Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 254 253. You acted well, don’t act again next time
The situation suddenly changed. The man listened to Cypher's words in a daze. He thought he was going to say something else, but he saw Cypher return directly to the body and close the hatch.

The machine started up immediately, crossed the avenue without hesitation, and sped straight towards the "Entertainment Company" building.

The situation in the vision suddenly changed. The bodyguard who was questioned by Cypher had not responded yet, but... the company had already responded.

In their surveillance, some very capable mercenaries who were originally only used as background boards and pawns in the "hero saves the beauty" plot suddenly rebelled!
The speed of his rebellion was even consistent with that of the 'hero' in the script arranged by the higher-ups, as if the brains of these people were connected together!
Seeing that the situation was suddenly out of control, the management staff hurriedly asked their superiors for instructions, but were told that "everything was as planned" and had no choice but to arrange defense.

...It doesn't matter. The equipment of that machine looks fancy, but its level is actually just so-so. You can even take it over directly with just remote control.

They were so optimistic, but they had no idea that on the control panel of the "new machine", a dagger was deeply inserted into its main control panel. The blade accurately avoided the key cables and directly inserted into the main board.

The overall control of this machine has been transferred to Cypher's hands. Setting aside how much technology is contained in it, it is not "completely unexpected" that it was suddenly taken away by someone who turned against him.

It was just a special way of jumping out of the script. The people who were controlling the situation backstage were not panicked at all. They were even chatting and saying that the stunt actors were well chosen!

That's right, from the very beginning... or rather, from the moment when 'Miss Mimi's' popularity reached a bottleneck, the script for her farewell performance had already been written.

Since it is entertainment, we must entertain to the end and do everything to the extreme. Such a precious and unrepeatable record will become the hottest performance this year!
Although there were some minor incidents in between, such as the fact that there was a person in the world who looked exactly like the star they had carefully adjusted.

For example, a mere laborer can actually be so good at fighting... But how does the saying go, being able to fight doesn't mean you are strong.

No matter how well you fight, you can never defeat mass-produced weapons of war. No matter how skillfully you use weapons, you can never defeat a professional combat team that has been manually tuned.

If all else fails, the company still has the Shockwave Squad, each member of which is customized and specialized in a certain combat capability.

Not to mention the aircraft... the thing the company has the most is aircraft.

It took quite a while to describe, but in reality it only took a few minutes. Cypher drove the machine with the color scheme of the 'protagonist machine' and went straight to the point.

The barricades at the door were cut in half, and as the machine rushed into the spacious square and garden in front of the building, he heard the alarm coming from the machine.

He glanced around without hesitation, and while scanning all the enemies that were slowly surrounding him from the shadows, he fired a barrage of thirty rockets from his back... and fired!
Mounted on both shoulders, the number had to be doubled. As a barrage of rockets swarmed out, Cypher had already rushed straight towards one of the machines.

The pilot might not be an ordinary person, but he still couldn't react - or rather, he reacted, but the machine couldn't do it.

Three bursts of fire from a special pistol, the high-powered bullets hit the weak point of its joint hard, making it lose balance on the spot, while the particle beam swept across, cutting it in half on the spot.

Before it could explode, the machine with the protagonist's color dodged, passed through the machine that was about to explode, and hit the second machine behind it.

His efficiency was so high that even the guys who came to encircle him trembled in their hearts... Could it be that this guy was not just a performer pushed by the company, but a tough guy with real skills?
This was the disadvantage of not communicating variables in advance and simply performing according to the script - but Cypher completely ignored the reactions of these people, and he shuttled back and forth between the pile of machines as if he was in an empty space.

Not wanting to be killed in return, they also began their own struggles. However, compared to Sefer, who had been prepared to make a big move from the beginning, these people's abilities were...

It was like being a moving target. As for hitting or defeating him... forget it, it was impossible. After just a few minutes of fighting, the group surrounding Cypher broke out and scattered, completely killed in the flames and explosions.

There were roars of air being stirred. Sefna, whose cooling fins on the back had not yet completely cooled down and were spewing out layers of fiery air, turned his head to look at the source of the sound.

It was a large armored transport helicopter with transportation capabilities. Putting aside its graceful sci-fi appearance, the one inside the box with the lid opened should be the opponent of this round.

Without hesitation, Seifer fired all sixty reloaded rockets. His target was not the strange machine in the transport box, but the transport plane itself!
The helicopter pilot probably didn't expect that he would become a target. He immediately ejected the helicopter in a panic and fired a bunch of heat-seeking bombs to evade the attack.

Some of the rockets were indeed deceived, but the other part continued to chase the helicopter with a roar, and finally hit its armor one after another.

There is another brilliant fireworks in the city.

The opponent's body landed and immediately spoke: "Red Arrow...wanna be a hero? But heroes are only characters in those bad movies. You're just a lucky guy."

Oh, there's this show?
The pistol in Cypher's left arm was lightly loaded, and the rocket launcher on his back was also loading.

He replied calmly, "How do you know I want to be a hero, and not a complete saboteur?"

"A lot of people think they can break free from the shackles and the script, but they end up becoming one of the company's best or worst films."

The other party ignored the conversation and continued from a distance, "Instead of becoming a prop for the audience's entertainment, why not come here? Join the company, and we'll tailor a script just for you, and even grant you immense wealth and power."

"That sounds cliché. Let's think differently. You want to give Miss Mimi a poignant ending befitting her celebrity status, but if I kill her now, won't that mean you've failed?"

Having said that, I was at a loss for words for a moment about the opponent who was trying to use so-called meta acting to make the audience feel something like 'breaking the fourth wall'.

Then, when the news came from above, he immediately laughed out loud: "Miss Mimi? She is doing well now, and will always be the most beautiful star - as for the counterfeit goods in your hands, the company has other uses for them."

“That scrap…”

Before he could finish his words, Cypher had already started moving. The aggressive machine even completely ejected its own radiator grille during the sprint, completely ignoring the fact that this huge weak point was glowing and heating up!

"Red Crossbow, you're upset!"

A series of remotely controlled subsystem firepower units suddenly jumped out from behind the opponent, and a long sword and a huge shield popped out in his hands.

The perfectly restrained configuration is right here, take over the leading role of the 'performance'!

　Fever gone, but tired...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)