A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 1156 - Chapter 1156 Chapter 792 Unexpected Discovery_2

Chapter 1156: Chapter 792: Unexpected Discovery_2 Chapter 1156: Chapter 792: Unexpected Discovery_2 “The Mantis Knife is the latest model on the market.”

Lucy knew that D never cared about cybernetic limbs and implants, so she provided the answer directly.

“They couldn’t have been on the market for more than five days, yet they’re installed on this Cybernetic Madman! That’s just impossible!”

“What did you mean by ‘as expected, there’s a problem’?”

“When I was hacking into that Cybernetic Madman’s ICE just now, I found his ICE to be extremely tough, hard to break into. According to Regina, if this Cybernetic Madman has been domineering over the wasteland for a decade, his system and firmware should be old and outdated, easily taken down! It shouldn’t be able to withstand my hacking at all!”

“To be honest, it would be strange if a Cybernetic Madman could stay alive for ten years.”

D gave his assessment and then looked at Lucy again.

“Can you lock onto his location?”

“Thankfully… the tracking chip has been installed, and he is currently moving away from us…”

“Chase after him.”

D issued the order and then glanced at Panan.

“I’ll drive this time.”

Hearing this, Panan was stunned for a moment.

“Hey, wait, that’s my car…!”

However, before Panan could finish speaking, a bright light flashed in Lucy’s eyes as she stared at her, and the next moment Panan fell silent, collapsing to the ground.

What goes around comes around; no debts in the end.

“Let’s go.”

Without even glancing at the collapsed Panan, D left the house with Lucy and rushed to the car. The next moment, with the gas pedal pressed down, the speeding off-road vehicle vanished into the sandstorm.

In this kind of weather, tracking a target was not easy. Luckily, to be on the safe side, D had casually inserted a tracking chip into the man during his apprehension. This was also to prevent these cybernetic lunatics from escaping again after waking up since Regina wanted them alive… if they got away, it would be too late to search the vast sea of people, right?

Of course, the swirling sand presented significant challenges for tracking, even car headlights couldn’t illuminate the area ahead. Despite being in the desert, there were still plenty of rocks and trees. The car often had to dodge a sudden obstacle in its path, and if D’s reactions weren’t fast enough, they would have crashed the vehicle.

“He’s just ahead… he’s stopped, the signal’s gone!”

“Screech—-!”

The off-road vehicle spun around, coming to a firm stop. In the midst of the sandstorm, a silhouette of a building resembling an abandoned gas station was faintly visible.

“Is this the place?”

“Yes, the signal disappeared right here.”

“Let’s go in and find him, he won’t escape!”

At this point, D’s curiosity had piqued. Typically, Cybernetic Madmen are lunatics that have lost their sanity, almost as if they have been consumed by Chaos like demons, with nothing but madness and bloodlust in their minds. They wouldn’t hide or run away, and would persistently tear apart any prey daring to stand in their way.

So naturally, they wouldn’t update their implants or firmware.

Then why did this guy have the latest model cybernetic weapons and an upgraded ICE firewall?

It’s unlikely he went mad just after buying a Mantis Knife.

Now that would be interesting.

The crumbling gas station in front of them seemed to have been long abandoned, everywhere in disarray and decay.

However, this was merely the surface.

The moment D pushed the door and entered the gas station, suddenly, four cylindrical turrets protruded from the ground, aiming directly at D—-!

“Beep—-!”

Simultaneously, Lucy quickly acted, causing two of the turrets to abruptly halt, then retract and close. The other two turrets hadn’t even shown their full power before D hurled the Power Hammer he had in his hand, smashing them to pieces.

“…Military-grade turrets.”

After a careful inspection, Lucy reported back to D.

“There’s still power running here, I can detect a large amount of electricity being used.”

“Anything else?”

“There seems to be a secret passage… over here.”

As she spoke, Lucy went behind the cash register at the gas station, pressing a hand against the cabinet which immediately slid open to reveal a hidden door behind it.

“Can you open it?”

“It’s a bit difficult, but I’ll try to see, this encryption is tough to crack…”

As Lucy spoke, she focused on the control panel in front of her. Blocks filled with characters appeared and vanished in front of her, and after a moment, Lucy finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“It’s unlocked!”

“Ding—-!”

With Lucy’s words, the securely closed door in front of them opened, revealing a pristine white elevator shaft.

“Let’s take a look inside.”

As D spoke, he walked in, with Lucy hesitating a moment before following. She wasn’t stupid; at this stage, it was clear that this was no ordinary Cybernetic Madman. From the current situation, it was very likely there was a secret behind this man, and this secret was probably related to a corporation.

Hm? Why would you ask that?

It’s simple, apart from corporations, who else would have the funds to build a secret research facility beneath an abandoned gas station?

“Do you think this Cybernetic Madman could have built a research base down there?”

D leaned against the wall, looking at Lucy who shook her head in response.

“Impossible, this kind of setup is definitely the work of a corporation… Look, D, should we really keep going? Getting involved with corporations is nothing good…”

“I don’t care.”

D shook his head.

“We’ve come this far, let’s see what kind of ghosts they’re playing with here.”

“…”

Hearing D’s reply, Lucy sighed in resignation. She had no other choice.

“Ding—–”

At that moment, the elevator came to a stop, and a dark door blocked their path. The door itself was unremarkable, what was interesting were the patterns and text depicted on it.

“Arasaka…”

Seeing the symbol in front of her, Lucy’s complexion turned pale as she stepped back involuntarily, while D glanced at her briefly.

“Scared?”

“Are you kidding me? How many in Night City aren’t afraid of Arasaka?”

“Huh, I’m not.”

“…are we really going in?”

“Of course, we’ve made it this far.”

Facing Lucy’s persistent question once more, D huffed lightly and stepped forward. Meanwhile, the scanner at the door began to prepare for an identity scan.

However, before the scan could be completed, D picked up the Power Hammer and brought it down heavily on Arasaka Corporation’s sturdy door.

“Tribunal, open the door!”

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