The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

"I am here today with no ill intentions, but simply to discuss agricultural cooperation with you."

"I am here today with no ill intentions, but simply to discuss agricultural cooperation with you."

What's going on inside Gongnong Company is something other giant companies don't understand.

However, intelligence personnel compiled daily statistics on all external channels and transportation routes of the Industrial and Agricultural Company.

The company's freight vehicles come and go day and night in an endless stream!

The Arasaka think tank repeatedly calculated and summarized the value of essential daily necessities transferred out by the Industrial and Agricultural Company, which has reached a terrifying amount of trillions of euros.

This number is nothing compared to those of established giants.

But if it's pure food, the meaning is completely different.

It's important to understand that over the decades, clean grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, and sufficient meat have been hard currencies, extremely valuable and hard to come by.

Only 2% of the world's population can actually afford to eat what is called food.

Damn it.

The Industrial and Agricultural Company is making even more money than they did selling prosthetic medical supplies.

It's impossible to say that no one is envious or tempted!

If the Industrial and Agricultural Company continues to sell off assets like this, it could trigger a fifth corporate war.

If they are allowed to continue releasing living supplies without any restrictions...

Before long, the monopoly held by several established companies for many years will completely collapse.

“Mr. Lu, you must be aware that there is a severe shortage of supplies both inside and outside Night City, and food is extremely precious.”

Hanako Arasaka's tone carried an undisguised seriousness: "The amount of grains, oils, meats, and fresh fruits and vegetables that your company has recently leaked is enormous, with a cumulative value that has already exceeded trillions."

“The supplies that all of us have purchased and stockpiled are far less than the amount that your company casually releases.”

"Oh, I think I understand now."

"So you want us to stop selling so you can raise prices and sell to the whole world, huh?" Lu Qianwei said, pretending to know what he was talking about.

“Of course, I think your company probably has the same plan, right?” Arakasa Hanako nodded frankly.

All senior executives believed that the massive shipments from Gongnong Company could not last long.

Therefore, they were all stockpiling goods in large quantities, waiting for the industrial and agricultural companies to run out of supplies and be unable to continue distributing them.

At that time, prices in the market will naturally skyrocket.

But the problem now is that the daily shipment volume is getting bigger and bigger, with no intention of stopping at all!

Even though the market was already flooded with stockpiled goods, the Industrial and Agricultural Company continued to supply goods as usual, and prices remained stable, directly disrupting the profit-making plans of all forces.

That company is doing alright, but smaller companies are already getting restless. They've been unable to sell the goods they bought at high prices, and continuing to hoard them will only increase their costs.

If the Industrial and Agricultural Company continues to distribute goods indefinitely, all their previous plans will be in vain.

Of course, this doesn't mean they won't make huge profits if they sell now.

The saying goes, "Those who are near the water get the moon first."

They can make a lot of money by acting as middlemen in North America and exporting their products all over the world, and the profits are huge.

But when people become greedy, there is absolutely no limit.

We don't beg to sell it for the price of a single leaf of vegetable, but everyone wants to sell it for more.

Thus, this negotiation to divide the spoils came about.

But sorry, Lu Qianwei's dream isn't so vulgar as to become some kind of supreme emperor who monopolizes the world's resources.

"Hehe, it's not impossible for me to stop shipping.

"However, if you can get Soviet Petrochemical, the European Community, and China to stop that multi-trillion dollar supply order, I will fully agree with your idea." Lu Qianwei said, turning and leaving.

The reason he got off the bus was simply because he wanted to witness Adam's hammer strike the card.

Hanako Arakawa?

What the hell!

"Heavy hammer!"

A somber voice rang out, and Adam, who could no longer contain himself, strode forward with a heavy hammer.

The Arasaka soldiers around them all raised their guns, the cold muzzles pointing directly at the two of them.

The five heavy armored vehicles slowly adjusted their positions, completely blocking all escape routes and sealing off both the front and rear.

“Mr. Lu, it seems that nice words have no effect.” Arakasa Hanako’s tone was icy, devoid of any politeness. “Since you insist on not sitting down to discuss things properly, then don’t blame me for being rude.”

"We would be honored if Mr. Lu would like to join us at Aragaka Tower. There are some things we can discuss in detail once we return to the city."

Araka Hanako didn't believe him at all, considering the trade volume of goods worth tens of trillions.

Or three?

If they had that kind of scale, they would have monopolized the whole world long ago.

Lu Qianwei has made it clear that he is determined not to join forces with established companies to control the market.

Since gentle persuasion is ineffective, we have no choice but to resort to forceful measures.

Chapter 200 The Mob

The smoke from the battle slowly dissipated with the dry winds of the barren land. The five Aragaka heavy armored vehicles that had blocked the road were now all overturned in the ditches on both sides of the highway, burned to a crisp with only their charred metal frames.

The heavy machine guns and grenade launchers they carried were either blown to pieces or flew dozens of meters away along with their bases, lying crookedly in the weeds, exuding a deathly stillness.

The entire elite Arasaka unit lay scattered across the roadbed and rubble, their damaged tactical heavy armor soaked in blood, their custom-designed smart guns strewn everywhere, long since turned into cold corpses.

Falling to the ground in a disheveled state, nearly urinating, Arasaka Hanako stared blankly at the chaotic battlefield, seemingly in a daze, muttering uncontrollably over and over again, "How could this be..."

She simply couldn't accept that the elite Arasaka troops she had brought, along with Adam's Hammer, whom the entire Night City feared, had been wiped out so quickly!

It's important to know that the entire squad uses top-of-the-line military-grade cybernetic bodies, with an 80% compatibility rate among all members.

Almost everyone can consistently execute three to four bullet time maneuvers.

Neural response, dynamic capture, and burst overload data are all maxed out!

But in the instant of their clash, Mann clenched his fists, and a pale white, semi-transparent force field suddenly spread out around him, covering a range of 50 meters.

The flow of time across the entire battlefield was instantly dragged and slowed down infinitely.

The whistling bullets, the grenades, the charging movements of everyone, and the rotating cannon barrels all froze in mid-air, moving as slowly as a laggy frame of a video.

Mann, however, remained completely unaffected, his eyes clearly locked onto each of the immobilized Arasaka soldiers.

He drew his high-frequency laser blade from his waist and swiftly slashed through the frozen space-time, killing one enemy with a single, deadly strike.

There was no resistance, no counterattack, and the enemy didn't even have time to make the slightest movement like pupil contraction or pulling the trigger before their heavy armor was instantly sliced ​​open and their prosthetic body torn apart.

In just a few seconds, the entire elite Arasaka squad was wiped out.

As for Adam's hammer, Mann dismantled it by force, using sheer force.

Adam's Hammer is a legendary weapon, so nerfing him like this completely ruins the feeling of stepping on a stepping stone to his rise.

After all, before becoming a mercenary, he also had the idea of ​​becoming a legend of Night City.

Clearing out the minions was merely to prevent any accidental attacks on the boss during the 1v1 duel with Adam's hammer.

Mann, covered in blood and machine oil, emerged from the smoke and dust, holding a heavy, oil-soaked metal head upside down in his right hand—the very head of Adam's hammer.

A grotesque gash appeared on the top of his head, which was originally covered in matte black armor.

The iconic scarlet prosthetic eye was smashed through, with exposed wiring and a broken energy core dangling out, completely lifeless.

Mann walked to within two or three steps of Arasaka Hanako, then released his grip, and the heavy metal head slammed to the ground with a thud, sending pebbles flying that rolled right to Arasaka Hanako's feet.

Seeing Adam's head, which was still wide open in death, Hanako Arakawa instinctively curled up into a ball and screamed, completely losing her composure and making a complete fool of herself.

Lu Qianwei glanced at the other person briefly, then immediately lost all interest.

"Mann, let's go."

Mann pointed to the ground, shouting "Don't kill me, I'll give you anything you want!" and Arasaka Hanako asked, "Boss, are we just going to leave her alone?"

"Taking her back will allow us to use her as leverage in our company."

"No need, absolutely not. Let's go, just leave her here to fend for herself."

“Alright.” Mann said no more.

His cold gaze swept over the pathetic, begging-for-mercy Arakawa Hanako on the ground, before he returned to his car, feeling elated.

Haha, when he gets back to the company, he'll definitely show this video to his brothers!

.........

The next day, footage of the entire battle, recorded by Mann, was leaked.

News of Adam's hammer falling, the complete annihilation of Arasaka's elite assault team, and Hanako Arasaka being abandoned in a sorry state on the Badlands Highway, nearly being killed by the Ghost Wheel... spread like wildfire, almost like a virus.

Every mercenary who watched the video of the slowed-down dimensional attack and the direct, violent dismantling of Adam's hammer was filled with admiration, envy, jealousy, and hatred!

But given the sheer strength of the weapon, Adam's Hammer was indeed defeated head-on.

For a time, Mann was dubbed the "Light-Stealing Asura" by the mercenaries.

On the contrary, the Arasaka leadership immediately used all channels to block the news, delete videos, and suppress public opinion after learning of the bad news, but their efforts to cover up this unprecedented defeat were in vain.

How could the major corporations, seeing such a rare opportunity to suppress Arasaka, possibly miss it?

Who doesn't have a media outlet at home?

It became increasingly bizarre and fantastical with each passing tale.

In just one day, this chilling and menacing name spread throughout the streets and alleys of Night City, the slums, the corporate parks, and every corner of the Badlands.

Mercenaries, scavengers, and vagrants worship it to the extreme, and everyone is a fanatical follower.

Being able to single-handedly kill Adam's Heavy Hammer and instantly wipe out Aragaka's top-tier elite troops is a feat that countless Night City mercenaries would never dare to imagine in their entire lives.

There were those who were jealous, and countless others who envied, but even more felt a deep-seated awe and reverence.