Chapter 167 Crash!

[Damn... V, don't believe what that agent says. This woman doesn't look good at first glance. Be careful or she'll use you as a tool.]

Although Song Zhaomei blocked Johnny Silverhand in the Relic chip before communicating with V, Johnny still heard the entire conversation between V and Song Zhaomei.

When he learned that V seemed to be interested in the conditions proposed by Song Zhaomei, he couldn't help but feel anxious. It was such an obvious scam, V couldn't fall for it so easily!
"Johnny, I know I can't completely believe what Song Zhaomei said, but I could only pretend to be interested in her conditions, otherwise you and I would probably be plotted against by Song Zhaomei."

When V learned that Song Zhaomei was on the Kongtian-1 airship several thousand meters high, he felt somewhat surprised.

After all, under normal circumstances, the effective hacking range of a network hacker is only a few dozen meters, or at most five hundred meters. This is the first time V has seen someone hacking from a height of several thousand meters like Song Zhaomei.

What's more, Song Zhaomei's hacking method can ignore the AI ​​White Queen's defensive counterattack, which means that as long as Song Zhaomei wants, she can easily take her life at any time!

In this situation where the gap in strength between the enemy and us is too great, V can only stabilize Song Zhaomei first. If he makes the other party angry, Song Zhaomei will burn his brain out in minutes.

[Hmm... you're right. So what are your plans now? Do you want to go to the open-pit mine and work for Song Zhaomei, or leave now? ]

Johnny also realized that his words and actions just now seemed a bit reckless, and might even kill V, but he really didn't want to see V and Song Zhaomei get involved.

If he were asked to handle this matter, Johnny would follow the clues to find Song Zhaomei's location and then shoot the bitch.

There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world. There are only inexplicable and unexpected disasters.

Johnny knew at a glance that Song Zhaomei, a disaster star of the CIA, had no good intentions and anyone who helped her would be in trouble!

"Let me report the situation here to Mr. Leon first," V said after thinking for a moment.

He is now accustomed to reporting to Li Ang first when he encounters trouble.

This is not because V intends to use this to show his loyalty to Li Ang and facilitate his own promotion in the LA company.

But the size of LA companies today is already incredibly large, and Li Ang knows countless big shots and corporate forces.

In this situation where multiple forces are intertwined, V may choose the wrong answer if he is not careful, and the price of making the wrong choice may not be something he can afford.

After careful consideration, he decided to report the situation directly to Li Ang, who knew everything, and seek help, so as to avoid making wrong choices as much as possible.

[Tsk! You have really changed your personality now. Previously, when I asked you to do something for the LA company, you were somewhat reluctant.]

[Now, whenever you run into trouble, you report it to Li Ang immediately. It seems that you have become accustomed to being a secret agent of the company. ]

Johnny Silverhand smiled jokingly at V, saying that the environment had a greater assimilation effect on people than he had imagined.

It hasn't been long since then, and V has slowly transformed from a rebellious wanderer into a dedicated corporate agent. Nothing can escape the law of true fragrance.

"Now the entire Night City is almost the property of LA Company. What's the point of worrying about these trivial matters?"

V responded to Johnny unhappily.

Human power is destined to be unable to defeat nature.

Since there is no way to resist the invasion of corporate forces on the world, it is not a bad thing to join the most powerful company.

Immediately, V called Li Ang and told him everything that had just happened, including the fact that Song Zhaomei was able to hack into his system.

When Li Ang learned that Song Zhaomei had actually found V and asked him to do something for her in exchange for the AI ​​neural matrix, he immediately realized that Song Zhaomei had reached some kind of cooperation with Hansen.

"Song Zhaomei, this clever bird, actually tried to cooperate with a dog town warlord like Kurt Hansen, and wanted to escape from the cage of the United Intelligence Bureau by this method, but it won't work."

Li Ang seemed to be thinking about something.

Although V did not provide him much information, Li Ang quickly guessed Song Zhaomei's real purpose, that she needed an AI neural matrix device to cure her illness.

But Song Zhaomei was worried that LA Company and New America were in cahoots, so she set her sights on the neural matrix devices of other companies.

Apart from LA companies, only top European companies can manufacture AI neural matrix devices.

If nothing unexpected happens, the force that manipulated Song Zhaomei to betray President Miles is most likely a European consortium, and the warlord Hansen of Dog Town is just one of the black gloves.

Their goal was to kill or imprison Miles Rosalind in order to prevent New America's troops from continuing to advance westward.

But Song Zhaomei had already reached a deal with Hansen, but she still wanted to bring in the outsider V, which shows that Song Zhaomei didn't want Miles to fall into Hansen's hands.

The only purpose of V's appearance in this game is to muddy the waters. Only by doing so can Song Zhaomei take advantage of the chaos and get her own AI neural matrix device as she wishes.

She's trying to fool everyone!
'This lark has finally made it this far, but Miles... must be trapped in Dogtown!'

Li Ang already had a clear idea of ​​how to deal with the situation in his mind. Since he happened to catch up with the drama of imprisoning the president, he might as well intervene and support the puppet president of LA Company!

Thinking of this, Li Ang slowly spoke to V:

[You can follow Song Zhaomei to do things. If you encounter any troubles that you can't make up your mind about, report to me immediately.]

Leon's reply surprised V because he had the same idea as Johnny, thinking that there was no need for him to get involved in this dispute.

But Li Ang wanted to follow Song Zhaomei to do some unclear things, and V realized that Li Ang seemed to know some news, but this time he didn't tell him.

"Okay, then I'll go to the open-pit mine to meet Song Zhaomei now." V responded.

Since Li Ang was not going to explain things clearly to him, it meant that the matter was rather complicated and as a chess piece, the less he knew, the better.

[Well, I have now remotely upgraded the AI ​​White Queen's system. Next time Song Zhaomei contacts you, you won't feel any pain.]

[In addition, you can directly use the White Queen to send me encrypted messages. ]

Li Ang knew how Song Zhaomei got in touch with V. She used the highly authorized Black Wall protocol to directly hack into V's Relic chip and projected herself into V's mind. If this was replaced with a normal ICE protocol intrusion, Song Zhaomei would be attacked by the AI ​​White Queen in a matter of minutes.

But if it is the Black Wall Protocol, the situation is different.

Because Black Wall itself is a kind of AI, its level specifications are far stronger than the current AI White Queen, so Song Zhaomei can use the more advanced Black Wall ICE to invade V's brain.

However, by doing this, Song Zhaomei is taking a huge gamble with her own life. If she fails and fails to get the AI ​​neural matrix device she wants, death will be the end that awaits her!

The impact of data flow from the black wall will cause Song Zhaomei's entire body prosthesis to short-circuit, and eventually her brain will be cooked due to the overload of data.

But even so, Song Zhaomei was willing to risk her life to reach a deal with Hansen, which is enough to show the extent of Miles' control over her.

I would rather pay the price of my life to escape from the cage of the CIA.

"Okay, I know what to do!"

After getting Leon's nod of permission, V immediately set out for the open-pit mine in Dog Town. It would be more accurate to say that this place is a huge abandoned site rather than a mine.

In an abandoned site full of electronic waste, a half-broken nuclear-powered submarine was stuck upside down in the ruins. The nuclear power plant of this submarine was the source of electricity used by Dog Town now.

[This place is quite unique. At least you can see the sky. The black market inside is full of smoky and foul smells. Even if I hide in your mind, I can feel a sense of discomfort.]

Johnny Silverhand's figure emerged, and just as he was about to appreciate the blue sky, he suddenly saw countless newspapers falling from the sky.

"What is this."

V, who also noticed the unusual situation, reacted in the same way as the passers-by around him. He curiously picked up the fallen newspaper and took a closer look.

When the people around saw the content in the newspaper that the New American troops were about to flatten Night City and wipe out the rebels in the city, they just silently threw away the newspaper, as if they didn't take the matter seriously at all.

V stared at the contents of the newspaper in amazement. If the New American army captured Night City, at least half of the people in the city would run away!
"I wonder what Mr. Leon would think of this matter. Would he allow Miles to drive New America's tanks into Night City?"

V felt more and more confused about the current situation. Song Zhaomei asked him to come here and wait for her. It was impossible that she just wanted him to read these newspapers.

[Hehe, our boss Leon is the big winner behind this. Miles spent money to buy so many arms orders for LA Company. No matter whether this war is won or lost, LA Company will not lose.]

Johnny Silverhand was not worried at all whether Night City would be invaded by war. After all, this was the territory of LA Company. Miles wanted to find someone to vent his anger, and at most he would take the warlords of Dog Town as his target to vent his anger.

As for Night City's municipal center, Watson District and other urban areas, Johnny believed that Leon would not allow these soldiers to come in and cause damage.

After all, these are all the company's property. If Miles dares to destroy the company's property, he must be crazy and intend to fall out with Leon.

But as a shrewd politician, Miles would never take the initiative to conflict with Leon over the handling of issues in Night City.

"Song Zhaomei said that she would contact us when we got to the open-pit mine, but now we can't see her. This is really strange."

Just as V looked around, trying to find Song Zhaomei, he suddenly heard a rumbling sound in the sky, accompanied by Song Zhaomei's hurried voice.

"V, I'm very grateful that you trusted me and came here to help me, but the situation is very critical now, I have to..."

Before Song Zhaomei could finish her words, the communication was automatically disconnected, and V also noticed that the rumbling sound coming from the sky was getting louder and louder.

He looked up and found that a huge airship was descending at a very fast speed.

Looking at the airship engraved with the NUSA logo, V immediately realized that this was the Kongtian-1 airship that Song Zhaomei had mentioned!
"Song Zhaomei, what's going on over there? Damn... why did you stop talking halfway through? What the hell is going on?"

Just as V was about to take a few steps outside and try to resume communication with Song Zhaomei, a "meteor" launched from nowhere came towards the Kongtian-1 in a strange trajectory.

That was a smart-seeking missile launched by the Dog Town rebels!

boom……! !

The Kongtian-1, which was already in an emergency landing state, suddenly lost control after being attacked by the missile and quickly fell towards V.

Sparks flickered continuously and danced on the Sky-Sky No. 1 airship. The huge body quickly pressed the air, making terrifying vibrations and roars, making V feel that everything around him was shaking.

[Fuck...V, get out of the way! This airship is going to crash!]

Johnny Silverhand shouted at the top of his lungs. He knew that the bitch agent Song Zhaomei had no good intentions. She actually tricked V here to crash into the airship.

This is simply insane!

In an emergency, V retreated hastily, created some distance in time, and quickly found a suitable shelter, then lay down behind it.

The falling Kongtian-1 made a whistling sound as it flew straight over V's head and slammed into an unfinished building not far behind V.

The large unfinished shopping mall built of reinforced concrete was pierced through by the Kongtian-1 airship like a piece of tender tofu. Fortunately, the airship did not explode and cause secondary damage.

[Oh my god, the KT-1 crashed?! ]

Looking at the wreckage of the airship not far away, Johnny Silverhand immediately realized that this matter was far more complicated than he had imagined.

The only thing he was sure of was that Song Zhaomei must have concealed some key information.

[V, Sky One was President Miles's personal vehicle. Maybe Miles himself was in that airship. Now that the airship has crashed, maybe Miles is dead too!]

V doesn't care about President Miles' life or death now. He just wants to know what's going on with Song Zhaomei. If Song Zhaomei dies, then he will be fine.

"Song Zhaomei, are you still alive? If you hear me, reply immediately!" V called the other person's name and quickly rushed to the ruins.

Since the Sky-One airship was shot down by the rebels in Dog Town, it means that the person who targeted this airship is most likely Kurt Hansen, the warlord leader of Dog Town!
(End of this chapter)