Cyberpunk: 2075

"The gangs in Los Angeles feel that they are really full of martial ethics."

Several people from Carl's team gathered near the small bar window and looked outside. Everyone was amazed.

What Carl paid attention to were the weapons held by the group of people who called themselves the Gear Group. This group of Los Angeles gangs had a degree of transformation that was not inferior to that of the Whirlpool Gang. Basically, everyone had a sophisticated weapon. The level of luxury made it feel as if it were the same. The Tiger Claw Gang compared.

"Ajax rifle, I remember that Mr. Johnson thought about it for a long time when he bought one. These people are almost popularizing it. Should it be said that it is a place where the new American army is stationed? This weapon is really There’s no shortage of them, they’re all military technology products.”

Karl glanced at the prosthetics and weapons of the crowd outside, and continued: "And you can tell that the prosthetics are not second-hand goods. With a little training, you can't just throw them into the new American army and become an elite assault team." That’s a problem.”

"More than just throwing them into military technology and becoming an elite assault team."

Oliver obviously knows the most about the new U.S. Army: "These guys called the Gear Group, have you seen their actions and fighting methods? The standard new U.S. Army squad's action methods are probably the same as mine. They have been there since childhood. Those who have been exposed to relevant training, if they really want to be soldiers, divide them into teams and tell them the rules."

"So behind this gear set is the army of the new United States?"

V feels like this is no problem: "After all, it is military technology and Arasaka's frontline area of ​​influence. It seems natural to cultivate some of our own people."

Very simple reason.

Compared with the situation in Night City where there are many companies, the division of power is not clear, and there are many gangs, Los Angeles, a city managed by the new US military, has only military technology, and can only use military technology in this city. The people who are wandering around are naturally supported by the new United States.

"Then the other side is..."

Jack looked at the people who were fighting against the Gear Group, and found that they were a group of people that were almost twice as many as the Gear Group, and almost twice as big as the Gear Group. There were not many prosthetic bodies visible on their bodies, only tense muscles and Personnel with thick subcutaneous armor underneath.

"Animal Gang?"

"The Stone Gang."

The owner of the bar had already grilled the steak in the microwave. He listened to the chat of several people and said, "This is what another group of young people in this city look like."

"The appearance of another group of young people in the city.:::"

After hearing this, Oliver thought of what his boss had said before, and it was a bit unbelievable to see the reason why they were outsiders at a glance: "You mean, the young people in this city don't look like mechanical transformation, or Has it turned into a different muscle?"

"This is Los Angeles, huh."

The boss smiled: "You see, in a city where young people are all involved in machines and bodies, there is no middle ground among young people here."

The boss put the plate on the counter:

"These people whose heads have been damaged by machines and muscles can't see it, but I can see clearly that you guys, except for the one with the short hair, are definitely not wanderers, and I don't care where you come from. , but I advise you to leave early. This is not Night City, nor any other place in the new American land. This is Los Angeles, a city with a current population of less than 300,000.

Young people also all go to stupid cities to compete for muscles and machines. "

"The population is less than 300,000..."

Carl thought of the information about Los Angeles in the past. At its peak, Los Angeles had a population of more than four million, but now it has lost less than one-tenth of its previous population. Moreover, young people are all running to compete for muscles and machinery. This is ... ,

"Why?"

Karl turned around to ask, but received no answer from the boss. He just knocked on the counter and pointed to the steak on it.

The meaning is obvious, he gets every penny of information, and the extra words just now are already considered a rare kindness on his part, and he wants to ask more questions and ask for something.

Without any further hesitation, Karl reported the code in the intelligence.

"Versatile and comfortable."

"Um?"

Hearing the words from Karl's mouth, the boss was obviously stunned for a moment, and then his expression became more serious: "I thought I was just a passing customer who became curious, but now look, you are really here for something important."

He opened the wine cabinet behind him, took out a bottle of rum, and poured it for himself amidst the accompaniment of gunshots and roars outside:

"Okay, although I don't know where you got the secret code from, but I follow the rules here. As long as you can report this secret code, then I will provide you with five pieces of information for free. I don't count the previous information on steak, nor I’ve refunded your money, now do you want to provide the question as the first sentence of intelligence information?”

"certainly."

Perhaps this information can be obtained from other places, but the contact person specifically asked them to come to this bar, so the information this bar can provide must be the best. It is not a loss to obtain information here, at most it is free. Pay after the number is gone.

Although Carl doesn't eat, he believes that his friends will be happy to eat those weird foods, probably.

"That's the first one."

The boss took a sip of rum and spoke: "The reason is simple, because young people in the city believe in one rule."

"rule?"

"When humans picked up the first stone, the gears of war began to roll, and they were the gears, the rolling gears." Stones, gears. "

Karl understood: "So they are called the Stone Gang and the Gear Group, but War Rolling, does it have anything to do with them?"

“This is the front line of the new America.”

The boss drank all his rum: "Young people, whether ambitious or not, are instigated and forced by the country and companies to prepare to join the army. And now Los Angeles is a useless city. It is a proving ground, only qualified young people,

Only those who can be selected to become ‘honorable’ soldiers of the country and guardians of the company. "

"Proving Ground... A city of 300,000 people was used as a proving ground."

Oliver briefly calculated the proportion of young people who did not know whether it was true or false, accounting for 20% of the population in the new United States.

Twenty percent of three hundred thousand is...

Oliver felt his hair stand on end.

"The 60,000 reserve trial?"

The largest gang in Night City, the Valentino Gang, has only about 6,000 members. The total number of gangs in Night City is less than 20,000. Counting informal gang members, the top The number of people in Tianye is only about 50,000. This is still based on the population of 7 million in Night City. That is, there is only one gang member among 140 people, and there are only 300,000 gang members in Los Angeles today. An abandoned city with a population of 60,000.

"New America, this is a new military camp built directly on Arasaka's face."

Military Technology has a treaty with Arasaka. On the surface, weapons of mass destruction and troops cannot enter Night City and surrounding areas, but the distance between Los Angeles and Night City is not that far away.

In other words, if a conflict breaks out, the new American troops on the front line can immediately mobilize 60,000 cannon fodder reserves to follow.

And the apparent military force of the new United States now only numbers in the millions.