Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 96 - 96 79 Reviving Her from Death

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Heavenly Cardinal Manufacturing…

Xu Yang felt a surge of nervousness as he realized he was in the presence of the rightful owners of his armor, which was also from their company.

Fortunately, invisible as he was, they couldn’t see him, so he kept exploring while maintaining a distance from them.

“They’re all dead…” Lu Jing felt a sharp pain.

Since being ordered to closely monitor the situation in Aizu City, she and her companions had been actively engaged.

In the blink of an eye, Shenkong Tower, the landmark of Aizu City, had been leveled, and they too had changed into their uniforms and entered to explore at the first opportunity.

All they saw on their way was death and pain which filled her with deep despair and made her feel that it was all futile.

The struggles of the Ratmen were meaningless; they all died violently, not one survived.

Her own actions were meaningless too.

She was here to look for clues about the Rat Witch, but she was certain that the Witch had been killed in the explosion.

Even the actions of the Cyber Specter were surely pointless.

It could only howl under the shadow of corporate authoritarianism, unable to escape its nets.

“This place is relatively intact, and there are survivors.” The powered armor soldiers from Heavenly Cardinal Manufacturing were much more professional than Lu Jing.

He stepped into the core machine room of the building where a corridor had been protected by a load-bearing wall.

The walls were blackened by fierce fires, but a multifunctional personal terminal had miraculously survived the explosion and was still operational, its internal machinery humming.

A company security officer was standing there.

Both of his legs had been burnt to bone, leaving him trembling and leaning on the terminal.

The skin on his fingers was peeling off as he pressed the screen’s buttons with his nose, his eyes full of fear, trying to communicate with his family.

But in the end, he couldn’t support his own weight and fell to the floor, becoming one of the countless victims of the explosion.

Seeing his pitiful death, Lu Jing’s mental state deteriorated even further.

“Who planned all this…” Lu Jing looked around in despair, everything was burning, “Is it really…

could it have been the Cyber Specter?

Was he so disgusted with the state of the world that he decided to take a hard line with everyone?

Does he not want peace between Ratmen and humans because chaos benefits his actions?”

This woman was pinning the blame on the Cyber Specter, which is unacceptable.

The more it spread, the more outrageous it became.

Xu Yang, who was within earshot of Lu Jing’s voice, turned to see her approaching the personal terminal.

On impulse, he transmitted the image of Matteo he had captured earlier to the terminal, naturally signing it as the Cyber Specter.

Afterwards, Xu Yang stopped worrying about the situation here and continued his search for Sally’s whereabouts, racing against time.

“There’s a new communication incoming.” The power armored soldier noticed something unusual on the terminal, “An unknown file has been sent, wait…

the name…

sent by the Cyber Specter.”

“It’s probably a virus,” said another soldier.

“We all know it was the Cyber Specter who blew up the building.”

“No harm in trying…” Lu Jing shook her head.

She pressed ‘receive’ on the screen and quickly saw a video showing Matteo and the two Red Armored Witches moving within Shenkong Tower.

“This black figure…

is a highly suspected special operative from Black Fire Innovation, and the red armor represents those experimental subjects.” The power armored soldier became alert, “The video timestamp is today…

less than an hour ago.

What are these people doing here?

Colluding with the Rat Witch…”

“I knew it, it was the people from Black Fire Innovation that did this, now we have evidence!” Lu Jing clenched her fists, “We have to present this to the Corporate Alliance!”

“Why would the Cyber Specter send such a significant piece of evidence at a time like this?” Another soldier shook his head, “It can’t possibly be just a step away from us, can it?

Isn’t it afraid of radiation?”

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“It just heard us trash-talking it,” Lu Jing imagined many fantastical scenarios.

“It lives in the network, of course, it’s not afraid of radiation.

It knows everything, it can do anything.”

“You need a shot of fantasy suppressant,” the Power Armored Soldier shrugged.

“I’ll request it from the higher-ups right away.

Maybe it’s wrapped itself in a Cloud Beast and is now prowling nearby.”

“The lost armor hasn’t been beacon located; maybe it’s afraid to activate it,” another soldier said.

“Next time we locate that Cloud Beast, it might be in the Taiya Archipelago, used in some senseless bloody civil war.”

“Besides, why would it willingly come to a place that’s been bombed?” Lu Jing watched the rotting corpses of rats and humans through the observation lens on his armor.

Despite knowing he was protected by the armor, he still felt a tinge of fear.

“Alright, no need to look at corpses everywhere in this flame prison,” the Power Armored Soldier took out a data cable and copied down the files.

“We’ll head back to the decontamination site, change equipment, hop on the shuttle machine to write the report, and let the supervisor decide the next step.

If it was Black Fire Innovation’s doing, we’ll have a reason to launch a corporate war against them.”

“With such a big mess, a fight between Kyoto Infinity and Black Fire Innovation is inevitable, and we won’t just stand by,” another soldier agreed.

“The Archipelago Continent is going to change.”

Corporate war!

A flash of fear crossed Lu Jing’s mind.

Her magic power was Anti-Magic Power, which could be the nemesis of enemy witches.

She’d undoubtedly be sent to the front lines when the time came.

That being said, she really wanted to see the true face of the Cyber Specter and ask what its plans were…

Lu Jing felt quite eager.

If she marked all the places that it had appeared on the map of Aizu City, she should be able to predict its next target.

Meanwhile, with Lila’s guidance, Xu Yang had already descended deep into the ruins of the building.

Everything before was like a grand dream, leaving only endless pain and scars.

Xu Yang saw the shuttle machine from the Kakuya TV Station had also crashed down.

The moment the bomb was detonated, the associated electromagnetic interference affected its operation.

Its body had disintegrated in the crash, leaving its huge tailfin burning in the flames while the host had been charred to a crisp, with only the outline of the person and the metal discernible.

Invisible, Xu Yang sprinted madly, the hot wind brushing against his body.

Everywhere, bizarre ink-green flames burst forth, spreading in all directions.

They contained specially formulated chemicals that made them inextinguishable once ignited, distinguishing them from ordinary fires.

The injured Ratmen wandered and wailed pitifully, their screams lingering.

They hid among the broken rebar and concrete, waiting for death on the rubble or writhing in agony, waiting for the moment of release from their despair.

The bodies of the Ratmen burned alive were strewn everywhere, many of them huddled in confined spaces, engulfed by the sudden heatwave and flames.

Even though his Nano Armor had filtered out most of the odors, Xu Yang could still smell a nauseating burnt scent.

The bodies of the Ratmen carbonized, like swathes of rat jerky.

Bang, bang!

Heavy landing noises sounded, and Xu Yang saw more company security personnel in Power Armor jumping down.

They moved down following the broken floors of Shenkong Tower, causing a small earthquake with each landing.

These Powered Armors had built-in energy sources that assisted the wearer’s mobility, greatly enhancing their strength and physical condition.

Made with high-tech composite material, they were impervious to any attack.

Elaborately decorated with sharp silhouettes, these suits were the crystallization of many modern military technologies, the pinnacle of individual tactical gear.

Elite soldiers wielding alloy swords or heavy firepower, in groups of three units each, provided cover for one another.

Xu Yang covertly accessed their communications; most were talking about “Sally.”

He had to beat them to it.

“How’s it going?” Xu Yang sent a message to Lila via the built-in comm channel, “Have you found any traces of the Ratman and Sally?”

“I’ve locked onto something that could be called ‘Sally’s remains’ and a series of tunneling activities, 25 meters beneath your current location in an underground ramp,” Lila responded.

They had tunneled away, which was in keeping with a rat’s style.

Now with a clear target, Xu Yang changed direction.

He didn’t search inside the building but looked for a way to the levels further down.

To his right, a ceramic floor had been smashed open by a fallen slab.

Xu Yang took advantage of this and jumped down.

Although it was a full 10 meters, the impact was naturally absorbed by his nano armor upon landing, making it seem as effortless as a small hop.

Continuing downward, he arrived at the building’s parking garage, which connected to the sewers.

Xu Yang heard rustling sounds—a group of Ratmen were scurrying around in panic, surrounding something indistinct.

A severely injured Giant Rat lay not far away.

It was bleeding from its mouth and nose, its fur scorched black, and its muscles exposed.

This was the Giant Rat Sally had been riding.

The explosion had come from below, instantly destroying the creature’s belly.

It had tried its best to absorb the damage for Sally, carrying the full burn of the explosion down to this spot.

Now its insides were hollow; it had left its organs along the way and was nothing but an empty shell draped in thick rat skin.

Even though the Giant Rat did everything to protect her, Sally could not escape death—she was disfigured by the blast.

Xu Yang deactivated his cloaking field.

“Humans!”

“Gar—”

“Be careful!” The Ratmen turned their heads and noticed Xu Yang, angrily raising their crude weapons at him.

They had arrived as reinforcements and seemed more vigorous.

“I’m here to help,” Xu Yang said, “I’m looking for Sally.”

“Wrong… Help, lies!” A White-Furred Ratman stood up from the group, “All the corporations… Humans… are liars!”

“Sally, I can bring her back to life,” Xu Yang explained.

“I can also seek vengeance against Matteo for her, as long as she tells me his possible whereabouts.”

The shadow surrounded by Ratmen twitched slightly.

When they stepped back, Xu Yang could finally see Sally’s torso lying there.

She had been mutilated in the explosion, only her arms and upper body remaining, intestines and spleen exposed and steaming.

“Matteo blew you up like this,” Xu Yang said.

“…” Sally couldn’t make a sound.

“Where is he?”

Xu Yang saw her vocal cords slightly moving.

“I just need to find him, and I will kill him, to avenge all of us,” Xu Yang continued.

“Bunker,” Sally uttered faintly.

“Bunker… Where?”

“… Heavenly Optical Manufacturing.”

Xu Yang roughly knew this was a small company in Aizu City.

“Any other information?”

Sally remained motionless; Xu Yang knew she was about to die.

She stared upwards through the murk, as if she could see through everything and glimpse the sky one last time, but her eyes soon lost their luster.

The Ratmen bowed their heads, tears streaming down, overwhelmed with sorrow.

“I can resurrect her.

Try to collect as much of her remains as you can, as intact as possible, and bring them to me in the future.

But be careful… Her body is probably radioactive,” Xu Yang said.

“Can we trust you?” The White-Furred Ratman glared at Xu Yang angrily, “Or do you mean to use us too?

Humans…”

“I only made a deal with Sally.

If you want her to come back, don’t do anything rash,” Xu Yang said.

“Now, I need to fulfill my own vengeance.”

Xu Yang took a deep breath and re-engaged his cloaking field, leaving swiftly before the radiation absorption capability of his nano armor hit its limit.

The Ratmen closed Sally’s eyes and took her body away, digging a hole to leave Shenkong Tower.

They moved through rat paths to avoid being tracked by humans.

As he left, Xu Yang secretly made a plan.

Matteo surely carried information on Black Fire Innovation.

The bunker at Heavenly Optical Manufacturing had to be taken down.

New grievances and old, all settled together.