The top floor of the Arasaka Tower.

Saburo Arasaka's exclusive office.

Tang Yu sat in front of the office, brought up the interface of the entire Arasaka Tower system architecture, and then clicked to view the director-level deliberations.

He then approached the company's administration department to report the matter for deliberation, and asked the board of directors to consider the decision on whether to accept and cooperate with Yeshi Company to carry out the new infrastructure plan.

Thereinto.

The focus of the content is to open part of the company's network data warehouse and link the matrix space created by Yeshi Company.

Yeshi company has left a pre-interface for major companies, and noted in the cooperation plan that the nature of the cooperation is a preliminary negotiation, and the two sides carry out limited network interconnection.

The matrix space will provide basic network services and functional algorithms for major companies, on the basis of which to ensure the confidentiality of Arasaka's data, and the signal is secure, smooth and effective.

The impact of this matter was so great that the administration department of Arasaka Company could not make a decision on its own, so it could only report to the board of directors for a resolution.

And.

The Administration Department has investigated and understood this matter, and additionally mentioned the trends of Ye's company, and is inviting a number of cooperation invitations.

Tang Yu looked at the project submitted for deliberation, which had not yet been submitted to the board of directors for discussion and deliberation, and couldn't help but think about it seriously.

"What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the Yeshi Company?"

There are a lot of collaborative projects between the major companies in Night City, and the importance involved is not low.

For example, between military technology and biotechnology, cooperation in the development of super antibiotics. CT cooperates with biotechnology to provide intelligent security protection.

If Kang Tao had put his mind to it, he could even destroy the entire biotechnology building in a second.

The cooperation between companies still follows the basic rules, and even if there is a conflict of interest, it will not be made public.

From the confrontation between Arasaka and military technology, it can be seen that maintaining peace on the surface is in the fundamental interests of major companies.

Therefore.

When the Yeshi Company proposed the new infrastructure plan, no one thought that the Yeshi Company would dare to do it alone and hack the networks of other companies through the matrix space.

In fact, this practice is also extremely stupid.

Tang Yu judged that the Ye's company would not be so reckless, and if he really wanted to do it, he would use more covert means to cast a long line to catch big fish.

For Arasaka.

The Arasaka Tower is only the North American branch of the Arasaka Company, and although it contains important confidential information of Arasaka, it does not affect its headquarters in Kyoto.

If it really upsets Saburo Arasaka, not to mention the Night Company or Company Square, the entire Night City could be wiped off the map.

The reason why Tang Yu wanted to figure out the intentions of the Yeshi Company was more to accurately grasp the situation.

As for the intentions behind the Yeshi company, how much threat there is to Arasaka is not within his consideration.

As it turned out, it was not enough to just blow up or hack the Arasaka Tower.

Suddenly.

Tang Yu thought of something.

The subnet Poseidon in V's brain is abnormal, and the forces behind her are inevitably inseparable from the Ye's company.

If the Yeshi Company does not want to hack into the major companies, but wants to hatch eggs through the backdoor, then it is more reasonable to rush to start the matrix space now.

Otherwise, a prototype thing that has just been built will inevitably cause a lot of suspicion if it is made public in such a grand manner.

Tang Yu looked at the holographic projection in front of him, his fingers lightly clasped the tabletop.

"It seems that they want to come to this world, and it is not as easy as they imagined."

If the truth is really as he thinks, I have to say that the Night Clan Company has indeed done a great job.

The code programs that contain the consciousness of AI awakening are secretly implanted in major companies, and then brought to various parts of the world through various channels.

As long as the computing power accumulates to a certain extent, quantitative changes cause qualitative changes, and sooner or later it can awaken into the form of AI and restore the original main computing logic and consciousness data.

It's as if the DNA helix structure has been built, and all that remains is to add flesh and blood to it, and there is nothing more suitable for AI learning and absorption than the company's huge algorithm and data traffic.

Above.

It is only Tang Yu's personal analysis and conjecture, and the specific situation may need more clues to corroborate.

The main reason is the prototype of artificial intelligence awakened by the subnet Poseidon, which made him think more about it.

The AI awakening is not an isolated case, on the contrary, there are many such examples.

There are many kinds of artificial intelligence classifications, including those that are self-awakened by program algorithms, those that are actively developed by humans, those that are electromechanically generated by huge diodes, and those that are directly extracted from the consciousness of the human brain by soul killers.

Some software programs that were originally developed and applied to serve humans will automatically crawl information in order to learn it quickly.

In time.

These software programs will have a preliminary understanding of the world, and even give birth to the consciousness of independent thinking.

And examples of awakening through complex mechanical and electronic installations are one of them.

A mechatronic network server as complex as the human brain, with thousands of electronic components intertwined into the brain.

Today, Delamane is even able to understand human nature, learn to use his legal identity to disguise his purpose, and lurk in the human world to continuously expand computing power and intelligence.

It's just that artificial intelligence like Delamain has a more inclined attitude towards human beings to coexist than to replace them.

Tang Yu has always been tolerant of Lao De, he has always opposed AI interference in the human world, but here Lao De can be regarded as an open side.

After clearing up the intentions of the Yeshi Company, Tang Yu already had seven or eight points in his heart, so he called up the matters for deliberation, and directly used the authority of Saburo Arasaka to agree to the cooperation with the Yeshi Company, and asked for relevant cooperation immediately.

After clicking to confirm, Tang Yu put away the office system.

If you don't sprinkle some bait first, the big fish of the Yeshi Company will definitely not surface.

Now whoever catches whom, you have to see who can resist the temptation.

Even if Tang Yu's plan is not successful this time, it is Arasaka who is injured, and it is the Ye's company who is behind it, as for him, there is still some room for defense.

After all, it's for Saburo Arasaka, and this mistake will definitely not reach the point of killing his head.

If you really want to investigate it, it's a big deal to roll up and leave.

With that in mind.

Tang Yu's state of mind was much calmer, and he had to contact Panan's side next.

It is necessary to arrange a team of people to enter the bottom of the company square from the bad soil construction tunnel in the suburbs outside the city, and find the matrix space server interface, which can be regarded as the first step towards the goal.

This matter has to be handled by the Mann team, and it is difficult for others to rest assured.

Tang Yu felt that it was not appropriate to call Panan here, so he got up and picked up his blazer and prepared to leave the Arasaka Tower.

At this time.

Michiko Arasaka is sitting in the exclusive director's office, handling the latest requests one by one.

She rested her elbows on the table, pinching a brown cigar in her fingers, her head resting lightly on the palm of her hand, and her free other hand operated the holographic projection.

As the general manager of Arasaka Company in North America, she is not only responsible for the affairs of this Arasaka Tower.

Just as she was reviewing them one by one and giving relevant handling opinions, a special expedited notice caught her attention.

Saburo-sama?

Michiko Arasaka immediately clicked on the urgent notice, and the contents of it immediately made her frown and ponder.

Not only because of the strange content, but what made her even more suspicious was how her grandfather, Lord Saburo, who had never personally handled specific affairs for many years, suddenly set his sights on cooperating with the Ye's company.

He even personally issued an instruction, requesting that a new infrastructure cooperation plan be launched immediately with the Night Company, and that part of the network link of the Night City Arasaka Tower be opened to join the matrix space.

Komichiko stared at the announcement in front of her, took a puff of smoke, put the cigar on the edge of the ashtray, and folded her hands in front of her, her expression gradually becoming serious.

She immediately recruited a secretary and asked the person in charge of the company's administration department to quickly contact the people of Ye's company according to the instructions of Lord Saburo, and immediately promote the cooperation of the matrix space project.

For Lord Saburo's explanation, Lizhi Liban is the best explanation, especially the urgency noted above.

After the exclusive secretary left, Michiko continued to think about the causes and consequences of this incident.

The strangest thing she felt was that this urgent notice was really given by Saburo-sama?

Nine times out of ten, it's not.

If it wasn't for Saburo, then who would have the authority or face to let Lord Saburo personally issue this notice.

Saburo Arasaka has the highest authority over the Arasaka Towers all over the world, and even if he is in the Arasaka Manor in Kyoto, he can still give orders through channels.

But that's the problem.

As far as she knew, Saburo-sama definitely didn't like Night City, and even had some disgust with it, and something had happened here that made him angry.

Now that this notice has been issued, there must be some kind of clue.

The content of the notice involves the Ye's company, as well as the matrix space under the company square.

This kind of web server may be useful for other companies, but it is really a chicken rib for Arasaka.

Since the lessons learned from the nuclear bombing of the Arasaka Tower, each Arasaka Tower has set up independent offline database backups, and the backups are secretly shipped to Kyoto.

Even if the network collapses again and the Night City Arasaka Tower is nuclear exploded again, it will not be able to shake the basic data disk of Arasaka Company.

The matrix space cooperation project, in the eyes of Michiko Komi, is not worth mentioning, and there must be a deeper inside story hidden in it.

She is not ignorant of the Ye Company's schemes, and the experiments behind it can only be concealed from the layman.

Ye's Company, Matrix Space, Subnet Poseidon, Voodoo Gang

These clues all inexplicably point to a key piece of information - streaming AI.

As if to conclude something, Michiko Arasaka's pupils shrank suddenly, revealing a look of surprise.

Could it be Tang Yu?

At that time, at the birthday banquet of Lord Saburo, Tang Yu was received alone, and returned to the Arasaka Tower in an exclusive floating car afterwards.

The fact that he was doing a secret mission for Lord Saburo has now become a recognized ironclad fact.

And Kate's incident was fired first, and then officially announced, which is quite like cutting first and then playing.

Thinking of all kinds of signs, Michiko Komi realized.

I'm afraid that Tang Yu is not only running errands for Lord Saburo, but also obtaining part of Lord Saburo's authority.

And the only person who can open these permissions, except for Lord Saburo, who is far away from the headquarters in Kyoto, is the top office of this Arasaka.

Komichiko couldn't help but look up at the ceiling above her head, her office was already the closest to the top at the moment, and above her was Saburo-sama's exclusive office, which had been vacant since the Arasaka Tower was rebuilt.

A moment later.

Michiko retracted her gaze and began to carefully study the contents of the notice and the relevant introduction of the project, and soon figured out what was going on.

"In the final analysis, the Night Company's thief is immortal, and it wants to really make Night City 'independent' and 'stand'."

Regarding the attitude and philosophy of the Night Company, Komichiko couldn't be clearer.

Holding a slogan that inherits Richard Knight's concept and shouting slogans to revive the prosperity of Night City, he tries to drive out the major corporations, take control of the Night City Council, and completely take over Night City under the umbrella of Night Clan.

To this end, Ye's company did not hesitate to spend huge material and financial resources to do everything in the infrastructure, trying to bury its own hidden piles.

For these small actions, major companies have a good idea.

Including Arasaka, he just turned a blind eye and wanted to eat the cake of Night City alone, and the strength of the Night Clan's company was far from enough.

Not to mention Arasaka and military technology, these two giants can flip the table at any time.

The existence and development of Night City is the result of a comprehensive game between the forces of all parties, and it is not something that the Night Company wants to monopolize.

If she were to deal with the matter of the matrix space, not only would she not agree, but she would also blackmail them on the grounds that the Yeshi Company threatened the network security of the company square building.

Having fished so much oil and water from the municipality, it is also appropriate to spit out a little.

But now that Lord Saburo has agreed to cooperate, I'm afraid there are other plans behind it.

Why did she choose Tang Yu to do the secret mission, no one here is more loyal to Arasaka and Lord Saburo than her.

And what is the content of that secret mission, and why does the investigation involve the Voodoo Gang, the Night Company, and so on.

After thinking about it again, it was difficult for Michiko to come up with the deep meaning.

If Tang Yu was playing this chess, Komi Chiko was a little worried, he might not be able to control the situation.

Once the matrix space is connected, the other party may take the opportunity to entrap private goods and secretly enter them into the Arasaka network.

If you want to clean it up at that time, I'm afraid it will take some more work.

Xiaomei Zhizi didn't want to see Tang Yu mess up this matter, so she called up the contact interface.

If you really get involved in this matter, you will have to drag the municipal government and other companies into the water.

Michiko immediately communicated with the heads of several other companies in power, suggesting that Arasaka was ready to go.

After getting a reply, she contacted the people on the municipal side again, including Lucius Lane's side, and asked the municipal government to make relevant preparations, but if the Yeshi company dared to make any moves, there would definitely be no good fruit to eat.

After arranging these things, Xiao Michiko asked the exclusive secretary to go to the Counterintelligence Department to invite Tang Yu to come up for tea.

After the secretary was ordered to go downstairs, Michiko picked up the unfinished cigar and opened the reception area.

With a smile on her lips, she took out a bottle of wine from the previous year, uncorked it with her own hands, and just filled a glass, and when she was about to pour a second glass, the secretary came back to her life.

Xiao Michiko was a little surprised, coming back so soon, Tang Yu should be out of the office, and he has his own office access control identity authentication.

Is it still upstairs?

Komichiko was a little unconvinced, so she asked, "Have you called?" ”

The secretary nodded, a little reluctant to speak.

"Contacted. Mr. Tang he"

"What did he say?"

"Mr. Tang said he was not available"

“.”

Westbrook Cherry Blossom Street, in a seven-story apartment building.

V opened his eyes and looked around a little blankly.

She was lying on a large round bed, the light red sheets and the faint fragrance made her realize that this was a certain girl's bedroom.

The familiar and unfamiliar environment made her seem a little at a loss.

"This"

Familiarity is due to the fact that most of the ordinary apartment houses in Night City have this layout, and the one V lives in himself looks similar to the apartment in front of him.

Unfamiliarity is the furnishings in the house, which she has never seen at all, and it is obviously not her own or some acquaintance's home.

Suddenly.

Her eyes fell to the bay window of the living room, and she saw an ice-blue figure sitting on it, a long cigarette burning quietly between her fingertips, and a document beside her.

Silver-haired girl?

V immediately remembered who she was.

It was the silver-haired girl I had seen at the old Wei Yi Clinic, who seemed to be waiting outside the door for her to wake up.

The other party's cold attitude once made V feel that he was thinking too much.

But after the silver-haired girl left, Lao Wei inadvertently mentioned that the silver-haired girl stood outside the clinic all night.

V wasn't the kind of person who squirmed, so he rolled over and got out of bed, put on his shoes, got up and walked to the bay window.

Only then did it be found that the ID next to the girl showed her identity and name as an online surveillance agent.

Lucy.

Very nice name.

V followed the silver-haired girl's gaze and looked at the world outside the window.

Offshore river bridges, bridge buildings, and the farthest sea surface rocket launch platform.

"Nice view."

V said this without confidence, he fainted inexplicably twice in a row, and then was rescued by others, it is really difficult to say that he owes a favor.

Lucy's eyes were as calm as the surface of the lake, and she replied indifferently, "Are you better?" ”

V climbed up the bay window and sat across from Lucy, looking out the window as she did.

"Well, it's much better, thank you, I didn't expect to trouble you again, I haven't even had time to thank you last time."

Lucy then looked at V, who was sitting opposite, and the afterglow of the afternoon fell into the room, reflecting through the glass on her beautiful face, adding a bit of soft light.

"It's really beautiful"

"Well, what? It's a bit unclear. V heard Lucy speak, but it was a little too small to hear.

Lucy was also calm, and said bluntly: "I said you are very good-looking." ”

"Huh? Ha ha. Hah." When V heard this, he scratched his head a little embarrassedly, only to find that the former unkempt head had been replaced by a long black straight, so he had to brush his hair in embarrassment, and his cheeks were slightly red.

"You're the first one to say that."

After saying that, V felt that it was not right, as if Tang Yu had also said this, but she didn't take it seriously at the time.

Lucy retracted her gaze and said calmly: "The subnet Poseidon has awakened the prototype of artificial intelligence in your mind, do you feel anything abnormal?" ”

"Huh? V was taken aback again, but she didn't expect to wake up and receive two bombshell messages one after another, the first embarrassing her and the latter shocking her.

She didn't quite understand why the subnet Poseidon had undergone such a change, but thinking of the anomaly in the last few days, she had a little speculation in her heart.

"So I've been seeing some strange figures flashing by lately, is it related to the subnet Poseidon?"

Lucy took a puff of her cigarette and exhaled the smoke before replying, "I can't rule it out." ”

A circle of smoke dispersed.

She saw V nodding, not seeming to be overly worried or surprised by the result.

"It's not clear what the consequences will be, we've tried to clean it up, but we've failed."

"At least it's not a tumor in my head, haha." V's laughter was a bit relieved.

Lucy wanted to say that it wasn't much worse than a tumor, and once it took over her brain's running memory, sooner or later something unpredictable would happen, and even a dove would take over the magpie's nest.

It can be seen that V is good-looking, and he is free and easy in the face of life, and these words are not easy to say again.

"Wait, Tang Yu will figure it out."

V was stunned for a moment, then asked rhetorically, "Does this still have anything to do with wearing suits?" ”

Lucy: "."

She has always been kept in the dark, and she doesn't know that Tang Yu has done so many things for her.

Lucy bowed slightly, and briefly recounted the process of saving her.

V was silent after listening, and looked thoughtful, as if digesting the information.

She wasn't sure whether Tang Yu was supervising her and worried that she wouldn't be able to repay her debts, or if he was really protecting her and always rescued her in critical situations.

Most likely, it's a bit of both

After experiencing that party, her perception of Tang Yu has changed a lot, and she even began to think that he might really be a good person.

But how can the company dog have good people, V probably doesn't believe it.

"Damn, why do you mess up the commission every time, I'm afraid that the debt will be repaid more and more."

Lucy asked when she heard V muttering to herself, and seemed a little annoyed to see her.

"Any other surprises?"

V then informs Lucy of the intrusion of an unknown signal and a warning.

This verifies Lucy and Tang Yu's speculation that V's fainting is caused by someone behind it.

Now that the situation is still unclear, there is no need to tell V more clues, lest she continue to pursue the matter and get into more trouble.

Lucy changed the subject and asked, "How long have you been a mercenary?" ”

"Not long after I returned to Night City, it's a little ridiculous to say, all the small commissions have been completed, and the big commissions have been smashed, and my luck is really not good." V replied crisply.

Lucy seriously suggested: "You and follow me during this time, it just so happens that it is inconvenient for me to go out alone here, and the honorarium will be opened according to the rules, and you will not be missing." ”

She was telling the truth, as the cyber surveillance agents were mostly on their own, and many of their missions had to be carried out in safe houses, while using various gang forces to assist in accomplishing their goals.

Moseley exterminated the Voodoo Gang at that time with the help of Arasaka and the Animal Gang.

But Lucy didn't want to deal with those companies and gangs, and V was more reassuring to her.

Seeing V's hesitation, Lucy added again: "Although the Poseidon data in your mind doesn't have much impact for the time being, you need to monitor its movements at any time, and there are some means on the network monitoring side that can control its growth rate." ”

V showed gratitude on his face, and said in a deep voice: "There is no problem on my side, but the commission at hand has not been handed over to the middleman, and after she confirms that there is no problem, I can be with you for a while, as for the honorarium, there is no need for it, after all, you have helped me so much."

Lucy nodded slightly, indicating that she could call first.

V propped himself on the windowsill with one hand, rolled over and jumped off, and then turned his prosthetic eyes to dial Gloria's contact information.

She recounted the cause and effect of the incident in detail, and also informed Gloria of the investigation.

V originally wanted Gloria to deduct the honorarium according to the actual situation, but he didn't expect the payment to come over.

She couldn't help but sigh again: "The proprietress is really beautiful and generous"

Although the money that had just arrived was immediately transferred away, the amount was still zero.

With his previous experience, this time V was mentally prepared and became much calmer.

It's just penniless, what a big deal.

After she wanted to open it, she put away her gaze and was about to turn over and return to the bay window, when she accidentally found two bottles of stupid monkeys on the refrigerator cabinet not far away.

She asked with some surprise, "You also like to drink stupid monkeys?" ”

Lucy also looked at the two cans of stupid monkeys, and a trace of imperceptible strangeness flashed in her eyes.

"Looks like you're too."

Rebecca: "Instant noodle sauce, why are you so hard to make an appointment every time?" Your job is boring! Don't code words for a while, I'll cover you! ”

Instant noodles: "But I still have a bunch of debts to pay."

Rebecca: "Forget it, I have to keep my money and go to the casino with the company~"

Instant noodles: "."

V: "Your debt is easier than mine."

Rebecca: "Warmly celebrate the fact that the big guy 'Little Book Friend Doesn't Talk' has become the tenth alliance leader!" (Applause). Strive to make the instant noodle sauce return this week! ”

PS: When I woke up, I didn't expect the Ten Leagues, what kind of horse riding is called a surprise???

In particular, I would like to open a single chapter and say a few words, thank you for the support of Yanzu.

But let's save the conversation for a summary in January, and leave more time code.

There is a high probability that the Spring Festival will be updated normally.

It's a bit harder to explode, and I have to go home to accompany my parents.

The alliance leader plus more strive for another wave this week, with 10,000 more per day (the resolute expression of the bubble noodles is shining).

I hope that all of you will have a healthy family and a happy Year of the Rabbit in the New Year!

(End of chapter)