Players Invade Cyberpunk-Chapter 876 - 283: We Are All Pawns (Part 3)

It’s also because there was no place to run that Erebos didn’t deploy all the Hellhounds, but left over five hundred of them here to defend, delaying the time before the artillery positions were destroyed.

Truth Department: "The air defense system has been blocked by Jackal and the others! Steamed Bun, where are your Predators?"

"Just returned to base with people on board! Newly crafted hybrid bombs, enjoy."

Three large drones flashed past, dropping seven or eight black spheres over the hillside before disappearing beyond the horizon.

Perhaps Erebos spent too much time in the military technology lab, leading to a higher understanding of warfare and quite adept control of the Hellhound troops.

Ordinary bombs might explode mid-air under a dense machine gun fire net.

But as the saying goes, you have Zhang Liang’s plan, I have the ladder to cross the wall.

Ever since the Big Sur incident where two 500KG bombs were accidentally detonated, players have been deeply reflecting on how to strike enemy units more efficiently.

The answer is to reduce the explosive yield, put a person on the bomb, then you can drop multiple at a time; after weight reduction, they can be mounted on drones!

Among players, human life is indeed cheaper than machines.

Orokin + 100KG bomb = directional short-range missile

"Yikes!!! Ha!!!"

Sitting on a bomb as thick as a gas tank, several players yelled strangely as they activated the ignition device, flames immediately spurting out from the tail of the bomb, and it accelerated instantly.

Terminal acceleration can be considered the cheapest of cheap Eagle Strike 18.

Moreover, the key isn’t just about players launching bombs, but that they launch it from the Sianweistan, adjusting the bomb’s drop point at super-fast speeds, interacting closely with a few self-propelled artillery, even the dense air defense web can’t stop it.

Their laughter echoed even in the fire sea of bomb explosions.

"Art is an explosion!!!"

[Incomprehensible]

Yet, even Erebos couldn’t explain the behavior logic and actions of these people.

Cyber Psychosis?

Is there such a rational Cyber Psychosis?

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Take off, we need to capture the Dog King!"

Originally a Cleaner, now in the player’s stronghold, Potato was urging Bighead to ignite this hovercar that hadn’t long been repaired.

"Why the rush?"

Although Bighead had test-flown it twice before, this was his first time taking it into battle.

He sat in the pilot’s seat, calmly connecting the control system, eyeing the first set of instruments: airspeed indicator, attitude indicator, altimeter; the lower set: turn and slip indicator, horizontal situation indicator, and vertical speed indicator. Missing any could lead to trouble.

"Ignite."

Blue flames shot out from the four engines on either side of the body, and the powerful engine lifted the several-ton hovercar into the air, bit by bit, freeing it from Earth’s gravitational pull.

Bighead: "Haha, target! Northrend!"

Potato: "Northrend, my ass, it’s Gemstone Cyan!" 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

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Meanwhile, at Gemstone Cyan, Li De and Alex were frantically scaling the building under the fire support of exterior players.

Thanks to their cybernetic enhancements, unlike regular humans, they could climb dozens of floors without stopping while simultaneously dealing with the Netherworld Dog soldiers’ attacks on each floor, or they’d either be dead or exhausted halfway.

Nearing the top-floor, Alex heard the roar of hover engines from above, yelling at Li De ahead

"Li De! Hansen’s preparing to escape via hovercar! Stop him!"

Upon hearing this, Li De forced himself to activate Sianweistan again, racing through the front defensive lines at top speed.

When he reached the top-floor helipad, Hansen, Murphy, Bennett, Dao Jie, and other core Netherworld Dog figures were already waiting to board.

As for the Netherworld Dog soldiers below, they were all abandoned pawns.

"You are... Lin Miao’s person?"

Upon seeing Li De rushing up, Hansen was a bit surprised. But being a seasoned veteran, he quickly discerned that the person before him didn’t possess the players’ unique air, instead resembling another type of individual.

"No, you’re an Intelligence Bureau agent, aren’t you?"

Li De remained silent; both sides knew each other, but had never formally met.

During the unified war period, Hansen’s entire intelligence system in Night City was under Li De’s charge, but both ended up becoming Miles’ discarded pawns.

"Surrender now, Hansen, and you can still have a decent ending."

Bennett wanted to step forward to deal with this lousy agent but was stopped by Hansen, who felt the opposing party’s speaking tone was inexplicably familiar.

"You and that female agent blew up the lab’s mainframe below, and then came here solo to confront me, an ability not many possess."

"Among the Intelligence Bureau agents I’ve heard of, only Li De seven years ago had such abilities, only it’s unfortunate he reportedly was sold to Huang Ban by Miles, dead without a trace."

Hansen sighed with emotion, not concerned that the other party could shoot him dead. After all, as a colonel in Dog Town, his cybernetic body wasn’t just for show.

"What do you think Miles would do for you if you die here?"

"The lab below belongs to Military Technology, so that rascal won’t admit to anything, and your name doesn’t even deserve to be on the casualty list."

Li De said blandly "I never thought about that."

Hansen felt great contempt, even disgust, toward Li De’s seemingly magnanimous expression.

"What do you understand?"

"I, and my brothers, seven years ago for Miles’ words of unifying America, sacrificed our blood, even our lives, no units could penetrate California, only I with my thousands of brothers stormed into Night City, occupied the Taiping Continent, losing nearly a thousand brothers!"

Typically calm, Hansen lost his composure and almost roared at Li De, voicing his many years of discontent

"And what was the result! That rascal sold us all!"

"My dead brothers didn’t receive a penny of compensation, they weren’t even recognized as martyrs of New America! Their bodies rotted and maggots infested at the outskirts unclaimed! The wounded had no money for medicine, in pain we had to smuggle drugs, did anyone help when we were desperate?"

"Now, she’s found another good dog, letting this dog rush into Dog Town for a dogfight with me to completely erase my stain!"

"And you talk to me about decency here?"