Cyber ​​God: Abyss Walker

"Clang!"

The massive and sturdy Dreadnought armor crashed to the ground, and the blood gushing from inside the armor pooled into a puddle, engulfing the entire Dreadnought armor. The blood inside could be vaguely seen wriggling rather unnaturally for a few moments, but soon stopped moving.

The scene fell silent for a moment, neither side understanding what had happened. The battlefield, which had been filled with gunfire, was now deserted. Members of both gangs stared at the Dauntless armor in the center of the battlefield, which was soaked in crimson blood, their hearts filled with inexplicable fear and awe.

"Sizzle, bang!"

The strange, unspoken silence between the two sides was broken only when a grenade dropped from the top of the building. The grenade, falling in a parabolic arc, exploded, turning two still-dazed Spiderweb Gang members into mincemeat. The shockwave and loud bang slammed into the ears of everyone present, forcibly waking their confused minds.

"Hurry up and take care of those Spiderweb Gang bastards!"

Wu Ziming reacted noticeably faster than the others. Although he was also terrified by the horrific sight of the Fearless Armor, he could understand some of Wang Yu's actions and immediately urged the Tide Gang to take this opportunity to completely take down the Spider Web Gang.

"superior!"

"Without this stuff, the Spiderweb Gang is nothing. Let's wipe them out!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Boom!"

The battlefield erupted into chaos once more. Bullets flew from the gun barrels, and the remaining grenades were hurled at the enemy without hesitation. When the Fearless armor, which they relied on, fell, the Spiderweb Gang's momentum completely dissipated, and they were routed by the Tide Gang's ferocious attack, which reacted even faster.

Some fled, some died; the Spiderweb Gang members had lost any chance of fighting back. While firing back to stop the Tide Gang members from pursuing them, they frantically abandoned the border area they were on and fled away from the battlefield.

Wu Ziming watched as one of the members of the Tide Gang, in his excessive excitement, rushed towards the rotary machine gun that had fallen from the hands of the Fearless Armored Man, attempting to lift it up and attack the Spiderweb Gang members.

But the heavy, belt-loaded rotary machine gun was far beyond his ability to lift. Instead, because he was not paying attention to the battlefield, a stray bullet blew his skull open when he tried to lift it for the third time.

"These rotten fish and shrimp..."

Wu Ziming frowned, his tone gloomy. Few of his subordinates could meet his expectations. They were willing to risk their lives for money, but he could forget about expecting them to do anything.

"Number 318 is indeed as Uncle said. He must have some extraordinary qualities to be able to pass the ceremony. Perhaps he can indeed become a decent helper."

Turning his head to look at the roof of the building where Wang Yu had thrown the corpse, he realized that the grenade that broke the silence of the battlefield was also thrown down by the other side. In any case, the other side was much stronger than his current group of men. With the parasite implanted, he was not afraid that the other side would have any disloyal intentions.

"Hurry up and take over the Spiderweb Gang's territory; we've won this gang war!"

Wu Ziming shouted loudly that there were no more Spider Web Gang members alive on the battlefield. The territory that originally belonged to the Spider Web Gang now only had members of the Tide Gang. After re-establishing the boundary lines and spending some time rebuilding the damaged industries, this territory would be completely taken over by the Tide Gang.

"OK!"

"This is going to be fun, haha."

"..."

The surviving members of the Tide Gang cheered, while the dead members were completely ignored. In the end, they were gambling with their lives. It was normal for some to lose and some to win. Regardless of what happened later, they were the winners for now.

"Boss!"

Standing at the back, Wu Ziming used his personal terminal to notify the Hai Chao Gang to take over the new territory. He also told his father and uncle about it. His uncle didn't react much, but his father said that he would send a group of trustworthy people to help manage the territory.

Just as he was focused on these matters, a member of the Hai Chao Gang who had been sitting next to Wu Ziming ran over quickly and called out to Wu Ziming with a slightly nervous expression.

"Kenny, what's up? I'm busy right now. If it's not urgent, we can talk after I'm done."

Frowning, Wu Ziming was very unhappy about being disturbed, and spoke coldly to his subordinate, who was considered the second-in-command.

"It's alright..."

Startled by his boss's gloomy expression and tone, Kenny responded timidly.

"We'll talk about it later!"

Wu Ziming gave a reprimand and continued to focus on the communication on his personal terminal.

The gang responded quickly. There was always a lot of money to be made from expanding territory like this. In addition, Wu Ziming's father was a high-ranking member of the gang, so things went very smoothly. However, just as things were about to be finished, Wu Ziming was suddenly interrupted by Kenny's voice.

"Boss... I think we have to..."

The other person spoke haltingly, their expression conflicted and fearful.

"Click!"

The kinetic pistol was cocked and pressed directly against the other man's forehead. Wu Ziming tilted his head and stared into the man's eyes.

"I can't quite put my finger on it..."

Kenny was so frightened that he almost knelt down and quickly told what he had to say.

"Zhou...Zhou Feng has disappeared."

"Click."

A finger pressed down slightly on the trigger, producing a dangerous click.

"His bounty on the Star Ring Mercenary System has just been completed!"

Kenny finished telling Wu Ziming what he wanted to say at the fastest speed he had ever spoken. The boss was obviously not satisfied with what he wanted to report, and not taking it back was giving him a last chance to make amends.

"Um?"

Wu Ziming took back the gun that was pointed at the other man's head; he really hadn't expected this situation.

"I initially only noticed that Zhou Feng was missing, but just now when I tried to find him through the Star Ring Mercenary System, I discovered that Zhou Feng's bounty had been completed."

Kenny quickly added more information.

"Who would attack Zhou Feng at this time, breaking the unspoken agreement between gangs? Could it be someone from the Spider Web Gang?"

Wu Ziming pondered. He couldn't understand the reason for this sudden news for the time being. If Zhou Feng had died accidentally in the fire, it wouldn't have been anything special, but the fact that his bounty had been changed was surprising.

This is really illogical. It would take some time to get to the nearest Star Ring Mercenary facility, and Zhou Feng was still by his side when the gang war just started.

"Is this deliberately targeting Zhou Feng? No, no, no, there's absolutely no need for that."

Muttering to himself, Wu Ziming quickly ruled out this possibility. Deliberately targeting Zhou Feng? What was Zhou Feng anyway? Just a nobody in a gang with no power whatsoever.

Even Wu Ziming himself doesn't need to be deliberately targeted. He does have a bounty on his head, but in terms of status, he's just a small leader. Targeting the Hai Chao Gang is pointless if you want to deal with them.

"One person is unlucky, and the other is lucky."

Soon he came to a conclusion that he believed Zhou Feng, that unlucky fellow, would be killed by a stray bullet as soon as he went up. If any member of the Tide Gang or Spider Web Gang saw his body, they would just drag him away to collect the reward. When someone's status is low enough, they won't care about those unwritten rules.

Throughout the entire ordeal, Wu Ziming never once associated the murderer with Wang Yu, since Wang Yu was always on the battlefield and had no time to collect the bounty.

"That's settled then. I'll find someone to replace Zhou Feng in his position. When someone's luck gets really bad, it's entirely possible for them to die inexplicably."

Wu Ziming waved his hand, signaling Kenny to leave. Zhou Feng's death only surprised him for a moment. If it were any other time, he might have taken some time to figure it out, but this was a gang war, and the death of someone was far too commonplace.

After handling the handover matters within the gang, his men had almost completely taken over the Spiderweb Gang's territory. These gang members gathered around Wu Ziming, awaiting his instructions, but the most important thing was the reward promised in advance after the battle.

Wang Yu was among them, it seemed that someone had witnessed him throwing the corpse to kill the Fearless Armorer, which made the people in the gang slightly wary of him, and they consciously kept a distance from him.

"The victory in the gang war is all thanks to everyone's efforts. The rewards that are due will definitely not be lacking. Everyone, please transmit the data of the Spiderweb Gang members killed, which is recorded in the auxiliary chip, to Kenny. He will then distribute the rewards to everyone according to the number of kills. Of course, there are also the most basic rewards, which I will distribute to you now."

As Wu Ziming spoke, he distributed chips containing universal currency. Each chip contained 10,000 universal currency, and for each Spiderweb Gang member killed, an additional 5000 universal currency would be given.

Wang Yu was also given one, but compared to the 200,000 universal currency that had just been deposited into his No. 2 mercenary account, it was indeed not much.

"Finally, as I mentioned before, whoever contributes the most to eliminating the Dreadnought armor will be given a quarter of the new territory's management rights, and I believe no one has any objections to that choice."

After the rewards were distributed, Wu Ziming pointed at Wang Yu and addressed the gang members around him who were excited about receiving the money.

No one raised any objections, but Wang Yu looked surprised. He hadn't expected this to happen—management rights to a quarter of the new territory…

"Number 318, well done, you did a great job, this is what you deserve, we look forward to you making more contributions to the gang in the future."

Wu Ziming walked over to Wang Yu, adopting a friendly demeanor, and patted him on the shoulder as he spoke.

"Mr. Wu Ziming, I feel that I am not yet capable of accepting this reward. I have not heard you mention this reward before. I was wondering if it would be possible to replace this reward with some parts of the Dauntless Armor."

At this point, Wang Yu politely interjected, choosing to decline the reward and instead making another request.

"Parts from the Dauntless Armor?"

"Of course, I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful. Now that you've accepted this gift, it's true that you won't be able to manage it well, and the other members of the gang probably won't be completely convinced either. So, let's do as you wish."

Wu Ziming was taken aback for a moment, then agreed. It was a good thing for him. The reward was already a bit too much, and it was only meant to motivate the gang members.

He could only take a quarter of the management rights, and at most he could take three-quarters. Some of it was to be given to people within the gang. Now that Wang Yu was giving up that quarter, he could use it to win over the group of people his father sent and make them his truly usable subordinates.

"I've opened up a spot next to you. Do your best, and if you continue to demonstrate such exceptional abilities, this spot will be yours."

Growing increasingly satisfied with Wang Yu, Wu Ziming made a promise: since Zhou Feng was dead, there would be no problem in replacing him with someone who was quite capable and competent, and who had a parasite to guarantee his loyalty.

"Thank you, then I'll go and disassemble the parts."

Wang Yu expressed his gratitude.

"You're still a mechanic? Go ahead."

"Um."

Wang Yu walked up to the blood-soaked Dreadnought armor and began to dismantle the incredibly sturdy armor plates little by little through the inspection port, searching for the parts he needed.

The pilots inside had been devoured by the hungry blood, leaving no trace of their bodies, all turned into crimson liquid. The Dauntless Armor itself has a self-locking function against poison and biological agents, but it only activates when a threat is detected. However, the mech's auxiliary chip did not detect any threat from the blood.

Otherwise, if the self-locking mechanism is activated and the melt-type sterilization system operates, the high temperature of over 500 degrees Celsius will instantly kill the mutated blood. After all, that thing is just activated blood, and once the water evaporates, it will "die" no matter what.

"Click!"

After removing the rear panel of the Dauntless Armor, revealing the power compartment behind the cockpit, Wang Yu's goal was clear: he needed things that were actually useful. He reached in with his fingers, pulled out several pipes, and took out a thick, triangular metal component.

The three-element controller, which alone is equivalent to the complete nervous system of the human body, can spread out a non-physical electronic control network in the surrounding area, thereby directly connecting to the auxiliary chip to control the entire armor.

Then, several hidden compartments in the joints of the hands and feet were disassembled, and the cubic boxes inside were taken out. The self-circulating fusion reaction battery, under non-overloaded operation, is maintained by the propulsion and operation of the armor by these eight energy cores. The reactor on the back is generally not used.

Finally, Wang Yu pulled out the hidden blade from inside the right arm of the Dauntless Armor. The two-meter-long blade was a bit exaggerated for Wang Yu, but it was just right for the Dauntless Armor.

The Plasma Convergence Blade can be compared to a single-sided laser sword. The high-energy confined plasma will penetrate the solid obstacles faced by the Dreadnought Armor in a completely different way than bullets.

Wang Yu accepted these useful parts, and since the entire Dauntless Armor still looked intact, he thought Wu Ziming would be satisfied.

……

"clatter!"

Stepping off the bus, I saw a rather plain-looking motorcycle parked next to the deserted near-shore platform. It looked like it was missing a lot of protective plates, but it didn't look dilapidated.

Mounting the motorcycle and turning the handlebars, Wang Yu sped back to his residence at the kennel.

"How's it going, Zero Seven? Did you give those mercenaries over there a fright?"

"Indeed, this is probably quite unusual for them as well. How are things on your end, Mr. Wang Yu?"

"A very fruitful harvest."