Night City, Border.
"What's today's date?"
"It's the 16th."
"My salary is about to be paid... Come and have a cigarette."
"Call me daddy."
"Claw."
Two members of the Inspection Bureau in charge of border security were smoking cigarettes and chatting casually.
Anyway, they are not busy at work, so they just need to keep an eye on those "forgotten ones" to prevent them from causing trouble.
But the fact is that no one is making trouble at all - those people are all lifeless, and they always feel like they can't fart even if they kick their butts. They don't look like people with this kind of spirit.
Hey, what the hell, wouldn't it be better to just hang around and get paid? Censorship is not their job, that is the job of the city hall, and it will not tire them.
It’s so refreshing to not have to look at the director’s dead face…
Just as they were thinking this, before either of them could react, they saw a bullet whizzing towards them, knocking off the cigarette butt held in one of them's mouth.
"Hey! Who is it...that's wrong!"
Sparks burst into his eyes, and the man cursed in pain, but he soon realized the problem.
The buffer zone that was empty just now was already filled with smoke and dust.
The roar of the engine came from far and near. Covering your eyes, you saw a team heading in their direction.
This was a sight they had never seen before - mainly because the dressing of these people was really weird. The vanguard were each wearing leather and exposed protective clothing, and their entire faces were covered by iron masks carved with fangs, followed closely behind. The people are slightly better, but not too generous.
If I hadn’t said anything, I would have thought it was some kind of fancy dress catwalk...
The vehicles they boarded were also terrifying - at first glance, they looked like they were made of scrap metal, with long nails, spikes, and rust... But the horsepower displayed was completely inconsistent with the appearance, and it only felt like they arrived in the blink of an eye. before.
"It's an enemy attack!"
After being stunned for a moment, they finally realized, "The Forgotten Ones are going to rebel!" Sound the alarm quickly..."
Before he finished speaking, another bullet struck, but this time it missed the mark - the pointed cone glowing with a strange purple light penetrated the bodies of the two men with a scream that ripped through the air.
Within a few seconds, they saw the two of them twitching and falling to the ground. Their exposed skin gradually turned a gloomy purple color, and their eyes protruded uncontrollably like dead fish.
High-concentration "Rust Mist" armor-piercing bullets!
"superior!"
A tall and thick figure turned over and stood at the front of the car, roaring and shouting, "Blow up this city wall!"
It was Zhao Yuan, the leader of the "forgotten ones" outside the city.
"If you don't want to get up early every day to dig for ore anymore, give me a good beating!"
This sentence was like chicken blood, making the already high-spirited team even more excited.
"Indeed, why should we have to do hard work for them when they can enjoy themselves in the city?"
"Hey, hey, hey, kill him!"
"Totally crazy!"
"The lives of the "forgotten" are also lives! "
"...Let's fight quickly, Leader Zhao."
There was finally a guy dressed normally next to Zhao Yuan, who showed a calmness that was incompatible with other people, and reminded him.
It was Li Tang sent by Shen Qin to help him.
"The alarm has been sounded, and the city defense artillery in Night Sin City will be activated soon."
He warned, "That is something we cannot resist. We must capture this pass before then."
"You don't need to tell me!"
Zhao Yuan snorted coldly, his voice sounding loud and angry through the mask.
As he spoke, he had already thrown away the rifle in his hand, and instead shouldered the special rocket launcher, "Don't just talk, since we want to be quick, let's do it together!"
Seeing him join the battlefield regardless, Li Tang did not follow immediately, but sighed thoughtfully.
They are both "forgotten", although they have different factions, but he still knows very well that Zhao Yuan's men are all crazy.
You can't see much of it on weekdays, but once it's time to fight, these people are often the most difficult to deal with. They will risk their lives even if they bite you off. In the past, during internal struggles, they were the most troublesome. .
Therefore, he was not worried about the fighting enthusiasm of Zhao Yuan and the others. Many of them were even injected with special stimulants before setting off, fearing that even if their heads were cut off, they would not know what pain was.
He was more sighing with emotion, lamenting the energy of Leader Shen's brother.
Needless to say, he had always despised Shen He before. After all, when they first met, the guy looked like a lost dog. His clothes were ragged and decadent, and he was in such a mess that no one could take him seriously.
But after getting along for a while, he found that Shen He did have something, at least he did have the potential to be a leader. Within a month, he had a good relationship with the "forgotten people" who stayed outside the city... Simply saying this is actually not appropriate. I always feel that there may be more people secretly supporting him than those supporting Zhao Yuan.
Because of this, it has become much easier to incite these people to attack the City of Night Sin. Otherwise, even if Zhao Yuan himself is dissatisfied with the City of Night Sin, he may not agree so easily.
However, he knew very well that although the battle looked large, it was not the main battlefield as originally planned. It was more of a distraction so that the remaining people could launch a riot in the city.
After all, not only the city defense artillery, but also the garrison of the Inspection Bureau itself are not vegetarians...
Although no one said it explicitly, Li Tang had already characterized them as cannon fodder in his mind.
So what he has to do is to protect himself, supervise and report the situation at any time. How can he really charge into battle with them?
As he expected, within five minutes after the alarm sounded, a large number of people from the Inspection Bureau had gathered near the border wall - of course there would not be only two guards in such a place, it can only be said that they were unlucky people.
Different from the wildness of the "Forgotten Ones", the people from the Inspection Bureau who came to support looked much neater, wearing uniform protective clothing and holding all brand-new equipment in their hands.
As for the person leading the team... it was not Tang Shuang, the director of the Inspection Bureau, but the adjutant beside her, Yu Xingchuan.
"A warning, stand back now, we will not hold you accountable for your unrest!"
The voice of the adjutant lady came from the loudspeaker, "Otherwise, the Inspection Bureau will suppress you with firepower!"
Well-intentioned attempts to persuade her to retreat were ineffective, and all she received in response were whistling bullets.
Looking closely, each of these "forgotten people" had red eyes and cracked eyes. How could they still hear what they were saying?
"...Fire!"
Seeing this scene, Yu Xingchuan knew something in his mind, "Keep the formation and intercept the enemy from all directions!"
As she gave the order, the densely packed Inspection Bureau members instantly dispersed, and in an instant they took up their stance.
It really happened in the blink of an eye - the Inspection Bureau hired "promoted people" whose qualities were already different from ordinary people.
Coupled with the tactical-level blessing chips they are equipped with, their movement speed is almost too fast to catch.
Under their offensive, the "Forgotten" team suddenly encountered great resistance and could no longer move forward.
"...Don't mess around, hold on!"
There was a pause in Zhao Yuan's tone for a moment, obviously he was shocked by the Inspection Bureau's battle.
The weapons in the opponent's hands were almost the same as theirs. They were also not the standard firearms developed by Night Sin City that they had seen before.
It was a firearm that combined the Forgotten's rust-mist technology, but he could tell after just one confrontation that it was even better in terms of quality!
Impact, accuracy, durability... every indicator is superior to them. Even the small combat drones hovering in the sky shoot high-concentration "rust mist" crystal bullets!
Moreover, it is an improved ammunition - the "Rust Mist" crystal bullet is different from ordinary bullets in that it instantly injects an excessive amount of "Rust Mist" into the human body, causing erosion and mutation to cause damage.
It won't make much difference to ordinary people, but its effect can be seen when facing "upgraded ones" with high defense.
Just like the two unlucky guys just now, their entire bodies were eroded and changed color before they died, and their bodies also shrank into a ball. The appearance of death was quite tragic.
But the ammunition provided by the Inspection Bureau is not limited to this. On this basis, the body of the person who was shot will expand rapidly after death, and then cause an explosion after a brief stagnation, causing the impact to release a large amount of harmful gases!
This alone is enough to disrupt the formation of the "Forgotten Ones", and the protective suits and masks they are equipped with cannot effectively block them at all!
On the contrary, their bullets can be easily blocked by the protective suits of the members of the Inspection Bureau - should they be force field armor? I am a turtle...
What's more, that's not all... The fact is that the confrontation is not limited to long-distance shooting, but also close-range hand-to-hand combat. The vanguard at the front has come into contact, which has once again pushed the level of chaos in the battle.
The level of bloodshed has also risen to another level - whether it's speed or strength, blessing chips like "Twins" amplify everyone's abilities a lot, and everyone knows what close combat will look like.
No matter how powerful an ordinary punch is, it is difficult to kill someone, but if an iron ball roars at one hundred and twenty yards per second, it will definitely kill someone... That's about it.
But in hand-to-hand combat, the "Forgotten Ones" couldn't get any favors... This made Zhao Yuan very puzzled. You must know that his men were not equipped with "Twins", but were recruited from the city not long ago. The smuggled out second-generation blessing chip.
This should be the same as the Inspection Bureau, right? You shouldn't be pressed down and beaten...
While confused, he finally noticed a small detail.
The members of the Inspection Bureau seem to be carrying something on their protective clothing—should it be a syringe? After being injected with the medicine, these people's abilities immediately experienced a qualitative leap.
Is this... a stimulant?
Zhao Yuan didn't know what it was.
Of course he doesn't know. The fact is that there are really not many people who know about the development of "Sublimation" by "Prism". At least they, the "Forgotten Ones" stationed outside the city, have no way to obtain such secret information. …
He also didn't know that the people in the Inspection Bureau were equipped with only a first-generation "twin" chip, which was used in conjunction with the "sublimation" potion - the second-generation potion and the second-generation chip were superior, and there were obvious results.
But he knows that if this continues, he will be greeted by a rout!
So he didn't hesitate, gritted his teeth, turned on the chip's power to the maximum, and at the same time injected three concentrated stimulants into his body.
"Roar--"
A beast-like roar suddenly came from the battlefield, and when he turned around to look, Zhao Yuan's face had become distorted.
Immediately afterwards, he saw his figure begin to swell, and while his muscles exploded, black spikes like ice crystals appeared on his body.
In just a few breaths, he changed from his original appearance of a sturdy man to a complete monster!
"Woc, what is this..."
The ugly appearance obviously shocked everyone present, especially the Inspection Bureau.
Before they could react, Zhao Yuan jumped down from the front of the car and swung out his sharp claws, instantly breaking through the protection and cutting them in half.
"monster!"
No matter how good his psychological quality is, facing such a scene, everyone in the Inspection Bureau will inevitably be timid and shoot at him without any plan.
However, the bullet embedded in his body did not cause any harm to him. Instead, the spikes on his body expanded and shot out, taking away many lives in an instant.
Even the "Forgotten" are no exception - because they know it well, they are powerful, but after the leader becomes like this, he will not distinguish between friends and foes. They may be able to turn the tide of the war, but they will also have to suffer...
The only one who is relatively calm is Yu Xingchuan. She has some knowledge of Zhao Yuan's ability. It is similar to Song Ziyou's "Gigantic Transformation" in Suicheng City. It is called "Alien Beast Transformation". Once activated, he will become such a monster.
However, this seems to be more exaggerated and more destructive than what is recorded.
So she took a deep breath and injected the "sublimation" in the protective suit into her body.
The next second, her eyes turned blue, and the aura around her became dangerous.
She jumped up and rushed towards Zhao Yuan. The gun in her hand gradually decomposed and turned into a sharp blade attached to her arm.
Upgraded ability, "Metal Control", rated A+.
"cut!"
The sharp blade slashed across Zhao Yuan's chest, purple blood spurted out, and the beast took a few steps back, wailing from its mouth.
"What are you doing here? Stay in formation and leave it to me!"
"……yes!"
Seeing this, everyone felt confident again and hurriedly agreed.
There is a saying that compared to Director Tang Shuang, the reputation of this adjutant lady is not very good in the Inspection Bureau.
On the one hand, it was overshadowed by Tang Shuang's halo, and on the other hand, it was also because her style was not too arrogant - she had never done anything to get what she wanted, let alone use power for personal gain...
But few people have considered a question: how could such a picky adjutant, Tang Da, tolerate her?
Because her personal abilities are really not weak.
Not only is he an A+ grade "promoter", he is also very good at overall management - the fact is that as the director, Tang Shuang cannot do everything by himself, most of the tasks are carried out by Xingchuan.
For example, training members of the Inspection Bureau... It turns out that her training was very effective. At least the array just now was in an indestructible state before Zhao Yuan went crazy, and not even a gap could be found.
Moreover, Adjutant Yu also has a great character.
Greed is greed, and she will do it if something happens.
Such as now.
"You ugly monster, go to hell!"
Because of her, everyone will remember this moment.
(End of chapter)
