Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 338 Public Enemy of the Company! (Part Two)
"Keep this bitch in check!"

In a panic, the soldier opened fire with his gun!
Their gazes darted left and right, completely unaware of which one was the real Rin.

The phrase "infamous" perfectly describes the guy on the other side.

The head of a company, who once served in Dogtown and rose to the position of Security Minister in Night City's Abandoned Tower—behind his astonishingly legendary resume lies an even more terrifying truth about his combat capabilities:

Breaking through the Lazarus squad, connecting with the Black Wall, single-handedly breaching the defenses of the Azure Tower, and battling multiple companies in Dogtown…

The legend of killing Adam Hammer, a bio-technologically perfect clone across multiple generations—

Of course, the battle in Badlands made people realize that in Night City, unless the corporations joined forces to crush him, he was already the pinnacle of the city!

Soldiers in the biotechnology intelligence unit naturally knew this…

That's why the fear is so intense?

Wasn't he dead?

What exactly are these illusions?
Prosthetic body? Or interference with the rapid decryption of brain-computer interfaces?

From the perspective of saving their own lives, they just wanted to know which one was the real Rin...

Seeking support was their first choice.

In situations like encountering a powerful enemy, the soldiers' individual recording systems should collect and transmit the information immediately. Then, biotechnology would know that Rin is still alive, at the very least allowing the companies to reassess their decision to completely destroy Dreamers within Night City…

But the truly terrifying truth is: the guy on the other end is a hacker.

Unlike those guys who use dirty tricks online, he's a combat hacker who uses the weapons in his hand and his mind-blowing hacking techniques to achieve a head-on kill!

Some data congestion and overload can be so rapid that it can bring soldiers' communications to a standstill.

This wasn't a one-against-many situation for Lin Yue; it was simply that he had completed his hunt in the hunting grounds...

……

Lin Yue's "shadow" is not magic.

It is not merely a simple illusion within the enemy's prosthetic eye... This prosthetic body is a true Black Wall prosthetic body that is not intended for killing!
【DRAR·Shadow】

Its prototype is actually derived from the artificial intelligence iteration data collected after Sasha fell into the Black Wall data in Little Chinatown.

That AI was originally a repetitive test AI from Qilusi Optics. Because it had received a large amount of optical camouflage testing content, basic prototype architecture, and some communication 3D optical data, after the initial network crashed, this AI also could not escape the fate of being infected by the Rabids virus.

In the long cyberspace, having lost its iterative commands, it began to change its purpose to use "photons" to create the hypothetical enemy "humanity" and then destroy it.

Appearances are not the essence; they can never truly succeed.

Unable to create an entity with which it can exchange data, it can only strengthen data repair and iteration on its own.

Therefore, it makes the appearance more and more perfect...

Lin Yue did not pay attention to or analyze this data after it was captured.

The opportunity finally came.

After the Badlands incident, he handed these over to Professor Lost Island—

At that moment, even the well-informed scientist from Arakawa, Honshu, was deeply shocked.

"The pinnacle of optics that we can access!"

"Currently, a significant portion of the data is still beyond the reach of even the most advanced human methods—how can I put it? As primitive humans, we had to learn to swim to cross a river, while this AI teaches us how to build a bridge."

"It's too complicated, but we only need to make a small part of it, and it's a very practical prototype."

This is the assessment given by the taciturn and lost island.

What are the ultimate applications of optical technology on Earth's surface?!
The increasing accuracy of AI-generated models and its imaginative projection logic led Shidao to marvel at how, with just a little use, multiple projection models that looked exactly like real people could be created…

To know:
This projection style can maintain reasonable light and dark at any angle, which means that a truly ultra-realistic three-dimensional holographic image can be created!
However, Lin Yue was not a scientist by training; what he saw was merely a functional device used for communication imaging—a useless tool.

But the island doesn't think that way.

Thus, the idea of ​​the shadow was proposed.

The miniature imaging devices on Lin Yue's shoulders and behind his ears are responsible for imaging within a ten-meter radius of his body. At the same time, the voice unit is perfectly connected to his modified throat. Furthermore, the reactions to physical interference from the shadow are processed within a miniature simulator divided by the brain and computer. This system may seem simple, but in reality, it puts considerable pressure on the human nervous system.

In other words, this prosthetic body will most likely cause cyberpsychosis.

However, operations can never compare to numerical values.

The required prosthetic volume for a finished prosthetic body is approximately 300.

After removing the useless parts of the prosthetic body, Lin Yue's prosthetic body still had a terrifying capacity of 800...

And so, the shadow appeared on Lin Yue.

……

Lin Yue's eyes were sharp during the surprise attack.

To keep the companies fighting amongst themselves, you can't create a common enemy for them.

His every appearance and departure will be silent, allowing the company to be slaughtered by a hidden hand!

"Fuck!"

The enemy's voice was infinitely stretched and distorted due to its own high-speed movement and the operation of S.A.R. Stein.

The gorilla's arm, which had already been repaired and restored to its original function, stretched out from its side. The sound of its perfect mechanical operation made it into a claw shape, aiming directly at the opponent's vulnerable neck.

Thump—Sizzle!

The shrill S.A. Steinstein sound effect made Stevenson immediately back away.

"Can't you see clearly?!"

"How could this be... what model is this?"

Too late! That guy seems intent on leaving Stevenson as a lone commander, and instead of taking the efficient step of capturing the leader first, he's attacking his subordinates!

Can an operating system like Steinway & Sons really coexist with a network access warehouse?
What kind of monster is this...?

The three clones each left a trail as they rushed toward the soldiers who were shooting and roaring. The poor soldiers couldn't even catch a glimpse of the dark figure. By the time they reacted, their blood had frozen.

Each of the soldiers beside Stevenson had a Rin standing in front of it. One of them, without slowing down, smashed a soldier to the ground like a cannonball being fired.

To be precise, the moment Rin's palm touched the soldier's throat, his entire neck snapped, due to the excessive acceleration and inertia...

The soldier fell to the ground like a rag doll, but the guy still wouldn't let go. The soldier's body carved a long trench in the ground, until the afterimages behind the trench connected and formed Lin Yue's half-kneeling body...

He was holding a soft, mushy chunk of meat, and a thin, indistinguishable reddish-black liquid was seeping from the gorilla's arm.

tick, tick...

Aside from the faint sounds of advertisements in the city, everyone seemed to hear liquid dripping.

"Hold…"

Stevenson's pupils widened.

He didn't even have the courage to turn around, but instead watched helplessly as the light and shadow around him rapidly dissipated.

"Is being fearless enough, Stevenson...?"

The guy's eerie voice came from behind.

The soldiers held their guns, knowing that their weapons had become useless sticks, and that even if they fired, they would not be able to hit anything.

run?!

The soldiers were already showing signs of turning tail and scattering...

Stevenson's Adam's apple bobbed—

"Why are you…"

The guy shook the liquid off his hands and slowly stood up. He was just testing what it felt like to use his gorilla arm, which he hadn't used in a long time, and he was very satisfied with the result.

Looking at the city's hazy sky, "Why am I alive? Why did my prosthetic body return to normal? Why—am I not a cybernetic psychopath?"

The head of a company's intelligence department must think this mission was worthwhile, right?
Stevenson turned his head slightly and saw Rin standing tall behind him. He seemed like a devastating bug in the city's dense network, but he was highly concealed. Anyone who could not find him would be punished with death.

"Because you and the companies behind you are still alive, how could I bear to die?"

Lin Yue's neck made a cracking sound, and with just the blinking of his eyelids, his eyes were filled with a blood-red light.

“You have far fewer men than I lost that day… Stevenson.”

"For every dreamer who dies, I will take back the same number of lives. It's a fair trade—if the company dies, the world becomes a little better, doesn't it?"

Lin Yue strolled leisurely, pulling out a delicate knife from his waist that seemed too exquisite for a lone male wolf to use.

The false evidence twirled and maneuvered in his hands. "You want data?"

"You damn bastard, do you enjoy killing? You—"

Stevenson couldn't suppress the hatred and anger he felt when he thought about how this guy had spared his life but instead used a mocking method to take lives!
"wrong!"

Lin Yue shook his head and interrupted, "Killing for pleasure is not even remotely a thing."

"You and your master are the ones who enjoy this... I know a lot about biotechnology, turning the long-dead into rootless, human rights-less clones... implanting embryos into women kidnapped by gangs... using fabricated reasons to incite Night City to slaughter the homeless—"

"You seem to enjoy experimenting on living people?"

Stevenson's expression was a mixture of anger and astonishment...

"The reason I'm wasting so much time talking nonsense with you is because the secrets you possess are enough for me to spare your life a little longer."

[WARNING: Unknown intrusion detected]

【ICE Key Duplicate Invalid Command——】

"What are you doing?!"

The knife in Lin Yue's hand was suddenly thrown out, and the soldier who tried to activate the EMP device fell to the ground with the knife stuck in his forehead.

[Data Bank Identity Verification Passed!]

操…

At that moment, Stevenson experienced what despair truly meant.

He has accomplices?!

This kind of hacking…

how come?
It's important to understand that Respectable Logistics' data bank is the preferred choice for executives of major corporations and seasoned criminals worldwide. The ICE coupling method, which binds data, makes any breakthrough futile. Those who master the methods of data intrusion are either employees of Respectable Logistics or hackers who are beyond the reach of cyber police...

Is it Rin?
He tried to modify the process, but everything was irreversible.

Lin Yue naturally wouldn't explain why he breached the data bank; it was his trump card.

"Well done, Ultraman."

Ultraman remained calm and indifferent as always, offering no response...

She was now embedded in the black wall, a long and boundless wall, above which gods floated.

Stevenson closed his eyes.

“Kill Nash. The board’s actions against the visionary have ruined my life—”

The remaining soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment…

run!
This survival instinct requires almost no thought; they all know what to do in the moment!
Lin Yue's Divine Eye locked onto those guys.

There's no need for chasing or fancy tactics; prosthetics, rapid decryption, and the weapons at hand—any one of these will silence these guys, making them silent witnesses.

Stevenson had a feeling.

That was the last experience of my life.

He thought he would be consumed by fear, beg for mercy, and fight desperately to try to get the other party to spare his life.

The tip of his nose was enveloped in the strange, burnt smell of a brain-computer interface being burned; severed limbs and remains were torn apart by the gorilla's arms; desperate cries and curses seemed to be Stevenson's life cursing the world...

Pointless.

Such a person is invincible; it's like a variable that shouldn't exist in the world trying to expose the ugly side of this world.

He heard his own song; it was relayed back by the soldiers monitoring his every move.

We are a crash in a perfect system!
boom!
No pain whatsoever.

My body felt excessively light, as if I hadn't felt this relaxed in a long time.

In a daze, he saw a young man calmly watching him from above.

"Nash will come to keep you company too."

"Believe me."

"I will appear from any shadows, in any corner... and uproot you from this world—"

"At any cost."

……

"Excuse me, but do you even have the ability to use me?"

Erebus's sarcastic remarks kept ringing in Rebecca's brain-computer interface!
Rebecca, seething with anger, watched as Erebus's bullets executed the enemy, and then, through her prosthetic eye, crimson data rained down from the sky, piercing through all the prosthetics on the man's body.

It emitted a groaning sound.

"Uh, oh, oh, oh..."

Rebecca had never lost when it came to being infuriating; she made a strange, choked sound as she tried to mock the weapon in her hand that looked down on everyone—

Sasha, who was crouching behind a concrete bunker nearby, shouted, "Stop playing around, Beckham!"

Just as she was about to peek out to upload a few quick cracks, a bullet blocked her way again.

"I go!"

Rebecca's arm jerked; the force of the bullet instantly made her arm go numb...

The petite girl was immediately pulled under the cover by Falco.

Erebus almost fell to the ground!

"Damn it, why are so many people surrounding us?!"

Falco fired a few shots in return.

"Hold them back—wait for the military technology soldiers to arrive! The goal is to make military technology and biotechnology clash, don't forget that."

Rebecca grimaced and swung the gorilla arm. Lin Yue's same model was pretty good; a single bullet only left a tiny white scratch... but it hurt a lot!

Why didn't that guy react so strongly when he got hit?!

However, the situation is indeed not optimistic.

Rebecca's big gun ran out of bullets a few minutes ago, and she started using Erebus for precision shooting.

Online hackers definitely cannot connect; the entire process must be guaranteed to be free from any signs of interference from outsiders…

Following Miss Emma's instructions.

The whole operation should be portrayed as a clash between rock band fanatics and the company's armed forces...

Fortunately, the Sixth Street gang and the surrounding residents were numerous, so the company soldiers had to spend some of their energy dealing with them.

"Oh shit!"

Falco was unable to peek out from under the fire. His gaze darted left and right, and he saw that bio-engineered mechanical soldiers had appeared in the open area to his side!
"careful!"

Rebecca, who was rubbing her arm, was the first to notice.

She staggered to her feet, picked up the concrete block that was being used as a roadblock with both hands, and, under Sasha's admiring gaze with her fist clenched to her chest, threw the several-hundred-pound thing directly onto the three mechanical soldiers who had just approached from the side!
"Hold!"

"Home run!"

Rebecca raises her middle finger with her black gorilla arm!
Sasha and Falco exchanged a slight smile.

But then they noticed that Rebecca, who had been so excited just moments before, was staring blankly in a certain direction…

Sasha glanced to the side, her expression changing drastically after a moment of surprise.

"Mecha?!"

Falco thought they were the kind of robots the NCPD deployed in important locations on the street—

However, Sasha's words gave him a fright!
"Everyone spread out!"

"That's ACPA!!!"

In the distance, the Gatling gun-like machine guns on the twin arms of the silver-painted bio-assisted power armor suddenly began to rotate and opened fire in this direction!
If a person is sitting inside, the logical sequence of the mech's own control system will be disregarded, meaning—

He's targeting me specifically!
……

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(End of this chapter)