Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 40 Is there no way out
Caitlin, the deputy head of the Arasaka Special Operations Department, no longer cared about the consequences of an all-out attack.

No matter how many casualties there are today, Mann and the others must be taken down, and the military-grade Sian Westan should be brought back to return to missions.

Otherwise, she couldn't bear Director Abernathy's anger at all.

Someone needs to take primary responsibility for this.

Caitlin knew that she would become that person in all likelihood, but as long as Director Abernathy was willing to use her to protect her, she still had a chance to survive in Arasaka Company.

So in Caitlin's view, the death of the Arasaka special service team is nothing at all, at most it was a command error.

And once he disappointed Director Abernathy, his career in Arasaka would come to an end.

Caitlin could not imagine the consequences of that.

Her basic necessities of life, the implanted advanced prosthetic body, etc., are all given by Arasaka Company.

If she is fired from the company, she will lose everything, so she might as well take a desperate gamble.

Caitlin, who made up her mind, no longer reserved any means. After ordering the entire Arasaka special service team to charge, they dispatched all the drones and heavy artillery in their hands, and launched a final violent attack on the Mann people in the battered workshop. suppress.

"Today you must die, even if you blow the factory into rubbish, don't even think about running out of here!"

Mann and the others didn't know where the secret passage for the Vortex Gang to escape was. There were few bunkers outside and it was easy to be set on fire, so they could only hide in the workshop and struggle with the Arasaka Special Service Team.

Just when Mann and others were helpless, the situation on the scene changed suddenly, and the Arasaka special service team who attacked them rushed out of the workshop.

But before Arasaka's people could react, they fell under the attack of others.

Qi Wei hastily seized the time to scan the outside situation: "It was the people of military technology who took action. They launched an attack from the outside, and all the armed personnel of the Arasaka special service team were killed!"

When Mann and the others heard that the military technology had been used, they finally escaped from Arasaka's hands.

Only then did Mann have the time to help Dorio, and said to the others: "It should be that Faraday and the military technology have reached an agreement. Let's evacuate as soon as possible. The prosthetic body was stolen by the Maelstrom Gang. We will talk about it later!"

Everyone did not hesitate to act immediately.

at this time.

outside the workshop.

Two armed floating vehicles of military technology launched a fierce shelling from above, and five armed vehicles of Arasaka Company on the ground were blown up instantly.

A huge explosion heat wave overturned the audience.

Caitlin, who didn't notice the situation, was sent flying by the shock wave and fell to the ground. When she tried to support her injured gray face, a pistol was already on her forehead.

Caitlin's pupils were shocked, and she never expected to be attacked by military technology personnel at this time.

This matter was carried out in secret from the beginning to the end, and according to the information obtained, Military Technology did not plan to take back this prosthetic body at all.

Why did it suddenly appear here?

And completely disregarding the unspoken rules of the two companies, they will not openly use firepower against each other in urban areas.

Since the Fourth Corporate War, both Military Technology and Arasaka Corporation have been hit hard to varying degrees.

Therefore, the two companies have reached a ceasefire and peace agreement on the surface, but as the strength of the two companies gradually recovers, a new round of strong conflict and large-scale competition has begun.

Even so, the two companies have always maintained the unspoken rule of talking but not doing, to avoid head-on conflicts with hot weapons.

But today, the people in military science and technology completely abandoned the rules and directly and openly used heavy firepower to attack the Arasaka special service team.

If this news is made public, it is very likely to become an excuse for both sides to fight on the table, and even become the fuse of a war.

What shocked Caitlin even more was that the person in charge of the military technology attack turned out to be Meredith Stott, the director of the military technology special operations department.

Caitlin saw Meredith approaching in style, with long blond hair behind her back and a leather field uniform all over her body.The iconic military technology and tactical leather gloves, with his hands wrapped around his body and a stern expression.

"You dare to openly attack Arasaka high-level officials, this is a declaration of war!" Caitlin yelled with blood spitting out her mouth.

"Arasaka won't let you go!"

Caitlin began to frantically call for support, but the on-site signal has been completely blocked by military technology.

Even though all Arasaka personnel present had trauma team insurance, Caitlin was still a platinum member.

But without signal transmission, there is no way to call for help.

Meredith waved her hand and temporarily left Caitlin's life, and asked her men to go down and finish off the rest of the Arasaka special service team.

The armed personnel of military technology armed with heavy machine guns began to kill the Arasaka special service team.
Caitlin saw that the Arasaka special service team she brought was blown upside down, and then watched the special service team lying on the ground get shot in the head.

All the members of the three Arasaka special operations departments died here, and none survived.

Kaitlyn's rage faded, and she knew she was doomed this time.

The three Arasaka special service teams all died during the mission. This kind of serious accident must be reported to the board of directors for ruling.

The result can be imagined.

Caitlin's face was ashen, but her survival instinct still drove her to say: "You can't kill me! I am the deputy director of Arasaka's special operations department! I am the senior management of Arasaka. If I die, you will not escape responsibility!"

Meredith smiled contemptuously: "Who said we killed you? Aren't those cyberpunks the ones who really killed you? Don't worry, I will avenge you and your Arasaka colleagues soon."

Kaitlyn's eyes were wide open, and the whites of her prosthetic body were bloodshot from emotion. She knew that she was doomed, but she still wanted to live, even if she left Arasaka and Night City.

"Director Meredith, I beg you, please let me live, I promise I will never tell what happened today!"

Caitlin struggled to crawl across the ground, trying to keep Meredith's leg, begging to let him go.

Meredith kicked Caitlin in the face, deforming the high-level prosthetic body on her face, revealing the exquisite spiral simulation prosthetic body in her mouth, which turned around involuntarily with a trace of electric sparks.

"Do you think I'll believe your rubbish? Arasaka never said a single truth."

"You work under Arasaka, you should have thought that you would have this day sooner or later"

"Is it Tanaka from the R&D department who wants to take our military-grade Sianweistein human experiment data?"

"Don't think that we don't know what Arasaka is planning, that stinky bastard Abernathy is hiding behind, otherwise she will be the next one to die!"

Meredith is extremely conceited and arrogant. As the head of the special operations department of military technology, she is also a powerful existence in Night City.

Normally, she wouldn't have the chance to touch a high-ranking Arasaka like Kaitlyn, but today Arasaka found it herself.

Meredith's information on this trip did come from Faraday, and he also knew that it was Mann and others who fought against the Arasaka Special Service in the workshop.

But she doesn't care about these things, she only has one goal, to achieve a perfect ending without leaving a single insider alive.

In Meredith's view, even a powerful intermediary like Faraday is nothing more than a dog raised by his company.

What's more, it has nothing to do with me. The cyberpunks who are still at the bottom of Night City are just marginal people in the city. Even if they are killed, they can find new people to work for the company.

The world never lacks coolies.

So Meredith turned her attention to Mann and the others who were still hiding in the workshop, and asked his subordinates to shout inside.

"The people inside immediately put down their weapons and surrender!"

"Put down your weapons and surrender!"

"Military technology is performing a special mission. The scene has been completely sealed off. If you don't obey the warning, you will be shot and killed!"

Meredith's armed force is strong enough to deal with the five recalcitrant cyberpunks.

Moreover, the floating vehicle has completely monitored the entire workshop and surroundings of the factory, Mann and the others have absolutely no chance of escape.

in the workshop.

Mann and the others had just gathered together, thinking that through Faraday's relationship, military technology would let them go.

But when people in military technology asked them to put down their weapons and surrender, they knew that the situation was not that simple.

Dorio put her left hand on Mann's shoulder, feeling a little painful: "The military technology people have no intention of letting us go! We can't surrender!"

Qi Wei frowned, and the tone under the mask was no longer as flat as usual: "Yes, military technology is trying to kill all of us to save our lives, and now going out to surrender is to die!"

When the girl with twin tails heard this, she also understood that the other party wanted to blackmail them, so she roared angrily: "Then fight them to the end! No one will be afraid of them! This group of dishonest bastards!"

Mann didn't make a sound. He knew in his heart that the team was already injured, and the firepower and ammunition were almost exhausted, so he didn't fight another wave with the well-equipped military technology troops.

But laying down your weapons and begging for mercy is an absolute dead end.

"Damn it, I can only ask him for help!"

Qiwei immediately realized: "You mean the guy from Arasaka?"

Mann nodded: "Yes, he was the one who made this game back then, but he hasn't made a move until now. Except for him who can compete with military technology, there is really no other person to find."

The girl with twin ponytails was even angrier: "The rascals in Arasaka are more trash than the other, counting on him? Why don't I rush out and fight them!"

Qi Wei also said in a deep voice: "Why don't you try to communicate with Faraday, after all, he knows someone from Military Technology, and this time the information was passed on to Military Technology through him."

Mann smiled helplessly: "I have called him just now, and now the signal has not been released at all, and even Lucy cannot be contacted."

Hearing the bad news, Qi Wei also cursed severely.

"Grass"

Mann said wearily: "This time the incident happened because of me. I went out to talk to the people in military technology. If the talk fails, I will buy you some time."

Everyone was shocked.

According to what Mann meant, he wanted to go alone against those who used military technology, and then fight for their chances of escape.

Mann didn't wait for them to dissuade him, and continued: "I know you don't want me to die, but I owe you the current situation, who made me Mann the boss, and it is my responsibility to let you live! "

"Pila, you go to blast the back wall and make a gap. I'll block the military technology people!"

The girl with twin tails was the first to disagree and jumped out: "Mann, I am with you, I am not afraid of those people with military technology! You are not allowed to die here!"

Pila also held up the disabled prosthetic arm: "Mann, you are our boss, you must not die here, let me go, I can blow them up for a whole day! Just remember to avenge me, haha "

Dorio was even more reluctant, she would never agree to let Mann die alone.

They had no companions in Night City, and at some point they got together to report to each other to keep warm.

After leaving Mann, Dorio didn't feel that there was anything worth nostalgic about Night City and this world.

"Mann! I'm with you!"

Mann was very moved when he saw Dorio and Pyla brothers and sisters expressing their stance, but the more this happened, the more he felt sorry for them.

On the contrary, Qi Wei was still calmly observing the situation, trying to break through the blockade and send a signal for help to the outside world.

She believed that as long as she could contact Lucy, she would be able to find that Mr. Tang from Arasaka, and maybe even find a chance of life.

"hateful!"

Qiwei covered her temple with one hand, and the prosthetic body in both eyes kept turning the aperture, trying her best to break through the information blockade of military technology.

But the blockade of military technology comes from the signal shielding device of the armed floating vehicle, and the shielding device must be destroyed.

just now.

No matter how reluctant or disagreed with Mann's plan, the military technology has obviously run out of patience.

Mann's eyes regained firmness, and his tone was unprecedentedly serious: "Thank you, really, but this place must not become the burial ground of Mann's team!"

"I'm the boss, you must listen to me this time!"

"When Sasha went to perform that task, I saw her fall from the biotechnology building with my own eyes"

"I don't want this kind of thing to happen to any member of Mann's team"

"Otherwise, what's the point of me pretending to be this prosthetic body?"

While speaking, Mann's arm cannon malfunctioned and popped out automatically.

He hammered the arm cannon back into place with a punch, and smiled helplessly: "Although there is a malfunction, the old guy didn't drop the chain for me at the critical moment."

"Pyla, you're going to blow up the wall"

"Qiwei, remember to help Dorio escape"

"Rebecca, don't look back if someone comes after you"

"Don't worry about me, I will stop them all!"

"If you still remember me as the boss in the future, you will come to the small plaza of the TURGO convenience store when you are free."

That's all for this.

Regardless of everyone's obstruction, Mann walked towards the door of the workshop alone amidst their grief and helplessness.

The huge body looked so lonely and heavy in the dark, after all, Mann chose to exchange his own life for the time for his teammates to escape.

Even though Mann knew it would be difficult, he was willing to give it a go!
Dorio gritted her teeth tightly, rationally telling her that this was the best choice and retreat, but she really couldn't let Mann face military technology alone.

Qiwei stopped Dorio, who wanted to rush to help impulsively, and calmly persuaded: "Dorio, you can't let Mann pay all this for nothing!"

Even Pyrrha was silent and in no mood for joking.

Rebecca, a girl with two ponytails, stared fiercely at Mann's leaving back, too excited and annoyed to say a word.

The night was deeper.

Meredith waited for a while outside the workshop, and when she saw that the warning call was ineffective, she waved her hand to let the armed forces start to clean up.

Sudden.

From the dark and dusty workshop, a figure slowly walked out.

The military technology agents immediately aimed their guns.

Meredith took a closer look, he was a big, dark-skinned, strong man, and the prosthetic body was over-modified, making his body look a little too bloated.

According to Faraday's tip, Meredith recognized the big man as Mann, but he didn't see the others coming out together, and his eyes became cold.

But they didn't notice that under the darkness of night, Mann wearing sunglasses began to show strange symptoms.

The eyes of his prosthetic body are round, trembling strangely from time to time, his whole face is stiff and silent, walking forward as if no one else is there.

Immediately, a military technology agent shouted a warning: "Stop advancing immediately, put down your weapons and surrender on the ground!"

But instead of stopping, Mann walked towards Meredith step by step.

Meredith squinted her eyes and seemed to see that something was wrong: "Mann, why didn't the others come out with you? As long as you obey the order and surrender, you can disarm and survive."

Hearing Meredith's question, Mann suddenly stopped and muttered to himself.

“So hot, so hot”

He found himself in a hot desert at some point, with a runway leading to the endless front.

Mann's mouth was parched from the scorching heat, but he still had only one thought.

"Go on, go on, go on, don't give up"

Mann stood on the desert runway in a daze, he couldn't tell whether it was a memory or a reality.

"other people"

"Isn't it just me?"

Mann looked around, the yellow and steaming desert saw no sign of anyone except himself.

So had to keep going.
Meredith saw Mann's distraught state, completely ignoring the surrounding situation, like a robot moving instinctively, and noticed something strange.

"Cyber ​​maniac?"

Meredith is not sure yet, but in the face of strong fear of death and high nervous pressure, it is very likely to induce potential cyber psychosis.

She has seen many examples of cyberpunks like Mann who have been over-implanted and transformed into cyber lunatics.

Meredith was always ready to order the kill.

"Mann!!!"

Sudden.

A voice came from behind Mann.

It was Dorio and Rebecca.

Hearing this familiar call, Mann stopped his stiff steps and looked back as if waking up from a big dream.

He found out that his teammates also swaggered out of the workshop.

Rebecca held a machine gun and aimed at the military technology personnel, Pila even had bombs strapped all over her body, and Qiwei walked in front with Dorio supported.

Mann woke up from the nightmare and looked at Rebecca and the others in surprise.

"Why are you here?!"

Rebecca smiled triumphantly and said, "We all feel that the Mann team cannot do without Mann!"

Meredith's expression was serious: "It seems that you haven't given up yet. You must know that there is only one way I have chosen for you, which is to disarm and surrender."

"I can let you live, but the prosthetic body must be handed over!"

Mann was no longer depressed at this moment, and said directly: "The prosthetic body has been taken away by the Uzumaki Gang, heh, you don't really think that we would rather die than keep that prosthetic body?"

Meredith looked unhappy: "Don't ask for death"

Rebecca scolded directly: "It's too long-winded! Old woman! Even if you have a prosthetic body, I won't give it to you! Do what you can! So much nonsense!"

Meredith got angry and was about to wave her hands, when suddenly there was a strong heat pressure above her head.

A huge red square laser shrouded directly.

All firearms within the range of the laser were absorbed by the magnetic force, and the electronic equipment failed.

The guns of the armed personnel of military technology came out one after another and flew to the floating vehicle in the sky.

The red laser phalanx projects suspended fonts to coordinate with broadcast warnings.

"Arasaka is performing a special mission, please put down your weapon immediately, otherwise it will be regarded as a malicious attack on Arasaka, and it will be cleaned up immediately"

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