Chapter 417: Release

The technicians and resources were all the best that Orto Technologies had to provide, so Adam's psychic connection surgery was completely painless, even with no anesthetics administered.

After everything was done and he returned to the veterinarian hospital with his new prosthetics, he was immediately greeted by an exaggerated performance from the psychic mutant trio.

"Woah, you're looking badass, Adam!"

"It's a bit like something you'd see in a movie."

"It really is!"

"Where did you get this stuff?"

"Is this stuff sold anywhere? If so, we'll get a few sets as well."

"Not at the moment. All of this was given to me by a political donor."

Adam flexed his arm, and a faint electronic buzzing rang out as he did so. With these new prosthetics installed, he was itching for a fight more than ever.

Right as he was considering whether to visit Sadou for a sparring match, some long-awaited news from Raven finally arrived.

"Tonight in Area 45, Beth's people are going to poison the water purification plant on Small Ink Street."

Finally!

Adam immediately rushed out of the veterinarian hospital upon receiving this message.

This time, he wasn't bringing anyone with him.

Even though his prosthetics granted him the ability to fly, it was only for short periods of time due to fuel constraints, so he had to travel to Area 45 by car.

Unfortunately, technology often wasn't as exciting and brilliant as what was depicted in movies.

Adam was very familiar with Area 45, and he couldn't help but take a few extra glances at his surroundings as he drove into the area.

There were many mentally disturbed people in Area 45, but he was quite fond of this place.

The population of artists and creators in this area filled the entire air with a sense of creativity, which was perfect for Adam, who sorely detested rules and order at this point.

All rules that were established catered to a minority of people at the expense of the majority.

The oppressive atmosphere of Sandrise City was one that Adam resented with all his heart, and if it weren't to exact vengeance and uncover the truth about his own past, he would've rather lived in a place like Shadow City than Sandrise City.

After driving through Area 45 for some time, he arrived in an industrial complex.

Even though the large industrial complexes in Area 8 and Area 9 had already been abandoned, small industrial complexes were still a necessity.

After all, things like food, water, and electricity were still essential to all of the city's residents.

The industrial complex wasn't very large, and there were many people in it, either. The majority of the people living in Area 45 were averse to working, so the majority of the labor force here consisted of automatons.

Adam drove through the industrial complex before stopping beside a large cistern.

The cistern was connected to some underground pipes, resembling a small lake, and this was where the water used by over half of Area 45's residents originated from.

Behind the cistern was the water purifying reservoir, and after purification, the water was filtered twice for sterilization purposes before being pumped into the taps of Area 45's residents.

It doesn't look that clean.

Adam felt like the water in the cistern wasn't very clean at all, and the security measures taken in the area were also quite lackluster.

Only after Adam had been standing beside the cistern for a while did a security automaton approach him for questioning.

These security automatons were very similar to Mechguard units, except they were significantly inferior in terms of combat capabilities, both because they were legally prohibited from carrying artillery and also because their programming wasn't as aggressive as that of Mechguard units.

Mechguard units were extremely brutal, and they were programmed to kill in the case of certain transgressions.

In contrast, these security automatons didn't have the same programming, and even if they were attacked, they had to determine the intentions of the attacker before retaliating. In fact, they were prohibited from making any aggressive gestures before a threat was posed to them, and that severely limited their effectiveness.

Under the automaton's interrogation, Adam could only display his documents, and the automaton departed after verifying Adam's identity as a special psychic police officer.

At this point, night hadn't arrived yet, and there were still a few hours left until the time that Raven had stated that Beth and her people were going to carry out their operation.

Adam wasn't able to sense anything amiss in the surrounding area with his telegnosis, so all he could do was conceal himself and prepare to ambush his prey once they arrived.

He parked his car far away from the industrial complex, then hid himself behind the water supply pipes.

As the sky gradually darkened, his prosthetics began to display their chameleon function, gradually darkening in color to blend in with the night.

Adam waited for a very long time, from dusk to night, then from night to midnight, but still, no one came.

However, he was very patient. He knew that Raven wouldn't make claims like this willy-nilly, so he had full confidence that Beth and her people would arrive eventually.

Finally, at around 1 AM, when most of the lights in the industrial complex had been turned off, Adam began to sense danger in the air.

His extremely sensitive telegnosis allowed him to sense things that were completely undetectable to the average person.

They're here!

Adam clenched his fists tightly as he forcibly suppressed his excitement, then activated his infrared night vision equipment to inspect his surroundings.

The water purification plant was a factory, so there weren't many hiding places, and Adam immediately discovered his targets.

He first saw a group of people approach the plant from outside, then shot down the security automatons with electronic sniper rifles from afar.

The security automatons were legally prohibited from patrolling anywhere outside of their designated area. Anything that happened outside of that area contained potentially sensitive information pertaining to other factories, which these automatons had no right to pry into.

Hence, as long as the snipers stayed out of that area, the security automatons were completely helpless and could only be sniped down like sitting ducks.

Thankfully, there were human security guards present at the plant as well. Those security guards seemed to have discovered what was happening outside through the surveillance footage, and they immediately activated the emergency protocol in the security automatons' programming, thereby allowing them to retaliate.

However, the intruders were already prepared for this, and they immediately released a series of drones, dominating the airspace above the battlefield to maintain the initiative.

"We can take care of things here, you two go in and kill everyone!"

"Got it!"

A pair of figures had only just gotten up from the undergrowth when they suddenly heard a voice ring out from behind them.

"I'm gonna have to stop you there. If you kill those people, my votes will take another hit."

"Who's there?"

𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

The dozen or so intruders immediately swung around with bewildered and apprehensive expressions.

Even though they were manufactured adapters so their telegnosis wasn't as sensitive as that of normal adapters, their senses were still far sharper than the average person, so it was extremely alarming to them that someone had gotten so close without their detection.

"I'm over here."

Adam patted his prosthetics to deactivate its chameleon function, and only then did he become visible to the group of intruders.

"Looks like he's got some really advanced prosthetics! Let's take care of him in the psychic world!" the leader of the intruders instructed.

"That suits me just fine!"

Adam activated his prosthetics' automated battle function, then allowed himself to be dragged into the psychic world without putting up any resistance.