Chapter 865 - 144: Through the Storm (6)

[CINO Bruges Intelligent Bio-Farming Facility: Detected damaged CINO company signal, verifying usage code...]

[CINO Bruges Intelligent Bio-Farming Facility: Welcome home, Intelligent Control Humpback Whale #0098]

[CINO Bruges Farm Administrator: Why isn’t the whale slowing down!!]

[Elliot: I have no idea!]

The port was within reach, yet the speed of the humpback whale didn’t decrease one bit—

Everyone on the whale had already mastered the trick of being washed by the waves: Even though they still drifted along in the storm, they weren’t blind!

From the joy of seeing land, to the exhilaration of the port growing larger, to the final terror stamped on their faces at the bio-weapon docking area:

Everyone realized the whale wasn’t slowing down at all!

"This thing is crazy, what the hell!!!"

The nearly 50-ton giant seemed to still be battling the storm, showing no sign of slowing down, as it collided with the docking area under the terrified watch of the CINO port farm administrator!

The biological weapons being normally fed in the farm didn’t even have time to dodge before being shattered to pieces, their blood splashing into the ocean with the giant’s intrusion

Although this humpback whale wasn’t equipped with the thruster and ramming system that biological weapons should have...

It was clear that this 50-ton giant had surpassed its physiological limits, crashing at nearly 100 kilometers per hour, which was quite terrifying!

This speed could even rival some torpedoes!!!

Boom!

In the terrified gaze of the farmers, this giant rushed into the underwater docking area like a cannonball, and in the face of the powerful kinetic impact, the buffer device was completely overloaded and crumbled in an instant!

The entire docking spot collapsed with the whale’s collision, and the impact shook the bio-weapon docking port, the earth-shaking tremors made it hard for employees to stand, as if they were in the ocean!

The port collapsed first, followed by waves several meters high swept towards the sea, those unaware would have thought a tsunami was coming!

The biological weapon farm and the automated port for cargo were adjacent, and this huge commotion directly made the workers forget their tasks—

When the waves receded, they were attracted by the police sirens outside the port:

Every worker in the city, every worker not yet caught, ran to the port outside under the lead of that big pickup truck.

"The illegal assembly in front, immediately cease all activities, drop your weapons, and lie down with your hands on your head!"

Police cars surrounded the pickup truck from all sides, and behind the pickup was the exclusive area of ADL, surrounded, the workers gathered around the pickup truck, looking at the person on the truck in confusion:

"What should we do now!"

The woman on the pickup scratched her head: "Now? Just hope your worker leader shows up, maybe he got washed up by a wave?"

The workers below were collectively dumbfounded, they thought the woman had a plan!

Now, not only the workers were bewildered, but even the hacker lurking in the shadows held his forehead: offering help generously, yet these people had no plan?

The worker forum was open to everyone, so the entire European Union knew what was about to happen in Bruges today.

But they didn’t expect them to be so straightforward, with no follow-up plan, relying entirely on Foxstone’s people.

It’s unlikely that small worker would be like Night City’s big boss, killing gods and Buddhas alike, crossing by swimming if the storm blocked the way?

Thinking of this, the hacker sighed, preparing to leave: he didn’t want to watch these poor people get arrested.

However...

Waves truly brought their savior along.

The officer took two steps forward, and the HUD in front of him popped up with information, halting his next action:

[Detected laser encrypted signal: Identifying...]

[Social Order Management Network has connected, activity permit: EC-0134-BRU/2077-0915]

[Approving authorities: European Union Social Order Management Department, European Union Cyber Mental Disorder Special Rectification Committee, European Union Economic and Development Department]

[Activity organizers: Elliot Grove; Sevens Strange]

[Special clauses: Prohibit use of high-intensity riot control weapons; Allow media to record on-site.]

In the European Union, no one could resist the institutions, people, and organizations representing the law, unless it was another institution, person, or organization representing the law.

The officer looked toward the direction where the waves receded, several people soaked to the bone difficultly climbed up from the ground, among them one person raised his hand, and the laser signal was emitting from him—

Sevens didn’t speak, he didn’t have the strength to speak, but the device would speak for him:

[Communicator: Sevens Strange]

[Affiliated unit/position: European Union Cyber Mental Disorder Special Rectification Committee/Permanent Member]

[Sevens: Received complaints of illegal employment and covering up of cyber mental disorder incidents by ADL, now initiating an investigation here.]

[Sevens: These people are my witnesses, and their activities have been reported, with matching signal number, now I order you to protect these workers to complete their assembly.]

As Sevens was supported out, Elliot and Carl were also fished out by Alina and the others!

Elliot took a deep breath, mustering all his strength to shout:

"Look at your hands, it is you who sustain the operation of the port, it is you who, under the scorching sun, control those cranes with worn-out prosthetics, it is you who transport tens of thousands of goods across the world!"

"ADL doesn’t care about our tired bodies and broken nerves, they drove our companions insane, caused numerous casualties, they even want to cover up the accidents, making us take the fall, calling us useless trash—"

"Today, they can do this, tomorrow they will use the same method against you, your family, your dreams, your life, against everyone like us! Making our names vanish, our lives to perish like a bunch of insignificant numbers!"

"Rise up! Screw ADL! Your grandpa is here!"

These voices were transmitted through Elliot’s newly installed laser microphone and linear beam emitter, calculated by Munemasa and Lille, directed to each suitable reflecting surface, delivered almost like surround sound to each worker and citizen on-site!

This is the port, Bruges’ most prosperous industrial zone!

Workers in the port also stopped what they were doing, shouts rang out from the park, joining the sparse parade outside the port—

When workers speak, the loud noise of the machines stops, the initially trivial voices become exceptionally loud once gathered!

The purple-haired company executive ran out from the crowd, but now he was no longer at ease, franticly shouting at the police and company security:

"Quickly take them down! They are rioters!"

"In fact, they are not." The officer switched sides immediately after verifying the information, standing between the company security and workers.

This tremendous shift made the executive feel uneasy.

The workers in front of him suddenly shouted: "Damn old bastard, you goat with no asshole, wait for ADL to put you in a concrete jar in the sea!"

"Hahaha! Come and hit your worker grandpa!"

"Eat shit, company dog!"

The grievance momentarily returned, and the purple-haired executive felt the same embarrassment as the workers just faced, but worse, he knew he might actually end up in concrete, thrown into the sea!

Not sure if it was rain or saliva spat on his face by workers—it might be rain, but he felt it was definitely saliva at this moment.

These damn, low, despicable creatures, who would even lick his face for a better position, or not hesitate to offer their bodies, dared to turn against him?

A fierce sense of tension and imbalance seemed to break through some kind of shackle, his body suddenly made a huge shiver, and like a madman rushed towards the security by his side, snatching the electric shock gun:

"I’ll damn well kill you now!"

Rumble!

Thunder clashed—

This round was a landslide victory.