Chapter 927 - 206: Towards the Light?

[Johnny: Little fatty has turned into a man...]

[Johnny: Haha, that’s not bad either.]

Perhaps thinking back to the time before attacking Arasaka Tower, when he did something similar, Johnny showed a reminiscent expression.

Of course, Lille and he weren’t peeking at the process—Johnny, being a shameless pervert, definitely wanted to watch it, but Lille wasn’t interested.

Ever since entering Berlin, all of Lille’s attention is focused on Europa Tower, a structure towering far above Arasaka Tower, its scale crushing all other cyber structures he’d ever seen, giving him an overwhelming sense of oppression.

The Black Wall and the crown atop Europa Tower almost blend into one, with power extending through data-interactive threads across the entire European continent, tightly binding this land together...

The Europeans are unified through this system, even if they still hold onto the concept of "country," but in reality, the concept of the European Union is far more solid than that of a country.

The path to Europa Tower is paved for them by floating cars, with Elliot and Sevens sitting opposite each other, and silence fills the car.

[Johnny: Why is it so quiet before a big war? I don’t like quiet. If it were me, I’d gather all the workers in Berlin to cause a commotion at Europa Tower...]

[Lille: Wake up, didn’t you see what’s in the military museum?]

Outside Europa Tower is a very expansive multi-layered plaza, with each plaza interwoven, using structure and carefully designed reflective mirrors to bring light to each layer without making it feel oppressive. This is the foundational design concept of New Berlin District architecture: equality.

Like Bremen’s government building, Europa Tower obviously also has many defense mechanisms—

Just similarly, these defense measures won’t be blatantly displayed in military form around.

In every place of the multi-layered plaza, there are numerous physical military equipment: including combat tanks, helicopters, combat robots, and European Union’s cyborg soldiers...

Yes, although they haven’t truly engaged with cyborgs after entering the European Union, the Union’s military prosthetic technology is globally the most advanced, only rivaled by military technology.

These military facilities are displayed and operated under the guise of "museum exhibition," with nearby residents happily touching them, accepting military education in passing—

But in reality, all military units are the most advanced and can be deployed into battle anytime.

And back then, Johnny Silverhand did call quite a few people to the steps of Arasaka Tower, as many as over 6000, but this number in the layered space of New Berlin is nothing more than a drop in the ocean...

A single tank can crush maybe only a few people.

Through the floating car window, Johnny can clearly see Berlin’s youth, dressed in complete clothing woven from tough and expensive materials, with prosthetics hidden beneath their skin and clothing, no tattoos on their bodies, and very normal hair.

Their eyes lack thoughts about their next job, only filled with curiosity about this colossal sight...

More importantly, there’s at least a dad or mom beside them.

Watching them, Johnny himself had a feeling: his concert couldn’t be held here.

No matter what Harlin Eck exposed about the European Union, just from a glance at New Berlin District, he could feel that his concert at Arasaka Tower couldn’t be held in Berlin.

Lille appeared in front of Elliot:

[Lille: Have you decided what to do?]

Elliot silently nodded.

[Elliot:...Big brother, why didn’t you command me this time?]

[Lille: Although you haven’t learned much of Munemasa’s skills, your understanding of technical principles and basic academic knowledge is a mess, but as a person, you’ve learned a lot of things.]

[Lille: In Foxstone, Bruges, and Bremen, I commanded you only because you had just one choice.]

[Lille: Now you have many choices.]

Swoosh—

The floating car soared high above, passing through beautiful waterfalls and ecological bridges, through the wonderful lives of people living in this exquisite city, Elliot looked at his own hands...

[Johnny: Still reminiscing?]

Elliot said nothing, as the floating car slowly entered Europa Tower’s control zone—

...

[Advisor: The union of life.]

[Advisor: Two life entities with independent consciousness, completely different breathing frequencies, heartbeat rhythms, body temperatures, transmitting the same message in the chaos...]

[Advisor: Even though we already have a lot of data on human hormones and brainwave patterns, there seems to be a supreme expression surpassing all this, from chaos comes order...]

[Advisor: At this moment, humans identify with each other, depend on each other, temporarily merging isolated individuals into a stronger whole, starting with the wild and readable changes in hormones and brainwaves, but ultimately breeding new creations, and a completely unknown future...]

[Advisor: This is a challenge we have yet to conquer.]

[Medici: Yes, exactly like that, doing a is truly mesmerizing, especially...]

[Advisor: Medici Commissioner, pardon me, but what you’re doing is entirely different from what I’m discussing.]

[Medici: Sigh, I thought you could understand me. Once I conquer Matt, this completely different child, you’ll definitely change your view, let’s hurry and end this, I’m already eager to go on vacation.]

[Graham: They’re about to arrive at the tower, and the operating room is ready.]

[Executive Commissioner A: Is this plan really reliable? This person named Elliot seems uncontrollable, from his past experiences there are many things we haven’t figured out... The external defense of Europa Tower is very solid, but inside, if they cause trouble...]

[Advisor: Executive Commissioner A, sir, inside Europa Tower, there are only no large-scale combat weapons.]

[Advisor: And... the probability of something unforeseen has been lowered to its minimum: almost impossible.]

[Graham: Let’s hope so. Anyway, we have Sevens Strange, this kid is much more professional.]

[Advisor: Walking towards light doesn’t require professionalism, sir.]

Only being a dog requires professionalism.

Graham didn’t continue the conversation, though exchanging ideas with the advisor is quite an excellent activity, but right now he didn’t have time for that.

The floating car carrying Elliot and Sevens had already entered the helipad.

[Graham: Finally, the execution committee will award the pioneers of the new era.]

[Graham: You will be awarded in Europa Tower’s 73rd-floor ecological theater, the media is ready, proudly accept the medals, and then announce your achievements and our bright future to all of Europe.]

The floating car landed smoothly, Elliot and Sevens stepped out of the car—

From that barren and desolate Foxstone, they had finally arrived in Berlin.

Not only had they arrived in Berlin, but they had reached the power center of all Europe...

Fame, love, friendship, power, dreams, future...

Within reach.

In silence, the two entered the elevator—considering the three-dimensional space, New Berlin and Europa Tower’s population density is incredibly low, even elevators are personal exclusives.

The two gazed into each other’s eyes, but before the elevator doors closed, Elliot didn’t see a hint of expression change on Sevens’ face...

It reminded him of the first time he saw him in Foxstone.

For some reason, Elliot looked away.

After the door closed, in the confined space, a special electromagnetic wave filled the entire area...

Physically speaking, whether entity or cyber entity, everything was completely trapped in this nearly 40 square elevator hall.

[Advisor: Welcome to Europa Tower, Mr. Elliot Grove.]