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Chapter 288 Preliminary Investigation

"We just used a drone to take a look at the camp of the Luan Dao Society. Do you want to check out the intelligence first, or just argue with them?"

Mitch may look carefree and often joke around, but once he gets down to business, he immediately becomes serious. Mitch was born as an armored soldier and has fought in many battles. His combat capability should not be underestimated.

"Okay, let me take a look. Don't keep Mr. Thor waiting anxiously."

"Ha, I like your jokes." Mitch threw a control chip to Ling Lu and said, "You should be bold when flying with this thing, it has optical camouflage. But you have to be quick, this thing is really an energy hog."

Such a large power consumer is a bit distressing for the wanderers who lack energy. In order to save Thor, he also risked everything, not needing this little energy.

But what's the saying? Save as much as possible. So Ling Luxian didn't plan to continue to waste time and directly switched his view to the drone.

Panam and the others were watching the images transmitted back by the drone on the tablet.

"This is an abandoned cement factory. The Luan Dao Society is entrenched here, equipped with a lot of heavy weapons. These bastards are just like a group of locusts. They eat everything up wherever they go. It's a pity that they have pissed us off now."

Ling Luxian controlled the drone and flew towards the gate of the cement factory.

"Well, there are patrols on the tall building on the right. We may have to deal with them first if we encounter them."

This group of night-wandering ghosts have a very tight defense.

Panam also saw something unusual from the images transmitted back.

"Look at that wall. They have installed some defensive facilities. I guess they don't plan to just make a quick buck and run away this time. Instead, they want to stay here temporarily."

Panam bit his nails. If the night ghost really had such intention, if he just ran over there, it might ruin everything.

After thinking for a while, Panam guessed: "I guess the reason they stayed here might be related to Thor. If Thor is really imprisoned here, we must do everything we can to rescue him."

Ling Luxian looked towards the guard room at the entrance and the satellite dish on the roof.

"That satellite dish is still working. It seems that the network of this guard room is directly connected to the cement factory. We have to be careful when we act."

Panam also took up the topic, "But there is a wall over there with a crack on it, and there are not many people guarding it, maybe we can enter from there."

Ling Luxian shook his head and said, "Maybe, there is a trap there. Since we can think of it as a weak point, the Luan Dao Society is just bad but not stupid, they must have thought of it as well."

Panam thought about it and realized that this was true. The Adecado family had dealt with these locusts many times before, which showed that these bad guys did not just rely on their size to survive.

"Well, let's take a look first and use it as an alternative route."

As the drone descended, two deep and wide ruts could be seen on the ground of the cement factory.

The good news is that the tracks don’t look like those of a caterpillar track, so they shouldn’t be any heavy firepower equipment.

The bad news is that judging from the tire tracks, the vehicle is carrying a lot of weight, so we need to prepare for the worst.

Mitch also spoke up: "I've investigated before, and this is a heavy armored transport vehicle. If it's not carrying weapons and equipment, then they have captured other people besides Thor."

Scorpion stroked his chin and said, "I just don't know if the people they arrested are ours?"

"Even if they are not our people, we will help them if we can. Homeless people in the world are one family."

"Well, Mitch, what you said makes sense." Scorpion nodded in agreement with Mitch, and then said to Ling Luxian: "You can find the car by following the tire tracks. I guess Thor may be imprisoned not far from there."

"Okay, wait for me to mark these people." Ling Luxian replied.

By marking these people, Ling Luxian can observe their positions at any time, which will be of great help to Ling Lu's subsequent infiltration.

After marking all the night ghosts that could be observed outside, Ling Luxian commanded the drone to fly towards the car at the destination.

"Oh my god, it's a Behemoth. Where did these little bastards get this kind of stuff?"

After seeing the transport vehicle, Ling Luxian was a little surprised. After all, he had just stolen such a big thing not long ago.

The armor of the Behemoth transport vehicle is not much inferior to that of a tank. Even bullets from heavy machine guns can only make small holes in it.

If it weren't for the medical equipment that Ling Luxian was carrying in his truck, Arasaka wouldn't have dared to block the road like that. The equipment would have killed them. Who wouldn't be scared when a truck weighing dozens of tons drove over?

I just don’t know where this group of night-wandering ghosts got the Behemoth transport vehicle from.

"It's common for vagrants to rob company transport convoys. They must have been intercepted from some company. It's normal. Even Adecado has to rely on robbing company convoys to survive."

Well, Ling Luxian finally understood why people in Night City hated wanderers so much.

I was eating hotpot and singing songs, and suddenly I was robbed by a vagrant. How could I not feel very disappointed?

Without thinking about it anymore, after finding the transport truck, Ling Luxian controlled the drone and entered the main building of the cement factory for reconnaissance.

The main building of this cement factory occupies a large area. If you look for someone inside, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Especially with the night ghosts guarding the place, it would be difficult to find Thor without alerting them.

"Hmm? That's the control room of the cement factory, right?" Ling Luxian asked.

Mitch leaned over the monitor and looked at it, then said, "Yes, that's right, that's the control room."

Then the next step will be easy. As long as we enter the control room, we can hack into the camera from there, and it will be easier to find Thor.

"Okay, that's it."

Ling Luxian exited the drone's perspective and returned the control chip to Mitch.

Mitch looked at Ling Luxian and asked, "What do you mean?"

"We have observed everything and will deal with it as the time comes. But you guys, are you really not going to go this time?"

"Well..." Mitch stammered, "I'm so sorry, we still have to go get the supplies back. But don't worry, we will pick you up as soon as we get the supplies back."

"Alas." Ling Luxian sighed and said, "Okay then."

Although he said it was a pity, Ling Luxian was actually quite happy in his heart. After all, he could be alone with Panam. If something else happened, it would be great. With these big light bulbs, anything would be a little bit ugly.