From Gotham to Night City, my infamy is known to all.

The one that descended the fastest and was the clumsiest was the "Emperor Penguin" in the middle.

The heavy-duty cargo airship of biotechnology, although it does have the word "heavy" in its model name, was never designed for war in the first place.

Its design prioritizes stability and cargo capacity, making it far less capable of defending against other war vehicles.

While military-technological vehicles like the Lizard Tank and Manticore Armored Vehicle could use their backup engines to catch their breath in the air, this cargo airborne vehicle carrying advanced equipment couldn't hold on any longer.

"Damn it! We have to make an emergency landing immediately! We'll choose that flat spot in the mountains; we can't hold out until the eastern plains!"

The biotechnology freight manager roared in the fleet channel, his voice filled with rage that seemed to ignite the very air.

The military technology security specialist sent out a distress signal immediately after the attack, but it failed due to pulse interference.

Undeterred, she quickly assessed the injuries sustained by the fleet members before having time to reply to the freight manager:

“Agreed. The Sonora Mountains below us are very close to Night City. As long as we hold out for a while, reinforcements who have noticed the convoy’s signal loss will arrive. We will send out drones to conduct reconnaissance first. You should try to stabilize the hovercars and minimize cargo loss.”

"Damn it... You don't need to tell us, we'll lock the hatch until rescue arrives."

The company's fleet had been hijacked before, and they had a complete set of countermeasures in place, knowing what actions to take to minimize the losses.

The truck driver and the person in charge of the cargo pontoon entered the key together to lock the doors completely.

In this way, unless a high-ranking biotechnology executive with higher authority comes from outside, the door can only be opened from the inside, and even the most powerful hacker will be helpless!

At the same time, the side doors of the Manticore armored vehicle opened, and three Griffin large combat drones led twelve Pterodactyl drones to swoop down to the ground and conduct a carpet scan.

The flat area only had some small pebbles, which could be used to hide a few people, but hiding vehicles and heavy weapons would be a joke. The drones quickly swept over the area and then flew to the undulating mountains further away.

V remained curled up motionless in his hiding place, suppressing his heartbeat to an extremely low rate, calmly watching the swarm of drones fly over his head.

The invisibility cloak proved invaluable; she evaded the first wave of reconnaissance without wasting her optical camouflage skills.

Of course, she knew that this was because she was alone, making her a very small target. Even if more people came, it probably wouldn't have the same effect of being in the darkest corner.

On the other side, Leo was hiding in a makeshift shelter made of special fabric.

The optical camouflage coating on the fabric blended the area into the rock wall behind him, making it difficult for the drones to detect him unless he made a close-up inspection.

As he expected, there were only three drone squadrons, far too few. Furthermore, the convoy was making a rapid emergency landing, leaving them no time for a thorough scan; they could only focus their attention on areas where enemy vehicles and larger forces might be hiding.

However, the vehicle they had arrived in had long been stored in his spatial storage, so the drone naturally couldn't find anything.

This intelligence feedback to the escort convoy misled the security specialists' judgment.

"The area below is safe; no enemy activity detected. All war vehicles, form a defensive line around the cargo airship. The pulse interference caused by the EMP will not last long. If we can hold out for ten minutes, we can make contact with headquarters."

The fact that the security specialists in the military technology sector can still make calm judgments under such circumstances shows that they are not simple.

She issued a series of instructions, preparing the accompanying security officers for combat.

However, they were not attacked until the hovercar landed smoothly.

Something's wrong...

Given the enemy's powerful surprise attack, how could they possibly miss the perfect opportunity to strike when the convoy was teetering in the air?

If she were in command, she would definitely have ordered her subordinates to fire several anti-aircraft missiles at her.

In a war vehicle where the main engine is completely broken and only the backup engine can maintain balance, it would be easy to be hit by a couple of impacts and it would crash headfirst into the sky, resulting in a fatal crash.

But nothing happened... they came down smoothly.

Were they not the targets of the attack?

Were they just implicated?

The safety specialist pulled up the flight path map to check if there were any other companies' aerial convoys nearby.

The answer is no.

That's strange...

The attack appeared to be coming from the direction of Night City. Her gaze moved north and found the most likely source of the attack—the satellite power plant, a property of Kangtao.

But unless they've gone mad, they wouldn't do something like attacking a Union convoy on the outskirts of Night City.

Combined with the explosion just now, could it be that... someone blew up the Kanto power plant in order to trigger a large-scale electromagnetic pulse and take the opportunity to do something?

Were they implicated?

If you can't figure it out, just focus on the present.

"All combat personnel, follow orders. The Lizards, stand by. The Manticores, open the hatches. Except for the hackers, who remain in the vehicles, everyone else will exit the vehicles in batches, in the order of combat robots, law enforcement officers, and special forces soldiers, and use the convoy as cover to build a composite defensive line."

"clear!""

In the encrypted channel, several team leaders responded loudly.

Immediately, the hatches of all three Manticores opened simultaneously.

Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner...

No wonder!

The Scorpion armored vehicle on the south side of the convoy opened its door halfway. The robot waiting behind the door had just stepped out with its left foot when a gust of wind swept past it, tearing its head off its neck.

The electric sparks crackled, but the robots and human soldiers following behind it did not react at all.

The wind was so strong that it blew off more than one head!

The Manticore armored vehicle has a total of sixteen seats in its cargo compartment. When carrying out armed escort missions, it is routinely equipped with twelve security officers and four humanoid combat robots.

Generally speaking, even if a high-intensity battle breaks out, they would not be slaughtered without any chance to fight back.

But this time, their opponent is V-Zhentian, who has a Type 5 cybernetic body.

In less than the time it takes to take a single breath, the combatants at the front of the line fell down in unison.

Basically, either their heads were gone, or there were two bloody holes in their eye sockets and heart, from which they could see what was behind them.

Only the captain of this vehicle survived.

He was a veteran of the Fourth Corporate War, possessing an extremely powerful military cybernetic body, and was also equipped with S. Anvestan and Krenchikov, both manufactured by the military technology company itself.

When he saw his teammates' heads inexplicably split apart, and a jumble of pixels appeared before him, he realized that an enemy had opened fire on the S.A.S ...

There are indeed enemies!

Without time to think or warn others in the channel, he immediately activated his Sinwiss.

Time suddenly slowed down, adrenaline surged, and Krenzikov's effects were further amplified.

Years of training had long since erased his fear of battle and death, allowing him to face the enemy with an almost numb calmness.

The mosaic effect likely originated from the failure of the optical camouflage prosthetic or equipment during high-speed movement, resulting in a visually blurred appearance.

Judging from her figure, the enemy should be a woman, and her weapon is a mantis knife on her arm.

He was flawless and incredibly fast. Even though he had also tried to outrun Sianwistan, Sianwistan couldn't keep up.

I can't fight her head-on. Her Sianwistan has been active for several seconds. As long as I wait for her prosthetic body to overload, I can turn the tide.

Having made up his mind, he quickly stepped back, his back pressed against the carriage.

Instead of grabbing a gun, he unleashed his mantis knife, deciding to engage in close-quarters combat with his opponent.

Ding!

The two mantis blades collided.

The captain looked at the tiny nick on his blade and felt the immense force pressing down on the opponent's arm; his expression changed drastically.

Top-tier combat prosthetics, and this brute force—is it due to the use of combat stimulants, or is it fitted with some kind of super-powerful synthetic muscle and exoskeleton?

After just one clash, he realized that his raw strength might not be as great as his opponent's.

Then just drag it out!

Drag it out until her acceleration time ends!

Ding ding ding ding——

The four mantis blades clashed fiercely in mid-air.

The attacking team seemed to be in complete control, while the defending team's cheeks were flushed and large beads of sweat slid down their foreheads.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

The countdown in the upper right corner of my retina changed slowly, each second feeling like an eternity.

The captain wielded the mantis knife with all his might, pushing his years of combat skills from military service to the limit.

He had a feeling that he was now in a state that had surpassed his previous state, that he had reached the pinnacle of his life, and that he even had a wonderful feeling of breaking through a certain realm.

If he can survive this battle, his combat skills may reach new heights.

however,

"I'm in a hurry, I'm not playing with you anymore."

As time slowed down, the enemy's voices became intermittent.

But the fact that the enemy could speak calmly during the fierce battle is itself akin to a horror story.

It's going to happen!

He must—

His prosthetic eye suddenly blurred, and he lost track of the opponent's sword trajectory.

fast!

too fast!

He was driving the S.A.S.A.S.A.S.A. and the Krenchikov, but he could only vaguely see the attack trajectory, and... his body speed was completely insufficient to dodge it.

No, no!

Move! Move your body!

The idea that willpower can influence reality is something that only exists in science fiction movies.

No matter how his mind screamed, the cold blade still fell from above his head.

At the last moment, he managed to move—his left side moved forward, his right side moved backward, and he fell to the ground.

Before he died, he used the recorder in his prosthetic eye to take a blurry picture of V, hoping that this information would be discovered by his superiors and that they could avenge him and his brothers.

V, who had already revealed his true form, ignored him and quickly took out the virus chip, inserting it into the internal terminal of the armored vehicle.

In an instant, crimson garbled text surged through the airship's data barrier, tearing the firewall to shreds in just a few seconds, and began to replicate itself, spreading along the convoy's communication channels.

From the moment V charged into the Manticore hovercar to the moment the RABIDS virus dismantled the network defenses, the entire process took less than ten seconds.

The commander and deputy commander in the driver's cab heard some noise in the vehicle, but the EMP had almost completely destroyed the electronic equipment of the hovercraft, so they couldn't see what was happening behind them.

Just as they were about to check, someone started speaking in the team channel.

"It's about time, let's all get going!"

Chapter 304 Pure White: "I'm the MVP! Leo is just a lazy bum who won!"

"who!?"

The military technology security specialist's heart tightened, and his attention shifted to the convoy channel.

Group chat members: 89.

wrong!

One more!

Someone has hacked in!?

How can this be done with such a haphazard and unreliable method?

The vehicle channel is tied to the vehicle. Whether it's the Lizard or the Manticore, the ICE is as thick as a city wall. It's impossible for an entire hacking team to hack in silently from the outside!

No, now is not the time to think about that.

After a moment of distraction, she turned around and shouted, "Hacker, quick! Stop the enemy!"

The hacker sitting in the internet access chair was even more panicked than she was; even with his eyes closed, he couldn't hide the horror on his face.

"No, no, no, that's impossible! All the ICE vehicles have been breached, and she's also shut down all the robots!"

The security officer suddenly turned his head and saw two humanoid robots, responsible for loading ammunition and defending against enemies, standing with their heads bowed, as if they were asleep.