Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 62 Hacker Threat [2.9K Reads, Please Continue Reading]

Marta's heavy punch pressed down, like a steel plate pressing down on Lin Yue, rendering him unable to move.

The Animals Gang's success in Night City owes much to these guys whose physical bodies surpass those of ordinary cybernetically enhanced individuals.

Inside the transparent tube on Marta's back, stimulant drugs were being frantically injected into her body. Feeling that he could no longer hold on, Lin Yue grabbed Marta's wrist tightly with his other hand!
"Can you still move, Rebecca? Let's get out of here!"

Before Lin Yue could finish speaking, Marta suddenly exerted force with both arms, lifting Lin Yue into the air instantly, and then forcefully slammed him against the wall next to her!
The immense inertia prevented Lin Yue from adjusting his posture. He could only brace himself against the wall behind him with his arms to avoid injuring his spine. The moment he touched the wall, spiderweb-like cracks began to spread from Lin Yue's palm, and his prosthetic body emitted a hissing sound as it struggled under the strain.

Rebecca's malfunctioning prosthetic body gradually began to recover, and she hurriedly reminded Lin Yue to pay attention to the camera above.

Lin Yue drew his pistol and fired two shots, shattering the camera in the process!

call!
Despite her immense physical strength, Marta was surprisingly agile. The instant she threw Lin Yue, she rushed in front of him and threw a punch in an attempt to knock him out.

Lin Yue quickly clenched his fist to protect his head, and the pistol was knocked away by the force of the punch.

Left with no other choice, he could only fight this beast-like boxer, relying on the armies of the hounds to launch a fierce attack on Marta's lower body, like a venomous snake tightly coiling around Marta's feet.

Marta let out a low growl and leaped up to throw a downward punch.

As their fists collided, Lin Yue staggered, his entire arm throbbing with pain.

The gorilla arm itself can increase the excitement of combat, and with the pain editor, Lin Yue shouldn't feel anything.

Even with the support of prosthetics, the situation, which should have been evenly matched, began to tilt slightly as Marta was provoked—this combative member of the animal gang was a natural drug reservoir.

Rebecca dragged herself to the pistol Lin Yue had dropped and grabbed it with all her might.

The crosshair wobbled as it aimed at Marta's back.

"Damn hacker!" Rebecca felt as if both her arms had simultaneously lost their skeletal support, and her fingers were completely unresponsive.

boom!
With a shaky motion, the trigger was pulled. Because Rebecca hadn't installed a ballistic coprocessor, the ejected bullet bounced off the ground, missed Marta, and flew towards Lin Yue, almost grazing his cheek.

"..."

Lin Yue pursed his lips, a cold sweat breaking out inside him.

What the hell?!
Rebecca realized that the gun was a kinetic weapon that she couldn't control, so she gritted her teeth, quickly threw away Lin Yue's pistol, and grabbed the rifle.

Lin Yue wanted to give Rebecca a chance to make a move, so he quickly used a series of heavy punches to hold Marta back. As the duration of the operation increased, the temperature of his arms rose, and his muscle endurance gradually decreased.

Just as Lin Yue felt his arm about to give way!

Bang bang bang!
The bullets swept upwards in rapid succession. Rebecca, whose prosthetic body malfunctioned, couldn't control the recoil, and several bullets pierced Marta's broad back.

Marta's body stiffened for a moment.

Lin Yue seized the opportunity and activated his reaction skill again, delivering an uppercut to Marta's chin!
Click!

After the cracking sound, Marta swayed back a few steps before collapsing to the ground with a thud!

Lin Yue's arm emitted hot air, and his prosthetic eye also showed that the gorilla's arm was overloaded.

Rebecca fired a barrage of shots at Marta, who was lying on the ground, cursing all the while. Lin Yue watched as Marta, who had been convulsing from Rebecca's beatings, gradually fell silent.

This guy is too fierce, Lin Yue was still in shock.

Rebecca wanted to see if the guy was really dead, but as soon as she got close, Marta's ugly face suddenly opened its eyes, and its golden eyes stared intently at Rebecca.

Her speech was slurred because of the blood in her mouth, "Hans is right, you should all die."

Lin Yue's heart tightened, and he quickly raised his fist and charged forward!

Damn, at times like this I wish I could pretend to be S.A.S.S.

Marta grabbed Rebecca's wrist, allowing her to fire and hit her. With a sudden, powerful pull, Marta ripped Rebecca's arm off.

Chi!

Her arm was almost torn off!
"Damn it!" Lin Yue punched Marta on the head, half of her skull collapsed, spraying out some solid and liquid.

Lin Yue was now filled with regret; he should have punched that bastard one more time to kill him.

Seeing that Marta was silent, he quickly turned and walked to Rebecca's side. He saw that her left arm was hanging down, and blood was gushing out of her sleeve.

"Damn it! Go and deal with the hacker, I can walk by myself." Rebecca, clutching her arm which was barely connected by skin and flesh, urged Lin Yue loudly with a ferocious expression.

The excruciating pain of a tearing nerve pounded into Rebecca's brain like a hammer blow. Only when she saw Lin Yue pick up the gun and rush into the network room where the hackers were located without hesitation did Rebecca feel relieved. She couldn't stop the blood gushing from her mouth.

That impact was fatal.

Her steps began to falter, and she could only slowly sit down against the wall, hugging her knees with one hand, her eyes vacant, and panting heavily.

hum~
The webcam in the hacker's studio rotates, and Lin Yue's ICE system, upon detecting a rapid crack, will immediately fire to eliminate the camera.

Even the automatic door in front of him couldn't stop him; the gorilla's powerful arms made him practically a demolition crew.

The hacker scanned Lin Yue's prosthetic body information, cursed, and quickly logged off. He unplugged the network cable from behind his head and pulled out the encrypted digital chip from his system, which contained the downloaded information and the payment from Hanz. *Bang!*
The door creaked under its strain, and an arm slipped through the crack.

The hacker, who had lost his mind, instinctively drew his gun and fired at the arm that had been thrust in. The other bullets seemed to hit steel, with only one or two penetrating the flesh.

The metal sheet warped and bulged out, creating a gap. The sight of Lin Yue crawling through it nearly scared the hacker to death!
"What the hell are you?!"

The hacker, his voice trembling, moved toward the small door at the back, and Lin Yue shot him in the calf!
The guy's eyes lit up red, and a progress bar for rapidly cracking the code appeared in Lin Yue's eyes as well.

Watching Lin Yue slowly walk towards him, the solution to the prosthetic body malfunction was finally uploaded!

"How does it feel?!"

Lin Yue's body trembled slightly, and arcs of electricity and sparks burst from the gaps in his prosthetic body. The hacker felt a sense of relief amidst his fear.

But what happened next was something the hacker would never forget; his cracking only made the enemy, Lin Yue, pause for a moment.

"Damn, there's an ICE?!"

Lin Yue kicked the gun out of the hacker's hand, then controlled his strength to punch the hacker in the eye twice in a row, instantly spurting out specks of blood and arcs of electricity.

How can you upload content if you've lost your eyes?

Lin Yue crouched down, ignoring the hacker's wailing, and asked, "I have a question for you: Has Hanz found Angie's location?"

"You fucking want me to talk business? Don't even think about it, damn it..."

Lin Yue pressed his fingers against the hacker's collarbone and dug downwards forcefully; the Ghost Hound was all too familiar with this technique.

The hacker let out a wail.

Lin Yue scratched at it for a full half minute, until the guy's collarbone cracked.

"Does it hurt? If it hurts, then talk things out, you idiot."

The hacker's forehead was covered in sweat, and he shook his head with a trembling mouth. "It has nothing to do with me. Angie's location was easy to find. I found it ten minutes ago. Really, it was Hans's order. I was just doing my job."

Sigh… Lin Yue’s gaze darkened.

I've gathered so much information from V this time, I'll be able to secure this base of support soon.

Lin Yue can only hope that An Qi can withstand this round.

That old bastard Hanz is very dishonest; he has no intention of spitting out a single bit of the fat meat in his mouth and is determined to protect Mata.

Just as Lin Yue was deep in thought, the hacker hurriedly shouted:
"Don't kill me! I know you're the one who's going against Hans! I hacked your phone a long time ago, you know that? I heard your conversation with Angie, I... I also know you have a connection with Arasaka... Hey, listen! Let me go, and I can keep your secret!—"

"real!"

Lin Yue was taken aback. Was cell phone communication really that dangerous? V had told him that this thing was quite safe.

It seems we'll have to think of a new approach.

Speaking of which... this hacker's threat has a strangely familiar feel to it.

Damn, isn't this a tactic I've used before?

Lin Yue sneered, "You know so much, so what?"

He guessed that the hacker was going to threaten him, and then send the information to Hanz so that Hanz would expose him... blah blah blah, that's basically it.

As expected, the hacker launched into a long and rambling attack, giving Lin Yue a headache. Without sight, he assumed Lin Yue was going to hold back, and gradually gained confidence.

"You'd better not mess with us hackers in Night City!"

Lin Yue figured this guy was probably out of touch with reality. "Dude, guess why I dare to compete with Hanz for food? Besides, the Voodoo Gang is nothing compared to you!"

The hacker was stunned, and Lin Yue suddenly tightened his grip on his neck.

immediately--

Thud! A muffled sound.

Lin Yue crushed the hacker's Adam's apple and cervical spine.

Lin Yue's expression was strange.

"You've started copying me."

He cursed, retrieved the encrypted digital chip from the hacker, and at the same time stood up, raised his gun, and fired a few shots at the server, ending the signal jamming.

Remembering Rebecca's condition, Lin Yue didn't stop for a second, rushing outside at top speed...

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[Stamina]: A melee stat in the game. Blocking and attacking both consume stamina, which is restored after leaving combat. Think of it as the ability of muscles to work continuously.

(End of this chapter)