From ship girl to machine god

"Why did you choose this? Aren't you afraid of attracting the National Guard?" The leader of the Rangers did not directly refute Jade Bird's suggestion, but patiently asked her why she did this.

He himself has actually considered setting up an ambush in this town. After all, it is the only way to enter Los Santos. The chance of harvesting something from this net is much greater than in an abandoned town.

But the problem is that there is a National Guard stationed here. Once the National Guard is attracted, they will not have any strength to resist the firepower of regular troops like the National Guard.

However, Qingniao just said expressionlessly: "The National Guard is easy to deal with. Don't forget that I am receiving a commission from military technology. Just say hello to them. In the name of military technology, these National Guards will not be too many." Nosy.”

Military Technology is not an ordinary corporate giant. To be precise, it is a state-owned enterprise.

After the Fourth Corporate War, as it was revealed that military technology used highly artistic small cannons in Night City, both the new American government and people everywhere became resistant to military technology.

Under such circumstances, the new US government at that time acquired the shares of Military Technology and took control of most of the shares of Military Technology, turning it into a state-owned enterprise.

But it is difficult to say that this is a bad thing for Military Technology, because after being acquired by the federal government of New America, the then federal government directly transferred the assets of New America to Military Technology, which suddenly increased the market value of Military Technology to 1.2 trillion euros.

At the same time, Military Technology became the largest military contractor in the new United States, contracting all weapons and equipment purchase orders for the new American military and police systems, maintaining their status as the world's number one military contractor.

At this point, even Arasaka, Military Technology’s main competitor, would find it difficult to compete with Military Technology in this field.

Moreover, the army of military technology has also been one of the main military forces of the new United States since the Fourth Corporate War. In the Unification War a few years ago, military technology contributed a lot to the federal government's ability to regain control of the free states.

So for California, which has already turned to the federal government, it is a simple matter to let their National Guard sell military technology to save face.

Although Jade Bird is not a person in military technology, Wislow's name as a supervisor can still come in handy at this time, and he himself will be happy to provide this layer of tiger skin to Jade Bird.

After listening to Jade Bird's explanation, the leader of the Rangers agreed to the plan after careful consideration.

"If you can deal with the National Guard, then I agree with this plan, but if you can't deal with the National Guard, I will never let my people die with you." The leader of the Rangers said seriously to the blue bird , with an expression on his face that said, "If you have any objections, I won't do it."

However, this was still expected for Qingniao. She just took out her data pad with an expressionless face, and then called Wislow.

Chapter 47 Hot soup

Naturally, things did not go as Blue Bird expected. Wislow gave great support to Blue Bird's approach of eliminating competitors and directly contacted the National Guard.

Although as Wislow, he couldn't ask the National Guard to help, but there was still no problem if he just let these big-headed soldiers stand by and watch.

After completing these preparations, all that was left was to wait for the sandstorm to subside before heading to the town where the ambush was to be set up.

While waiting, because the two parties had reached a preliminary cooperation intention, the atmosphere between the two was not as tense as before.

Therefore, both the Cyberpunk team and the Rangers no longer looked as nervous as before. Pyrrha even came to the Rangers to discuss the topic of vehicle modification with them, and the Rangers also shared it with Mann and others. Had some hot food.

After all, the two sides were wary of each other before. Considering that the Cyberpunk team was short of manpower, Mann did not light a fire to cook but everyone only ate some of the rations that Blue Bird asked Dorio to prepare.

Being able to share hot food from the homeless people now undoubtedly makes everyone feel a lot better.

Hot food can warm not only the stomach and body, but also the soul.

Those who work as mercenaries in Night City are either physically and mentally numb, or sooner or later they are driven crazy by reality. Everyone's soul needs comfort.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why sex dolls are so popular. This kind of partner that can completely fit and adapt to your emotions, allows you to vent all your dissatisfaction and emotions, and will not reveal secrets can indeed satisfy Night City. The physical and mental needs of the backbone of the people.

However, using dopamine and adrenaline to deal with psychological stress will only make people sink deeper and deeper. Just like addictive drugs that cannot be quit, there will eventually be a day when they can no longer be satisfied.

People who reach that day are usually called cyberpsychosis in Night City, although not every one of them goes crazy due to the nerve compression caused by the prosthetic body.

But who cares?At least the Terrorist Mobile Team is only responsible for killing people, not investigating why these people go crazy.

Even the cyberpunk team has to face this problem. Otherwise, in the original plot, Mann would not accidentally kill Dorio due to a cyberpsychosis attack, and in the end he would lose his life.

Therefore, it is indeed rare for the members of the Cyberpunk team to be able to relax their body and mind in this rare opportunity without having to think about other things.

Although they themselves didn't realize it, just a bowl of steaming hot soup made them feel the long-lost relaxation and soothing of their nerves, but the warm and comfortable feeling still made everyone's faces show enjoyment and joy. smile.

Rebecca shouted very loudly for another bowl, and her energetic look made Qingniao couldn't help but smile.

However, after Rebecca filled another bowl of hot soup, she did not drink it herself, but brought it to the blue bird: "Boss, you haven't drank it yet, have you? Here, if you don't mind, use my bowl! The taste of this soup It’s very good, better than any soup I’ve had in Night City!”

"Thank you, Rebecca." Bluebird said thank you to Rebecca, then took her bowl with her expectant eyes and tasted the soup in the bowl.

It can only be said that the soup tastes very ordinary, but as mentioned before, hot soup warms not only the body and stomach, but also the soul.

Although they were not suffering from hunger and cold now, facing the raging sandstorm outside, being able to put down their guard and drink a bowl of hot soup at this time was a rare treat for everyone.

And this taste is ordinary, and it is also evaluated based on the tongue that has been cultivated by various soups in the 5000-year-old civilized gourmet country before the blue bird traveled.

If we look at the diet structure of Night City where various synthetic foods are so prevalent that they have occupied more than 99.9% of ordinary people’s dining tables, this bowl of hot soup stewed with natural ingredients is simply delicious. It has beaten almost all the lower-class food in Night City.

You know, the vast majority of people in Night City have never eaten natural meat. The meat they can eat is synthetic meat produced by whole food processing plants and made with yeast.

As for other foods, don’t expect many natural ingredients. Most of them are artificially synthesized starches, which are then simulated with a large amount of flavoring agents and then processed into cheap synthetic foods with similar shapes.

Of course, real natural food is also available in Night City, but it is more expensive.

Just like the whiskey that Blue Bird drank in the next life, the ordinary bottle of more than 100 euros is blended with alcohol and additives, and the more expensive ones are about the same, but the blending level is better, and the taste is not that good. Oops.

As for the truly natural whiskey, Blue Bird also bought a bottle from Rogge for free before, and the price of that bottle has almost exceeded four digits.

For mercenaries, this bottle of wine is enough for them to tie their heads to their belts and do their job.

Even ordinary mercenaries may not have this amount in one order, just enough to buy blended goods.

So it’s no surprise that a bowl of hot soup made from whole foods tastes great to Rebecca.

Thinking of this, Qingniao motioned for Rebecca to sit next to him and asked her: "Rebecca, have you ever eaten natural food?"

"No, Pyrrha and I both came from the streets. If we hadn't earned some money by working as mercenaries with the boss, we might still be worrying about what to eat every day. The most likely thing for me would be to become a sex doll or a street gangster." Rebecca shook her head, and a hint of loneliness appeared on her originally excited face.

However, Rebecca quickly adjusted her emotions and showed a bright smile to Qingniao: "But now that you are here, boss, we will definitely stand out and become a living legend in the Night City. When the time comes, I will stand on the side of the Night City." The highest place in the city! You can eat whatever you want!"

"Okay, then we will set up a table on the top of Arasaka Tower, and then we can eat whatever we want." Aotori nodded gently, and put his palm on Rebecca's head. Touched her green hair.

Rebecca seemed to enjoy the intimacy and smiled cutely at the blue bird.

"Rebecca, you will act with me tomorrow. Mann and the others will continue to escort the goods to Los Santos, and you will work with me to cooperate with the Rangers to ambush other teams." Jade Bird told Rebecca, and specifically added He said: "This vote is counted between you and me. After this is done, I will treat you to a feast in Los Santos, eating real natural food."

"Good!" Rebecca cheered excitedly, but only she knew how much of this cheering was for the feast and how much of it was for being able to act with the blue bird.

Chapter 48 Waiting for a Rabbit

Early the next morning, when Qingniao opened his eyes, he already knew that the sandstorm outside had weakened to an acceptable level.

For a ship girl, she can monitor everything within a 500-meter radius centered on her around the clock in a way that is completely beyond ordinary people's imagination.

And this is the limit based on the premise that she is only in human form and does not summon ship equipment.

When Blue Bird summoned the ship, the observation equipment carried on her ship started to operate, and everything within a radius of 50km was under the surveillance of these observation equipment.

These observation equipment include optical, sonar, radar and other types, which comprehensively cover the situations that the Bluebird-class amphibious landing craft may encounter in the combat environment, allowing it to obtain all the intelligence and information it needs.

This set of observation equipment originally prepared for the battleship was reflected on Qingniao, the ship girl, and became her superhuman senses that can monitor everything within a radius of 500 meters.

Any sounds, electromagnetic signals and rays of different spectra within this range cannot escape the bluebird's superhuman senses.

It's just that usually Blue Bird chooses to turn off such a powerful superhuman sense and only maintain it to a necessary level, which is about a little stronger than ordinary people.

Therefore, she was able to accurately judge based on the sounds she heard that the sandstorm began to weaken around three o'clock in the morning last night, and weakened to a level that would not affect the movement of vehicles at about 05:30 in the morning.

Because of this, everyone else got up early and was busy preparing for departure.

The Cyberpunk team didn't have much to pack here. Thanks to their modified Behemoth, there was enough space in the trunk to hold some necessary supplies for survival in the wild, allowing them to stay in The car meets daily needs, and there is enough space even for sleeping.

As for the homeless, it is not so convenient. Although their cars have been modified and can be used as homes, more often they still set up tents or use abandoned buildings to camp.

Even if they were just escaping from the sandstorm this time, these wanderers still had a lot of things to pack, and with the large number of people, they were relatively slower than the Cyberpunk team.

After both parties had packed up their things, Blue Bird also explained his mission to Mann, and took Rebecca with him to find the leader of the Rangers.

"Are you two little... girls going?" The leader of the Rangers originally wanted to say little girl, but after seeing the strength of Blue Bird's hand last night and seeing Rebecca's weapon, he changed his mind.

Qingniao didn't care about this, just nodded and replied affirmatively: "Our people will continue to deliver goods. You have enough manpower. Rebecca and I will provide hackers and fire support, so the two of us will enough."

Hearing what Jade Bird said, the leader of the Rangers didn't say much. After inviting Jade Bird and Rebecca to get in the car, he ordered his convoy to set off.

After leaving the abandoned building where everyone took shelter from the wind and sand, it was still dim outside.

The strong wind carried the wind and sand, which was constantly hitting the car window glass, making a rustling and crackling sound.

Although the intensity of the sandstorm has reduced to a level that will not affect vehicle driving, visibility and air quality are still very low.

The reason why it is said that it will not affect the driving of the vehicle is simply that the dust content in the air at this level will not block the air filter of the vehicle and affect the line of sight, making it impossible to walk at all.

If the vehicle is exposed to this environment for a long time, it will cause great damage to the vehicle's parts and air filter system.

It was also because Blue Bird said that the Rangers could intercept and kill other mercenary convoys and make up for their losses that they were willing to rush to the ambush town in this weather despite the wind and sand that had not calmed down yet, instead of waiting until the wind and sand were completely gone. Calm down and start again.

Along the way, due to the raging wind and sand outside, the homeless people in the car that Bluebird and Rebecca were riding in didn't talk much, so the atmosphere in the car was a little dull.

Rebecca was carefully maintaining her ion launcher at this time. While she was extremely fond of this weapon, she was also preparing for the next battle.

As for Qade Bird, he closed his eyes and leaned on the back seat of the car, taking a nap, not worried about the fight that might break out next.

Instead of continuing along the interstate, the convoy took a shortcut through the badlands that was familiar to wanderers.

Perhaps in the past, the interstate was the shortest road from Night City to Los Santos, but after the devastation of several wars, this interstate had to make some compromises to bypass the very seriously damaged roads by the war. area.

As for crossing these areas, except for people like wanderers who are familiar with the terrain, it is difficult for others to cross these unfamiliar and harsh areas.

But even though the wanderers who were familiar with the roads were driving professionally modified off-road vehicles, it still took them four or five hours to reach their destination near noon, the town they must pass through on their way to Los Santos.

The sandstorm here in the town was obviously much lighter than the bad soil that Bluebird and the others passed through before, so after finding a place to park, the wanderers got out of the car to stretch their muscles.

Bluebird and Rebecca were no exception. They also got out of the car and used the prepared masks and windproof goggles to cover their mouths, noses and eyes to prevent the wind and sand from covering their faces.

"I asked people in the town that no convoy has passed by from yesterday to today. It seems that we are lucky." After sending his men to inquire about the news, the leader of the Rangers approached Qingniao and planned to discuss with her a specific plan to set up an ambush.

Blue Bird is currently flying its Night Bird drone, using Night Bird's powerful reconnaissance capabilities to map the surrounding terrain and search for the targets they need to ambush.

Hearing the question from the leader of the Rangers, Qingniao nodded, and then handed him the data pad in his hand: "I just searched it with a drone. This small mound can be used as a location for our ambush. Please let me The people parked their cars behind the mound, then set up roadblocks on the road, and when they passed by, they rushed out and killed everyone.

As agreed in advance, the car will be yours, and other things will be driven on a [-]-[-] basis. If there are no problems, just follow this plan. Is there anything else you want to say? "

"Your plan is perfect. The only question left is when these guys will arrive." The leader of the Rangers did not reject Jade Bird's arrangement, but expressed some concern about when the ambushed mercenaries would arrive.

"Don't worry, they won't waste time, just wait." Qingniao shrugged and didn't care. After all, all he had to do was wait.

Chapter 49 Ambush in the Sand

In the sky full of yellow sand, the Night Bird drone released by Blue Bird is suspended in the air, constantly searching the road below, looking for the target that Blue Bird wants to ambush.

Bluebird herself was wearing a camouflage cloak and was lying down at the ambush location she chose. While enduring the invasion of wind and sand, she stared at the data pad in her hand seriously without showing a relaxed attitude.