And Mann said with some emotion, "This thing really defies logic... If Arasaka were to develop this on a large scale and deploy it..."
"Don't even think about it. The requirements this thing has on the human body might be even greater than Adam's Hammer, and the construction cost is ridiculously high. Just this one set of Gravity Device could arm more than a dozen high-level agents equipped with Sianwistan."
As Mercer spoke, he only felt pain all over his body—constant acceleration and deceleration, plus the armor was heavy, and the mechanical power was slow. He felt like his insides had experienced several rounds of free-fall rides.
To be honest, this kind of equipment works well against ordinary soldiers and firepower, but if facing soldiers equipped with Sianwistan, it's still not enough.
The opponent could easily match his acceleration, not to mention it's difficult for Mercer to hit them due to the equipment's delay.
If he doesn't get close, the opponent can shoot from a distance. If he does get close, he's not as fast, and it seems that ultimately he'll have to rely on widespread firepower to solve the enemy. However, this high-range gravity attack also has a delay...
What's worse is—the weapon only supports air-to-ground attacks, more precisely, it only supports gravity attacks from top to bottom.
It can only be said that the technology behind the Gravity Device and the Flying Armor is fascinating, but its practical application is still too limited.
It's fine for dealing with easy targets, but if facing opponents like Adam's Hammer or V, Mercer estimates that if he dares to land and fight directly, it won't be long before he turns into minced Mercer.
In the distance, Adcardo's vehicles were already speeding over. Before they arrived, Mercer greeted V and quickly returned to the hacker vehicle to remove his helmet and unplugged the connection line to the Exoskeleton.
Lucy frowned and said, "Aren't you going to remove the Exoskeleton now?"
"It's not the right time yet." Mercer said, sitting cross-legged on the ground, trying to steady his breath.
Due to the coverage of the Exoskeleton affecting the cooling function of his cyberware, he reached out and pointed at a water bottle in the car. Qiwei understood and handed it to him. Mercer drank a few sips, then poured the rest over the Exoskeleton.
The compressed propulsion part at the back of the machine sizzled, with white steam rising.
Mercer was unconcerned, only moving his body slightly. After confirming the Exoskeleton hadn't been damaged by bullets, he watched as V and Pan'an swiftly began cleaning the battlefield.
Pan'an had already led the Adcardo people to rapidly move the equipment out of Behemoth. To save time, the Adcardo team even rented construction exoskeletons to help.
This allowed them to quickly transfer the heavy goods manually to their small trucks.
Once everything was loaded, the vehicles turned around and left immediately from the Evil Land. They had already found a barely passable off-road route.
They would detour through the suburbs' junkyard to enter the city, then switch vehicles to covertly send the goods back to the Evil Land, before transferring them to Dog Town.
This was to prevent biotech and military science from identifying them through elimination methods later.
At the same time, Venus reported to Mercer.
[Venus: Biotech and military tech support vehicles have set off. Please evacuate the battlefield as soon as possible.]
[Mercer: Understood.]
[Venus: I suspect Faraday has reported to Arasaka, detecting a hovercar deployed from the Arasaka Building. The target may be to identify you and confirm the whereabouts of the Exoskeleton.]
Mercer smiled.
[Mercer: Arasaka, biotech, military science... ha, today Night City sure is lively.]
[Venus: You should retreat immediately.]
[Mercer: Got it.]
[Venus: I've highlighted dangerous targets on the map for you. To avoid exposing our access to NCPD, we've currently lifted the blockade on the alarm line.]
[Mercer: Understood.]
Everyone barely caught their breath when they heard Mercer's voice on the squad channel.
[Mercer: Their reinforcements have set off.]
[V: Roger that, just setting the bombs on Behemoth... If you can't make it, you and Pan'an should go first?]
[Mercer: Ha, having the chance to fight alongside you guys, I can't let you have all the excitement.]
Mercer turned to look at Qiwei and Lucy. Both quietly sat in the back of the van watching him, while Pira sat in the driver's seat, playing with the captured missile launcher, utterly captivated.
"Pira, get ready to go."
After saying this, Pira gave a thumbs-up and said, "No problem!"
Lucy, holding a laptop, checked a few cameras and said, "The safe house is clear, we can ditch the pursuers according to plan, switch vehicles, and then leave."
"Then we better act fast."
Mercer said.
[V: It's done, let's go!]
Mercer patted the driver's seat, and Pira nodded, starting the car.
The vehicles returned to the road.
Mercer knew this mission couldn't keep the Spark Team's identity hidden, and that's why he took the trouble to contact the mole within military science ahead of time.
At this point, the mission was already more than halfway done. Once Diana Kuno was dealt with, he could ensure that military science's investment was completely wasted.
He offended biotech, military science, and even had to expose the Exoskeleton to Arasaka, but Mercer wasn't worried.