Chapter 3: Die before you get out of school

[In 2059, you were born in Night City again, unlike the last time, you have no parents in this life, maybe you were abandoned, or both of them died, but this kind of thing is not uncommon in Night City, you don't need to be surprised.]

For as long as you can remember, you've been wandering the twisted streets of Westbrook, the night city.

Westbrook, one of the six boroughs of Night City, is home to some of the city's best entertainment venues, especially Japantown, and is a must-visit for many mid-level corporate executives after work.

You, as an orphan and a street runner, are barely surviving here.

3-6 years old, as a rare orphan on the street, you have memories of your past life and are very good at disguise, although the adult world is always full of cruelty and ruthlessness, but these seem to have little to do with you.

The usually domineering members of the Tiger Claw Gang take good care of you, and the street puppets who want to take every penny out of the customer's pocket will also take pity on you, and some shop vendors will also give you some food for free.

You are very sensible, and you often help others run errands and deliver packages, these odd jobs are your only means of livelihood, and many people in the Tiger Claw Gang want to teach you some tricks of messing around, with your cute and innocent face, you will definitely be able to mix in the twisted street.

But you politely refused, thinking only of toiling to make a living on your own.

This upright attitude has also attracted the admiration of many people, such as the owner of the pachinko shop, Kazuko Okada, who wanted to take you as a godgrandson, but you still refused.

You have memories of this world in your mind, and as a player who has played this game before, it's normal to have the thought of "my life is up to me".

At the age of 7-8, you are still a street runner in the twisted street, the arrogance in your heart has long disappeared, and you only hate yourself for being so arrogant in the first place.

Isn't it nice to hug your thighs? Why did you refuse in the first place?

Although the thigh is a little old and the old bacon is a bit hard to chew, it's not a problem!

Because you know very well that in two or three years it will be the beginning of the Unification War, and the Arasaka Company will come to Night City as an emperor, and all the old patterns will be broken, and then Night City will inevitably have some turmoil.

If you are weak and helpless, you have no backing, and it is difficult for you to survive this catastrophe.

Maybe it's because you've had a leg up with Lady Luck and you've been given another chance to change your life.

On a dark and windy night, a female executive of the Kangtao Company was unlucky enough to do something wrong and ran into trouble on Twist Street.

But luckily, the female executive was lucky enough to meet you, and you were lucky enough to meet her, and with your knowledge of game maps and years of experience as a street slicker, you helped the female executive solve her troubles.

At the age of 8-12, you transferred and became the adopted son of that female Kangtao executive!

As a well-known giant enterprise in the world, Kangtao company treats its employees extremely preferentially, only needs to work 14 hours a day, and after signing a 50-year labor contract, they can get free gold members of the trauma team!

As a middle- and lower-level female executive, that lady gives you excellent living conditions and loves you like a parent.

In the past four years, you have inadvertently revealed to female executives the direction of future events, such as the outbreak of the Unification War from 2069 to 2070, the return of Arasaka to Night City to publicly intervene in the conflict, and other small things, such as the 2061 Bird Extermination Operation...

By knowing in advance about the occurrence of these events, the female executive was very witty to use these events as a pedal to rise in the position of Kangtao company......

At the age of 12, in order to strengthen its influence in Night City, Arasaka Company established Arasaka Academy, which has a secondary school and a university department, and outstanding graduates can directly enter Arasaka Company for internships.

Because you want to explore the teaching methods of Arasaka Academy, and it is time for you to go on to higher education, and by the way, you know some high-ranking cadres of the same class, and the female executive arranges the admission process of Arasaka Academy for you.

At the age of 13-16, the boring reading career begins, and you can't help but feel that this world is more volatile than the former Blue Star World, and studying day and night makes you have almost no free time.

You wonder and shout loudly, why do even students get 996 in the year 2077!

During this time, you also meet an interesting classmate whose name is David Martinez, who is the same age as you and is also your classmate.

With a little effort, you learn about his family background: a single-parent family, and his mother is an emergency medical technician at Night City Medical Center...

With the other party's family background, it is impossible to study at Arasaka Academy.

For a variety of reasons, the two of you have become good friends, he provides you with some black Mewtwo, and you provide him with some study tools that you don't need, but he can use......

At the age of 17, you start skipping school because in another year is 2077, when the game plot officially begins.

You don't know what that famous V looks like, you don't know if V is male or female, and you don't know if he/she is your game character.

You don't want to miss this big event, and you don't want to be mixed with the rolling torrent of history and be powerless to resist, so you desperately want to improve your strength, and the course gradually falls.

During this time, you suddenly heard some of David's deeds after a long boycott: the unexpected death of his mother, the beating of classmates in class, and the withdrawal from school......

It's just that you were desperately looking for a way to improve your strength, and you wanted to get involved in V's deeds the following year, and you didn't pay much attention to the news.

When you hear David's message again, months later, you wonder if you heard it wrong:

David has become a legend in the afterlife!

Afterlife - the most famous speakeasy in Night City, any mercenary and lone wolf is proud to enter the bar, and many big businesses and big deals in the city are also negotiated in this humble bar.

To be a legend there means that David has been lying in the grave.

Because there are no living legends in Night City, at least not now.

You are very puzzled, such a major event in 2077 actually has no related plot.

Could it be the content of the subsequent DLC?

Before the crossing, you were a big injustice who pre-ordered Cyberpunk 2077, and you only played version 1.0, so you know very little.

Now, it's too late, and you're desperately trying to gather intelligence, only to find out that there is a cyber maniac named David who has made his way from the Badlands to the Arasaka Tower, annihilating the military-tech forces and the pursuing Arasaka Secret Service.

He broke into the Arasaka Tower on a full moon night, and died at the hands of Adam's hammer.

Such a big event, you only know the final boss in the game - Adam Hammer, this parallel boss who can be hacked to death by the game character V several times.

You can't help but sigh that the world is impermanent.

None of this is your business, though.

At the age of 18, after a year of training, you consider yourself a "miracle worker", and with the help of your adoptive mother, you now have a top-notch prosthetic body.

Confident, you began to accept the commission, and after completing the commission a few times alone, your self-confidence became more and more inflated.

You plan your development until you qualify for the afterlife bar while you wait for the arrival of the game character V.

Your fame will gradually be revealed in Night City, until one day you finally have enough qualifications to enter the Afterlife Bar!

Just as you happily enter the afterlife bar, you see the glass of wine on the wine list.

(Wine name: David Martinez)

(Vodka in a bullet cup with ice, mixed with a small coke.) )

"The greatness of life, the glory of death!"

You were silent for a long time, and in the end, you paid for the wine named after your classmate, even though you were a little allergic to alcohol.

That night, you swore to yourself that you would become a living legend in Night City!

A month or two later.

Finally, one day, the top-level prosthetic body on your body was targeted.

You wander the streets and are cut off by scavengers.

Your life is over. 】

Lin Mo: ?

You blew Lao Tzu so badly, but you were cut off by a scavenger?

Wait, it seems reasonable...

After all, even the protagonist in the game, the famous V, will be cut off if he doesn't notice it for a while, not to mention that his strength is 108,000 miles worse than V.

[Summarizing the simulation evaluation and awards]

[Evaluation: Die before leaving the school, and the hero will be full of tears. 】

[Rewards: A top-level prosthetic, multi-commissioned combat experience, ......]

[At the end of the simulation, do you choose to experience the life and change the established destiny in person?] 】

[Note: If you choose to experience this life, you will get the growth experience of the whole life and all the gains of the life, and at the same time, it will also dial the timeline of fate and change the established destiny]

Lin Mo fell silent.

Originally, he planned to take the reward directly, and he didn't want to waste time going through a life experience.

But if you think about it, just getting this top-level prosthetic body doesn't have any combat experience, and you don't have any time for growth and development...

Can he really mix in reality?

After all, in Sims, he ended up with his waist cut off...

And after withdrawing the reward, he doesn't know if there is any chance left to continue the simulation.

"After I choose to simulate, will the life I experience be real or false?" Lin Mo asked suddenly.

[Immersive life simulation experience, everything you have experienced is real, you can treat it as a reopening of life, and the soul travels into the cyber world]

[When you die, it will be after the simulation is over, but everything you have experienced will not be meaningless, and the people, things, and things you witness in the simulation experience will become your help at some point in the future. 】

That's nothing to think about.

Lin Mo immediately made a decision.

There is no need to continue to re-simulate, after all, the results of this simulation are not bad.

"I choose to experience." Lin Mo replied.

[Congratulations on using the immersive simulation experience for the first time, and I wish you a perfect life in your new life.] 】

[Since this is your first time to conduct an immersive simulation, we will now distribute a starter pack to you]

[Starter Pack: Katana - Black Unicorn, Wolf School Bulletproof Jacket, Troll Baby Pillow, Immortal Weapon - Dragon Shadow Production Specifications, 3 Character Attributes]

[Character attributes are divided into five aspects: physical, reaction, technology, intelligence and calmness]

[The current character attributes are as follows: Flesh 3, Reaction 4, Technique 3, Intelligence 3, Calm 4]