Rust - Chapter 949
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RUST -949
A colony of ants retreating far behind.
Maru didn’t chase after him any further.
‘That’s fortunate.’
It was a good idea to test the limits in advance in Korea. The current location is in the northern region, near the center of Canada.
If death’s control were to be released here, it was clear that the entire North America, including the ocean, would fall into the sphere of death’s influence.
Death that would extend until it reached the Atlantic, North Sea, and Pacific Oceans. Fortunately, the ant colony retreated before the apocalypse of death erupted.
shuriririririk—
Chuririririri—
The death zone, which had expanded to a 5km radius of control, squirmed like a swarm of retreating ants, but did not escape control.
Maru consumed death and grew vines and grass. The vines and grass grew up to the height of a five-story building. The vines and grass grew up to a whopping 15 to 18 meters.
‘If the current area is maintained, an air attack is possible up to that height.’
If you drastically reduce the area of death and focus only on the vines, you should be able to attack from above that height. Even if you don’t burn the wings of the winged beast like Kim Yang prepared, you should be able to counterattack to some extent.
I moved the vines and blades of grass to provoke them, assuming various situations, but the ants retreated far behind and did not attack me.
The floor was freed from the realm of death. The sight of the floor that had been dyed black returning to its original color. The sight of the sparkling black particles disappearing like a mirage was dreamlike, as if it were a fleeting illusion.
Amidst the scattering black particles, Maru turned to meet Kim Yang at the punitive force headquarters.
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The floor disappeared like particles melting into thin air.
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Miss Kim and the nurse blinked.
‘What we’re seeing now isn’t CG, right?’
‘No?’
The footage sent from the stratospheric reconnaissance aircraft was shocking.
Not only did hundreds of thousands of units melt away in an instant, but Maru’s actions after the ants retreated were also similar.
Jack and the Beanstalk?
Was it bean sprouts?
Anyway, the sight of the black vines soaring into the sky was spectacular. Even if a flock of winged beasts came, I didn’t think they could get through that forest of vines.
And suddenly the realm of death disappeared.
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
It was the realm of death that turned into black, glowing particles and disappeared. As the realm of death disappeared into thin air, the floor was no longer visible.
Where did you go?
Where did you go?
Ms. Kim and the nurse staring intently at the monitor.
As the two were concentrating on finding the hidden floor on the monitor, the door opened silently. The nurse was watching the screen without even noticing that the door was opening, but Ms. Kim was not.
“Who is it? Who opened the door without even knocking!”
When Kim Yang turned her head with her eyes focused on the ground, the person standing in front of her was Maru.
“grow.”
“Wow. You’re here?”
Miss Kim creaked as she greeted Maru’s sudden appearance. The nurse, whose eyes were wide open, also greeted Maru with her characteristic ‘Eeeet-‘ voice.
“Uh- If you come, you’ll come···.”
Miss Kim said, “Don’t talk.” But she had an expression of “Oh no.” She had forgotten that since she had spread death, all communication devices and such would be dead.
No. Wait a minute.
Kim Yang’s eyes rolled towards the monitor and then towards the floor in front of him.
“Uh. Yeah- um-”
It was over 10km away from the front line, and it suddenly appeared like this? Even if it moved at 15~16m per second, it would be about 54~58km per hour.
But why did you suddenly appear here?
how?
A sudden appearance. A slip of the tongue. And a nurse right next to her who was completely distracted by her lively reactions. Miss Kim’s mind was suddenly complicated.
Is it true?
I think that’s really true.
Is this situation right now not some kind of fantasy?
The mental response equipment and pheromone blocking device were normal.
Miss Kim, who had caught a glimpse of him, squeaked and saluted.
Maru, who had been grinning, nodded in greeting and sat down, saying:
“You were doing well. You did well.”
“Huh– Yeah-”
‘But how did you get here?’ Kim Yang was really curious, but she held it in for now. Maru checked the situation first, not knowing whether he knew Kim Yang’s feelings or not.
“How do the ants react?”
“I was pushed back more than 20km.”
Mr. Kim displayed the data taken from the stratospheric reconnaissance aircraft on the monitor.
“They’re a bit strange. They must know they’re being reconnaissanced, but they’re moving above ground instead of through tunnels. They’re also continuing to reinforce their troops even as they retreat.”
“It’s definitely strange.”
They were openly gathering troops in the rear, knowing that they would be beaten to death by high-altitude bombings from drones and crow units.
The size of the gathered ants varied greatly. There were ants that were 50 to 60 cm long, but there were far more ants that were 10 to 20 cm long.
“Wasn’t the main force the big ant?”
“Yeah. Most of the ants that committed suicide at first were big.”
Maru’s gaze, which had been looking at the monitor, turned to the nurse.
“How was the pheromone analysis?”
“Ah- Again- So it was something like ‘advance’ or ‘charge.’ And no matter what they were saying through the pheromone interpreter, they didn’t hear it at all.”
The pheromone interpreter didn’t listen?
“And there was another strange part. When I was catching ants in the ant empire, I felt a bit of fear or fear of death, but these ants were like they had gone crazy and just ran towards me while burning to death.”
It was a natural instinct to avoid hot flames. But the ants simply burned to death and made their way through. If that were the case, they should have ignored the area of death and kept rushing forward, but instead, they retreated.
“And then you say they’re increasing the numbers···.”
“Since they’re all gathered together, we can wipe them all out with nuclear grenades and small nukes…”
“What about the pollution level?”
“If they’re all clustered together like that, I don’t think we’ll need to use them as much. The assistant AI also said that it doesn’t seem to be as polluted as before.”
It’s past mid-April. A dry spring.
In the initial engagement, the front lines were set ablaze by the aftermath of napalm and nuclear grenades being poured in. The black smoke and ash that covered the sky reminded one of Japan.
‘If the reason the ant empire attacked Mr. Den’s empire is the same as the ants’ current behavior.’
“What about mutant monsters?”
“It suddenly came rushing in last time, but it hasn’t happened since.”
The reason why mutant monsters are pushing into human cities is probably because of the proliferation of ants. If millions of ants are attached to them, it won’t be easy even for mutant monsters.
It was the same with a swarm of rats. If it was in the hundreds of thousands or millions, it would be easy to see the numbers, but if it was in the tens of millions or billions, it would be difficult for a swarm of rats to stop a colony of ants.
‘Is that so?’
If that is the case, then the ants gathered now are an unnecessary number in the ant colony. The fact that they are all different sizes and that many wing tips have been plucked out can be explained in the same context.
It would be nice if you could push it.
But even if you can’t push, you can still control the population.
That’s what I’m thinking about…
Maru had no intention of moving according to their will.
I guess I can now control the realm of death. I was planning to get rid of the ant risk while I’m at it.
“Bomb it.”
“Huh? Really?”
Miss Kim was delighted, not knowing whether Maru would allow it.
“Okay. Wipe them all out and find out where their base is.”
“Okay.”
Lulu Lala. Kim Yang immediately gave the bombing order and began organizing troops to advance north.
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Boston, the temporary capital of the Empire.
General Dan Brown’s voice was still the same.
“The reconnaissance aircraft’s entry has been blocked?”
“Yes. We are refusing to allow entry into Canadian airspace controlled by the Holy Kingdom.”
“What about going in by taking a detour?”
“Once we enter that airspace, we will lose contact with the airship.”
“The signal was cut off?”
“yes.”
A loss of signal means that they have been captured or shot down. Since the declaration of the principle of non-interference, the Holy Kingdom’s stratospheric airships have been flying outside of Imperial airspace.
I will not look at the Empire, so the Empire should not even think about looking at the Holy Kingdom. At first, it didn’t matter whether it was like that or not, but the current situation is problematic.
“What did you say about the smoke and ash that came from that direction?”
“They also said they are investigating the cause.”
According to the results of the atmospheric component analysis, it is said to be smoke that would be produced only when a large-scale forest fire breaks out.
‘They said there was also a trace amount of radioactivity.’
The results show that it’s not just smoke, but also radiation. This means that there’s a high possibility that tactical nukes were used. If tactical nukes were used, that means they’re engaged in combat. What on earth are they fighting that would cover Boston and New York in smoke?
‘I said we should exterminate ants and spiders together in the spring.’
We have already experienced enough during the New York incident that ants are scary. If ants are that dangerous, spiders must be no joke.
‘They said we should fight together, but the situation is so serious that they’re going to fight first.’
Then why are you blocking the information? Why not just reveal that ants and spiders are fighting?
‘Is there something wrong internally?’
The reason for that judgment was because Bernard Green and Kim Ki-soon had disappeared. When we inquired here, the person in charge on the other side was Ki-soon, but Ki-soon had not been seen for some time.
Knock knock knock-
‘Since the expedition to Korea?’
After the expedition to Korea, Ki-sun, who went on the expedition to Southeast Asia with us, disappeared.
“Let’s make an official complaint again. What is the cause, and how long will we have to suffer from smoke and ash like this?”
“All right.”
“And it is said that the Southeast Asian market has been recaptured in Korea.”
“In Korea? Did the Holy Kingdom intervene?”
So you didn’t stop at Korea and went all the way to Southeast Asia?
Is Ki-sun left behind to pioneer the Southeast Asian market?
“Yes. According to information, it has been confirmed that he was involved in the Philippine Civil War.”
“so?”
“The Philippine rebels have been greatly reduced, and the Korean and Philippine governments have signed an agreement. So there has been a request to expand the scale of trade with Southeast Asia.”
“Let’s do that. And ask them to send me detailed information about what the Holy Kingdom did in the Philippines and how it supported them.”
Knock, knock, knock – added Den Brown, who was drumming his fingers on the desk.
“If trade volume in Southeast Asia increases, it will be difficult to do it with just barter. What currency will we use as the exchange currency?”
“It has been decided to use the Holy Kingdom gold coin as the base currency.”
Well, it wasn’t just Vladimir Kalin and Green Sun who helped out. They probably got reserve currency status in return for helping Korea and the Philippines.
‘It’s a reserve currency.’
It was a somewhat nostalgic sound. Imperial currency. I wish the Imperial dollar could be used as a reserve currency, but it was still difficult.
If the Southeast Asian market becomes active, we will be able to experience a piece of the affluent era of globalization, even if it is not like before.
The three-way trade between the Holy Kingdom, Korea, and the Empire was like rain in a drought. The Empire was able to quickly recover its lacking military power, the Holy Kingdom was able to secure key resources and consumer goods, including gold, silver, and copper needed for the base currency, and Korea was able to avoid economic collapse. What if the Southeast Asian market was added to this?
“For trade with Southeast Asia, use the Holy Kingdom currency, and for trade with Europe and South America, use the Imperial currency and in kind.”
“yes.”
“What happened to the ocean city?”
“The foundation work is complete and the building is under construction.”
The foundation of the ocean city was completed. The foundation was made up of giga floats that far surpassed the scale of the mega floats. This was because the scale was increased during construction, and it was the result of the new technologies of the Empire and the Holy Kingdom being combined.
On the artificial island floating in the sea, tall buildings were being built and large trees were being planted. A forest of enormous buildings and a unique rectangular park, which seemed to have been moved from New York before it collapsed, began to appear little by little.
Dan Brown turned his head out the window to see the magnificent image, and saw downtown Boston filled with smoke and ash like a thick fog.
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Kuuuung-
A deep, sharp bang and a deep hole were dug. In one shot, the path to the underground caverns of the ant kingdom was opened. This was the work of a hypersonic bunker buster missile.
The hypersonic missiles we got from them were reverse-engineered and reinforced in just a few hours, and after simulation testing, they were put into production.
The advanced production equipment of the Holy Kingdom was optimized for small-quantity, multi-variety production, although it was difficult to mass-produce suddenly.
Within two days, a hypersonic missile prototype was produced and used against the ant colony currently engaged. As a result, the hypersonic missiles that the Holy Kingdom had tampered with showed terrifying penetrative power.
[The central common area was opened.]
“Step back.”
As the drone waiting overhead fell farther away, death unfolded near a vertical hole in the floor.
Death, which had been absorbed in abundance, began to appear in reality as it was consumed. Maru did not spread out the garden of death, but made it into a liquid and let it flow into the hole.
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Death, sucked into a hole and disappearing, covered the ant kingdom.
The ants could neither run away nor fight against the sudden death. In the space where death had passed like a tidal wave, only the manure that had been the ants remained.
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