The Creators: From Night City

"Let me tell you, the boss's skills are incredible, and he hasn't been cooking much lately. If you have any questions, tell me now. If you miss this opportunity, you'll miss it. If you make another reservation, it depends on whether Gloria, the head steward, will release the number."

Natalie was curious, but she still kept Vincent's words in her heart and kept thinking about them until she knocked on the door of the medical room.

Inside the gate, Gloria was reporting to Jiang Bing. "According to your instructions, I've bet over 2400 million on our team winning the championship. The initial odds at the Pink House were 1 to 19, which is a huge upset. I've found several different channels to buy separately, and now it's down to 1 to 7.3. I think it's best to stop here. If I place any more bets, the other party will notice something's wrong."

"Then we'll just make do with it."

It is no exaggeration to say that [Anti-Entropy] is now making a fortune. Not counting the profits from products, nearly half of the monthly salary paid to employees will flow back on the spot.

Who can blame [Anti-Entropy] for having a well-developed food business? Its warehouse is well-stocked with all kinds of daily necessities, which are replenished regularly. Furthermore, its arsenal is also fully stocked with various "essentials" such as weapons and prosthetics. Compared to the junk technology and harsh work of other manufacturers in Night City, the employees are not stupid and will vote with their feet.

Including organic food, tobacco, and the recently launched high-end wine, fur and other luxury business lines, Anti-Entropy's daily revenue is almost reaching eight figures.

At this point, money is basically just a string of numbers to [Anti-Entropy]. Under Jiang Bing's instructions, Gloria had no intention of saving any money. After saving enough funds for activities, all her belongings were exchanged for equipment and resources, which were continuously transported to the warehouse designated by Jiang Bing.

As for the huge quantities of supplies that regularly disappeared from the warehouse, Director Gloria never asked about the reasons behind it, just as she never asked about the large quantities of supplies that came inexplicably.

"Knock knock!" Natalie knocked on the door and came in. Seeing the company's boss and the second-in-command discussing something together, she couldn't help feeling a little scared.

Fortunately, Gloria had already finished reporting the matter. She nodded and left the medical room, leaving Jiang Bing, who was flexing his fingers, patting the prosthetic transformation table beside him and signaling, "Don't stand there like an idiot. Lie down."

To be honest, Natalie felt a little uneasy when she was lying on the cold prosthetic modification table. The prosthetics on her body were basically customized models, all of which were specialized products designed to enhance the user's reaction ability. Ordinary prosthetic doctors could not even repair them, let alone maintain them.

Jiang Bing is obviously not among them.

He quickly connected Natalie's prosthesis to the computer next to him and started running the inspection program.

"tsk"

Jiang Bing's short sigh made Natalie's heart rise to her throat.

Chapter 401: Yoshida

Natalie was already feeling very nervous, and when she heard what Jiang Bing had done, she almost jumped up from the operating table like a catfish.

"Boss, what's wrong with me? Don't scare me."

"Are you planning to die at the age of 40?" Jiang Bing's words made the other person speechless.

"Look at all your prosthetics, and then look at the historical dosing of your stimulant medications. You haven't considered the lifespan at all, have you?"

Jiang Bing tapped the screen to attract Natalie's attention. "Of course, the service life here refers to you."

"When you signed the confirmation letter for your prosthetic transformation, did it say that these things would consume your life?"

"Of course it's written, and it's right at the front." Natalie forced a smile. "I know what you're saying, but everything has a price, doesn't it? If you want to become a legendary racing driver, you have to risk your life."

"If you are not good enough, don't blame the uneven road." Jiang Bing interrupted the other party's desire to talk.

"All of your stuff can be considered fine products individually, but let me be honest." Jiang Bing's fingers tapped on the keyboard, giving a scathing review.

"When we are together, we are a pile of shit; when we are apart, we are a sky full of stars."

"Look at these overall architectures, connection optimization, link reuse, and complete system integration, and the bridging rate with the body is only at market level. I can only say that this is a mediocre doctor who is harming people."

Jiang Bing picked up a special armor plate remover, twisted his neck, making a crackling sound, and with his other hand, he directly stuffed the anesthetic into Natalie's external drug intake interface and pushed it all the way in.

"I'm too lazy to talk anymore. I'm numb. Go get some sleep. It's going to be a long job to clean up this mess."

……

Kidnapping is a technical job. Friends who often kidnap others know that just as killing someone is easy but disposing of the body is difficult, the most troublesome and technically demanding step in kidnapping is the transportation and custody of the hostages.

Fortunately, Jiang Bing has a special kidnapping method.

Arasaka senior researcher Yoshida is a member of the "Arasaka Senior Researcher" team. He is the first person to be invited to participate in the "Arasaka Senior Researcher" team. He is the first person to be invited to participate in the "Arasaka Senior Researcher" team. He is the first person to be invited to participate in the "Arasaka Senior Researcher" team.

He lives in a villa area in northeastern Chiyoda Ward and is unmarried. His daily work involves commuting to the Arasaka Twin Towers to research various cutting-edge technologies, often requiring him to work until midnight. He doesn't smoke and only drinks lightly. He always goes to bed at 1:00 AM, aiming for a full five hours of sleep. Before bed, he always drinks a glass of warm synthetic milk, then does 20 minutes of stretching exercises. He falls asleep immediately after getting into bed, never letting fatigue or stress linger until the next day's work.

He is smart, quick-witted, mean and selfish, bullies the weak and flatters the strong, forgets righteousness when he sees profit, knows how to be flexible, and can be said to be a natural talent for Arasaka.

This is also the main reason why he became a senior researcher at Arasaka at the age of 33.

When the headquarters chose him to support the "Wasteland Rally", he refused at first, but he could not bear the high weight of the mission on KPI, so he had to endure the discomfort and break out of his comfort zone, coming to the badlands outside Night City and settling down in this desolate place.

Although he lived in a bad place, he still stubbornly maintained his "good" schedule, refused the "sleeping" benefit arranged by the team manager, and stayed alone in his luxurious room.

He heated up the 'Yongsen' organic milk he had been drinking, put on only his pajamas, and was about to do his daily routine of stretching before bed when he suddenly heard a muffled sound coming from the window.

He hurriedly looked towards the windowsill, only to find that a thick layer of fog had covered the outside of the window at some point, and the wilderness wind that had been blowing all day was shaking the window from side to side.

"Didn't I lock the windows?" Yoshida asked, looking at the window in awe.

The Arasaka security personnel outside the door are still patrolling diligently to ensure the safety of the team members and participating vehicles.

Listening to the rhythmic footsteps, he gradually relaxed his body and mind, and continued today's stretching exercises under the orange light of the table lamp in the house.

Just as he overlapped his fingers, turned his palms outward, and placed his palms on the soles of his feet in a standard forward bend stretch, his eyes saw a pair of leather shoes appear behind him from between his legs.

A pair of burgundy leather shoes.

“Who~!”

Before he could finish his words, a big hand grabbed his neck and lifted him up.

A chip loaded with the puppet virus was neatly inserted into the brain-computer slot behind his ear by the other party, and as the electric current flowed, it infected his brain-computer, causing him to go black and lose consciousness.

Under the cover of fog, the two disappeared in the room, and Yoshida disappeared without a trace.

"He is Yoshida Shujun." In the middle of the night, Lingyin Selena appeared in front of Jiang Bing wearing a red Hello Kitty nightgown.

Jiang Bing threw this gifted young man to the other party like garbage, and left a stiff sentence: "The deal is settled." He turned around and walked into the night.

When Natalie woke up from anesthesia, Jiang Bing had returned to the infirmary and was browsing information on a data tablet. It was completely invisible that someone had been tied up in the middle.

"How do you feel?" Jiang Bing asked.

"I feel so relieved." The racer moved her body happily, feeling the long-lost smooth and comfortable feeling coming back to her body, and she couldn't help but feel happy.

"I feel great, Boss. It's worth it even if you have to remove a few prosthetic components for this."

"I didn't dismantle your prosthesis. Instead, I installed a few small components for you to coordinate and balance." Jiang Bing's speech was unconventional as usual.

"One more thing." He tapped the data tablet. I replaced your internal circulation drug delivery pump with a new set of drugs, which are produced by our company. For a rookie like you who has not gone through the 'Trial of Green Grass', the strength may be a bit too strong, so you should control yourself.

The new potion that Jiang Bing mentioned was a new type of witcher potion that Xier, Margarita, Triss and a group of female sorceress apprentices had improved and manufactured by combining some of the knowledge from "The Principles of Witcher" given by Jiang Bing with modern pharmaceutical knowledge and equipment.

The female sorcerers are working hard to demonstrate their value. While greedily absorbing modern medical knowledge, they also have to seize the time to produce results and gain a firm foothold. Jiang Bing, who has a high level of subjective initiative, is ashamed.

This series of potions is divided into two directions. One is an enhanced version of the potion with stronger efficacy and stronger toxins, which is steadily progressing in combination with the secondary mutation research project.

The application of the Progenitor Virus extracted from the Stairway to the Sun originally kept Elaine Eleanor and Aurora scratching their heads all day long, but after the sorceresses joined in, they unexpectedly opened up new ideas for them.

The Demon Hunter's Green Grass Trial unexpectedly coincides with the RNA form of the Progenitor Virus.

Chapter 402: The Demons' Pre-match Show

The Progenitor virus can enhance human abilities (including physical strength and mobility) and prolong life. However, these benefits are countered by its highly toxic nature. Few humans can withstand the toxicity and survive the transformation process, leading to the death of the host.

The cybermonster hunters who have undergone the transformation of the Phase I 'Corrupted Firefly' potion just happen to have toxin resistance beyond that of ordinary people. The Phase II "ladder" transformation idea with the Progenitor virus as the core was naturally deduced.

Now this group of researchers who combine science and magic have become obsessed and are frantically pushing forward the progress of the "Promotion and Transformation" Phase II.

Another application direction is to use technology to ensure drug efficacy as much as possible while reducing toxicity.

In fact, there is no difficulty in this direction, and the improvement work is going very smoothly. For these female sorcerers, this is not even a difficult problem. The real problem that hinders the development of this subject is how to carry out intensive and large-scale production.

How to use cold machines and precise weights and measures to measure the inspiration in alchemy? I thought that making the vague, subjective and imaginary refining steps precise really stumped everyone.

Fortunately, although the subject was not solved, there was no shortage of prototype potions. Any second-year student at Aretuza College could make it. Jiang Bing temporarily transferred a batch to Natalie to fill the void.

Natalie stared at the internal drug delivery pump with the names of four animals marked on the built-in head-up display: oriole, badger, lapwing, and wolf, her eyes filled with curiosity.

"If you don't want to be poisoned to death, just follow the injection process set by the system." Jiang Bing, who had just taken two sips of each of the four medicines as if they were drinks, said truthfully.

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Yoshida said that the first time he saw such a person was because of his poor appearance and poor taste, and he did not know the reason for his failure. He was very happy.

Today you kidnap my people, and tomorrow I kidnap your people. Today you want to change jobs, but your old employer won't let you go, so they ask me to pretend to kidnap you, and tomorrow they will do the same.

But this does not mean that the matter is over. The agents of Night City Arasaka's special operations department almost turned the room upside down, but found nothing.

They wanted to continue expanding the search, but "Ha Dabao" came.

The much-anticipated Wasteland Rally has officially begun.

Starting point.

There are huge crowds of people here, flags waving, gongs and drums beating, and firecrackers blasting.

Many spectators would go to the scene in person, even if their mouths would be filled with sand, just to cheer for their favorite contestants.

Of course, such a grand event is naturally inseparable from various media.

The WNS News "Guns and Horseback" program crew had already set up cameras in various locations. N54's Gillian Jordan, Ziggy Q, and "Intubation" host Karina all went to the scene in person to report extensively, while also frantically mixing in their personal work.

In addition to TV channels, Big Mike, the host of 107.3 Moro Rock Radio, and Stanley Media, who are roaring at the top of their lungs all day long, have also joined in the feast of the game.

"Vincent is finally eating well. His success is just around the corner." Jack stood in front of the fence of the starting station and complained sourly to Old Wei.

"This is a life-threatening job. None of these teams are easy to deal with." Lao Wei was more rational and calmly analyzed the situation on the scene.

"Hello everyone in Night City, the Badlands, New America, and all the viewers around the world who are watching this fast, furious, violent clash live, I'm Susan, the official host. Today, my partner Proudrev Hunter and I will be commentating on this match for you." On a temporary platform, the host of the match, wearing a headset and a monocle, began to appear on the official live broadcast channel.

"Hello everyone, I am your old friend Proudrev Hunter."

"Hunter, who do you think will win the most in this competition?" The female host came up and spoke bluntly.

"Of course it's the Goodla team and the Soton team. They are both the favorites to win the championship every year." The male host is obviously a technical expert. He spoke eloquently about this question and his analysis seemed incisive, but only he knew how much water was in it.

"It's boring. It's just the same old clichés over and over again." Jack listened to a few sentences with his ears perked up and was very disappointed.

"Haha, vehicle data is top secret for all the major companies. How could they possibly bring it up in public?" Lao Wei rubbed his hands together. "Besides, anyone who really knows the business doesn't need to listen to his nonsense. They've already discussed it on the forum."

While the two were discussing, 54 racing cars with different appearances but each looking extraordinary were lined up on the wide, repaired track, waiting for the race to begin.

At the end of the sky in the east, a wall of wind that blocked out the sun and carried rolling yellow sand was rushing towards Night City.

The magnitude of the sound makes people think of the devastating flood in the Bible.

"All the teams are in place. The audience can feast their eyes on this. Now let's switch the camera to the departure platform."

Following the host's instructions, the camera switched to many convoys.

The 'Wasteland Rally' is essentially a star-making sport. The handsome men and beautiful women understand that the results of the competition are not the whole of the event, and not everyone can win the championship.

As a result, most of the mid-stream teams started to do some fancy things.

The female navigator of the HGFK rally team was dressed coolly and used the roof of the car as her personal stage, performing a striptease in front of a global audience, while her partner stood on the hood, her dance moves equally enchanting and eye-catching.

The X-Raid Mini JCW team has adopted a different style. The whole car is painted in pink and cake white. A driver who looks like a woman but is actually a man and a real female navigator are pouting and acting cute. Their kawaii appearance, carefully modified facial features, watery eyes, well-honed movements, and cute clothes are sure to win the hearts of a lot of guys.

The Shell Lubricant Team did the opposite. Two devilish musclemen who looked muscular wore only shorts and shorts. Their tight and bulging muscles were covered with shiny lubricant, which sparkled in the sun and was full of passion.

Of course, one of them is indeed a woman, so her sexual orientation is not a concern.

There are also those welfare girls and welfare men who stick out their bulging chests and simply wear a gauze mesh jumpsuit, blatantly selling their bodies.

Vincent stood obediently beside the passenger seat, shocked.

Chapter 403 Panam and V

He touched his kitsch coat that exposed his chest, and looked at his partner who was dressed coolly. He thought his outfit was trendy, but he didn't expect that there were so many masters and talented people at the scene.

"That's nothing. Many teams know they can't win the championship, so they aim to get maximum camera exposure from the beginning. After all, what they want is attention. As long as there's popularity, it doesn't matter how it comes." Natalie explained as a person who has been through it.

"V!"

The familiar voice made Vincent, who was still in a state of shock, subconsciously turn around.

The brown-skinned Panam was standing outside the railing not far away, waving at him.

"Come on, V, shovel them all away!"

Mitch on the side fiddled with the scorpion with a lewd expression.

"Panam, shouldn't you tell him to be careful?" Mitch asked.

"Also, be careful!" the carefree Panam immediately added.

Vincent was concerned about the team's image in front of the camera and could not respond in a loud manner. He could only maintain a calm demeanor and nodded slightly in response.