244, the land of dreams, the city of night

"I ...... Yes...... I'm me, I'm ......"

Li Nuo's brain was like being blown apart by a fart, he couldn't think at all, and even his language ability was almost lost.

"Well, I said it, and you want to hear it again?" Cha Bai said.

Li Nuo stared at the other party's eyes, his azure eyes like the surface of the water reflecting his stunned face.

"No need to ......"

He shook his head.

"No, I see."

Li Nuo put on his mask again and buttoned his temples.

Intracerebral communicators, which used to need to be connected to the signals of the miniature electronic brain, have been equipped with artificial magic technology, and only need to install a small chip and intercom behind the cochlea to use it.

"Dead?"

Marger replied quickly: "I'm back to Victor's clinic, I'm sorting things, you can wait a while...... Well, let Miss Cha Bai turn on the POD machine and use the projection to transmit the image. ”

β€œPOD。”

With a white chin, he took out the POD exclusive to the Leaf Sending Force from the backpack compartment, that is, the artificial human auxiliary machine.

A white, mechanical float that resembles a small cardboard box.

"No. 001 is, you, service."

Its sound has a mechanical stuttering feel.

This is an auxiliary machine that can only be used by the Jiye troops, Chabai's data and core system still belong to the artificial people of "Nier", which meets the use standards, Li Nuo is built by flesh and blood, and Maljie takes cyber technology as the main body, and the two do not match the "recognition" of the auxiliary machine.

Cha Bai touched the head of the auxiliary machine and said, "Connect to Marjie's signal." ”

Her behavior is the same as 2B's, and she is invested in "caring" for things like "pets", whether they are vampire dragons or auxiliary machines.

"Yes, connect."

The auxiliary machine projected a virtual light curtain, facing Marjie.

Inside the Victor Clinic.

Directly in front of Malj is a mechanical lifeform that uses its head as a camera.

"A little to the right."

"Yes, Bishop, is that okay?"

"Yes."

Although Li Nuo on the screen is wearing a mask, he can't hide the feeling of "what are you doing".

"Regarding the next work, Li Nuo, what do you think about the main line of the update?" Marje asked.

"The main line?" Li Nuo was slightly stunned: "Ah...... Let me see. ”

Marjie: "You can't afford not to see it, have you?" ”

Li Nuo: "Wait a minute. ”

【Kill the Mirror Master】

[Mission requirements: Break the three sealed bosses that block the mirror, and the specific direction needs to be updated with the "Divine Officer" line to unlock part of the content and update the map of the "Dancer"]

[Mission Description: Night City is divided into three worlds, dreams, real, false, what is false in the eyes of everyone, the world of the past is a dream, and the hidden present is real, the doppelganger of the mirror master supports the projection of the three worlds, when the doppelganger disappears, the three are fused in a hurry, and the formation of the dream is supported by a single subject]

[It's like Li De's dream formed a bar area]

[Kill the main body, you can get out of the dream]

[Titled "Tearing Nightmare"]

[But if you still don't kill the main body for a certain period of time, you will be completely reduced to a part of the old gods]

[If you don't want to do this, please kill the Mirror Master as soon as possible]

[Countdown: 1 hour]

[Bonus: Hunter Trait]

[Note: Players who already have the Dream Hunter trait will be compensated with other rewards]

"It's only been an hour." The tip of Li's tongue tapped his teeth, and his cheeks shrunk.

"You just saw that?" The corners of Marjie's mouth crooked: "What did you just do?" ”

"Marjie, what's the information?"

"Are you changing the subject?"

"Where is Nanami and Sumi?"

"Hmph...... Don't you transfer ......."

"Be serious! Is it time to be funny! ”

Marje stared blankly, and the mechanical lifeforms on the other side reminded him, "Master, the power is limited", and he said: "I ordered a large number of mechanical lifeforms to detect all over the city, first of all, I suggest that Miss Cha Bai turn off the [Focuser] first." ”

In front of Marjie, there are four virtual light curtains, except for Li Nuo, the remaining three are urban changes taken by mechanical lifeforms.

The Blood Moon has vanished, and there are a large number of creature weapons with red pupils in the buildings and neighborhoods, and in addition to this, there are also creatures that belong to the worldview of Bloodborne Curse.

A pack of bloodthirsty beasts.

A group of killing weapons.

"On the other hand, I found the location of Sumi and Nanami, who are not far from me, and I will have the mechanical lifeforms connect to their communications later."

Malger pulled out a glass, and the mechanical lifeform next to him poured him a glass of boiled water.

"That's it, contact later, you take a moment and think about the plan."

"Well, don't wait."

Li Nuo said, hooking his finger at Chabai, who followed him out of the ruins.

The full moon is in the sky.

Magical particles turn into particles, like stars shaking.

The fog is thin, the heaves widen, and it glows.

The night sky shone with a pale blue sheen, and a layer of pale blue veil obscured the Night City.

The buildings under the skyline are irregularly slightly tilted, and only looking at the ground is a scene of the end of the world, but with the particles of the sky and the full moon, an indescribable romance shines into the eyes.

Li Nuo took out the [Eye of Border].

On the player's map panel, a blue dot appears in an area of Night City.

The player's red dot is not far from that vicinity.

"The Mirror Master body is there."

Li Nuo said to himself, looked in that direction, and looked through the straight block, above the buildings of varying heights, contrary to the buildings of the steam age of this era.

That's the style from Novi Gray.

The mirror master was still quite nostalgic, and Li Nuo scolded him and put away the [Eye of Border Prison].

Travelling between players is a means of helping them complete their journey more safely, not the necessary kind.

For example, there are two conditions for entering Night City: first, Xing Kai and Su Mei settle the [Dream Entrance Ticket] that is synthesized by the reward, and then the [Inner Eye] obtained by combining the Priest and the Hunter to enter the Activation Ticket.

You say it's troublesome.

But its upfront troubles are meant to solve more troublesome problems, or at least it tells you what you should do.

Li Nuo used [Space Mark] to find his anchor point in 2076 and skipped the above steps.

But if there is no [Dream Entrance Ticket] prompt: the entrance is in Watson District.

He still can't get in.

The same is true for Helleye, at least the player doesn't have to look for the Mirror Master, or rather, without it, the ghost knows how to get lost here.

"Hmm...... But there is no 'doom transfer'. ”

"Li Nuo, if you have any plans, hurry up." Marjie urged, "I'm running out of power here, and the magic battery is expensive. ”

Magic battery, first buy an empty battery that can be charged in the mall, and store the magic element in it, in case the magic technology runs out of power, the battery is very expensive, but the tea white [focuser] can be discounted.

"Oh, what did the Mirror Master do when I died?"

"Pause time, and then Miss Cha Bai erupted with the blood of the ancients."

"Ancient blood?" Li Nuo looked at Cha Bai.

"Hmm." Cha Bai said: "But it seems to be ...... I don't know what Dana Mebi gave me, but what I do know is that the power of the Mirror Master will not be above the Goddess of Nature, and the ancient blood containing the magic of crystals will erase his time. ”

"Understood, and then Arceus's 'Sanction Gravel', right?" Li Nuo asked again, "Does Master Mirror have a blood bar?" ”

Cha Bai shook his head: "It's all question marks, but it's ......"

She unfolded the data held by her goggles.

It indicates the blood value of a thin mosaic.

"When the blood of the ancients erupted, it seemed that he had a blood bar."

Li Nuo bowed.

That kills.

"Anything else?"

"It's gone." Cha Bai shook his head.

"I noticed one thing." "Instead of pausing time, the Mirror Master slows down the flow of time," Marje said. ”

"That's right." Li Nuo raised his head: "The rules of the ancient gods are above him, and he who can't seize the rules has become weaker." ”

"Demons are related to faith and fear, and faith is the embodiment of a rule, so ......" Cha Bai shrugged his shoulders: "In 'The Witcher', only Freya, the goddess of fate, is above the Mirror Master, but in 'Bloodborne', there are a large number of abysses that are more terrifying than him, right?" ”

"Well, that's right...... Right? Li Nuo thought thoughtfully: "Let's not rush out first, someone has to go to the location where the mirror master was sealed to take a look first, Marjie?" ”

"Hmph, probably not, I'm here." Maljie picked up a gun: "It's a big guy." ”

"And, congratulations."

Then he turned off the screen.

Li Nuo was stunned, his pupils moved, and a mechanical lifeform sitting on a floating device moved over in mid-air.

"Marje is sometimes outrageous."

"It doesn't have to be a lot of eyes, in Mr. Victor's words, he is too reasonable, and sane people are very good at observing situations from behind." Li Nuo pointed to his temples, his pupils inadvertently swept to Chabai, and said with a smile: "Anyway, Cairo-kun, you come out for me." ”

From the debris behind him, the big yellow head broke free from the cracks in the stones of the ruins.

"That's bad luck,." Cairo-kun came over with the dirt on his head: "That stinky old man beat me!" ”

"He can't kill you, it's also your awesome......" Li Nuo complained and said: "You said that you have companions and tools here, where is the location?" ”

"Hmm...... This is around the corner...... A skyscraper nearby. Cairo-kun rolled his eyes: "But there is a guard around there, very fierce!" ”

[The Inner Eye has been destroyed, and the Dancer's map has been liberated]

【Player Map Updated】

The sound of the system suddenly appeared.

Li Nuo opens the panel.

There are three directions marked on the map, two of which are about fifteen minutes away.

In other words, it's all in the Watson area of Night City.

The Mirror Master's seal point is in another area, which is a bit awkward in terms of timing.

Li Nuo looked up.

In mid-air, several figures passed through the cracks in the black and white railing on the roof of a building in front of them.

Their black uniforms have military-tech logos on the chest and cuffs, and the rectangular scroll bars of their helmets float like life.

Inside the window, a resident was lying behind the window, covering his head in a strange position, and his body had a mane like a beast.

Judging by the perception of the hunters alone, they are all infected monsters.

"If the world is real, and the real world is false, then ......" Li Nuo grabbed Cha Bai's arm, took a few steps back into the crack in the stone of the ruins, protected her behind, and said to himself: "The Night City guards we see in 'reality' are actually in the dream, and outside the dream are their sleepwalking state, including the residents, everyone is doing normal things in Night City, but their real 'souls' have actually become beasts in the dream world." ”

"What about Mao, you say?" Cairo-kun asked.

"Chabai, support Marjie or others."

"What about you?"

"I have a hunter's sense, I took Cairo-kun to find his companions and props, and then one of the two of us must go to the Mirror Master's seal point first, and wait for the moment when his seal is lifted, use the [Retrieve Leather Bag] to bring everyone over, this is the only solution in terms of time."

He looked at the slowly moving ground in his dream, and the seams that floated and fell in the air.

"Hmm...... No one knows what will happen. ”

"Nanami and Sumi ...... them"

"Needless to say, they are all players of this level, and they know what to do."

Li Nuo pulled Cairo-kun's thin arm and released the vampire dragon.

"Let the vampire dragons come with you."

The moment the black young dragon appeared, he was about to bite him, and was pulled to his side by Cha Bai with a floating hand.

"Good ......"

At the same time, there was movement in the distance.

Huge amounts of dust erupted from the ground, falling endless clouds of dust like the eruption of an extinct volcano.

Li Nuo's pupils shrank, and he saw Maljie rushing out of the ground, and a big guy coming out.

Adam Hammer ......

"I know how to do it." Cha Bai said: "Do what you think you should do, hurry up." ”

Li Nuo took two steps back, turned around, and grabbed the location that Cairo-kun had mentioned, which was another area of the sealing point, the skyscraper.

Seeing him go away, Cha Bai smiled invisibly.

Girls who don't know people tend to have simpler minds.

The first to tell her to let "the glory of humanity live forever" to die.

The first person to take her on a tour of Nilfgaard.

The first person who dared to say to her in front of a pair of eyes that hid murderous intent, "There is me".

It was enough for her to tie her life to that person.

If Li Nuo really learns from a certain alchemist and says to her, in exchange for the same price, my life will give you half, so your life will also give me half.

The answer is nothing more than that, aren't they all together.

Cha Bai's insight is very broad, the repository of artificial humans has accepted tens of thousands of years of human wisdom, human economy, social development, magic culture, ancient martial arts killing techniques, and the export can be a chapter, but her vision is very short, so short that she can only see Li Nuo who is arguing with Brother all day long, and the rest is just as broken and indifferent to her as AI code.

She is not like the stupid Li Nuo in front of her.

She knows what she wants in the end, so she knows when to rely on others and when to be a safe haven for others.

It's just that the haven has a bit of stamina.

Li Nuo's soul was refreshed for a few seconds and then fell into a complete standby mode.

Maljay once said of him: This is a bastard who can go to the village with a knife, but if you put a hundred holes in front of him and let him dick, he will quickly fall into sage mode, because this guy has an extreme belief in monogamy in his head.

This extreme guy is carrying Cairo-kun behind his back, holding his mobile phone to check the message that V just sent.

[I've found Miles, as the one who hired me, it's up to you to decide whether to kill her or not]

Li Nuo frowned.

……

[Don't kill and keep it for the New Year? 】

V couldn't help but laugh when he looked at the message sent by the priest's brother.

"You're a false priest."

She picked up the gun on the ground.

Myers' office was riddled with holes, blood and entrails entangled in the implants adding color and pendants to the white room.

She sat on the couch with a juice jar in her other hand, pinched it flat and threw it on the ground.

Miles escaped through a tunnel, but she was crushed by a sniper shot from a distance by V, and her inner eye was left on the ground and destroyed by a stray bullet.

The large number of guards interfered with V, and she had to stop and kill all the guards first.

Yes, had to ......

This is called V, the living Hades, Cybertron psychopath, the most awesome man in the world.

The moonlight is shaking.

The white presidential palace was darkened by the scorched smoke.

The building was originally boxy, like an erected white coffin, but in the attack just now, V alone destroyed the place.

The cement and steel bars inside are black and mushy, and the inner structure of the pipes and lines is clear.

In the corridor, the scattered bloodstained remains were uncollected.

V searched for Miles' biological signals, locked on to the target's location, licked his lips, and walked fiercely towards the point of revenge.

The cold wind blew through the window of the only shelf, and a blinding flaming red grenade approached at a rapid pace, blasting open at the waist, opening a hole in the place where V stepped on his foot.

Beneath the raging flames, V stepped out of the darkness.

In his right hand, he holds a long knife that is out of step with the times, the Zero Weapon of the Leaf Army.

In his left hand, he holds a swarthy and cold rifle - the widowmaker.

She tightened her coat and pursed her lips to scan the surroundings, a lonely cluster of green ruins and a sense of heat hidden in the cold corpse.

Syllable!

V stepped on a section of steel bar, and pointed his gun at the wall of the floor below, and a red dot of the sight swept on V's eyebrows.

At the same time, bang!

The blast of bullets streaked across the sky and lasted for a long time.

A sniper wrapped in a black combat suit has his head blown off.

The flesh splattered out in a fan shape, staining the wall red, which was still white.

The opposing team's reinforcements will arrive soon, and V is also injured, and the pressure is increasing, and she needs to deal with Miles as quickly as possible.

Eventually, Miles' last line of defense climbed through the building's faΓ§ade.

Dressed in a bloated old-fashioned tactical coat and a silver-white shotgun in one hand, it walks and crawls on all fours, and is clearly not a "human".

The thing squirted hard at the direction of the V.

V dodged to the other side, giving the very strong monster a little respect.

Shout!

The monster pulled out a thermal cannonball and fired a shot, the scorching bullet pulling a long arc of air in the air, and was quickly hit by a little cold.

V held the long knife back, stopped, turned around, and rushed towards the monster in front of him, the other party raised his arm and easily tore off the pipe on the wall, and slashed over, but the moment he touched V, the mouth of the water pipe burst instantly.

Broken pieces of iron flew in the sky.

The long knife slashed upwards and slashed at the monster's head.

Precise, cold, brutal, almost perfect, V brings an elusive pressure.

A few hours ago, she was a waste company dog.

V heard the sound of falling to the ground, did not look or stop, and swaggered towards the revenge point.

She had only one thing on her mind.

"Fuck you, Miles."

……

The half-rotten Inner Eye watched V pass by the doorway.

The other side of the eye is connected to the dream world of Night City.

Adam's hammer pulled out the rotten inner eye from his body and threw it on the ground and stomped on it.

"Miles that bitch...... Did someone pull out the key things......"

"I'll guess...... The mirror fits the eyes into Miles' body, and then uses you as an eye to spy on Miles......" Malger got up from the rubble, patted the dust from his hair, and said, "I guessed, but your expression is telling me that I'm right?" ”

Adam Hammer closed his gaze.

The structure of his whole body is very strange, nearly half of his mechanical body occupies it, and the rest is swollen flesh, which at first glance looks a bit like a tyrant in Resident Evil, but from the broken tumor on his back stretched out two fleshy arms, the arms are extremely long, touching the ground, and have the appearance of beast claws.

In addition, the height of Adam's hammer has grown from about two meters to three meters.

Marjie stared at each other and frowned slightly: "Forget it...... It seems that there is no way to know what is going on from you. ”

Adam took a step forward.

In 2076, Leno killed Adam Hammer.

In 2077, the Mirror Master recast the big guy and brought him back to the Wild.

That same year, V killed the Adam Hammer.

In 2078, Master Mirror handed over his body to Miles, and placed an inner eye in both of them, which was used to check the connection between reality and dreams at any time, and also for fun, controlling the characters with stories in the two main worlds, for Master Mirror, there was a sense of pleasure in coming to the new century.

That same year, the Master of the Mirror gave the most perfect, original Adam's Hammer a rune that Miles could see through his inner eye, and the rune could spawn a new Adam's Hammer, but with the help of a player with magical powers.

In 2079, Miles took advantage of those players and took in the scavengers, and from then on, players entering Cyberpunk will have a scavenger camp, which is the players that Leno and the others meet in clearing the scavenger base.

In fact, even the main mission of the Chasu people who came to this world was related to scavengers.

And the original Adam Hammer, who was killed twice by Leno and V at the beginning, has been monitoring the movement of the dream in Night City, guarding the dream as a guard.

This is the task given to the Mirror Master after he was imprisoned by the Old Gods.

"Boy...... It doesn't matter who you are, but you have to understand one thing. ”

Adam's hammer glared at Marger, the corners of his mouth cracked, revealing the sharp teeth within, tainted by the Old Gods.

"Lao Tzu is a meat grinder, you are fucking meat."

Year 2076.

Victor Clinic.

Victor told V at the time that there were three unjust heads who spent a lot of money to transform their bodies, and these three were in the dream world, the priest, the thief, and the scholar.

And this scholar, that is, Marjie, was crowned by Victor at the time with the same mental state as Adam's hammer.

Genius on the left, madman on the right.

Adam Hammer is a madman.

Maljie is not a genius, but he is an alternative to a madman, a sane person who can make N2 crazy.

He chuckled.

Hundreds of mechanical lifeforms behind him flashed red eyes.

In the darkness, glowing dots appeared like glowing dots around Marj, surrounding their bishops.

"Meat grinder?"

"Meat?"

Marger raised his chin and lifted his chin with a haughty gesture of inferiority.

The five Novi Gray bodyguards came over with battle mechs, and the mechanical lifeforms pulled out pieces of one by one and tossed them around in their hands.

He raised his arms and faced the bewildered Adam's hammer.

"Adam Hammer, what are you going to fight with me!"

……

Leno sat above the Skyrail station, watching Maljah and Adam's hammer meet not far below.

"Brother Ma, this is a confidant."

The map shows that the alienated Adam Hammer is one of the bosses who has mastered the seal.

He had reached the skyscraper and entered the elevator because there were no stairs.

There are a lot of incredible phenomena in dreams.

For example, all kinds of facilities have electricity.

The elevator wall is interspersed with city news, echoing with the voice of a female announcer.

[Attention all residents of Night City: The city was attacked by dangerous elements, but they suddenly disappeared in front of a wall, and in addition, a building in the C013 block of Watson suddenly collapsed. So far, there have been no casualties in the accident, so please don't go there, even if your parents are there, otherwise you will be shot to death for obstructing the work of the police.

[Side information: Mr. Adam Hammer is battling a suspect in Mewtwo, and the hell knows what the Night City Knight is going to do, but he may just want to get another vote for the future mayor]

"Some of the conditions in the dream will feed back into reality."

"What has become of the real Night City?"

There is no Mirror Master possession.

There is a tea white ......

Anyway, he's back to that state where his mind is forever spinning.

"Didn't V kill Miles yet...... Eldest sister, I have to kill her to get the reward. ”

Outside the elevator barbed wire, the scene of the city passes by.

Li Nuo leaned against the wall, his eyes a little out of focus.

According to Xing Kai, Master Mirror's rules are the most important, and Cha Bai also said that demons value faith and fear.

The power of mirrors changes as the world changes.

In "The Witcher", he exists for thousands of years and is feared by many people who know about it.

But in Cyberpunk, he only existed for 9 years, and he was imprisoned by the Old Gods.

It is always true that you should die while you are sick.

【Evoking Brand】

[Type: Skill]

[Brief description: Demon or unspeakable magic, can also be called a curse, you can choose a shell for the demon's soul to carry its weight, but note that the strength of the shell must be equal to the strength of the demon itself, otherwise it will be unhappy and turn you into a madman with its mind]

His tongue was slightly hot.

[Note: After use, no matter what the effect is, it has a 70% chance of becoming a madman (madman) with the pollution source of the ancient gods.]

[You are a dream hunter who has been challenged by madmen and completely resisted the curse]

[Brief description: What is the concept of a shell, this is what matters]

"The Concept of the Shell ......"

Li Nuo's eyes were anxious, and his fingers unconsciously lit the mask.

He received a message from Chabai's mobile phone: [I'm going to help Marjie, he will be beaten after pretending to be forced, you be careful]

Looking at the text on the phone, Li Nuo was stunned.

He thought of her short titanium-white hair, and her blue eyes under the short hair.

"Hey......" Cairo-jun on the side shuddered and asked, "I saw ......"

Li Nuo: "Huh? ”

Cairo-kun: "I saw that white-haired banshee sneering at you, did she cast a spell on you?" ”

Li Nuo almost smiled: "Ah, yes, I cast a spell, the charm seal, the effect is that I have no choice but to live." ”

Cairo-kun didn't get it.

But Li Nuo suddenly thought of something that caused his head to almost crack.

"What if...... If I use the [Evoking Brand] on the Mirror Master...... You don't want to kiss him, do you? ”

……

*(Monthly pass request at the beginning of the month~~~~~)

(End of chapter)