Chapter 4: Die Early
"I believe you can guess without me saying that there is a ghost on your side."
Lille's opening remarks were very direct, and Zhu Shen nodded after listening to it and said, "It's my deputy Cai Ping, is she your client?" β
"I don't know." Lille shook his head, "The identity of the client is a secret, forgive me." β
There is no secrecy, Lille has no idea who V's client is, and there is no need to know.
First of all, the authenticity of the client's identity is doubtful, and secondly, if Zhu Shen doesn't even know who has the opportunity and motive to hack him, it is better to throw him back now.
"Hmph, still doing this? Are you an Oriental? β
"Think I am."
"Then we'll communicate in the Oriental language - I'm going to turn off the translator, and it will make me feel better if I turn off some systems."
In the year 2077, for the fortified person with a prosthesis, the electronic virus and the biological virus are indistinguishable from each other, and if the implanted prosthesis is broken, it is equivalent to the body is broken.
Lille nodded, switching languages: "Okay--go ahead, what are you doing." β
"What is the holiday? It's nothing more than that she wants to take my place, I just didn't expect her to do it at this juncture..."
Zhu Shen frowned, looking very irritable: "We have a batch of goods that need to be transported back to the headquarters from there to the Night City, and now that I have been arrested, in order to ensure efficiency, they will most likely let Cai Ping take charge of this matter first."
When she actually does it and takes my place, no one cares about my life or death. β
"What's in that shipment?"
Zhu Shen glanced at it: "Some prototype finished and semi-finished components, new products developed by the Atlanta marketing department, need to be approved for production by the headquarters.
Listen, I haven't restarted the system yet, and there is only one reason to contact the trauma team and call the police: I want Cai Ping to die, and this batch of goods can't be messed up.
I don't want APD to step in and get me into the game, I'm going to keep dropping, you're going to catch her off guard, and I'm going to make sure my work goes smoothly. β
Lille didn't respond immediately and just looked at the TV, where an ad for Zeta Technology was playing, showing that the company was far ahead of the market share of neural processors.
But I don't know what's wrong, and another one is inserted after this advertisement, saying that the top civilian neural processor is still the military technology of Sianweistein.
It's like a slap in the face - "Although you sell a lot, don't forget that mine is the top product".
However, Zeta Technology can only continue, after all, this is the territory of military technology.
Lille thought for a moment and said, "Then you're lucky, you've met the best mercenary, let's talk about the price." β
"The best mercenary, isn't he?" Zhu Shen was noncommittal, but he also knew that there were not many options now.
After a little thought, he offered his own price: "400,000 to buy Cai Ping's life, 400,000 to send this batch of goods to Night City, 200,000 to buy your covert operation - remember, the movement should be small, I don't want to deal with APD." β
Lille shook his head: "1 million to do so much work?" Come on, we're talking about taking out a corporate executive in Atlanta without knowing it, and you don't have any other options.
Trust me, if you show up on the street, a steady stream of killings will follow, and then you'll have to choose between yourself and calling the police.
The first one, the probability of death is almost 100%, and the second one, you have to lose your job, it sounds like killing you.
But you don't want to choose either - 2 million, it's a hard job.
And you'll have to pay a deposit first, and then I'll get a copy of the local intelligence analysis within Kangtao. β
Almost without hesitation, Zhu Shen nodded: "Deal, my system can't be restarted, but I still have safe funds, a total of 400,000 euros, put in a European bank, she can't find it." β
After whistling, Lille opened the door, and V stood in front of the door, considering the poor sound insulation here, he should have listened to the transaction just now.
Zhu Shen looked constipated, and Lille just shrugged his shoulders: "We are in a group, she always needs to know the mission objectives, requirements and rewards, right?"
V, driving, we're going to find a prosthetic doctor - Mr. Zhu, I think you should have someone to choose from, right? β
......
The V who drove looked very calm, but in fact, everyone was dizzy.
2,000,000 euros!
Who would be a mercenary if you have this money! Go straight to life!
She glanced at her, "You're really good." β
Lille business boasted to each other: "I have won awards, and then I want you to make more shots, after all, you are a famous V." β
Although V didn't say anything, it was obvious that Lille was very comfortable patting the sycophants: "How do you divide the money?" β
"I'm seven and you're three--street rules."
"What kind of are you talking about? Where is the street rule to be seven or three with a bald donkey like you? β
"Look, I'm half a middleman now, if you don't want to do it, you can leave me alone, but you killed me, do you see if the gold lord will continue to cooperate?"
Lille has nothing to fear - from now on, the street kid V Zhentian has a request for him, and he can do whatever he wants.
In fact, this is the kind of work that the middleman does, dealing with the gold lord, and then giving full play to his connections and taking action.
In the end, I hired a stunned young man to do the work, and the stunned young man wanted the kind of work that was neat, but his head was dizzy when he thought of money.
Whether it is a middleman or a mercenary, the company does not look down on it, but they will only contact the middleman and will not directly negotiate business with the mercenary.
Lille pretended to be a novice middleman in front of Zhu Shen, but in fact, he was indeed in this role in this mission.
It's just that... V knows that Lille is definitely not a middleman - intuition.
V didn't speak, but Lille could feel the solemnity in the air...
"Ahem... Considering that I have just opened now, this order is more risky for you, and you can take an extra 10%. β
V glanced at him: "Five-five points - you can't do it without me." β
Lille could only reluctantly accept: "Okay, after all, it's the first time, but it's impossible to get all this money, don't be too greedy." β
V's grip on the steering wheel loosened a little: "So, what do we do next?" β
"First use the deposit that Mr. Zhu gave us, and we have to use the good goods to do a big job, and then we will find some helpers and prepare to surprise Miss Cai...
Uh--cough-cough-cough---! β
Halfway through his speech, a violent burning sensation suddenly came from his lungs.
For a moment, his limbs seemed to have completely lost contact with his brain, and the next, he felt his body again, but it was extremely numb.
And there was a dark halo around his field of vision, as if he was nearsighted, and he saw things with double vision.
He can't hear anything, and his eyes see things but have difficulty discerning what appears visually.
After a few seconds, the sound of the horn reappeared in his ears, and his consciousness seemed to have just returned from hell.
"Are you alright? It's like you've just died. V was a little worried that the 500,000 big order in his hand was gone, "I'll go, your eyes..."
Lille's right eye was completely bloodshot, and the entire whites of the eyes were bloodshot.
"It's all right," Lille lay back in his chair, breathing in a big breath --
In addition to giving V a better combat prosthetic, he also had to find a special doctor to check his physical condition.
Or rather, that's his primary goal.
The two drove a car to withdraw Zhu Shen's security funds from the bank, and then drove all the way to a black clinic on the edge of the city, which was recommended by Zhu Shen and used by the company's dogs.
As long as you don't cross the line, it's a real black clinic - that's what Zhu Shen said.
Lille honestly lay down on the operating table and did a full body examination.
The doctor in charge of the examination appeared to have only a prosthesis in his eyes, but both arms were completely prosthetic, and the examination was carried out with a work bench.
Relatively a normal prosthetic doctor - after all, in the Rust Belt, a decent style is the mainstream of the company.
"Hmm... Your conditionβ" The doctor looked at the report that only he could see, and stopped talking.
"What's wrong?" Lille opened his eyes, and the effects of the anesthetic had not yet fully passed.
"How old are you?"
"It should be... 18, what's wrong? After Lille finished speaking, he asked curiously, "What about you?" β
"I... 62 too. β
Lille was taken aback because the doctor looked to be in his thirties at most, so he blurted out, "So old? β
"It's really old." The doctor glanced at him and said, "But you died before me." β
With that, the doctor handed Lille a tablet showing the results of the examination.
"All your organs are failing, and if you don't have a prosthesis, it's fine, but with a prosthesis, the process can be several times faster.
The worst thing is that your cells are radioactive, which will affect the precision implants and greatly increase the failure rate, so you can only use the most advanced ones in the second generation of implants, and say goodbye to miscellaneous products.
A little more urgent - your eyes are probably about to go blind, do you feel that there is a dark halo around your field of vision, blurred vision, double vision, and small flying insects in your vision?
In the end, that's not the most important thing you need to care about, because if that's all you do, you'll live for at least four or five years.
The most important thing you need to be concerned about is that your polio activity is decreasing, in other words, you are about to be paralyzed, which is relatively fast, maybe a month or two.
The solution... It is to install nerve implants to strengthen the central nervous system, but as I said before, this will shorten your lifespan. β
The doctor was not blind, he could see that Lille was a street boy with no stable job.
For this kind of street runner, paralysis is no different from their life - of course, in a sense, the inability to pretend to be a prosthetic physique can be regarded as killing him.
"This is the first time I've ever seen someone with such a contradictory body.
Truth be told, your brain has a lot of folds, the surface area is very good, and the EEG signals are active.
But your body, your cells, are completely unfit for implants, and any implanted device will shorten your lifespan.
Otherwise, you might be able to... Engaged in cyber security work. β
In the year 2077, everyone needs prosthetics, and so do cyber hackers β only by squeezing the brain's potential can we better cope with real-world situations.
Without a prosthetic body, being an ordinary person is the only choice, but unfortunately it is difficult to live for a long time.
[Complete a comprehensive physical examination and read the report carefully to gain technology points.] γ
[Note: Tech points can be used to assist in parsing techniques or carry items]
However, this kind of thing has happened with the traversal belt system, and Lille has to solve the problem in his own way.