Chapter 640 Where are your sparkling desires?
Opposite the Baoshiqing Nightclub, almost two blocks away from the unfinished building, the Nether Dog sniper team is ambushing here:
The electromagnetic sniper rifle Rakshasa designed by the Tsunami Defense System, It is an ultra-long-range sniper rifle that can adopt a retro-futuristic design, and is far more powerful than the Cat Mata, which belongs to the same technical sniper rifle category.
And this weapon also has a special external slot. It only requires an electromagnetic function base and a stable power supply, and this gun can transform into an anti-armor level electromagnetic gun.
The Nether Dog is here targeting Lear at the banquet.
"What do you think these people are trying to do?"
The auxiliary guard team below the sniper is discussing the biggest news in Night City today: the entire city is giving face to those terrorists, but in the end they choose to be crazy , not giving the city face.
"How do I know? I know that the scale of this banquet is not that big. It seems that because of their troubles, the traders are not so relieved about Dog Town."
" If it were me, I would have finished my work and gone home for vacation. I have reached that level. I know a little bit about the world and can put the money in my pocket without spending it.
Maybe Burger King is really a brainless person? Cyberpsychosis, or a brain defect without emotional intelligence.”
"Stop being so fucking pushy. This is a mission, not for you to brag! Be careful, I'll write it on the mission report for you!"
The soldier scolded his companions and turned off the engine. Looking at the Gemstone Green Nightclub in the distance attentively——
Logically speaking, Nether Dog soldiers of this level do not have prosthetic eyes that can clearly see such a distant place.
But he can see it.
[Lark: Li De. I’m sorry for what happened in the past. 】
[Li De: We won’t talk about that in the mission. 】
[Lark: I'm sorry. 】
[Sender: Lear]
[Lear: Captain Carter, I'm sorry, but now you must take a vehicle to Washington immediately to protect President Barnes. 】
Bang!
The box containing vibranium was put into the transport truck along with other goods. Sitting on the truck was a robot:
This robotic Atlas Group's most advanced production robot was actually made by another Controlled by workers in a world——
It is very complicated, and it can hardly be called efficient, but it is quite safe.
Captain Carter received this message as soon as she got off the car, but she did not complain, but said solemnly: "Flying on a plane?"
[Lille: Flying in the air car. 】
Boom——
A Mackinac float, which was also just produced, approached from the air at high speed and then parked.
A flying car, this thing is a bit like a UFO to people in this world
[Lille: The riding experience may be a bit bad, but it is the safest and fastest You can arrive in Washington in less than two hours. I can only tell you the approximate itinerary of Barnes. You can only rely on yourself on how to implement the mission. 】
[Lille: Also, there is a shield made of our most advanced materials on the car. It is definitely not as good as the original one, but we can only make do with it. I hope you don't mind. 】
[Carter: Why would I mind? It's quite strange to be able to drive a car and fly in the sky. 】
As soon as Carter got off the car, he took another flying aeroplane and left. Frank looked at the aeroplane disappearing into the horizon and said:
[Frank: Boss, I Guess I have a mission too? 】
Lille really wanted Frank to carry out the task of rescuing Tony, but he gave up the idea after thinking about it for a while:
Tony has Jarvis over there. If Tony is killed by his own AI If he is trapped, then his AI must also have a very high level of technical content.
Without specialized technical support, that thing poses a strong threat to Frank's prosthetic body and exoskeleton.
[Lille: Yes, go back to the company to rest and be on call at all times. 】
[Frank: Got it. 】
“This is Night City, a prosperous city in Northern California, and one of the few free cities in the new United States that has not yet been ‘recaptured’.”
Liel pointed. Night City on the desktop map said.
"We now have advanced second- and third-generation prosthetics and a large number of basic medical equipment as civilian commodities." The screen on the table showed the scene of Matt struggling in the stadium, as well as the opinions of commentators from all sides, and Fiona's talk at the banquet tonight——
These can all prove that this is a powerful prosthetic body that crushes today's products of the same level and is aimed at the broadest audience. market.
“.This kid will become a star. He has the best physical fitness and the best prosthetic body. He will sweep the world and open up the market for us. We only need to open up trade with Mexico in the south. Get a backer and a market
And you are stuck here, stuck in the south of Night City.”
Lille quickly talked about his idea like a salesman——
Hansen shook his head: "This kind of freedom is based on the existence of the company. Night City itself is nothing. If you leave Arasaka and other companies aside, , Military Technology's aerial fortress can wipe this city off the map in two hours: including take-off and landing time.
And if Military Technology and other companies are ignored, Arasaka's aircraft carrier - is now. I don’t know where to stop on the coastline That ship can do it within an hour
If that’s what you’re talking about.”
Lear ignored Hansen’s denial and continued: “Then the ship. It only took me one year to make a dual-purpose vehicle with excellent cost performance and performance. These vehicles can be used as light armored units to arm Night City, and they can also be sold to the civilian market. The aerial vehicles are now We have it too
We also have electromagnetic guns, exoskeletons, and drones that are not that advanced, but they can definitely reach the threshold of the regular army. ”
Hansen was not angry because he was interrupted. On the contrary, he became interested.
No matter how nonsense Lille said it, at least it caught his eye. :
This is not a desperate dog, or a brainless cyberpsycho.
“People, just come out of those gangs: countless immigrants enter Night City every year and then participate. Gang, all we have to do is change the population and employment flow, or promote ambitious soldiers from the young men here."
"You are like the recruiter of the new United States, you should recruit soldiers."
Liel ignored Hansen's teasing and continued to point to the map:
"Open up trade and you will have money. This place can continue to exist as a trading city. If the current companies are dissatisfied, then recruit a new group of trading partners.
With money, you can arm soldiers and build a real army to continue in this sensitive place. Remain Neutral:
As you said, it only takes two hours for the military-tech flying fortress to blow up this place, and it only takes one hour for Arasaka's aircraft carrier, so we only need to have the strength to hold it for a few hours. That’s enough!”
Hansen stopped laughing. He was a military commander, and he also commanded special missions like Nether Dogs.
These words are not like what a serious officer said, but more like what a politician who knows a little bit about military affairs said:
If it is just self-protection, of course you only need to have the ability to defend until there is an enemy. The enemy's ability to participate in the battle has already completed the transformation from zero to one.
The price is that although this kind of freedom has gone from zero to one, it is still only one.
As for the sending away of a group of companies and the arrival of another group of companies, he did not make fun of it, because this is how Dog Town was started:
It seems that he still needs the company as a partner, but because of these changes, the status of Dog Town, the strength of Nether Dog, and his own small treasury...
All have actually changed.
As a "doer", it is more important to see that there is real hope that things will get better than to think of a "perfect plan and future" in your mind.
Hansen seemed to have anticipated what Lille was going to say next, but he still said:
"Economic strength, military strength. It's like which comes first, the chicken or the chicken?" Egg problem, but I can say that Night City does not have these two things.”
Economic strength is generated by the continuous investment of resources through corporate gaming, and military strength is also completely nonexistent. Once the support of the company is lost, nothing will be left.
"Yes." Lear nodded, "So you need to grasp it with both hands: no company will sell submarines, missiles, and tanks to Night City, but you have them here, and the sales this time are not very good. In the warehouse There happen to be some.
There are no soldiers in Night City who can control these war weapons, and you happen to have some here."
"You want me to follow you to death"
"Ku. Colonel Walter Hansen." Lear said slowly, "Are you going to continue to be a desperate dog or a self-deceiving madman?"
Lear looked at him, his eyes seeming to add a sentence: Where are those sparkling desires of yours?
Hansen was stunned for a moment, then rubbed his head and laughed:
"Interesting. Continue."
But secretly, he did it to his subordinates A code and gesture that no one can see.
(End of this chapter)