Chapter 699 - 670 Upright Hanged Man (1)

Night City is out of control!

A battle of true war-level intensity is happening, and the appearance of the Chimera tank has even shocked Military Technology—

The tank is unbelievably agile!

Under Mackinaw’s control, this prototype showcases agility far beyond its design requirements, with its massive feet pushing near the limit every time, and each power transmission component cooperating perfectly. Its movement speed is completely disproportionate to its size!

The Magic Lizard Tank’s main gun can’t really threaten the Chimera, but this tank moves as agile as a spider, traversing collapsed buildings as if they were flat ground, and burning vehicles don’t hinder its steps at all...

This thing seems to have come alive!

Red laser cannons flash continuously in the war zone, with a group of lawless thugs organizing wave after wave of attacks under the cover of rocket launchers—

Netherworld Dogs have a very few left, but there are quite a lot of good things in the warehouse.

The combat quality of the Six Street Gang definitely can’t compare with the Netherworld Dogs, but the organizational training that Sergeant usually carries out played a big role at this moment. With one order, the soldiers of the Netherworld Dogs became officers, and every professional term was conveyed accurately.

These gang members timidly deployed war weapons they had never used before near the large holes already opened in Dog Town’s gates.

The front line gradually stabilized, with the Chimera nearly taking out all the Magic Lizard Tanks. Drones hovered down from the sky, attempting to encircle and destroy this war beast, providing a window for their scattered units to regroup.

But any heavy weaponry that could assist in regrouping the units was destroyed by the Chimera, their repeated attempts crushed by this giant beast. On the contrary, several cyber-enhanced soldiers with extremely exaggerated combat capabilities slowly consumed their soldiers under the cover of the Chimera...

From the aerial perspective of a drone, the burning trail left by this tank can be clearly seen, the explosions like stars adorning the dark ruins, the streets filled with burning vehicles, collapsed buildings, and scattered corpses.

A Military Technology soldier hid behind cover, terrified inside but forced to maintain a calm tone through long-trained composure:

[Military Technology Sergeant #0352: Combat center! Our attack is blocked!]

The temporarily restored Military Technology combat network signal was intermittent, but it wasn’t just because the signal was poor that there was no response from the command personnel in the Military Technology Building—

Right in Company Square, right opposite them...

Arasaka Tower was attacked!

The Mackinaw Mammoth reopened Arasaka’s defenses, and the battle with Heavy Hammer at the entrance was just a matter of moments. The other four companies had absolutely no reason, nor was it possible, to dispatch troops stationed at their headquarters to support Arasaka.

Thus, they completely, in detail, watched the entire process of Adam Hammer being taken down, saw Mackinaw charge into Arasaka Tower!

Not only was their frontal assault blocked, but even their rear was breached!

Arasaka Tower breached its defenses, with gunfire and explosions continuously—

Stott, as one of the main logistical agents for this Military Technology operation, dumbfoundedly sent out a message:

[Stott: Arasaka Tower has been attacked, they’ve... they’ve gone inside.]

She still remembered her first encounter with Burger King.

This guy would always give the person responsible for his affairs a headache, then be thrown off their post, disappearing, literally like a stone sinking into the sea...

Those who later filled the vacancies would always feel like they’d picked up a major steal, but the truth was, everyone he defeated seemed not to have been thrown into the sea due to personal incompetence...

She had a curious feeling: Before meeting Burger King, every conflict she encountered was supposedly in the name of some grand goal like company benefits, but in reality, it was all for personal gain.

Thus, people on the posts change because they are not capable, and often a change of people at the nodes solves the problem.

But Burger King... they talk about foolish big shots buying and selling, but it seems they are always targeting the entire world.

Opponents of the same level never face off a second time, the same tier battles never happen twice...

This time, they were genuinely attacking the company.

In the midst of thinking, her superior gave a response:

[Retreat, initiate nuclear attack defense protocols, evacuate employees.]

...

Arasaka Tower.

"What do we do now?!"

Rebecca raised a shotgun almost as tall as she was.

Everyone jumped out of the car, surrounded by bodies and machine wreckage—

The ammo on the car was all used up, but the good news was that going further inside, they probably wouldn’t need that level of heavy firepower.

Lucy quickly searched the body of an Arasaka employee by the elevator and retrieved an elevator card:

"We need to ensure all of Arasaka’s communication antennas are turned off, the server room is upstairs..."

David picked up another elevator card: "I’ll go downstairs."

"Downstairs?"

Lucy was stunned. The servers could indeed be in the basement, but their primary target was to disrupt communication between Arasaka Tower and the Kujira aircraft carrier and cut the connection between the two.

Directly targeting the antennas has two advantages, one is there’s no need to waste time and effort identifying which servers are responsible for linking with the Kujira, preventing situations where they burn through several floors of servers only to find multiple other locations still have functional servers.

Meanwhile, the antenna array can also be separately hacked to become an ultra-large range communication noise generator; overall, there are many uses.

Lastly, the rooftop is better suited for evacuation, the basement not so much.

David nodded, signaling everyone to follow Lucy, whose emotions were very complicated, as she punched David’s chest hard:

"I knew I shouldn’t have let you mess around with that guy."

David chuckled, grabbing Lucy and suddenly kissing her fiercely on the lips.

"Tsk."

A displeased sound came from the elevator, and the two immediately separated, one heading down, the other up.

David held the rifle he picked up from the Arasaka employee, his Prosthetic Eye emitting a definite glow...

And it was somewhat red.

He was also very nervous.

Some urban legends claim that although everyone dreams of reaching the top of Arasaka Tower, the real treasures of Arasaka are all underground.

"Mom... you must forgive me for not seizing this ultimate opportunity to reach the top of Arasaka Tower..."

...

EBM Stadium, the air filled with a metallic scent.

The reactor core was reassembled after being dismantled, with messy wires and brand new military control panels pieced together. Apart from the faint sounds of battle in the distance, all that remained here was the constant leap of electric currents in the cables.

A simple launch rack stood by the broken airship wreckage, Hellhound and Little Buzzcut had already been dismantled considerably...

Lille’s lower half was placed to one side, but the spine was missing:

All AI-carrying components were integrated into the missile.

This simple missile was equipped with the world’s most advanced AI hardware, and will soon carry the most advanced AI—

To ensure the missile passes through the Kujira’s anti-missile system, Lille would personally control the missile’s trajectory...

Guiding this missile through his most familiar trajectory high in the sky.

[Lille: Listen carefully, study well. First, we’ll rush to an altitude of 60 to 65 kilometers, then switch to gliding flight mode upon reaching the apex.]

[Lille: You and I will manually control the wings to glide at hypersonic speeds, accelerating explosively at the end...]

[Munemasa: Breaking through the Kujira’s anti-missile system at speeds of Mach 6 to 10.]

[Munemasa: So, why haven’t you pressed the button yet, what are you waiting for?]

Lille didn’t answer Munemasa, instead activating the repaired Mackinaw Floating Shadow, allowing the vehicle to leave the site in low-altitude automatic flight mode, heading to the battlefield.

What was he waiting for?

Just as Munemasa anticipated, as an AI, he found himself unable to find suitable logic to persuade himself to press the button for quite some time...

Just like an AI, rational.

So he was looking for a way to convince himself he could survive.

[David: Bro! I got in!]

Szzzz——

In an instant, the launch device began to violently shake, with the engine of the missile roaring deafeningly!