Infinity, progress from Arasaka

"Tyrant, model T-104." Vera introduced.

This is the result of her learning from Umbrella and innovating from Arasaka.

A special tyrant model made of flesh and blood as the base and steel as the beam frame.

In this model of Tyrant, Vera completely abandoned the mutation and infectiousness of the Tyrant created by Umbrella. Instead, through precise gene editing and programming, supplemented by virus inhibitors, she forcibly controlled its mutation process during its cultivation and growth stage, keeping its form constant in human form.

It exists as a carrier of prosthetic transformation with a strong body and a highly adaptable nervous system.

Once a Tyrant is cultivated, all that needs to be done is to fill the carrier with enough cyber implants.

What we want is standardization and mass production.

Vera disagreed with Umbrella's idea of ​​using the Tyrant as the "ultimate biological weapon" for military purposes to research and improve the decisive battle weapon.

As long as it is still flesh and blood and not touched by those weird things, it cannot be a decisive battle weapon. It is better to go the route of mass production.

As for whether the tyrant will suffer from the uncontrollable intelligence of cyber psychosis.

It does not need to use the brain or think, so it naturally will not suffer from cyberpsychosis.

The reaction coordinators and synaptic accelerators implanted in the nervous system will be connected to the central control chip implanted in the brain-computer interface to enhance and control its intelligence.

The basic biological intelligence possessed by the Tyrant has not been completely erased. After special directional guidance and subconscious implantation, the T-104 can be regarded as a prosthetic carrier driven by half brain and half chip.

Like a robot but definitely not a robot.

The reason for retaining the basic intelligence of the Tyrant is to prevent it from being easily taken over by roaming AI or hackers.

Ding ding, Vera knocked on the glass of the cylindrical container, turned to look at Michiko and said, "Before collecting enough sample data and optimizing and improving them, it is most appropriate for the 'Cyborg' to use them as consumables."

"Tyrant, what a nice name."

Michiko shrugged and looked at Vera who was tinkering with something in front of the cylindrical container. "It seems that ICE (electronic countermeasure unit) is the key."

Vera nodded.

This is the biggest flaw of the T-104 Tyrant.

Once the electronic countermeasure unit is hacked and breached, the central control chip's enhanced intelligence, coordinated limb flexibility, and ability to regulate cyber implants will be greatly weakened.

Fortunately, the problem is not fatal and can be accepted.

Because the T-104 Tyrant is positioned as a consumable.

It can be said that the most expensive implant in the Tyrant is not the mass-produced Swanstein, nor the ubiquitous catapult launch system, but [Self-ICE], a military-grade electronic countermeasure unit.

[AI: Body fluid sample test results show no virus residue was detected. ]

Vera closed the status retrieval panel of the T-King Kong warehouse tyrant body with satisfaction.

Although she retained the non-infectious property of the Progenitor virus, and the Tyrant series products had a low ability to infect, she continued to inject inhibitors into the experimental subjects during the cultivation process, constantly fine-tuning and cutting the genes of the experimental subjects, just in case, to ensure that the products were insulated as soon as they left the factory and would not become biochemical matrices and leak viruses.

Continue inspection.

呲—

The sound of the airtight door opening.

"Hunter." Vera stopped in front of the cabin marked with the letter [H] and said.

Through polarized glass.

Inside the cabin, in a culture tank that is several sizes smaller than the Tyrant, are non-human creatures.

It looks like a standing tailless lizard, dark green in color, with hard scales on its body, and its front claws are very sharp and huge.

"How ugly."

Michiko showed a look of disgust.

"really."

"Hmm?" Michiko was stunned for a moment, then looked at Vera, who was calm and composed, "Isn't this the result of your research?"

"its mine."

Vera also looked disgusted, "It was an accident."

"Although in terms of economic benefits, Hunter can achieve the goal of sustainable production of cheap cannon fodder at a very low cost, it is too ugly, which hinders the international appearance and seriously affects the company's image."

It’s the same BOW, can taking a Tyrant out for a walk be the same as taking a Hunter out for a walk?

The former is sturdy and majestic, representing human evolution, while the latter is despicable and evil, representing... uh, goblins?

Arasaka's reputation was already bad, and it was not until the truth of the Arasaka Tower nuclear explosion during the Fourth Corporate War was made public that it was finally reversed and military technology was suppressed in the public opinion field.

Is it appropriate to use a hunter that is extremely ugly, hunchbacked, disgusting, and the product of a genetic hybrid experiment between humans and animals as a biological weapon?

If something happens, hostile media companies such as Military Technology and News Channel 54 will probably be ecstatic.

Headlines like "Arasaka is killing all humans!", "Arasaka was born in vain!", "The evil Arasaka Empire", "Oh, man, what a great masterpiece, God's grace, but today Arasaka has desecrated it!"... are likely to be pinned on Arasaka.

Compared with Arasaka's corporate image and current advantages in public opinion propaganda, the Hunter's little economic benefits and its dispensable role after being thrown on the battlefield, Vera does not think the latter is more important than the former.

She doesn't need to be a tactical master now. She has unique advantages. Her new position is the strategic commander and project director who will create new profit growth points for Arasaka.

Perhaps Hunter is one of the most successful products for Umbrella, but for Arasaka, which is in the cyberpunk world view, it is useless.

"It's feasible as a technical reserve. But not as a product." After taking a look at Michiko, Vera made a decision: "Destroy the Hunter."

【AI: Yes, Director Russell. 】

The two then left the hunter's storage cabin.

Vera led Michiko to continue inspecting the more conventional cabins such as new drugs and memory metals. Finally, after passing through the partition door and introducing some new drugs related to rehabilitation, convalescence and beauty care, Michiko brought up the old story again.

She looked at Vera with great interest. "Vera, I want to give you shares of Dangerous Girl. I'll give you half of the share of the rehabilitation business. No more, no less. It's the beginning of our cooperation. Consider it a meeting gift between us sisters."

"No reward for no merit."

"It's just these few words over and over again. You're really the same as Saburo. Don't rush to refuse." As if she had anticipated Vera's words, Michiko blinked cunningly, "One question, will you let me lose money?"

Vera was speechless.

"It looks like we'll get along very well." After saying this, she walked further inside.

Inside, a door was slowly opening.

Michiko looked at the door plate of the cabin and read: "001, Quinque..."

"This is my temporary workshop. You can understand Quinque's words as my new idea, a special biological component weapon."

"You have a new idea again..." Michiko showed an appropriate look of surprise, "That's really exaggerated, Vera, you are indeed a genius that even Saburo can't ignore."

Vera just smiled and responded to Michiko's kindness, "I'm still young, I have room for error, and you guys are there to back me up. If I don't make more mistakes now, when will I make more attempts?"

Her biggest asset at the moment, at least one of the biggest assets in the eyes of many people.

young.

Enter the experimental workshop.

A sudden and clear vision.

"Is this the finished product of 'Cyborg'? I feel pity for those who encounter it."

Through the glass of the partition, Michiko could see the scattered cyber skeletons and exoskeletons with thick arms. The name "cyborg King Kong" was quite appropriate, as King Kong was an ape with the typical appearance of thick upper limbs and narrow lower limbs.

There are two in it.

A fully assembled T-104 Tyrant that I saw not long ago has already used its sturdy body to carry the cyborg. It looks ferocious and violent.

There were screens of various sizes on the surrounding walls, with countless red and blue alternating data streams and parameters flashing by, obviously in the final stages of debugging.

Michiko glanced at Vera, thinking, "There is another one..."

"Adam Hammer's." Vera smiled faintly and called up the surveillance interface of Arasaka Beach.

Boom!

In response, a thick and cold steel shadow appeared in the video.

"Director Russell..."

A dull and short sound like the sound of a heavy hammer.

"Leisure time is always short. It seems that the tour is over, Ms. Michiko." Vera looked at Michiko and said, "It's time to start working."

"Then I should also attend the groundbreaking ceremony invited by Wilton Houghton." Michiko responded with a smile.

Vera was of course going to see him off. "Sorry for the long wait, Mr. 'Legendary Fabricator'. This is the prosthetic upgrade plan that Tanaka prepared for you. Take a look." On the way, she nodded to the video of Chongchui.

drop.

【Sent】

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PS: Yes, I fell asleep.

Really, early to bed, early to rise.

I kept my promise to ask for leave this month. Well, the jet lag was adjusted in some unexpected way (I think).

Chapter 101 Outside and Inside

The sky is blue, the wild is vast.

The wind blew the sand low and an explosion occurred.

Boom——

Dozens or even hundreds of consecutive muffled sounds, yellow sand flying, stones, fragments, and steel balls splashing in all directions like rain. When the noise subsided, "whoosh, whoosh"...

A group of rough men in old, gray clothes emerged from a small hill on the desolate sandbar.

"Thor, everything is settled here. There's no problem."

"No. To be safe, Mitch, you and Scorpion should check the minefield again. The sponsors of this company's work are very picky. If there are any omissions, our work will be in vain. It won't be worth it."

The speaker was the bearded man called Sol, with distinct Latino features. On his left arm was a tattoo of a horse with a skull, from Adekado, one of the seven wanderer states.

They are wanderers.

Obviously, this Thor is the boss.

Under his instructions, the middle-aged white man called Mitch called on the hooded guy beside him to jump off the rock, climb onto the highly modified vehicles with various paint jobs behind the hill, and quickly rushed towards the minefield that had just been exploded.

"Okay guys, let's start clearing the next area..."

After clapping his hands, Thor's prosthetic eye flashed orange.

In Yiyan, which was connected only to the video channel of the Wanderer Family members, a map of the north of Night City popped up.

The administrative division of the Arasaka Beach and part of the adjacent old industrial area in the north of the city is further north, and the new area of ​​the Arasaka Research Center is circled in the northern suburbs of Night City.

Thor zoomed in on the minefield area in the Badlands north of Night City in the information box and explained to family members the minefields that needed to be cleared today.

Wanderers value family, loyalty to the tribe always comes first, and they treat each other as family members.

Sol assigned tasks in an orderly manner, buzzing...

Roaring engine noise.

A big muscle car with tough lines, high suspension and big tires drove over in a hurry. Behind it were several modified "Wild Wolf" cars from the Mizutani Hayabusa series.

Thor recognized the leading Thunderbolt Mackinaw 'Warhorse', or rather the man driving it.