Infinity, progress from Arasaka

The call allowed Vera to shift some of her attention from self-organization to the reality outside.

click!

The new outer space interaction, the power of the three "wei" added to the body, integrated, the body was filled in an instant, all-round enhancement, cool! Smooth! It was as if even the combat prosthesis of the whole body was happily connected, bursting out with a 99.99999% fit that only existed in theory. The sudden increase in power made the data board touch screen crack when Vera clenched it lightly as usual.

The touch screen made a crisp clicking sound, and the electronic components were damaged, creating a tiny electric arc.

"Sir?"

"Director Russell?!"

Vera turned her head and saw Shintaro Takayama looking at her with a puzzled expression. Goro Takemura, Santao Oda and the Arasaka Cyber ​​Ninja who was in charge of the security of the press conference hall looked at her vigilantly and with questions on their faces.

Scare them. Why did you crush the data board at Saburo-sama's press conference?

"Oh, sorry, I was just thinking of an improved solution, and suddenly, an idea came to me. Do you know how it feels?"

There was no discomfort, just as it should be, Vera quickly and smoothly adapted to the new 'Reunification' amplified power, her face was normal, she gestured and said.

"I see."

Takemura and Oda nodded and continued to perform their duties, searching the faces and bodies of the reporters and media people present in the press conference hall with sharp eyes. Takayama Shintaro signaled Vera to follow, as Lord Saburo's press conference was over and they had to leave safely.

Vera nodded confidently.

At this moment, although she had just woken up from her special state of sudden enlightenment, she no longer wanted to stay here and watch Saburo Arasaka's performance. She wanted to immediately concentrate her attention to explore and dig deeper to see what new gains she could make.

Unfortunately, it’s not possible. She is now a favorite of Sanlang, and even the big boss is not taking a break, so she can’t get away.

After all, the news of her promotion as a candidate for the North American Management Council has been made public internally, and everyone in Arasaka Corporation knows about it. This executive who came to Tokyo from the cesspool of Night City to study abroad has heard about it.

The three greatest joys in life are getting your name on the list of successful candidates, getting a promotion and a raise, and meeting an old friend in a foreign place and finding your true self again.

Double the joy.

I'll just accompany you, Old Deng, for the exercise first.

Vera suppressed the desire in her heart and looked at Saburo Arasaka who was walking towards her with a vigorous, domineering, arrogant and kind attitude after finishing his speech and promoting the new product.

"Master Saburo."

Vera touched her chest with her right hand, and then naturally followed Saburo's team as they left the press conference.

Saburo was only here to deliver a prospective speech. The specific R-618 'New Life' medicine and its supporting physiotherapy and maintenance products would naturally be explained and promoted by dedicated marketing experts and sales specialists.

"Vera," he said, "come closer."

After a polite apology to Shintaro Takayama, Vera stepped forward, three steps behind Saburo's right hand, almost parallel to Arasaka Hanako on the left.

This scene was captured almost instantly by countless reporters based on professional instinct.

But Saburo turned a deaf ear and spoke in a staccato Tokyo accent, as if he were talking about official business:

"Vera, if I partially disclose the Stairway to the Sun project and release some of the castrated products of the R-618 'Rebirth' drug, and cooperate with Biotech and the European Community, what do you think?"

"Your will."

Vera answered almost instantly.

"It is better to unblock than to block. Your 'Rejuvenation' must be on the desks of the major leaders of our friendly countries and companies in Arasaka. Abandonment does not mean giving up, but acting after careful consideration. People with short-sightedness are often very fussy. Arasaka needs allies. At least before its revival, it needs allies."

Vera expressed her own understanding, and when she mentioned "friendly countries and friendly companies", she emphasized the ending tone.

"continue."

Nodding, Saburo Arasaka's mouth corners slightly raised.

Seemed very satisfied with Vera's attitude and answer.

"I will not underestimate the wisdom of others. Only fools think that others are stupid. Similarly, I don't think I am worse than them. Instead of letting them steal, cheat, and rob, it is better to give up a little profit to regulate them. We, Arasaka, set product industry standards."

If it was just about having her technology stolen, Vera wouldn't be afraid.

Because the most valuable things in the Solar Staircase Project are probably the Solar Staircase Flowers and the purified Progenitor Virus, while other improved technologies such as the R-618 'Rebirth' potion are all based on by-products of virus research.

What if they got the formula and manufacturing process of R-618's 'Rebirth' potion?

Without key raw materials, a skilled cook cannot cook without rice. Even if their bioengineering technology is advanced, it will take at least several years to crack the secret of the genetic map in the medicine and then completely clone and promote it.

By that time, Vera and Arasaka would have probably revived and soared to the sky.

Would you care about a mere castrated rehabilitation and beauty care technology?

If Vera can't beat them with her own research, she might as well find a piece of tofu to slap on her head.

Along the way, Vera and Saburo exchanged understandings.

This is not the first time...

Arasaka Hanako was staring at the scene in a daze on the left.

She thought about the past.

At that time, his elder brother Arasaka Kei had not yet passed away, and his fellow brother Yoshinobu had not yet rebelled.

Her father Saburo was not yet too old to walk, and every time she came home from school, during family conversations or dinners, she and Lai Xuan would kneel on both sides of the table.

When Sanlang asked them about their day, what they had learned and what they had realized, they would either nod or raise the corners of their mouths slightly to give affirmation and explanation.

Vera was unaware that Saburo's attempts to win her over, and that the strange harmony between her and Saburo had caused inexplicable emotions in Princess Arasaka, Hanako, at this moment, she was still talking to Saburo about the additional results of the Stairway to the Sun project.

For military purposes.

"The adaptation rate of the Progenitor virus is extremely low. Those infected who fail to adapt will die or lose their humanity and turn into monsters, just like the two infected people in the Johannesburg incident."

"Although their threat level has decreased after they lost their minds, it may be a good idea to adapt giant infected people into military prostheses through special breeding and targeted proliferation, such as the 'Cyborg' project of the Night City Equipment Research Department. I think it's worth a try."

"'Tyrant'?" Saburo looked thoughtful, thinking of the unlucky technician from the military science department who had been subjected to constant experimentation by Vera and had almost completely lost his humanity.

"The infected person who failed to adapt, his early infection behavior reminded me of an old movie, Zombies," he then recalled.

Vera was speechless.

Although the concept of zombies is old in the cyberpunk world, it does exist.

The ancient concept of zombies includes the folk practice of driving corpses in western Hunan; vampires and ghouls in the Balkan Peninsula; the wizard culture that gave birth to Haitian voodoo; and various ghosts in Japanese urban legends...

Perhaps the earliest popular zombie concepts were "Night of the Living Dead" released in 1968 and "Dawn of the Dead" released in 1978.

But later on, the concept of "Resident Evil" that thoroughly popularized the zombie theme never had a chance to be born. Even if the founder of Capcom had a chance, he would probably have worked in the pan-entertainment department of Arasaka.

But think about it, the world started to go haywire in the 1980s and 1990s, and many well-known cultural symbols had no soil for their birth.

In the 2020s, the Internet crash caused by the "hacker god" Batmos before his death led to a major technological setback. The concept of zombies is a completely niche memory.

Continuing the conversation, Vera felt helpless as she saw that Old Deng was still holding her and it seemed that they were going to spend the night in the Arasaka family compound again.

'You have time, come,' she said to herself.

.....

Resident Evil, San Francisco Military Technology Industrial Park.

CEO office.

Vera rubbed her brows and spread out the report on the request for support from the BSAA (Biochemical Defense Organization) on her desk.

Although her eyes remained on the table, what she was thinking about at the moment had nothing to do with what was on the table. "Atlas." She murmured.

That was the word she read the most in the third and fifth memory of "Wei".

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Chapter 066 My road ahead is smooth and unobstructed...

"Atlas."

"Atlas, the Titan..."

In the CEO office of the General Administration Building in the San Francisco Military Technology Industrial Park, Vera sat behind a luxurious semi-curved desk full of technology, falling into deep thought.

At least that's what it looks like to outsiders. If there were other people in the office...

She had instantly entered into that vague yet clear and definite mysterious state, with inexplicable light and shadow slowly focusing in Vera's indigo irises.

She indexed the most impressive scene in her subconscious memory——

Light rain.

cemetery.

Funeral music and gunshots filled the lawn of the marble tombstone. The wheels turned, and there were the sounds of soldiers' orders and military boots hitting the ground in unison.

A middle-aged man in a suit and tie got out of a black SUV with exaggerated security.

He was about fifty years old, wearing a pure white stand-up collar shirt, no tie, and a dark-colored suit. He was of medium build, with brown-gold hair combed into a hazelnut bun. His hairline was a little receding, and below that was a tall and majestic face with very obvious forehead wrinkles and nasolabial folds.

Coupled with that perfect politician's smile and the unique temperament of a superior, he is obviously the kind of big shot who can often appear on the serious political channels on TV.

"Excuse me, is this Vera Adelheid?" The man dismissed his personal bodyguard and stepped forward and said, "I am your parents' employer."

"Sir," I said.

"I'm sorry, Vera, if you allow me to call you that. Your father was my best employee, and they paid too high a price for the peace and stability of this world. This is an unfortunate and avoidable tragedy."

The man spoke slowly and apologetically.

"Child, I will take care of you in place of your father. In Astra, we have a technology reserve that is at least twenty years ahead of the military. I promise that here, your talents will be fully displayed. Just as your father expects, Astra will accept and embrace you like a family member."

After saying this, the man pulled out a black business card from the straight chest pocket of his suit jacket and handed it to her, "Vera, think about it carefully. Just like your father did."

Then he left.

I held up the card in my hand.

With a slightly cool metallic touch, on a pure black background, a LOGO with a red arrow embedded under a silver-gray 'Λ'-shaped inverted V symbol appears.

As the LOGO rotates, the black, red and white colors on the card change dynamically.

A name popped up: Jonathan Irons, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Atlas Corporation.

……

"Jonathan Irons."

Tap, tap, her fingers tapped lightly on the table involuntarily. Vera frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed.

That was the first time she met Irons.

Really, very impressive.

She already knew where the fifth Wei was.

Atlas Corporation, named after the Titan in ancient Greek mythology, is also known as Titan. It is the world's largest private military contractor and weapons manufacturer. It has the largest military force in the world and is rich enough to rival a country. Its technological reserves are 50 years ahead of the world average, and various high-tech equipment have been equipped to front-line soldiers.

"Advanced Warfare."

Vera smiled mysteriously, as if talking to herself. She stood up and walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window behind her. Through the adjustable one-way polarized glass, she looked at the military science and technology industrial park where various high-tech automatic factories and research buildings were rising from the ground.

This is her military technology.

Although it is temporarily not as good as Arasaka and genuine Military Science in the Cyberpunk world, and is far inferior to the Giant God Company in the Call of Duty 11 world, but that is only temporary.

Unlike other worlds where she is temporarily constrained, or simply lacks power or understands that her personal development plan is not related to her, in the world of Resident Evil, she has squeezed into the ruling circle by using Umbrella as a "chicken" to lay eggs. All forces are connected and can have a say. She has power, money and influence. The only thing she lacks is time to develop, consolidate her foundation and accumulate background.

The future is expected!

Vera had a hunch.

Here, Er Wei, the road to the development of her military technology will be unimpeded. Everywhere she looks, she will see a bright and smooth road without any constraints!

In contrast, in the cyberpunk world, if Arasaka wants to dominate, the first obstacle that pops up is the new US military science department.

Countless large, medium and small friendly companies such as Su Petrochemical, Petrochemical, Kangtao, Zeta Technology, Lazarus, etc. will also try their best to trip them up, regardless of whether they have signed an alliance or not, not to mention that there are European banks hanging over their heads.

Arasaka's road to revival and domination is extremely difficult, and it is almost impossible to ascend to power peacefully.