Starting as a Mechanical Hunter-Chapter 298 - 72: Battle Angel

In the Outer City District, the style of street gang fights is both advanced and ancient.

Advanced because they use high-end combat prosthetic bodies from the Black Market, and perhaps some pirated energy weapons.

But this can't hide the fact that street fighting is still the plus version of beer bottles, kitchen knives, and batons.

This is partly due to the unique attributes of alleyway fights and partly because if you really bring out some heavy firepower, the Mechanical Main Brain will crack down on it the next day.

So in the face of Gao Gong's challenge, Gao Jin did not refuse.

Find an abandoned construction site to determine the winner, where he can let loose.

No matter what conspiracy tricks the opponent has, Gao Jin believes that as long as he takes out Mr. G, everything will be resolved.

The "Lord Guan" version of the combat robot stomped heavily on the ground, with cracks appearing.

A full fifty intermediate combat robots were his last trump card, as well as his biggest reliance to establish a security company.

In addition to that, there were the thugs from Fucheng Island, the Flying Car Faction, the Motorcycle Gang, the subordinate gangs, and the cannon fodder army of the Frontal Gang.

Gao Jin gathered nearly three thousand people, although only a tenth were from the Welfare Gang, when this group marched towards the abandoned construction site, almost half of the Outer City District was alarmed.

Jack K stood behind a noodle stall, chewing on a toothpick, squinting as he sized up the gang members. He even recognized a few familiar faces who were notorious killers and anti-mechanical militants from the news.

"Have you heard about the background of the Welfare Gang's Dragon Head?" a vendor suddenly gossiped in a low voice.

"Isn't he a native of Fucheng Island?" The city people still felt superior to these smugglers.

"No, I mean behind him, there are actually shadows of the Dark Group."

"Dark Group, what's that?"

Among the rebels of the Mother City, there are few renowned resistance forces, like the Knight Order, Rebel A's bionic gangs, and a hacker group named "Terria."

These three forces are among the few that dare to claim "a certain terrorist act was done by us," categorized as organized crime.

There are quite a few forces opposing the Mother City, but outside of these three, most others are engaged in "guerilla warfare."

In the age of machines, as long as the Mother City desires, its tentacles can extend to any corner of the planet at any time.

In this situation, the constant increase in the number of resistance forces seems very strange.

Thus, a fabricated "Dark Group" emerged due to public opinion, "it" leads all anti-mechanical actions and expands its forces like an underground spider web.

Some even more exaggerated claims say that the mastermind behind this "Dark Group" is some alien civilization, one of the three Planet Main Brains, or an internal opposition faction within the advanced civilization behind the Mother City.

Though such "conspiracy theories" grow more bizarre with propagation, with more implausible details emerging, more people accept the notion of the "Dark Group."

Not everyone can establish a foothold in the Nightless City.

After all, no matter how fierce you are, you can't defeat the Mechanical Main Brain.

And for Gao Jin to swiftly establish a foothold and expand his forces with the demeanor of a "Strong Dragon Crossing the River," it's hardly believable if there's no support behind him.

The people of the Nightless City aren't blind. The "Molecular Colony" on Gao Jin's body is a controlled item from the Mother City.

The factions in the Mother City wouldn't openly give him such a thing, as it's a handle.

Then there's only one possibility, the Molecular Colony on Gao Jin's body is a counterfeit version, or even a "war trophy."

Whose trophy is it, then?

At this time, the "Dark Group" can go online.

Jack K scoffed at this kind of talk.

But he could confirm one thing, there's likely a technical development team behind the Welfare Gang.

Because these "close combat robots" wielding electro-swords don't belong to any robot module available in the market.

Using drones, the holographic projection allowed Gao Gong and his team to clearly see the marching route of the Welfare Gang Alliance.

"It's a pity we can't use heavy firepower in the city, otherwise, under General Quel's command, these people would have been bombed away," Daisila sighed.

"Don't talk nonsense, and also, put away the drones. The Nightless City isn't the Iron Sand Desert, drones are prohibited in the city, getting discovered by the Mechanical Eyeliner will be troublesome."

The drone's view automatically shut down.

The next moment, data streams flashed through Gao Gong's eyes, with over ten holographic screens lighting up.

With hackers around, who needs drones?

"It's like Radiation Beasts vying for territories. In the world of gangs, a real fight is more effective than anything."

"A real fight?" Matsushima Keiko glanced sideways at the other, "I don't believe a big bad like you would engage in an upright battle, you're definitely brewing some conspiracy."

"Strategies on the battlefield aren't conspiracies, they're tactics!" Gao Gong stated righteously.

At this time, Gao Gong and his group stood on the roof of an abandoned building, watching the dense crowd pour in through the main gate.

The players had quietly hidden themselves long ago. According to Baozi, the difficulty of this dungeon was particularly high, with over two thousand level 10 monsters and hundreds of elite monsters, they had to play it safe, anyone reckless would be an idiot.

Therefore, when the Welfare Gang entered this construction site, they were truly facing only one mechanical girl.

Battle Angel Xiao Yu!

Gao Jin squinted his eyes and looked up, just in time to see Mr. G on the rooftop. Gao Gong smiled slightly, making an internationally friendly gesture towards him.

Looking at the other's inverted thumb, Gao Jin didn't waste a single word.

The next moment, the roar of a furious engine, the sparks of an electric blade, and the movement of robots resonated as thousands of gang members charged directly at Xiao Yu.

"Damn, how dare you hit my wife!"

I am a Big Muscle Dominator was furious, getting up and ready to rush out, only to be pressed down by Baozi, Red Flower Demon, and Mr. Taichiro working together.

"Do you have a death wish?"

"That's not the way to throw your life away!"

"I could give up my life, but I can't not support my wife. Everyone move, I'm going to protect my wife!"

Plane shook his head with a Buddhist serenity, clasped his hands together, and said, "Desire leads to disaster; it can only be managed by cutting it off."

In the worried eyes of countless wife fans, Xiao Yu's eyes suddenly snapped open, and the obsession brewing in her eyes was like the sharpest blade. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Her pupils vanished, and her gaze turned pure white.

The next moment, a Patterned Snake Blade became completely transparent, and everywhere Xiao Yu passed, countless mechanical parts soared into the sky. With a flick of her wrist, the engine implanted in a motorcycle exploded, and at the same time, she lowered her head to dodge several Mantis Blades. From her heel, implanted carbon alloy blades shot out, like two foot blades resembling a jet of rain, cutting down the first members of the Flying Car Faction who rushed at her.

Amidst the dense sounds of snakes and guns, within a meter of Xiao Yu, it seemed to become a shredding domain, her petite figure turning into a combat machine, shredding any weapon or person who entered it to pieces.

Strong? This strength comes from intelligence.

"Boss, your new recruit is really—" Daisila and Tamil exchanged a glance, the two battle-hardened Mechanical Hunters the first time being stunned since entering Nightless City.

Gao Gong didn't speak, the data in his eyes flowing madly. In Gao Gong's 'eyes', Xiao Yu's sensory data on her surface was unusually copious.

If an ordinary person's data fluctuation is 1, an experienced combatant is 10, and a Chip Warrior installed with a combat chip is 100, then Xiao Yu's data fluctuation is 1000, and 1000 is just the lower limit—the overall data is still rising.

This number is quite exaggerated.

This level is equivalent to a data center built by an Advanced AI running at full capacity, creating this result.

It is always the advanced defeating the outdated, advanced technology defeating low-level technology.

Xiao Yu's strength has nothing to do with whether she is an Imperial Orphan or not; the main reason is her information processing system is the most advanced, an 'advanced' level not yet reached by the current technological level of this planet.

In Gao Gong's view, the information processing speed of this brainless girl has already touched the threshold of becoming an Information Life, and even the lowest level of Information Life is level 60.

"A Battle Angel, huh."

In the eyes of the players, their petite wife figure moved fluidly in the sea of black, where she passed, enemies were torn apart, weapons scattered in chaos—truly gallant and graceful!

"Cool cool cool cool cool cool cool!!"

"This is my wife, my wife, my wife, important things are said three times!"

"Miss, please wake up, you're a girl!"

"Oh, forgot, this is my husband, my husband, my husband, important things are said three times!"

According to in-game terms, ordinary monsters below level 10 are killed in one strike by Xiao Yu, elite monsters of level 15 are killed in two strikes, and even level 20 minibosses can't withstand Xiao Yu's five strikes.

This is because another advanced template of Xiao Yu, 'Mechanical Girl', is in effect.

This 'Mechanical Girl' is somewhat like Director Du's 'Daughter of Machines', except it's a combat template.

Mechanical Template: Mechanical Girl

Effect 1: Mechanical Slash, your attack on robots, prosthetic bodies, and mecha is +200%, attack on Mechanical Systems is +100%.

Effect 2: Mechanical Vital Point, for any Mechanical Body, your chance to trigger a Weakness Attack is +100%.

Effect 3: Mechanical Witch, you can temporarily activate the extreme performance of your Mechanical Body, increasing your attack, defense, and chain attack damage by 30~60%.

Mas Sharpness Fury's prosthetic body performance is something users both love and hate.

But for Xiao Yu, such extreme performance Mechanical Bodies already somewhat hinder her performance.

With the addition of the 'Battle Angel' template, even a normal attack could be amplified by 400%~600%, and the attack power of a Patterned Snake Blade is 500, meaning her normal damage lies between 2000~3000.

This is just with normal attacks—her skill attacks could even approach the damage of Energy Weapons!

And this is close combat!

Who among the gang members can withstand such terrifying damage!

More importantly, an all-Mechanical Body does not have the concept of Physical Strength Value, meaning as long as the opponent's energy isn't depleted and the Mechanical Body isn't damaged beyond a certain point, they can keep killing indefinitely.

Gao Jin was obviously aware of this, as his expression had turned dark as water.