From Terra to Terra, the Star Emperor's Holiday

Si Ye soared into the air in front of a group of mercenaries from the next life who dared not even make a sound. At this moment, a destroyer of the auxiliary detachment had already activated its stealth module and was hovering over Night City, secretly taking over the global communication signals.

Fireballs lit up the sky, and the Marines took the lead in sending airdrop pods to smash through Night City's solar dome, while the synthetic forces were scattered more casually throughout Night City.

The company troops who were about to finish clearing the terracotta warriors thought victory was in sight, but they were dazzled by the Marines' standard energy weapons.

Even the Demon Lizard used as a main tank would be hit by a large molten hole in the face of the thermal laser, and the driver inside would obviously be burned to a skeleton.

The NCPD, or Night City Police Department, is a listed company. After realizing that their opponents had transformed from bloodless metal men into well-trained future warriors, they decisively ignored all orders from Night City City Hall. All members retreated to their headquarters with a heavy nuclear bunker and began to play dead.

All companies in Night City believe that this is another corporate war and point the finger at military technology represented by New America.

But at this time, the communications had been taken over by Si Ye, and Night City had become an isolated island. The inquiries and complaints from these companies fell on deaf ears.

The only channel Si Ye left for the outside world to understand the situation in Night City was the Channel 54 floating live broadcast vehicle that had just been captured by the tractor beam. Now the live broadcast of this channel has become global in nature, broadcasting in real time for major companies around the world as their branches in Night City were attacked and invaded.

"...Actually, I can collect some weapons from this world and go back to catch the Archangel."

As a mature master of time management, Si Ye was still somewhat obsessed with the Angel and Gray Wolf who had not continued their attack due to unexpected circumstances.

After all, it is easy to find a girl with long hair in twin ponytails, but it is rare to find a girl with a steering wheel on her head.

"Your Majesty, all communications are now connected. You may speak to the world."

The message came from the destroyer responsible for taking over global communications. Silver nanometal surrounded Si Ye. Relying on wireless signals, Si Ye's figure appeared on every screen in the world.

"This is the Star Empire's first announcement to World [3. Cyber]. All political entities and corporations in this world, starting with Night City, are hereby informed to abandon their pointless resistance and accept the Empire's judgment and transformation."

"A warning to all individuals: According to the Star Sea Empire's development laws, ownership of this world has been transferred to the Empire. Submit to the Empire's arrangements. You will be treated as third-class citizens, enjoy a maximum work week of no more than 60 hours, receive one to two days off per week, and receive ample supplies of food, water, and medicine..."

These are all very formulaic speeches.

However, combined with the live broadcast of the chaos in Night City on the Internet and the inability to enable long-distance communications, everyone in the world understands that this is not a prank by some hacker, but a real thing.

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Chapter 241 A 'Chicken' Called Military Technology

Si Ye was trying to catch a chicken to scare the monkeys, so naturally he didn't expose the fleet directly.

In this situation, how could the companies that have been used to being dominant and domineering choose to surrender just because of the defeat of a city in Night City?

After confirming that all branches of various companies in Night City had been wiped out by the mysterious force, in order to gain the most benefits, the host New United States Military Technology launched the first round of tests on Night City.

A large number of fighter planes took off, and the New America directly dispatched a complete air force aviation formation from the inland to Night City.

At the same time, a large number of highly modified prosthetic soldiers belonging to military technology also boarded the hovercraft, intending to rush into the city to control the ownership of Night City after the aviation formation launched an air strike on Night City.

They still think of this battle from the perspective of corporate warfare, believing that the so-called Star Empire that now controls Night City is just another rebel supported by an ambitious company.

"This is the 'Freedom' air formation, about to arrive near Night City. Reporting your situation."

Twelve fighter jets were divided into two groups and flew towards Night City from the west and north simultaneously. When approaching Night City, the leader aircraft lifted silence and began to contact each team member, intending to assign attack missions.

New America hopes to take this opportunity to bring Night City back under its sphere of influence. Military Technology also hopes to obtain confidential documents and data left behind by various companies in Night City, so the selection of air strike targets has caused the commander of the aviation formation a lot of trouble.

According to satellite images, they confirmed several "rebel" strongholds in the city. High-powered bombs were prepared to be used in these places, while some low-powered bombs would be used to destroy company buildings that were incompatible with military technology.

All I can say is that the new America has beautiful ideas, but their satellite was actually burned to ashes by the close-in defense laser of the Star Empire frigate four hours ago.

The satellite images they thought they had obtained were nothing more than false images sent back to them by the Imperial Fleet.

"According to the information fed back from Night City, the town hall has not been breached. These 'rebels' are merely taking over the satellite lines above Night City to bully others. The air defense facilities will not pose a threat to us. The target has been issued, and we are moving..."

A fireball exploded in the air, illuminating the badlands surrounding Night City. The leader of the air formation lost communication, and before the other fighters could react, Night City, which was crawling on the ground, suddenly came alive. The beeping sound of the air defense radar echoed rapidly in the cockpit of the fighter.

Night City's City Hall was not occupied.

Because when those politicians locked down the security structure of the city hall and wanted to wait for support, the Marines had already called for high-altitude support and let the small laser on the frigate sweep back and forth at the original site of the city hall.

The majestic Night City Hall was reduced to rubble, and the lasers that had scribbled across the ground left behind several furrows that glowed with a molten sheen.

As for Night City's air defense facilities, although they have adopted an internal network structure that is not connected to the external network in order to deal with the countless cyberwalkers in Night City, it is not much stronger than an old-fashioned spring lock in the face of the pervasive nanorobots.

After all, this is a city that once fought a corporate war. The abundant anti-aircraft firepower tells us that the martial virtues in this world are actually quite abundant. It is just the crushing pressure brought about by the technological gap that makes it difficult to say who these abundant martial virtues will be directed at in battle.

Clusters of air defense missiles took off, chasing the new American air formations and making them flee in all directions. God knows how many experimental products those companies have added to these air defense missiles. The main fighter planes of the new America could only be shot down one by one without the ability to fight back.

"The air fleet has lost contact. There's something wrong with Night City's internal intelligence. Evacuate, evacuate immediately!"

The hovercraft carrying military-tech soldiers had just arrived at the boundary wall of Night City. Here they could see many rich and marginalized people driving away from Night City. The border firepower, which had been activated, seemed not to want to kill innocent people and turned a blind eye to these various fleeing vehicles.

There was no need for communication to inform the air fleet of the destruction. All the soldiers on the hovercraft needed to do was look up at the fireballs falling with billowing flames, and they understood everything. But evacuating...

A dark blue laser beam accurately hit the side of the hovercraft, blowing it up in mid-air. The remaining hovercrafts could only hastily initiate emergency landing procedures in order to blend in with the crowd of people fleeing Night City and avoid being attacked again.

As long as they are not blown up in mid-air and killed along with the hovercraft, every soldier of Military Technology has a set of top-notch prosthetics. For these people, Swanwestin is just an entry-level toy.

As for the mental oppression and cyberpsychosis caused by excessive installation of prosthetics?

Military technology has a mature set of standards for measuring psychological states. Soldiers who are about to reach the red line of madness will be "honorably" discharged by military technology. At that time, even if cyber psychosis occurs, it will have nothing to do with military technology.

Even military technology can rely on installing prosthetic monitoring plug-ins on these soldiers to obtain an additional wave of operating data on various experimental prosthetics in a state of cyberpsychosis.

"Enemy attack! Evade freely, fire permission is released!"

There were exchanges of fire and explosions, and a large number of fleeing vehicles gave way, which in turn created a good environment for an exchange of fire between the Militech soldiers and the Imperial Synths.

boom!

The magnetic rail weapon in the hands of the military technology soldier opened fire first. This electromagnetic weapon, which can shoot projectiles at 5 times the speed of sound, was once invincible on the battlefield. A slight scratch was enough to destroy the enemy soldier's prosthetic structure, and even directly penetrate the heavy armor under the skin, achieving a fatal effect.

But facing the combat-specialized synths, the armor-piercing projectiles at 5 times the speed of sound penetrated the synths' leather mimicry armor and hit the synths' heavy alloy frame, successfully causing the synths to stumble.

But that's all we can do.

The nano-repair system began to operate automatically, and the mimic armor had completely healed itself in the moment the military-tech soldier replaced the magnetic rail weapon battery. The synthetic man's actions were not even hindered at all.

Da da da!

It was the synths' turn to fire. Compared to the energy weapons used by the Marines, synths often chose kinetic weapons because their own combat modules consumed too much energy. Large-caliber explosive bombs mixed in a dense metal storm bombarded the soldiers of military technology.

boom! ! !

All the hovercrafts sent by Military Technology for this operation were turned into a pile of scrap metal in the metal storm, and the soldiers who did not have time to activate their prosthetic bodies also disappeared in this attack that was enough to wipe out a layer of the earth's surface.

"Surrender or die."

The synths issued a surrender notice with an expressionless face.

The hot gun barrels hit the heads of the remaining military-tech soldiers, burning their synthetic skin black. The automatic robots and centaur combat armor they brought to assist in the battle were burned into scrap metal in the electric light, and the battle ended in that instant.

It's not that there weren't some soldiers who wanted to escape by relying on Sianwestan's overloaded synthetic tendons, but the synths' charged muscles combined with the microgravity module would only make them faster than them. After two more soldiers with wild imaginations appeared on the ground, the remaining military technology soldiers chose to throw away their weapons.

"We can't surrender, because we have a 'supervision team' plug-in in our brains. If we stop fighting abnormally, it will judge us as deserters and eventually burn our brains."

The soldiers told the synths about the methods used by military technology to prevent them, the company's assets, from defecting, hoping that the synths would let them go, but along with the severe stabbing pain in their heads, a burnt smell filled the soldiers' nostrils.

"Hashrate support request completed, target plugin destroyed, excuse invalid, give up resistance!"

The soldier still chose to tentatively raise his hands. Normally, if he made this move while in the first-level combat state, his brain would be burned dry. But now, although he still had an unbearable headache, he was still alive.

"Surrender, we surrender!"

No one wanted to fight an enemy that was impossible to defend against, so now that they had a way to retreat, the soldiers with military technology disarmed and chose to surrender.

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Chapter 242 A New Day in Night City (Part )

"Good morning, Night City! Yesterday's Dead Man's Lotto... Oh, sorry, the Night City bookmaker responsible for the Dead Man's Lotto was blown up in a suicide bombing. And the new boss of Night City seems a bit serious. I wonder if there will be more in the future..."

A dark gun barrel suddenly appeared in the holographic projection next to the host Stan, causing Stan, who subconsciously wanted to open his mouth and talk nonsense, to shut up.

Although Si Ye ordered that Night City's public facilities should continue to operate as usual, this did not mean that these usually exaggerated hosts could joke about the great Emperor of the Star Empire.

"...Ahem. Last night, those ruthless, murderous corporations tried to prevent the people of Night City from fleeing to the great Empire. A fierce exchange of fire ensued in the city district. Ultimately, the righteous Star Empire completely defeated the stubbornly resisting corporations, ushering in a new dawn for Night City!"

After being stabbed by a gun, Stan obviously restrained himself a lot, and bravely began to criticize various companies, even though his former employer was actually a big company.

"Well, let's take a look at the news shared on the intercity network. A lot of negative information about biotech companies has been exposed, including side effects of painkillers, illegal human experiments, and even carcinogenic foods. Wow, brothers who hold biotech stocks should sell them quickly to avoid losing everything..."

"The Empire has even issued a bounty order, demanding the removal of all street sweepers from the city. It seems these unsightly individuals have offended the wrong people. It seems the Taiping Province, where those kidney hunters are entrenched, is about to face unrest..."

“…That’s all for today. I’m your best friend, Stan. Join me as we journey through another day in this brand new Night City!”

It was a job that he used to be able to do easily, but today, the star host Stan was sweating profusely. When he saw the light representing the live broadcast status change from green to red, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally..."

Although this celebrity host is extremely popular, he is just a poor worker in Night City. He didn't catch any of the exodus of the rich and the marginalized yesterday, and could only shiver in his luxury apartment.

He thought his boss had run away and he didn't need to come to the TV station to work every day, but there was a knock on his apartment door early in the morning, and the "home security package" he subscribed to at a high price every month was as dead as a dead machine, with no response at all.

The great Lord Night Speaker said that all public facilities should operate as usual, so the morning news, which is the symbol of Night City, must also be broadcast as usual. Stan, the anchor of the morning news, was thus pulled out of his home to work.

"Ahem, the news report is over, I..."

Stan had the good fortune to see the Imperial Synths clearing out gang members who wanted to take advantage of the chaos. As the barrage of bullets swept through, a group of gang members turned into a mixture of metal and flesh, covering a thin layer of the street.

Faced with such a top ruthless person, Stan was naturally timid.

"Although you have some problems, your attitude has improved quite quickly. Remember to go to the company square this afternoon to get your ID card."

The speaker was the leader of this group of armed synths. These synths who had obtained Imperial citizenship but still chose to stay in the army would often be promoted to commanders of a synth force.

The synth commander tossed a small blue card to Stan and waved at him.

"Because we were so rushed, this morning's work technically counts as overtime. This is your extra quota. We have a supply point in the city, go give it a try."

Being allowed to leave, Stan felt as if he had been pardoned and quickly left the TV station.

But after leaving the TV station, my tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and fatigue, exhaustion, hunger, all these senses quickly flooded up after the adrenaline subsided.

"Looking for something to eat..."

Holding the small blue card in his hand, Stan didn't have much hope for the supply point mentioned by the Empire's synthetic population. Fortunately, he still had a considerable amount of savings in his account. Even if prices soared due to the war, he might be able to stay in the city for a while.

It was early in the morning and the mobile stalls had not yet appeared. In the municipal area, which was the hardest hit area by the fighting, a large number of shops were destroyed. It was not easy to find a shop that could provide enough food to fill the stomach.

Stan walked around to the bottom of the company square and found several blue-purple prefabricated houses that seemed to be built with quick-build modules on the other half that had not collapsed. A rich fragrance penetrated his nostrils.