Chapter 664 - 635 Mackinaw "Floating Shadow

[Name: Mackinaw "Floating Shadow"]

[Description: A crowning achievement in vehicle power technology, it utilizes one large fuel thruster as the main propulsion system and six prototype small vector thrusters as vector adjustment devices.]

[As the first floating car from Mackinaw General Vehicle Company and Atlas Group, it is based on the body structure and circuit layout of the Mackinaw "Mammoth," which is slightly rough. The unpolished shell encounters very high air resistance at high speed.]

[The speed of this car is not very fast, and compared to other floating cars, it lacks a bit in agility; it is only slightly better than a traditional helicopter and because it needs to accommodate a posture control system, it occupies a lot of space that could have been used for deploying equipment.]

[Simply put, this is a floating car whose primary purpose is to fly, apart from that, only its body hardness and armor hardness are worth mentioning.]

[New vehicle development completed, production has been started]

[Reward Technology Points: 1000]

[Current Technology Points: 23500]

Huh—

The sound of the roaring engine was like a storm before our eyes!

This storm also appeared in the eyes of those technical experts and workers in the OCT domain: engineers from Mackinaw Company, technicians from Adkaduo, and the wrench boys from gangs...

They had built a floating car!

Compared to Leifield Company’s high-end floating car "Holy Sword," this vehicle lacked a streamlined appearance, lacked handcrafting, a designer’s painstakingly designed shape and shell, lacked luxurious natural material decorations, and lacked the cutting-edge comfort that could be enjoyed even inside the vehicle;

Compared to the Military Technology Group’s "Scorpion-tailed Lion," this car didn’t have fully armed large-caliber machine guns, platforms capable of supporting anti-armor vehicle weapons, and might even be difficult to withstand impacts of the same caliber;

But this car could indeed fly.

"Floating Shadow" hadn’t even undergone a test flight; the half-finished products, spare parts, and the waiting-to-be-modified Mammoth frames were all transported separately!

The roar of the engine echoed like a storm in people’s minds, and when they participated in creating something that had never existed before, a sense of achievement swept through their brains, imprinting this feeling in their lives...

Mackinaw Company’s Sherman saw this scene and immediately dropped his water cup, wildly waving his arms, his whole body trembling excitedly as he pointed at the Floating Shadow—

"It’s really flying... the posture control is even better than Mackinaw’s internal prototype...! Buddy! We bet right! We can make floating cars now!"

The Old Captain was equally amazed, and compared to Sherman, who was all in, he could still maintain some calm.

He grabbed Sherman’s clothes and pulled him back to the sofa, "Hold on, buddy, you’re too excited..."

But he couldn’t really keep him seated; as soon as Sherman sat down, he immediately jumped up again, pointing at the screen:

"Damn! It’s flying! You fucking look!"

The Old Captain covered his face, expressing helplessness.

But who’s to say for sure whether he regretted not taking all his possessions and joining Burger King...

Burger King even had real flying burgers now!

...

The storm was not only howling in the minds of the lower ranks of the Hamburg Criminal Group, it was also roaring in the minds of Jack and V.

"Damn! You’re serious!"

V suddenly found his legs no longer limp, ran briskly around the Floating Shadow, like a child dancing around a sandcastle, running around and shouting:

"So awesome! Is this really our car?!"

"If it’s not ours, was it found? Stop jumping! Your skirt is flying up!"

Jack, pushing Lille in a wheelchair, gaped, speechless for a long time.

From the initial G240 tetanus-dodging vehicle to the later Mackinaw Big Pickup, then to the rocket-equipped Flying Motorcycle, and finally to the Mackinaw "Legend," and finally...

Finally to a real flying floating car, Mackinaw "Floating Shadow"—

A year ago, who could have imagined he would experience such a tumultuous year?

From a mercenary who worried daily about where his next meal would come from and tiptoed around smuggling operations, he had transformed into his current state:

They had given up the chance to become respectable in the eyes of others and had decided to get into a Floating Car by themselves.

Although the car wasn’t great, it was at least self-made, which was both intriguing and satisfying.

"Lille..."

"You can borrow the car, but Jack," Lille interrupted Jack right then and there, "can you fucking stop talking about after the job is done? It’s really bad luck!"

"Heh, speaking of that, I suggest we ask Misty to draw Tarot cards once..."

"Little Li Zi!"

Bang!

Lille’s wheelchair was sent flying at high speed, startling him into sitting upright against the backrest.

V stood gripping the wheelchair armrests like something out of a horror movie, her eyes excitedly fixed on Lille:

"That’s so awesome, what do you wish for, sis is in a good mood today—"

"Uh..." Lille swallowed, moved his head back a bit: their heads were almost touching.

"V, isn’t your reaction a bit too much?"

"Cough, cough..." V straightened up, "Don’t laugh, but when I was little, my biggest dream was to ride a Floating Car and see Night City, but later I understood it wasn’t really possible. So, I thought about renting a place somewhere high, in a Super Skyscraper..."

Both dreams were realized with Lille’s help.

Lille scratched his head: "I think we better drive first and talk about this later, don’t forget we are here for a mission."

"Mission, mission, always about the mission—" V raised her hand to pinch Lille’s shoulder, but just as he braced himself for the pain, she stopped, gripped the armrest of the wheelchair, and gave a gentle laugh, "Alright, I’ll listen to you today."

"When is it not all about what you say..."

...

The prestigious guests waiting in Dog Town or Night City began their activities at the Sapphire Blue Nightclub.

There were vehicles on the ground, in the air, and even helicopters. Nowadays, any form of transport that doesn’t cost at least a couple of million isn’t considered safe enough to leave home with... at least when attending the Sapphire Blue Nightclub in Dog Town that’s the case.

Hansen sat quietly in his command center, one hand propping his leg, the other tapping a pistol continuously on his knee.

His mind was somewhat... overwhelmed.

The Sapphire Blue Nightclub was an international black market he had established leveraging Dog Town’s unique advantages and his own strength, where indeed anything could be had:

Including the high-tech from the Biotechnology company that Burger King wanted to buy.

But the problem was, he had just received a message: the company was now offering him a chance...

A chance for redemption.

It wasn’t Military Technology, New America, or Night City offering him a chance—it was the company giving him the chance, many companies giving him this chance, which meant it was a reliable opportunity!

Rejecting this chance could lead him to irredeemable ruin...

Click-click—click-click—click-click—

The pistol tapped and tapped, again and again...

[Colonel Bennett: Sir, the banquet is all set, the attendees are waiting to start, just waiting for you to take the stage.]

[Hansen: I know, let’s start then.]