There was a lot of content at the press conference, but most of it was meaningless talk.
It also had nothing to do with the ordinary citizens of Night City.
This press conference could be said to have been specifically prepared by Luoqi for the companies in Night City.
The purpose was to tell them that Ascension Technology was going to do things differently, that we are not just a pharmaceutical company.
Don't be too surprised if Ascension Technology brings out something else in the future.
The demonstration of the Marvin Robot proved that Ascension Technology wasn't just talking.
This preemptive shot was given to those companies to facilitate Ascension Technology's expansion plan.
After the press conference was held, Ascension Technology officially began its territorial expansion.
With the financial support from its good brother Arasaka, the expansion of Ascension Technology's industrial park went very smoothly, and was even built larger than originally planned.
Inside the factory, Marvin Robots were constantly being built one after another, and then placed into different positions within Ascension Technology.
However, this behavior was sharply criticized by many media outlets that did not receive "sponsorship" from Ascension Technology.
They claimed that Ascension Technology was going to great lengths to produce robots, but the actual robot maintenance cost might be higher than the original labor cost, calling it a waste of effort.
They said that Ascension Technology's foray into the robot manufacturing industry this time was a failure.
And under such public opinion, Ascension Technology still produced these robots with great enthusiasm.
Although what these media said was completely correct, they never considered.
What a terrifying frenzy these seemingly failed Marvin Robots would stir up in Night City in the future.
....
Ascension Technology.
In a room next to the laboratory.
This place was set up as a boxing ring by Luoqi.
Luoqi, Lao Wei, and Jack all kept the habit of boxing and often scheduled matches here.
Although there is a significant difference in the strength of the three now, as long as they control it a bit, it does not affect their enjoyment of the pleasure brought by boxing.
And today, besides the boxing trio, there was a new person here.
That person was Marvin.
Since Marvin was manufactured, except for running various upgrades and enhancements, he spent the rest of his time in the laboratory as Lao Wei's assistant.
It's no exaggeration to say that Marvin was raised by Lao Wei himself.
And Lao Wei naturally taught Marvin boxing techniques, just as he did with Luoqi back then.
Lao Wei even specially made a boxing glove component for Marvin, which could be installed on Marvin's hand, making him look like he was wearing boxing gloves.
This glove was connected to Marvin's system, and there was also Marvin's distinctive expression display screen on the back of the hand.
Marvin also liked this glove very much.
At this moment, on the boxing ring, Lao Wei and Marvin were enthusiastically exchanging punches.
But after a while, Lao Wei was defeated.
Although Marvin had limited his power output to the same level as Lao Wei.
His vibranium body made Lao Wei completely helpless against him.
Almost all the kinetic energy hitting him was absorbed. Let alone knocking Marvin down, it was difficult to even push him back.
Not to mention that robots don't have the weaknesses of humans; their whole body is a solid piece of metal.
In terms of technique, Marvin's learning ability also allowed him to surpass Lao Wei in this short period of time.
"Can't fight, can't fight."
Lao Wei admitted defeat wholeheartedly.
"Hey, this guy is too much of a cheat, I'll go have a go at him."
Seeing Lao Wei step out of the boxing ring, Jack immediately wanted to go up and test Marvin's strength.
Facing Jack, Marvin couldn't be as relaxed as when he fought Lao Wei.
Jack had undergone two rounds of serum enhancement, both focused on physical strength, so his power was not on the same level as Lao Wei's.
The properties of vibranium could no longer allow Marvin to ignore Jack's heavy punches.
Soon, the two engaged in a back-and-forth battle.
Luoqi, below the stage, was also watching this scene with great interest.
And at this moment, Lisandra brought Luoqi some bad news.
"Another attack incident..."
Luoqi looked at the information displayed on the panel, his brows slightly furrowed.
Just now, Ascension Technology's raw material transport team was attacked by the Six Street Gang.
And this was already the eighth attack incident in the past few days.
In just these few days, various attack incidents targeting Ascension Technology have emerged one after another.
From transport teams to company employees, and even the company's industrial park, all have been attacked to varying degrees.
The attacking teams were made up of mercenaries from Night City and also gangs from Night City.
Among them, the Six Street Gang was the most active.
Clearly, some people were getting anxious.
The Cyberpunk incident not only made Arasaka realize the importance of the serum.
There was another company in this vortex, and that was Military Technology.
Military Technology also realized the terrifying nature of the serum in this incident.
As Arasaka's arch-nemesis, Military Technology was very clear about the consequences if Ascension Technology and Arasaka were allowed to develop like this.
So Military Technology became anxious and began to spread a large number of commissions targeting Ascension Technology, as an appetizer for dealing with Ascension Technology.
And the attack incidents that have occurred in the past few days were naturally the work of Military Technology.
Although these attack incidents basically did not cause much actual damage to Ascension Technology.
Many were handled by the Special Operations Department.
But as the attack incidents targeting Ascension Technology became more and more frequent, Jack and the others were clearly getting overwhelmed.
And Luoqi simply told Jack and the others to stop bothering with these attack incidents.
Dealing with these annoying mercenaries and gangs, like mosquitoes, was too time-consuming and laborious for just Jack and a few others.
Moreover, even if they were dealt with, it would not be possible to curb the occurrence of more attack incidents.
These mosquitoes would only become more and more numerous.
Facing such a situation, Luoqi chose to send a gift to these gangs and mercenaries targeting Ascension Technology, as well as Military Technology.
A special big gift.
After giving Lisandra an instruction, Luoqi stopped paying attention to the attack incidents.
Instead, he turned his attention back to Jack and Marvin who were fighting in the ring.
Today was one of the rare days when a few of them gathered to box, and Luoqi didn't want to miss the fun of boxing by being distracted.
In the ring, Jack and Marvin went back and forth.
Their strength was not much different, and Jack could also defend against Marvin's heavy punches in terms of resistance to blows.
So the two had been fighting for a long time without a clear winner.
Under the light from above, Jack's muscles were clearly defined.
On the other side, as a robot, Marvin also had a unique metallic sheen on his body.
However, upon closer inspection, one would notice four neat scratches on Marvin's right metal arm, as if torn by sharp claws, which somewhat damaged his inherent aesthetic beauty at this moment.
And this flaw was accidentally caused when he was teasing a dog in the laboratory not long ago...
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