My cyberpsychosis is a task prompt

Chapter 205: Falling from a High Place

When the signal station was located and built, no one would have imagined that it would be swallowed up by the "growing" city in the future.

This damn place is so high and there is no way to go.

All maintenance personnel have to rely on the company's hovercraft to arrive, and there is no way to deploy security personnel, so they can only be managed by drones and testing equipment.

John no longer hides his moves.

He climbed the last few dozen meters of the building, took a running start and jumped over the high-voltage barbed wire.

There are several locks in the signal station.

Gino isolated the alarm along the LAN.

Sisal Rope used its backdoor in the municipal network to remotely open the electronic lock.

John violently removed the server cover.

He plugged the terminal into the transfer station as instructed.

"nailed it."

[Sisal Rope: Good job, the signal is very stable. Let me see the number of the hovercraft and the night route. You come down first, we are ready to go... Wait, I detected... Shit! ]

sizzle.

[Interference detected/reconnection attempt]

Mosaics appeared on John's prosthetic eye, which flashed several times. When he came to his senses, he had lost contact with the ground.

The cold wind suddenly became noticeable.

John realized that something was wrong, so he used his hands and feet to climb directly to the edge of the signal station to look for possible enemies.

The surrounding red traffic lights are always on in the dark.

His foothold was very narrow, and the sensitive arch sensor could capture the slight vibration of the base station, and the heat from the equipment was transmitted to his palm through the cement barrier.

The night view from high altitude is dark blue and black.

The holographic projection wriggles between the harsh edges of the building.

The tower crane equipment built in sections slowly turned around.

The steel crane arm was like a big hand brushing through the light mist, and the sound of steel and pulleys could be vaguely heard.

sizzle.

Electromagnetic interference strikes again.

John suddenly let go of his hand and fell backwards as if committing suicide.

Almost at the same time.

Dense blue arcs shot out from below.

That was the tail of the smart bullets. There were so many of them that they almost drew a human figure in the air, but they avoided all the facilities of the signal base station with incredible precision.

Messiah's prosthetic eye instantly locked onto the attacker.

【Equipment: Uriel surveillance drone】

【Manufacturer: (unregistered)】

It almost blended into the darkness, with the fuselage and red signal lights gradually emerging from the mosaic.

If it weren't for the high motion capture rate of the prosthetic eye, it would not have been discovered at all.

John landed and rolled, then without hesitation, he slid forward and jumped directly off the edge of the building.

hum-

Uriel stopped suddenly in the air and changed direction at a right angle.

It is equipped with a micro-reactor and a full-width vector engine, and is definitely military equipment!
"Fake!"

The scenery around John kept changing.

He ran quickly on the unfinished rooftop, specifically looking for narrow gaps and places with high drops to hide in.

But it doesn't do much.

A light blue smart bullet whizzed over.

Not only that, as they moved away from the signal relay station, the drone attacks were unrestricted and became more ferocious.

The concrete walls and materials were riddled with holes.

[Scan detected/try to reconnect]

[Hacking: Prosthetic Lock 3%]

A mosaic appeared in John's vision.

This drone is actually equipped with a remote network access cabin and has offensive hacking capabilities!
"Fake!"

John did not hesitate and immediately used black light to interrupt all external hacking.

The bullets shooting from all around paused briefly.

John shook his head.

The side effects of the black light made him drowsy, but it was not too serious.

[Mission target update]

[Escape from Uriel's pursuit. (Not achieved)]

【Destroy the municipal drone. (optional)】

John didn't hesitate and ran away with all his might.

He climbed up to the transfer station lightly equipped, carrying only a smart submachine gun. He was not sure he could break through the military armor of the drone with fully automatic artillery.

【Signal reconnection successful】

[Gino: ...We have to run, John. The drones directly under the parliament are more powerful than the fucking ECPD. This is equipment used on the battlefield. Damn it, we should have thought of it. This is an airspace signal transfer station! ]

"You're right! I'm trying!"

[Sisal Rope: There is no road ahead. I will help you calculate the route downstairs.]

Snapped--

As soon as John stepped over the concrete guardrail, he felt a sharp pain in his back.

[Subcutaneous armor: Dorsal spine A area (94%)]

The Urban Arms Control Act limits the specifications of bullets that can be used by drones.

The smart bullet did not completely penetrate John's body, but that was also because Plato's subcutaneous armor was strong enough.

If you get hit by a volley of bullets, you won't be able to withstand it.

"Fake!"

John fell to the ground, not even daring to delay, and rolled down the stairs and fell from the hollow area.

The Uriel drone was interrupted by the black light, and after restarting it locked onto the target again.

It stopped suddenly, changed direction, and dived downward.

An electronic mix echoed in the narrow space.

[Warning, you have violated the Eden City Public Facilities Protection Act. The action record has been uploaded to the ECPD. Please stop resisting and accept inspection...]

The jacket was blown up.

John continued falling and looked down. In his artificial eye, a data kept jumping red as a warning.

This is the maximum drop height the foot prosthesis can withstand.

boom--

John tried to grab the edge of the building, but was bounced off by inertia and his falling direction became a mess.

His vision was spinning and he bumped into things several times in the concrete building.

The blue smart bullet passed by.

boom!
John finally landed on a countertop on a certain floor.

He ignored the dull pain in his internal organs, rolled over quickly, and ran towards an even narrower corner.

call--

hum-

The drone hovered behind him for calibration.

The red indicator light is like an insect's compound eye. It has no vibrating wings but can sweep up clouds of dust.

"Fake!"

John suddenly emerged from the smoke and dust.

In his hand, he held a piece of steel he had picked up from the ground, and with brute force, he smashed it right in the center of the mechanical compound eye with all his might.

boom.

The sound of metal colliding echoed in the empty building.

The drone was hit so hard that its balance calibration was abnormal.

John didn't pause. He threw away the bent steel rod and took out the smart submachine gun that was inserted diagonally in his belt.

The cobalt blue bullets dispersed the smoke that had not yet settled.

John did not pursue the victory, but instead ran towards the corridor railing while shooting.

Uriel is too maneuverable in complex terrain.

If John returns the same way he came, he will definitely be shot dead in the construction site. Now he has no choice but to take a risk and find the fastest way to get downstairs.

He raised his hand to unfasten the magnetic buckle, took out the cross-body bag and held it in his hand.

Buzz, buzz——

Uriel was not fatally injured and had already adjusted his flying posture from the aftermath of the smashing and shooting.

John just glanced at it out of the corner of his eye and reached the end of the corridor.

Without any hesitation, he raised his leg, stepped onto the guardrail, and jumped directly from the floor more than a hundred meters high.

The night wind whistled and blew up the work jacket.

Messiah's prosthetic eye shrank rapidly, and the chip calculated the jumping distance and reliable landing point between the surrounding objects. Due to the short time in the air, Sian Westin started automatically, making everything in the field of vision slow down.

The noise is stripped away by the sensory processor.

The sky above Eden City was dark blue.

The brilliant neon lights reflected on the steel forest had an indescribable coldness. John flew over a distance of more than ten meters and landed on the swinging crane arm.

He tumbled on the steel platform, nearly slipping off, and lowered his body to run wildly on the moving lifting equipment.

The drone emerged from the dust.

Smart bullets cut through the night, and dense sparks spread along the crane arm.

【Gino: What are you doing, John! 】

[Sisal Rope: Wait! You're making too much noise. It's raining iron filings on the construction site. Everyone is looking up.]

【Voice Channel/Silence】

John muted the voice.

Hundreds of meters above the ground, with a hollow mobile crane more than one meter wide under my feet and combat drones chasing me from behind, I really didn't have the brain to listen to my teammates' exclamations.

He sprinted to the top of the crane, pulled out his gun and shot, then jumped into the driver's seat through the broken glass.

The tower crane is unmanned.

The smart bullet was embedded into the operating panel and equipment box through the gap.

[Warning! You are destroying company assets. The Faqi Group will record the criminal behavior and retain legal rights. You...]

sizzle-

The municipal drone didn’t hesitate.

Smart bullets bounced around in tight spaces.

John had more and more scratches on his body, but he still huddled in the corner, looking for the only exit on the floor.

He swung his fist hard, smashed the lock, and raised his gun to cut off the power supply lock.

Call ~
The inspection hatch in the floor was open.

The night wind blew in suddenly.

John looked down and saw a vertical ladder wrapped in a steel frame, which was also the path connecting the tower crane to the ground.

He buckled his backpack and jumped in.

The sisal rope backpack is of good quality, and hackers like the high-tenacity material, and the interior is covered with a smooth electromagnetic isolation fabric.

John used it as a rappelling device, replacing his arms with contact with the stairs.

sizzle-

The backpack was rubbing against the stairs rapidly, and the metal buckle turned from black to red, with signs of burning.

[Height fall warning: 12m/s (deceleration)]

John was descending from a height of one hundred meters. In his ears was the hurricane blowing from bottom to top in the narrow space. In front of him was the narrow metal inside the crane arm, and there were red flashing lights set at regular intervals.

He had no professional rappelling equipment and relied entirely on the backpack buckle and the high-toughness fabric that was being rubbed and burned.

Adrenaline is being secreted.

ga-

The metal ladder suddenly made a terrifying sound.

John looked up suddenly and saw smoke and streams of cobalt blue bullets above his head. The interior of the ladder was poorly maintained, and some of the steel structures and fixtures were on the verge of collapse.

"Fake!"

He tried desperately to tighten the rope to slow his fall.

bang——

The backpack strap finally burned through.

John's wrists collided with each other due to the huge force, and his body was also unbalanced in the narrow passage due to the imbalance.

[Subcutaneous Armor: Back...]

[Subcutaneous armor: waist...]

He didn't care about the pain at this moment and tried his best to scratch it. The artificial leather around his palm was scratched by the metal edge, exposing the metal gasket and muscle fibers. The deepest wound could even directly see the alloy structure.

"Fuck, huh, huh~"

John grabbed hold of the fixture before falling to his death.

He gasped for two breaths, and then, enduring the pain of internal organ concussion and muscle tearing, he flipped over the edge of the climbing frame.

Rumbling--

Fallen metal fragments and ladder structures fell from the passage, passing by with huge dust and terrifying hurricane force winds.

John estimated that the ground was only about ten meters high. He quickly climbed down, turned around, jumped to the ground, and rolled to unload the force. Then he ran quickly under the gaze of the construction workers on site, crossed the fence, and finally disappeared in the corridor.

call--

There were screams and curses coming from behind.

The municipal drone also came to the ground, deployed its scanning system, and conducted a survey of the on-site personnel, spreading out a red data grid in an attempt to find the target.

Da da da.

In a pit five or six meters deep from the ground.

John waded across and reunited with Gino according to the instructions on the voice channel.

Sisal Rope took the burnt backpack and his mouth twitched in surprise.

"Awesome! This guy is fucking jumping off a building!"

"Stop the bleeding first. It's best to scan the damage to the prosthesis. Tell me if there's any broken contacts."

Gino also expressed his concern.

John shook his head to indicate that everything was fine.

They talked as they ran, and when they came out of the corridor, they saw a black supercar crossing the gentle slope and stopping steadily in front.

[Mission target update]

[Go to the ambush site and wait for Bismarck. (Not achieved)]

Silver Knight 577 shuttles through Sakura Cross Street.

The commotion at the signal relay station alarmed many people.

Municipal notices and ECPD sirens first appeared on the streets, followed by the Owl Town Gang's minions guarding against sneak attacks at key locations, and the soldiers and investigation team of the Fuki Group also landed in the blockade on floating vehicles...

"Fuck it, the Internet monitoring has taken action."

Gino frowned.

The municipal government must have discovered the hacking activities in the signal relay station and will put pressure on network monitoring.

"Then we worked in vain?"

John was driving the supercar and glanced at the passenger seat out of the corner of his eye.

Sisal rope came forward from the back seat to let them relax.

Although this mission was assigned to John by Serum, the entire Wanderer Alliance was helping out where the eyes could not see.

The serum has released a series of attack commands through the terminal that had just been inserted.

"The Internet police are putting out fires everywhere. Cyberspace is bustling with activity. They can't guess our real goal for now, but we have to hurry!"

Gino confirmed the boss's order.

call--

The police drone flashed red and blue lights, as if it was going to shatter the colorful projections on Sakura Cross Street.

The Silver Knight supercar whizzed past.

On the wet black asphalt road, citizens had indifferent expressions and were talking "silently" amid the deafening sound of advertisements.

[Eden City-Wasteland H2 Border Inspection Station]

The supercar gradually climbed higher along the ring road.

The winding asphalt road gradually became desolate.

Further up the hill leads to the municipal dam power station.

From here you can already overlook the night view of the city:
It has a full industrial style. Photovoltaic facilities are located within the fence. Further away, lonely wind power equipment is turning in the land covered with yellow sand.

There are fewer pedestrians and vehicles.

But there were a lot of hovercrafts passing overhead.

John parked the car at the edge of a cliff.

He did not leave the driver's seat.

Gino and Sisal Rope got out of the car while arguing, and found a brand new large sealed box next to the yellowed and collapsed billboard.

It appears here very abruptly.

It was obvious that it was deliberately discarded when the truck brought it here.

The Wanderer Alliance is assisting in this attack, with hacker serum providing backup in cyberspace.

puff.

Gino unlocked the sealed box.

Tile-blue light and thick white smoke shone through the gap.

[Weapon: Messiah-Queen Bee I5]

[Module: EPM GRI, high-precision correction, guided launch module [unauthorized]]

John sat in the driver's seat and scanned the weapons with his eyes.

He had used this weapon when he was working for Oros. At that time, it was a simplified version, much smaller than this specification, but it disintegrated the security robot with one shot, which left a deep impression on him.

Sisal rope served as a laborer to help Gino set up the device.

It is like an astronomical telescope, and comes with an electric nut stake, which will drill holes and take root on the spot when the program is started.

The disadvantage is that the traces are obvious.

Don't think about taking it away quickly after firing a shot, as it will most likely be abandoned.

The barrel is covered with a complex aiming module.

Electronic instruments and tubes were wrapped around and around.

John watched Gino fiddling with these complicated devices and was reminded of his former colleagues smoking and chatting in the maintenance workshop of Tiebang Logistics - they were extremely confident in the work at hand.

(End of this chapter)