Volume 3: The Nameless Chapter 70: Anti-tank assassins in the ghost world
"Mason's Batmobile signal is gone!"
Barbara was driving a Lizard Heavy Tank that was so cool that it shouldn't appear in this world, speeding in the air towards the Continental Hotel. Suddenly, she lost the signal of the Batmobile, which startled the Batgirl who was connecting the tank's weapon system with her brain-computer.
This dramatic change in emotion immediately affects human-computer interaction.
The heavy tank suddenly stopped moving and turned, causing Ertong, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat and checking the assault equipment, to almost bump into the not-so-spacious driver's seat.
"What are you going to do?"
Jason shouted:
"We should go save Zhakang!"
"Let that jerk Kang die. Bastards like him always find a way to escape, but I'm about to lose Mason's signal!"
Barbara opened her eyes and screamed:
"Selina and Gordon will kill me if I leave him here."
"Passengers, please keep calm! Such drastic emotional changes under full consciousness data interaction may cause irreversible damage to your brain, which has not yet undergone frontal cortex prosthetic transformation."
The voice of the in-car AI Delaman sounded immediately. It projected its bald male image in front of the Magic Lizard's console and comforted Barbara:
"The sub-thread data of this program has just been recovered. Passenger No. 1, Mr. Mason Cooper, did not suffer any life damage. It's just that the very good vehicle Batmobile has temporarily entered a shutdown state due to the high-energy impact.
According to the analysis of the last picture sent back when the sub-thread data was recovered, Mr. Mason was chasing and fighting with a killer from this world who was suspected to be Johnny Silverhand's alien in time and space in the dark.
Please rest assured, passenger number four!
According to this program, Mr. Mason's probability of winning this chase is no less than 60%.
On the contrary, if you still cannot reach the Continental Hotel within five minutes, the probability of Sir John Constantine's survival will rapidly decrease.
Just two minutes ago, his biometrics had already indicated that he was injured."
"Wait! When were you able to pick up his bio-signals?"
Barbara finally calmed down. She looked at Delaman's data projection and asked:
"There's no biological monitor in Zha Kang's body, right? He always hated those things."
"Before leading you three into this world, passenger number one, Mr. Mason, gave you a piece of jewelry that he made himself. The jewelry contained a simplest biological signal monitoring and sending device."
Delaman did not hide anything and said honestly:
"This device will be passively activated when a member of Team K is harmed. This program is responsible for receiving information and relaying it to Mr. Mason. In the absence of Passenger No. 1, the response authority is delegated to Passenger No. 4, Miss Barbara Gordon."
"I am number four?"
Barbara curled her lips and recalibrated the route of the magic lizard to the flight route to the mainland hotel, while whispering:
"Okay, I guess passenger number two is Selina Kyle? And passenger number three is Charles Brown?"
"No, according to the latest modification records of this program's distributed database, passenger number two of this program's response authority is Bruce Wayne, and passenger number three is Selina Kyle.
Mr. Charles Brown's status has been changed to K Squadron Mechanical Maintenance Engineer. Under normal circumstances, he is a logistics personnel and is not counted as a combatant. "
The in-car AI, which was not crazy, told Barbara the news of interest in a very calm manner, and Mason's arrangement of response authority made Batgirl and Ertong look at each other in surprise.
Even Jason, who usually doesn't pay much attention to these things, couldn't help but ask:
"Does this response authority mean that if Mason dies, the authority of all engineering-related weapons of Team K will be transferred to Bruce?
What is he going to do?
Are you planning to make Bruce the next captain of Team K? "
"Passenger No. 5 does not have sufficient authority. This program refuses to answer this question."
For the first time, Delamain refused to answer the question with a straight face.
Barbara blinked and said:
"I am the current temporary authority holder. If I ask, you should answer, right? Delaman."
"This program is a highly realistic intelligent AI. My understanding of the concept of 'authority' is very flexible. I also refuse to answer your question."
This time, Delaman explained very seriously:
"Passenger No. 1 Mason Cooper's arrangements with the K Team after his accident are top-level information. Unless he gives his permission, this program may not disclose any relevant information.
But in order to shut up your mouths and curiosity, this program will tell you that your guess is wrong.
Compared to Mr. Bruce Wayne, the non-staff 'honorary member' of Team K, Mr. Mason obviously believes more in his real teammates. The next captain will be born among you.
Okay, the chit-chat time is over!
This armed vehicle is approaching the combat zone, and the firepower ahead is considered highly dangerous! All weapon systems are unlocked, please prepare for battle immediately.
Delaman's driving program is switching...combat mode activated!
Didi!
I'll kill you!
Son of a bitch!"
After a second of silence, the piercing noise sounded again.
Accompanied by the roar of the anti-gravity engine of the Magic Lizard Tank, it accelerated in an instant and smashed the burning ruins of the house in front of it, and knocked the armored vehicle parked outside the Continental Hotel into the air.
This collision immediately attracted the attention of the heavily-armored attackers all around. The heavily-armored assassins, the "Elder Guards", who were dressed like upgraded versions of the "Rogue Warriors", fought back tactically. At one point, more than seven firepower points began to pour fire on the Demon Lizard Heavy Tank that appeared under the burning night.
But their counterattack was secondary. When they actually entered the vicinity of the Continental Hotel, Barbara and Ertong's expressions had become extremely serious.
They didn't know what the building looked like before, but judging from the fact that the main structure and the three surrounding streets were now on fire, it looked as if more than a dozen tons of aerial bombs had been dropped on it, leaving only broken walls and ruins. If Zha Kang had been hiding here before, then it would be difficult for the two of them to find Constantine's complete body if they came here now.
These assassins are too outrageous! How can they carry out such a nuclear explosion-style assassination?
You might as well just blow up the whole city. With the density of firepower projection, let alone sending B-level personnel, even if you send a grand master, he may not be able to withstand it.
"Are we late?"
Ertong, who had been ready to break into the enemy camp to rescue his teammates, was a little nervous now.
He looked at the scene in front of him through the cockpit of the Lizard Heavy Tank, which was made of special composite armor material and was one-way transparent from the inside out, allowing for a 360-degree view of the battlefield. More than two hundred heavily-armored assassins were firing at their own tanks with Vulcan cannons, and the sparks and ricochets from the reactive armor almost covered his eyes.
I heard from Zha Kang before that there are more than a dozen B-level personnel living in this hotel who came to this world to "pan for gold".
I guess there’s no need to look for it now.
With this intensity of firepower, it is estimated that those guys whose minds were controlled by the golden apple and who were completely unaware of the danger would have been turned into ashes during the first wave of bombing by the assassins of this world.
"Fire! What are you waiting for!"
Barbara shouted.
It was obviously more convenient for her to use her full consciousness to aim and fire through human-machine interaction. While the second barrel was still activating the twin 25MM automatic machine guns at the rear of the Magic Lizard Tank, the quadruple thermal tactical missiles on the left rear side of the tank had already dragged their long tail flames and created clusters of fireworks on the devastated battlefield.
This "backward weapon" from Night City may not be good enough to attack real military mechas or helicarriers of the same era, but when these things fall on flesh and blood, the effects are extremely brutal.
After all, even if you are a normal person wearing a one-meter-thick bulletproof vest, you can't withstand the bombardment of a thermal missile, right?
After six consecutive thermal missiles hit the ground, the seven firepower points blocking the Magic Lizard Tank were all silenced. As the suspended heavy tank continued to move forward, the on-board AI quickly sent a message.
"Mr. John Constantine's life signal is in the burning ruins in the left front! Please note that there are multiple very dangerous biological signals there!
The intensity of their threat reminds me of Adam Sledgehammer..."
"Who is that?"
Ertong aimed the machine gun at the ruins and asked casually.
Barbara, who was still interacting with the magic lizard with her eyes closed, replied casually:
"There's a legendary mercenary in Night City. I heard Judy talk about his deeds when I was shopping with her and getting my nails done. He's a guy who will do anything to gain power. It's said that he replaced all his organs with steel.
Now I'll take over the weapons systems, Jason.
After we crash in, you come to rescue them. No matter what is there, don't get entangled with them. Take Zha Kang with you and we will leave immediately."
"Um."
Barrel Two put his red helmet on his head, carried the silver Gryffindor Sword of Vengeance behind his back, and grabbed the two Archangel kinetic revolvers that Mason had made for him with both hands.
Although the firepower of this thing is definitely not as good as the Demon Lizard Heavy Tank that is now rumbling forward, it has been proven in the previous war it can easily destroy any conventional armor in close combat. Even when loaded with magic bullets in an unconventional way, it can easily kill any spellcaster. The two pistols have become Jason's "favorites".
Most importantly, it's handsome enough...
Which man can resist the temptation of these two little cuties?
"Delaman, prepare the nitrogen injection, and evacuate immediately once we rescue the people."
After Barbara deployed the instructions to the onboard AI, she changed direction and steered it to crash into the still burning ruins. They rushed in under the gunfire of the "heavy-armored assassins" all around them.
It was completely full of sparks and lightning all the way.
If it weren't for the fact that the scandium alloy reactive armor of this thing was really strong enough, the mere action of rushing in would be enough to make them fail halfway.
The war machine given by the Afterlife Team as a thank you gift is really powerful.
When it crashed into the ruins brutally, everyone was startled by the sudden movement, including Zha Kang, who was hiding in the corner, grinning and madly summoning the Hellfire to Albert Wesker, a Class A personnel who was fighting in close combat with the Assassin Saints.
However, they were stunned but Barbara did not waste time. The low sound of machine guns roared immediately and swept the deadly bullets towards the seven or eight assassin saints in white and black robes in front. However, they were quickly dodged by the opponents with quick reactions. At the same time, several people drew out strange protective shields to resist the storm of bullets that could tear through steel.
Ertong jumped out of the cockpit when it popped open, and with a perfect terror surprise attack, he pounced at the saint who was attacking Zhakang. He fired both guns at the same time, causing the latter to bleed. Then, he was hit head-on by the Hellfire amid Zhakang's screams, and he retreated screaming.
Okay.
It was not until this moment, when he saw the scumbag Kang starting fires everywhere, that Ertong realized that his scumbag teammates had helped to save the building from being burned to ruins.
"Can you still walk?"
Ertong rushed forward and supported the staggering Constantine. The latter nodded weakly and stuffed a blood-stained box in his arms into Ertong's hands.
Jason was stunned for a moment.
Then he calmly hid it in his bag and dragged Zha Kang back to the firing Demon Lizard Tank.
"Walk!"
He shouted, and the onboard AI immediately reversed rapidly amidst weapons fire.
But at the same time, a dazzling arc of light lit up from high above, and in the hail of bullets, it hit the outer armor of the Demon Lizard Tank like a meteorite.
There was a loud cracking sound.
In the violent vibration, the advanced reactive armor that could withstand close-range bombardment of anti-tank rockets was actually shattered by a single blow. Ertong, who had just returned to the cockpit, widened his eyes and saw a rune spear with electric light splashing on it stuck in the torn outer armor in front of him.
There were mysterious golden geometric runes dancing on it, representing the rising power. Then a white-robed figure appeared beside the spear, grabbed it, slashed it downwards, and then lifted it upwards.
"Bang"
One third of the heavy armor outside the cockpit of the Demon Lizard Tank flew out instantly.
this……
This is probably the legendary Isu artifact, it is really powerful! But Suger's Eagle is also an Isu artifact, but it is not so powerful in Catwoman's hands.
"Warning! The reactive armor is seriously damaged! Warning! The atomic battery is damaged! The risk of radiation leakage increases!"
Delaman's distorted warning voice echoed in the chaos. Ertong raised his double guns and pulled the trigger forward, but the bullets flying out at such a close distance were repeatedly dodged by the opponent.
But Jason jumped out of the cockpit fearlessly and engaged the opponent in close combat.
As a master of weapons, Ertong was not frightened at all by this two-meter-long "anti-tank spear".
This thing looks awesome.
But its length makes it an absolute burden in close combat.
Seeing that the two K team members who came to rescue them were going to take them in as well, A-level personnel Wesker, who was blocked on the other side by the Saint Assassins, suddenly had a flash of red light in his eyes under his sunglasses.
He also realized that in the current situation, the only chance to escape from the desperate encirclement and suppression of these assassin saints was that incredible-looking vehicle.
So the noble A-level boss also became ruthless.
As a strange and burning breath erupted, tentacles like magma snakes sprang out from the sleeves of his black windbreaker and swept around.
There was also a highly toxic and corrosive smoke splashing out to force back the approaching Assassin Saint. At the same time, Wesker rushed out of the encirclement as if teleporting and ran into the Assassin Saint who was fighting with Ertong, and wrapped him up with the strange virus tentacles and threw him out fiercely.
The onboard AI Delaman seized the opportunity to start the nitrogen injection. The Demon Lizard Tank, which had lost one-third of its outer armor, retreated at an extremely fast speed and rushed towards the sky behind with billowing black smoke.
Fortunately, this thing does not need wheels or tracks, otherwise it would be impossible for it to break through successfully on the current road nearby.
Although it is difficult for it to exceed a height of five meters and completely break free from the constraints of gravity, the assassins are also unprepared to deal with this kind of all-terrain vehicle with thick skin and strong firepower.
After all, you can't always use the Isu artifact in your hand as an "anti-tank spear".
These good things passed down by our ancestors will also be damaged.
Seeing that under the cover of A-class personnel Wesker who had entered the "transformed form", the tattered hover tank was dragging black smoke all the way out of the burning war zone, the leader of the assassin saints immediately reached out to stop his companions from chasing.
He pulled his hood down and said:
"No need to chase them anymore! The Aurora device has been activated. This world is completely isolated from the outside world. They can't escape! The cleanup of other areas still requires our help, brothers and sisters."
"But that evil virus creation is very difficult to deal with, worthy of being a dangerous A-level personnel."
A female assassin saint covered her chest and coughed and whispered:
"It is difficult for the ancient bloodline to resist the evil creature. They also took away the golden apple placed here by the Knights Templar. Perhaps we should ask for support?"
"Support? No, not needed!"
The leader of the saints shook his head and said:
"The elder had foreseen the difficulty of this battle, so he made every possible preparation. Don't worry, the legendary Lady Cassandra has arrived here.
Although the bait did not attract the real enemy leader, but at this moment we cannot ask for more, we must eradicate the influence of this chaos!
Only in this way can the world face the end of the world without any worries...
That legendary disaster."
