his death power.

[The Garden of Death has been confirmed to have good lethality, but is vulnerable to attacks from the air.]

“Hmm- so it’s a winged beauty?”

It was good that it became an active defense when it became the Garden of Death. Even if it was an attack that was out of danger detection, the vines would automatically defend against it.

Unlike the explosive, quick-spreading aura of death, the Garden of Death could penetrate through vents and cracks, and climb up walls and ceilings to take control of a space in three dimensions.

The effect of the living being is weakened and cannot be felt on the other side even if the door is closed, but this is not the case with the Garden of Death.

In addition, the more deaths you harvest, the longer the duration of the effect and the larger the area you control increase. This means that the Garden of Death is overwhelmingly powerful in terms of sustained killing power.

However, it had a critical drawback: it required a support structure that could be deployed on the floor, wall, or ceiling.

If you breathe life into the air, it will encroach on a certain area, but the area of ​​death will only spread out in the air, leaving only a few vines.

“So the ants are going to use their wings to avoid the death zone and attack?”

[It is highly likely.]

Drones can’t be used when the wings gather. Even a crow army wouldn’t be able to handle tens of millions of wings rushing in.

“Can’t we block it with the shield of a Black Drake-class airship?”

[The airship’s shield is optimized to stop high-velocity projectiles and optical weapons, so it is not suitable for stopping slow-moving insects.]

“It would be dangerous if tens of millions of winged creatures were to attach themselves. It would be difficult to use strategic nuclear weapons, right?”

[It has been confirmed that there is an active fault near the current engagement location. Strategic nuclear weapons capable of affecting the fault are a risky option.]

If it’s a winged weapon of tens of millions, nuclear weapons are the most reliable and simple method. Diana advised against using strategic nuclear weapons because they would cause shock to the fault line.

“If it’s the size of a nuclear grenade, then it wouldn’t matter, right?”

[Yes, but if you use a nuclear grenade to kill tens of millions of people, the side effects will be serious.]

It would be easy to push them away by using a lot of nuclear grenades or pouring down large amounts of napalm, but large-scale contamination is inevitable.

Above all, the problem was that killing tens of millions was not the end.

[It is estimated that the number of ants living in North America exceeds the trillions.]

The number of ants on the entire planet is expected to be in the order of kyung.

The ant colony that had just started fighting with Kim Yang’s punitive force had no idea how much it would grow in the future. Since the number of winged insects making a diversionary attack was confirmed to be in the tens of millions, the ants that were killed by the ground forces were literally discarded in the operation.

“The numbers are much higher than what Ms. Kim first said. Are you saying that the number of ants that mutated during the winter is higher than expected?”

[Yes. The number of enemy ground ants confirmed just before the engagement and the size of the winged ants do not match. The size of the enemy is much larger than expected.]

Maru, who had gathered his thoughts, communicated with Ms. Kim.

“I’ll send you the airship back from its expedition as soon as I finish checking it.”

[Cheek- Yeah. Okay.]

“Is there a plan to deal with the winged ants? It seems like the ants are aware of me and are sending winged ants.”

[Beep- Ah- That could be true. Don’t worry. I have something in mind. And tomorrow, our army of ants and a swarm of rats will come to support, so we can stop them.]

Miss Kim exuded confidence.

“Looking at it, the advance team is currently being discarded. I think they’ll send in hundreds of millions more.”

[Chijik- A hundred million? Not ten million?]

Kim Yang was thinking that tens of millions would be a lot, but suddenly blinked at the word hundreds of millions.

“Yeah. So if you think you can’t stop it, just retreat. Time is on our side.”

[Chick-······.]

Maru gently comforted Kim Yang, who had been full of confidence until just a moment ago.

“Don’t forget. The speed at which we respond using scientific and technological development is faster than the number of ants increasing. And I can clean up what comes to the ground. There’s no need to push yourself too hard.”

[Beep- ···Okay.]

Miss Kim had a completely clueless expression, but she answered anyway, so she wouldn’t lose any troops. Maru decided to depart as soon as the airship inspection was finished.

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After finishing the call, Ms. Kim checked the status board.

‘It definitely looked like there were at most tens of millions.’

It was hard to understand how a billion could come out, but if it was Maru and not someone else, then the probability was high.

If the plan that the ants came up with to deal with Maru’s death ability was to use wings, it wouldn’t be a simple wing. If they tried to get close, they’d be eaten by the death vines, blades of grass, and shadow rats.

“Crow Unit. Replace with air combat weapons. Intercept the Wingmi.”

155mm self-propelled howitzers, 120mm self-propelled mortars, and 20mm railguns for drone strikes were enough on the ground. They hadn’t even approached the tunnels yet.

Kaaaak- (Okay-)

After finishing their bombing, the crows switched to their aerial combat weapons and split into two groups and flew to the left and right. This was the direction the winged hawks were coming from.

How long had it been? The multipurpose reconnaissance aircraft floating in the stratosphere began transmitting footage of the clash between the Winged Wings and the Crows, which were closing in like a black cloud.

Caw! (Fire!)

The sky began to burn as the Crow Unit launched a missile attack. The small air-to-air missiles and the wingmen were not a good match.

This was because even if you shot thousands of rounds and caught thousands of them, you wouldn’t be able to catch even a handful. The following coilgun shooting was the same. The combination of the 7.6mm coilgun and special bullets wasn’t weak, but the number of winged hawks was too many.

A force of tens of thousands of crows was too small to deal with an enemy that was not flying in a single line from the ground, but rushing in in a three-dimensional manner like a cloud.

KAAAH! (Shoot!)

Knock! (Damage!)

That way, I could see the weapons the winged beasts had. It was a ant mountain with a range of over 50m.

“Formic acid? Yes, it is formic acid.”

It was clear that the stinging insects that were sticking out their tails were formic acid.

If you shoot formic acid like a bombardment from the air, it will pour down like a shower.

What if tens of millions of them are fired at once?

There was no way to avoid it.

“Hmph- Crow Unit, retreat. Airship Unit, advance over the area.”

A formation of airships led by Kim Yang arrived above the expected wing movement area, maintaining an altitude of 6 km.

“jet.”

The liquid sprayed from the airship began to settle like fog, like clouds. The wingtips pierced through the fog.

“throwing down!”

Napalm bombs that had fallen from the corn began to explode in the air. The flammable liquid sprayed like a mist exploded all at once, turning the air into a sea of ​​fire.

Puhwaaaaaaaah-

The sky was on fire enough to turn red, but unlike when it exploded on the ground, it disappeared in an instant, not enough to burn the ants’ chitinous shells or cook their insides.

The same goes for the images sent from the stratospheric reconnaissance aircraft, where the size of the wingtips has not changed much.

“Ehhhh? Even with such a huge explosion, the numbers didn’t decrease. What should I do?”

“It works. It works.”

At Ms. Kim’s words that it was effective, the nurse checked the video sent by the reconnaissance aircraft again. The size of the wing had barely changed.

“Is that you? It seems like there are more.”

“Are your eyes swollen?”

When I turned my head, I saw that the corners of Kim Yang’s mouth were turned up as he looked at the status board.

“Look at the speed, not the size. Their speed has slowed down.”

“Huh? Speed?”

Looking back, the speed of the winged insect that had been flying incredibly fast had slowed down significantly.

“The wings are burnt. It means they fell to the ground and are crawling.”

If it had been the wings of a bird like a crow, it would not have been possible to burn them with a momentary flame, but the wings of insects like ants were vulnerable to flame. They could not withstand the momentary heat and shriveled up.

“Ahhh- wings made of flames… Amazing- amazing.”

At the nurse’s praise, Ms. Kim nodded, ahem.

“The crow unit has replaced its equipment and is beginning to bomb. The drone unit that was on standby is also beginning to bomb again.”

An ant without wings will just become a ground dog.

If he came to the ground, I was confident I could beat him up.

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Maru let out an exclamation of admiration at the scene where Yang Kim, who had been a member of the crow unit, turned Wingmi into an ant with fireworks.

“Hoo- They said there was a way.”

There are pheromone devices, so you can confuse them with pheromone attacks, adjust the shield to block formic acid and fight with melee attacks, or use airships to lure winged beasts. I thought you’d use other methods, but you just burnt the wings.

The moment the floor reached those who were rushing to the ground, it was as good as booking death. Regardless of the number.

Since Maru had already confirmed his limits in Korea, he had a sense of how much to harvest and at what point to stop.

‘I’ll be able to hold out long enough until I get there.’

If you do well, you might win.

Maru’s private airship was heading to the battlefield.

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Na Ju-yeon and her research team began running simulations based on Joseph Meyer’s psychic records.

“Your emotions are very variable this time.”

“I guess the conversation didn’t go well.”

At first, I could notice emotional changes, and as the simulations piled up, I was able to distinguish between positive and negative.

Now, if you can tell whether it’s negative or positive, you can tell if your mind is talking negatively or positively.

Based on this, it will be possible to create a telepathy device that goes beyond transmitting mental waves and eavesdropping on communications. That is what Na Ju-yeon and her research team thought.

“Let’s talk to Kim Ki-soon.”

“The tests for mental contamination haven’t been completed yet.”

“It’s okay. I’ll make a video call.”

“I will prepare.”

Ki-soon’s face appeared on the screen. A face that looked fine even though it was isolated.

[Hey. I thought you’d contact me earlier. You’re contacting me now.]

“Are you uncomfortable at all?”

[What could be uncomfortable? I know that, but it’s okay as long as it doesn’t make noise in my head.]

“Is that so? Was the thing that came to your mind yesterday something unpleasant?”

[It wasn’t fun. Are you sure you’re going to use that reaction as a benchmark?]

“I won’t answer that question. You know why, right?”

Ki-soon shrugged his shoulders and narrowed his eyes.

[You know that Joseph Meyer’s dregs have psychic abilities, but you just left them alone. Is it because I might awaken my psychic abilities?]

“······.”

[I see. So Joseph Meyer didn’t expect that?]

“So you’re saying that if you continue to be exposed to psychic waves, problems may arise?”

Na Ju-yeon thought about it for a moment and then decided.

“Okay, let’s set a time. How about limiting it to one hour once a day?”

[Okay, do that. And how’s the situation?]

“There’s nothing to worry about. Miss Kim is holding it in check and he himself has gone to provide support.”

[I see. Tell the spider not to worry right now.]

I expected ants and spiders to become active when the weather cleared up, but I don’t have to worry about spiders.

[Because it’s your force that controls the spiders. They won’t attack us for the time being.]

“Why are you telling me this now?”

[I had a hunch that the spider was controlling them, but now I know that it really is.]

“······. Okay. Let’s set a time and talk.”

[Let’s do that.]

“is it so.”

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Puhwaaaaaaaah-

As the air burned, hundreds of thousands of winged insects lost their wings and fell to the ground.

Kikrik- Kikrik-

The sight of wingless ants entangled with each other and advancing looked like army ants sweeping through. As the group advanced, they began to break apart as they entered the black area.

The blade was cut by the blade of grass and woven by the black vines. Even when I turned to the side to avoid the garden of death, shadow mice rushed in and blocked my path.

In an instant, tens of thousands of units were erased, and in the time it takes to burn a cigarette, hundreds of thousands of units were melted. Miss Kim and the nurse gaped at the sight of the area of ​​death that had grown so much and was turning the ants into fertilizer.

It was so pointless to fight until the shit came out with 155mm self-propelled guns, 120mm self-propelled mortars, bombs, and rockets.

The same was true for the punitive force members. They were so shocked and terrified by the sight that denied reality that their faith grew.

[······.]

[······.]

Certainly, the performance that Maru showed was something that no other human being could do.

[······.]

[······.]

In an instant, hundreds of thousands of units melted away.

And that too, in real time, continuously, endlessly.

As the millions and tens of millions of units were erased, the ants, seemingly unaware of the fear of death, stopped advancing.

Kikrik- Kikrik-

Ants retreating, exchanging antennae.

Kkirik- Kkirik-

Tsutsucheok- Tsujeok-

The march of ants that seemed unstoppable has finally come to an end.

The vines and blades of grass trembled as if they wanted to run towards the swarm of ants.

Clang-

[Up to there.]

Maru limited the deaths that were about to escape control.