Chapter 22 Siege of the City
"Fuck! Broomhead, you are a psycho!"
Wallenstein immediately kicked Li Pan out of the ghoul's communication channel.
Well, there must be consequences for killing the three-headed dog.
Although the public security system of Taiping District has been offline at this time, there will be no criminal records without monitoring. But according to Li Pan's understanding of the military organization, which can mobilize large-scale spider auxiliary operations, the local mopping up troops must have built their own anti-interference military communication local area network.
The drone also scanned and uploaded his mental evaluation report. Anyone in the war zone, as long as they were not fools, would know that the murder was closely related to him. Probably all the nearby drones must have received Li Pan's humanoid image and kill command.
Li Pan doesn't care, as long as he escapes. The three-headed dog still doesn't dare to kill people under public surveillance, probably...
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" The
rising orange-red fireball blocked the retreat, and a long-range bombardment from the drones dropped cluster bombs and Incendiary bombs were bombarded indiscriminately, turning the blocks leading to the exit of the Taiping District highway into a sea of flames.
The move was very decisive. It would be great if a company reimbursed the ammunition expenses.
But Li Pan didn't stop, and instead rushed towards the explosion area against the line of fire.
You can't stop or take a detour. The soldier he killed just now was obviously responsible for the security of a large area nearby. Only then did he dare to ignore wartime regulations and troop disciplines and come out to blackmail the ghouls.
So if he didn't escape while there were no other living people nearby before the three-headed dog army surrounded him and came to take revenge, he would definitely be dead.
Although the three-headed dog also responded quickly and blocked the retreat with incendiary bombs, this was a means of intercepting combat troops.
You're stupid, grandpa is a superman! Just jump over the wall of fire! So
Li Pan quickly used Xingtian's calculations to quickly find a way out in the sea of fire, and then ran with all his strength according to the planned route and climbed up to the nearby apartment building. Make crazy parkour leaps between corridors.
Don't mention it, a fourth-level life form is strong and strong. It can climb more than ten floors in one breath without panting. Moreover, Li Pan also understood the "Qing Gong". He only needs to adjust his breathing and pour the strength in his body into his legs. , push hard, and the whole person jumps up like a spring-loaded frog!
Swish, swish, sprint and jump from the roof of more than ten floors, jump and soar between high-rise buildings, and then sprint, in one go, across the sea of fire! Falling into the highway isolation zone!
I have to say it was quite exciting. Li Pan turned over a dozen somersaults and hit a protective fence before stopping. If this were an ordinary person, his whole body would be as shattered as a meatloaf, but he felt fine. Even his formal clothes were not torn, just a little dusty.
Well, now that I have learned it, it seems that I won’t have to wait for the elevator in the future.
"Bang!"
The moment he got up from the ground, Li Pan suddenly felt as if he had been punched hard in the back. When he fell to the ground, he saw his right hand flying out with a large piece of limb meat.
The level 4 bulletproof vest is useless at all. It is just like paper. The level 4 reinforced body is the same. It is just bloody tofu and will be broken into pieces with a snap.
As a sniper, if you pass through the obstruction of the building complex and hit under the interference of the sea of fire and turbulence, Mader and these wild dogs are quite powerful.
And if the opponent had such strength, he could obviously kill him with a headshot, but he only hit his right hand, probably because he wanted to shoot him more for fun.
Sure enough, the pest control team is full of psychopaths.
Li Pan couldn't care about anything else. He immediately inserted the strengthening medicine into his neck and filled it up. At the same time, he grabbed a handful of the wound on his right limb and twisted the blood vessels and muscles together. Then he grabbed the containment tank with one hand and risked He ran away with his waist close to the highway.
It hurts. His body was torn apart by shrapnel when he was half-stretched. Of course it was very painful. Ordinary people would probably go into shock and pass out. But Li Pan had experience in breaking his hand, and his physical strength was indeed much better now.
So even though half of his body was shattered by a shot, he didn't even make a sound. He got up and ran away quickly.
The three-headed dog didn't even fire a second shot.
Maybe I found an interesting toy and wanted to keep it and play with it slowly.
Considering that Xingtian was forcibly connected by the three-headed dog just now and may have been tracked by hackers, Li Pan ran all the way and did not dare to log in to QVN to call for help after escaping to the public area. But fortunately, now that he was in the city, he called a smart taxi from the roadside transportation terminal and took him directly to the company.
In the City of Night, you may not even be able to trust your life and death brothers, but you can always trust taxis.
After all, when you are running away, your brothers may betray you, but the taxi will definitely be waiting for you at the designated time and place.
Because taxis belong to the public transportation system and are operated intelligently by fully intelligent autonomous driving. In other words, it is an established procedure without feelings or interests, so as long as you are a law-abiding citizen, you can use the public transportation system to reach any corner of human civilization.
Of course, the shortcomings of this system are also obvious. First, you must be a citizen who can access the system and not be wanted by the security system. Second, it’s expensive, death is expensive.
It's so expensive. It takes less than ten minutes to fly directly to the company's parking lot. The starting price actually costs 400 yuan! ? Orange’s grocery cart seems to only cost 13,000 in total, right? If he could still get a 50% discount on second-hand goods, maybe he should buy a car...
Li Pan was bleeding all the way to the office and returned the files in the filing cabinet.
This time, not only his hands, but his formal clothes were also reset. Obviously, as a contractual partner of company employees, the guardian was also protected by the filing cabinet.
However, the ability of the filing cabinet obviously has its limits. At least the fourth-level strengthened body obtained by Li Pan using "Nine Yin Refining" is the so-called "non-resettable". It does not require repeated training, but once you relax, Li Pan could also clearly feel that he had consumed a lot of his 'internal energy' by escaping just now, and it had not been reset. It seemed that he still had to practice again every night.
It's just that this time he wasn't as lucky as the previous two days. The broken limb was probably more serious than the internal injury. Although Li Pan was restored to his original state, the 49,500 yuan prosthetic system was also reset. Xingtian and the ballistic processor are gone.
Well, Xingtian may have been registered by the three-headed dog anyway, and it doesn't matter what kind of devil is installed. Just reset it. But his ballistic processor is left-handed! Why do you have to wash them off together? This is too much!
And you don't need to ask, the prosthetic plug-in can be reset, and the unpaid loan is obviously "non-resetable".
Oh, I can't afford to be hurt, I really can't afford to be hurt... It's not okay
to do this. The system networking chip is so expensive, who can afford to reset it all the time? Is there any other way...
"Yes. If you don't want to install the built-in chip and still want to access the Internet, just use Mewtwo glasses. Oh, isn't this a military communicator? Just change it." Because there is no one in Warehouse No. 7
. The decoration has not yet been completed. On the 18th, the technical consultant on the first day of work is studying an old-fashioned computer. He stretches out his two index fingers and taps the keys one by one to write the daily report.
She had nothing to do, so she helped Li Pan, disassembled the gas mask he rented, took out the built-in headset used by the mercenary team to communicate, connected it with the terminal tablet, downloaded the UI and reprogrammed it, and quickly helped Li Pan's voice is connected to the QVN account.
"Citizen Li Pan, account cash 783.17..."
"Awesome, really connected to the Internet..."
Listening to the electronic sound coming from the microphone, Li Pan was speechless.
No. 18 got it done easily, and started tapping the keyboard again,
"The security system was originally designed to be a military communication network. It is also the reason why one has to perform military service to obtain citizenship rights. As long as there is an account and an input terminal, it can be linked. It's just that the old-fashioned external access equipment is too unsafe and easy to be lost and damaged, so it is gradually replaced by the built-in brain plug.
If you really want to use an external terminal, I can create a separate company member after the Orochi is installed. With a dedicated server, the device is only turned into an access point, and browsing records and accounts will be saved in the cloud. In this way,
you can access the Internet even without a personal chip. But in this way, the records of your access to the public security system will be kept in the company server. Isn't that okay?"
"It's okay, it's just a emergency. I don't need the company computer to watch movies anyway. Get it together."
There are many external network access terminals, the most typical ones are old-fashioned VR glasses, which are now on the market Brain plug-ins and built-in chips are popular on the Internet, and those eyes, headsets, tablets and the like are considered civilian equipment. The patents have been disclosed. They can be 3D printed and DIY assembled in any electronics factory handicraft workshop, and become small toys for geeks.
The external devices still on the market are mainly military supplies, special equipment used to combat electromagnetic environment and ECM interference. Although it may not be much cheaper than an implantable chip, and it lacks a lot of the latest technology, and the system is worse by more than one version, but at least it will not be reset by the filing cabinet.
No. 18 held his chin,
"But I suggest you install the latest version of the access chip. After all, there is no absolute security area on the Internet. Even HT's chaos server is not unbreakable. You are a legal citizen and have system support. It's better than nothing.
What's more, I only have one Orochi. If a top hacker team breaks in and steals your account, don't blame me. I will definitely be killed by then." Li Pan smiled
. , "It's okay, I believe in Shiba's skills. Besides, I'm such a kind person. I have less than 800 yuan in my account. What kind of hacker is too lazy to steal my account." Shiba looked at the person standing at the door of the company
. Ah Qi, who was mopping the floor and cleaning a large bloodstain on the floor, looked at the 'kind' Li Pan with suspicion. But after all, the other party is his immediate boss, and helping the general manager repair his computer is considered a part of technical support, so there is no need to say more.
Li Pan took a glance and saw her looking at the system log of the technical department on the computer, and then he remembered that the technical department still had to clean the building.
"By the way, do you have a way to turn off those drones in the technical department?" When
the manager got down to business, Shibaya said seriously,
"The head office has sent me the equipment records of the technical department. Although there is no interruption within the company, Network, but the technology department has network ports. You can buy the latest military drones with built-in high-energy-concentrated batteries to withstand interference. Physical access is equivalent to a mobile subnet server. Then just give me the authorization. , you can take over the access control and security network again.
But hackers are not omnipotent. I am just a network programmer. Considering that there may be equipment damage in the technical department, it is best to need the support and coordination of engineers with majors in electrical and mechanical related fields. "
Oh, I am an engineer. As long as I have the equipment model and the design blueprint when purchasing it, I can maintain it..."
Li Pan suddenly reacted,
"Wait a minute, Shiba, you mean this is the job of three people." Right? The general manager authorizes it, the programmer takes over, and the engineer maintains it?"
No. 18 was confused, "Yeah, what's wrong?"
Li Pan nodded seriously, "That's right! How can I be allowed to do two people's work by myself? It’s work! I want a raise! If you don’t give me a raise, you’ll hire more people! You can’t tolerate these capitalists!” “…
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Shiba squinted at his immediate boss, feeling that this guy might be sicker than himself. You also need to take some medicine.
At this time, Ah Qi, who came over to wash the mop, held up a sign,
"Before entering the technical department, it is best to send someone to conduct reconnaissance to ensure the safety of the technical personnel." Park security is not allowed to enter the office. It is best to contract special armed guards. '
Li Pan praised, "That's right! Ah Qi, you are so right! Security! We must recruit security! My dignified general manager doesn't even have a security guard when he goes out! It's too cheap!" Ah Qi, 'You
should Prioritize recruiting personnel. After all, our company’s turnover rate is quite high. It is too inefficient for us to interview one by one. We need professional talents. And are you okay? Why are my pants still bleeding? '
"Oh, it's okay, the meat in his pocket is crushed..." Li Pan thought for a while, "Okay, Aqi, you come to interview and recruit people. Shiba, you make a list and just buy the equipment you need. I'll pay for it. A field worker."
So Li Pan randomly picked a 'monster containment mission', applied for a company car, and first went to the church of the Lover's Gang to deliver the things retrieved from the Taiping District to the pastor.
"It's rare for you to go all the way... What is this? Can't we put it in a jar together?"
The pastor was about to shake hands, and then frowned as Li Pan took it out of his trouser pocket and stuffed it into his hand. A ball.
"My enemy's darling, didn't you say you were going to hold a mourning party? Let's use this to commemorate the souls of Daxiong's family in heaven."
Li Pan explained seriously.
"Uh... maybe it's due to cultural differences. We usually only use the relics of the deceased to commemorate them, and usually don't use the blood sacrifice of the enemy's internal organs, but we accept your kindness." The priest was also sweating and quickly stuffed his heart with his hands
. Give it to the bodyguard and wipe your hands with a tissue.
"I have contacted Lena's relatives. Because there is a vacancy, they are applying for a temporary residence permit at the Immigration Administration. They will notify you after the funeral time is determined." Li Pan shook his head, "I'd better not disturb you, so as not to give people any
more Causing trouble..."
The pastor shook his head, "Don't worry too much. Many times our well-intentioned actions may not necessarily yield good results. But this is definitely not the fault of the good deeds themselves. It is the world that is wrong."
Li Pan nodded repeatedly, "There is something wrong with this world, but I am also telling the truth. The person I killed the three-headed dog may be blackmailed at any time recently, so I won't run around and implicate innocent people." The priest watched silently
. Looking at the piece of rotten meat, "Okay, then may the Lord bless you..."
Li Pan was quite apologetic to the pastor. After all, a big shot like him probably wouldn't have done anything wrong if it wasn't for the sake of getting in touch with the Monster Company represented by Li Pan. They provided subsidies to Daxiong’s family, helped them move, and now they also arranged funerals, resulting in a lot of money lost.
However, the pastor did not mention money. He also prepared the resume that Li Pan entrusted him to screen. Obviously, the other party cared more about his relationship with the company and his personal relationship with Li Pan, the general manager.
Many friends mean many paths. Li Pan knows that there are big people like the priest in Ye Zhi who are very well-connected to help, so it will be much easier to do things. He spent a whole day with Ah Qi yesterday and only recruited eighteen or eighteen, and Kotaro was still taking assessments.
Looking through the resumes given by the pastor, there were about thirty people, all of whom were skilled workers, blue-collar workers, and drivers with more than twenty years of work experience and a family to support. All of them have clean financial records, and their highest criminal record is just driving and violating traffic regulations. They are all kind-hearted citizens who work hard and pay taxes in the city. It's really reassuring.
It's just that they are a bit too honest. After all, most of these people are migrant workers who have applied for temporary residence permits. They do not have a single 'citizen'. Naturally, they cannot enjoy various benefits at the system level, and they dare not risk deportation to commit crimes. . So strictly speaking, they don't quite meet Monsters Inc.'s employment requirements.
But Li Pan also knew that as long as they had a bite to eat, these people would rather die of a work-related injury on the job, even if they knew the risks of Monster Company.
After all, if there is no fixed employment contract for a long time, the migrant workers will have their temporary residence permit revoked and lose the qualification to rent low-cost apartments. The whole family will be forced to live in a garbage dump. In the end, they will either become gang members or be forced to flee outside the Night City. , struggling to survive in that heavily polluted wilderness garbage dump.
Compared with the rural settlements filled with doomsday radiation, mutated cockroaches, out-of-control weapons, armed rebels and exiles, even the hell on earth like the City of Night, where the dead lottery rises to new highs every day, seems to the people outside. It's like a paradise, and people are queuing up to immigrate here to make firewood.
People in the city want to go out, and people outside the city want to come in. This is the city of night.
(End of chapter)