Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 470 The Body [4K Take a Break]

"No, this thing doesn't originate from the subnet."

Lin Yue's speed and the chaotic code in his eyes came at the same time, but without network devices enabled, anything at the network level was indeed a bit troublesome for Lin Yue at this moment.

The massive red lines of the servers firmly locked onto Lin Yue, but the speed of data was ultimately faster than that of a person.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Yue's forward momentum was reduced to mere inertia.

The V below was also connected to the entire Night Corporation's management system and realized that the intrusion was coming from the other side of the wall. "Damn it, Rin—I'm trying to shut down the power and auxiliary systems!"

Lin Yue showed no signs of urgency or panic, but allowed his prosthetic body to malfunction. A large amount of red and black data enveloped his body, indicating that the first step was already showing signs of failure.

"Still trying to resist?"

The confidence in Lin Yue's eyes was extremely obvious.

In the blink of an eye, the server data began to fluctuate.

"That is…"

V stared at the data in a panic, and found that Lin Yue's Sianweistein had started up again. It was this acceleration that caused Lin Yue to bump into the main control panel.

It turns out that although Lin Yue did not activate any network equipment, he had secured many of the prosthetic body's backdoors with extremely heavy ICE devices in advance.

While it won't hold out for long against such rapid attacks, it's sufficient for now.

His caution gave S. A.S. Steinstein a sliver of opportunity to operate!

Like a cannonball being fired, he slammed his fist into the server panel.

With the massive server noise ceasing, Ye Shi's server, which had been constantly changing addresses and was on the verge of being blocked by the black wall, was finally easily taken care of.

It's likely that even the Ye family didn't expect things to happen so quickly.

The other end——

V, realizing the technique Lin Yue had used, breathed a sigh of relief and then focused all his energy on breaching the Night Clan's defense system. The vast data command center, with its seven or eight-meter-high ceiling, was filled with monitors and operating terminals—

V was so skilled that it didn't seem like it was her first time there...

Will Yoruichi choose to raze the entire building to the ground to protect the data, just like Arasaka did decades ago? This is the first thing V needs to confirm.

With the appearance of all the devices linked to the security system, V finally discovered what kind of reforms Ye Shi had implemented in the company—

Their mechanical and intelligent control is extremely advanced. The mechanical security system within the entire building is almost equivalent to the security forces of Arasaka's department. Moreover, what concerns V even more is that many places in this building are inaccessible, just like the locations of offline servers.

But this is no problem for V.

Normally, when a door is locked, people would try to pick the lock first. However, V's method is to tamper with access authentication, allowing the unsupervised Night's firewall to attack its own defense system.

This move saved 90% of the time. In addition, with the Night Clan's subnet falling, V will not become the target of everyone's attacks. On the contrary, Rin's big move attracted the mechanical security guards who were still patrolling inside the building.

"Just hang in there a little longer, it'll be over soon."

At this point, there was no time to sift through the data. V was terrified that a nuclear bomb was about to explode if the security system was breached. Lai Xuan's speech immediately threw Night City into panic. After all, no one was unafraid that the events of fifty years ago would repeat themselves. During those revolutionary years, nuclear radiation had forced Night City to live underground.

V, who is manipulating the data, is highly focused…

She was so focused that she didn't even notice the Night Clan's combat machines, which were stationed at the core, were slowly approaching her...

These machines were unknown to anyone in Night City's information centers. The Night Clan developed them but never used them as products to make a profit. Their mechanical appearance was very obvious, but their seemingly heavy mechanical feet made no sound when they walked on the smooth marble floor.

Night City also has this type of cybernetics adapted for stealth combat, which is extremely rare in mechanical systems.

V remained focused on the control panel in front of him, completely unaware that a machine with human-like dexterity was approaching him, a samurai sword in its hand.

step…

Two steps…

V's gaze drifted absently over the metallic touch panel, but his hand suddenly clenched.

Wow!
Close combat is V's most basic training skill. The longsword thrust was simply deflected by a sidestep. V, gripping the mechanical arm, wasn't using lethal attacks against humans; instead, he was assessing the enemy's attributes, searching for weaknesses. The square indicated in his prosthetic eye was on the protrusion on the back of the machine—

After the knife was inserted, V used a special method to quickly crack drones and robots, causing the body to convulse rapidly.

Throughout the entire process, she remained vigilant, wary of those guys attacking the control panel with weapons.

The woman who nimbly dealt with the machine made no unnecessary movements. The clattering blades that had fallen to the ground were kicked up by her and sent flying onto another machine. The sharp blades cut through some of the liquid pipes connecting the arm to the body.

Even though the robot's system resolved the pipeline damage in a fraction of a second, the woman on the other side once again delivered a swift and decisive network hack—

The guns attached to the arm behind him started to activate. V simply turned his head and stared at the machine with his scarlet eyes. Its weapons trembled uncontrollably, and it became the last defense robot to be dismantled.

I glanced at the screen; the program, still under modification, was loading slowly.

V used a quick hack to seal off the main entrance, while simultaneously attacking its own defense software, plunging the entire building into darkness, with only a few isolated automatic power supplies still running…

Looking down, V noticed that the entire Ye Corporation building had its own power supply. He wasn't concerned about their power supply method; he was just anxiously watching to see if any of the defensive measures that appeared would involve a suicidal tactic like detonating a nuclear bomb.

"Life support equipment, this is..."

V saw a bunch of things that hackers often use in the list of devices. As things stand, the possibility of the entire system being subject to human supervision is extremely low... but it is operational, so doesn't that mean there are still living people inside the Night Building?
This idea made V uneasy.

Living people mean subjective agency and increased variables, but Lin Yue had already acquired control of the network and the entire Ye Clan's employee system.

Does the Ye family have another plan?

……

Countless eyes from the company square in Night City poured into Westbrook and witnessed the moment the Night Corporation building fell.

This means that the company responsible for the development of Night City, the creator of this city, and the best employer in Night City, is coming to an end.

A celebration of resistance against the system, but behind it all is still the company they despise.

Even when Arasaka decided to declare war on the Yoru no Shiro Yoru Corporation, Arasaka's stock price rose rapidly by several points.

Inside a warship that has been docked for a long time on the deserted beach of Night City.

Lai Xuan was also contemplating how to completely eliminate the Ye clan…

Before him lay a wealth of information provided by the Dreamers, including various contingency plans for the Night Clan's potential future actions...

If we compare Dreamers to a family business, focusing only on its own business scope, then Arasaka is undoubtedly a long-established family business.

From Saburo, Kei, Hanako to Yoriyuki—Arasaka was subject to the supervision of capital and could not act arbitrarily according to the logic of a family business.

Since Arasaka's first stock was listed in Europe, a financial center that emerged after the collapse of New America, the wealth and size of Arasaka have expanded rapidly. The entire Arasaka has been divided into trading instruments, which also means that large corporations need "appropriate" transparency and performance evaluation.

However, in this era, such assessments and transparency have become almost superfluous...

But that's secondary; the most important thing is—

The Yoru family is also a publicly listed company. The Dreamers' method of ending the war is naturally to use Rin's false identity to eliminate them. Besides assisting in the downfall of this company, Arasaka's most important role is also to wage a financial war. Although Yoriyuki hasn't started discussing this with Rin yet, this kind of cooperation has already begun…

Numerous elites are reporting to Lai Xuan on the current operational status of the Ye family, while V is in charge of the investigation into the control of the company.

Soon after, V, who relayed the message from Ye Shi, announced that Ye Shi's entire equity was actually controlled by Ye Shi's main AI (which had obtained legal status under European law), while the remaining shares were operated in the manner of a normal company.

"But I think there's some news you'll find very interesting, Lai Hsuan."

V seemed thoughtful. "There's a European company, NordicNet... Do you remember that company? I heard about it in Frankfurt."

"Stealing corporate data, paying compensation to internet regulators... it seems like they're still trying to control geothermal energy."

Lai Xuan looked at the intelligent woman opposite him and suddenly smiled.

"I understand what you mean, V. Cyber ​​surveillance doesn't use geothermal heating. You mean...wealth? Shares? Or other assets?"

V remained silent, and everything was understood without being said.

Lai Xuan stroked his chin. "Anything else?"

V continued, "I saw many defense robots mass-produced by Comto in the Ye Corporation building. Comto is also an important part of Ye Corporation's capital... Now that Ye Corporation's market value has shrunk, Comto's valuation is over 200 billion euros."

"It's up to you now, Lai Xuan."

Lai Xuan nodded repeatedly, joining forces with Kang Tao to acquire Ye Shi and seize control of the company... Even such a simple method is not easy to implement.

Yoruichi's AI's legal status was granted by Europe, meaning that AI is also protected by law. If Arasaka wants to wage a capital war, he'll need to consult with Comtasia...

However, Lai Xuan was not worried at all and nodded.

"No matter what, we'll take over the Night Clan. If Nordic Networks gets too deeply involved, then we'll delist them and stay away from the market. We'll always have a chance to come back..."

His tone gradually turned cold, and he stopped talking about the consequences.

Arakazama's mergers and acquisitions were faster than some companies' product updates. This kind of big fish eats small fish game is something that Lai Xuan is very good at. Of course, many details are currently unavailable, but the plan to completely eliminate the Yoru clan has formed a closed loop.

"You and...he must be extra careful."

"The entire Arasaka's years of investigation and intelligence analysis of the Yoru clan indicates that the possibility of them possessing weapons of mass destruction is very small, but that does not mean they do not have other means."

……

Lin Yue had now truly entered the killing phase.

There were no mechanical security guards or automatic cannons on the building to stop him; his extreme physical strength and terrifying reflexes rendered the Night Clan's defenses virtually useless.

Even so, his physical strength was starting to decline...

As I pondered, a dense stream of red, cutting rays rushed towards me from the smooth passageway.

Using his quick reflexes and natural talent, Lin Yue dodged the thermal cut with an uncanny agility. What followed was a machine gun with a thick caliber hanging from the ceiling!

"Oh shit--"

Lin Yue instinctively raised his arm.

The bulletproof leather was shattered into silvery-white fragments by a bullet the size of a thumb. Lin Yue was sent flying backward, crashing heavily to the ground. He then sprang to his feet, and a series of afterimages detonated the machine guns—

"I'm fine."

Listening to Lin Yue's report, and with the progress bar already loaded, a hint of joy appeared in V's eyes.

Outside, the footsteps of security guards could still be heard rising and falling.

"Another group—"

"How's it going, V?"

Lin Yue lowered his voice, asking questions while preparing for battle.

V is doing a lot of work right now; it's no exaggeration to say he's multitasking.

"Damn it... the Night Clan's subnet is so incomplete."

Her mind went blank for a moment, and she didn't know how to accomplish this task.

Fortunately, Lin Yue is no longer a complete computer illiterate; rather, he's a hacker with a super brain and is extremely proficient with the internet.

"Then expose the entire Night Clan subnet to the public network of Night City. Quickly, Arasaka's hackers can quickly retrieve and obtain important information, but ordinary people can't..."

V complied without hesitation.

"We've exposed the Night Clan's internal network to Arasaka. Our people are in. Hold on!"

Lin Yue on the other end was clearly too busy to speak. Just then, V quickly reminded him, "The Night Clan's sub-network still has two vital sign maintenance systems operating, but they've now been disconnected. I reckon there are still two survivors—"

Advanced hacker?

Blue eyes?
Lin Yue didn't have time to guess. Instead, he watched from inside the elevator shaft as the robots surged in from above. He stomped his foot hard, and the elevator cargo box sparked violently as it rubbed against the concrete wall. The robots pounced down like madmen, smashing into the elevator and being crushed by the gaps. Lin Yue grabbed the steel cable and used the momentum to step on the machine that was about to grab his clothes.

call!
With practiced ease, he adjusted his posture and used his broad back to brace against the elevator door. In this way, Lin Yue accelerated his progress, falling from the 70th floor all the way down to below the 50th floor.

F54.

The current situation has the advantage of speeding up the process to support V, but the downside is...

He will be attacked from both sides.

Lin Yue stood up and looked at the structure of this floor. V seemed to have said that there were many floors in the Ye Corporation building where the system permissions were insufficient. At this moment, the all-white ceiling, the floor, and even the style of the blast doors made Lin Yue have to be on high alert.

Biochemical labeling…

Lin Yue glanced at the orange flower pattern on the doorknob and pried open the door with both hands.

At the same time, V's system also revealed the specific floors of the two disconnected life support systems.

"Be careful, Rin. The Night Clan's subnet has been connected to the public system. Ultraman and I can both see you."

Lin Yue nodded, and just as he was thinking about how to open the second door, it suddenly opened...

A bone-chilling cold accompanied the mist, and Lin Yue's Oracle Eye swept across the area, discovering that everything around him was densely packed with data.

The prosthetic eye will display relevant information about anything it sees.

However, the biggest problem is that behind every wisp of fog here seems to be a living, breathing person...

……

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(End of this chapter)