Chapter Seventy-Nine - More Than the Machine
Chapter Seventy-Nine - More Than the Machine
"This is a world where your value as a human doesn't contribute to your own happiness, but the wealth of others.
It's inevitable.
The only thing you can do is make them as miserable as you."
--Mario Russo the CEO Bomber, 2029
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"Eyes open!" One snapped. It was the first time he sounded actually concerned. "Medic, check on Charlie Four."
A soldier ran over to the dead man on the ground, but... yeah, there wasn't much that could be done there. That dude was very dead. Then they surprised me by taking apart the upper chest section of Charlie Four's armour. A few disconnected bits later, and the medic has Charlie Four's head entirely removed and was placing it into a foldable bag.
A cyborg? Not just a small one either, but a full-body conversion? Fuck, that was something I didn't see often.