Chapter 640 Where are your sparkling desires?

Opposite the Gemstone Green Nightclub, almost two blocks away from the unfinished building, Netherworld Dog's sniper team is ambushing here:

The electromagnetic sniper rifle Rakshasa designed by Tsunami Defense System is an ultra-long-range sniper rifle that can adopt a retro-futuristic design, and is far more powerful than Nekomata, which belongs to the same technical sniper rifle category.

And this weapon also has a special external slot. It only needs an electromagnetic function base and a stable power supply, and this gun can be transformed into an anti-armor level electromagnetic gun.

The ghost dog is here aiming at Leer at the banquet.

"What do you think these people are trying to do?"

The auxiliary guard team below the sniper was discussing the biggest news in Night City today: the entire city was trying to give face to those terrorists, but in the end they chose to be crazy and not give face to the city.

"How do I know? I know that the scale of this banquet is not that big. It seems that because of their troubles, the traders are not so confident about Dog Town."

"If it were me, I would have finished my fucking job and gone home for vacation. I have reached that level. I know a little bit about the world, and I can put the money in my pocket without spending it?"

Then maybe Burger King is really a brainless cyberpsycho, or a brainless person with no emotional intelligence."

"Stop fucking this, this is a mission, not for you to brag! Be careful, I'll write it down for you on the mission report!"

The soldier scolded his companions and turned off the flames. After finishing the incident, he concentrated on looking at the Gemstone Green Nightclub in the distance——

Logically speaking, Nether Dog soldiers of this level do not have prosthetic eyes that can clearly see such a distance.

But he could see it.

[Lark: Li De. I'm sorry for what happened in the past. 】

[Li De: We won’t talk about that in the mission. 】

[Lark: I'm sorry. 】

[Sender: Lille]

[Lear: Captain Carter, I'm sorry, but now you must take a vehicle to Washington immediately to protect President Barnes. 】

Bang!

The box containing vibranium was put into the transport truck along with other goods. Sitting on the truck was a robot:

This robotic Atlas Group's most advanced production robot is actually controlled by workers from another world——

It's complicated and hardly efficient, but it's quite safe.

Captain Carter received this message as soon as she got off the car, but she did not complain, but said solemnly: "Flying?"

[Lille: Take a ride on the floating car. 】

boom--

A Mackinac float, which was also just produced, approached from the air at high speed and then parked.

A flying car, this thing looks a bit like a UFO to people in this world

[Lille: The riding experience may be a little bad, but this is the safest and fastest tool. You can arrive in Washington in less than two hours. I can only tell you the approximate itinerary of Barnes and how he will carry out the task. You can only rely on yourself. 】

[Lille: Also, there is a shield made of our most advanced materials on the car. It is definitely not as good as the original one, but we can only make do with it. I hope you don’t mind. 】

[Carter: Why would I mind? It's quite strange to be able to drive a car and fly in the sky. 】

As soon as Carter got off the bus, he took another flying car and left. Frank looked at the flying car disappearing into the horizon and said:

[Frank: Boss, I guess I have a mission too, right? 】

Lear really wanted Frank to carry out the task of rescuing Tony, but he gave up the idea after thinking about it for a while:

Tony has Jarvis on his side. If Tony is trapped by his own AI, then his AI must also be quite technical.

Without specialized technical support, that thing poses a strong threat to Frank's prosthetic body and exoskeleton.

[Lille: Yes, go back to the company to rest and be on call at all times. 】

[Frank: Got it. 】

"This is Night City, a prosperous city in Northern California. It is also one of the few free cities in the new United States that has not yet been 'recaptured'."

Leal said, pointing to Night City on the desktop map.

"We now have advanced second- and third-generation prosthetics and a large number of basic medical equipment as civilian commodities."

The screen on the table showed the scene of Matt struggling in the stadium, as well as the opinions of commentators from all sides, and Fiona's conversation at the banquet tonight——

All these can prove that this is a powerful prosthetic body that crushes current products of the same level and is aimed at the broadest market.

"This kid will become a star. He has the best physical fitness and the best prosthetic body. He will take the world by storm and open up the market for us. We only need to open up trade with Mexico in the south to gain backers and markets. .

And you're stuck here, stuck on the south side of Night City. "

Lille quickly talked about his idea like a salesman——

Hansen shook his head: "This kind of freedom is based on the existence of the company. Night City itself is nothing. If Arasaka and other companies are left aside, the aerial fortress of military technology can level the city off the map in two hours: Counting takeoff and landing times.

And if military technology and other companies are put aside, Arasaka's aircraft carrier - the one currently parked on the coastline who knows where - can do it within an hour.

If that’s what you’re going to say.”

Lille ignored Hansen's denial and continued, "Then there are vehicles. It took me only one year to make dual-use military and civilian vehicles with excellent cost-effectiveness and performance. These vehicles can be used as light armored units to arm Night City, and can also be sold to the civilian market. Now we also have hovercraft.

We also have electromagnetic guns, exoskeletons, and drones. They are not so advanced, but they are definitely at the threshold of regular troops."

Hansen was not angry because of being interrupted. On the contrary, he began to be interested.

No matter how nonsense what Lille said was, at least it caught his eye:

This is not a desperate stray dog, or a brainless cyber psychopath.

"People come from those gangs: Night City has countless immigrants entering every year and then joining gangs. All we have to do is change the employment flow of the population or promote ambitious soldiers from the young men here."

"You are like a recruiter for the new United States. You should go to recruit soldiers."

Lille ignored Hansen's teasing and continued to point at the map:

"If we open up trade, we will have money, and this place can continue to exist as a trading city. If the current companies are dissatisfied, we can recruit a group of new trading partners.

With money, we can arm soldiers, build a real army, and continue to remain neutral in this sensitive place:

As you said, it only takes two hours for the military technology's air fortress to blow up this place, and it only takes one hour for Arasaka's aircraft carrier, so we only need to have the strength to hold on for a few hours, that's enough!"

Hansen stopped laughing. He was a military commander, and he was also commanding special missions like the Nether Dog.

This statement does not sound like what a serious military officer would say, but more like what a politician who knows a little about military affairs would say:

If it is just self-protection, of course, you only need to have the ability to defend until the enemy of the enemy joins the war, and you have already completed the transformation from zero to one.

The price is that although this freedom has gone from zero to one, it is only one.

As for the fact that a group of companies left and another group of companies came, he did not make fun of it, because that is how Dog Town was built:

It seems that the company is still needed as a partner, but because of this change, the status of Dog Town, the strength of the Nether Dog, and his own small treasury.

are all real changes.

As a "doer", it is more important to see that things have real hope of getting better than to think of a "perfect plan and future" in your mind.

Hansen seemed to have anticipated what Lille was going to say next, but he still said:

"Economic strength, military strength. This is like the question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, but I can say that Night City has neither of these two things."

Economic strength is generated by the continuous investment of resources through corporate bargaining, and military strength is also completely absent. Once the support of the company is lost, there is nothing left.

"Yes." Lille nodded, "So we need to do both: no company will sell submarines, missiles, and tanks to Night City, but you have them, and they are not selling very well this time, and there are some in the warehouse.

Night City has no soldiers who can operate these war weapons, and you happen to have them here."

"You want me to follow you to die"

"Colonel Kurt Hansen." Lille said slowly, "Do you want to continue to be a desperate stray dog, or a lunatic who deceives himself?"

Lille looked at him, and his eyes seemed to add a sentence: What about your glittering desires?

Hansen was stunned for a moment, then he touched his head and laughed:

"Interesting. Keep going."

But secretly, he made a secret signal and gesture to his men that no one could see.