Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 106 The Decaying King (1.2 words)

Sapphire green.

Kurt Hansen stared coldly at the military technology representative sitting in front of him.

"There are mercenaries in my territory who grope the walls... and they even leaked your agent list to Arasaka—there's no funnier joke than that."

The representative of military technology adjusted his glasses, and the handsome man, who had served in the new U.S. Marine Corps, pushed out some documents.

"Nightingale, does that name sound familiar, Colonel? With her abilities, she wouldn't get false information... According to our company's agents, this guy took a top-secret technology that our military technology had shelved, which is why he's been hanging around Dogtown for so long."

"And the surgeon who performed the operation on him was the same prosthetic doctor you captured."

"If it weren't for the Nightingale coming online and forcing him to show himself, we would have been searching for a long time."

The colonel picked up the documents from the table. "I know this guy. He's messing with the middlemen in our territory."

The warlord leader liked it when ambitious people were begging for food in his territory. Besides, he didn't like the Peizhuo Petrochemical company very much, and he found it amusing to have his subordinates fight each other to the death.

The military technology representative raised an eyebrow. "Colonel...you've been hiding too much from us. Why won't you tell us? I don't think your actions are indicative of a cooperative attitude."

Hansen's gaze toward the documents began to turn hostile.

Is this a self-questioning?
As they were speaking, several Ghost Hound scouts carrying guns approached from behind the group of company representatives.

Two military security personnel were forcibly pinned to the ground, followed by the click of a rifle being cocked.

The entire hall was instantly filled with malevolent-looking ghost hound soldiers.

Hansen's gaze, sharp as a wolf's, shifted from the documents to the casually seated office worker. "Have you forgotten whose territory you're on? When did it become your place to question me and expect me to report these things to you?"

"Are you still thinking clearly, friend?"

In this territory, Hansen is the only law.

The representative of military technology has finally found its place and put down its crossed legs.

Hansen threw the documents in front of him, and the papers fluttered everywhere.

"I'm not interested in espionage techniques or anything like that, but your recent mess has caused Arasaka to give me trouble too—you're coming here to arrest people now, which puts me in a difficult position. But you know me, I like doing business."

To be honest, this warlord's smile wasn't exactly amiable; it was even a bit sinister.

"I have to add one more thing: if you send mercenaries and military groups into my territory, you have to show enough sincerity—I can ignore that." With that, Hansen comfortably leaned back on the sofa and sipped his wine, completely unconcerned about the unpleasant look on the face of the military technology representative.

The military representative tentatively stated, "A 30 million yuan order..."

Hansen shook his head. "Not enough."

“You’re not being sincere. I could send my men to Dogtown to catch this guy, because I believe he’s worth more than that… It seems you’re just like those bastards in New America, you like to use connections to win people over. I’ll say it again, this is business.”

The military representative gritted his teeth and said, "I need to consult with my superiors."

Hansen gestured for him to make himself at home.

He even gave an order in front of the military technology representative, saying, "If my talks with this friend don't go smoothly..."

"Then find those mercenaries from Lazarus for me. Don't ask me, just take care of them—don't let anyone escape again. I don't like that."

The military technology representative naturally heard this order: "He wants to clear our people out... Please hurry."

When doing business in the territory of a local tyrant, one must always consider one's own life and the value of the matter.

In the end, Hansen got a satisfactory price, and no one knows how much Junke spent to get this greedy alpha wolf to give up getting involved.

Anything he lost from Arasaka, he would relentlessly take back from the military.

……

At this moment, in Dogtown, where night was evenly shrouded, a team of five mercenaries stood on an unfinished building awaiting orders. They were equipped with the best military technology and cybernetic support, practically armed to the teeth.

The smooth progress of their business also prompted them to issue orders to take action.

The man in the lead had half his face hidden under a military-tech tactical helmet.

"Ready for action!"

This man jumped straight off a five-story building without any hesitation!

The ground was cratered by his fall—his cybernetic body made up a terrifying 60% or more of his body! The [Military Technology Berserker Type 5] granted him powerful biological regeneration abilities, and when he fell from a height, this berserk cybernetic body could blast away surrounding enemies—just like a hero descending!
The other four people followed closely behind:
The hacker, equipped with an experimental military-grade prosthetic eye, carried a precision rifle made of military technology, the M-179 Achilles, on his back. He used advanced leg prosthetics that allowed him to perform double jumps in mid-air, and moved like a grasshopper above the building.

Surrounded by four Wing Loong drones, the demolition expert was being pulled by powerful jets, flying slowly overhead like a night owl.

The remaining two assault soldiers were also equipped with the [Dinalas Anvestan 3] and the most stable and reliable military technology [Military Technology M 251 S Ajax]. They ran towards the hilltop above Lu Ke Shuang Manor at a speed no less than that of the leader.

"Number 3... I heard from the higher-ups that he's a hacker who dares to tinker with the firewall—"

The team leader's voice came through the headset. Upon hearing this skepticism, the hacker sneered, "Dare to tamper with the Black Wall? I was running towards the Black Wall when I was eight years old and I even managed to evade internet censorship... What does tampering with the Black Wall prove? Does it mean he's more powerful than us?"

The mercenaries of Lazarus are relatively free, and even have holidays. However, when there is a mission, they must meet up within 48 hours and report their holiday itinerary and location.

They were all temporarily drawn into the team during their vacations around the world.

Night City rarely has Lazarus orders because the original agreement stated that Night City could not have heavy weapons or high-intensity warfare.

Therefore, this war service company, which operates on a legion-by-legge basis, can only profit from wars in other regions and countries around the world.

The tech expert, a woman, complained, "What a boring job, what boring people, what a boring place..."

"Before making a move, it seems we need to take a look at this guy named Kurt Hansen? Uh, I think that's his name? To be honest... there aren't any jobs in Night City that are really challenging. If you ask me, the security services provided by Arasaka's gang are only suitable for this kind of childish game."

The assault soldier chuckled, "Don't you think this colonel's earthen city is just petty and small-minded? I'm rather curious why the Military Science Department and Arasaka's group have been able to stay here for so long—why don't they just bring their own people out and fight each other outside the city?"

One of the remaining assault soldiers didn't join in the chatter but instead reported to the team leader: "Number 1, the military science team has moved in, but the situation is unclear. They haven't found that guy yet."

"Holy crap?" the hacker muttered. "Fine, fine, let's go carry the person out and give them a grand funeral, okay?"

"I heard that we're still missing some data. You'll have to work hard on the 3rd; the higher-ups need an explanation."

The hacker confidently replied, "No problem."

……
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Known domain.

Mann sat on the worn-out sofa, smoking. The light bulb flickered on and off. He frowned and glanced at the tungsten filament lamp, which seemed almost impossible to exist in this era.

"The electricity in Dogtown is absolutely terrible!"

Within this besieged city, the scarcest resources are generators and fuel, and these are basically controlled by the Ghost Hound.

Forget about finding a proper generator; you'd be lucky to even find an engine salvaged from a car.

The electricity for this light is all from a single wire secretly pulled from somewhere else in Dogtown.

Pila muttered, "I told you we should build our own generator. Any hacker in Dogtown with a modicum of sense would run their own power lines to get online. How could it affect the voltage around here... Surely not?"

As soon as the words fell——

A knock came at the door outside the dilapidated iron fence!

Rebecca, who had been sleeping with her head on Dorio's lap, suddenly jolted awake.

A sound of a gun being cocked.

Mann shook his arm, fearing that the projectile ejection system might malfunction at this critical juncture.

"Who?"

The knocking on the door stopped abruptly.

A clear yet familiar female voice rang out.

"Spirometra larvae".

female?

Mann frowned and gestured for everyone to raise their guns.

In that instant, Mann ripped open the metal door and nearly pulled the trigger!

"Holy crap! It's you?"

Pila shuddered, almost getting shot by the person standing outside the door as well.

The girl, covered in injuries, leaned against the doorframe under the cover of night. Dorio and Rebecca recognized her immediately, "Sasha?!"

Mann reached out a large hand to support Sasha. "What happened?"

A group of people helped Sasha to the lit fire. Rebecca was clearly bewildered by Sasha's sudden appearance. "Did I not get enough rest? Damn... how did I end up here?"

Mann was equally bewildered. "How did you get here?!"

Sasha took a few breaths, her breathing gradually becoming even. "I was targeted by military-grade hackers... they almost burned me and my internet cable to ashes—"

Pila exclaimed in shock, "Wait a minute?! Sis, when did you start hanging out with Lin Yue?"

However, someone immediately realized what was happening.

Dorio said in a deep voice, "Sasha... Cat, is that you?"

Sasha took a breath. "Yes... but let's not worry about that now. Didn't your old facility have a lot of generators?! Lin Yue logged into the network there. We need to hurry, he's in danger! Military technology might have already arrived there!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions darkened.

……

System self-check failed.

[Attempting to restart]

[Prosthetic body loading error //...]

Lin Yue felt as if his whole body had shattered, especially since he was covered in a layer of cold liquid. The temperature difference between the end of 2075 and the desolate atmosphere of Dogtown sent a shiver down his spine.

[Prosthetic device activation failed (questionable device): Fuyutsuki Tinker 3, program error; Gorilla Arm, program error...]

"Uh."

Lin Yue got up; the whole room was pitch black.

The prosthetic eye began to adapt to the low-light environment automatically. He fumbled to turn on the emergency lighting. Under the dim white light, the entire network room was a mess.

The walls were covered with soot marks from the burned wiring, and inside the prosthetic eye, the damaged wiring showed a layer of red and black cracks and abysses...

Like a pool of oil that cannot be dissolved, the red areas inside the prosthetic eye constantly swirled with code.

If you listen carefully, you can still hear distorted wails coming from those places.

"It's a black wall..."

Lin Yue looked down at his hands. He had no memory of why he had touched the black wall, or why he could hear the call from outside the wall.

All he knew was that he had used the black wall to disrupt the progress of military technology hacking.

As for who ultimately pulled him back, Lin Yue already knew.

"Oh, it was you...V."

Unfortunately, he entered the black wall too late... The hacker on the other side noticed something was wrong and tried to infiltrate him, rendering him unable to resist.

So he started the blocking process, but the hacker on the other side still managed to locate it. The good thing was that the hacker didn't shut down his machine on the spot.

My body feels so heavy.

Lin Yue calmed down and looked closely; the biological monitoring panel was now filled with a bunch of gibberish.

Instinct told him that staying here would mean certain death, so he could only do his best to stand up, stagger to the door frame and desperately try to keep himself from falling!

Yes! And guns too.

He pulled out his weapon and found that the pistol and the prosthetic eye could not be connected. There was no information or indication of the magazine capacity or the trajectory of the kinetic weapon ejection inside the prosthetic eye.

Lin Yue could guess what was going on: the Black Wall had completely corrupted his prosthetic body, and if he didn't receive emergency medical assistance, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his life was on the verge of extinction.

Sensing something was wrong, Lin Yue tried to restore communication, but failed again.

After thinking for a moment, he quickly used the four intelligence feat points he had accumulated.

[Memory Optimization] +1: 35% RAM recovery rate.

[Embedded Development] +2: 10% RAM recovery rate; Quick break or fast break for controlled, stealthy types: Draw away enemies +60% fast break damage.

[Progressive Propagation] +1: The closer you are to the enemy, the less RAM you use (up to 35%).

Just as Lin Yue was about to check out how to quickly crack the network access module, the long-silent communication channel received its first call.

[Incoming caller ID: V]

The call was answered, and V's avatar kept flashing; even the communication system had been infected by the Black Wall.

"Tell me where you are! Military technology is coming for you, Lin Yue!"

V's anxiety was palpable: "Why the hell did you have to go through with the Blackwall? You knew perfectly well that the hacker was using the Blackwall [protocol] to block you—why didn't you trust Arasaka?"

How can you believe Arakasaka?
He knew how the company operated—even Arasaka and Gunko could sit down and discuss business, so he certainly wouldn't simply run into Arasaka Tower and hand his life over to someone else.

"What if Arasaka sells me out?"

After Lin Yue finished speaking, V fell silent.

Because I believe in how many times others have suffered losses and been utterly humiliated...

Lin Yue sent out his location and let out a deep breath.

"Please believe me, okay? Arasaka hasn't given up on you either..."

Lin Yue had no intention of continuing the topic. Instead, he noticed a rare change in V's expression and couldn't help but tease her, "It's so good to see you again, V."

V immediately swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

After her initial surprise, the icy company lady's face turned cold again, looking anything but cute.

"Take care of yourself. We're on our way. Find a safe place to hide."

After catching his breath, he immediately staggered forward.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from ahead.

A dazzling light shone from the front of the gun through the passage ahead, and Lin Yue, hiding himself, looked ahead.

Because Lin Yue's prosthetic eye had lost many functions, such as the ability to automatically adjust glare, he was immediately blinded by the equipment on these weapons.

He covered his eyes with his hands, and his eyes adjusted a little. But when he saw the military science square logo on the soldiers' shoulders that day, his hair stood on end!

Are they involved in military technology?!
Bang!
Lin Yue fired the first shot with his pistol!
Driven by the will to survive, he dragged his heavy body quickly to the thickest part of the corner of the wall and began firing at each other from the opposite side.

"Target found!"

The squad unleashed a volley of fire at Lin Yue's location in that instant, almost shearing the corner of the wall flat with bullets!
Intermission between attacks.

The soldier with military technology pointed to the right, and a group of people quickly advanced through the side passage, creating an almost certain death encirclement situation—

Lin Yue used his pistol to knock down a soldier who was trying to rush towards him, and muttered to himself, "Even without a cybernetic body, my aim is still good!"

This was the last bit of bittersweet humor.

If Lin Yue had known that installing the network access module would expose him to such a fierce cyberattack, he would never have gone to that stadium.

He also found it incredible that he had gotten involved with hackers using black wall technology.
In his heart, there was only one person who could do this: the lark.

Lin Yue had even begun to believe in fate, because he discovered that no matter how much he resisted, this damn world would always retaliate with the harshest slap.

With the increasing number of soldiers from the military science unit, the overwhelming firepower made it impossible for Lin Yue to peek out and retaliate.

Can't wait to die!

He was breathing heavily, trying to activate the prosthetic bodies whose code had been corrupted by the black wall. At this moment, they were like scrap metal, not only useless but also dragging down Lin Yue's body.

"Can't even it be cracked quickly?"

Lin Yue tried to observe the enemy through the gap and found that after scanning the target through his prosthetic eye, there was only one quick-drill device on it:

Blackwall error %...

Furthermore, the RAM is consumed by unknown characters.

Isn't it the "Black Wall Gateway"?

What's the secret behind this quick error code cracking method?
After a cursory examination, Lin Yue discovered that this was a protocol-type thing.

A network protocol is a set of rules, standards, or conventions established for data exchange.

This protocol has a high priority. Specifically, if it is used to kill a target, it can override the permissions of the target's prosthetic body, causing them to operate at overload capacity instantly!
Ultimately, the enemy dies from overload.

This thing is probably not to be touched... At this moment, Lin Yue seemed to remember something.

He quickly took out the three quick-crack hacking plugins that Sami had given him—forcefully tore open the prosthetic skin on the back of the network access module, and groped his way into inserting these things into the slots of the network access module!
One by one, quick solutions emerged:
[System restart][RAM?]

[Prosthetic body malfunction] [RAM?]

[Synaptic melting] [RAM?]

Lin Yue was immediately dumbfounded...

The prosthetic body malfunction was more severe than he had imagined!

In Lin Yue's memory, RAM was a kind of mana-like quantity in the game.

In the overall worldview of 2077, this is actually a kind of brain computing power and the ability to temporarily read data (RAM is actually short for computer random access memory or main memory).

In other words, while this data is not memory, it must be read and written with high fluency during combat.

The more data is used, the greater the load on the brain and network access warehouse.

It can be released and restored, but it takes some time unless the entire brain-computer interface is in an "overclocked state".

Currently, the predicted RAM consumption value marked by the network access warehouse is very unclear.

This is terrible for Lin Yue—because it means he can't manage his RAM and upload queue, making it almost impossible to make reasonable skill combinations!
After the network access pod was infected by the black wall, it completely lost its command function.

Fuck your black wall!
Lin Yue knew that the Black Wall had solved the tracking problem for him, but it also began to demand a price from him.

As Lin Yue frantically racked his brains for a solution, the shadows of the soldiers in the passageway illuminated by the bright light became clearer and clearer—there was no time to hesitate any longer.

He made his decision almost in the blink of an eye: Never mind!
If you die here, you'll really have nothing left...

Lin Yue's eyes began to glow red, and time seemed to freeze the moment he peeked out from behind the cover.

He stared intently at the soldiers who were crouching and groping forward.

He ultimately chose the most lethal synaptic melting—this rapid crack, while not particularly dangerous to drones or other machines, is the most terrifying rapid crack for cyborgs.

drop!
Lin Yue's eyes flickered. In his cybernetic field, he saw a small square on the side of the head of the military science soldier holding the heavy machine gun at the front, which was rapidly completing a loading bar!

The pattern that can be quickly cracked is a data structure of a bunch of black walls.

A notification sound came to my mind that the upload was complete.

Hope this helps...

Didi~!

In that instant—Lin Yue’s brain felt like it had been hit by a heavy hammer!
Depend on!
why? !

How could such a simple and quick crack have such significant side effects?
"puff!"

Lin Yue immediately knelt on the ground and vomited a mouthful of blood, feeling as if his head had been shattered.

At that moment, the soldier holding the heavy machine gun was firing wildly, cursing things like "Arasaka Dog".

suddenly!

Crimson data chains drilled into his body from all directions.

It was as if he had been thrown into a data furnace; his prosthetic skin began to crack, terrifying roars mingled with intermittent electronic sounds, and sparks erupted from his head—

Anyone with a prosthetic eye can see that this guy is enveloped in a ball of red and black code flames!

The chilling, intermittent wailing left everyone stunned!
"It's a hacker! Get the fuck out of cover! Damn it!"

The first soldier to react quickly turned around and tried to run away.

But his steps froze the next second. He turned his head and found his burning teammate casting a helpless gaze at him...

The soldier began to smell of burning, and a burning pain shot through his mind!

"Back up! Quickly!"

Just then, Lin Yue let out a low roar—

It was as if a wild beast had awakened inside the entire dilapidated building!
For some reason, the black and red flame that had synapsed and melted suddenly became contagious!
As if Death were randomly choosing.

This rapid breakthrough was achieved by the soldiers behind those bunkers!

The massive amount of red data burned through the heads of several unlucky souls. At the same time, the high temperature from the melting erupted from all the gaps in their prosthetic bodies, causing them to burst into flames!

"help me…"

The person being burned was screaming in agony, the distorted screams kept pausing.

All the soldiers were stunned…

A voice trembled as someone yelled, "Holy crap! What the hell is that?!"

The soldiers stared blankly as their two teammates burned and fell to the ground, then immediately stopped firing and hastily retreated.

However, the contagious synaptic melting did not stop!

At that moment, these soldiers just wanted to get as far away from their teammates who had spontaneously combusted as possible—

These temporarily retreating soldiers didn't even have time to notify the squad that was trying to flank them!

The soldiers' terrified eyes, coupled with the crimson light behind them, tell a story of escape from purgatory...

At this moment, Lin Yue, who had already fainted, moved his body.

His eyes had been completely replaced by scarlet, and he was staggering as he got up, wiping his mouth as if he had become a completely different person.

The code extracted from the Black Wall AI endowed these ordinary puppets with even more terrifying destructive power—such as this contagiousness. Lin Yue stood up against the wall and slowly walked towards the direction where the soldiers were flanking him, as if he hadn't been the one who had just coughed up blood. His cold, bloodthirsty gaze instantly locked onto the passage not far away.

……

The group of military science soldiers who had surrounded the enemy were advancing.

Footage from a soldier's body camera:
The man at the front was breathing heavily. The flashlight in front of his gun illuminated the various scenes in the dark passage. He frantically swung the gun, subconsciously pointing it at the places where faint sounds were coming from.

"Answer me?! What the hell happened next?"

"Hello? Report a situation?! Damn it!"

The leader of the flanking team kept asking questions on the channel, and they naturally heard the screams, but all they got through their earpieces was static.

"Oh shit!"

Everyone felt as if someone was closely following them from behind. With no way out, they just wanted to rush in quickly until they got to the hacker's side and completed the attack!

Just as everyone was in a panic, a voice suddenly rang out:
Card wipe!

It looked like someone was stepping on the bricks ahead, and the group, like startled birds, all pointed their guns in that direction.

"there!"

Whether they saw it correctly or not, everyone opened fire indiscriminately, with random bullets flying haphazardly towards the source of the sound!

Puffs of dust were kicked up by the bullets, and various fragments landed on the soldiers' faces.

"Ceasefire!"

"Stop fucking hitting me!"

The team leader gestured.

After a burst of indiscriminate firing, they found no one there... Everyone's mental pressure reached a breaking point, and they searched around for any possible sign of the enemy.

In a corner, Lin Yue, like a ghost, peeked out from behind a wall, looking at the group of company soldiers:

【blackwall·error】

Upload - 100%
Because he lost consciousness, Lin Yue entered a completely reckless hacking mode.

The rapid cracking of this type of black wall, which is derived from the shallow protocol of the black wall, involves a data volume that is beyond the computing power of the human brain.

At this moment, it seems that something is calculating for Lin Yue and also carrying out attacks on his behalf.

In that instant, it was as if all the images had frozen in time.

Unable to discern the enemy's direction, the soldiers sensed something was wrong.

The beams of red data chains drilling into these people's prosthetic bodies caused them to wail in agony!
Meanwhile, the network access compartment behind Lin Yue's neck was spewing out hot air like crazy.

Lin Yue walked out slowly.

He utilized the proximity-based dissemination of his intellectual expertise, where the closer the distance, the lower the RAM usage.

This is different from the attack method of the "black wall gateway".

Whenever Lin Yue walks past someone, that person will be invaded by the demons of hell.

Burning fiercely behind Lin Yue, the overload of the prosthetic bodies brought about by the Black Wall Protocol—with the effect of synaptic melting—caused the screams of these soldiers to carry the distorted electronic sound effects unique to Black Wall attacks.

Lin Yue opened his hand, and even more data was drawn to this red and black king who walked in the middle of death!

Massive amounts of attacks and malicious code were crammed into these people's prosthetic bodies and brains, draining their last bit of vitality and turning them into dazzling, burning torches.

This is a more terrifying way to end things than death itself, waiting for the end amidst searing heat and agony.

At this moment, Lin Yue's attack seemed to have touched some restless energy on the other side of the black wall!

"I can't take it anymore, damn it..."

Lin Yue swayed his body, muttering to himself.

His remaining consciousness told him that he could not continue.

The retreating soldiers all turned back out of fear of company punishment, and Lin Yue quietly leaned against the corner and slowly sat down on the ground.

Now, if he turns around, he will be faced with a large group of soldiers pouring out of the passage!

The Great Firewall is a bottomless pit. Whether it's the gateway, the protocol, or the code... if you keep touching it, you'll become a part of it!

If Lin Yue gets rid of this group, he will face a problem:
How do I want to die?
This is a highly ironic choice: either be caught and shot to death by military technology, or be swallowed by the black wall.

Lin Yue straightened his appearance, guessing that he must look terrible right now.

He could empathize with the lark's suffering.

Go any deeper and you'll find yourself in an endless abyss.

……

Just then, a screeching sound of car tires screeching rang out!
The dilapidated van roared to life, sped to the door, and screeched to a halt outside.

"Holy crap! What the hell is going on?!"

Mann's familiar curses mingled with gunshots, and Lin Yue swayed as blood gushed from his mouth as if a floodgate had been opened.

Pila immediately spotted the direction the military soldiers were attacking through the sniper scope: "That kid's probably on the left!"

Dorothy yelled, "Save them first!"

Rebecca pointed her gun at the military soldiers in the passageway. This time, she neither laughed nor shouted... but instead firmly suppressed the recoil of the heavy machine gun, which was almost lifting into the air.

The firelight reflected on her crazed face, and everyone could sense the fury of this heavy-fire specialist.

"Fuck your military academy!"

Sasha, with her pink pistol in hand, moved nimbly, stepping over the walls as she burst into the side of the crowd.

A pink light flashed in their eyes, and a burst of gunfire mixed with shouts erupted among the military science soldiers.

Cyberpsychosis combined with prosthetic malfunction instantly threw the corporate soldiers into chaos.

They had to deal with the cyber lunatic in their team.

Pila, holding the cat, blasted the heavy machine gunner who was trying to stop their attack with a single shot!

Immediately afterward, the gun moved, and the powerful bullet energy pierced through the soldiers waiting to attack behind cover. The technical expert seemed surprisingly reliable at this moment.

The squad moved through the enemy's territory as if it were empty, completely crushing the soldiers' last will to fight!
After Mann blasted the soldier's head off with a single shot, he smoked a cigarette and searched for Lin Yue's whereabouts.

"At this!"

Sasha spotted Lin Yue leaning against the wall in the corner, staring blankly upwards!

At this moment, he could only let out a slight panting sound.

Am I too late...?

Rebecca immediately dropped her big gun and ran to Lin Yue, only to be completely stunned by the scene before her.

"how come?!"

Her robotic hand trembled as it reached for Lin Yue's cheek. "You brat, hey?!"

Sasha, being a hacker, sensed something was amiss. "Rebecca, Lin Yue is still alive, his consciousness might..."

Damn!

Mann, Dorio, and Pila all came to Lin Yue's side.

Everyone felt somewhat powerless at that moment.

They were already moving very fast. The team packed their weapons and gear and sped off the moment Sasha notified them... How come it still turned out like this!
Lin Yue coughed a few times, but didn't say a word.

The cigarette butt in Mann's mouth glowed and dimmed as he watched the young man who seemed to have lost consciousness.

The stench of burning corpses filled everyone's nostrils...

Just as Rebecca was about to pull the soft thread from her arm to check Lin Yue's vital signs, Sasha glanced at the remains of a soldier not far away, which were wrapped in black energy and red data.

She decisively grabbed Rebecca's hand, "Lin Yue has hit a wall; if you insert the data interface, you'll get infected."

Even Rebecca, who was incredibly naive, knew what the Black Wall was. After a moment's thought, she could only pull out jars of strong medicine from her pocket and press them firmly against Lin Yue's lips.

Can after can.

"Rebecca... is trying her best to cure her incurable consciousness."

Pi stretched out his hand, trying to help his sister stand up.

Mann waved his hand, his expression seemingly devoid of sadness. "Dorio, let's take Lin Yue and evacuate."

Rebecca was lifted up by Dorio, and she tried to struggle but had no strength.

Sasha reached out and helped Lin Yue up, letting him put his arm around her shoulder.

Pila asked, "Are you sure you can do it?"

"It's okay, let's go."

Whether it was a misperception or not, Lin Yue seemed to be nodding slightly as well.

The group surrounded Sasha and Lin Yue as they walked towards the door. Mann looked at the soldiers who had been brutally executed by the "Black Wall," which reminded him of the village that had been burned down in his memory.

At this moment, Pila spoke up, clutching his gun with lingering fear, saying, "What on earth did this kid use? So many company soldiers, and more than half of them died at his hands?!"

Not to mention Pila, even the other squad members who were used to life and death in Night City... found the scene too terrifying.

Mann: "Sasha, what exactly is going on with Lin Yue?"

Because Lin Yue moved slowly, the team moved forward slowly.

“I don’t understand any of this either… We’re in big trouble, Mann—this is a matter between companies…” Sasha dragged Lin Yue along, uttering the last word:
"war."

Just then, a sound escaped from Lin Yue's hoarse throat, who seemed to have lost consciousness—

"Someone's coming... cough, the enemy."

Mann immediately sensed something was wrong. "Be careful!"

Everyone immediately drew their guns and went on alert!

Sasha then asked softly, "Are you still Lin Yue?"

Lin Yue turned his head blankly and said, "Yes."

Rebecca deliberately moved closer to Lin Yue, "We absolutely cannot let Lin Yue suffer even the slightest harm again!"

Pila lifted the cat up. "Who says otherwise? We're buddies!"

Lin Yue was now fully awake.

He didn't know when the squad arrived.

But countless whispers in his mind told him that an even more powerful enemy was approaching.

He whispered, "Sasha, if the enemy comes later, I'd like to borrow your network access bay—no need for a physical connection, wireless is fine. Can you handle some of the computing load for me?"

Lin Yue had assumed that this hacker, who knew the power of the Great Firewall, would refuse—

At least hesitate for a moment.

But Sasha gave her answer almost immediately: "Okay."

"I don't know how you determined that someone was approaching, but it must be someone we can't handle, right? Our whole team needs to stay alive, so use it without worry."

Lin Yue shook his head. At the crucial moment, a group of mercenaries who didn't know his strength held fast to him, a guy corrupted by the Black Wall.

Night City, why is it that some trust comes so easily, while other trust comes so difficult?

Lin Yue let out a deep breath and said, "Attention everyone, they're coming!"

Just as everyone was taking cover and assuming a defensive posture—

call!
A fast and ferocious figure moved over quickly!

It was too fast; it leaped in front of them almost in the blink of an eye!

Mann steadied himself, his gun locked on the man charging toward them. With a clang of bullets striking steel, he immediately realized that the man's prosthetic body was unusual.

"Damn! Bulletproof!?"

Mann's projectile system fired a shell directly!
And watching as the person glided upwards in a perfect arc, dodging the heavy bullet, before suddenly crashing to the ground!
Lin Yue's bright red prosthetic eye immediately locked onto that guy.

"It's a military-grade operating system! Mann, step back!"

The mercenary slammed his fist down onto the ground!
boom!
The entire facility seemed to tremble from the impact, and the massive shockwave, accompanied by rapidly cracking lines on the ground, spread out instantly!
Everyone was shaken and lost their footing, especially Mann and Dorio, who were at the front and were immediately thrown away by the first wave of shock!

The two massive bodies crashed to the ground with a dull thud, seemingly completely stunned.

In the dust-shrouded center, a fully armed man slowly stood up, his tight, muscular physique visible beneath his close-fitting, high-strength individual combat uniform.

Lin Yue stared at the guy: "Military technology is rampant, huh...?"

The man pointed his gun at Lin Yue and yelled, "The higher-ups ordered us to capture the guy in the middle and interrogate him for data... Get it done quickly!"

He was hit by a hail of bullets as soon as he finished speaking.

Rebecca used her gun to brace herself against the ground to avoid being knocked unconscious. She immediately raised her gun and roared back, "Catch your sister! I'll fucking kill you, you bastard!"

Just then, a breeze blew up to Lin Yue's side. He looked up and his eyes locked onto the afterimages—two more Dinaras Anvestan 3s?
Bang!

The distinctive startup sound of the Sinweistein filled the eardrums of several people!

They really invest heavily in military technology!
This model of Sinweistein can slow down time by 50% for 16 seconds!
Only Lin Yue, the hacker using the black wall, could detect the movements of these two guys; everyone else seemed frozen in place.

By the time Rebecca realized it, it was too late—

She was instantly thrown into the air!

The assault soldier, still in time with the prosthetic body, had already pressed his rifle against Rebecca's back. With just a slight press, the Ajax could riddle Rebecca with bullets.

Sasha's eyes lit up, and in the instant the image froze, she realized that hacking into this guy would require more than 30 units of RAM!

The firewall level is too high.

Lin Yue sighed.

The gates of the underworld have been opened; there will be no return to the mortal realm.

Sasha felt a throbbing pain in her head. The man beside her, whose eyes were almost burned out, was making a final deal with the devil.

"Try touching her!"

A strange voice came through the assault soldier's eardrums, sounding like an AI mechanical voice, yet also like a human whisper.

Sasha's body suddenly slumped, and her eyes turned red, but she could sense that Lin Yue was only using her as a host computer—

Wow!

The sky seemed to have been dyed red, and a red ray of light instantly pierced through the assault soldier's entire body!
The massive amount of red data crammed into that guy's head in almost a few nanoseconds... The torrent of black walls, like divine punishment, squeezed the mercenary's body out of the way, sending bursts of sparks flying!
The screams sounded like the lag from a computer crashing; that's how Lin Yue executed the mercenaries of S. Anvestan.

Sasha couldn't help but ask herself: What is a "black wall gateway"?
Her brain was working to assist in the calculation, so she naturally knew the name of what Lin Yue was using, but she didn't understand... what kind of power this was.
Sasha's eyes were bloodshot as she watched this scene, which resembled hell...

Rebecca fell heavily to the ground!

For a fleeting moment, the flow of time seemed to return to normal, and the assault soldier's punch dented her side chest.

She had fainted, but she tried her best to touch Lin Yue, who was still standing there.

The lead Lazarus mercenary immediately spotted his companion struggling amidst the black and red data—

"He's using roving AI as a weapon!"

A drone squeezed through the passage; this military drone, modified by technical experts, immediately locked onto Pila, the sniper behind Lin Yue.

Lin Yue raised his hand with all his might and clenched his fist tightly!

Bang!
The drone immediately burst into a dazzling display of fireworks. Sasha, eyes tightly shut, huddled close to Lin Yue.

The hacker in the channel aimed a high-precision rifle at Lin Yue from behind, shouting, "Take him out first, we can't catch him alive! Damn!"

As she spoke, the cat that Pila was holding fell to the ground again.

"Holy shit! Hacker!"

The malfunction of the prosthetic body caused Pila to be unable to hold the weapon at all. At this moment, even the prosthetic body of Mann, who had just gotten up, burst out with a string of sparks.

Lin Yue immediately identified the hacker who had launched the sneak attack.

The whistling of bullets pierced Lin Yue's subcutaneous armor.

Lazarus's mercenary captain shouted, "Assault troops, take care of the hacker next to him! Number 3!"

The energy emitted from the technological weapon flew directly towards Lin Yue's forehead!

The instant the gun fired, Pila instinctively shielded Lin Yue with her own body—her little sister was worried about him, and if anything happened to him, she would definitely be furious with him…

Lin Yue is too tired. Even adding Sasha wouldn't help with this amount of computation. I guess... we'll need a hacker like V.

call out--

Lin Yue closed his eyes.

Ding!
A crisp impact rang out in front of me, and my eardrums went blank.

The bullet from the precision-guided rifle struck a piece of steel, and the bullet was instantly bounced away with a crisp sound!
Lin Yue squinted and noticed that the scene in front of him was suddenly a little blurry... as if something was blocking his way.

Have the opportunity!
Upon realizing what was happening, Lin Yue immediately raised his hand, intending to use the black wall to crush these military dogs one by one.

They all deserve to die!

At that moment, a cold hand pressed down on the back of Lin Yue's hand.

A pleasant voice came: "Rin, stop now."

The woman with cascading black hair seemed to have an unyielding sense of guilt in her eyes.

The blurry figures blocking Lin Yue's way slowly regained their color, transforming into several Arasaka ninjas standing with swords in their hands!
V helped Rin, who was about to collapse, while Sasha, who was next to Lin Yue, also began to sway from side to side due to the high workload, and was caught by the ninja next to her.

The company agent's eyes were filled with icy anger.

"Kill them all!"

After being covered in optical camouflage, they vanished from the spot like ghosts.

The daggers spun in the ninjas' hands. These guys, equipped with Arasaka's experimental cybernetic bodies, were even faster than the two Lazarus assault soldiers equipped with S.A.W.S ...
"Be careful!"

Bang!
The assault soldier, who was trying to return fire, had just fired a single shot when he felt a chill near his elbow!
In his field of vision, he saw his hands still gripping the gun, but they no longer belonged to his body; instead, they were flying through the air—

He looked down and saw that the edges of the cut were still flashing with electric arcs. It turned out that his entire prosthetic arm had been cut off!
"屮!"

A knife was placed on his shoulder, blood gushing from his arms, but he couldn't make a sound from his throat.

As the optical camouflage faded, the alluring Arasaka female ninja revealed a set of gleaming white teeth.

With a flick of his wrist, the blade grazed his shoulder!

Swish!
The perspective spins rapidly, and the body is decapitated...

Lazarus's hacker locked his sights on the woman from the company and the guy next to her. The upload progress bar lit up quickly, and the hacker raised his gun, retreating while firing.

V's gaze was fixed on him.

"Let's see whose power is greater?"

A scream came from the hacker's mouth; first, his prosthetic body malfunctioned, erupting with arcs of electricity, and then high-temperature flames began to emerge from the seams of his body—

In contrast, V's prosthetic body only twitched uncontrollably a few times before immediately returning to calm.

With a swift movement of the ninja's blade, only the captain and the female technical expert remained of Lazarus' mercenary squad.

"Hey!"

The female ninja, holding a sword, shouted defiantly at Lazarus's mercenary captain.

At this moment, the female technical expert's knees were broken by her foot, and she was forcibly pulled up by her hair.

Under the ninja's cruel smile and gaze, the blade sliced ​​across his neck.

The remaining ninjas, like hungry tigers pouncing on their prey, tore the last mercenary captain to pieces. Even though he activated his berserk mode and took several blows, he still couldn't escape being dismembered!

These cyber lunatics from Arakawa have absolutely no humanity.

Their sole purpose in standing here is to eliminate anyone who gets in the company's way!
"Are you alright? Trust me... Arasaka will give you the best medical care, hang in there!... Rin."

V's fresh scent dispelled much of the bloody smell, and Lin Yue was finally able to close his tired eyes with peace of mind.

"Remember my squad..."

V wrapped her arms around Lin Yue's waist, quietly watching the guy who was almost burned to death by the black wall.

"it is good."
-
A building above Lu Ke Shuang Mountain Villa was engulfed in flames.

The woman from the company leaned against the car and watched quietly as the flames licked away all the evidence, including the soldiers' corpses.

This night in Dogtown is destined to leave behind a legacy of red and black statistics and street gossip about killings:

Someone is using their decaying body to carry the untold secrets of the end of this online world...

That's a story that belongs exclusively to a king who has broken free from the black wall and malicious AI!

……

　I've seen all your support lately, but I've had a cold and it's really been hard for me to find the energy and time to read the comments or thank everyone individually for their donations. The daily 10,000-word limit is a kind of compensation for my slow writing pace and for everyone's sake. When the daily limit ends—that is, when the first volume ends—I will summarize the gains, losses, and mistakes of this volume, striving to provide a better reading experience for everyone in the second volume. Thank you.

　　[Brain-Computer Overclocking]: Excess RAM comes at the cost of life points.

　　[Blackwall Gateway]: A quick hack that can be used in the network access pod of the Beidou system in Cyberpunk 2077, specifically in the military technology section (Chapter 6). A gateway is a network checkpoint. As the name suggests, this quick hack releases malicious data from the other side of the black wall into a personal device. This requires you to be part of the black wall yourself, i.e., assimilated.

　　[The gates of Hades have been opened; there is no turning back]: Weapon description of the military-grade Erebus kinetic submachine gun. This means that once you touch the black wall and anything outside, there is no turning back.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)