Revolution, Cyber ​​Magical Girl!

Lu Chaoge walked all the way to that anime-style street.

The dungeon has no day or night, so the streets are still brightly lit and all shops are open 24 hours a day.

After declining all the bunny girls' invitations to learn from him, he walked into the familiar shop and saw the familiar anime cat girl.

The latter's anime-style head had a levitating machine hanging on it, which was flashing and making strange noises from time to time.

"Hehehe, my dear meow, my dear meow!"

"Don't be afraid, meow! I have dual swords, meow! Hide behind me, meow, I'll kill it, meow!"

It seems they are playing some kind of deep dive game.

Lu Chaoge stood aside and waited for a while before finally waking the other person up.

"Hey, hey, why are you interrupting me, meow? I just finished killing the boss, meow! I haven't even claimed my rewards yet, meow!"

The anime cat girl angrily removed her device, clearly not in a good mood after seeing Lu Chaoge.

"What brings you here, meow?"

"I've come to pick up that custom revolver." Lu Chaoge's voice carried a slight apology. He could understand the other person's feelings, just like when you're in the middle of an intense team battle but someone keeps calling you to come out for dinner.

The anime cat girl responded first, then tilted her head and thought for a moment before speaking.

"There's no cat yet, we'll get the cat tomorrow."

The other party had indeed told Lu Chaoge that they would come to pick it up the day after tomorrow, but Lu Chaoge thought it could be done a little earlier.

"Alright." Lu Chaoge checked the current time: 23:55.

So he went outside the shop, lit a cigarette, and cleansed the air at the entrance.

Five minutes later, Lu Chaoge walked back into the store.

"Can we get it now? It's already the second day."

The catgirl, who had just put on and taken off the gaming device, stared blankly at Lu Chaoge, her virtual head displaying a complex expression, and for a moment she didn't even know how to speak.

"Okay, just kidding. I'll come back later today."

Lu Chaoge coughed lightly and was about to turn and leave.

But suddenly a loud bang came from the street in the distance, followed by the noise of a crowd, mixed with panicked screams.

The various anime-style music that had been playing in the streets suddenly stopped and was replaced by a piercing alarm.

A message came through the communication system; it was from the Big O Gang's internal group chat.

[MiG-37: Notify everyone, a cyber-psychopath has appeared in the Red Moon Street. If any of you are nearby, please take cover and be careful. Wait for me to bring people to meet up with you.]

The group chat of the Big O gang suddenly exploded.

[Rhodes: That street in the anime/manga section? Holy crap, isn't that our territory? Thirty percent of our income comes from that street.]

[K诺: Boss, I'm heading out now to meet up with you guys]

[Brubru: Even though it's an underground city, doesn't the NCPD care about something as serious as cyberbullying? This isn't just a regular security case!]

[MiG-37: We've reported to the NCPD, and they've issued us a warrant. We'll handle our own territory for now. Guys, we've got a job coming up.]

Upon hearing that there were orders that could make money, the people in the group stopped talking and started saying they wanted to join.

After closing the communication interface, Lu Chaoge was still pondering the word that MiG-37 had just mentioned.

Cyberpsychosis...

He was familiar with this term, or rather, everyone in the world knew this common knowledge.

Officially, this is a psychological disorder caused by digital technology and virtual reality.

In simple terms, it's because the implantation of prosthetics on the body exceeded the limits of mental endurance, resulting in cognitive confusion.

The more mechanical prosthetics a person has, the greater the probability of developing this condition.

Just like phantom limb pain—pain caused by losing a limb but the brain still believing you have that part of the limb.

Cyberpsychosis is, to some extent, an extension of this symptom.

Imagine when your limbs and internal organs are replaced with mechanical prosthetics. Your original limbs are gone, but your brain still thinks you have limbs—in reality, you do have mechanical prosthetics, but you still experience phantom pain.

This is a mismatch between the prosthetic body and the human body. The mechanical prosthetic body has a rejection reaction with the body. Initially, it can be suppressed, but as more and more prosthetic bodies are added, the mechanical part accounts for a larger proportion than the human part.

Eventually, one day, the brain developed a cognitive disorder—are you a machine or a human?

As a result, people will turn into irrational and emotionless madmen.

If it were just a case of madness, it wouldn't matter much. However, because such symptoms often appear in people with extremely high levels of prosthetic implantation, these people are often walking, mobile arsenals.

A killing machine devoid of reason and emotion, commonly known as—cyber psychopath.

Hearing the rumbling sounds coming from the street, mixed with faint screams, Lu Chaoge almost instinctively stepped out the door.

But the shop door suddenly slammed shut with a loud crash.

The anime cat girl behind him crossed her arms and glared at Lu Chaoge. "What do you want to do, meow? There are cyber psychopaths outside. Stay here and behave yourself, meow!" Clearly, she had also heard about the situation outside and chose to stop Lu Chaoge.

Lu Chaoge was stunned for a moment. He then realized that he had actually wanted to go out just now, which was almost an instinctive decision of his body.

Why?

Lu Chaoge was a little confused about her own thoughts.

Without any weapons and unable to transform into a magical girl in public, how could she possibly fight against that cyber psychopath?

But why do I... yearn to step out of this door, and even want to fight that cyber lunatic?

Lu Chaoge noticed something was wrong with her and quickly discovered the key to it.

【枭】

The dormant weapon of war has finally met its due adversary.

My own nervous system, my own body, yearns to fight against that cyberpsychotic.

It was as if there was something about the other person that attracted them.

Lu Chaoge shook his head, forcibly suppressing his thoughts, and thanked the cat girl.

"Thanks."

"What are you thanking meow! You're a customer meow! You haven't delivered the goods yet meow! I won't care about you after you deliver the goods meow!" Meow meow meow, an anime cat girl.

Lu Chaoge leaned against the support pillar in the store, looking at the giant Hatsune Miku figure in front of him.

This virtual idol singer from the ancient 21st century is currently dancing tirelessly around the pillar, always with a smile on her face, singing songs that seem familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar to her.

The mud is the best

Even if I'm covered in mud, I will keep moving forward. There's still a long road ahead, but I just want to be a righteous person.

Lu Chaoge stared at it for a while.

The cat girl stopped playing the game. At this moment, her 2D-style head furrowed its brows and stared at Lu Chaoge.

"You're not a fan of anime, what are you looking at her for, meow?"

"I'm not a fan of anime, but..."

Lu Chaoge glanced at the cat girl and said.

"She's singing."

"She's a songstress, meow, she definitely sings!"

"The problem is she's the only one singing on the whole street, meow... And could you please stop meowing? Why did I use the word 'meow' in my speech?"

The anime cat girl paused for a moment, then suddenly realized something, exclaimed "Holy crap!" and hurriedly jumped up to turn off the song.

The shop fell silent.

"The security camera outside the store has been hacked, meow!" the cat girl muttered, as she had wanted to check what was happening outside.

So she got up, ran to the door, pressed her ear against it, and listened for a while.

The sounds outside the street also quieted down, and there seemed to be no more noise.

"Did that cyberpsychotic leave, Meow?"

However, just as this thought crossed her mind, her tail was grabbed and pulled sharply backward.

The anime cat girl fell to the ground, looking at the data cable whose tail Lu Chaoge had almost pulled out, and wanted to meow in pain.

boom!

A deep fist-shaped indentation suddenly appeared on the shop's huge, sturdy tempered glass door.

boom!

Boom!

Bang bang bang!

The cat girl froze on the spot, speechless.

Lu Chaoge stood in front of her, his left prosthetic eye flashing a scarlet light as he stared intently at the door.

He turned his head and spoke to the two-dimensional object on the ground, his tone as if instructing a kitten.

"Go, open the secret door."