Zongman: Evolution Paradise

Ai Haibara looked utterly astonished, then, leaning on her chair, emphasized again, "Jolyne, that kid with glasses definitely has a very serious problem!"

Jolyne: "..."

Conan definitely has a problem, so much so that he doesn't want to go near that awful place, Tokyo.

"Like you, he survived the Black Organization after taking APTX4869."

Jolyne wiped her hands with a tissue, pinched Ai Haibara's cheek, and warned, "You know that if so many murders happen around someone, there must be something wrong. So Takamagahara and even the Survival Institute must know about it too. Since he hasn't been taken in yet, it means that the trouble he represents is not something we should get involved with."

It's obvious that Conan has a certain background, or some kind of trouble that prevents others from interfering and can only watch him activate his death aura.

Moreover, this trouble has probably reached the point where even the Black Organization doesn't want to touch him.

This is, after all, a living, breathing world.

In the original work, it was understandable that the Black Organization couldn't notice the Mouri Detective Agency and the Junior Detective League, who were known for their deadly behavior wherever they went. But now that you're doing this, do you think everyone else is stupid enough not to notice you?

Anti-prophecy? Anti-divination?

Come on, kid, take off your glasses and you become a young Shinichi Kudo! Does the Black Organization not even have a single tech-savvy player? They can analyze even basic technology with big data!

"...That's why I'm wondering why those ordinary police officers couldn't detect his abnormality? Is it the same cognitive influence as Kanoko?" Ai Haibara pushed Jolyne's hand away. It's one thing if Conan Edogawa has some trouble that prevents those in the know from taking action, but what's with the ordinary police officers in charge of the case? These are murder cases, one after another, and you just brushed it off with a "Oh, it's you guys again" look.

"I'm more curious whether Conan Edogawa is unaware of the abnormality in his own body?"

Jolyne quipped, "With so many cases happening around him every day, hasn't this kid ever thought about finding a death row cell to lock himself up in?"

Karen: "Good idea."

"What are you talking about?"

Nakano Ichika listened for a long time before finally learning the situation from Irisviel.

No matter what trouble it is, as long as Jolyne doesn't get involved, it's as good as no trouble. After all, Conan can't just come to Chiba for tourism, right?

"Ignore that Conan Edogawa."

Jolyne reminded Ai Haibara again, then looked at Nakano's light pink hair and, noticing Nakano Ichika's condition, asked, "Your sister is still not awake?"

"Um……"

Ichika Nakano: "It seems that I got tired from practicing so many new abilities all of a sudden."

A faint light shone in her eyes, the foolish eyes of the Houyhnhnms.

In the afternoon, the park brought down the rides.

[Player - Tiandao Wuxi, is about to start your first evolution game]

[Paradise congratulates you in advance]

Welcome to this great evolution

Chapter 432 The City That Never Sleeps

[This Trial World: The City That Never Sleeps]

[World travel completed]

[Identity placement completed]

[Task mode confirmed]

When Nakano Satsuki opened her eyes again, she found herself standing in an alleyway wearing a modified Taoist robe that shimmered with colorful light. The alleyway was littered with garbage and some kind of remains, and the unpleasantly sticky feeling underfoot proved that the situation was not good.

"咻咻~"

Whistling sounds came from outside the alley. Several lizardmen with mogan-hair hairstyles seemed to have spotted a meal, their vertical, crocodile-like mechanical eyes bulging out. "Hey little girl, your implants are pretty high-tech, aren't they? Staying here so late, can't afford a capsule coffin?"

Nakano Satsuki: "..."

Is the amusement park crazy?! Why does everyone have to face danger right from the start?! She barely entered the game and didn't even understand the situation before having to deal with all this!

"What a lousy place."

Jolyne arrived across space, but when he scanned the area, he found that he could not break through the dark clouds in the sky. The stench of the clouds, which smelled like a corpse that had been fermenting for ten or fifteen days and then being doused with cheap gasoline and burned, made him feel nauseous.

Observing with divine sense, the chaotic species on the nearby streets were comparable to a strange virus in Africa.

Moreover, the aura was quite powerful. The combination of the alchemical prosthetic eye and the jade chip gave Jolyne a bad feeling, especially when she saw several familiar symbols. Jolyne's face stiffened immediately when she saw them.

As for these few lizardmen?

Jolyne waved her hand, indicating that it wasn't anything too difficult and that Nakano Satsuki could handle it herself.

"I understand."

"Are you..."

Before the lizardman could finish speaking, Nakano Satsuki unleashed her Foolish Eyes. With her high intelligence, she naturally focused on various intellectual skills.

Moreover, Nakano Satsuki is now a junior colleague of both Jolyne and Nakano Maruo. Jolyne only has two pieces of equipment, while Satsuki has a full set of accessories including goggles, a necklace, a ring, a bracelet, and earrings...

It can be said that his overall strength has completely surpassed Jolyne's state after the end of Demon Slayer.

"Damn, hacker, I... hehe... hehe..."

"...Dingdong Chicken...Big Dog Chews..."

"I am a cucumber!"

"Look at me! I'm a cucumber!"

Nakano Satsuki easily dealt with the lizardman. She was no longer the clueless rich young lady who had just become a player. After walking out of the alley with Jolyne, she opened her player bracelet and read out the specific information of the game.

[Trial World: The City That Never Sleeps]

[Identity Placement: Expandable...]

You're a country girl from the countryside.

You should be content with the slightly laggy graphics card that requires you to use the terminal next door, the fruit-flavored protein bars that city dwellers can't enjoy, and the circulating water that doesn't smell like corpses.

But you still ended up here.

So that I could become a teacher, not a peasant woman!

In search of true love, not a Mewtwo with a substandard chip and an unrealistic feel!

To see the legendary figures with my own eyes!

To bridge distances and break free from the status quo!

To get on the stage of [The City That Never Sleeps]!

Note: Identity placement has been enhanced. Please do not actively reveal your player identity, as this will significantly alter the difficulty of your trial.

[Mission Mode: Do Whatever You Want]

This means doing whatever you want, literally. The city that never sleeps won't remember a peasant woman; it will only remember true legends. So please use any means necessary to leave your mark on this city that never sleeps.

The final evaluation will be determined by your influence.

[Due to your A-level training sequence, you have obtained the following hidden information.]

Intelligence-1: The name "Tendou Goshi" is a bit of a mouthful; you need a name that's easier to remember.

Intelligence-2: All corporate dogs deserve to die. The simplest way to spread their name is to rob the rich and give to the poor by killing off the remaining bigwigs in the City That Never Sleeps.

"...That concludes the article."

Nakano Satsuki's face contorted in pain as her four older sisters erupted in chaos, finding the identity assigned by the amusement park rather problematic.

For this... for that...

You might as well just say that you already know you have five different personalities inside you!

Seeing Jolyne's silent expression, Nakano Nino demanded the right to use her body. She approached Jolyne and took out a hair tie to tie her hair into two side ponytails.

He then asked, "How is it?"

"...The pattern is the type I like, but it appears out of place, because Night City doesn't seem to be a place where we can do whatever we want."

Jolyne looked up, and hundreds of mechanical mountains stood above him like skyscrapers.

This immortal is not the "immortal" who is separated from the immortals.

Mechanical Immortal Mountain makes no attempt to conceal its company logo, projecting it in the style of the heavens and the earth.

Red and white umbrella shape: Umbrella Company.

Black and White Tree: Arasaka Company.

Shield-shaped apex: Stark Industries.

……

If it were Night City, that would be one thing; with Jolyne's current strength, killing Adam's Hammer in two seconds would be considered holding back during the battle. The problem is that Night City has been renamed the City That Never Sleeps.

Picking up the lizardman's corpse, the light of the transparent world shimmered in his eyes. Jolyne saw that this guy's flesh and blood were filled with all sorts of bizarre and ruthless technologies, and even Dick had been transformed into some kind of metal.

And its most expensive component is undoubtedly the chip.

With his finger poking into the back of the lizardman's head, Jolyne retrieved a piece of green jade. Countless divine marks and light and shadow still flowed across this fantasy chip. Using Saeko Busujima's Nen ability, Jolyne easily broke through the firewall-like restrictions on it. Its memories from its previous life and its terminal browsing history were all exposed to Jolyne's consciousness, allowing him to browse at will.

Downtown, the dusty area.

Crocodile Gang?

Osborn's test subjects.

Spiritual root transplantation, three religions' chips, flesh and blood alchemy, medicine-making and ascension to an artificial Eden?

Is this still Cyberpunk 2077? You might as well rename it "Cyberpunk 3000"!

"Ninai, the situation has changed."

Jolyne sighed.

"Are you having trouble?"

Nino Nakano asked. Of course, she also saw the mechanical mountain overhead that blocked out the sun and left no sunlight for the lower city. However, she did not think that Jolyne could not solve this obviously beyond-the-competition trial task.

"There aren't any at the moment. Although it's a bit troublesome, there are still quite a few solutions in this 'do whatever you want' model as long as we lower our moral standards."

How about summoning an evil god for fun?

Joren glanced at the player panel. Not long after they parted ways, his Listener talent was already flashing, conveying the thoughts of the evil god to him.

Since you're called the City of Night, it's probably a good breeding ground for evil gods. I wonder if Jolyne can actually carve out a territory here.

Moreover, the core issue is not here.

Chapter 433 Main World?

"Why did the amusement park's agents specifically tell us to hide our player identities?"

Xu Lun pointed out the problem.

Note: Identity placement has been enhanced. Please do not actively reveal your player identity, as this will significantly alter the difficulty of your trial.

This situation most likely occurs because the player has visited this world and caused a lot of trouble. Information spreads incredibly fast in the technological world, and the locals probably already know about the existence of these criminals and aren't very welcoming of them. Therefore, revealing their identities would trigger an anomaly.

But if that's all there is to it, it's not a problem.

Anyway, the identity placement has been strengthened, and Nakano Satsuki's identity won't be exposed easily. Besides, what difference would it make if she exposed her identity as a player?

The so-called "doing whatever you want" approach might actually increase the spread of influence by revealing the player's identity.

So what is the real problem?

The problem is that the players' presence in this world is far more complex than they imagine!

Xu Lun used his divine sense to open the chip, which also served as a terminal.

The term "terminal" refers to a computer connected to the internet.

This thing needs to be used in conjunction with the body.

After thinking for a moment, Jolyne used the demon blood to grow an extra arm on her own arm. Then she inserted the chip into her flesh. The Crocodile Gang's chip was too cheap and didn't even have a proper firewall. When the terminal started running again, the eye in Jolyne's palm easily penetrated the external network of the City That Never Sleeps.