Legend of the Cyber Heroes -
Chapter 148 - 148 68 Control
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The leader of the Meng Hand Gang, Tang Shagu, was plunged into a state of bewilderment.
Tang Shagu swore that in his sinful life, he had never seen such a situation.
To become a gang member was not difficult; every year in the city, a large number of civilians struggling with life would take this path, which could at any time be eradicated by Protectors.
The hard part was rising to the top.
Many gang leaders even enjoyed the protection of civilization.
The acts that would cause one to lose protection were all carried out by the peripheral gang members.
There was a significant disconnect between superiors and subordinates.
And to become a gang leader, one had to meet the requirements of both internal and external skills.
Tang Shagu’s external skills could hardly be considered top-notch.
He could only say that when he threw a punch, it was like a rampaging tank.
However, his internal skills were excellent, catching up to some of the White Paper Fan technicians mingling in the wilderness of the Green Forest.
This allowed him to start from nothing and build up the biggest gang in Pine Eagle City.
The Meng Hand Gang did a lot for Tang Shagu, including various robberies, extortions, strong-arming—all high-level crimes.
Not to mention the gang’s pillar industry—weapon sales.
The weapons of the Meng Hand Gang were all printed by Tang Shagu himself from blueprints he found online, in significant scale, driving the weapon consumption of the civilians.
In addition, Tang Shagu was also the biggest high-interest loan shark in the entire Pine Eagle City and took a cut from various Black Market shops.
Furthermore, under Tang Shagu’s leadership, the districts controlled by the Meng Hand Gang would send a number of volunteers to the Order of Scientific Knights every year.
It even became part of the “traditional life” in the memory of many city dwellers.
Over the years, Tang Shagu had seen the Green Forest Men’s defiance, the trespasses of Heroes, and had experienced countless strikes from the Protectors.
As for the struggle and combustion among gangs, that was even more commonplace.
He thought he had seen everything that could be seen in this Pine Eagle City.
But the spectacle at present, he really hadn’t seen before.
The entire underground world of Pine Eagle City had descended into chaos.
The Meng Hand Gang, Capacitor Gang, and Alloy Sect—three underground forces—had been living in harmony.
In the past decade, there had only been minor frictions without any large-scale battles involving the entire gang.
In fact, that also went against the wishes of the Protectors.
For the Protectors, the peace and stability of the areas under their control were very important.
Gang warfare could potentially involve innocent bystanders, leading to a scenario where the Protector would come down and clean up the entire underground force.
But just now, many strongholds had been attacked almost simultaneously.
After long analysis, Tang Shagu realized that it could be a group of experts who started from the EE District on the south and fought their way north.
But he didn’t understand why.
He couldn’t see any significance in doing so.
Indeed, there were some resources hidden in those strongholds, but they were not substantial enough relative to the gang to cause a significant loss.
There were no core members inside; they were all peripheral members who could be abandoned at any time.
To be honest, it would be more worrying if these people weren’t wiped out annually by the Protectors’ Martial Artists—that might indicate a change in the Protectors’ attitudes.
That’s why even if a Hero passed by occasionally, they would not specifically target these places.
After all, even if these places were lost, they could be rebuilt quickly.
Moreover, a passing Hero wouldn’t know such a detailed route map.
The only suspicion was that it might be a case of “competition snatching business.”
But again, that question…
What for?
Just to snatch business, taking down one or two strongholds would still be reasonable.
After all, this process is just a matter of you hitting me, and me hitting you.
But why strike so many all along the way?
Trying to provoke a war among the entire underground forces?
Incomprehensible!
Now, in the underground area, members of various gangs have already started clashing independently.
Although the leaders of their respective gangs are still trying to suppress it, it’s uncertain how long this control can last.
This place has a complex network environment.
Establishing a LAN that only one’s own people can access might attract the scrutiny of the Protectors.
Therefore, it is difficult for gang leaders to exercise absolute control over their subordinates, like the Great Heroes of the Green Forest.
The likelihood of the lower ranks losing control is not small.
“Why has it come to this…” Tang Shagu looked at the city gradually sinking into darkness and kept pondering.
Suddenly, a shadow flashed across the ground.
——Who’s there?
Tang Shagu was wary but didn’t cause a commotion.
Although he lived on the ninety-seventh floor of the Pine Eagle Building and had many skilled neighbors, he wasn’t sure about what these neighbors did behind the scenes.
If it really was such an expert who had come, then calling for help from his subordinates would be pointless and would only hinder him.
Then, a kind of special frequency ultrasound sounded.
Tang Shagu was startled and immediately realized the opponent was scouting, so he directly ordered his living room’s home speaker system to play a higher-power ultrasound—this was a pre-set program, capable of prioritizing the disruption of some of the opponent’s senses.
But what he didn’t expect was that this very action doomed any possibility of a counterattack.
When the speaker system started, it also caused some parts to vibrate and produce noise.
These noises masked the sound of sharp objects cutting through the air.
As Tang Shagu’s mind was still on the security system, his reaction was not quick enough.
A sword had been placed on Tang Shagu’s shoulder.
A shadow took a Sliding Step to the left, and with a twist of his body, a sword light followed.
Tang Shagu had not yet realized what was happening when he launched a punch in retaliation.
But the person simply flew up with a kick.
The ground cracked, and the foot that the person had planted on the ground instantly produced fractures.
Meanwhile, Tang Shagu crashed through a wall, with his limbs separating from his body.
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Tang Shagu screamed, “You hijacked my surveillance, so why did you still deploy an ultrasonic probe…”
At this time, the Mysterious Person sheathed his sword, and the ultrasound immediately disappeared.
Tang Shagu said, “A high-frequency wave sword?
A high-frequency wave sword with such high power?”
But the person took a large storage device from his back, saying, “Lock down the gateway yourself, and read the information inside for me.”
Tang Shagu was naturally extremely reluctant.
He knew that in this era, if one freely loaded data provided by someone else, it was akin to voluntarily shackling oneself and becoming another’s slave.
However, circumstances were stronger than people.
He had to obediently follow the command, disconnect the signal, and then read the storage device.
During this time, Xiang Shan began to search the house of this person.
Of course, this person was Xiang Shan.
Considering the assassination might result in a tough fight, he ventured outside the city to retrieve his strongest weapon at the moment, the Sonicon Blade.
Due to his prosthetic body’s parameters, he couldn’t carry the Sword Box Tower Shield, so he had to make another scabbard to hold a single blade while exposing the handle.
To ensure the blade’s performance, the scabbard had to be sufficiently robust and equipped with shock absorption capabilities.
Of course, since the blade itself was nearly two meters, the scabbard naturally couldn’t be small.
Printing such a device put a significant strain on the power supply of Xiang Shan’s base vehicle.
That was why he had to steal a bunch of batteries from the gangsters.
However, this also posed significant risks.
After all, the Sonicon Blade’s blade was fragile and might need to be swapped out at any moment during normal combat—that was why the Sword Box was designed as a Tower Shield.
By taking only one blade, Xiang Shan implied that the blade could become unusable at any moment.
After that, he would have to carry an extra handle, which could bind his hands and feet.
Additionally, to ensure he did not give himself away, he installed ornamental components where the handle met the blade, preventing anyone from discerning his model and avoiding immediate recognition by government officials as the Sonicon Blade.
He even had the luxury of sending a message to his disciples, inquiring about the status of those “friends.”
Soon after, he received a message.
Cui Hai had indeed brought those Heroes into the building.
However, having a group of martial artists fully cyberized in this slum might alert the nearby poor, so they temporarily scattered across several floors, concealing themselves.
Before long, Tang Shagu’s Prosthetic Eye lit up again.
He looked at Xiang Shan and said, “So it turns out you’re from the Green Forest?”
For some reason, his tone was slightly different than before, now carrying a hint of violence.
Xiang Shan was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, taking care of the Sonicon Blade, and laughed, “Now, we’re in this together.
Tell me, who are you?”
“You don’t know who I am?” Tang Shagu asked with a peculiar tone, “Then why did you attack me?”
“We of the Green Forest Men act without the need to explain ourselves to anyone,” Xiang Shan responded with a smile.
Tang Shagu exclaimed, “Indeed…
So this is the Green Forest.”
Only then did he say, “I am Tang Shagu, leader of the Meng Hand Gang.”
Xiang Shan whistled, “A big fish indeed!”
The Martial Artist he had killed was a mid-level member of the Meng Hand Gang.
As a Red Stick, a Striking Hand, he had been a protector here but did not know who lived in the house; he was relocated downstairs only after being promoted.
Xiang Shan didn’t know who Tang Shagu was, but he did know that this person wasn’t a top-ranking gangster but rather a Guest Elder type of accessory personality, so he made his move directly.
He climbed from the outside using suction cups.
Those kind of vacuum suction cups sold well, typically used by Lightweight Prosthetic guys with wheels to siphon energy from Heavy Prostheses.
Xiang Shan bought a few and after some modification, used them to scale the building.
Outside the window, he also silently destroyed the protective metal bars with his Sonicon Blade.
And that shadow from earlier was Xiang Shan intentionally revealing his whereabouts.
This was actually to make Tang Shagu underestimate his abilities.
In fact, Xiang Shan could have taken Tang Shagu down without alerting anyone.
In Tang Shagu’s eyes, Xiang Shan was at most a somewhat skilled Martial Artist.
That way, on one hand, Tang Shagu wouldn’t doubt his surveillance system.
On the other hand, there was naturally an impersonation.
Xiang Shan said, “I am White Paper Fan, the ‘Shell’ from the Wild Myth.”
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