In this cyberpunk era, why are you still playing the traditional villain?

"Even if I'm going to get shocked by you, I need to know."

Miss Black Rabbit became serious as well, "You can't keep saying you trust us, but then hide everything from us, can you?"

Especially in this kind of situation, it would be a lie to say I'm not worried.

"What else can I do?"

Faced with her sudden concern, Xu Shi was both amused and exasperated. "Once we've found those people, of course we should just call them directly through the internet."

"...You wouldn't let me upload my own thoughts, so you did it yourself, huh?"

Gu Yi was stunned for a moment, then raised her voice eight octaves, "What kind of double standard are you? Let me tell you, I don't agree!"

"But your mental strength isn't as strong as mine."

Xu Shi looked completely innocent.

The little black rabbit was speechless, because it really was true.

Every time she thinks about it, she feels really angry. She finally developed such an interesting and powerful derivative ability, but she still has to be suppressed by others. Where can she go to reason with them?

She would rather be pinned down by Xu Shi himself in bed at night than be pinned down like this. Is this bullying an honest person?

"That's not a reason for you to apply double standards."

So she retorted, "Isn't it just about finding out who's causing trouble? I'll find out, and once we find them, we can choose a safer approach..."

As she said this, she forgot about her arrogant act of leaving her name after extorting money from others as an electronic kidnapper.

"What's there to be afraid of? You can't get what you don't want by begging, and what's meant to come will come eventually."

Xu Shi was also surprised to hear such an unfamiliar word as "safe" from her, but he took it in stride.

Of course, he also hoped that this was just an accident—that there was no "α", "chaos", or "first day" at all, and that everything was just a plot hole that the original author forgot to fill. He then discovered that it was just a mistake by Miss Black Rabbit and relaxed his furrowed brows.

But that's not the solution. Even if it doesn't work this time, what about next time? And the time after that?

The important thing is not the fact that cybersecurity is threatened, but the significance it represents.

The fact is, those bastards who call themselves "Tianli" will always appear, and that's an unchangeable fact.

As the saying goes, "You can be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days." Therefore, Xu Shi had long ago made up his mind that he should always go all out.

Especially since this time it happened in a familiar area, it's already a very good situation.

"Fine, fine, I can't argue with you, I'm not going to say anything more."

Gu Yi knew that no one could change her man's decision, so she didn't try to persuade him anymore—it was better to cooperate with him to investigate the situation as soon as possible than to offer such meaningless advice.

But she didn't rush to leave. Instead, she braced herself with both hands and plopped down on Xu Shi's desk, "Heave-ho."

"What are you doing? Trying to be a scoundrel?"

Xu Shi laughed when he saw this. "Is it really a little rabbit? It's quite cute, moving around like that."

"Who told you to yell at me first?"

Gu Yi tossed her head, striking a pose that said, "I'm angry. Can't you coax me? Coax me a little before you leave."

"That won't work. I'm very busy with official duties lately and really can't find the time."

Xu Shi teased her with his official-sounding tone.

"Hey! Am I that hard to please?"

Miss Black Rabbit slammed her fist on the table in anger, "You bastard Xu are the most annoying person... You're not going to coax me, are you? Fine, I'll do it myself!"

As it turns out, over the past three years, she has become much bolder and more proactive in this regard.

Or perhaps this is the proper way for loving, long-married couples to interact? Expressing love through actions.

Helplessly and passively accepting the other party's "self-inflicted coaxing" actions, Boss Xu sighed miserably.

My first kiss is gone today, I'm not clean, sob sob.

……

"Heh heh, I feel much better now."

Having gotten what she wanted, Gu Yi stretched and looked refreshed. "Alright, Mr. Xu, I'm going to get back to work now."

"There's no need to be in such a hurry."

Xu Shi subtly tugged at his shirt, concealing the red mark beneath his collarbone. "I'm going to the arsenal later, want to come along?"

"What's a good place to go in an arsenal?"

Miss Black Rabbit tilted her head listlessly.

"How did you know the latest 'Xuanyuan' mecha was built?"

Xu Shi gave an irrelevant answer, "Your sister Chengcheng told me to go and check the results... It's okay if I don't go, I can catch up on some sleep."

"...Why didn't you say something like this sooner?!"

Upon hearing the name "Xuanyuan," Gu Yi's expression instantly changed, and she jumped three feet high with joy, shouting, "Let's go now, hurry up!"

Network maintenance can wait!

It's no wonder her thoughts changed so quickly, after all, this was the toy she had been longing for.

Oh right, do you remember when Boss Xu accidentally led Gu Yi down the path of street racing?

From that time on, some people awakened strange attributes in their hearts. Today, simply racing motorcycles can no longer satisfy them, and they have naturally turned their attention to a new field.

Mecha.

Chasing mechs is what's truly romantic, okay? Don't even try to get involved in car racing!

Anyway, that's how it is for Gu Yi. She can't wait to get over it in the next second... Now it's her turn to drag Xu Shi away, and she even took the initiative to be his driver.

When they arrived at the newly built arsenal in the tenth district, they couldn't help but gasp at the sight before them.

There were rows and rows of black and white mechs standing there neatly, of different sizes, like Russian nesting dolls.

"Are you here?"

Jiang Chengcheng didn't even need to look; the Xu Shi Radar within her body was enough to appear at just the right moment.

"Thank you for your hard work, Chengcheng."

Xu Shi let her kiss him affectionately, "Is this the modified 'Xuanyuan'? It doesn't seem to have changed much."

Speaking of mechs, this is a major event that can rival the United Network in importance.

Or perhaps this is a microcosm of Mr. Xu's efforts to develop armed forces—in fact, what kind of weapons can a military industrial enterprise like "Snake Ring" not have? A large number of new weapons are produced every day. They can be used for self-defense in normal times, and they can save lives in critical moments.

But nothing is as fun as building a Gundam.

In fact, Night City had never paid much attention to this field before, and its level was still at the level of Xu Shi's first time attending the conglomerate's banquet, which was the day Lei Song assassinated him.

However, this industry has now begun to flourish – this combat method, which combines multiple functions, strong combat power and good looks, has attracted unprecedented recognition and praise since its inception.

The reason for the different sizes is to cope with various situations. Smaller mechs focus more on agility and functionality, such as fighting in difficult terrain and scouting.

The large mech is all about showing you what heavy firepower suppression is all about, packed full of all kinds of large weapons, one shot and nothing is left standing.

It's easy to imagine how hard Jiang Chengcheng has worked over the past few years. Not only does she have to be on standby at the arsenal as the chief engineer, but she also has to handle the task of clearing the "rust fog." It's not just the high intensity, but also running back and forth between the two places. It would be strange if she wasn't exhausted.

However, in the past year and a half, Xie Qingyan has been in charge of the latter, which has made Jiang Chengcheng breathe a sigh of relief.

This was also a consideration for Xu Shi. The "rust fog" removal plan was a long-term investment, and it was impossible to devote all of one's energy to it. Other things also needed to be done appropriately. It was impossible to put all one's efforts on this one thing twice.

As the saying goes, we must grasp both hands and make both hands strong.

Gu Yi quickly found her own personal little mecha—it was made by Jiang Chengcheng herself. While ensuring the scout's mobility, she also added a lot of fancy features, even the color was her favorite pink, no, rose gold.

There's probably only one like this in the entire City of Night Sin.

Looking at the rabbit logo above, Xu Shi wondered if she had inexplicably wandered into the set of the neighboring XX Vanguard film crew again, but Gu Yi wasn't as well-endowed as D.Va...

Wow, that's awesome!

After examining it thoroughly several times, looking at it from left to right and touching it from all angles, and even crawling into the cockpit a few times, Miss Black Rabbit exclaimed, "Sister Chengcheng, I love you!"

"You should thank the person next to you."

Jiang Chengcheng covered her face and laughed, "If Xu Shi hadn't specifically instructed me, your special mecha might not have been completed so quickly."

"is it?"

Gu Yi tilted her head and looked at Xu Shi, "Then thank you!"

She couldn't wait to get her hands dirty and try it out. Was she just getting first place in the mecha piloting training course for nothing?

The training ground was right next to the arsenal, which seemed to be the only place in Night City where she could really show off her skills.

"Haha, I've never seen you in such a hurry before."

Just as Miss Black Rabbit was in high spirits, another person appeared in everyone's sight.

Of course, it was Xia Wuyou, the head instructor of the training camp.

"I'm also very curious, just how capable is this mech in combat?"

She slowly walked over, holding onto the stairs with one hand.

"So...shall we have a contest?"

"come!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 332 Why are you even more excited than us?

2023-12-10

Gu Yi's enthusiastic reaction to Xia Wuyou's fencing invitation was unexpected.

Of course, this wouldn't be the case for Xu Shiyi, who had been used to the two bickering for the past three years. The main reason was that during this time, the relationship between the two, who were originally very close, became... a little subtle.

The root of the problem was a disagreement between them.

"Of course it's because of the combat equipment! Do you think it's because of me?"

Feeling the intense gaze that seemed to come from nowhere, Xu Shi cried out that he was wronged.