Chapter 181 - 165: Ready to Go

There were many ghost towns in the Evil Land, some of which were built for oil extraction, but when the oil ran out, people fled.

Others were developed by developers with grand dreams, only to be abandoned when they realized they couldn’t make money.

Some were original farming villages that, due to various reasons, could no longer cultivate land, causing the farmers to disappear.

Now these former farmers and workers, now outlaws, gather in such a ghost town.

Bang.

Pan’an closed the door, walking as if she was about to take off.

"It’s been so long since I’ve had such a thrilling job—Sol, see, I told you we should’ve gone back to our old line of work!"

"It’s not time to judge whether it was worth it or not."

"Worth it or not? Look at these four armored vehicles; with some modifications, they could be used as main vehicles. The armor, the engines!

I’ve heard someone down south got a Bimong from somewhere, now we’ve got something good too!"

"Vehicles can’t help us through hard times; what we need are weapons and supplies..."

Sol remained calm, but soon Cedric got out of the car and said: "Sol, look at that stern face of yours, if I were your people, I’d slap you right awake! It’s just the beginning!"

Instinctively, everyone looked up, making Sol uncomfortable—

Do they really want to slap me?

"...But indeed, it was a fruitful harvest, just that there’s no turning back now."

Cedric poked Sol with a cane: "Come on, city folks always see us as criminals, this time makes no difference."

Then he waved his cane towards the young men of his tribe: "No matter what this Adkaduo Elder says—

I’m telling you, you’re badass! Keep it up!"

The young men of Red Ochre were still savoring the carjacking earlier, and when they heard Cedric’s voice, they instantly shouted!

"Badass!"

"...Dumbasses, but I like it." Pan’an laughed with folded arms and then stood beside Sol, saying sarcastically, "Shame we have a clan leader here who likes to oppose everything."

Sol gave a disapproving look, then looked ahead.

"The cars are here—let’s see what we’ve got."

West Tuan led two Columbus Freight vehicles with their bumpers falling off into town—

When the cars stopped, they made a "caw—" sound like a dying mule, then spewed black smoke.

This scene was rather worrisome...

But the cars weren’t worth much; the key was the cargo inside.

And the cargo inside was enough to shock these penniless Wanderers.

Lille stood by the munitions, starting to distribute guns.

"Get a couple of guys who can modify cars to mount the MK31s."

"These Ajax rifles, distribute them. Military models, equipped with experimental plugins from high-tech munitions that speed up firing as the barrel heats up, a bit ammo-heavy, but these military-grade rounds are more powerful than what you’re used to."

"Sadrar Conversion Model, using armor-piercing shotgun shells, not great against vehicles, but very effective against Subdermal Armor—there’s also an armor-piercing slug version here, very powerful, someone strong to handle it."

Navi raised his hand: "I’ll take it. The clan leader needs to be at the front, right?"

Lille looked surprised but nodded: "Alright, it’s yours. Be careful, it’s very powerful. Most car armor can’t withstand this, but the recoil is intense."

Navi nodded: "I’ll use it well."

Then came various anti-armor weapons, heavy firepower, and anti-air missiles.

Ammunition, hand grenades, and explosive devices were distributed last, arming them to the teeth.

Besides weapons, this batch of gear included a sufficient amount of bullet-proof armor—

Wearing this armor, then putting on helmets...

Mounting the MK31 on the vehicle would make it an infantry fighting vehicle.

Armored vehicles in the lead, vehicles equipped with MK31 machine guns as infantry fighting vehicles, using drones as information terminals for information-based warfare, providing battlefield information and remote hacking channels.

It felt like a real army.

Once they broke into the Chaotic Blade Association’s stronghold, they could throw hand grenades and SPH explosive launchers for cover, even if they had drones, they could disrupt them with Electromagnetic Pulse Hand Grenades.

Taking down the Chaotic Blade Association’s stronghold would be easy.

Even if they encountered military technology units, they could still pull out the recoil-free M5 Rocket Launcher for anti-armor, and if helicopters or floating cars came...

They had ground-to-air missiles.

Lille actually hoped military technology’s aerial units would show up so they could give them a head-on blow.

With the goods in hand, the Wanderers quickly began modifying vehicles, and Lille himself needed to tweak his own car.

He still had two Eight-Star Gun Intelligent Shotguns—the specialty high explosive bombs were used up, but they had no shortage of shotgun shells.

Besides fetching supplies from Dog Town, David brought some intelligent ammo from Cheson for Zhuo’s shotgun.

With finished products and blueprints, Lille could adjust ammo himself with technician gloves.

Lille slapped the Eight-Star Guns onto both sides of West Tuan’s car, then jumped off to shout at the mechanics still testing the vehicle-mounted machine guns:

"We have one hour to adjust the equipment, we launch the assault after sunset—move faster!"

Lille walked over to Man David and the others fixing cars: "This time, not bad, despite some hiccups."

Transaction: -80,000 euros

Account balance: 55,648 euros

"Thanks, big brother!"

David was so excited after receiving the money that he bowed.

The onlookers found it strange—Lille also felt awkward: "Kid, can you act normal? I’m not some corporate dog from Arasaka!"

"Uh... so what should I say?"

Lille held his forehead: "Do your job and get paid, you need to thank me for that? Forget it... fix the cars and head back, you’re done here."

"I..."

David wanted to say something, but Lucy quickly covered his mouth—

"Then we’ll be going..."

However, behind them, Man stood up: "There’s no work in the city right now—looks like you’re planning a big job, and you can’t find people, why not continue working together?"

Lille raised an eyebrow: "Are you sure?"

Man nodded, and the rest of the team agreed.

No joke—after the last mission, they spent a fortune on medical bills, and they still had car loans... if they didn’t take on work, they would starve.

Seeing his situation, Lille stroked his chin: "The city’s situation is that bad?"

Man nodded: "Very bad, Cyberspace is chaotic, but we’re not lone wolf hackers, we have to find work."

Honestly, Man’s team was well-equipped and quite strong.

Adding David and Lucy...

Lille looked at the two.

Lucy waved her hand: "We’ll pass... it looks dangerous."

"Very dangerous—look around, the goods you just transported are all restricted military items, two full trucks worth.

I won’t lie to you, we do need people, if you join, the reward is 120,000 euros."

Still a very tempting reward—

Lucy bit her nails, hesitant.

Qi Wei, who had been quiet, raised her hand and said to Man: "Shouldn’t we know what we’re doing?"

Lille chuckled: "You’re not fools—look around, what do you think I’m planning?

I’m going to war, against the Chaotic Blade Association—if military technology can’t see, we’ll take them on too. Now you’ve heard, you can’t leave till dark.

Make up your minds—no bargaining, you think the previous 80,000 was hard to earn?"

War? Against the Chaotic Blade Association? Military technology?

This news was overwhelming.

In large-scale conflicts, a mercenary’s prosthetics couldn’t compensate for the firepower gap of rockets and thermal weapons.

And the opponent has military tech?

"I think this is suicidal." Qi Wei said bluntly, "Fighting the most battle-hardened company, you guys have guts."

Man looked at his newly replaced ordinary prosthetic hand and said slowly:

"But it’s also a way to make money, big money opportunities are rare—who doesn’t want a big job? This one’s dangerous, but I want to do it, I want to go further.

Higher, faster, stronger... that’s the life of a mercenary, let’s vote."

Pila was the first to agree: "Let’s do it—this money will get us new prosthetics!"

Rebecca scratched her head with her gun: "I agree too."

Dolly patted Man’s shoulder with a hearty smile: "I’m always with you."

In this environment, Qi Wei sighed: "Alright, I’d be bored otherwise, I vote yes, but only for hacking."

With five major fighters on board, Lille looked at David and Lucy: "Do you two plan to go solo or...?"

The two exchanged glances, hesitant—

"Ahem."

West Tuan’s car window slowly rolled down, and Lille looked at the mysterious V inside with puzzled eyes.

V sat coolly in the car, speaking with a deep voice:

"Think carefully, kid, an unknown pawn, or fame and fortune?"

David immediately covered Lucy’s mouth: "We’re in!"