Interstellar: Start as a cleaner.

Chapter 996 Wrong Ending
James also received intelligence, which included information about the mecha driven by John Lee. John Lee was driving a tenth-generation mecha manufactured by Alliance Titan Corporation.

Of course, this tenth-generation mecha is a model from the Alliance, and the exported one is definitely not as high-performance as the one used by the Alliance military itself.

The tenth-generation mecha is considered an obsolete model in the Alliance, but in the Federation, it is considered a top-level mecha.

As mentioned before, most companies in the Federation do not have the ability to manufacture mechas on their own, and even if they have the ability to manufacture them, other companies will not buy them. This has caused the Federation's mecha level to lag far behind the Empire and the Alliance.

The tenth-generation mecha exported by Titan Corporation is code-named Titan Blade. This mecha is a multi-purpose mecha with different configurations depending on different customers.

James didn't have the specific parameters of Lee John's mecha, but that didn't matter because it was just a tenth-generation mecha.

"The Pufferfish Mercenaries made a lot of money this time."

"You bastard Li John, you made me spend so much money. If I had known that you were only traveling in a mecha, I would not have looked for an A-level mercenary group." James regretted it now, because the mission issued was an A-level mission.

The Puffer Mercenaries are an A-class mercenary group of the Mercenary Union and are ranked 36th in the Free Mercenary Union.

The Free Mercenary Guild calculates rankings based on mission registration points, and one alliance credit point is equal to one point in mission reward.

The reason why credit points are used for calculation is because the currency of the alliance is stable.

A mercenary group that has accumulated 100,000 points in a one-year calculation cycle is an F-class mercenary group, 1 million is a D-class mercenary group, 5 million is a C-class mercenary group, 10 million is a B-class mercenary group, and 50 million is an A-class mercenary group.

This is the ranking and calculation method for mercenary groups below level A. One year is a calculation cycle. If the points are not reached within a year, the ranking or even the level will be downgraded.

The Mercenary Union is urging these mercenary groups to accept missions.

There is no need for this method for levels S and above. Level S is based on the points of a single mission. A single mission with points exceeding 100 million reaches level S, a single mission with points exceeding 1 billion reaches level SS, a single mission with points exceeding 2 billion reaches level SSS, and a single mission with points exceeding 4 billion reaches level Ace Mercenary Group. Once obtained, it is valid permanently.

The same rules apply to the individual mercenary levels. When the Ashes Organization ordered the mercenary group to kidnap Wang Muxue, Yang Bo, disguised as a mercenary, earned billions of points, so Yang Bo was the ace mercenary.

The reward for the mission the Puffer Mercenaries accepted this time is 80 million.

Normally, the reward of 80 million for John Lee is a bit low, but this time the party offering the reward provided intelligence throughout the process, so the Puffer Mercenary Group accepted the mission.

The Puffer Mercenaries are on standby at a certain location, which is the only way from Xiaoyao Village to Vichi City.

In fact, after the members of the Puffer Mercenaries arrived at the standby location, they already had a rough idea of ​​who their target was.

However, the Puffer Mercenaries do not know who posted the bounty.

The Pufferfish Mercenary Group received the information from the union, and the leader nicknamed Thorny Fish laughed: "Brothers, we are lucky this time. The target person is just driving a mecha, haha."

"Captain, this is good news." The mercenary nicknamed Black Pig was also happy.

"Our target is Li John. It is said that this guy is very powerful." The mercenary nicknamed White Dolphin was a little worried.

"What are you afraid of? It's just a tenth-generation mecha." The team leader said.

"Of course that's what I said. Let's follow the second plan. Black Pig, Red Pig, you have to force the other side down from the sky."

"White dolphin, poisonous dolphin, dolphin, you three are responsible for the ground interception, pay attention to the video."

"Huangtun, Jiangtun, you two are responsible for long-range suppression." The regiment commander issued the order.

Free mercenaries use camouflage potions when they go out on missions to avoid some trouble.

Some mercenaries use camouflage potions even when they are alone with their own team.

"Yes!" The members of the Puffer Mercenaries answered loudly.

The standby location for the Puffer Mercenaries is a road train with a load capacity of one thousand tons, which has a locomotive and ten carriages.

As mentioned before, the Crimson Federation's material transportation mainly relies on roads, and all of them are powered by electric vehicles.

There are five carriages, a command carriage, an energy weapon carriage, and the rest are mecha carriages. There are eight mechas in eight carriages.

Black Pig and Red Pig use air superiority mechas, which can suppress the target and force it to lower its altitude.

The leader of the Puffer Mercenaries was in the command vehicle. Seeing the other team members getting ready, the mechas were turned on, and a laser cannon in the weapons compartment began to charge. Of course, the train compartments were not open yet.

The mechas of the Puffer Mercenaries were lying flat in the train carriage. The train was now parked on the side of the road, not far from Li John's manor.

The leader of the Puffer Mercenary Group saw that his subordinates were ready. The ones operating the mechas were the core members of the mercenary group, and the rest of the members were wearing armor and holding various weapons.

The weapon compartment is also equipped with weapons such as micro missiles.

Half an hour later, the leader of the Puffer Mercenaries received another piece of information, that is, the target had already left and was flying along the highway in an air superiority mecha.

In the Crimson Federation, you cannot fly mechas or fighter jets randomly, because the land has owners, and they will not allow you to fly through their airspace. Just like other aircraft are not allowed to fly over John Lee's manor, because it is uncertain whether the aircraft will have malicious intentions.

Therefore, fighter jets and mechas can only fly along the public areas of the highway. Of course, these public areas need to be reported to the management company of the city where they are located, otherwise they may be mistaken for enemies by the company’s alarm system.

The 500 meters on both sides of the highway are public areas, and there is a 500-meter buffer zone 500 meters away to provide a warning buffer for private land around the highway.

Five hundred meters may seem like a lot, but for the mecha fighters of this era, it is of no use at all.

Of course, most land owners will not build their manors close to roads, and the manor’s security system also responds quickly.

The biggest advantage of energy weapons is that they are fast and do not take a while to fly like a cannonball.

Yang Bo sat in the cockpit of the mecha, which was flying quickly at an altitude of fifty meters above the ground. Although it was an air superiority mecha, it could not fly too high, as the attack range of the energy weapons it faced would be larger.

At a height of fifty meters, the mecha can be attacked within a radius of several kilometers.

Energy weapons are within visual range and have a long striking distance.

The mecha was not driving automatically, but was driven manually by Yang Bo, who was looking at the data fed back by the mecha's radar.

There are many cars on the road, including large road trains, some armed flying cars, and some electric cars for civilians.

Even civilians carry various weapons, including some gunpowder weapons from the era of their home planet.

Even civilian cars have reconnaissance radars, the only difference is the performance and price.

The drivers of these vehicles became more alert after seeing the mecha controlled by Yang Bo.

On the one hand, the mechas are very powerful and can kill civilian flying cars and the like in seconds.

The other is a tenth-generation mecha, representing the power behind it.

Everyone can also guess that those who can openly control the flight of mechas in Vicchi City must be people from companies like these in Vicchi City.

"coming!"

"Everyone get ready!" The road train of the Puffer Mercenaries was speeding on the road. When the leader saw the mecha on the radar, he immediately shared the mecha parameters with his subordinates.

The mecha driven by Yang Bo flies at a speed of Mach 2. There is a speed limit for low-altitude flights. Yang Bo is a member of the Black Star Company, so he has this authority.

The rest are limited to Mach 1, which is actually for the safety of the company.

If there are no restrictions, and fighter jets fly at speeds of more than ten or twenty Mach, once a hostile force launches a sneak attack, the company will easily be unable to react.

Speed ​​limits can give companies more time to react, and the warning system will also lock on to speeding targets in advance.

In fact, this regulation is not limited to the city of Vichi. Some cities also strictly prohibit the flight of any aircraft, and even the speed on the ground is limited.

Aircraft are restricted from flying within a ten-kilometer radius around the Black Star Company unless permission is obtained in advance. As for flights within the city of Vichi, flight routes must also be applied for in advance, and the speed and altitude of flying vehicles within the city are also restricted.

From the moment Yang Bo saw the road train on the mecha, he became alert.

Although this is not the first time I have seen a road train, only this kind of big guy can hide mechas and various weapons and equipment.

"Action!" The Puffer Mercenaries watched as the target mecha on the radar got closer and closer, and was about to pass by, so they immediately gave the order.

First, half of the side of the weapon compartment suddenly slid to the other side, and the laser weapon inside fired at the target mecha more than a thousand meters away.

When Yang Bo saw the carriage of the highway train moving towards his side, he immediately knew that something was wrong and the entire mecha fell to the ground instantly.

"Warning! Warning!" A rapid alarm immediately sounded inside Yang Bo's mecha.

He saw an energy wave passing through the mecha from the mecha radar, and then the mecha radar found that several mechas on the road train flew up instantly. He smiled in his heart and controlled the mecha to take out the energy shield.

"Okay!" The voice of the leader, Thorny Puffer, was heard through the internal communication channel of the Puffer Mercenary Group, because the target mecha had already landed.

"Attack!"

"Ouch!"

"Look at my laser gun!" The mercenaries driving the mechas of the Puffer Mercenary Corps controlled the mechas like ghosts howling and pounced directly on the target.

Because in the eyes of these mercenaries, how could one mecha be a match for so many of their mechas? Moreover, their mercenary group's road train also has long-range support, not only laser cannons, but also mercenaries holding heavy laser sniper rifles. There is no need for any tactics or formations. Now it all depends on who can grab the head first.

Because in a mercenary group, the rewards for completing missions cannot be distributed evenly. Whoever has a higher score for each mission will receive a higher proportion of the rewards.

These mercenaries controlled the mechas, and the mechas were holding laser weapons and firing at the target mechas.

While firing, these mechas rushed towards the target mecha at an extremely fast speed.

The mercenary leader looked at the scene and smiled: "I thought the target would fly from a high altitude, but I didn't expect this guy to fly from a low altitude. This way we can save a lot of trouble!"

But at this moment, an urgent alarm sounded at the command center where the mercenary leader was located.

The mercenary leader looked at the warning message on the screen with his eyes wide open.

The road train's radar was completely damaged by the attack.

It turned out that the target mecha used the energy weapons carried by the mecha to directly attack the radar of the highway train during its descent.

Energy weapon attacks actually have no color, and are not like the lasers seen in movies that appear as beams of light.

boom! !

Before the mercenary leader could react, he heard a loud bang.

"Boss, that guy is coming towards you!" At this time, an urgent report from subordinates came through the mercenary group's internal communication channel.

The command center car of the road train has strong defense capabilities, so no outside sounds can be heard inside the road train.

The loud noise heard inside the road train proves that the command center of the road train has been damaged!
"Damn it, you idiots, use all your weapons to attack the target!" The mercenary leader didn't expect the target to react so quickly.

I just saw the target controlling the mecha falling to the ground, but I didn't expect something unexpected to happen in the next second.

To be precise, the changes happened at the same time.

“Boss…!” Several mecha masters from the Puffer Mercenaries were also stunned.

Because when these mecha pilots controlled the mechas to come out of the road train, they were full of confidence.

There are four air superiority mechas in the mercenary group's mechas. These mechas fly into the sky and attack the target with their laser guns at the same time.

However, the initial speed of these mechas of the mercenary group was not very high, because the mechas had just come out of the road train carriage.

Except for a few air superiority mechas, the rest were ground combat mechas. These mechas jumped out of the carriages of the road train and then landed on the ground dozens of meters away.

As soon as these mechas jumped for the second time, they saw the target mechas suddenly rushing towards them.

The target mecha's speed reached Mach 5. It should be noted that the distance between the two sides was only more than 1,000 meters.

At this moment, the mecha received information that the radar system of the road train's weapon carriage was under attack.

At a speed of Mach 5, a distance of one kilometer can be reached in less than a second.

The mecha divisions of the Puffer Mercenary Corps watched helplessly as the target mecha crashed directly into the command car of the road train, and only then did they report anxiously.

Because these mecha warriors never expected that the target mecha would actually launch a counterattack.

In the minds of these mecha divisions of the Puffer Mercenaries, the target mecha should escape.

The mecha master of the Puffer Mercenaries only had time to shout "Boss" before he saw that the command compartment had been broken open by the target mecha, and then saw the target mecha throw a mecha bomb into it.

Then a loud noise was heard in the communication channel.

The mercenaries watched helplessly as the command car of the road train suddenly swelled up.

It did not mark the location where A was destroyed, but instead sprayed out a large amount of stuff.

"Boss!!!" The mecha divisions of the Puffer Mercenary Group shouted madly in the communication channel.

And Yang Bo is very happy now!
Because when Yang Bo saw one side of the highway train carriage open, he knew something was wrong.

The entire mecha descended at a high speed, avoiding the attack of the laser cannon in the road train's weapon car.

At the same time, Yang Bo took out the mecha's energy weapon and aimed it at the radar transmitter of the laser cannon in the train's weapon compartment.

This laser cannon is a large laser cannon that poses a deadly threat to mechas.

However, this laser cannon also has a weakness, that is, without a radar system, it is blind.

However, Yang Bo's mecha did not fall to the ground, but instead moved in an arc and activated its rocket backpack to accelerate.

This action also allowed Yang Bo's mecha to avoid the attack of energy weapons from several air superiority mechas of the mercenary group.

Because the intelligent systems of these air superiority mechas determined that Yang Bo's mecha would land nowhere.

Because Yang Bo's mecha did not fall to the ground at all but dived down from the air, the mecha flew directly towards the highway train along the ground.

Forging +32!

Mecha piloting +32!

Hacker +16!

Mecha repair +16!

Fighting +8!

Fighting +8!

Yang Bo threw the mecha bomb into the suspicious carriage, and then controlled the mecha to flip over the stopped road train.

Now the road train has stopped. Yang Bo's mecha came to the other side of the road train and used the road train as a cover because the opponent still has four air superiority mechas in the air.

Yang Bo’s mecha had already sent a distress signal to the company.

It’s not that Yang Bo wants to count on the company to save him, but that this is the right procedure to follow.

"It seems that the information collected by Xu Shun was given to certain people!"

"Fortunately, I was prepared, otherwise someone else would have succeeded." The mecha controlled by Yang Bo went to the back of the road train, because there were many people wearing armor and holding weapons on the road train.

Yang Bo controlled the mecha and crouched down. One hand of the mecha held an energy shield and the other hand held an energy weapon for the mecha.

The command car of a road train has a higher level of defense, while the other cars are of civilian standards!

Because improving the defense of the entire carriage will arouse suspicion from others.

And the cost is too high.

The armor-wearing mercenaries of the Puffer Mercenary Group never expected such a big change to happen.

These armored mercenaries were planning to watch the fun and then earn the money from this mission, but they didn't expect that the command carriage would be attacked the next second.

These mercenaries in armor were like a group of scared flies. Most of them fled in the direction of several mechas in the mercenary group, while others panicked and ran away.

Yang Bo named the energy weapons in the mecha's hands one by one.

The energy weapons in the hands of these mercenaries had no effect on Yang Bo's mecha at all, because Yang Bo's mecha was holding an energy shield.

Even if the power of the energy weapons used by mechas is small, it can still be a fatal blow to a single super-powered person wearing armor.

boom! !

boom! !

boom! !

Just seeing these mercenaries in armor exploded into balls of brilliant fireworks.

This is because the energy of the energy weapon reacts with the energy of the psychic.

Firearms proficiency +8!

Mecha repair +8!

Fighting +8!

Information popped up in Yang Bo's mind.

(End of this chapter)