After a quick wash, looking at Jingliu who was waiting early in the living room of the villa, and Tingyun who was smiling and chatting with Meili, Winder felt a little tired for the first time in a long time.
The last time I felt this way was when I was working as a free laborer for Xing in Jinren Lane...
[Ah, is Mr. Winder up? Mary will go make some breakfast...]
Seeing Winder slowly walking down the stairs, Mary smiled at him and then typed on her tablet.
"Ah... That's not necessary. After all, we are guests. Miss Meili probably hasn't tasted my cooking, right? I'll go make you breakfast right now."
Looking at the message on Mary's tablet, Winder waved his hand quickly, and then rushed into the kitchen of the villa under Mary's moved gaze.
[Mr. Winder is such a good man.]
Meili typed truthfully on her tablet.
"Haha, benefactor has always been like this."
Tingyun chuckled and glanced at Jingliu beside him unconsciously, the big tail behind him swaying back and forth involuntarily.
"Oh... I'd better cook for myself. If the bad woman finds an excuse... then we won't be able to leave Punchlord."
While making breakfast skillfully, Winder thought with deep emotion.
I didn’t expect that a good person would have that kind of reaction after eating dark food... Well, well, you really are worthy of being called a “bad woman”!
Winder thought with gritted teeth.
Oh, suddenly I feel that Xing is pretty good, she is still the best little cotton-padded jacket!
Today... ...is the first day of Miss Xing!
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"Aqiu!"
Xing, who was heading towards the neon street, suddenly sneezed, then wiped his nose with a puzzled look on his face.
"Huh? What's wrong with you? Did you catch a cold from the unfamiliar climate in Punk Lord? Or is the evil spirit in that police station too strong... ... You've been possessed by an evil spirit!"
Looking at Xing who was wiping his nose, Sanyue brainstormed instantly and thought of all the possibilities! After all, there is probably nothing else that can make a star core spirit sick except Jizi's coffee!
"March...it was just a sneeze."
Xing looked at March helplessly, whose train of thought was very clear.
"Really? If you feel uncomfortable, don't force yourself to do it, okay?"
"Don't worry, it won't happen."
Looking at March who was almost sticking to him, Xing touched March's hair helplessly.
"Hmm? Why does this action look familiar?"
Feeling the gentle touch on the back of her head, Sanyue was slightly stunned.
"Um... Indeed."
Listening to March's words, Xing withdrew his hand that was stroking March, looked at the lines on his palm, and murmured something.
"Forget it, just keep touching me... It's the second day since Wend's absence. I miss him~~~ Although the dishes Xing cooks have some of his flavor."
"Haha, Sanyue's massage technique is gradually becoming more proficient."
Ji Zi, who was walking in front of the team, said with a smile.
"Hehe, of course, I have a talent for this!"
"By the way, is it really okay for Miss Toppa to stay there alone?"
Thinking back to Topa who told everyone this morning that he would stay in the new city to investigate, Xing said to Jizi with some concern.
"So, are you worried about Miss Toppa, or are you worried about the account?"
Detective Xiao Sanyue saw through Xing's little plan at a glance and said it very bluntly.
"Uh, them! They're all my wings!"
"You bastard! Watch out for robbery!"
"Okay, okay~"
Jizi interrupted the nonsense between the two with a smile.
"Ms. Topa still needs to investigate the specific situation of Punk Lord. The subsequent company support will also need to be judged based on her investigation."
Recalling what was discussed in the conference room yesterday, Ji Zi said seriously.
From the current perspective, the situation of Punk Lord is indeed a mess. If there is help from the company, it may be easier, right? Of course, if the company is not "moved"
From the information provided by the current police chief, it can be learned that all the armed forces of Punklord have been deployed near the legendary tower. They are trying to eliminate as many monsters as possible near the legendary tower, but this is obviously unrealistic.
The Legendary Tower is located in the core of Neon City. The monsters here are radiating to all directions of the entire Neon City. Based on the current situation of Punk Lord, the police station and the hacker alliance are not enough to deal with it...
However, according to the intelligence from the front, the monsters' offensive has eased a lot since the day before yesterday. Although the reason is unknown, it has to be said that now is the best period to observe the star core. Although it is unknown how long this window period will last, Ji Zi still decided to seize this opportunity.
At the same time, she also contacted Winder and asked them to move closer to the old city defense line after learning the intelligence, where they would meet.
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“Hurry up! Transport the ammunition up there! Let those hackers do something useful! Stop playing pirated Ethereum Battlefront over there. Don’t you know that the headquarters has been sent a lawyer’s letter by the people from that company?”
"Where's the prosthetic doctor? There's another prosthetic that's out of control! Take his arm off for me!"
"Mad! You lazy bastards! Do you know what a strategic window is? Whose combat mecha is this? It's from the company. Get out of my way! Don't you know you're blocking the road?"
On the front line of the New City District, a middle-aged man with a fierce face was standing on the position with a chainsaw sword in his bare hands, shouting loudly to everyone.
"Tsk... those monsters haven't arrived yet? Why are you so angry?"
A young man in a black coat with the Blackjack logo on his chest came in nonchalantly, fiddling with an Ethereum coin in his hand.
"You're not here yet? When he comes, you little bastard will be the first to die!"
The hot-tempered officer grabbed the hacker by the collar, staring at the hacker who was making sarcastic remarks with his bloodshot eyes.
"I've already told you hackers are useless, a bunch of good-for-nothings!"
“Plop…”
After throwing the hacker to the ground, the officer turned and walked away as if he was throwing away trash.
"You fucking!"
The hacker, who had lost face in front of everyone, stared at the officer in front of him with hatred, his eyes red, then called up the virtual projection screen and viciously typed in a command.
Chapter 32: Rich Lady Meili, and new character illustrations!
“Bang!”
The moment the hacker entered the intrusion command, blood splattered everywhere, red and white objects and mechanical components scattered everywhere, and a headless corpse slowly fell to the ground.
The commander slowly turned around, looked at the headless corpse behind him, snorted coldly, and walked towards the front line with a red light in his ears.
After a long time, the onlookers slowly came over and carried away the body of the blind hacker to deal with it.
"Alas, they are so blind that anyone dares to hack in."
A hacker who looked very mature took a puff of his e-cigarette, exhaled the mint-flavored mist with a sigh, and stared in the direction where the officer was walking away.
"See? Big shots all have hack-resistant prostheses. Unless you're a legendary hacker, your brain will explode like that idiot's. It's even more shattered than the football that got kicked to pieces in the fucking prosthesis football game!"
Patting the young hacker beside him, the old hacker walked silently into the bloodstain. Ignoring the strange feeling coming from under his feet, he picked up an electronic component from the ground and put it in his pocket without caring whether it was dirty or not.
"Let's go, young man... We still have a lot of work to do. The network security here still depends on us. Not everyone has an anti-hacking chip like that officer. I really envy those monsters... Tnnd, they are born to hack into others..."
Putting away the e-cigarette in his hand, the old hacker said to the confused young hacker behind him.
The defensive works on the front line were in full swing. The heavy mechas used in the previous "Punklord Security War" were also inserted with anti-hacking chips and lifted up. In addition, some weapons previously provided by the company were also piled on the defense line.
But even so, Punklord's security force is still far from sufficient. The logistics are conscripting and recruiting civilians, but without a few days of training, those people will be hacked by the monsters before they even reach the front line, and then take up guns to fight their own people, so it is difficult for them to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
Unless he is someone who has never had a prosthetic body installed, or has an anti-hacking chip...
But how could such a person be a civilian
There are still quite a lot of people on the front line in the new city. According to the intelligence received some time ago, the people in the old city are almost wiped out. Now most of the resistance is handed over to a gang called [Phantom Light]...
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"Wow... this is the front line... it feels... a little scary."
March walked behind Xing, looking at the messy front line of the new city area, and couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice.
Different from the situation on the Xianzhou and Beloberg fronts, the situation on the Punklord front seems... more bloody and more intuitive...
The smell of blood and gasoline mixed in the air. They saw four or five heavy combat mechas that were scrapped when they arrived, and some of them were still oozing blood...
Firelight and lights mixed on the front line, illuminating every corner of the city on the other side of the front line even though it was daytime.
On the other side of the battle line, one could occasionally see half-human, half-mechanical monsters roaring towards the battle line, but as soon as they showed their heads, they were burned to ashes by the laser guns, leaving only metal emitting red light.
"It looks like the situation is very bad..."
Jizi frowned. Although it seemed that Punklord's defense was impenetrable, they were actually unable to stop the large-scale invasion of monsters.
"Hello? You are the [Unknown Guest] who came here to reinforce us, right? I am the guard of Commander Charles, and I am here to show you the way."
A man who was completely covered in exoskeleton armor stood in front of the gate of the front-line camp and said to Ji Zi.
"Well, thank you for your help."
Jizi nodded slightly, indicating that he should lead the way.
"This guy's armor looks familiar?"
March walked behind Xing and complained quietly.
"It looks a bit like the company's style."
Xing nodded, agreeing with March's opinion.
"Everyone, this is indeed the company's product. It is more practical and has a built-in blocker that can block those monsters that would hack into people."
The guard in front of him answered March's question very coldly.
"Oh~ No wonder..."
Xing nodded in understanding.
"We are here. In front of us is Commander Charles's tent."
The guard stopped and pointed to the tent ahead.
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"Oh! Little Mary is so cute, and so pitiful..."
Sister Guozi, who was still doing the Wind line mission, looked at Meili with pity as she was communicating with them on the tablet computer.
[Option 1: Why don't you install artificial vocal cords? ]
[Option 2: Why do we need to communicate with a tablet? Can we use a brainwave reader instead of voice?]
Sister Guozi decisively chose option one. She was very curious. Looking at the mansion where Meili lived, she must be a wealthy lady, right? With such advanced technology, why didn't she just install artificial vocal cords
Listening to "Winder's" questions, Mary smiled and typed on her tablet.
[Merry is a hacker! If a hacker installs a prosthetic, it can be very dangerous! ]
Meili explained with a smile.
"So that's how it is..."
Sister Guozi nodded in understanding, and then chose option 2.
[Ah? Are you talking about this? ]
Mary shook the tablet computer with words on it, looking very cute.
[This is a hacker tool passed down from my family! It was made by a genius from the Genius Club. Mary has been using it to communicate since she was a child! ]
"Wow, this seemingly plain tablet computer is actually the work of the Genius Club... Could it be that Mary's family is a wealthy family? Mary is a super rich woman!"
Sister Guozi's eyes instantly turned into Xing Qiong's. Ah! She was holding Estelle on her left, Topa on her right, and a small, soft Meili in her arms... Mmm!!! So cool!!!