From ship girl to machine god

You know, there are regular round-trip flights to the moon in Night City, as well as Mars immigration housing modules for sale.

Either of these two things is out of reach for ordinary people, and this also explains from the side the gap between the people at the bottom of Night City who have nothing to eat and the real upper class people in this world. How big.

People have already immigrated to Mars, but you are still worrying about tomorrow's meal.

Therefore, it is not surprising that people in this world do not have the courage to slay dragons. Although many ants kill elephants, the contrast between ants and dragons is still too huge.

What's more, if the ants are not united, how can a single ant shake a tree?

But for Qingniao, what she has to do is not only to slay the dragon, but also to kill all the evil dragons and eradicate the soil that breeds evil dragons again in this land.

Although the ship girl's force is very powerful, which allows her to achieve the first point, the latter goal is far from being achieved by relying on force.

"So you plan to cooperate with military technology and use the power of military technology to deal with Arasaka?" At Old Morgan's farm, after listening to what Bluebird had done during this period, the former legend of Night City gave Bluebird He made a sincere statement: "I don't object to your cooperation with the company. After all, one person's power is limited. We really need to use all available resources to overthrow the company."

But I must remind you that cooperation with companies never ends well. They are a group of demons who eat people but never spit out their bones. Once you achieve their goals and interests, you will be kicked away by them, or even Swallow your soul.

So little girl, please be more careful. You can only listen to half of what those corporate dogs say and don’t believe a word of it. "

"Don't worry, I know for sure. Whether it's Military Technology, Arasaka, or Kangtao from my hometown, they are not good people." Blue Bird naturally listened to Old Morgan's persuasion, even though she didn't trust him from the beginning. than any company dog.

After having said this question, Jade Bird turned to ask old Morgan about his recent situation: "Speaking of which, what have you been busy with recently? You don't just plow the fields all day long, do you?"

"I contacted some old friends from the past. Although some of them are no longer here after so many years, I still have many old friends who are still alive." Old Morgan smiled at the blue bird and reunited after so many years. After cheering up, he seemed to have returned to the past: "Although everyone is already an old man, there are still a lot of old guys who are dissatisfied with old age. I think they will provide a little bit for what you want to do in the future. help."

written request for leave

My hand suddenly contracted a muscle, and I couldn't straighten my fingers because of the pain. I'll do it tonight, but I'll try again during the day tomorrow.

By the way, I remember I said I won’t write about marriage, so why are there still people making fun faces in the comment area?I have a bad temper. If I see comments that make me unhappy, I will delete them and ban them. For example, some people in the comment area say that human flesh is fresh ingredients. I can only advise you to be kind.

Chapter 91 Dig a hole deep and accumulate grain widely

Morgan Blackhand's old friends, this is quite an important group of people.

Although old Morgan is a legendary figure who was active half a century ago, and his old friend should have been buried in the ground according to most people's common sense, Rogge is also a contemporary of old Morgan, and she is still alive and kicking. After living to this day, it is naturally impossible for old Morgan’s old friends to be buried in the ground.

In fact, with the technology of this era, it is normal to live to be over 100 years old without any accidents. This can be felt deeply by looking at the companions of Johnny Silverhand Samurai's band.

Although some of them were not very good at it, and some became world rock stars, looking at their appearance and state, it was difficult to connect them with a group of old men and women who were at least 80 or [-] years old.

Not to mention Saburo Arasaka, an old monster who has lived for more than 150 years.

Therefore, it is very normal for old Morgan to say that he still has many old friends who are still alive and can provide help.

As for the so-called small help that Old Morgan said, it can only be that although he said so, you can't really regard it as just a small help.

After all, anyone who could get to know a legendary figure like Old Morgan half a century ago, and be called an old friend by him half a century later, would not be a simple person.

Just by looking at the old acquaintances of Johnny Silverhand in the game, you can feel that each of them is an old guy who has lived for half a century. Even if his life is unsatisfactory, he can still bring out one or two important people he knows.

Compared with the people Johnny Silverhand knew back then, they were undoubtedly on a different level than Morgan Blackhand.

Johnny Silverhand only became a legend after blowing up Arasaka Tower, while Morgan Blackhand was already a legend before that. The social circles of the two are completely different levels.

So when Morgan Blackhand contacted those old friends again after many years, it can be said that a framework that can be called a force was quickly established.

"There is an old guy who has been working as a guerrilla in Mexico for many years. He currently has a team. Several other old guys have already gone there to join him after receiving my call. They plan to start in Mexico. Make some noise." Old Morgan gave a very brief description of his old friend's actions to Blue Bird, as if it was just something not worth mentioning.

However, Qingniao obviously did not think that this was a very simple matter. She thought for a moment and said: "To overthrow the company's rule is not something that happens overnight, nor can it be done in a hurry. Acting rashly will only destroy the precious resistance force." .

Therefore, instead of confronting the power of the company head-on, we should continue to adopt a guerrilla approach.

The company is like a giant. Before the power of resistance grows, we cannot bear the giant's stick, but in turn we can cut off the giant's heel.

Even a great hero like Achilles has weaknesses, and even a giant can be killed by a small wound.

Therefore, their focus in a short period of time is not to resist the company head-on, but to raise the banner of resistance to the company, let more people know that there are still people resisting the company, and let more people join their team. .

In this process, they can try to do some small-scale actions and destruction. They don't need to cause much damage, but they must persevere.

Just like a leech sucking blood, although the company will not feel pain and blood loss in a short period of time, it can still effectively weaken the company's power over time. "

"I will tell them what you said. I have to say that your reminder was very timely. Those old guys may have been silent for too long and are planning to make a big splash!" Old Morgan did not think that Jade Bird's remarks were serious. They are afraid of the company. After all, the company’s size is there, and they really don’t have the capital to confront the company head-on: “But don’t underestimate them. They have been working as guerrillas in South America for so many years. These old guys have the ability to save their lives. It’s top notch.”

Hearing Old Morgan say this, Qingniao couldn't help but laugh. She would not doubt the life-saving abilities of the old guys who had survived from the Fourth Corporate War to the present.

If they were so easy to die, they would have died in a corporate war comparable to the wars of great powers. How could they survive until now?

But for these old guys, Jade Bird is still worried that they will "go crazy as teenagers". After all, they were all legends back then. Which one of them alive today is not a being with great supernatural powers?If they really hit the company hard, it wouldn't be very nice.

"We should still accumulate strength now. Our goal is to completely overthrow the company, so that all companies in the world can no longer control everything, not just to solve a certain company, or to liberate a certain city or even a country." After Qingniao laughed, the expression on his face turned serious: "All companies are our enemies in this matter. Their power is too huge. It is not a good idea to expose our goals prematurely." Sensible thing.

A punch that hurts the company is indeed very relaxing and can boost morale, but if the punch is too painful, it will cause the company to react and completely suppress our resistance cause that is just now in the ascendant. "

When resisting an enemy that is countless times stronger than oneself, one must also pay attention to methods and methods. Even the genius strategic military strategist who proposed the sixteen-character mantra of guerrilla warfare before the Blue Bird traveled through the world also proposed to establish a resistance army first in the weak areas ruled by the enemy. After accumulating strength, the countryside will gradually surround the cities.

Therefore, avoiding the powerful edge of the enemy and accumulating strength is not a sign of cowardice or cowardice. On the contrary, it is a strategy of struggle.

"I understand this, but you can't overthrow the company by making small noises. You still have to fight head-on with the company." Old Morgan affirmed the plan proposed by Jade Bird, but also emphasized to her that she couldn't keep shrinking like this.

"That's natural. When the time is right, I will do something big if you don't tell me. I will definitely surprise you then." Jade Bird assured Old Morgan.

If nothing changes drastically, then when the time comes to 2077, Saburo Arasaka's death will be the clarion call to rebel against the company, and Bluebird will prepare a gorgeous enough feast for this old immortal to announce his death. , will never be inferior to the big fireworks blown up by Johnny Silverhand.

After listening to Jade Bird's words, Old Morgan immediately laughed: "Then I'll wait and see, but don't make me wait too long."

Chapter 92 Time passes

The life of Jade Bird in the next few months can be described in one word, that is, it was as dull as water, and the lackluster life made time slip by in an instant.

During this period, except for the last few days of 2075, when Jade Bird proposed a New Year's Eve, called Mann and others, Lucy and Alpha to her house, and made a lot of good wine to celebrate, only Jade Bird built it for everyone. The various prosthetic bodies, implants, and weapons are finally completed, and the fact that everyone has completed the upgrade is worthy of record.

Of course, everyone is satisfied with the prosthetic body that Qingniao customized for himself.

Are you kidding me? This is a privately customized high-end prosthetic body. If it weren’t for Jade Bird, they wouldn’t be able to afford any of it even if they sold it, let alone a full-body customization.

However, Mann was still not used to his new arm. After he replaced the new arm and got used to it, his first comment was: "Although it is good, there is no weapon in the arm." , which makes me very uncomfortable.”

Mann's original prosthetic leg had a launcher. Although it didn't have much firepower, and he didn't often use this launcher as a means of attack, it was a trump card for Mann. He could use it at critical moments. to a comeback.

However, the new arm that Bluebird put on him was just a simple arm. Although it looked like it was made of metal and carbon fiber materials, Mann always felt that if it was wrapped in skin, it would be the same as his original arm. The arms are no different.

This even made him couldn't help but think about when he had his native arm cut off and replaced with a prosthetic one, so much so that he even forgot what it felt like to use his native arm.

In response to Mann's comment, Jade Bird's answer was: "Your original prosthetic limb does not match your body. Those fancy functions prevent your brain and nerves from treating it as your original arm, so I have always been against prosthetics.

This kind of rejection puts a great burden and pressure on your nerves. Although different people have different tolerances, as long as you pay attention to adjustments before exceeding the upper limit, it will not cause a serious problem. But once the clothes on your body are worn out, If your body exceeds one degree, then this pressure will cause you to irreversibly collapse in the direction of cyberpsychosis.

But the new prosthetic body is different. Its original intention is to replace the damaged limb. The design goal is to be as similar as possible to the real limb, reducing the pressure and burden on the nerves, and further giving your brain the illusion that this is who you originally were. arm instead of thinking it’s a cool prosthetic arm. "

Obviously, although these prosthetics and implants in the Jade Bird database are also designed to improve physical fitness and enhance combat effectiveness, their essence is still to strengthen the original basis of the human body, to supplement the limbs that have been lost accidentally, and to repair the injured. Replace damaged or diseased internal organs.

It is not like the cyberpunk world, which is almost pursuing the replacement of the body with metal, or even going one step further to achieve mechanical ascension.

Jade Bird cannot comment on which of the two methods is better, but in terms of comfort, there is no doubt that it is the former.

As for combat power, although the arm that Blue Bird installed on Mann is closer to his original arm, the output is not of the same order of magnitude. Even the prosthetic limb he installed before is like a ball in front of his new arm that can be rubbed at will. of plasticine.

As evidenced by his old arm that was shaped into a ball, Mann's new arm can easily shred steel when turned on in combat mode.

However, this also made Mann feel a little regretful despite his excitement. This old arm had been with him for a long time, and he originally wanted to keep it as a souvenir or sell it second-hand.

Although the old arm itself is also a second-hand product, a prosthetic body that has been used third-hand on the black market can be said to be [-]% new, and there are a lot of people rushing to get it.

In fact, the other old prosthetics that they had removed from their bodies were packaged and sold for second-hand use, and in addition to the prosthetic doctor that Mann was familiar with, the target of their shipments was David's mother who was a scavenger.

Blue Bird himself undoubtedly hates the Scavengers very much. After all, on the ranking list of the most damned people in Night City, the Scavengers rank higher than the Maelstrom Gang and deserve to be at the top of the list.

This gang of kidney cutters did all kinds of evil, and in order to obtain supplies, they even kidnapped, robbed, and defrauded... They almost committed all the crimes that could be listed as reasons for execution.

This is also the reason why the last time Blue Bird went to save Wislow, he went on a killing spree without anyone pursuing him, because the people who died were scumbags like the Scavenger.

But David's mother is not one of those who cut off kidneys. Relatively speaking, she is more like a thief, the kind who specializes in stealing prosthetic bodies of the dead.

Although Arasaka University and Arasaka School were established by Arasaka in Night City to cultivate talents for Arasaka, and all graduates are Arasaka's future employees and direct descendants of Miaohong, Arasaka is not a philanthropist. They also do not provide any benefits to the students in the school.

In other words, they will not provide any benefits to ordinary students, but the children of senior Arasaka employees will receive many preferential treatment.

Of course, David's mother was not an employee of Arasaka. She was able to send her son to Arasaka School by stealing dead people's prosthetic bodies and selling them in exchange for money to pay for the high tuition fees.

Yes, you spend your own money to send yourself to a school run by the company, and then study hard until you graduate successfully and have excellent grades. Only then can you enter the company and become a company dog ​​in the future, and then be recognized by the company as 007X365. This method squeezes out the last bit of residual value from your body, and then kicks it away and dies in a smelly ditch.

Just like the world before Blue Bird traveled, the threshold for recruiting people in large companies was very high, and ordinary people in this world had no chance of entering the company.

After all, as the bottom of society, they have neither the opportunity to receive education nor the ladder to climb up. The vast majority of people can only live a mediocre life. Being able to join a street gang or work as a mercenary is considered a good thing, at least they can There is a way to survive.

More people can only be exploited and squeezed by companies, drained of their last vestiges of value.

This reminded Qingniao of a movie she had seen before she traveled through time. In the movie, humans control time and can transfer time from one person to another. So time becomes currency, and the rich have as much time as they have left. There are tens to hundreds of years, or even 100 million years of reserve time in the vault, while the poor only have a few days or even hours of time, and they live a life where they must calculate their time carefully every day.

The cyberpunk world may not be to the point where poor people are deprived of their time, but it’s clear that companies just don’t have the technology, not that they don’t want to.

Therefore, it is imperative to overthrow the company, and it all starts with David.

Chapter 93 David Martinez

David, although he is the protagonist in the anime, and in the end relied on the prosthetic King Kong and Sean Westan to fight Adam Hammer to no avail, but before everything happened, he was just a member of Arasaka School. Ordinary students with average grades and being bullied are just like marginalized figures in any school of any era.

It can even be said that David actually lived a worse life than others because he didn't want to stay in school at all.

Although in this era, being able to go to school is a very luxurious, precious and rare thing, but if the purpose of studying is to be better squeezed and exploited by others, this is really not necessary.

What's more, David's purpose of studying was imposed on him by his mother. She hoped that he could enter the Arasaka Company after graduation, climb up this channel, and eventually stand at the top of the Arasaka Tower.

Objectively speaking, there is nothing wrong with David's mother's choice.

In Night City, if you don't want to end up dead on the streets one day, joining a company to become a corporate dog and then climbing up within the company is indeed a way to get rid of the original class.

Of course, the premise is that you really have the ability to climb up the company's internal promotion ladder, and you will not be abandoned by the company after being drained of residual value, or commit suicide due to various internal factions.

After all, joining the company can provide you with a stable income, a comfortable life, and good medical protection. You must know that Arasaka has purchased a gold membership of the trauma team for every official company employee, and combatants can even install combat prosthetics for free. .

Of course, you go to work at 365 a.m. and get off work at 30 a.m. all year round, [-] days a year. You can only resign after working for [-] years and there is no retirement salary or compensation. The prosthetic body provided by the company will also be automatically scrapped when you leave. This is also a must-try Arasaka feature.

As for endocrine disorders caused by high work pressure and hallucinations, etc., these are minor problems. It is not impossible for them to become cyberpsychotics if they are really unable to bear it.

At the very least, more than half of the dozen or so cyberpsychopaths that V caught on the streets in the game had something to do with the company.

By the way, it is normal for companies to work overtime for three days and three nights without rest based on nerve center stimulants, and the purchase of such fatigue-reducing and refreshing drugs is available in unlimited quantities in various companies, and there are various preferential benefits. Even military technology provides unlimited life-sustaining medicines, allowing you to continue burning your body to the limit.