Chapter 1027 - 70: The All-Out Assault Begins (Double-Length)

As early as the beginning of construction, the Underground City already had a permanent population to operate the equipment here, but now the things produced are no longer transported to the surface because Night City on the surface is already finished.

The designated limit for refuge in this underground facility is 500,000 people. Now it is almost full, and the living area of the entire Underground City is actually quite crowded, with more space left for production areas than for residential areas.

Ever since Hansen took office as the commander-in-chief of Night City’s City Defense Army, Night City began improving the Peizhuo Petrochemical Stadium and the multi-level parking lot below it, aiming to transform it into an underground command post for a military base, and shifted the core industrial part underground.

Even after completing the most costly part of digging and constructing underground space, this project still cost a fortune, and Ryan could only hold his nose and accept it—

When Lille returned to Night City, it entered the second phase of construction, introducing massive manpower and resources for concentrated construction, expanding function areas, and introducing lots of new technologies and core industries, establishing many labs.

Most importantly, due to interdimensional industry technology, those that are actually human robotic workers only need to be folded and stored during rest periods, saving a lot of space.

Since then, the process of selecting the population for the Underground City has been ongoing — it’s a brutal selection process, hence progressing quite slowly.

The population of 500,000 already greatly exceeded Hansen’s expectations.

Besides here, Night City itself still has some basements and underground structures, while meteorite strikes can cause horrific damage to the terrain of complex urban areas but cannot yet extinguish all life in surface cities... not yet.

However, the blow to morale is real: the Illuminati conclude that a large number of surface people will collapse.

The AI’s judgment is devoid of emotion and morality, but the surface people will certainly find it hard to maintain a united front externally, and with time passing, other emotions will also arise in the Underground City...

[Lille: ...so we must solve the Orbital Mass Projector.]

David remembered Lille’s words as he checked his access suit.

How to solve it?

Intercontinental missiles only deal with things on the surface, if fired at the Moon... not to mention precision targeting, the Moon Colonies are not foolish, even if the Moon Base is targeted, wouldn’t they intercept it?

The chance to shoot at the Moon is just once, if it fails, whether it’s a miss, interception, damage insufficient to paralyze the Orbital Mass Projector, or other Moon Colonies persuaded by the European Union, that would be catastrophic — there are three colonies on the Moon.

[Lille: First of all, we need to acquire the specific coordinates and related information of the Tycho Colony, the more detailed, the better — we will assault the Crystal Palace first.]

Lucy and David exchanged a glance: she felt it was incredible.

She never thought she would step on a path leaving Earth this way... thus, whether it was David’s ideal or her dream, it surprisingly converged.

This time, they won’t buy tickets to the Moon—

They will fight their way up, to win this war, to live better, for the future of Night City, for...

Of course, also for better rewards.

The entire Mann Squad underwent adaptive modifications, with prosthetics adjusted according to the squad’s combat habits and Munemasa’s suggestions.

In the last moment entering the training capsule, everyone in Mann Squad revealed their big white teeth: it is commonly said that cyberpunks are people on the edge of society escaping from something, but they don’t think so now.

Physical body, machinery, and mind, are not for escape.

The Mann Squad entered the training capsule.

[Lille: The Crystal Palace is one of the largest commercial projects in the hands of the European Union, and during the construction of the Crystal Palace, the Orbital Mass Projector provided a lot of help.]

[Lille: The daily communications, engineering records, and other data of the Crystal Palace are extremely valuable; we need to break in here first and seize as much data as possible.]

[Lille: This data can allow us to confirm coordinates, understand the current situation of the Tycho Colony, and in the best case, I will use this data to create information camouflage, better landing on the Moon Colony.]

[Lille: At the same time, this is our last supply station to the Moon, the spacecraft — will refuel here.]

If anyone saw Arasaka Yorinobu’s state at this moment, they would undoubtedly exclaim if this guy is crazy:

As the son of Arasaka, his body is filled with Combat Prosthetics, his entire body engraved with tattoo-like patterns of Japanese Yakuza style.

"...For so many years, I have lived in the shadow of the old man; this time, I will finally surpass the Arasaka Company."

Lark, grouped with him as hacker support: "Then you must be very desperate."

Hansen was also adjusting equipment, speaking while adjusting: "Here’s a piece of advice, young man and the failed agent, absolutely do not fantasize about the post-war victory before the war is won."

Lark snickered: "If we fight our way to outside the Tycho Colony, will you restart your veteran barbecue on the Moon?"

Hansen remained unmoved: "Like I said, don’t fantasize. How do you know you won’t die on the Crystal Palace? Or the rocket explodes right after launch?"

"Friends!" Yorinobu was evidently much more excited, "We are about to conduct the greatest raid of this century, cutting off the evil devices that have ruled this world for over a century with our courage, will, and steel knives in the boundless deep space!"