Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 433 Black Dream (Part 2)

As she fell to the ground with wide eyes, Rebecca quietly watched the dust kicked up by her fall... her eyelids fluttered slightly.

"Oh shit!"

Song Zhaomei's voice seemed to be suddenly cut off—

The noise in her ears became more and more obvious. Johnny appeared in front of Rebecca as if he were being interfered with by some kind of signal, and his walking posture was obviously a little anxious.

He crouched beside Rebecca's head, the worn-out scuffs on her boots clearly visible.

"We cannot fall here."

Johnny, who was slightly pressing down his sunglasses with one hand, urged Rebecca on.

Anti-EMP prosthetics are standard equipment for Dreamers, and Rebecca's ability to be stunned by an opponent's pulse device in one go is clearly unusual.

Black Dream.

The guy walked over slowly, dressed in a tacky style like any random passerby on the streets of Night City—

"It's you, isn't it, little guy?"

"Well…"

Rebecca couldn't make a sound, only whimpering twice in her throat, before she was suddenly lifted off the ground by her hair being grabbed.

Black Dream's prosthetic body, resembling a lark, bears a clear logo of military technology; at this moment, the skin on his body can only be something like a facial feature.

"Fuck the new America!"

Johnny was frantic, like a cat on a hot tin roof, but he had no way to wake Rebecca up.

At this moment, Rebecca stared intently at the prompt within her prosthetic eye:

[System Restart]...

At this moment, Heimeng was dragging her forward by her hair.

Sitting idly by and waiting for death has never been in Rebecca's nature, especially not for a powerful woman like her... The excellent system reconfiguration module is the culmination of the state's technology.

Ordinary people would lose all ability to resist after Black Dream uses the new type of high-power electromagnetic pulse, except for Rebecca, of course.

The theory behind the anti-electromagnetic pulse device is very simple: it's a Faraday cage. However, the device on Black Dream can disrupt the overall effect of the enemy's anti-EMP device.

Upon closer inspection, a layer of illusory shadow constantly surrounds Black Dream; this is the nanorobot technology of the new United States, a technology at the forefront of the world's military technology, far more advanced than Rin's [Shadow] coupled microrobot combat technology…

3…2…1!

Rebecca's eyes suddenly hardened, and the moment the system restarted, the gorilla's arm clenched into a fist and swung violently to the side!

With the afterimage of the fist and arm flashing, Black Dream seemed to have no reaction whatsoever—

"Ok?"

Rebecca felt another stimulating signal from the back of her head, and her entire body instinctively recoiled!

Rebecca's long-standing combat instincts allowed her to sense something was amiss the moment her fist touched Black Dream's body.

"what are you doing?"

Johnny's voice came through.

The scene in front of Rebecca flickered and vanished instantly…

A chilling sensation instantly spread throughout my body!

Upload complete!

The bright red notification box inside the prosthetic eye represents what Rebecca has just experienced…

Quick crack?
Rebecca, who had never experienced anything like this before, was momentarily stunned and stood there panting heavily...

If it weren't for Johnny's reminder, she would have used S.A.S ...

What on earth is this thing?

Rebecca turned around abruptly and finally saw what the real Black Dream looked like. He was just smoking and staring at her quietly, and the light in his eyes was the same light that Rebecca had seen countless times before…

Black Wall-like Prosthetic Body?
That eerie dark red, seemingly intertwined with deep black, was a radiance Rebecca had only ever witnessed on Lin Yue.

"Damn it, Johnny..."

"uh-huh?"

Perhaps because Johnny himself was a Relic and was attached to the Black Wall, the guy also developed a very bad feeling towards Johnny.

It was as if someone was watching him from the empty cyber world…

"Girl, this guy gives me a bad feeling. We shouldn't have gotten involved in this mess—"

"Shut up, Johnny!"

Rebecca growled out those words.

The man silently puffing on his cigarette, watching Rebecca's dark dream, finally spoke. His voice was as strange as ever, seemingly real yet feigned...

"Oh, you said it out loud?"

"It seems that your collective defense comes at a price, for example... you are now rushing headlong down the road to your terminal illness."

Rebecca resembled a young leopard with its back arched, its eyes filled with hatred.

"You don't need to look at my child like that."

"I can't see through that guy's plans, but I know very well how people behave after they gain power and status—you see…"

"The corpses on the ground, the pieces of machinery, the gunfire and artillery outside the window all serve the ultimate interest."

"We are both pawns."

It moved—

Rebecca wasn't foolish enough to listen to the other person finish spouting their twisted logic.

What do you mean by "end of the road" or "death"?

Only Rin understood just how much she had sacrificed for all of this…

An uncertain future? No, Rebecca was certain that Rin could seize the future.

boom!
The gorilla's arms made a terrifying sound as they moved at full speed, and the hissing, scalding heat, along with Rebecca's heavy punches, rained down on Black Dream like a sudden storm!

Boom boom boom!
"Seanwistan?!"

"This guy... he's really learning it quite well."

The technology that combines the network access warehouse and S.A.R. Stein is limited by power constraints and, on the other hand, by... the high burden on the human body.

Rebecca felt her once-proud confidence beginning to fade, a confidence she had shown towards Rin…

This world should only have him, and no one else.

But when it actually happened, this inexplicable panic drove her to keep throwing heavy punches.

Afterimages intertwined.

The walls were covered with the marks left by Rebecca's missed punches, and with each powerful blow, the building walls even showed signs of collapsing.

call!
"Huff... huff..."

Rebecca, her forehead covered in fine beads of sweat, was panting heavily as she looked at the other person's composed demeanor. Rebecca knew that the other person was toying with her... or perhaps seeking some kind of answer.

"The lark said...that guy is dying soon too, is that true?"

Rebecca watched Sianwistan's cooldown timer slowly as she took the Iron Blade hanging behind her and sneered, "What the hell is it to you? He's alive and well—and there won't be any problems for him."

However, Hei Meng didn't seem angry at all. Instead, she murmured, "Really? That's great. I also want to live. Maybe I can find out why he's living?"

"You are someone else's life-saving medicine, and you are mine too."

Rebecca couldn't stand this cryptic conversation anymore, "What are you talking about, you little devil!"

The crisp sound of the iron clapper accompanied the reactivation of the S'anwestan. Black Dream simply observed Rebecca's condition, which appeared to be good so far.

However, Rebecca was not feeling well at this time.

It's unclear what the lark was up to, but the more Johnny worried about himself, the more he ran outside. However, Johnny's presence caused the already unstable Relic to frequently malfunction—

"Damn it!"

The Iron Gallant shotgun has a wide coverage area and great shooting power. Black Dream seemed to be able to see through the opponent's shooting angle and appeared in front of Rebecca in a few flashes.

It cannot be approached.

The guy opposite me has a strange fighting style that shows traces of Rin.

This guy is most terrifying when he gets close to you.

A knife?

The moment Rebecca saw the blade, her hair stood on end. However, the timing was perfect; Sianwistan's stamina began to wane, and he was in a somewhat intermittent state.

Just as Rebecca was losing her balance, Black Dream threw a knife with a lethal force almost like a bullet, forcing Rebecca to fall to the ground to deal with the attack.

however--

Boom boom!

Black Dream's speed seemed to have been accelerated, and the red light in her eyes became increasingly pronounced...

With the help of computing power? Rebecca was suddenly hit hard in the abdomen, and her whole body slid across the ground. The gorilla's arm touched the ground, and her jacket was instantly torn. With a burst of sparks, she crashed into the wall!
"cough!"

"Rebecca, you fucking bastard!"

Johnny's afterimage flickered incessantly, while Rebecca's fine teeth were already stained red with blood, and all she could do now was cough violently.

[Prosthetic body malfunction...]

So this is what it feels like to be Rin's rival?
“Although I can’t see through it, I always feel that you are still loyal to that Rin. It’s just a pity that the whole of Washington is attacking Night City’s network. Even if you are in cahoots, he can’t get away from it.”

"Uh…"

Rebecca felt like her internal organs had shifted, and this time she was grabbed by the hair and lifted up—this time it was real.

Black Dream did all this to test whether the consciousness defense system existed.

"what?"

Black Dream leaned closer to Rebecca's lips.

Rebecca's lips twitched...

"I said…"

"Fuck you."

Uh!
Black Dream wasted no more time, grabbing her by the throat and lifting her up. He was skilled at torturing others, but now he could punish this stubborn girl as he walked...

The feeling of suffocation and the jolting sensation of being dragged along by the Black Dream came over Rebecca at the same time. Johnny's low growls were growing louder in Rebecca's eyes, and she could hardly hear them anymore.

"Om..."

A slight rumbling sound came from above.

Black Dream, who was rushing behind Miles, paused for a moment, tilting her ears to listen, trying to decipher the sound behind the dense gunfire and artillery fire in Taipingzhou.

It looks like some kind of small hovercraft?

It's not unusual to hear an armed airship appearing above, but this sound seemed to be the roar of a Holy Sword airship.

"It seems like the higher-ups at Dreamers..."

thump.

咚…

thump—

A slight tremor accompanied by an increasingly clear sound from above, like something collapsing, caused Black Dream's hand to loosen involuntarily.

"Cough-cough-"

Rebecca, panting heavily, still tried to struggle. Black Dream looked to the side and thought that this guy with the Relic chip didn't seem to be much different from Xiao Qiang.
Rebecca stared blankly at the ceiling.

Time stood still for a moment—

A strange rumbling sound and the ceiling bulging downwards...

Something is smashing through the floors and coming down!

boom!
Debris and cement fragments poured down like a burst dam, and Black Dream almost instantly activated Sianwistan to pull back.

A cloud of smoke and dust.

In the darkness and amidst the dust illuminated by various searchlights, a dark, indistinct shadow made Black Dream unsure whether it was an armed mech or something similar.

After all, this thing is also a main force on the battlefield.

however…

Two incredibly penetrating lights suddenly shone through the smoke and dust, one bright red and the other eerie blue, accompanied by wisps of light, like demons from a cyberpunk world.

Wow...

After the stones were shaken off, Hei Meng's expression changed.

Several unfamiliar figures appeared from all directions at the same time. By the light, one could only vaguely see their sculpted jaws and strong, yet not bulky, figures.

"Miles was right, you and Arasaka are in cahoots."

Amidst the piles of building materials and debris from the layers of floorboards ahead, as the dust settled, two pairs of strange eyes gazed down at the man whose body was covered in various signals from his prosthetic body, and remained silent for a moment.

The downward gaze became increasingly obvious, even to the point of looking down at people with lowered eyelids.

"Fake."

Simple, indifferent.

Black Dream's nerves seemed to be stimulated, and it began to operate the network access warehouse.

"Still alive? I wonder if it's just good luck?"

Black Dream is also retaliating in kind.

However, this combat freak, which had cost military technology enormous resources to develop over two years, turned its attention to Rebecca.

Multiple fractures

Prosthetic Failure

[Medical intervention recommended]

[Action can be taken]

So he said, "Why don't you obey the order, Rebecca?"

Will even a silly girl suddenly become perceptive?
Lin Yue was overjoyed.

As expected, Rebecca sat down on the ground with her buttocks halfway down, while the gorilla raised its arm, its middle finger much stronger than hers.

"Liar, bastard, stupid company dog!"

Lin Yue felt the insults were a bit harsh, and he sensed they were sincere.

"The company will make you pay for your betrayal."

Just as Hei Meng was about to speak, the guy bowed slightly, and all the guys around him who looked almost identical to him made the same gesture, making it impossible to tell whether they were the real ones.

That must be him on the mound of earth... right?

Black Dream's perspective shifted rapidly, her expression extremely gloomy.

The shocking wounds on Rebecca's body made Lin Yue's nerves pound. He wanted to see what kind of results military technology had achieved.

call out--

Boom!
The floor cracked. Lin Yue's speed was no longer at S.A.S. level. With two years of accumulation and improved reaction points, he was only faster and stronger than before.

The nanobots surrounding the Black Dream quickly swirled around, carrying currents capable of disrupting EMP threads as they hurtled towards several Rin!

"found it."

Rin's true form, which was prevented from being hacked by a jammer, has been found by Kurome!

[Uploading!]

Seeing Rin take flight with a single clenched fist, Kurome's dagger was suddenly thrown out.

However, a series of electric-like flashes appeared around Rin.

"what?!"

The fist has already appeared on the side!

The afterimage blocked all of Black Dream's escape routes.

"Does New America also like to hire Muggles as super hackers? That's great, I'm not one now."

[Crack failed]

Fuck!
Black Dream watched helplessly as the knife pierced the guy's shoulder, while his face suddenly began to deform under the fist. The force gradually spread throughout his body. Sianwistan had made him a step too slow!
call!
Hei Meng was like a rope that had been twisted in mid-air being released in an instant, spiraling backwards!

Rebecca was also taken away in that instant.

Rebecca, who had rolled several times on the ground, was no longer the sickly girl she had been. Instead, she dusted herself off, her half-exposed sleeve dangling endlessly—

Hasty, disheveled, and adorable.

"Fuck you, you stupid Rin!"

"My girlfriend ran away!"

Lin Yue listened to Rebecca's curses with his back turned, his head slightly lowered, and an uncontrollable smile appeared on his lips.

As Black Dream, who had been knocked down, slowly rose to her feet.

Rin's gaze towards the enemy grew increasingly calm, and she murmured in a voice only she could hear:

"Rebecca, run, and..."

"Run faster!"

……

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(End of this chapter)