Chapter 884 - 163: Black Dog (Part One)

[A blind man is lost on the street, seemingly some kind of rule in the underworld; captivating, difficult to escape.]

[In the underworld, there seems to be some kind of omen, a black dog runs past, disappearing into the distance along the road.]

[This sleeping city has tied a knot of death in my mind, tonight is destined to be inescapable.]

The first paragraph of "Black Dog," the blind man wanders in the city, the black dog appears.

As the song lyrics reach this point, the bionic robot rushes out of the warehouse, heading for the collapsed houses and flaming ruins, these engineering machines Carl was so familiar with started moving as if they gained life!

Carl didn’t know why, he always felt the lyrics were about him: he didn’t know why he was doing these things, but he felt it was great:

Since he entered the European Barrier and walked into the company, he never felt the warmth of a big family, nor the feeling of helping each other.

But he still felt the joy of helping others, he enjoyed watching his brothers and sisters living a good life, when a group of people came together to solve problems and overcome difficulties, he felt tomorrow would be better, it felt so satisfying.

"Ahhhhh my leg..."

"Stop yelling, it’s just broken, I’ll amputate it for you..."

Bang!

The person in the ruins looked bewildered, watching the big guy piloting the engineering mech pry off the rubble covering him and then smashed his bloody leg directly with a punch!

Engineering exoskeletons are generally equipped with heavy devices for flexible operations, the hydraulic device can provide at least 500 kilograms of force, this punch, although a blunt strike, completely shattered the cripple’s leg!

Before the pain sensation hit, the arm of the exoskeleton sprayed a massive amount of white mist at the amputation on the thigh—

This damn thing is liquid nitrogen!

This madman used liquid nitrogen as medical coolant!

The people next to him were stunned: Carl was doing super terrifying things while laughing foolishly, the worker who was just rescued was too stunned to scream...

But in fact, the ultra-low temperature already necrotized the remains of his leg entirely, pain?

It truly wasn’t that painful!

The commotion here caught the attention of the EBM strike team: considering the time, there was already enough time for the related EU forces to retreat, those still on the street, go die in the line of duty—

[EBM Strike Team Alpha: Disturbance detected below, immediate extermination.]

[EBM Strike Team Alpha Pilot: Descending.]

The Floating Car paused in the sky, turned the vehicle head, the machine guns under the armored Floating Car protruded, soldiers were connecting to the Floating Car’s operating system—

But the operator’s world appeared with a massive black blur...

Upon closer inspection, it was not a blur, but a giant pixelated image with red edges covering his vision!

His prosthetic system was interfered with!

After interference, even the nerve trigger directly linked with the neural network couldn’t actuate!

[EBM Strike Team Alpha Machine Gunner: Weapon system...]

The word "malfunction" wasn’t even uttered, as the operating power of the military prosthetic suddenly exceeded the safety threshold, a powerful current shot through from the prosthetic directly hitting his cerebellum,

Peng!

The speed of the Floating Car’s door suddenly accelerated as if someone slammed the door while getting off, the EBM soldiers inside the vehicle were dumbfounded:

What happened?

[EBM Strike Team Alpha Pilot: No, we’re still descending, we’re still descending——]

[EBM Strike Team Alpha Pilot: The operating system was interfered with, the operating system was interfered with!]

[EBM Strike Team Alpha Pilot: Prepare for emergency landing...]

[EBM Strike Team Alpha Pilot: Prepare for impact!!!]

Before the out-of-control system could switch to manual control mode, or use the traditional control panel to operate the Floating Car, a huge giraffe appeared in front of him!

The giraffe had a brown exterior, the paint was peeling, it looked old and worn out, but...

But the giraffe’s eyes were red! There were flashes of black and red lightning all over its body!

The pilot felt a chill: this is a damn Jilafa Type 3 Bionic Robot, and the red data flow...it’s a rogue AI!

As the giraffe approached, the interference signal broadcasted by the communication device on the robot completely enveloped the Floating Car, ramming into it with a ferocious posture not fitting a herbivore!

The workers on the street felt like they were watching a Super Dream film, one second Carl was acting like a Night City psychopath saving people with industrial equipment and breaking a person’s leg, the next second, above his head, the approaching EBM Floating Car got a massive headbutt from the Jilafa Type 3!

Bang——

The collision sparked a shower of sparks, the out-of-control Floating Car crashed through buildings on both sides of the street, roaring black smoke and flames mixed and rushed out, sparks from shorted circuits rained down on the building below and onto Carl.

The people saw the madman carrying Carl out of the sparks. Although his movements seemed quite bizarre, the old fellow who had just been pinned down appeared to have stable life signs and emotions...

After all, the person had already fainted.

"EBM wants to kill us..."

Someone finally realized that EBM had clearly intended to activate the weapons on the armored floating car for a ground sweep!

The rumble of armored vehicle engines echoed on the street, mixed with sounds of gunfire and explosions—

This place instantly turned into a warzone!

Boom boom boom—

A machine gun pickup truck drove in from the end of the road, the gunner on the vehicle maniacally firing directly at the workers on both sides of the street. Workers in the European Union had never seen such a stance?!

The chaotic masses ran frantically toward the buildings, the armored vehicles mercilessly crushing the streets, and soon the ground was covered in blood and shell casings...

Yet the workers found that these machine gun pickups seemed even crazier than them. Upon closer inspection, the equipment on the gunners seemed to be smoking...

Black smoke.

"Aaaaaaaaah!"

The gunner’s ferocious roar seemed to overpower the machine gun, followed closely by a swift-moving Jilafa 3 Type Giraffe—

Buzz!

A red laser flashed by, and the gunner’s neck fell off.

Upon closer inspection, the thing emitting the laser was quite familiar to the workers:

A large industrial cutting laser, specially used for cutting building structures, a high-powered laser either used for disaster relief or adjusting building structures.

The giraffe was equipped with several laser arrays connected through chaotic cables, the high power even melting the circuits, with metal, rubber, and plastic mixing together as if hot fresh red blood was spilling...

The chased armored vehicle was stomped hard, the tires couldn’t hold up and exploded on the spot, the vehicle went out of control and crashed into the roadside, the giraffe also lost balance and fell to the ground—

Bam!

The people in the vehicle were trapped in the wreckage and couldn’t get out, but the giraffe quickly stood up:

Though it looked like a giraffe, it was a bionic machine, after all, essentially still a machine.

Its leg joints exerted force individually at angles unimaginable for biological beings, supporting its body, eventually standing upright...

In the vehicle’s cabin, the prosthetics on the driver’s body trembled uncontrollably, his throat the only part he could control: "Monster..."

Boom!

The first action the giraffe took after standing up was to kick the deformed car door, as an industrial bionic robot capable of carrying tunnel engineering and equipped with a shield machine, the bio-muscle system in its leg loaded the correct drive, kicking at a speed exceeding 30 meters per second.

The already deformed car door was further crushed inward, compressing the company’s soldiers inside, then the robot continued to exert force with its multi-ton weight and power system...

The workers’ first reaction was: this is the process of scrapping a car, just like a scrapping machine crushing a car, except there were still people inside the car.

"Ugh ah ah ah..."

Plop!

The giraffe glanced at the workers, then, with a limp, bleeding red blood, staggered into the nearby factory.

No one dared to speak, but Carl realized this was an opportunity:

His brain struggled to think clearly, but he knew this berserk machine, this seemingly revived machine did not intend to kill them!

"Brothers, let’s get to work! Our friend has come alive! He’s here to help us!"

"Get to work!"

Carl led the charge back into the half-collapsed factory, and a loud boom resounded!

Bang!

Electricity surged into the factory’s motors, the production line flickered with dark red sparks, and after the workers’ intervention, it resumed operation—

As usual production tasks were issued to the workers’ vision, an unprecedented assembly was underway:

They were going to arm these engineering robots in the civilian factory to smash EBM’s forces!

[Tonight, destined to flee, the hunter turns into the prey;]

[Running and chasing no longer opposed—run!]

[Run!]