Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 93 - 93 76 Walk into the Sunshine

93: Chapter 76: Walk into the Sunshine 93: Chapter 76: Walk into the Sunshine Ratmen were indeed controlled by such means by Black Fire Innovation.

Xu Yang reflected.

This explains a lot, as it was with the command and assistance of Black Fire Innovation that the Ratmen were able to launch attack after attack and even had the ability to cut off the energy supply to Aizu City.

As for the Giant Rat’s biochemical drug pumps and the Rat Witch’s specialized electromagnetic pulse ability, they were certainly the handiwork of Black Fire Innovation.

Heading to a certain region to provoke disaster, stir up strife between the companies, causing them to fight each other while profiting from the chaos…

This had always been Black Fire Innovation’s modus operandi.

Now it seemed that what they wanted was to trigger a Rat Tide, to confuse the vision of other companies, and then take advantage of the chaos to transport Farosa away.

But with Farosa continuously missing, their plan had failed, and now they could no longer collaborate with the Rat Witch, as both parties had gone their separate ways.

The surveillance inside the building was still operating, and Matteo certainly would not leave these things intact indefinitely.

He must plan to use the destructive power of the dirty bomb to flatten Shenkong Tower during the retreat, making it impossible for anyone to recover useful data from the rubble and debris.

Unnoticed by Matteo, Xu Yang secretly recorded their footage.

In the video, Matteo, harassed by a relentless stream of rats, called for a retreat.

101 grabbed his shoulder with one hand and 102 with the other, and they teleported away from the scene, leaving behind a group of angry Ratmen shouting in place.

Xu Yang sent a message to Lila, asking her to keep a sense of Matteo’s location while also sending a decoy message to Matteo through a special channel on the Anonymous, to confuse him.

“I’ve already brought the person to the south gate; if you don’t come now, I’ll hand them over to other companies,” Xu Yang bluffed.

“Wait, we’re on our way,” Matteo replied, clearly in a state of agitation, believing that the Rat Witch had finally slipped control of the ‘stamp’ at the last moment.

In his eyes, no intelligent being could ever break free from the ‘stamp’.

But compared to Matteo’s side, the Rat Witch fleeing upward attracted even more of Xu Yang’s attention.

She ran incredibly fast, and Xu Yang couldn’t even manage to send a message to interfere, as she whisked down the entire corridor in the blink of an eye.

Sally ran desperately, obliviously, climbing Shenkong Tower’s lift staircase that connected to the surface, passing jewelry stores, beauty shops, and bag shops along the way, with their bright and dazzling lights that couldn’t outshine the boundless blue sky she imagined in her heart.

Just above was the ground of Anjiu City.

Xu Yang realized it was too late to stop her.

“We need to go in directly…” Xu Yang explained everything to Farosa who was beside him.

“That means running straight into Matteo and the two witches,” Farosa concluded, “They’ve also planted a huge bomb inside.”

“They are retreating, not coming towards the south gate.” Lila messaged at that moment, “They took the escape route, jumping through consecutive teleports.”

With Matteo gone, things were really troublesome.

“Search for the bomb Matteo mentioned,” Xu Yang responded.

“Yes,” Lila immediately activated her perception to locate the bomb Matteo had hidden.

As the Rat Witch approached closer to Anjiu City from above, Aizu City’s major corporate security companies received the news and quickly dispatched a large number of shuttle machines and vessels to attack Shenkong Tower, believing that the Rat Witch intended to lead the pack of rats straight to the surface, bringing the catastrophe of the mad rats to the corporate city; the consequences of such an act would be severe.

Without needing to rely on surveillance cameras to spy on the inside information, Kakuya TV Station in Anjiu City had already deployed a large number of reconnaissance drones near Shenkong Tower to record every nook and cranny.

“Let’s go back to the shuttle machine,” Xu Yang took Farosa back to the Anonymous.

All was collapsing, the Ratmen’s last stand was almost a death knell.

Sally fled from betrayal and control, rushing step by step toward the bright dream of her heart.

On boarding the Anonymous, Lila continued to search Shenkong Tower while steering the shuttle machine towards a concealed area.

This tower was a key investment, a giant commercial complex with countless rooms and ducts.

Lila had to expend mental effort and intelligence to search slowly.

“Hey, little maid,” Farosa pinched the faces of some synthetic women.

“Oooh…” These synthetic women appeared cute, superficially accommodating, but their consciousness had already been tagged by Farosa as lecherous.

A roar erupted as Xu Yang looked into the distance, where shuttle machines landed in the Shenkong Tower’s parking bays, company security personnel alighting and advancing towards the interior of the tower.

“We can no longer intervene,” Lila pointed out, “as the Rat Witch grows close to Anjiu City, it means that the previous state of stability has been shattered.

Most companies have entered the fray, especially Anjiu City; the mayor has already issued a control order.”

The so-called mayor of Anjiu City was the manager sent by Kyoto Infinity to oversee Anjiu City, representing the will of the giant corporate enterprise, with significant power.

Switching the control panel to Kakuya Media, Xu Yang saw gangs of Ratmen rushing through the mall, following behind Sally in the lead.

Shenkong Tower, the only giant commercial complex with its top connected to Anjiu City, the Ratmen burst through one barricade after another, climbing over walls, shutter doors, elevators, and fire escapes, inching their way toward the ground.

“They’ve gone mad,” Farosa turned her head to see the images on the screen and was momentarily lost for words.

There was no hope to speak of.

Xu Yang thought to himself.

Even if they saw the sky, they couldn’t escape the fate of their entire species being wiped out, like moths rushing to the flame.

This was the end of the Ratmen, now being recorded by humanity, broadcast on television stations.

Propeller-driven shuttle machines were rarely used due to their ease of crashing, but Kakuya TV Station still had one, and at this moment, a host was aboard this propeller-style shuttle machine, hovering over the top of Shenkong Tower, filming and broadcasting all the while.

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“Hello, viewers.

As you can see now, the ‘Ratmen’ from the underground of Aizu City are heading towards the surface,” the host instructed the cameramen while reporting, “For a long time, Ratmen were considered a nearly-human species, a subhuman, but there has never been a scientific consensus.

Some even say that Ratmen are a legacy from the era before the Witch, created for the purpose of revenge against humans!

Such baseless rumors spread, but now, look, everyone!

The Ratmen, who had vanished from the global scene, are now running energetically before our eyes!

What a delightful sight.”

Sally gasped for air; she had made it to the upper levels, leaving Aizu City.

From this floor, pushing open a door would lead to an outside balcony, and in fact, she could already see daylight from the neighboring window.

It was dusk, the sun a giant wheel, slowly sinking in the west.

Was the sunlight always this weak?

Sally felt dizzy, much like the fate of the Ratmen, the light outside was fading bit by bit.

Addiction to stamps still consumed Sally’s sanity; she was close to crying, suddenly wanting to crawl back to Matteo’s side and abandon all her ideals and dignity for a couple of puffs.

But nearby Ratmen were also climbing up, looking at Sally with reverence, willing to die for her dream.

As Sally hesitated, Xu Yang finally found his chance, tracing the path and connecting to the upper room where Sally was.

He warned her through a loudspeaker:

“Run!” Xu Yang transmitted his voice, “You know Matteo has installed a radioactive bomb here.

Although he has retreated, he definitely plans to go out with a bang.

If it detonates, you will all die on the spot!”

Sally’s throat went dry.

She had only one dream in her lifetime: to show her kind what lay beyond the underground world.

She longed to have the power to create a paradise, even if it wasn’t in this world, where all the rats could escape their pitiful existence and have their own happy lives.

“Die?” Sally murmured, “What is there to fear in death?”

“Think of your kin.”

“Thank you…” Sally lifted her head and whispered in the direction of the voice, “Though I don’t know who you are, thank you for your kindness.

But we can no longer leave…

Better to walk into the sunlight.”

Xu Yang held his breath.

Sally did not want to leave; Shenkong Tower would become the massive tomb for these Ratmen.

Both Aizu City and Anjiu City, the areas above and below, had already prepared for a rat hunt.

He opened the window of the shuttle machine to look out.

The number of armed personnel occupying Shenkong Tower was increasing, controlling every entrance and exit, blocking from below, constantly shooting and arresting Ratmen.

These Ratmen had voluntarily stayed below, hoping that Sally could safely escape to the top and see the sunlight with her own eyes.

They knew what Sally wanted to do; they had known for a long time and were willing to sacrifice for it.

Deep in the pit, Sally had distributed mushrooms and shared her vision with the rats over and over again.

So many had fallen; they could not go back now…

The hall kept shaking, and as Sally listened to the rumbling sounds from below, she knew her comrades were all around.

She composed herself.

Boom!

A Giant Rat dug its way up, carrying Sally with it.

As it crawled, parts of Shenkong Tower collapsed, dust rising everywhere.

It smashed through cages and broke through walls with its body.

Sally sat atop its head, feeling an unprecedented sense of security.

The Giant Rat’s eyes were blood-red, its body massive.

It carried Sally forward, came out of the shattered building, proudly howled, and stood tall under the sky.

It stretched its tail, looking around at countless shuttle machines, tanks, special forces soldiers, and elite riot police, showing no fear.

Facing the sky.

The security forces from Anjiu City were fully prepared, ensuring that no Ratman could take a step outside the perimeter of Shenkong Tower.

In such a concentrated siege, even if the number of Ratmen tripled, they could not cause the slightest ripple; they would instantly be wiped out by technological weapons.

“Even an Electromagnetic Pulse couldn’t break through such a defense,” Xu Yang observed as the corporate elite security had built energy Shields to protect against damage.

Sally sat on the Giant Rat’s head, smiling because she was about to realize her dream.

Watching the broadcast from the TV station, Farosa suddenly wanted to hold her in her arms and teach her how to use a Witch’s power correctly.

Witches were powerful and proud; she fit Farosa’s standards, and the new Council should have a place for this Mouse Woman.

Is this Anjiu City?

Sally, dazzled by the sight, marveled at the tall buildings and the sunlight, how beautiful those houses were…

Is this what the city on the Ground looks like?

The Giant Rat beneath Sally was solid and enormous, at least 30 meters long, well beyond what could be described by biological theory.

Its Biochemical Drug Pump on its body was working, injecting strength-enhancing substances into the Giant Rat, emitting tufts of dark green waste gas.

It willingly consumed its own life force to support the Saint on its back.

“Wow!”

“Oh!”

“The sky, the sky!” Other Ratmen also scurried out, clapping and cheering.

The evening sun bathed her body; a gentle breeze brushed against her cheeks.

So warm.

She held on to the Giant Rat’s fur and shakily stood up, not looking at the numerous guns aimed at her all around.

The dream…

was already realized.

Go ahead and shoot.

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