Rebecca's little head wasn't dumb, and she quickly grasped the main point of what Lisandra said.
"You mean Faraday is looking for scapegoats for Military Technology?
How dangerous would it be if Mann and his team took this job?"
"The survival rate is no more than 5%, with a high probability of total annihilation." This was Lisandra's assessment.
Hearing Lisandra say this, Rebecca didn't doubt the judgment of the top-tier artificial intelligence.
Instead, she immediately motioned for Mann not to take this deadly job.
"This is a trap. The transport team says it's Arasaka's high-end weapons. Military Technology is looking for scapegoats to go first. This job is a dead end from beginning to end."
Returning to the present, Rebecca stated the reason.
Seeing Rebecca say this, Mann nodded.
The current Rebecca works at Ascension Technology, and Ascension Technology is a partner company of Arasaka.
It was also very reasonable for her to know some inside information.
"This damn Faraday, he must know the situation. This animal wants to kill us." Mann couldn't help but curse loudly.
Mann wasn't wrong; Faraday indeed knew this job was a certain death situation.
Arasaka was planning to lure out Military Technology's army.
Kate, who was in charge of this incident, smartly chose to bribe middlemen connected to Military Technology and have them spread the news.
And unsurprisingly, the agent who received Kate's order eventually found Faraday.
There weren't many famous middlemen in Night City, and among those with close ties to Military Technology, Faraday was undoubtedly the one.
And facing the conditions offered by Arasaka, Faraday also gladly accepted.
The current Faraday, having successfully completed the Tanaka incident job, had not lost Military Technology's trust.
So he hadn't completely sided with Arasaka, but simply held the idea of making money whenever possible and took on the job Arasaka gave him.
From the start, Faraday knew this was a trap; Arasaka was testing Cyberpunk.
While collecting the money given by Arasaka, he leaked the information to Military Technology according to Arasaka's plan.
At the same time, he took on Military Technology's job, helping them find scapegoats who could go first.
A typical case of playing both sides.
Sending these mercenaries to their deaths against Cyberpunk didn't hinder him from collecting Military Technology's job payment.
In fact, he could get even more.
Skilled at scheming and utterly profit-driven, Faraday displayed this to the fullest.
He never cared whether the mercenaries lived or died.
What he needed was money, power, and the ladder to climb to the upper echelons of the corporation.
The gears of fate turned and turned back to the starting point.
History is always astonishingly similar; Arasaka's Cyberpunk was once again preparing to meet Military Technology.
Only this time, David wasn't the center of the incident, but Maine's team nearly became the unlucky ones.
But don't forget, the person who turned the gears of fate is still here.
...
Ascension Technology.
When Lisandra probed the contents of Faraday's chip.
Luoqi here had already received the news simultaneously.
Looking at the intelligence Lisandra provided, this familiar scene, Luoqi naturally understood what had happened.
"Cyberpunk, huh... It seems Arasaka has found a suitable test subject."
Tapping his fingers lightly on the desk, Luoqi pondered the cause of the incident.
Luoqi wasn't surprised by the appearance of Cyberpunk.
Although Luoqi had kidnapped David beforehand, preventing him from being targeted by Arasaka.
But his Advanced Soldier Serum had provided Arasaka with countless Davids.
This made it reasonable for Cyberpunk to appear and cause trouble.
Luoqi had asked Lisandra to pay attention to matters concerning Cyberpunk.
But honestly, he wasn't that interested in Cyberpunk now.
Cyberpunk certainly looked like a good weapon on the battlefield.
But in terms of individual combat, it seemed less effective.
In a one-on-one fight, it couldn't even beat Adam Smasher, which was truly a bit embarrassing.
As for its performance on the battlefield, it was actually just so-so.
Fighting ordinary armies was fine; the efficiency of clearing small fry was quite high.
But if it encountered a vibranium mechanical legion that could withstand its gravity field, I wouldn't even know how it would fight.
Let alone how you would react when I pull out BT.
However, having said that, Cyberpunk is somewhat of an important event, and it would be too boring not to participate.
After all, a yearly spectacle like Cyberpunk versus Military Technology isn't easy to come across.
And it's also time to deal with this guy Faraday.
...
Outside Night City.
This area known as the Badlands.
Endless dry shrubs grew on the plains covered in yellow sand.
Such a harsh environment also made the Badlands sparsely populated.
In Night City, not many residents were willing to set foot in the Badlands.
Besides the few nomadic tribes living there, only gangs who specialized in robbing corporate transport convoys were active here.
And at this moment, on these Badlands.
A group of desperadoes was concealed on one side of the highway.
They were fully armed, carrying large weapons.
But their mismatched gear and clothing different from the Badlands residents also indicated their identity.
Undoubtedly, they were mercenaries from Night City.
They had been waiting here since early on.
And before long, excitement flashed in their eyes.
Their target had appeared.
On the highway, a convoy bearing the Arasaka Group logo was continuously advancing along the road.
The convoy wasn't large, but it consisted of the most top-tier armed transport vehicles.
The large transport truck in the very center, surrounded by others, was protected to the extreme.
It was hard not to guess what kind of big item was loaded inside.
Just as the Arasaka convoy passed the mercenary team.
That group of mercenaries let out excited howls, floored the accelerator, and charged towards the Arasaka convoy.
"Woohoo! Charge!"
This was the biggest job of their lives.
After completing this job, countless amounts of money would be theirs.
How could this not make them crazy?
In the Arasaka convoy, the armed forces immediately reacted upon seeing vehicles approaching from the flank.
Although they didn't know what they were transporting, nor did they know that someone was targeting their team.
But transporting goods in a place like the Badlands, they had long been prepared to encounter robbers; this was arguably the most normal thing in the Badlands.
On one side were mercenaries driven mad by the sky-high reward, and on the other were Arasaka troops fighting for their jobs and lives.
The two sides quickly engaged.
But clearly, Arasaka, as the overlord of Night City, had its top-tier armed transport unit, which was not something any small fry could challenge.
Let alone the rotten goods Faraday had found on short notice.
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