Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 441 The Dike Breaks (Part 1)

"Watch out! Miles!"

Rebecca clearly saw pure malice in that thing's electronic eyes, like a ghost from hell about to claim her life.

"Damn it, it's a lark!"

Miles has now revealed who the other person is...

"A lark?!"

Rebecca listened to the strange voice, unable to connect it with the woman she had made a deal with in the car earlier...

The sound was like some kind of synthesized electronic monster; just listening to it was enough to send chills down your spine!
"call!"

That thing seemed to have some kind of strange prosthetic body... its speed was incredibly fast, and the key point was that it made absolutely no movement when it moved—

By the time Rebecca realized what was happening, the thing had already slid past her!
Feeling a chill run down her arm, as if her skin had been cut by a sharp blade, Rebecca began using Gasanwistan's time-stop ability to observe the thing's weaknesses.

This is a powerful weapon for individual soldiers, created using a vulnerability detection system and a combat prosthetic body technology developed by scientists like Arasaka. Rebecca is often able to find the enemy's weaknesses with the help of this system...

However, after scanning this thing, all that's shown is the machine's name, and its body is covered in bright red data plates. This means that, at least on the surface, there's no way to effectively counter it!

Miles leaned heavily against the cold, heavy steel door, his body trembling, as if some large creatures were about to rush out from behind it.

[Old Network Maintenance Robot - KH10-43]

This type of machine was originally meant to be a maintenance tool that floats in the pool of deep web servers, searching for server problems. But thanks to the modifications made by Lark, it has become an AI-powered killing machine!
Could it be that…

Rebecca swallowed hard. This place was occupied by larks who had modified many similar robots.
That thing behind the door…

never mind!

Rebecca's astonished gaze instantly turned ruthless. Grabbing the Iron Gallbladder, she roared and spun around in a circle, circling in front of the guy's optical electronic module system.

She wanted to shoot the thing's eyes out first.

Regardless, any attack carried out by the machine's operator requires the intervention of someone behind the scenes, as long as they can sabotage it—

boom!
The gunshot stopped and turned into a long, crisp tearing sound. The shotgun shells fired by the iron gall bladder turned the scene in front of us into a burst of light and flame that scattered in all directions like meteors!
However, the optical module, which was instantly blown away under Rebecca's watchful eye, had no significant impact...

Got it!

Rebecca whirled around, her eyes wide as she watched a cold, sharp, cylindrical weapon emerge from the mouth-like "structure" of the thing—a high-strength graphene weapon used to cut through server motherboards…

If that pricked Miles...

Miles didn't know what was happening. Under Rebecca's horrified gaze, she suddenly crouched down, and the weapon pierced straight into the thick steel door that was strong enough to withstand a nuclear explosion, as if it had been plunged into tofu!
"Hold!"

Ignoring the pain in her arm, Rebecca quickly bent down and pulled Miles out from under the stuck robot.

"Back off!"

Her gaze swept along both sides of the corridor, finally finding a narrow spot, like a small nook or cranny used to store fire-fighting equipment.

Miles understood perfectly, which reassured Rebecca, who obediently crawled inside in a protective posture.

Rebecca, who had just spoken to Miles, quickly raised her gun, ready to blast it again with the Ironclad. However, the creature, which was still struggling to pull out the weapon it had stuck inside the door, stopped when it saw Rebecca turn around—

Its turtle-like structure had a soft tube protruding from its shell, which it then flung violently at Rebecca.

Caught off guard, Rebecca immediately dropped her weapon!

"Lark, you liar!"

Rebecca roared, "You fucking want to kill Miles?!"

A series of disordered sounds emanated from the machine, "(I didn't) Ah... So what if I did? You bitch! (Rin...) I'm going to kill her!"

"betray--"

"You have betrayed me once again."

cold?
again?
It seems that the lark's mental state is quite worrying.

Rebecca sensed that the lark was about to lose connection, and she immediately realized that the lark might be being controlled online…

Beyond Washington, which Miles was talking about... Rin might also be causing her trouble!

After Rebecca realized what was happening, she rushed forward and, amidst the machine's frantic shaking, stomped onto its hard shell, looking around.

Noticing Rebecca's brazen stepping on top of them, the repair robot controlled by the lark went even crazier, with bulges all over the door, as if the guy next door was about to rush out!

Rebecca saw that her shot had hit a section of the robot's armor, causing it to flip up. Without hesitation, she grabbed the rolled-up metal with both hands and planted her feet firmly!
"No flaws?!"

"We'll see, ladies!"

The same power-type prosthetic body as Lin Yue emitted a violent jet of air, and the blood vessels on both sides of Rebecca's cheeks bulged exaggeratedly, while the adrenaline regulator twisted at maximum power!
Wow!

The robot struggled even more fiercely.

"Ugh!"

Rebecca's scream made Miles, whose vision was blocked in the distance, turn pale, accompanied by the terrifying sound of steel tearing and rivets clanging on the ground that echoed in the corridor.

Wow!

Rebecca, her eyes swollen, was thrown aside by the robot, and at the same time, a large piece of the dense bulletproof leather that prevented the condensation from seeping in also fell off her body.

Drop drop…

The sound of a fatal weakness being locked onto quickly rang out in Rebecca's prosthetic eye. Looking at the small red box in her eye, a cold smile curled up at the corner of her mouth.

boom!
With the powerful impact of the machinery on the other side of the gate, coupled with the machine controlled by the lark forcefully pulling out its weapon, they finally broke free from their restraints.

It can still move?
The machine immediately hid the part of itself that had lost its metal sheet behind it when it fell, which means that the lark must still be observing it in some way.

Rebecca glanced to the side out of the corner of her eye.

"Damn it... Rin (kill me, please); you're no better than him!"

"Troublesome, disgusting, like a reptile—"

Rebecca could tell from that strange voice that it was praising her.

"Thank you so much."

Rebecca assumed a fighting stance with both fists, as if she were ready to fight to the death.

Just as the lark seemed to be considering how to eliminate the mercenary, Rebecca suddenly shouted, "Miles, find the cameras! Smash them all!"

"If you don't want your girlfriend to die, hurry up!"

Miles, hiding in the secret passage, was exceptionally efficient. He quickly got up, grabbed the kinetic rifle in his hand, and prepared to fire. It must be said that his actions of rechecking the bullet and instinctively loading the chamber were very impressive.

Miles glanced at the camera not far to his side, raised his gun, and fired a precise and beautiful shot!

Just as Rebecca was about to say "Well done!", the machine under Lark's command suddenly moved rapidly to the side!
This guy…

Rebecca lunged forward, her legs scraping the ground as she gripped the robot's feet tightly with both hands—

Boom! Sizzle! The sound of steel scraping against steel sent a chill down Miles's spine, but she managed to resist the urge to turn around and calmly fired at the second camera.

"Miles! You bastard! You despicable liar!"

Miles, like an upper-class person shooting frisbee at a shooting range, calmly exhaled, and the trace of reluctance in his eyes gradually disappeared.

"Children...should obediently listen to their mothers."

Miles shattered the cameras one by one with a crazed indifference in his eyes.

The machine struggled on the ground like a lark, waving any movable weapons at Rebecca, its mouth emitting chilling and terrifying screams, like a mournful ghost!
"damn it!"

Rebecca's face flushed red; her limited-edition sneakers had long since ripped apart...

Damn it! One thousand euros!

I just made a mistake at work and Ms. Emma docked my entire month's salary...

Rebecca felt her bulletproof leather skin about to shatter as her little feet rubbed incessantly against the ground, and a series of sharp pains shot through her nerves—

A powerful mechanical tentacle, like a scorpion's tail, slammed into the ground. Rebecca dodged just in time, but the steel-like floor beside her began to crack from the impact!
Rebecca was thankful she wasn't under that thing, otherwise her head would have been smashed to pieces...

Unable to touch Miles due to the taut body of the machine, he prepared for a desperate fight during the gap in Rebecca's exertion, twisting his massive body and pressing down on Rebecca!
"Watch out for mercenaries!"

As Rebecca twisted her body, her shoulder was struck hard by the mechanical leg.

"Oh shit!"

Miles raised his gun and fired a burst of bullets at the robot. The robot, seemingly oblivious to his surroundings, lunged at Rebecca, and the weapon, strong enough to pierce steel, pierced straight down into Rebecca's head.

Feeling as if her entire shoulder was being torn apart, Rebecca Arnold started up recklessly. Amid Miles's roar, Rebecca tilted her neck, and the gorilla's arm gripped the weapon tightly!
When Miles shot down the last probe, Rebecca, who was below the robot, immediately slipped out like a slippery eel. The robot froze in place for a moment, as if sensing something.

Guessed it right...

The moment Rebecca and Miles locked eyes, they both saw a hint of relief in each other's eyes.

However, when the lark lost its visual feedback and could not perceive Rebecca's presence, the blast door behind it, which had been silent for a long time and was somewhat deformed, suddenly began to bend at an exaggerated arc.

Miles held his breath and quickly waved to Rebecca—

Just as Rebecca was about to run towards Miles, a violent rumble and a gust of wind came from behind her, and the jammed iron gate was suddenly flung open by something behind it…

That thing...?
Rebecca was stunned to see the massive machine, resembling a small house, emerge amidst dust and the smell of decay.

The blood-red composite prosthetic eye swept over Rebecca, bringing with it a surge of red light. At this moment, the lark had a kind of calm madness.

Attack from front and back?

Without hesitation, Rebecca charged forward. The thing was a heavy tank-like machine that could fire shells and move on four mechanical legs. It was box-shaped, and its black weapon cannons were instantly aimed at Rebecca.

"Hold!"

Miles watched helplessly as sparks erupted behind Rebecca, and then the seemingly stable corridor suddenly began to crumble. Rebecca was thrown into the air by the blast wave and fell down the collapsing road.

The floor cracked, and exposed steel bars and various building debris began to slide down...

Below was endless darkness…

Rebecca frantically reached out, but she was falling uncontrollably. Just as she watched the smooth crack recede further and further away from her with nothing to cling to—

A hand suddenly reached out and grabbed Rebecca.

Miles, lying prone on the ground with a gun slung over his shoulder, gritted his teeth. "Hold on tight... Damn it, why are you so heavy? Like... a car?"

Rebecca underwent extensive cybernetic modifications, so her weight was naturally not that of an ordinary human body.

"Are you crazy? Let go!"

In her panic, Rebecca turned her head and saw the armored robot with the bright red prosthetic eye behind her. Its appearance gave the lark a vehicle to provide vision...

The void below forced Rebecca to desperately grasp Miles's hand, but the two people in front of the two machines behind them were like lambs to the slaughter, easily crushed at any moment...

"Didn't expect to die here? Huh?"

Miles, still clutching the gun, stubbornly refused to let go, watching helplessly as the gravity-defying machine crawled rapidly across the collapsing ground, raising the weapon in its mouth high towards Rebecca's back—

The other is a very obvious firing action…

"Song Zhaomei".

Rebecca watched the woman who was burying her head and persevering, unsure whether it was the pain of exhaustion or the anger caused by Song Zhaomei's attack. One hand grabbed Rebecca's hand, while the other hand dug into the ground!

"Hold!"

As if suddenly finding a surge of strength, Miles abruptly lifted Rebecca, who had been slowly sliding down, up a section of her body.

"Miles!"

Rebecca glanced down at herself. Given her prosthetic body and weight, a fall of about ten meters wouldn't be a problem, but for her, it would be certain death…

"Let go!"

Rebecca growled.

Miles looked up, and Rebecca stared blankly at the new US president's gaze, a look that seemed to combine sorrow and helplessness, as if she were looking at the two machines in front of her as if they were living, breathing people.

"what?"

I don't know who's talking.

"Damn it! What's going on with you?! How did you find me... (soundbite) I'm going to kill this little bitch and Miles!"

Hearing the abrupt sound, Rebecca hurriedly exchanged a glance with Miles, only to find that the robot that had tried to crawl over and pierce Rebecca had suddenly convulsed on the spot, its body covered in viscous red and black data blocks, with a ghostly figure flashing behind it...

"Damn it, pull me out of here!"

Rebecca gritted her teeth and slammed her fist on the cracked, tilted floor beside her so she could grab onto it with her hands, while Miles pulled her up with all his might.

"You want to kill me?!"

The lark's voice is incredibly shrill!
"Work harder!"

Miles was exhausted, growling as he spoke, completely abandoning any semblance of a new American president…

Just when the two thought they could escape—

"Don't even think about it, you damned murderer!"

The lark seemed to be talking to someone, "I'll kill them first!"

boom!
The sudden firing caused the walls beside Rebecca and Miles to recede abruptly, and the entire corridor began to collapse rapidly, like shredded cardboard being thrown into a shredder.

Rebecca and Miles walked one after the other through piles of rubble into the endless darkness below Dogtown...

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(End of this chapter)