Song Zhaomei admitted that she was willing to give everything in order to survive.

But Leon's words were really some. To put it bluntly, he belongs to him from personality to body, as long as he is a normal person, he will not be able to stand it the first time he listens to it.

And promised to make her immortal, which is simply a fantasy.

"Mr. Leon. I might." Song tried to weigh her words, trying to reject the ridiculous deal without annoying Ang.

The reason why she has the confidence to refuse is because she has found a way to save herself.

Not long ago, Han Sen dug up a platform console called Neural Matrix from underground in Dog Town, which used to be part of the military technology [Little Beidou Project].

When it comes to the Neural Matrix, we have to mention the [Soul Slayer] of the Arasaka Company.

The latter can be simply understood as a virus program that specifically targets hackers.

It can directly erase the consciousness of hackers, so it is called a soul killer.

Projects including Shenyu and Relic chips were born out of this.

Due to the appearance of the soul killer, the second corporate war ended quickly, and Arasaka rose to become one of the largest companies in the world.

It is worth mentioning that the inventor of this program is called Ott Cunningham.

The Arasaka Company stole the technology from her and tried to kill people, which led to a series of events such as Johnny Silverhand's nuclear explosion of the Arasaka Tower.

The Neural Matrix is an electronic warfare weapon developed by military science and technology in conjunction with the new United States, hoping to use it to fight against the soul killer of Arasaka Company.

The matrix itself is a container for containment and control, which contains a flowing AI outside the black wall, through which users can control the AI and let it perform some specific tasks.

Song Zhaomei's plan is to eliminate the lark AI in her body through matrix AI.

Rather than a fluttering promise, she prefers to believe in the neural matrix that is actually in the bunker.

"I'm really sorry, I can't accept this condition."

Leon knew very well what she was thinking, and knew that a mouth alone would not be able to impress her, so he simply got started.

Stretching out her finger and tapping it on Song Zhaomei's forehead, she immediately rolled her eyes and lost consciousness.

Then Leon himself leaned back on the sofa and closed his eyes.

The first layer of the fungus net.

After experiencing a terrible feeling like drowning, Song Zhaomei regained consciousness.

The first thing that catches your eye is an extremely luxurious castle.

Crystal chandeliers, serene mahogany staircases, delicate wool carpets, and even a candlestick have a strong sense of history.

But the most striking thing is the man sitting on the throne in the main hall.

"Where am I?" Song Zhaomei asked in a panic.

Leon didn't answer, just reached out and snapped his fingers crisply.

In the next second, a full-length mirror inlaid with gems appeared in front of Song Zhaomei.

In the mirror, she exists entirely in human form, without those ugly prosthetic lines. There are no cumbersome mechanical structures, and every inch of skin is the same as it was.

She could even feel her heart beating vigorously and the lobes of her lungs expanding with her breathing.

It wasn't a delicate mix of metal and lubricating oil, but an unbridled of flesh and blood.

She looked at Song Zhaomei in the mirror obsessively, then looked down at herself, and when she looked up again, she was already in tears.

Leon on the throne smiled, raised his hand and snapped his fingers again.

The ugly cooling dress on Song Zhaomei's body turned into an elegant black evening dress.

As she tried to make sense of what was happening, the mirrors in front of her suddenly dissipated and turned into brightly colored birds, chirping happily around her, as if she were in a fairy tale.

However, the good times didn't last long, and it didn't take long for a brown lark to emerge from Song Zhaomei's body.

Obviously the lark is famous for its beautiful voice, but this one's call is piercing and hoarse.

It loudly intimidated the other birds, driving them away from Song Zhaomei's side.

The brightly colored birds do not want to be with it and fly away.

"Don't go! No! Song Zhaomei tried to chase it, but she couldn't catch up.

The cunning lark stepped on her shoulder and let out an ugly and unbridled cry, as if to announce another victory of its own.

Song Zhaomei sat helplessly on the ground, sobbing in a low voice, helpless to deal with it.

Enough of showing off, the lark was ready to burrow back into her body.

But as soon as he moved, he found that he was held in the palm of his hand by a man in the blink of an eye.

It panicked and tried to escape, but like a stubborn monkey, it could never escape the Five Fingers Mountain that suppressed it.

It desperately called for help at Song Zhaomei.

The lark is Song Zhaomei, Song Zhaomei is the lark, come and save me!

Song Zhaomei turned a deaf ear, as if she hadn't heard, and still sat on the ground crying.

Gradually, the man who towered like a mountain clenched his fists, and the lark's call came to an abrupt end.

Song Zhaomei sensed it and looked at the man on the throne with red eyes.

Immediately after, the scene in front of her changed instantly, and she returned to the reception room of the Jewel Green Mansion.

The White Swan is back to being an ugly duckling, but luckily, the annoying shrill chirping in her brain and the monster trying to take her body are gone.

Song Zhaomei looked at her two manipulators and asked in a hoarse voice:

"Can I go back?"

Sitting across from her, Leon who seemed to have never moved, replied, "Of course you can, as long as you want." ”

"Thank you." Song Zhaomei smiled with relief.

Li Ang knew what she was thanking for, and said with the same smile: "Go back and rest for a while, and come back to me when you wake up." ”

Song Zhaomei obediently said "yes" and then got up to leave, walking briskly, like a bird breaking free from a cage.

Li Ang, who kept the reception room, had an extra thing like a crystal ball in his hand.

There was a brown lark flying around inside, crazy and trying to escape.

Li Ang smiled and nodded on the crystal ball: "Be good, you will be my Red Queen in the future." ”

The fungus net is actually very much like a strengthened version of the gods, which is also a place to store consciousness, but the former is a little more mysterious than the latter.

The gods can also be explained in a scientific way, and the fungus network is influenced by some people, which can be regarded as completely entering the category of metaphysics.

Leon always avoided entering the fungus net while the next dungeon.

Because when his consciousness leaves, the body is completely defenseless.

He always remembered very well how Miranda was stolen by him back then, and today was a little risk.

Fortunately, there is a good harvest.

A top hacker, a super-intelligent AI.

In fact, everything Song Zhaomei saw in the fungus net just now was what Li Ang wanted her to see.

The real situation is far more complicated than this, lark and Song Zhaomei have long been in you and me, and it is not so simple to be separated.

So Leon split this mess of consciousness into many pieces.

Find out the part that belongs to Song Zhaomei and put her together.

Since the whole process is relatively indescribable, in order not to scare Song Zhaomei, Li Ang created a false memory and implanted it in her consciousness.

Now it seems to be working out pretty well.

However, fortunately, the degree of integration between Song Zhaomei and larks is relatively deep, and the larks, which are a bunch of data, can enter the fungus net.

The rest of the streaming AI can't use this method.

Otherwise, Leon would have gone to contact Otter Cunningham earlier, and the strongest AI outside the black wall is not better than a small house sparrow?

Then again, with the level of technology in the Overworld, the little house sparrow is enough for the time being.

Just as Leon was imagining the future of his beautiful new home in the Overworld, V sent him a very brief message.

[Done!! ]

[Bring people back]

After Li Ang replied to V's message, he was just about to put away his phone, but after thinking about it, he sent another message to Ciri.

[Considered ready?] Quick return !! ]

Five minutes later, the slowly swallowing witch replied, "[haven't started thinking about it yet.]

Then she immediately explained why: [Yesterday there was a new arcade called 'Save Yuriko-sama', which was so fun!] Patronized and played games, forgot about going home, hehe. ]

Leon scratched his forehead in confusion, too many slots and didn't know where to start.

But he suddenly remembered something.

Ciri's interests seem to be similar to those of Judy, and they both prefer pretty girls.

Well. The difference is that Judy is purer and Ciri takes all.

Once the mind diverges, it is difficult to retract it, so Leon just empties his brain and thinks about something that he doesn't have, until V comes back.

"I'm back!" V knocked on the door twice, then pushed it straight in.

Behind her were Han Sen, as well as two black friends who had been escorted in by the Nether Dog.

The man among them is tall and strong, with a dignified expression, wearing a sleek fur coat, looking very much like a British actor in Leon's previous life.

(Idris Elba, who played Heimdall in Thor)

The black woman behind him was more ordinary, with short blond-brown hair, a thin build, and the only memory point was wearing a nose ring, which was nothing at all in Night City.

Leon looked up and glanced at the two of them.

Solomon Reid looked at him without fear, but Alex behind him looked a little evasive.

"Welcome, you two, you shouldn't be angry if you are invited here in this way, right?"

Li Ang greeted them warmly, and then said to Han Sen, "Loosen the bindings for the two friends, and by the way, give them a cup of drink." ”

Han Sen nodded at his subordinates.

Several Nether Dogs quickly stepped forward to untie the electronic shackles on Lide and Alex.

Li De moved his sore wrists while quietly observing the layout of the reception room, looking for a way to escape.

Alex was more honest, and he didn't dare to look anywhere with his head down.

The agent's mind could not be hidden from Leon, and he waved his hand: "V stay, let the rest of the people go out, don't get in the way of Mr. Rohm's sight." ”

Han Sen bowed slightly towards him and left with the Nether Dogs.

Alex was horrified when he saw this.

She had been in Dogtown for seven years, and it was the first time she had seen Han Sen treat someone so respectfully.

Is this still the lawless King of Dogtown?

Li De's reaction was much more flat, he took off his windbreaker and sat on the sofa opposite Li Ang: "Make a price, how can you let President Miles go?" ”

Leon ignored him and said to V, who was guarding the door, "Good job, come and sit." ”

"You're welcome, no." V smiled and sat down next to him, then handed him an item: "Military technology is exclusively for the CIA's bionic mimic mask technology, similar to the one I used before, but the model is more advanced, and I found it from that lady." ”

Leon took the disguised prosthetic body that looked like a badge and looked at it for a moment.

I don't know if there's a plan for this thing to be large-scale, but if there is, he can install a mimic shield above the Overworld valley like Wakanda did, and camouflage the entire valley.

With that in mind, he retracted the corpse and focused on the agent opposite.

"Solomon, you really don't care about the past, Miles once wanted your life, but you wanted to save her, this kind of behavior always reminds me of an old man named Goro Takemura."

At the end of the Unification War, that is, seven years ago, the secret service team led by Li De worked hard, did a lot of black work for the federal army, and also passed on a lot of useful information.

But this also annoyed the Arasaka Company and the Night City executives.

Therefore, after the end of the war, the team leader Li De was given up as a matter of course.

Not only that, but Miles also framed him for defecting to Arasaka and ordered Song Zhaomei, a member of the group, to kill him.

Fortunately, Li De did not die, and other than that, it was all unfortunate.

Alex was trapped in Dogtown for seven years and couldn't leave because he lost his only upline.

Song Zhaomei was stimulated, which caused her condition to worsen.

And after lying in the hospital for several months, Li De himself did not explain to anyone, nor did he pay attention to the former team members, and ran to the bar in the middle of the city center to work as a security guard.

It wasn't until V dialed that number that he reappeared.

"I saved the president, not Myers." Li De replied coldly.

Li Ang smiled after hearing this, and turned to ask the female agent who was silently standing in the corner: "Alex, Alex-Ker-S, do you hate him?" ”

Alex said without thinking, "Hate, I want him to die!" ”

How many seven years can there be in life?

Leon patted V's thigh, and his hand felt very tight: "Give her your gun." ”

V glared at him angrily, but pulled out the pistol pinned to his waist and threw it to the female agent.

Alex scrambled to catch it, looking at his former boss at a loss.

Li Ang looked playful: "Give you a chance to kill him." ”

Alex behind him slowly raised the gun in his hand, but Li De did not move at all, staring at Li Ang with beastly eyes.

Bang!

Alex fired, but it was Leon who was aimed.

Li Ang lowered his head, picked up the warhead that had been deformed in his heart, and sighed: "Tsk." ”

The V next to him touched his chest curiously: "Tsk, the skin is so thick." ”

She never thought that Alex would hurt Leon, so she was relieved to hand over the gun.

Mythical creatures can be shot to death, that's too low.

The two of them were breezy and breezy, but they frightened Alex so much that she even thought she was holding a toy gun.

Even Li De, who had always remained calm, showed a look of surprise.

Leon played with the warhead in his hand and asked meaningfully, "I heard that your dream is to become a musical theater actor?" ”

Alex nodded subconsciously.

"Change your dreams, it's not for you." With that, Leon threw the bullet back in.

Not a word was moved, and it was released, and it was also served

(End of chapter)