Chapter 21: Garbage Mountain, Hunting the "Blue Wolf"
[Night City never asks, it only asks for it]
[According to your experience, mercenaries who make a living on the streets must contact the help of intermediaries if they want to make a name for themselves]
[The middleman is similar to the dealer, they are the most well-informed, they have access to all walks of life, and they can always make an appointment with the right order and hand it over to the lone wolf under their hands to complete]
[In between, there is naturally a rule of profit sharing, and the remuneration given by the "gold owner" can often only be distributed to the street boys less than 30%, but the lone wolf has no other way]
[So, you contacted the middlemen at the first time, looking for clues about the mercenary "Blue Wolf"]
[Soon, you got a reply from Kazuko Okada]
[This intermediary from Japantown tells you that the mercenary "Blue Wolf", like you, just made his mark in the "Night City" half a month ago, and his address is in a shipping container in the slum garbage mountain of Westbrook District]
[You can go to the slums to look for it, but beware, your previous deeds of slaughtering a whole team of Tiger Claw Gang thugs have angered the Tiger Claw Gang, and they are sharpening their knives and trying to cut you with a thousand knives]
[If you show up in the slums at this time, you are likely to be surrounded by the Tiger Claw Gang, you must be careful]
At this point, the game prompt pops up:
[Go Directly] and [Camouflage Appearance]
"It's really famous now, it's famous, you have to disguise yourself and go out again." After pondering in the white night, he decisively chose [camouflage appearance].
Now that he is short on time, it is best not to be disturbed by others.
You have chosen to disguise yourself so as not to be targeted by the Tigerclaw Gang's enemies
You make your way to a nearby Wilson gun shop, where Wilson provides you with an E-grade holographic prosthetic sunglasses that can be adjusted to disguise your appearance.
While someone with a hacking chip can still see through your disguise, it can still get you out of trouble
【You have obtained (Grade E) Holographic Projection Sunglasses】
"Holographic disguise?" White night raised eyebrows, sunglasses that can do holographic camouflage, this thing is very practical.
Bai Ye quietly turned his head, avoiding Xu Changqing's gaze, and dragged the (E-class) holographic prosthetic sunglasses out of the inventory and put them on.
took out his mobile phone and turned on the front camera, and the image of Bai Ye suddenly appeared on the screen.
Then, Bai Ye's heart moved, his face was slightly blurred, and he immediately turned into a handsome uncle with black hair and black beard, who was the popular movie star, Robert Downey Jr.
"It's quite real, it's like a holster." Bai Ye made a few expressions to the front camera, and it felt very vivid, and after the test, Bai Ye was satisfied with the sunglasses and retracted them into the inventory.
Worthy of Night City technology, although this holographic prosthetic sunglasses is only E-level, its camouflage ability has completely crushed the earth technology of this era.
As long as the holographic camouflage of the sunglasses is turned on in today's White Night, even the closest people can't see the flaws.
It is very easy to enter and exit some public places, and it is completely possible to leave no traces.
For example, bars, office buildings, and even police stations, as long as the white night is changed to someone else's face, you can come and go at will and get the intelligence resources you want.
However, the current camouflage projection level is still too low, and it is easy to be seen through by hackers with data perspectives, and there is no function of camouflage voice, so it can only be used improvised.
Therefore, the sunglasses can't be taken out casually, in case you meet the people in black from the "General Services Administration", and they see the sunglasses of Night City Technology, they simply surrender themselves.
"Maybe I'll be able to find a more high-end disguised prosthetic in the future, and even be able to fool the people in the General Services Department."
"But be vigilant and beware of the use of camouflage by people from the General Services Department."
After thinking about it, Bai Ye continued to look at the game page.
[You bought camouflage sunglasses at Wilson's gun shop, and Wilson gave you a 7% discount, spending a total of $3,000]
[You disguised yourself with holographic projection sunglasses and went to the slums of Westbrook]
[It is said to be a slum, but in fact it is an abandoned garbage dump, derived from the industrial waste dumped here by the Arasaka Group during the Fourth Corporate War]
[The mountains of garbage have attracted countless waste pickers, who spontaneously form garbage guys to recycle waste prostheses, damaged parts, and scrapped machinery from the garbage heaps]
[Although they are all waste products flowing out of the fingers of the Arasaka Group, the first generation of waste pickers still get amazing income from it, and some even make a windfall because of it, many waste pickers settle down in this area, rummaging in the garbage heap for more than ten hours a day, both eyes are blood-red, just to dig for gold and get rich overnight]
[As time went on, a large number of recovered Arsaka Yoshiki flowed into the people, greatly contributing to the violence in Night City, and the fire between gangs became more and more intense, and the quality of life of the residents declined sharply, but this is only the beginning]
[In the second year after the garbage mountain was dumped, the terrifying cyber psychosis suddenly erupted like a plague, with as many as 100 cases in a single day, and the Night City was full of wars and killings, with tens of thousands of deaths in a month]
[This horrific catastrophe put tremendous pressure on the Night City Council, and a new security bill was urgently passed, which promoted the rapid establishment of the "Terrorist Mobile Team"]
[The "Terrorist Squad" is a privileged organization above the administrative power of Night City, with a higher level than the NCPD, and a high degree of autonomy, as long as the appearance of "cyber psychosis" is detected, it can immediately attack, and can forcibly kill cyber psychosis on the street without harming any civilians]
[Each member of the "Terrorist Task Force" has a powerful military-level prosthetic, information-based tactical cooperation, and extremely strong combat effectiveness, which is a divine sword for suppressing cyber psychosis in Night City]
[Under the purges of half a month, the "Violent Terrorist Mobile Team" killed hundreds of cyber psychosis, successfully calming down this terrifying catastrophe, and the civilians of Night City finally had a respite and returned to their daily lives, but the huge psychological trauma has been deeply rooted in everyone's hearts]
[In the dead of night, the shadow of cyber psychosis is still like a nightmare, making people dream back, and some people are even frightened to the point of insanity because of a little wind and grass]
[Since then, the gunfire of the Terrorists has become an inherent soundtrack in the background of Night City, they are like a revolver, pointing at the head of every civilian in Night City, and if anyone shows symptoms of cyber psychosis, they will immediately open fire]
[A few years later, rumors gradually spread that the real source of the cyber psychotic "plague" of that year was the batch of military prosthetics dumped by the Arasaka Company]
[The reason why Arasaka Corporation did this was to implement a new security law, set up a terrorist mobile team, and form an absolutely violent team above the Council of Night City]
[This statement is not groundless, some information shows that at the beginning of the establishment of the "Violent Terrorist Mobile Team", it was immediately announced that Arasaka Company would be the main technical partner, responsible for technology research and development, providing armed support, and information exchange and cooperation.
[The historical process of the following decades has also confirmed this, and more and more people have begun to believe that the "Terrorist Mobile Team" is a private armed force of the Arasaka group]
[However, there is no clear evidence for this conspiracy theory, because the first wave of scavengers who came into contact with the garbage mountain either died early or disappeared from the world, and the truth of this catastrophe, which involved the lives of tens of thousands of people, has long been sunk in the dust and sand of history]
[The only thing that is certain is that everyone has no doubt that Arasaka's company's generous moral bottom line is absolutely possible to do such a dirty thing, and they have always performed well in terms of being inappropriate]
[In the decades that followed, there were still many waste pickers in this area of Junk Mountain, as many companies also used it as a dumping area, where countless scrapped prosthetic machines were recycled by waste pickers and sold to sex couples or anonymous street gangsters at low prices.]
[Today's garbage mountain is very large, almost an urban village, many waste pickers live directly in containers, and they can rummage through the garbage mountain as soon as they go out]
......
"This Arasaka company really doesn't take people seriously." After browsing the game introduction of this garbage mountain, Bai Ye sighed in his heart.
There are similar large companies on the planet, in order to make high profits, hide the fact of sewage from the residents near the factory, and the huge pollution has caused countless people to suffer from terminal diseases, and all the Minamata patients who have been polluted by heavy metals have atrophied their hands and feet, and even given birth to deformed fetuses.
Instead of giving any apology or compensation to the victims, such companies hired black-masked thugs to intimidate and beat the villagers, and forcibly burned the photo negatives obtained by the reporters.
When he saw this case, Bai Ye was shocked and deeply realized what it means to be evil.
As a result, Hakuya is always wary of others, because the world is not beautiful.
It was precisely because of vigilance and caution that Bai Ye was not exposed under the large-scale search of the General Services Administration.
But that's just it, there is no way to fight against the behemoth of the "General Services Administration", and Bai Ye needs to become stronger so that he can't be crushed like ants.
[You've come to the garbage mountain, which is full of mountains of prosthetic wreckage, scrapped machinery, and many ragged scavengers walking around in it, rummaging through it]
[You see some men with guns and mechanical prostheses standing on the outskirts of the garbage mountain, guarding the situation]
[Through the people around you, you learned that they are members of the Iron Hand Gang, a newly formed gang that just took over the jurisdiction of this area through a fire merger half a month ago]
[Now, if you want to enter the garbage mountain, you must get the consent of the Iron Hand Gang and pay $2,000 for their access permit, otherwise the Iron Hand Gang will beat you up and kick you out of the door]
[In the face of the level of the Iron Hand Gang, you can obediently pay money and spend money to avoid disasters; Or choose the threat of force, after all, your crusher shotgun and martial arts chip are not easy to mess with; Or use hacking chips to sneak in without paying a penny to these idiots]
[Of course, you can also disagree with each other, shoot and kill people directly, and crush them all, as long as you say that you are the enemy of a certain gang, everyone has long been accustomed to this kind of gang fire, and no one will treat you as a cyberpsychotic]
At this point, the game options pop up, and there are four options in total:
[Pay the money obediently, don't cause trouble],
[Deterrence by force, physical intimidation],
[Hacking technology, sneaking in],
[Full firepower, blood flowing]
"Four options." Bai Ye quickly browsed the four options, and directly excluded the option of [pay the money obediently], an access permit of $2,000, why not grab it?
Not to mention that Bai Ye's money has to be saved to buy a car and a gun, now Bai Ye already has a certain strength, and he is not afraid of this kind of small gang, so it is naturally impossible to be slaughtered as a pig.
But Bai Ye is not willing to choose [Full Fire], his target is the blue wolf, there is no need to fight with the Iron Hand Gang here, resulting in a startling snake.
Besides, Bai Ye is not a bloodthirsty slaughter, a murderous maniac, and he will not kill people on the street at every turn.
The only remaining options are [Threat of Force] and [Sneaking In].
After thinking about it, Bai Ye decided to use the hacker chip and the camouflage sunglasses he had just obtained to sneak in, so that it would be safest and not make a fuss.
[True dreamers are resourceful, able to judge the situation, and weave a strategy for victory]
[You used a hacker chip to hack into the prosthetic eye of one of the Iron Hand members, making its perception of you weak, and then you put on E-class holographic projection sunglasses and used your disguised appearance to enter the area of the garbage mountain]
[The members of the Iron Hand Gang didn't notice your infiltration, and you went deep into the garbage mountain unimpeded]
[The roads in the garbage mountain are intricate and irregular, and there are mountains of discarded garbage piled up in all directions, emitting a pungent smell in the sun, some of which are rotten of meat, and some of which are as pungent as chemical waste]
[You are wading through the sea of metal garbage, surrounded by many containers, which are the residences of the waste pickers, eating, drinking, and sleeping in it, although the environment is simple and harsh, but this is the only place that can shelter the waste pickers from the wind and rain]
[People living in this "wild area" naturally cannot have a sense of law, they follow the law of the jungle]
[As you walk in it, you can clearly feel the eyes peeping at you, their hearts are full of covetousness, but they are afraid of your strong physique and the Crusher's shotgun, they dare not move, they can only chew their own poison in the dark]
[You didn't pay attention to these young people, and went straight to your goal, and walked into the core part of the garbage mountain]
[You follow the clues of Okada and Utako, and find a dilapidated shipping container painted with a blue logo, which is where the blue wolf lives]
[You see that there are cameras on the outside of the container to monitor the surrounding environment]
[For the sake of insurance, you turned on the data perspective and detected a moving figure in the container]
[Through the perspective of data, you have detected that this person is equipped with a military prosthetic Sanwestein...... He's a wolf! 】
[Facing the sworn enemy of the last reincarnation again, your choice is-]