Players Invade Cyberpunk-Chapter 853 - 276: Ironman Rebellion

It's not that no one wants to save Adam's Hammer, but Huang Ban's special forces clearly underestimated the number of players and their determination to kill Adam's Hammer. Several breakthroughs failed to bear fruit, and they could only watch helplessly as Adam's Hammer was buried alive by more and more exoskeleton warriors.

Even their own situation became precarious due to more and more players arriving. Never mind helping Adam's Hammer, there was a constant risk of being wiped out.

They reported the situation on-site to Huang Ban's Action Department at the rear. Although Albertson was dead, what Huang Ban lacked the least was people. Apart from the Huang Ban Sanlang family, there were endless replacements for any position.

However, Adam's Hammer's death shocked Huang Ban's board of directors greatly.

In the past, during peacetime operations between corporations, special operations were carried out by squads, involving decapitation assassinations, bombings, and intelligence theft, with the number of people engaged in combat usually not exceeding 50.

Adam's Hammer, with such top-tier combat strength, always had the upper hand in battles with these numbers, even a Military Science special squad had no solution against him.

But the players showed Huang Ban with their actions, Sir, the times have changed.

This was the first time in decades that someone in Night City had mobilized over 1,500 armed forces in less than a day, directly raising the scale by two magnitudes.

Don't be fooled by the brotherly facade among gangs every day; the number of people who can truly be pulled out to fight won't exceed four digits.

Not only did they simultaneously massacre the high-level leaders of four gangs in Night City along with numerous strongholds, but they also found enough manpower to surround and kill Adam's Hammer.

They demonstrated astonishing tactical organizational ability, reaction speed, and combat will.

If previously everyone still considered Horizon Corporation as a fledgling tech company like Zeta Technology, using a few advanced technologies to court funds and develop, now they had to admit that Horizon Corporation's fists were not as soft as they anticipated.

After all, although Big Sur was previously bustling with action—word had it that Huang Ban suffered a major loss—without any firsthand experience, there was a lack of direct perception, so few took it seriously. Even among Huang Ban's upper echelons, many thought the Chaotic Blade Association was too inept to use Huang Ban's high-tech, leading to their failure.

And now they experienced firsthand what it means that counter-terrorism only requires a list, not a reason.

In the virtual meeting, several directors watched the entire battle through the special forces' prosthetic eyes.

"Really is..."

"This guy's failure has entirely lost Huang Ban's dignity..."

Some wanted to curse Adam's Hammer as useless, but it was clear to the observant that the failure was not his fault; it was purely because none of his opponents acted human.

Moreover, now that he's dead, how can blame still be pursued?

"If only the development of Artificial Body King Kong could be faster, maybe the outcome of this battle could change."

"Pinning hope on a weapon that hasn't yet left the lab, you really are naive."

"And the guy who got killed by Adam's Hammer—is he really human? Tanaka, can your technical department do it?"

The technical department director who was called out was already drenched in sweat, as only those who understood technology could see the kind of monsters Adam's Hammer was up against.

"Theoretically... it's feasible, but the cost of practical application is very high. To have the nervous system quickly adapt to a new body, a pre-connection for debugging is necessary. There's no reason to use it on this... trash, and for someone with a normal human brain, it's impossible to voluntarily undergo such an experiment..."

Trash doesn't refer to Tutu, but to the body Tutu spliced together with ordinary prosthetics; even if overclocked, in the eyes of the technical department, it's non-recyclable material.

Why would humans use such top-notch technology on this?

It's akin to using a gigabyte supercomputer to draw small yellow books; in terms of action, it belongs to an abstract style comparable to Van Gogh's.

Tanaka then isolated some video footage: "And those special weapons used by people, I suspect that many of them are untested black market goods, possibly experimental high-risk products released by military technology and Kangtao. At least Huang Ban doesn't dare to insert unstable plasma into bodies... Only someone insane would do such a thing."

Tanaka could only say that when it comes to not being humane, the military scientists definitely take the cake.

One dares to give; the other dares to use. It's like the meeting of the Wolong and Phoenix Chick.

Upon hearing Tanaka's explanation, many directors' cerebral cortex folds suddenly unfolded.

So this is what it was?

I said, how could the always invincible Adam's Hammer lose to a bunch of lunatics?

Mizuki, who hadn't said anything all along, looked at these people and sighed slightly in her heart.

Do they really not know why?

How could that be possible?

But humans are creatures that constantly look for excuses for their mistakes. Rather than believe Adam's Hammer died at the hands of an emerging company and street mercenaries, they'd rather believe Adam's Hammer was killed by the machinations of Military Science and Kangtao.

Convincing others doesn't matter; convincing yourself is enough.

The board didn't intend to rescue the Tiger Claw Gang's high-level leaders, but they couldn't just let everyone watch World Corporation crush the Tiger Claw Gang.

Where is this about slapping the Tiger Claw Gang's face?

This is completely about spanking Mizuki's behind!

So even though an exchange of interests was reached with Lin Miao, the formalities still needed to be completed, letting Adam's Hammer beat the players of Horizon Corporation over again, at least Huang Ban needed to save face.