Chapter 10 Leap Research Institute
Blood rose into the sky and fell quickly.
Blood rained all over the sky, dripping and sputtering.
The head with anger still on its face slowly rolled into the spreading pool of blood.
“Hahu, ha——”
Song Shi gasped for breath. This natural physiological reaction caused by body overload was difficult to stop through human will.
I was really risking my life just now.
First-level psychics have physical fitness above the average level of ordinary people and single-digit psychic skills. If placed in ancient times, this is indeed good.
But it is already the year 2150 of the New Calendar, and ninety years have passed since the "Seven Lands War" that almost destroyed most of the world.
The popularization of implant technology has already changed the world. By replacing prosthetic limbs through surgery, one can easily break through the limits of natural human strength. Not to mention things like subcutaneous armor, alloy frames, and artificial gland pumps.
As for the psychic skills, almost none of the psychic skills before the third level are irreproducible, such as [Fire Drawing], which Song Shi had no choice before and could summon flames out of thin air.
A "phlogiston flamethrower" component equipped with a prosthetic body, as long as you are not afraid of burning yourself, can reach a maximum temperature of more than 2,000 degrees, and the flames it spits out are long and fierce.
It is not uncommon for a psyker to hold me as the chosen one with psychic powers and run to face the cyborg head-on, only to be shattered into pieces by a wave of bullets.
——At least that was the case before the fourth ring·[Sublimation].
Song Shi knew without looking down that his entire right hand was trembling, and he could hardly even hold the dagger firmly.
Pressing the whole body's spiritual energy on one arm, and trying to burst out with stronger power, and finally the forging flame used it as a medium to rush over to bless the dagger.
The three merged into one and unleashed a blow powerful enough to cut off a metal spine.
But the price is equally huge.
My arms that can’t stop trembling now are the consequences. Muscle tears, skin burns, bone bruises, and almost a semi-disabled state.
Even the injected analgesics are difficult to suppress.
In comparison, the pain of forcibly breaking free from the handcuffs through the thumb dislocation method is not worth mentioning.
But I have no time to take care of it.
Song Shi rushed forward, tore open the opponent's tactical vest, peeled off the inner layer of clothes, and after groping around, finally found what he wanted.
The fifth floor, in the laboratory.
Mariko's appearance changed drastically again.
The clothes on the upper body were completely torn, and most of the exposed skin was cracked. There was an obvious hole above the abdomen. There were only a few remains of the wet artificial lung, and the broken nerve tubes were hanging down, causing shaking with every movement.
"I'm Marico, no, I want to be Gree, uh--!"
His face was dotted with blood, and his expression was alternately sleepy and angry.
"——Loading live ammunition, now allowing live ammunition shooting!"
This cyber madman is more troublesome than imagined, at least 30% of the modification degree, and he still has the idea of not damaging the company's assets. Fighting, I'm afraid something will happen.
Hear the captain's voice in the headset channel.
Using a refrigerated cabinet as a cover, the man with two prosthetic eyes like protruding bottle caps and a beard grinned ferociously, grabbed the large-caliber magazine that had been prepared, and inserted the TAL in his hand Heavy assault rifle.
Still a weapon of Marshall Brothers.
Although the man was suspicious of whether the purchasing department had received kickbacks, the Marshall Brothers were also quite old weapons manufacturers, and the products they provided were indeed useful, so there was no need to worry about whether there were kickbacks or not.
Now he just wants to use his bullets to fill up the cyber madman opposite!
Someone moves faster than him.
A dull roar suddenly sounded.
This voice is all too familiar to him.
That was a weapon Dick purchased personally, a good thing that he often showed off.
Produced by the giant enterprise [Southern Region Heavy Industry], the "Expounder of Justice" is a heavy kinetic energy pistol known for its close-range lethality, and consumers prefer to call it a "can opener".
The official website price is 55,000 credit points. On this basis, senior members can get a 10% discount.
The moment before he heard the sound, Marico had already taken evasive action, but in the end, it was a beat too slow, and the bullet of "Justice Expositor" still grazed the skin of his shoulder - and just grazed , the entire bionic skin on the right shoulder was instantly torn and shattered.
Under the bionic skin are not bright red muscle tissues and bones, but dense and dense various mechanical parts and electronic components.
With the powerful impact, these components also shattered into large pieces, popping out and falling to the ground.
Mariko's prosthetic arm once again flashed a series of electric sparks.
The "Hand of Daedalus" is an excellent engineering prosthetic body with fourteen common interfaces, comes with high-precision sensors, and integrates many tools including hydraulic clamps, air pump cutting machines, phlogiston flame guns, etc. - the market price of the regular version With three hundred thousand credits, Marico's twenty-four installments are currently at the sixteenth.
Not long ago, another researcher had his head blown open by a hydraulic clamp.
But that’s it.
Soon.
Under constant crossfire suppression, the remaining three researchers, including Vidani, finally withdrew to the entrance of the laboratory.
Marico's body also looked like a tattered rag doll, and his movements could no longer maintain the previous speed.
"Please do not attack the head, I hope to get living samples."
When she was about to leave the laboratory, Vidani sent a message to the captain: "His danger has been greatly reduced, and he should It won’t cause any trouble to you. Next, please focus on control.”
“I understand.”
The captain scanned the message on the interface and did not send a reply. , but took out a bundle of high-strength steel ropes from his waist.
He then took out a small liquid pump nail gun module, connected one end of the steel rope to the gun head, and then inserted the entire nail gun into the exposed interface of the prosthetic forearm - the moment the two were released, the three lights on the surface of the nail gun The indicator lights light up in sequence, indicating that the output reaches the upper limit.
"Notification, I have activated the "trip rope", the rest of the people please continue to maintain firepower, suppress the movement, create opportunities for me to release the "trip rope", but do not aim at the fatal part."
Hearing the voice on the channel, the bearded man secretly cursed, "You're such a troublesome mother," but he could only resist the urge to continue firing. He threw the assault rifle aside and took out the pistol with rubber bullets - but it didn't matter, anyway. It's not like he's going to have a head-on close combat with that cyber madman.
A former third-level engineer transformed into "cyber psychosis".
If it were a real fight to the death, the man didn’t think he would lose, especially if he brought weapons in advance - but injuries and implant wear and tear were definitely inevitable. These were real losses. The outsourcing contract he signed The contract reimburses only a small portion.
No need, really not necessary.
"Received, received! No problem at all! Don't worry, Captain!"
The man poked his head out of the bunker, raised his pistol, and shouted loudly: "Let's do it To cover for you——"
But the next moment.
A harsh roar suddenly pierced the night sky!
The man couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
This voice.
The mobile vehicle they drove over, Barron’s? !
What does that guy mean? No more attendance allowance?
Outside the laboratory, hearing the roar of the engine, Vidani suddenly realized something and rushed to the window.
A dazzling firelight lit up in the distance.
That is one of the security procurement equipment of the institute, a product of the giant company [Time Series].
The "Leaper" motorbike kept roaring at this moment. Ignoring the urgent warning from the on-board intelligence in his ears, someone turned the power to the highest level in an instant and sped rapidly towards the entrance of the research institute!
"Song Shi?!"
Vidani's voice changed for the first time, and she showed a hint of surprise and disbelief.
Thinking of Brorick who had not returned for a long time, she finally realized something. She leaned on the window edge, leaned out her upper body, and her glass-like implanted prosthetic eyes began to light up.
"Permissions are executed, the door is immediately blocked, the 'sentinel' enters the alert mode to search for enemies, and the camera begins to anchor -"
Almost at the same time.
"Song Song Shi?"
The roar of the engine pushed to the limit is too high.
Marico also had a small set of limbic enhancement systems implanted to strengthen the five senses. His hearing was significantly improved, and he could also hear Vidani's words.
".Song.knowledge?"
Marico stood in the ruins, muttering unconsciously, and another word suddenly appeared in his muddy mind.
".Promise." Then, he remembered.
"I remembered that I am Marico."
The man looked around. The originally huge laboratory was in a mess. A lot of equipment was damaged. Report sheets soaked in plasma were stuck to the ground. They were everywhere. Broken limbs and various components.
Look down.
The "Hand of Daedalus" that I was so proud of in the past, and that even made me unable to repay the installment loan, has been overwhelmed. The few remaining bionic skins are hanging down, and there are occasional Indigo electric sparks flickered from the cracks in the shattered inner layer.
The original painting above has long been covered up by the thick blood.
"I don't know Geli at all."
Marico murmured, and the previous memories suddenly came back. The physical link, the unlocking of the prosthetic body, and the current roar of the engine seemed to make the man suddenly hear a very ridiculous person. His shoulders were shaking and his face was twitching.
“Ha, ha! Hahaha——!”
Amidst the pale laughter, Marico cried bitterly.
With his current appearance, he looks extremely ferocious.
"Why should I die? Do I deserve to die?"
Mariko wanted to yell loudly, but he didn't dare. He didn't dare let other people in the institute know about this. thing.
In the distance, the engine just started roaring, Vidani stuck her head out and slowly raised one hand.
Yes, you can’t let the research institute get your memory, and you can’t let them know about your deal with Song Shi.
Crack.
A metal bottle popped out of the "Hand of Daedalus", which was the phlogiston storage bottle of the "Flame Gun" component. This high-energy phlogiston used in industry can melt even alloys, not to mention brains.
Remember your promise.
Mariko could only think this way.
There is no time to hesitate.
Mariko tremblingly put the phlogiston bottle with a cut out into his mouth, and then rushed towards Vidani in the distance.
"The target wants to commit a self-destruction attack! The rest of the people leave immediately - no, don't shoot!"
The captain's pupils shrank.
The crackling ammunition was like a violent storm, hitting Marico. The latter ignored it and sprinted towards Vidani in the distance like a mad dog!
Bang—boom!
I don’t know which round of ammunition caused the spark.
Marico was instantly swallowed up by the flames, the melted wax of the bionic skin dripped, as if endless flames poured out from his facial features, and his entire head was burned! A wave of air swept in all directions!
Like a ghost in hell.
The next moment, unable to bear it anymore, Marico's body flew out like a kite with its string broken, knocking down countless equipment along the way, and the storm of bullets and sea of phlogiston fire followed. Devour everything.
Outside the laboratory.
Vidani dodged a piece of flying metal fragments and had no time to wait for the flames to dissipate completely. She stared closely at the bottom of the building.
Kilometers away.
The blue flames spurting out from the quadruple exhaust pipes, speeding up at the limit regardless of safety protocols - in a snap of the fingers, the starting motorcycle turned into a line of blue fire that cut through the night and disappeared in an instant!
Under the violent roar of the engine, there was the sound of mechanical rotation.
Under the command from Vidani, the autonomous sentry machine gun matrix arranged in the flowerbed and high wall woke up at the same time and entered an alert state. Scarlet light shined from inside, which was composed of the institute's camera and its own enemy detection device. The system instantly locked onto that glowing line of fire——
drop.
Tick tock.
The self-disciplined sentinel machine gun matrix made a clicking sound, but never fired.
Within the domain.
A tampering program has been put into the public network at some point! Although the firewall was erasing it at a speed visible to the naked eye, the firewall's control over the self-disciplined sentinel matrix could not be regained for a while!
Vidani turned her head sharply.
"Long-range firepower!"
"We don't carry long-range firepower!" The captain spoke quickly: "There is too little time to prepare for dispatch! And we initially judged that long-range and heavy firepower are not needed or suitable here!"
Vidani was about to say something more when her pupils suddenly shrank and her whole body moved to the side.
Amidst the almost continuous gunfire, the area near the window suddenly exploded!
A total of twelve shots and one magazine.
Although most of the bullets flew to nowhere on the way due to the distance and the design of the pistol itself, one of them was lucky enough to hit the area and create a gap in the outer wall of the window.
Vidani subconsciously avoided it, then reacted instantly and threw herself back to the window edge.
The faint blue flames of the motorcycle exhaust pipe. No, more than that!
Away from the neon lights of the city, under the dark and deep night.
On the figure on the motorcycle, red-gold flames silently surged out for a moment, like a tracer bullet that briefly lit up the surroundings.
The volunteer sample who was timid not long ago was holding the motorcycle with one hand and putting away the "Black Powder" pistol with the other hand. In the fleeting light of the fire, the two people looked at each other clearly - the other party's lips were slightly open, as if Said something.
The data processor is not waiting for lip analysis.
No more shackles.
The young man pressed the armrest without hesitation, leaned forward with his body weight down, and turned a button on the instrument panel.
The name of the mobile vehicle "Leaper" comes from the "mimic anti-gravity system" it carries. It claims to allow consumers to enjoy the supreme beauty of aerial boats at one percent of the price.
With the engine roaring as it was pushed to the limit, Song Shi took a deep breath and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom!
The next moment.
It was as if there was an adjuster implanted with a super-heavy engineering prosthesis. He held his breath, accumulated strength, and aimed a vertical punch at the locomotive chassis.
When he broke the third barrier in front of him in one breath, a huge force exploded out of thin air under his body. The air ripped from his ears and the cold wind in front of him made Song Shi suddenly lift the armrest and the whole motorcycle was shaken. Soaring from the ground!
"Mimetic anti-gravity system", also known as "air pump spring"!
Under the dark sky of Paloser.
A black shadow reaches the sky!
More than ten meters above the ground, the locomotive, burning with blue flames, smashed into the air. With an unstoppable attitude, it trampled on the door of the research institute that was about to close!
Then there was a loud noise that seemed to shake the earth.
Then, both the violent roar of the engine and the raging flames completely disappeared from the end of the field of vision.
"Vidani, now"
The captain picked up the rifle and spoke cautiously.
Vidani lay on her back, staring at the deep, dark sky.
There are no stars in the sky.
Amidst the sleepless roar of countless factories in the Rota District all night long, the sky in Palower has long been shrouded in thick haze, and the corrosive acid rain is constant all year round. Even on rare sunny days, the sunshine will still shine. Colorful light shines through the clouds.
Like neon in the daytime.
Looking at the woman who seemed to be in a daze, the captain hesitated for a moment and prepared to leave first. This mission was quite a failure. There will definitely be a lot of reports to be done later, as well as various questions. Responsibility, even he couldn't help but feel guilty when he thought of these.
"Ha, ha-ha-ha-"
"Interesting guy...a rare experimental subject."
< br>Vidani let out a low and suppressed laugh, and in the next moment, she turned her head and her expression returned to calm.
"I will inform the teacher here, and the rest will be according to the company's policies."
She glanced at the laboratory in the distance.
The flames brought by the phlogiston have slowly extinguished, leaving only a broken dark skeleton half-kneeling, standing among the ruins.
“Such a degree of physical damage.”
Vidani frowned slightly and made a decision quickly without thinking for too long.
"Find someone to pack it up and send it to the freezer first. This sample may be useful later."
(End of this chapter)