Chapter 1: Corpses
The remnant sun was like blood, and the yellow sunset hung on the skyline, casting a twilight over the badlands and wastelands.
Yellow sand blew in the wind over an old wooden house, and the sand crackled against the rusty iron door.
"Panan, don't be angry with Thor, come back with us, you've been guarding that corpse for days, why bother..."
"Shut up scorpion! Didn't I warn you and Mitch not to tell Thor about me? ”
"Now the whole tribe is worried about you, the corpse should be buried in the ground, you take it with you all day long to avoid us, what is the matter!"
In the chalet.
Panan crossed his hands on his hips and retorted Mitch and Scorpion with an unhappy expression.
After carrying Tang Yu from the already ruined company square that day, Panan did not dare to delay at all, and galloped all the way back to the Adicado camp, asking the doctors and good friends of the tribe to help him see what was going on.
Who knew that everyone had clearly told her that this was a person who couldn't die anymore, and he was burned to the point of being inhuman.
Unable to believe it, Panan insisted on leaving the body for treatment in the tribe, but refused to tell everyone the identity of the body.
Soon.
The news of Panang's return of a corpse spread to Thor's ears.
The two quarreled again over this, and they had a quarrel before because of their cooperation with biotechnology, and now they are even more incompatible.
Panan was so angry that he picked up the 'corpse' that everyone recognized as the 'corpse' on the spot, and left the tribe without looking back.
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Later, she found a secluded cabin where no one could stay, worried that Tang Yu's identity would be revealed, so she didn't dare to go to the hotel to stay.
Within a few days, Mitch and Scorpion sneaked out to look for Panan while Thor was out talking about things while he was not in the tribe, and they met them at the cabin.
Panan didn't want to quarrel with Mitch and Scorpion, but when he heard that the other party kept talking about the corpse, he suddenly became irritated.
"Mitch, Scorpion, if you still treat me as a family member, don't worry about me, even if it's a corpse, I'll keep it, unless it's rotten in front of my eyes, rotten to the point that there's no scum left, don't fight this idea!"
Hearing that Panan's determination to protect the corpse was so firm, the scorpion frowned and subconsciously looked at the 'charcoal' lying on the wooden board, snorted and said, "Okay, okay, don't mention the corpse, we don't care if you sleep with him every day, but Adicado can't live without you." ”
Mitch nodded and added: "Yes, Panan, this time Thor went to the city to talk to biotechnology, just to see that they are short of people now, the robots on Kangtao's side are all paralyzed, and they can't go on with a lot of work, so they can only find us." ”
Seeing that Panan's face softened slightly, the scorpion chimed while the iron was hot: "Do you know what one of the requirements made by Sol to negotiate with biotechnology this time? ”
Panan was angry and urged directly: "If there is a fart, release it quickly, the old lady is not engaged in intelligence, where can I guess this." ”
"Biotechnology's latest nanobot to repair damaged nerve cell tissue, specially prepared for you." The scorpion continued to persuade earnestly: "With the medical technology in the tribe, if this still can't be saved, you can really die of this heart." ”
Hearing this, Panan's flat face softened a lot, and he asked in disbelief, "Really?" ”
Mitch nodded with great certainty: "That's right, this project will cost at least 700,000 euros a month, you think about it, Thor is really attentive, he has nothing to say to the people in the tribe, after all, we are all family, aren't we?" ”
Panan can't stand this trick the most, if she comes hard with her, even if she dies, she can't turn back.
But once she plays soft, it will be difficult for her to parry, and the tribe is equal to her life.
In the face of the sincere persuasion of the two best friends, Panan looked at Tang Yu, who was charred and blackened on the floor, his eyes revealing deep concern.
It's not a way to drag on like this outside, he has lost his vital signs for several days, and if there is no more powerful means, I'm afraid he really won't be able to return to heaven.
With that in mind.
Panan had no choice but to agree to return to the tribe, on the premise that the corpse must be left behind, if even the biotech nanobots can't be saved, the rest of the matter, anyway, it is impossible to bury the corpse easily.
After the three of them talked, Panan picked up Tang Yu again, not disgusted with the dirty smell on his body at all, and strode straight towards Tingwei.
After settling Tang Yu in the passenger seat and fixing it, she gently patted the black mud on her body and sat in the cab instead.
With a throttle on the accelerator, he headed for the Adicado tribe.
Walking through the badlands and deserts, the group returned to their familiar camp as it got dark.
Mitch and Scorpion offered to help Panan several times, but she directly refused.
Although Panan was tired and tired, he insisted on keeping his promise and watched over Tang Yu inseparably.
Again, it's the same sentence, either rot into mud or come back to life.
Mitch and Scorpion stood outside the tent, watching Panan clean up the sleeping bunk for the corpse, and said quietly, "Why don't I find you a white cloth to cover it, can you fall asleep this night?" ”
Panan replied angrily: ", I can't sleep at night when I watch you." ”
Both Mitch and Scorpion were bored, shrugged, and reluctantly turned back to their tents.
After Panan laid out the mat, he carefully moved Tang Yu to it, and after settling down, he closed the tent curtain and lay down beside him.
She turned sideways to look at the charred man, the skin tissue and clothing remained glued together, and there was no way to tear it off.
After being burned like this, Panan didn't dare to move casually, for fear of accidentally tearing off a piece of his skin.
She didn't quite understand how Tang Yu, as a high-level executive of Arasaka's hot company, could end up like this in one day.
After seeing what happened to Tang Yu, she didn't have a good impression of the company.
When she knew that Thor wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to go into the city again to seek some benefits and errands, she was very opposed.
Panan didn't want the people around him to end up like this, not a single one.
Maybe they had been together for a long time, and Panan didn't feel any smell, so he thought about it for a while, but he was too sleepy to do it, so he fell asleep.
The silver moon is in the sky, and the night is quiet.
The voices of the tribe died down, and everyone fell into a snoring dream.
Suddenly.
The curtain of one tent door was opened, and Mitch rubbed his sleepy eyes as he walked to another tent, lifted the curtain and asked inside.
"Scorpion, scorpion, go, put some water..."
When the scorpion heard the movement outside the tent, he was angry and said, "Get out!" ”
With that, the scorpion rolled over and pulled the hood lower.
Mitch didn't care, and walked to the outside of the camp on his own, finding a secluded place to prepare for the release of water.
Just as he was untying his trouser belt, he suddenly heard the sound of water release coming from the side, and the sound was not small.
Mitch casually glanced sideways, black and swarthy, smashed it in the mouth, and sneered: "Didn't you say that you couldn't release the water, you can hold it back." ”
After he got it done, he yawned, and after waiting for a while, he found that the scorpion was still releasing water, and said impatiently: "I'll go back to sleep first." ”
After saying that, he was fascinated by the lake and walked back, he was really tired enough to find Panan outside in the past few days, and he couldn't see clearly on the dark road, if he didn't often go there to release water and was more familiar, it would be easy to trip.
As soon as I walked into the camp, I heard someone in front of me say hello.
"Mitch, are you done?"
Mitch nodded and said perfunctorily: "Well, I just called you to go, but you didn't go, and now again..."
He was stunned for a moment.
He rubbed his sleepy eyes again, looked at the person in front of him, confirmed that it was a scorpion, and asked suspiciously, "Didn't you go to release the water just now?" ”
The scorpion didn't bother to talk to him, and said bluntly: "I just got up, if you hadn't come in the middle of the night to wake me up, I would still be sleeping well!" ”
Mitch felt a chill rush from the soles of his feet to his head, shivered all over, and couldn't help but look in the direction he came back again.
it?
His face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly pulled the scorpion to point to the place where the water was released.
By the light of the moon, the two of them saw a dark figure floating outside the camp, slowly passing in front of them, and then drifting towards the tent in Panang.
The two looked at each other.
Mitch: "??? ”
Scorpion: "??? ”
After dawn.
"Fart! Stop talking nonsense, I was on guard last night, how could this happen? Float out, I think it's you two who are dizzy..."
Mitch and Scorpion were full of anxiety, and for a moment they didn't know how to explain to Panan the terrible phenomenon they had seen last night.
At first he said that people could not die anymore, and now he said that there was something wrong with the corpse, and that it might be parasitic and controlled by some evil force, and that it was better to have a silver dagger in the heart.
The three of them quarreled in the tent again, so that Panang now wanted to leave on the spot.
Before she could lose her temper, Dakota from the tribe came over and interrupted their argument.
"There's a situation on Thor's side."
...
Cyberspace.
"It's time for you to fulfill your promise."
"But we didn't get the Relic biochip."
"That's your business, I have already told you the location of the chip in Lai Xuan's hand before."
A data consciousness is trying to show its anger, even though it doesn't make sense in the endless dimension of data.
Mr. Blue-Eyed didn't seem to care, but just said, "That's not what we want, a Relic biochip loaded with soul imprints doesn't mean much to us. ”
Ye Bai Kenji: "Don't think about it! ”
The third RELIC biochip in his hand was prepared for his resurrection.
During the battle in the company square, he specially loaded the soul killer program for the prosthetic thunder in advance, and successfully uploaded data to realize the cyberspace before his death.
Now that the RELIC biochip has actually been developed, Arasaka's research cannot go further, all the theories and technologies are ready, and there is only one correct way to activate it, and I believe it will be soon.
At that time, he will be able to return to the human world and become a digital immortal to accomplish his unfinished goal.
If he can't overthrow the rule of the company, then he will kill all those who rule the company until he succeeds.
Seeing that the other party was unmoved, Ye Bai Kenji said again: "Arasaka Lai Xuan still has an original RELIC biochip in his hand, and the one at the product launch conference has not been used yet!" Go and get him. ”
Mr. Blue-Eyes shook his head, rejected his offer, and didn't tell him the conditions, just waved his hand lightly, and led it to the edge of the black wall.
"Let's go over."
Ye Bai Kenji looked at the pitch-black and endless abyss of the old net, and his whole body was full of resistance.
As a newborn soul AI, he has no knowledge of the world beyond the black walls, which is full of dangers and terrifying existences.
If you are a network geek yourself, you are a little stronger, at least you have the technology to survive.
But he has no endowment and ability in this area at all, and there is only a dead word left in the past.
Ye Bai Kenji wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but found that his whole body was fixed and could not move, and in the online world, everything only data technology speaks.
Faced with Mr. Blue-Eye's control, he had no choice but to watch himself through the black wall.
Suddenly.
Ye Bai Kenji was already in the black hole, and all kinds of strange roars and wails came from his ears, obviously afraid but not physically felt, everything was only in his imagination.
Suddenly.
A huge red figure arrived, huge and oppressive.
Ye Bai Xianzhi was horrified in his heart, realizing that the situation was not good, and hurriedly confessed the RELIC biochip information in his hand to beg for mercy.
The vast and ethereal voice of the huge red figure echoed in all directions.
"Cowardice and cowardice are the root nature of human beings, you will fulfill the desires of your heart, you will not have to cry and fear, you will live forever with the Great Being."
After speaking, a ray of light was born from the void and fell on the top of Ye Bai Kenji's head, and the entire body turned into fragments of data, which were absorbed by the light little by little, and finally disappeared into the darkness.
Then, with a slight wave of his hand, a stream of data flowed into the black wall.
After accepting the data transfer, Mr. Blue-Eyed asked, "Looking for a suitable body for you?" ”
"The mortal body can no longer contain my existence, so let's complete the set goal first." ”
Mr. Blue-Eyes nodded, realizing that there was no longer a shell in the human world that could carry Ultra's soul mark.
Over the years, Ott has learned and grown outside the black wall, and has already become a huge data group.
Despite the continuous breakthroughs in technical capabilities, Ott's underlying logic and emotional aspects have become shortcomings.
In fact.
Mr. Blue-Eyes has never been hostile to humans, not even Alt Cunningham.
They hope to create a more humanized digital soul and improve the underlying logic of personality data.
Only by turning the digital soul into a real soul can humanity not resist transforming into a digital soul and re-injecting it into the body.
Even.
We can get rid of those selfish emotions, no longer have disputes with each other, realize a truly rich and happy world, and integrate into the avenue together.
And the only one who can do all this is Ott Cunningham.
Now they are getting closer and closer to this goal, even at hand.
The gods in the Arasaka Tower in Night City, the personnel database kept in the Crystal Palace, and the backup of the Arasaka headquarters in Kyoto are all the targets they need.
Mr. Blue Eyes said in a deep voice: "After the incident in the company square, major companies need to use our servers for emergency transition, which is a good opportunity, but Arasaka's attitude is very tough this time, and he chose to transport backup servers from the headquarters." ”
As soon as the words fell.
Ott Cunningham once again clicked a stream of data that fell on Mr. Blue-Eyes.
"Let's start with other companies, there are other arrangements over there in Arasaka."
With that, Ott disappeared beyond the black wall again and disappeared without a trace.
Mr. Blue-Eyed also exited Cyberspace and began to plan his next steps.