Chapter 108: Chapter 102: Fierce Battle in the Subway (First Subscription Installment 1/10)

Outside the subway station, the Military Technology forces had completely sealed off the exit, and everyone entering or leaving had to undergo an inspection.

Two Bimong Armored Vehicles were parked outside the station, with soldiers in full gear, each holding an Ajax rifle.

Apart from the regular soldiers, there was a big guy with a heavy machine gun on one of the vehicles and sharpshooters with Achilles precision rifles in the patrol team.

The armored vehicles, high-tech weapons, and fully armed soldiers painted a picture of tense vigilance.

Even those who originally had a temper quieted down significantly at the sight of this display.

Human life is quite fragile; a single small bullet can take a life, let alone those high-tech weapons.

The good news was that Military Science was relatively restrained. Besides these three elites, most of the other soldiers were generally low-level cyborgs and didn’t employ military robots or drones.

Mackinaw wandered nearby, blending in with the crowd of people hurrying home.

"Military Technology is serious this time..."

Even V, who had seen big scenes before, swallowed nervously, forcing a smile.

But Lille remained calm—he knew the situation wasn’t as bad as it looked.

This kind of scene could intimidate 99% of mercenaries, so it was understandable that V was also getting nervous.

"Don’t panic; this is the city center, so they have to exercise restraint—and there’s good news too: the NCPD has left, and Military Science has split into two squads. The other squad is about a six-minute drive away from here.

Once the fighting starts, our hackers will take down the subway station’s servers. As soon as Military Science’s people go down, we’ll flank them from outside the subway.

Though Military Science’s people are heavily armed, our firepower isn’t weak either. Considering the subway station’s layout, we only need about two minutes of crossfire to eliminate everyone inside the subway.

Then we retreat."

Lille drove while attempting to reverse-hack into the municipal network.

The NCPD had cleared the backdoors in the traffic nodes, but they hadn’t changed the municipal traffic network’s communication logic and protocols—this was part of IT’s routine maintenance work.

Using the municipal traffic network as a jumping board, as long as Lille ensured that each interaction with the communication network didn’t exceed the safety threshold in data packet size and communication time, it wouldn’t trigger ICE.

Of course, this required him to be very familiar with the hacking targets.

The good news was that the city center was not lacking in Columbia Freight’s standard logistics vehicles, and occasionally even a couple of Mackinaws could be seen parked by the roadside or in parking lots.

"...So, how do we retreat? Or what do we do next?"

"After we save the people, they’ll need some time to assess the damage, adjust their strategy, and then issue orders, which also takes time for implementation."

"So we use this time to escape? We’d have to run all the way to the Evil Land, wouldn’t we?"

Lille didn’t answer—indeed, fleeing to the Evil Land was a safe option, but for more security, they needed to pin the blame on someone else.

They couldn’t trace the cyber network back to themselves, but if people kept failing to find the culprits, the problem would only escalate.

This couldn’t be a mysterious case; at the very least, they needed to give people a clear suspect.

Though Lille seemed outwardly calm, he was under immense pressure—the chain of misleading suspicions breaking would mean failure, and failure meant no chance of redemption.

So... his decision at that critical moment wasn’t to run.

Suddenly, the soldiers outside the subway moved, and the crowd started running in a frenzy!

Lille took a deep breath and issued the hacking command:

"Start the operation."

...

Inside the subway, Man’s team suddenly started shooting like cyber-psychopaths, immediately killing a Military Science soldier, but the enemy quickly retaliated, completing the encirclement.

Man’s team took cover behind the concrete pillars in the subway and didn’t dare to show their heads, but the soldiers inside the subway were also all drawn towards them!

David and Lucy’s hearts were pounding wildly. Acting like frightened citizens caught in the chaos, they ran with their heads down, even brushing shoulders with two Military Science soldiers!

But there was still a soldier guarding the train service station!

David and Lucy exchanged glances and nodded at the same time—

As they brushed past the Military Science soldier, David suddenly lunged—utilizing the Iron Mountain Lean stored in the Kuai Arm Chip!

But the Military Science soldier reacted quickly. Battle stimulants had been micro-dosed since he started his patrol.

He countered with a rifle butt to David’s face, giving Lucy her opportunity—

Nearly invisible Single Molecule Wires wrapped around both hands, then instantly hardened—

Easily severing the Military Science soldier’s arms!

The coordinated attack was flawless. David, who had been through many such encounters, wasn’t fazed by the bloody scene, instinctively following up with jabs, hooks, and knee strikes!

Severe blood loss, the impact of heavy blows, and the loss of his arms overwhelmed the soldier, even though his Pain Editor dulled the pain.

He barely felt the pain, but the blood loss caused his brain to rapidly lose oxygen—he slumped against the wall and collapsed.

After all this, David stood staring blankly at the soldier whose life was slipping away, unsure if he was having another episode or just dazed from the rifle butt strike.

But Lucy didn’t hesitate. She immediately charged in—there were several terrified station workers crouching inside. Lucy glanced at the duty roster on the electronic screen and quickly found the duty manager.

"Open personal access; I need to do a neural bridge."

Not just neural bridging, but also erasing all records here—whether the deletion could be traced back didn’t matter since Burger King was taking the fall.

The duty manager, trembling, nodded, and Lucy used their access to enter the subway network—

Military Science could physically blockade the subway station but couldn’t lock down its network because the subway was a Ye Group asset.

The subway’s cameras and electronic devices, including those outside the station, all appeared in her view, and she passed the access to Lille.

It was a bit of a shame since without Military Science having access to the subway’s local network, they wouldn’t appear in this network.

But Lucy and David’s mission was complete.

"Got it."

...

"Move!"

Seeing the Military Science soldiers retracting to near the subway entrance, Lille decisively floored the gas pedal and rushed forward!

All the hacked cars in the nearby streets and parking lots started up, forming a steel tide of cheap cars charging toward the blockade area!

The patrolling Military Science soldiers on the street widened their eyes in shock, completely caught off guard!

Not that it was their fault—these cars, despite their numbers, were just scrap metal compared to the Bimong Armored Vehicles!

The combined value of these dozen or so cars was probably less than a fifth of a Bimong!

What was this aiming to achieve?

V instantly appeared on top of a Mackinaw, setting up a raccoon dog—

The first target, the commander inside the Bimong Armored Vehicle.

"You should be called the Armored Vehicle Killer from now on; this is the fourth Bimong Armored Vehicle..."

V mumbled as he pulled the trigger—

Tremendous electric energy filled the gun barrel. The squad leader commanding the battlefield felt his heart race; he glanced up uneasily and saw a terrifying sight—

Not far away, the roof of a Mackinaw suddenly emitted a blinding flash!

Bam!

The bullet pierced through the path’s most fortified front panel, then passed through the squad leader’s head—it burst like a watermelon.

The seat was left with a burned, black hole, and there was a faint blue trajectory in the air...

The commander’s voice on the communication channel abruptly stopped. The soldiers at the subway entrance saw this scene and screamed into the comms:

"Enemy attack! Twelve o’clock direction! It’s a Mackinaw! They’re using a raccoon dog!"

Only a raccoon dog could penetrate the Bimong’s armor from the front!

But what could they do? The commander was dead; no one reacted. Formation remained unchanged, leading to more chaos.

The soldiers instinctively sought cover, but it was clear they were leaderless.

Lille didn’t choose to detour to leverage the sniper rifle’s suppressive power; instead, he directly floored the gas, heading straight for the subway entrance!

V kept his eyes on those hiding behind the concrete pillars, pinning them down. The vehicle breached the blockade in an instant, and Lille raised his hand, squeezing the Yinglong’s trigger—

The soldiers thought hiding behind the concrete pillars was safe, but they didn’t realize the cameras were watching them closely!

Bullets bloomed like flowers, tracing beautiful paths through the air, hitting the enemies at their armor’s weakest points, piercing through clothing and flesh.

It even triggered an EMP pulse!

V slung the raccoon dog back, picking up an RPG instead—

Now it was time to catch them in the trap!

"RPG!"

.....

On the other side of the subway, Man’s team was frozen by the barrage of bullets, shivering behind cover.

Apart from killing one Military Science soldier at the start, they hadn’t even fired their guns!

Rebecca yelled into the comms, "Man! What now!!! You crazy bastard!"

Everyone else’s hearts were racing—

The Military Science soldiers were executing rotational firing, advancing methodically, continuously suppressing them, leaving no chance to return fire.

Soon, the firing angles would leave them with nowhere to hide!

Man gritted his teeth—a death resolve had formed within him:

At this moment, he could only believe that Burger King would really come to their aid, but until then, he had to hold on!

Man’s arm transformed, revealing a projectile launching system. He roared and extended his arm to shoot!

Boom!

The projectile exploded, spreading a massive blast among the Military Science squad—in such a confined space, explosives were highly effective.

But Military Science couldn’t use them because any damage to the subway had to be compensated to the Ye Group.

And they didn’t even need to—

The Military Science soldiers were hit by the shockwave but suffered minimal damage; after all, Man hadn’t aimed properly.

Even the nearest soldier only paused momentarily before rejoining the formation.

The worst injury came from a piece of falling concrete, dislocating one unlucky soldier’s shoulder.

The explosion caused only a brief pause in the shooting—

Conversely, an electrically propelled bullet then severed Man’s arm!

The two sharpshooters with Achilles rifles had entered the fray, and the heavy machine gunner had set up his weapon!

"Ah—damn it!"

"Man!"

The team grew more desperate as the enemy’s firepower intensified—

"Aaaah! Burger King!!!"

Boom!

An explosion erupted at the subway entrance, sending several soldiers flying from the shockwave!

An even more powerful tungsten nails round shredded the machine gunner’s body and blasted a big chunk out of the stairway!

The soldiers guarding the blockade turned around to see a big guy aiming a Sadara at them, with Jack behind him carrying a rocket launcher!

And several hand grenades were still floating in the air—

"Take this!"