"Ha, after all these years, it's still the same here."
After inhaling a breath of air with a serious dust content, Mann put down the telescope in his hand and expressed his views on the wasteland in the east of Night City under his feet.
Due to the large-scale armed conflicts that broke out in Northern and Southern California between 2069 and 2070, although Night City, which was sandwiched between the two, remained neutral, most of the infrastructure in the suburbs was severely damaged, and more than 90% of the railways and roads were severely damaged. It was semi-permanently enclosed and remains abandoned to this day.
Therefore, within the limit of the field of view that can be observed by the telescope, there is only a highway repaired by Ye's company that is still somewhat inhabited. The rest are uninhabited building ruins and scrapped wind turbines.
In this Wild West-style post-apocalyptic landscape, glaring sunlight and choking sand are the only rulers. Except for the wandering tribes near the lake entrance of the highway and the villains who were exiled by the tribes, no one would like such a barren land.
It is precisely this harsh environment that has prompted biotechnology companies to use floating fleets to transport their precious seeds to reduce risks during transportation.
"It's done, thanks to your help, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get such a powerful thing."
It took half an hour for Rebecca's brother, Pila, a technical expert in the team, to finally assemble his big toy, a missile and launcher equipped with an EMP warhead.
Throwing the tools into the cargo compartment of the Bratsk truck, Pila shook hands with Sorrento, who was wearing a sand-colored camouflage uniform next to him, and said: "Mr. It’s better to just move his fingers and thank him in person if you have the opportunity in the future.”
Faced with Pila's compliment, Sorrento, who did not hesitate to visit the scene in order to ensure the success of the operation, smiled and said that if it were not for the mission, this emp missile could be sold for at least 100,000 euros on the black market.
In order to shoot down and paralyze the aerial convoy of biotechnology as soon as possible, a copycat EMP missile made with several EMP grenades and rockets tied together would definitely not work, so he specially applied to his superiors for a group-made military-grade EMP missile. emp missile, which is powerful enough to instantly burn out any electronic device in the cyberpunk world.
Miyoko Okawa, who was sitting in the carriage wiping the mantis knife on her arm, heard this and said coldly: "Mr. Star's ability is far beyond what you can imagine. If you want to thank him in person, you must complete this level at least ten more times." Task."
"Oh my god! Ten times?" Pyrrha flicked the surface of the EMP launcher with his flexible prosthetic fingers, listening to the moving metal crisp sound, and said in an exaggerated tone: "Then I'd better ask you two to do it for me. Please convey your gratitude, I haven’t lived enough yet!”
While several people were talking, Mann, who had been observing the distant sky with a telescope, suddenly shouted: "Stop chatting! The target appears very quickly! Pyrrha, you only have one chance!"
"Okay, boss, look at me!"
Pila, whose hands were already itching unbearably, flew to the side of the launcher, and with three clicks, she locked on a long series of floating vehicles that were still small black dots on the horizon.
Looking at the bright red words "Target locked" on the radar screen, he took a deep breath and pressed the launch button of the missile.
As an EMP missile with the Star Group logo erased soared into the sky, all the team members who had entered the truck compartment and were preparing to go to the crash site to snatch the seeds held their breaths, praying that the missile would hit the ground with one strike. middle.
"Buzz..."
The moment the missile flew near the target and detonated automatically, an invisible electromagnetic pulse suddenly swept through the entire floating convoy.
The biotechnology security force responsible for escorting the seeds had no idea that anyone would use such a killer weapon as the EMP missile. Therefore, except for a few armored aerial vehicles with protective layers on the outside, which could barely hold up, all the other aerial vehicles were in full force. Falling rapidly with black smoke.
"Decrease the height immediately! The seeds and researchers are on the falling floating vehicle. We must protect the company's assets above no matter what!"
Seeing that most of the aerostats in the convoy were flying downward uncontrollably, the mercenary officer in charge of the convoy's security was stunned and without hesitation gave the order for all personnel to land and protect the seeds.
As for whether the float vehicle would be attacked by robbers on the ground after landing, it was no longer within his consideration. Because the officer knew that if he dared to abandon the convoy and leave, the furious biotechnology would definitely make him die ugly.
"Perfect hit! The entire convoy is flying into the kill zone we planned!"
Sitting on an armored truck that was speeding forward, Pila, who was observing the hit situation through a drone, said excitedly: "I dare say this is the most exciting flight I've ever had in my life! Oh no, float truck! "
Although his joke was funny, everyone in the carriage obviously had no intention of joking at this time - the shooting down of the floating convoy meant that the mission was half successful, but compared with the brutal ground battle that was about to break out, a sneak attack with missiles could only Considered an appetizer.
No one knew whether any of their comrades would die in the battle, but that was the end of the matter. In order to enjoy life comfortably for the rest of their lives, everyone had only one thought left in their minds.
"Work the company! Grab the seeds!"
...
"I didn't expect that the coordinates given in the chip were real. Biotechnology was indeed secretly transporting something..."
Behind a dirt slope only a dozen kilometers away from the site of the attack, Tomohiko Kuroiwa, who had rushed all night from Tokyo, suddenly exclaimed: "Someone fired an EMP missile at the convoy! We are not the only ones eyeing biotechnology!"
Hearing Kuroiwa's exclamation, Adam Hammer, the top thug in the Arasaka Night City branch standing behind him, flashed his eyes and reminded: "If we take action now, there may be serious consequences."
Although he did not say clearly what the consequences were, Kuroiwa knew very well what it meant for Arasaka Company to rob the biotechnology transportation fleet.
However, considering the serious impact of EMP missiles on communication equipment, as long as they can kill all the unknown robbers and biotechnology mercenaries here, no one will know that it is Arasaka's hand. Even if they had some guesses, they couldn't provide enough evidence.
As the highest-ranking leader of this Arasaka force, Kuroiwa can decide whether to grab or not.
"Adam Heavy Hammer, tell me what is the number one law of Night City?" After turning his head and looking at Heavy Hammer's glowing red prosthetic eyes for a moment, Heiyan gritted his teeth and repeated after receiving the answer: "That's right, I'm so brave. The big ones will starve to death the timid ones.”
"Everyone get on the bus, release all the combat drones, and kill all witnesses within a five-kilometer radius! Also, network hackers immediately establish a signal blockade, and no news can be leaked before the battle is over!"
After giving the order to his Arasaka troops, Kuroiwa jumped into a Beamon armored truck imported by Arasaka from military technology. In the empty carriage, there were still more than a dozen prosthetic ninjas wearing Arasaka uniforms.
Different from the images of ninjas in movies, television and literary works, although these Arasaka's cyborg ninjas don't have any escape skills, and throwing kunai and shurikens are not their first attack method, they are not only proficient in fighting skills, but also have all kinds of weapons in their bodies. Equipped with a large number of prosthetic bodies for combat, coupled with customized firearms and mantis knives, everyone is a pure killing machine.
Surprisingly, the drones ordered to be released by Heiyan were almost all small attack drones "Pterodactyl" produced by Military Technology, and heavy combat drones "Octant" produced by Zeta Technology, which seemed funny. The scene is enough to prove the success of these two products, so successful that they can ignore the competitive relationship between companies.
Looking at the crash site where a fierce exchange of fire had begun in the distance, Heiyan, who was sitting in the co-pilot of the truck, frowned and ordered all the drones left to protect the convoy to fly close to the ground to reduce the possibility of exposure.
In this multi-party melee situation, entering the field a moment later will increase your chance of winning.
Black Rock knows that a lion can fight a rabbit with all his strength. Even if he has trump cards like the Cyborg Ninja and Adam Hammer, he must be cautious on the ever-changing battlefield. Otherwise, it could be as little as overturning, or as worst as the whole army being annihilated.
...
"Ta-ta-ta! Ta-ta-ta!"
On the flat sandy ground, two nearly invisible Bratsk trucks with photothermal camouflage armor mounted on the outside were charging side by side towards the hastily organized defense line of Biotechnology.
On the roof of the truck, Dolio and Pyrrha each controlled a mk31 heavy machine gun produced by military technology, pouring violent firepower at the biotechnology mercenaries who were still in a state of confusion.
As a large weapon that needs to be set up for use, the mk31 heavy machine gun adopts an advanced recoil system similar to a cannon. It uses the recoil movement of the barrel to push the bullet into the chamber. At the same time, there is a mechanism on the top of the machine gun that can guide air downwards to provide metal parts with Provides air cooling.
Many past battles have proven that due to size and heat dissipation issues, the mk31 heavy machine gun's single-person reloading speed is very slow, and it can only provide a burst of firepower output. But for most users, this is not a big problem, because when the machine gun's magazine is empty, basically no one on the opposite side can fight back.
It's just that today's mk31 opponents are obviously different from the past. The mercenaries of the biotechnology company not only have the damaged aerial vehicle as a bunker, but they can also fight back with the help of the still-working automatic turret on the armored aerial vehicle.
But soon, tungsten nail bombs struck from nowhere, calling out the mercenaries hiding behind the aerial vehicle one by one. While these powerful electromagnetic projectiles penetrated their bodies, they also shattered their illusions of relying on defense lines.
In the eyes of the mercenaries, the sniper who was almost equated with death was none other than Rebecca lying on a cliff wearing camouflage. In her hands was the Nekomata sniper rifle that she had spent a huge sum of money to buy in the Second Amendment.
Through the connecting cable from the scope to the back of her head, it can be seen that the ingenious Rebecca has also made some small modifications so that the scopes of all the firearms she has on hand can be connected to her own Qilusi prosthetic eye. to enable faster and more accurate double tracking of enemies two kilometers away.
Theoretically, as long as Rebecca is given enough bullets and time, she can even annihilate an entire convoy of mercenaries by herself. A few days ago, the situation was exactly the opposite. At that time, she had to use a shotgun of extremely mediocre quality to fight people in close combat, which really fell short of the style that a firearms expert should have.
After emptying a magazine again, Rebecca, who felt her hand was hot, touched it and found that all the two hundred rounds of ammunition she had brought had been used up. She felt a little disappointed and curled her lips, deciding to let the enemy breathe for a while. .
Rebecca was just about to get up and drive the Kusanagi motorcycle that she had camouflaged with sand-colored camouflage. In the sight of the scope, the billowing smoke and dust raised by the Arasaka motorcade in the distance caught Rebecca's attention.
"Mann, can you hear me? A large convoy is rushing towards you. It will arrive in ten minutes at most. You'd better speed up!"
Hearing the anxious voice in the headphones, everyone in Mann's team once again accelerated their killing speed.
Mann, who was equipped with arm projectiles, blasted the bodies of several mercenaries with grenades one after another, and behind him, Dolio was pushing a tall officer to the ground and beating him wildly.
Not far away, Qiwei and Lucy's prosthetic eyes kept flashing blue light, indicating that they were using their hacking abilities. One after another, the brains of the mercenaries were turned into roasted brains, and the robot troops with biotechnology logos also attacked them one after another. comrades turned against each other.
Next to the two hackers, Pila was holding the MK31 heavy machine gun unloaded from the top of the truck, and David, who had activated the Sianwei Stan, tightly protected Qiwei and Lucy. Any mercenary who tried to get close to the two would either Shattered by heavy machine gun bullets, or chopped in half by David's monomolecular katana.
After everyone in Mann's team used their full strength, the biotech mercenaries who had been able to hold on for a while were quickly defeated. They could only let them open the doors of the floating vehicles one after another and inspect the items and objects in the vehicles. The bodies were searched one by one.
"The sensor shows that the temperature inside that floating car is lower than any other car. Open it quickly and see if the seeds are inside!"
After installing the Qilusi prosthetic eye, Lucy, who was astonishingly insightful, raised her hand and pointed. David, who understood everything, immediately rushed forward and cut open the heavy door of the floating vehicle in less than half a second. Sure enough, he found a batch of equipment. There are cryogenic storage tanks for wheat seeds.
After casually killing a few robots guarding the storage tanks, the group ignored the complicated labels and data on the outside of the tanks and packed them up and handed them to Falco in the car. Arasaka's convoy and Wu Man-machine finally arrived belatedly.
Staring at the dense pterodactyl attack drones in the sky and the slowly approaching Arasaka troops, he used his prosthetic eyes to enlarge his field of vision and realized that the coming person was evil. David, who tried to buy time for his companions, shouted loudly: "I didn't expect Adam -The Heavy Hammer is really a real person! I heard that there are more machines on your body than flesh and blood. I am very curious whether your brain has also been replaced with iron!"
Before he finished speaking, he slowly raised the katana in his hand, pointing directly at the Adam Hammer. The meaning contained in it was self-evident.
Unfortunately, Tomohiko Kuroiwa is not the kind of fanatical follower of the samurai spirit. Although he admires this young man who has the courage to challenge Adam Hammer, this does not mean that he will give the two a chance to fight.
So he raised his hand, and then waved it down heavily. For a time, all the Pterodactyl drones and Arasaka troops launched an attack on Mann and others. Adam Hammer, who was provoked, took the lead, activated the booster rocket on his back and jumped in front of David.
Looking down at the body that was almost weak compared to his own, Zhongmai sneered: "I have killed many self-righteous people over the years. I hope you can let me have a good time."
"Remember, kid, I'm not a legend."
"But, I create legends!"
