Chapter 394: Fire Clash in the Rain
Raindrops rushed past the car window, hitting the car body and splashing scattered water.
Tilan looked at the bustling city outside the window and her vague reflection on the glass. Many thoughts passed through her mind. A faint tension and expectation rose in her heart. She closed her eyes slightly and recalled this feeling.
It seemed that there was a time a long time ago when her sister took her out on a rainy day. They took the elevator and came to the ground of Arpeggio City.
The gray sky, the rapidly falling raindrops, the world was noisy and quiet, and the smell of water vapor and soil hit her face.
If her parents were around, they would definitely not allow her to wander and play in the rain, because the rain in the rainy season is corrosive and can easily cause people to catch a cold and fever.
But her sister didn't care about this. She pulled her hand and ran to the rainy world. The wet rain instantly poured down, soaking her whole body, making her feel a little cold, but not too cold, after all, it was a July holiday.
Good children should not do bad things, should not break the rules, and should listen to their elders. This is the right thing to do.
However, running in the rain with her sister, she also felt a completely new experience and happiness. Her feet stepped into the puddle, splashing large waves, the water flowed through the gaps in her sandals, and the water and mud slid down her calves. Anyway, her clothes were wet, so she didn't care. Anyway, she was in the heavy rain, and she wouldn't be scolded no matter how she shouted. Anyway, her sister was leading the way, so she didn't have to worry about her mother's blame.
That kind of freedom, complete relaxation and release, shouting and running recklessly, made her feel a kind of freshness and jumping of life. She couldn't forget the feeling of that day until many years later.
She had a lot of fun that day. Even if she was scolded by her mother after returning home, she didn't feel sad . After that, she took a bath and slept very well at night.
Speaking of which, because of her personality, she rarely did such things that broke the rules actively. Since that time, without the guidance of her sister, she never tried to play alone in the rain again.
It would be childish for a child to do such a thing, but now she is a mature adult and can do what she wants without restraint. It is not that she is ignorant, but now she already knows the consequences and is ready to bear them.
The speeding hovercraft passed through the most prosperous area of South District 1 and gradually approached the remote industrial area. An hour later, five hovercrafts descended rapidly from the sky. The jet of light blue air baked the ground and swelled up the overflowing airflow.
Then, the car door opened, and a pair of slender legs wearing small leather shoes were lifted up. The toes of the shoes fell on the ground with flowing water, spreading faint ripples.
The transparent umbrella was held up, and the black-haired Tilan stood below, looking at the high-rise buildings and buildings like mountains in the distance. This is the headquarters of "Cosides" and also the largest production base.
There were roadblock signs in front of the road, and vehicles with rotating police lights parked outside the area, blocking the area. There were some pedestrians standing on the road outside the street, watching the explosions and tearing sparks coming from the distant area from time to time. From time to time, people fell from the building, and from time to time, people were taken away by ambulances and sent away.
The police did not directly intervene in the fight between 'Isher' and 'Cosides', but confined them to a certain area so as not to affect other normal federal residents. If someone escaped from this area, they would also provide treatment, but the premise was that the other party would not go back.
The patent war between large companies is not a joke. If the police must intervene forcefully, it will cost a lot, and even sacrifice some police officers. Even if they intervene temporarily, as long as the money of these companies has not been burned and the hatred has not been resolved, the conflict will not end, and the police cannot waste police force on this for decades.
Rather than forcibly intervening to stop the war, it is better to let them resolve it within their own scope. When both sides are both injured and exhausted,
they can intervene to mediate and resolve the situation. Those who should be punished will be punished, and those who should be imprisoned will be imprisoned. Therefore, although there is no explicit provision in the law, as long as the patent war between these companies does not affect the general public, the police will not forcibly intervene.
"Kuala--" There was a sound of shattering glass, and a figure was thrown out of the window, fell down the tall building, and landed on
the ground. The blue uniform, the stripe code and emblem on the chest all showed that he was a member of "Cosides". The man seemed to want to struggle, and then he was lifted up by the paramedics who rushed over and sent away. He was seriously injured, but fortunately it would not be fatal immediately.
A person in a black suit leaned out of the window. He took a personal terminal to take a picture of the man falling from the building, and then went back to the building again. After that, there was a sound of fighting again.
"Those are members of the 'Repeated Shooter' office. They are very powerful. The most common members have Sequence 4, and they are wearing a full set of 'Z-4' series combat uniforms from the 'Ink Workshop'. Ordinary firearms can't penetrate their defense at all." A sharp-eyed onlooker recognized the identity of the member in the black suit.
Inside the corridor, two members of the 'Cosides' in blue clothes squatted down, and three members stood up. They held black square box stun guns in their hands and fired at the rapidly approaching man in the black suit. The bright electric current instantly passed through the corridor and hit the man in the suit, causing him to bounce up and tremble.
After temporarily controlling the other party, these 'Cosides' members did not relax their vigilance. Three of them changed to the electromagnetic pistols on their waists again and kept shooting, but these bullets only left a few burnt marks on the suits, and then bounced off and scattered.
As members of the office who are dedicated to fighting, their protection cannot be penetrated by ordinary firearms.
After the failed attempt to kill, the three members dropped their pistols and contacted the control AI of the building in their headsets. Soon, the elevator on one side of the corridor opened, and the autonomous unit inside sent out a shaking water tank.
Three employees of "Cosides" picked up the water guns on the water tanks and shot at the members of the firm who were still disturbed by the electric current and could not get up.
The light blue water column washed over, and the liquid in it quickly solidified after falling on the members of the firm. Soon a blue-white solidified colloid was sealed in the corridor, and the member of the firm inside lost his combat effectiveness. He might just have fainted, or he might have suffocated to death inside, but no one cared at the moment.
Since these members of the firm accepted the commission, they were prepared to die in the patent war. Such commissions are extremely rewarding, but also dangerous.
In the lobby on the 22nd floor of the building, ten members of the office wearing white masks rushed through the barriers placed in the lobby, approached rapidly under the shooting of the members of the "Cosides" on the opposite side, and then used the vibrating high-frequency particle knife to split the isolation barrier. After that, it was a one-sided close combat. Many gathered Cosides members were cut down, and screams and alarms never stopped.
"They broke through the defense line, and the control AI of Building No. 3 is about to fall!"
A Cosides security captain in the back was reporting to the back, but in a blink of an eye, a masked man rushed in front of him, and a pale orange long knife pierced the captain's chest, causing him to tremble, and then lose his combat effectiveness.
After that, it was time to finish the work. The members of the agency skillfully injected the 'Cosides' members who were still alive with forced sedatives, making them fall asleep. Then several members smashed the metal protective glass outside the building's control AI, shut down the high-level AI inside, and pulled out the chip.
In this way, the remaining Cosides members in the building would no longer be supported by the control AI, and many autonomous units would be out of control.
Time was running out. After solving this building, a small number of members were left to search and retrieve. The members of the 'Repeater' agency rushed to the next building. They had to solve everything before 12:00 midnight today. This was the deadline that the federal police could tolerate.
Outside the 'Cosides' headquarters, Heshia's eyes swept across the building in the distance. The constant aftermath of the battle and the fluctuations of magic power from it allowed her to sense the general situation of the battle.
At present, the firm hired by Ixelle should have the upper hand, but...
She turned her sight and looked at the dark red floating airships flying in the sky. When they came over Cosides, their bottom hatches opened, and the fighters in dark red skeleton armor jumped into the roof of the building below.
The top elevator that was still intact opened quickly, and these members rushed into the elevator, and then rushed to the places of the battle. On the top of some fallen buildings, they also began to set up defense lines. The crimson shields were connected into one piece, and the gun barrels behind the exoskeleton shoulders were raised. Then, a slender and blazing stream of fire was ejected, from the top of one side of the building, directly sweeping across all the opposite floors, calling out names one by one, and the flames poured into the room from the melted and broken glass, forcing the firm members inside to leave the floor and drive in one direction.
"What is that?" Heshia asked.
"Those are the combat troops of 'Vulcan Heavy Industry'. They are a famous military-industrial enterprise in the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region, and the equipment they use is also produced by their own factory." Anneli explained on the side.
"Because of federal legal restrictions, general offices and enterprises cannot own military-level combat weapons without authorization, but enterprises that produce military products are not within this scope, and they can legally own them."
"These combatants are members of the security company under 'Vulcan Heavy Industry', so they can also use the company's weapons. They should be urgently hired by 'Cosides' because 'Vulcan Heavy Industry' is a member of the 'Starship Faction'. They have always remained neutral and will not easily fall to one side."
"They are from the military faction."
The girl thought carefully. Since the military-industrial enterprises in the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region were split up and relocated, there are not many left. Most of them are gathered around the group camp headed by 'Thunderbolt Academy', and they are not dominant in the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region as a whole.
"Although it's just a hiring, the participation of 'Vulcan Heavy Industry' this time has a huge impact on the balance. Let the school contact 'Vulcan Heavy Industry' and question their actions." Heshia ordered.
"Yes." Anneli returned to the car, turned on the car's computer, and quickly contacted the school to report the current situation on the scene.
A few minutes later, Anneli came out of the car.
"The school has replied and is already communicating with the top management of 'Vulcan Heavy Industry'."
While the two were talking, the battle in the 'Cosides' headquarters continued.
Inside the building, the heavily armored warriors who rushed out of the elevator shaft swept across with thick barrels, and dense and turbulent scarlet gold bullets shot out, turning the walls on both sides of the corridor into honeycombs, and the office members who tried to break through the corridor were also hit by dense bullets. The protective clothing that easily resisted small firearms before was quickly penetrated, and the bullets that penetrated the chest swept these desperate office members into sieves.
"Damn it, retreat!"
The situation was too overwhelming, and the commander of the office gave orders in the headset. Soon, these elite office members began to avoid these fighters wearing fiery red skeleton armor.
So far, these Vulcan Heavy Industry fighters swept all the way. Even if they met tough office members on the road, they could rely on strong firepower to defeat and kill them. The defense line that had been broken through layer by layer began to stabilize again. The core building of "Cosides" was cleaned up and martial law was imposed. Several surrounding buildings were also rearranged by the "Cosides" personnel. Temporary bunkers were set up one by one, and each floor was blocked from each other. The injured were rescued and sent to the platform on the top of the building and taken away by the hovering shuttle.
It was less than 20 minutes since the arrival of the support of "Vulcan Heavy Industry", which shows the organization and discipline of "Cosides".
Time passed by minute by minute, and soon the on-board computer behind Anneli sounded a prompt sound. She went in to connect and came out after receiving the message.
"President Heshia, Vulcan Heavy Industries said that the contract has been signed and they cannot violate it at will, but considering Edes's opinion, they agreed to withdraw half of the staff."
Just as Anneli was reporting, there seemed to be some commotion at the Kosides Building. Soon, twelve floating airships flew over the horizon, and then some Vulcan Heavy Industries personnel who were fighting got on the airships and began to return.
"These guys are simply untrustworthy!"
"I spent 10 billion to hire you, but you are just perfunctory like this!" In the building of Kosides headquarters, a middle-aged man looked at the dark red floating airship flying away outside the window and cursed angrily.
No wonder the "Starship Faction" group, which has always been neutral, has taken action. Kosides has invested a huge amount of money this time.
"Manager, calm down. After all, they still have half of their people and have given us a lot of equipment. As long as we hold on until 12 o'clock, the federal police will intervene. By then, Ixelle and Edes will have no choice but to stop." A young assistant tried his best to comfort the man in front of him. He still had a bandage on his head and some blood on his body.
"Hmph!" The man threw things for a while, his anger subsided a little, and then he frowned and walked back and forth.
Although Vulcan Heavy Industry was a bit dishonest, it didn't have the energy and time to care about these things. This time, Ixelle was risking his life in the patent war. It was not a cheap thing to ask these firms to serve, and taking the initiative to initiate a patent war would definitely be severely tried by the federal court. If Ixelle couldn't get the patent information of Kosides, even if he took back his part, the company would be doomed to fail.
Considering the possibility that the other party would be desperate and risk their lives, the man became worried, and then picked up the communicator to contact the highest authority in Kosides. Soon after, the personnel of Vulcan Heavy Industry, which were scattered in various buildings, began to shrink and gathered in the most central building for defense, and asked the personnel of Kosides headquarters to deploy various blocking facilities to try their best to delay the possibility of the other party's attack.
While the personnel of Kosides were being mobilized, the firm hired by Yixie was also not idle. They began to redesign the attack route and deploy personnel.
After the discussion, the representatives of these firms looked at each other, and finally each picked up the communicator and told their men to start the action.
A whistling tracer bullet rose high and illuminated the night sky of the entire area. Then a flash of white light appeared, and a violent lightning strike fell from the sky and hit the central building of Kosides.
The blue current seeped into the building, causing a large number of lights to go out temporarily. Then, taking advantage of the chaos, shadows streaked across the night sky and swooped down to the top of the central building. The people who jumped down were all wearing black full-coverage protective suits. They were agile and held blue beam swords. They quickly shuttled through the fierce storm of bullets and approached the heavily armored Vulcan Heavy Industry fighters.
Swords flew and bullets spurted out like fire.
Despite the fierce firepower, these heavily armored fighters were not flexible. Each of these raiders was above Sequence 5 and was an elite operator who was very good at close combat.
The blue rushing lightsaber swung in the dark, leaving a blurred afterimage on the retina, and then violent sparks lit up. It was the sparks and noise of the lightsaber cutting the armor. Soon, an explosion broke out on the top of the building, and the spreading debris knocked down a large number of people, but the battle still showed no sign of stopping.
In order to stop these elite operators from the office who were attacking them, the remaining "Vulcan Heavy Industry" fighters on the roof picked up flamethrowers and sprayed them in all directions. The fierce flames flooded the entire top of the floor.
Some elite operators of the office could not bear the burns and had to jump down the building, while others were attacked by the "Vulcan Heavy Industry" fighters and their bodies were shattered. Although they were also in the blazing flames, these "Vulcan Heavy Industry" fighters wearing heavy armor obviously had better resistance to high temperatures, which they also used to offset their disadvantages in close combat.
However, the battle situation did not turn to Cosides' side, because the raid on the roof was just a means to attract the opponent's attention. With a bang, the sewer entrance at the bottom of the building was breached, and the agents under the office quickly rushed into every corner of the floor and then placed timed explosives attached to key load-bearing positions.
[Countdown 00:02:59]
The orange numbers began to jump.
(End of this chapter)
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