The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 202 - 144: Mechanization

Chapter 202: Chapter 144: Mechanization

The fast food restaurant.

Weiwei devoured her instant noodles, while Huo Yan Luo and Bai Lang sat beside her, drinking.

"You said she was an NPC? But there’s no mention of her in any game guides... "

Outside the restaurant, Zhou Yuan, Jiang Wuming, and Will were gathered, discussing.

Will had almost worn out the guidebook for the Night City instance, but could find no associated quests for this NPC.

But since it was Wang Zhen who mentioned it, and everyone had seen his information-gathering capabilities before, Will could only scratch his head, "I’ll report this for now. Tonight someone will exit the game instance and take the intel out."

To facilitate the extraordinary persons’ actions in the game world, the Control Bureau had already protected key personnel like the game’s writers and designers, demanding all the plot details and design concepts from them.

By the time they directly identified the writer of this instance and asked them who Weiwei was, a lot of unnecessary investigation time would be saved.

However, due to the difference in time flow between the game world and the real world, it would still take at least eight hours to get an answer.

"This little girl looks about thirteen or fourteen, her face is fair and delicate, unlike a lower-class person, should be a child of some affluent family in Night City. But it’s strange that she doesn’t have any cybernetic implants." Jiang Wuming rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

Installing cybernetic implants was very common in the Night City instance. Even very young children from wealthy families would have some implants to assist with learning. Being completely without implants was indeed rare.

"But we still have our mission, taking her along..."

Before Jiang Wuming could finish his sentence, a bullet came out of nowhere, and his head exploded like a watermelon, blood and flesh splattering, red and white spraying all over Zhou Yuan and Will.

In the distance, the roar of guns and cannons echoed, and two street gangs began a firefight in broad daylight!

An armored vehicle drove in from the end of the street. A mohawked gang member emerged halfway from the rooftop, holding a loaded rocket launcher. He pulled the trigger.

Bang!

A massive explosion followed, flames soared into the sky, and car alarms blared all down the street. Panicked pedestrians screamed and fled, creating instant chaos.

After the explosion, the two gangs each found cover and started shooting at each other like mad, the air filled with incessant gunfire.

"Is this the famous Night City?" Zhou Yuan was dumbfounded.

[Event detected. Generating quest...]

[Quest name: "Street Warfare"]

[Quest objective: Kill the rampaging members of the Vortex Gang and the Animal Gang.]

[Quest reward 1: Experience Points *300]

No matter how small, rewards were rewards, and their teammates needed to level up. After exchanging a glance, Zhou Yuan and Will decided to join the fray.

Zhou Yuan drew his Iron Rose for long-range shooting, sneakily taking out four or five enemies.

Will pulled a rocket launcher from his backpack. One shot took out three, but the commotion drew both gangs’ attention.

"Who the hell is this green-skinned freak? Get him!" a tattooed gang member cursed, lifting his submachine gun and spraying bullets at Will.

Tatatatatata!

Will whipped out a black metal shield covered in thorn patterns, blocking in front of him. Bullets hit the shield and sparked wildly, then something strange happened.

The shooter suddenly exploded into a mist of blood, his body riddled with dozens of bullet holes. Baffled, he looked down and was immediately headshotted by a stray bullet coming from who knows where.

[Name: Thorn Shield]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Special effect: Reflect damage. Returns 15% of the damage taken to the attacker after being hit.]

[Note: If you dare hit me, see who really gets hurt!]

Hiding behind the shield, Will tossed a device onto the battlefield. The device popped up from the center, emitting a blue glow, then unleashed a powerful electromagnetic pulse, shutting down all electronic equipment within a 50-meter radius.

These gang members had cybernetic implants galore, their nervous systems undoubtedly modified. An EMP pulse would short-circuit them all.

The gunfire ceased abruptly. Gang members fell to the ground, convulsing, smoke rising from their bodies.

Zhou Yuan and Will walked over, finishing them off one by one, then looting but only finding a few valuables.

"These guys aren’t low-level," Will said, now level 28 thanks to the gang members.

In the distance, the roar of engines grew. Several off-road vehicles sped their way, with rockets arriving ahead of them!

Zhou Yuan launched a Condensed Qi Fist, the massive Gang Qi fist colliding mid-air with the rockets, triggering massive explosions that lit up the night sky.

"Damn you, daring to kill our Vortex Gang members! Seeking death?"

The off-road vehicles stopped, and a bald brawny man with glowing red eyes jumped out. Mantis Blades, crackling with blue and red arcs of electricity, sprang from his arms.

[LV30·Nick Royce]

Zhou Yuan was surprised; this guy wasn’t low-level. He must have high-end implants.

But Will’s EMP emitter wasn’t just for show. He threw another, and the EMP pulse spread out. The mantis blades on the bald man’s arms sparked violently, falling into paralysis.

The whole man stiffened in place, unable to move.

"This is military-grade EMP. These lower-level gang members can’t resist it," Will said, pulling out an anti-material sniper rifle and pulling the trigger.