Chapter 41 If the Night Lacks Light, I Can Behold the Stars

When Driver No. 25 soared over the cliff, crashed into the ResAunton base, and sent a letter to everyone—
The night of Detroit truly began.
Countless thugs and gang members began preparing their firearms and explosives.
At the same time, the Environmentalist organization also began using the pre-reserved secret doors to overload the ResAunton circuits.
In an instant.
The continuously flashing red alarm lights and illumination lights throughout the building went dark together.
Yet Su Wen could see everything clearly through his interface:
[Because your actions align with the Nightwatchman Code, the Detroit Nightwatchman faction's favorability toward you has increased by: +40]
[You have obtained the buff: If the dark night has no light, I shall gaze upon the stars]
[If the dark night has no light, I shall gaze upon the stars. Effect: Your actions in the dark will be swifter, and you can clearly perceive everything.
Note: Your allied units can share this effect.]
Because of this buff, even though the interior of the ResAunton building was pitch black, he could completely see his surroundings.
Moreover, Su Wen fully opened the permissions of this buff, allowing all members participating in his plan to receive the synchronized enhancement.
After all, Detroit was about to usher in a true carnival!
"Bro, I suddenly feel like I can see my surroundings clearly."
Grace leaned against the car, feeling his surroundings gradually grow clearer.
"Could it be that I've undergone a secondary awakening? Heh, this feels really good."
"I am not a physician from the Beyond organization or the Great Library, so I can't tell whether you've contracted cyberpsychosis or undergone a secondary awakening. But if you can see clearly, catch this gun."
Su Wen did not acknowledge his own ability. Instead, he cleanly and decisively retrieved two M16 assault rifles from the modified racing car's safety box.
He kept one for himself and tossed the other to the muscular black man beside him.
"Next, we are going to face those 'monsters' belonging to ResAunton head-on."
[ResAunton Trauma Team closing in]
[In view of your unprompted crazy actions and the destruction of the lighting system completed with the cooperation of the Environmentalist organization]
[Distance until enemies reach this floor]
[Preparation time remaining: approximately ten minutes]
Su Wen looked at the prompt text and calmly connected to the previously established squad chat channel:
"Fern, have you started your operation on your end?"
One second later, the middle-aged, raspy voice of the White Hound came through:
"I have 'marked' the scent of those pieces of trash. They can test whether they can truly escape the pursuit of a bloodthirsty hound. In return, Rhine, my daughter, I leave her to you."
As a silent father, he held a hatred for ResAunton. This hatred perhaps surpassed even Grace's.
Yet as a veteran transcendent, a Tier 2 transcendent with the transcendent trait "Stalking," Fern Onions chose the action he ought to take most:
Leaving not a single chance of escape for the upper echelons of ResAunton.
Slaughtering this group of trash.
Not leaving a single one alive.
"I will bring back all innocents alive."
Su Wen gave his reply calmly. This was what a legend should accomplish.
At the same time, he also tapped into the chat line of the Environmentalists:
"Gore, hack into the surveillance lines of the ResAunton building. I want to know all the movements of their security forces."
"To be honest, my role is actually that of a ruin scout; a hacker is not what I am," Gore Slater said helplessly.
"Remember what I said? The Environmentalist organization just happened to go on vacation to Hawaii, leaving only three members in Detroit. One of them is my superior, who is very fond of underground street racing, which is why she specifically stayed in Detroit. That's right, she is the hacker."
The next second, static crackled across the communication line.
Then, a lazy voice, extremely familiar to Su Wen, came through the earpiece:
"Driver No. 25, do you remember me?"
Su Wen fine-tuned his weapon while replying calmly.
"The host of the race? Madam, your voice is truly too distinctive; it's hard for anyone to forget."
"I am not called 'Host.' Remember me, my name is Carolyn Lydia."
Her voice carried a bit more sweetness than it had on the podium just moments ago.
"After this carnival ends, I think we can discuss your 'driving skills' in detail. That scene of speeding by truly makes one feel an uncontrollable excitement."
Hearing Carolyn say this, he replied with elegance and poise:
"Before that, perhaps you could first taste a French Martini or an Angel's Cocktail that I mixed for you."
Su Wen remembered very clearly that his one-star bartender quest had not yet been completed, and naturally, he needed to find a way to finish it.
"Small talk ends for now. Please assist me with data-line combat support now, Miss Carolyn."
Hearing him say this, the regional director of the Environmentalist organization in Detroit stopped teasing and said calmly:
"Rhine, your current location is the 6th-floor office area of ResAunton Building B."
"Currently, the ResAunton rapid response force: Trauma Team BTU_7 totals seventeen members, all with cybernetic modification rates above 30%. They are closing in on you in a pincer formation. Do you require evasion route planning?"
"Data evasion? Unnecessary. Provide the assassination routes; I intend to annihilate them entirely." Su Wen said calmly.
In the darkness, the "Legend buff," "Nightwatchman buff," and "Carnival Fleet buff" granted a low-tier knight assassination capabilities comparable to those of a "Shadow Master."
From this moment on, the roles of prey and hunter had completely inverted.
"Surveillance data has been overridden. The two Trauma Team guards currently closest to you and Grace are in the second room on the sixth floor, right around the corner."
At the same time, ResAunton's "gratitude" arrived as scheduled.
[Because of your crazy actions, the ResAunton Corporation's favorability toward you is: -99]
[Friendly relationship: Mortal Enemies]
[You have obtained the debuff: Biological Modification Dysregulation]
[Biological Modification Dysregulation Effect: Your total health points are reduced by 15%, and your regeneration speed is decreased by 60%]
Su Wen saw his maximum health bar drop by a full notch.
Yet under a panel overflowing with countless positive buffs, this minor debuff was utterly negligible. After all, the positive buff "Potent Healing" from the [Beyond Physician] alone granted him self-healing +30% and health regeneration speed +30% effects.
Not to mention the other auxiliary special effects.
On the interface, the unstaffed ResAunton building had all its lights extinguished, making the visible brightness extremely low.
Yet the two of them were completely unaffected.
Moving silently through the dilapidated office area, they used partition walls for concealment.
Su Wen signaled Grace with a professional hand gesture and switched his grip to a specialized dagger from Cold Steel Corporation.
The next second, accompanied by the powerful sensory perception brought by the Nightwatchman buff, he sensed the murderous intent coming from his side.
Without the slightest hesitation, he rolled forward with agile precision.
The dagger in his hand silently swept across the neck of the fully armored guard.
A cold gleam flashed past.
He felt a slight resistance in his hand, but that feeling of obstruction lasted for only an instant before the throat-slitting was completed without hindrance.
[Scavenger buff 'Tear Steel' effect triggered!]
[Your assassination action successfully penetrated the cybernetic alloy implants of Trauma Team BTU_7!]
[Target eliminated!]
[Two-star quest in progress, progress: 1/37]
Next, the dark stage belonging to Detroit's true legend had completely drawn back its curtains.