Free Web NovelChapter 790: Chapter 699: New Nara City Speedrun Record (1)
The next day, New Nara City.
The big screen broadcasts today’s news, the development of this new energy city is changing with each passing day, beneath the high-tech facade are people with weary faces. A few network hackers stop in front of wanted portraits, their efficient aramid information suits displaying their robust physiques.
A red-haired hacker slightly raises her head, as if sensing something, someone in the alley waves a hand at her.
"Elias Baiye, Chairman of Cosmic Heavy Industries, announced at 7:00 this morning that he is donating his asset, ’Tengmosijie Studio’, to Dawn Office."
The news on the screen halts, and the image of a young man appears.
"On behalf of Patriarch Chichu Qiu, I address everyone. For a hundred years, times have been progressing and evolving, as has the Insect Race; two hundred years ago, they brandished claws and fangs, a hundred years ago, they grew armor capable of withstanding armor-piercing shells."
"Fifty years ago, they devoured our tanks and cannons, establishing munitions factories behind Tower City, possessing their own military industrial line, capable of matching our military on the front lines."
"And today, their individuals have evolved beyond racial forms, possessing the ability to refract the world’s brilliance, our army has been retreating for over a hundred years, recaptured strongholds repeatedly falling, the battlefield situation has sharply turned."
"Imagine, if given another ten, fifty, or a hundred years, to what heights will they evolve, and can humanity overcome such an enemy by then?"
"We have no retreat, this is a life and death crisis, concerning the fate of all humanity. No one can remain uninvolved, we must win this comprehensive human counterattack!"
"We need your power."
"..."
"At the press conference, Minister Er of the third department of the military research and development of Cosmic Heavy Industries revealed partial parameters of the knight-class cruiser ’Reitseira’, claiming that the company’s internal system is tuning this model of the cruiser, expected to be deployed in the Chichu Heaven battlefield in two months."
"The commonly carried ’Shadow Night King’ Titan will be a leading military product of the new generation, the redundant parameters should be desensitized by now."
"Next, a test video will reveal the mysterious night veil of this Titan to those present."
In the alley, several wastelanders show indifference, one chewing on tobacco sugar.
"Acting as if it’s so mysterious, hasn’t ’Dragon Heart’ appeared less at these metal clunkers’ conferences? They always claim to withstand a full blow from the Prism Tier, but when truly facing high-level Insect Race, they get chewed into shredded iron."
"Call it prestigious guests of big companies to sound good, call it lackeys to sound bad, I despise these brazen sycophants the most."
"The world is on the brink of destruction, yet these company lackeys act enigmatic, why don’t they go fight the Insect Mother at the front?"
At this moment, a wastelander notices the approaching red-haired hacker, nodding a greeting.
"Got the stuff?"
The hacker shakes the briefcase in her hand.
A few of them gather around, a man with a scar sliding a knife back and forth before the hacker’s face, giving a malevolent laugh.
The man seizes a timely opportunity to snatch the briefcase. The red-haired hacker is about to step forward to say something when another person steps up to push her body.
When the wastelanders open the briefcase to see it’s filled with black tobacco sugar, they exchange glances, sly smiles appearing on their faces.
"Alright, beat it." The scar-faced man smirks, "This doesn’t concern you anymore."
"Your clan knows the underground stuff even better than the Wind Crane Family." The red-haired hacker says.
"You probably also know about the lockdown in two days, without my connections, you won’t be able to leave."
"There’s such a thing?" The scar-faced man asks in surprise, looking at his sidekick.
"Tch, acting all high-strung, saying a high-level Insect Race has infiltrated the city, who knows." Another sidekick shrugs.
"I’ve heard that the Saji People take credibility seriously," the red-haired hacker continues.
"Hey, do you understand the situation?" The scar-faced man rudely interrupts.
"I don’t know how you contacted us, but this tobacco sugar’s quality is decent, clearly top-of-the-line from Gao Tianyun. But we had no intention of actually helping someone with unknown origins who suddenly asked about the Moon Sugar... just business folks trying to help each other out..."
The scar-faced man shrugs.
"The boss says, it’s time for us to rob from the robbers!" a sidekick chimes in.
"I know there’s been unrest within the Fremil Clan in the Desolate Stone Plateau these past days, the external transport anchor points have closed off, for Saji People like you who’ve just pulled a job and are stranded away from home, desperate to get moving, they’re a dime a dozen everywhere." The red-haired hacker says.
"I also know, no one’s getting you out of the city except me."
"Tch, the guts on this little girl?" The scar-faced man laughs, raising his eyebrow with interest,
"Acting all high and mighty, I say I’ve got the secretary-general’s connections!"
"The Saji People can do anything, from earth to sky, I’d really like to see how we won’t be able to leave!"
"I’m saying..."
The hacker slowly unfastens her information mask, revealing a clean, slightly wicked face, veins pulsing on her temple, her hair floating in the air.
"When I speak human language, do you not understand?"
Two minutes later, Xu Xiaoyou, who had been waiting outside for some time, walks into the alley, looking at Chichu Chun dragging the scar-faced man like a dead dog, and feels a bit embarrassed.
"A strong dragon can’t overpower a local snake, he’s almost dead, without these Saji people, the Moon Sugar matters in the city..."
"There’s no need, these guys are full of sin, they kidnapped a company employee not long ago, took the ransom from the family, and still dug out all the organs in the end..."
"I never intended to let them live." Chichu Chun says, inserting her fingers into the scar-faced man’s neck, and in the blink of an eye, the scar-faced man is transformed into the Insect Race, antennae protruding from his forehead, insect characteristics appearing all over his body.
"You, why are you always thinking about human morals?" Chichu Chun, probing their deep consciousness through pheromones,
"Just a few rotten people."
"Guess I’ve been in the tower for too long." Xu Xiaoyou sighs, "Not a single one of them is easy to deal with."
A moment later, Chichu Chun withdraws her fingers.
"Strange, the Wind Crane Family doesn’t interact much with the underground forces of New Nara City, yet these Saji people infiltrate every corner, they’re known as wandering cockroaches, and even they don’t have any suspicious memories..."
"They have a hideout underground for disposing of goods, including ledgers about this city’s Moon Sugar selling network, but it’s all old-fashioned Moon Sugar."
At this moment, Chichu Chun notices one of the corpses has a half-exposed collar.
She steps forward to check, beneath the tattered robe is a red and white interlaced TV tower work uniform.
—— Xin Yue Radio Station.
"The Xin Rui Radio Station, he’s a TV tower employee?"
