All of this was because they had accepted the war commission from WCN. At this moment, the high-level executives of Military Technology were regretting their decision bitterly.
"Master, the people from Military Technology want to contact you." Lisandra's voice echoed in Luoqi's ear.
Without much thought, Luoqi allowed the people from Military Technology to connect the communication, and their purpose was exactly as Luoqi had expected.
Military Technology wanted to surrender.
In just a short time, Ascension Technology had forced Military Technology, one of the most powerful companies in the world, to lower its proud head.
"Mr. L, I've long heard of your great name." Lucas's voice, the CEO of Military Technology, came from the other side.
"Military Technology accepted the war commission from WCN, which is why we invaded Night City. I think you should be clear on this point.
Now, Military Technology hopes to stop the conflict between us. I am willing to unilaterally terminate the contract with WCN. From now on, Military Technology will completely withdraw from Night City and pay Ascension Technology a huge sum of money as compensation for the war." Lucas proactively proposed a ceasefire plan.
As a corporate giant, Military Technology had significantly lowered its stance. After all, there was no talk of proactive surrender even when they were fighting head-to-head with Arasaka back then.
However, Luoqi's answer surprised Lucas.
"I don't think Ascension Technology needs your surrender. As for your so-called war compensation, it has no value to us."
The amount of compensation offered by Military Technology was huge enough to make any company's heart pound.
But it couldn't move Luoqi. Ascension Technology was no longer short of funds. What he wanted was power, he wanted these companies to no longer be able to control the entire world.
"What do you mean by this? Are you really going to go to war with Military Technology? The source of this war comes from WCN. Military Technology's proactive withdrawal from the battlefield will no longer affect you.
While Military Technology doesn't want to suffer more losses, it won't be easily manipulated either. The strength of Ascension Technology is indeed very strong, but I believe the whole world wouldn't want to see the scene of the world's strongest arms company fighting back with all its might.
If the compensation is not enough, we can discuss it in detail, but if we really go to war, the situation will be irreversible. You'd better think clearly."
Hearing Luoqi's answer, Lucas's face looked a bit grim, and he said in a deep voice.
If Ascension Technology truly refused to accept the ceasefire agreement, Military Technology would certainly not allow itself to be manipulated.
"Hahaha, the compensation is indeed not enough, just one Military Technology is not enough. You can stop the war, as for the compensation, I will personally come to you to collect it then.
I am quite looking forward to seeing Military Technology fighting back with all its might. I hope your rationality will avoid such a scene from happening then." Luoqi said with a smile.
Lucas was completely confused by these words, but before he could say more, Luoqi cut off the communication.
Although he couldn't understand what Luoqi wanted to do, he quickly received the news of Ascension Technology's troop withdrawal.
The chaos within Military Technology's bases subsided for a time, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Ascension Technology no longer attacked Military Technology, what he wanted to do seemed to no longer be important.
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Military Technology accepting the commission to invade Night City also caused a sensation worldwide.
Not because of Night City, but because of the two companies involved in this war.
After many years, Arasaka and Military Technology were once again engaged in large-scale combat, and no one could say for sure whether this would eventually escalate into a new global war.
If that were the case, then no one could claim to be 100% unaffected.
Therefore, the level of attention given to this war was unprecedented.
However, when the war truly broke out, it shocked people all over the world.
The terrifying battle scenes across the Badlands and the commotion caused by the giant warships in the sky could not be concealed at all.
Furthermore, neither Ascension Technology nor Arasaka prevented the war situation from leaking out.
Now, with Ascension Network, a globally connected network, the speed of information dissemination had become terrifying.
In an instant, images of this war began to circulate worldwide.
The terrifying sense of oppression from the warships, the Titans dominating the battlefield, and the agile flying steel mechs in the air.
All of these overturned people's understanding and completely overturned their impression of Ascension Technology.
Being able to fight Military Technology on the battlefield with no chance of retaliation, and even forcing them to surrender immediately, the strength of this company was already imaginable.
But the most shocked by this fact was WCN.
WCN and Military Technology had clearly agreed that one would provide the money, and the other would provide the effort.
As a result, as soon as the fighting started, Military Technology surrendered.
The people from WCN immediately went to question Military Technology.
It was important to note that unilaterally tearing up the agreement for a war commission, according to the agreement, would incur a large penalty.
But facing WCN's questioning, Military Technology stated that they didn't care about the compensation and instead sent a message to WCN.
To put it simply, they had surrendered, so WCN should stop playing with Ascension Technology and give up early, otherwise they wouldn't even know how they died.
When WCN learned about Military Technology's situation and attitude, they were shocked and a bit hesitant about how to handle this matter.
WCN Headquarters.
Not long after the last meeting, all the high-level executives of WCN were gathered together again.
"What's going on with Military Technology? They surrendered less than half a day after the war started?"
"Ascension Technology's strength is even more terrifying than we imagined. The leaked footage shows it very clearly. Even Arasaka could never produce this level of technology, otherwise they would have already crushed Military Technology."
"So what should we do now? Are we just going to watch Ascension Technology take all our market share? You should be very clear about how much loss this will bring to the company."
The atmosphere in the conference room was heavy. They all knew that Ascension Technology was not simple, but they seemed unable to swallow this setback.
"Even Military Technology surrendered. I estimate that we really have no way out this time. Forcing ourselves to go against Ascension Technology and Arasaka might only lead to greater losses." The high-level executives discussed amongst themselves.
Just then, an alarm suddenly sounded at the company headquarters, and then the chairman's secretary suddenly burst into the conference room.
"It's exploded! Everything has exploded!" The secretary shouted.
"What's going on? Explain clearly!"
Seeing the sudden situation, the chairman reprimanded the secretary.
He then habitually looked at his personal system interface, only to find that his entire system network had entered a disconnected state.
He was connected to WCN's own satellite network. Now that the signal was gone, he finally guessed what had happened.
"All communication satellites have exploded!"
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