Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 295 - 295 75 Out of the City

295: Chapter 75 Out of the City 295: Chapter 75 Out of the City Yuan Wenren curled up on a rooftop, wrapped in a layer of electronic camouflage.

She had dismantled her firearm into two parts and secured them inside a box, herself curled up into a ball.

From a distance, she looked just like a pile of trash.

Nowadays, city residents often accumulated useless items on their rooftops.

Yuan Wenren had almost merged with her surroundings.

She tapped into the network’s information.

From the moment she started the pursuit of the Green Forest man, she had purchased the services of a gang’s network and, using the ports provided by the gang, had implanted a data chain to assist drone operations into the server.

Dozens of drones worked for her in the city.

Furthermore, these drones could act as relays, broadcasting images from remote cameras.

This guaranteed that she would absolutely not lose track of that Green Forest man.

Yuan Wenren once again caught sight of the Green Forest man.

It seemed like he had turned southward.

The image that was transmitted back was only a fleeting segment, not very clear.

Yuan Wenren hurriedly adjusted the positions of other drones, ensuring she could intercept intelligence on the Green Forest man at the next location.

At the same time, she turned her gaze to a woman being pulled along by the Green Forest man.

“Who is this person?” Yuan Wenren muttered to herself as she stared at the image of the Great Hero of the Green Forest, “And why are you taking her with you?”

Yuan Wenren had tested, and the woman was an ordinary person.

Borshu did not know that at the closest point, Yuan Wenren was only seventy meters away from him.

In that instant, Yuan Wenren, controlling a disguised prosthetic body, pretended to be an ordinary student of a martial arts school, squeezing past the girl.

The enhancement of the ability to “perform,” or rather “control one’s behavior,” was also a byproduct of the deep development of Inner Strength in the brain.

And as an assassin, any Jianghu Warrior would know a bit about this subject.

The Green Forest man might have noticed that she had Martial Arts skills, but it wasn’t too outlandish for a martial arts school apprentice to have a certain level of Martial Arts.

However, Yuan Wenren did not choose to assassinate the Green Forest man in this way.

She was far behind his level of external strength, and the performance of his Cybernetically Enhanced Body was overwhelmingly superior.

Moreover, a prosthetic body had far fewer vital points than a flesh body, making such an assassination almost pointless.

As she passed by, the prosthetic body remotely controlled by Yuan Wenren gently bumped into the girl.

In that instant of collision, Yuan Wenren estimated the girl’s body mass.

At the same time, she also calculated the approximate location of the girl’s center of gravity when standing.

Too light, the center of gravity is too high.

Coupling Yuan Wenren’s visual estimate of the weight…

This girl was likely an unmodified Natural Person.

Or possibly, a Cybernetically Enhanced Person with a low rate of cyberization using a cheap prosthetic body.

However, when Yuan Wenren brushed against her arm, she indeed felt that her limbs were soft to the touch, capable of absorbing some impact to a certain degree.

It was basically impossible for materials from a cheap prosthetic body to have such a texture.

But why would a Green Forest man be escorting a common person with a low rate of cyberization?

Yuan Wenren could not come up with any reason.

A Natural Person had almost no value.

They couldn’t fight, their work capacity wasn’t very high, nor could their limbs be sold for money.

The only things that were somewhat useful were their naturally signal-transmitting spines and, to a certain extent, their brains, in demand by some Scientific Knights.

In theory, special Reverse Messenger Drugs made it unnecessary to match types for spinal transplants.

Even if that girl was some sort of resource, she wasn’t worth a Green Forest man going to such lengths to protect.

“Could it be that the girl is a Martial Studies prodigy, so he wants to bring her to the stronghold to raise her as the next Great Hero of the Green Forest?”

This thought once startled Yuan Wenren.

For a few seconds, her aim lingered on the girl.

If truth be told, she might not be able to leave that Green Forest man behind.

And if she died, the Green Forest man took the girl away, and then truly raised her to be the new Great Hero of the Green Forest, Yuan Wenren would surely have committed a sin.

But the code of a Jianghu Hero prevented her from pulling the trigger.

The girl’s identity wasn’t confirmed yet, and she hadn’t shown any intention to attack Yuan Wenren, so she must not be killed.

—No, it might not be as bad as I imagine.

Even now, Yuan Wenren was trying to convince herself.

Maybe the girl was just a relative of the Great Hero of the Green Forest, his sister or something, and the Green Forest man, after being separated for a long time, planned to bring her into the stronghold?

But there were inconsistencies with that theory too.

Yuan Wenren considered that if she had a lost relative, fifteen or sixteen years old, then the first thing she’d do after finding them would be to increase their cyberization rate.

At this time, another drone transmitted back an image.

Still heading south.

By this time, the distance between them was already significant.

The Green Forest man couldn’t possibly detect this place visually.

Yuan Wenren jumped down from the rooftop and moved south.

Ah, there was another possibility.

The girl might be the plaything of some Protector.

Although the aesthetic preferences within the Protectorate didn’t admire the appearance of Natural People, this was, after all, a backwater place, and perhaps the Protector had more rustic, perverted tastes?

Yuan Wenren let her mind wander as she moved.

“Indulging in thoughts” was also a way to relax.

As Yuan Wenren continued to pursue the Green Forest man, she accumulated physical and psychological stress.

Although she could find more opportunities to rest due to operating from the shadows, she still got tired.

To ensure she was in top condition, it was beneficial to let her thoughts wander a bit in this kind of situation.

Minutes later, Yuan Wenren entered her next prepared sniping spot, then set up her Long Spear and waited for the target.

Yuan Wenren’s gaze fell on the flash suppressor of her rifle.

——Speaking of which, this guy has been heading south for half an hour now…

As the target crossed the intersection, Yuan Wenren gripped her sniper rifle tightly.

Her crosshair slid past the strange girl carrying a water skin, once again aiming at the Green Forest man.

Seemingly aware of the drone’s gaze, he started to accelerate.

There were far fewer pedestrians in this block than before, and Yuan Wenren fired two shots in succession.

The bullets left two small pits in the ground.

The sound of gunfire seemed to stir something; a few Martial Artists with low modification rates came to investigate.

They must be mixing within the gang for sustenance.

From a distance, Yuan Wenren saw the Green Forest man kill a few Martial Artists, then scoop up the girl at his waist and dash off at an increased speed.

Afterward, Yuan Wenren saw the occasional flash of gunfire.

“Entered the gang-controlled area?” Yuan Wenren waited a few more minutes.

She was here directing a swarm of drones.

But at that moment, she realized a problem.

This place was already close to the outskirts of the city.

Further south, it should be the slums.

It was a place where living spaces were barely separated by plastic tarps and old fabrics, a place of utter chaos.

Many people in the slums lacked protection.

The reason being, the possessions of the unprotected were not safe.

Anyone could plunder the property of those without protection.

And if the unprotected dared to retaliate and kill a protected person, the government would come to kill the unprotected person.

Once someone lost protection, they would become even lazier, earning just enough resources to survive without saving anything.

Since the government had no obligation to protect these people, there were very few cameras in the slums.

——An environment that favors him somewhat?

Well, that’s not too bad…

At least there are still quite a few drones in the slums.

According to Yuan Wenren’s understanding, only the Earth’s poor live in the open like this.

It seems many people from other planets are curious about these folks’ lifestyles.

The number of drones coming here for material is really not small.

Tens of minutes later, Yuan Wenren lifted a plastic curtain and crawled into a relatively enclosed space.

The owner of the space looked up, saw a fully cyberized Martial Artist, and ignored her, continuing to sleep.

He must be one of the unprotected, and he was already accustomed to it.

There was nothing worth taking in this “household” besides some junk.

Yuan Wenren sighed and then went straight through this “household” into the “next door.”

She kept going straight.

Suddenly, Yuan Wenren froze.

In a fairly peripheral area, she caught sight of the Green Forest man again.

Still heading south.

The Green Forest man continued walking south.

——He’s heading into the wilderness…

Yuan Wenren looked down.

The wilderness was very different from the city.

Out there, drones assisting with sniping were too conspicuous.

Perhaps some rich folks from other planets like to watch Earth’s poor struggle, but they definitely aren’t interested in watching the same desolate wastelands.

Most drones also don’t have that strong of an endurance to stray too far from their owner.

And Yuan Wenren could no longer hide herself among the crowd in natural environments, where a cybernetically enhanced person stands out too much.

She would be too easily spotted in the wilderness.

“Damn it…”

Honestly, Yuan Wenren had already achieved her goal.

At least because of her hunting, the Green Forest man didn’t have time to slaughter ordinary people while within Domingo City.

She had already protected some of the public.

In the words of the Martial Ancestor, “this is also a kind of victory.”

Moreover, it was about the time the Old Senior mentioned for coming out of seclusion.

At the latest, by the day after tomorrow, that very powerful Old Senior would be able to leave seclusion.

Then, she could go and ask for his help…

But…

——She was not satisfied.

The world was too big, and it was too easy to change a cybernetic body.

If the Old Senior only emerged from seclusion tomorrow, he might not have the chance to track the Green Forest man currently heading south.

Yuan Wenren once again thought of the seven people who had been killed and remembered the gruesome manner of death described by the Scientific Knight.

Yuan Wenren, holding her rifle, walked resolutely south without looking back.

………………………………………

Borshu chose a place away from the main road to leave Domingo City, heading towards a cliff.

His prosthetic body was small; an object of such size generally wouldn’t be a satellite surveillance target.

This was also why he traveled alone.

The girl seemed unaccustomed to being carried by him, struggled a bit, and asked, “Great Hero, where are we going?”

“Where to…” Borshu thought for a moment: “Well, maybe you’ll find a job in the next city.”

Suddenly, he cocked his head, then after thinking, said, “Whether it will work out or not, we’ll find out soon.”