People are in cyberpunk, but they are top-level cyberpsychopaths

But the only thing that is unclear is this so-called artificial intelligence.

This kind of thing is very common in Night City, or it can be said that it is not common.

Because the only common one is Delaman, who runs a taxi company. He is the only artificial intelligence with independent consciousness in Night City.

Apart from these, there is only Ott Cunningham, who was a human in his previous life but was forced to move to cyberspace, as well as Johnny Silverhand's former teammate Spider Murphy and the legendary hacker Lucky Batmos.

The former came to the human world from outside the black wall, while the latter three were humans in their previous lives, but were later isolated outside the black wall and transformed into AI.

As for why I thought of these things, it was because what the prophet Gary said during the day was really worrying.

"Being targeted by the Lizardmen... If the Lizardmen are the Yeshi Company, then what is their purpose in targeting me?"

Sitting on the sofa, gazing out the window at the neon lights that pierced the sky like beams of light, his eyes gradually became blurred.

I can't figure it out, I can't understand it, I can't understand everything.

It’s just because there is too little information at hand, especially about Ye’s Company.

In addition, we also have to blame the Polish computer donkey, which released the half-finished game Cyberpunk, and the missions were also very scattered, causing him to miss many missions.

The most important thing is that this is reality, not a game, and the direction of many things is not fixed.

Just like him now, his life has become so twisted that he doesn't know to what extent. His future is shrouded in thick fog and he can't see the future at all.

This passive feeling is annoying, but also challenging.

"David?"

Just then, a call from upstairs caught his attention. He turned around and saw Lucy, neatly dressed, slowly walking down the stairs.

"Why didn't you call me when you came back? You made me wait for you for so long."

There was a hint of resentment in Lucy's voice, but she immediately changed her tone and said jokingly, "Why are you so sad? On your first day back at work...did your boss, the woman named Melissa, confess to you?"

"...Don't joke with me, Lucy." David smiled bitterly.

"So what happened? Tell me quickly."

While speaking, Lucy's mouth curled up into a beautiful smile, showing an expression of "I'm very interested".

Just like before, she was very interested in David's failures and even enjoyed them.

So he sighed and told Lucy everything that happened today.

"Oh~"

Lucy's expression changed from teasing at the beginning to silence, and then she looked at him with a subtle look: "So, do you think that Miss Anna is from Ye's company?"

"Ah."

David nodded: "Melissa has already admitted this, but she doesn't know why Ye's Company sent this person down."

Not only that, according to what Prophet Gary said, it seems as if all of this was planned in advance.

I felt like I was caught up in a huge conspiracy.

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that Anna was assigned to the Terrorist Squad and became a civilian in charge of assigning tasks for his team, and it just happened that he was assigned this task, and it just happened that the prophet Gary said so many words to him that he could not understand.

However, he didn't believe that Melissa had conspired with Ye's Company to defraud him.

Given Melissa's personality, it would be impossible for her to collaborate with the company dog ​​to betray her own subordinates. He was sure of that.

However, having said that, he did not tell Melissa about the prophet Gary, and he did not even tell Anna about their meeting.

Lucy was the only one who knew about it besides Mower and Sasha.

But given the company's efficiency, Anna would probably have known about it before he returned to the headquarters, right?

"By the way, Lucy, I have something I want to ask you."

"What~?"

Lucy tilted her head slightly when she heard that, her short silver-white hair cascading slightly with her movement.

"...that is...how much do you know about roaming AI?"

"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

Lucy was a little curious, "Could it be related to the prophet Gary you mentioned?"

"I guess so... But there are also some of my speculations, but I can't say anything until these speculations are confirmed."

"You're still the same, David. Always keeping things mysterious."

Lucy smiled slightly, looked at the night view outside the window and said slowly: "Actually, I don't know what to say about the existence of wandering AI... But, do you still remember the legendary hacker Lachi Batmos?"

"Yeah." David nodded slowly.

"Then everything that follows is easy to explain. This all started before Bartmos used the puppet to destroy cyberspace..."

Lucy's eyes were filled with memories as she recalled the time when she was attacked by the roaming AI outside the black wall, and she slowly recounted that forgotten history.

Before Batmos destroyed the network, some AIs with autonomous consciousness already existed.

For example, when Arasaka blew up the warship, he released a large number of autonomous AIs, causing the ocean to be filled with self-regenerating torpedoes, basically cutting off the sea route.

In the Fourth Corporate War, Junke and Arasaka launched a large number of viruses into each other's networks. Batmos's final virus was just an opportunity to cause a major network collapse, forcing network monitoring to build a black wall and discard a huge amount of knowledge.

It also includes a global network of huge viruses and establishes local networks.

This is also the main reason why even in 2076, things like computers, televisions, and radios have not been eliminated.

Even on the streets you can still see a lot of billboards.

And why Arasaka would train hackers like Lucy to sneak into cyberspace and reach outside the black wall to salvage the lost knowledge.

That knowledge may seem like a relic of an old era, but it is also the foundation for building the technology of this era.

It is as inconspicuous as 1+1, but it is still a cornerstone that cannot be completely abandoned.

However, David still couldn't understand or figure it out, or he knew too little about this world, which resulted in many things being unable to be connected together.

Perhaps finding Ott Cunningham through Johnny Silverhand could answer some of my questions...

Thinking of this, he made another plan in his mind regarding these two dead people who had been dead for more than fifty years.

However, we have to be on guard against the next move of Ye’s Company. We should just let things take their course and see what these guys are up to.

"Why, you look like you've figured something out. Don't you want to tell me about it?"

Seeing David's clear look, Lucy also became quite interested.

Ever since she officially got together with David, she gradually stopped resisting cyberspace. Even when she had nothing to do, she would choose to sneak into it to look for something interesting.

"Well... I haven't figured it out yet. I still have a lot of questions for now, but I have one last question for you."

David suddenly turned his head and looked at Lucy, his eyes full of seriousness.

"Nani~? ​​What's the problem?"

"Just... do you want to join the Terrorist Squad?"

Hearing this, the smile on Lucy's face gradually froze, but she still kept a minimal smile: "Why?"

"Actually, it's not a big deal. You know, today I have been officially appointed as the leader of the non-staff group, and I have also discussed with Melissa, and she allowed me to recruit some team members to join." David explained.

"No, you know, that's not what I want to ask." Lucy shook her head. "What I want to say is, there should be someone more suitable to join than me, right?"

"Just like Rebecca, if you invite her, she will be very happy, right? What's more, you already have a hacker in your team, so you don't need a second hacker, right?"

"...I will invite Rebecca, but having you join the group is not the main purpose."

"Then for what?"

"It's very simple. Letting you join is nothing more than finding you a backer. With the name of the Violent Terrorist Mobile Team, it will be easier to deal with any troubles..."

At this point, David suddenly stopped talking, looked at Lucy and continued, "Especially you, Lucy. Regarding the matter between you and Arasaka, although Arasaka is currently undergoing a major personnel change, there is no guarantee that they will remember this matter, especially those people in the counterintelligence department."

"So, if possible, I still hope that you can join the Terrorist Mobile Team, so that no matter what happens, Arasaka will dare to act in a big way."

The reason why Arasaka has not taken any action against David is not only because he is being targeted by major companies, but also because of this factor.

In Night City, no matter how big a company is, it is unwilling to provoke the Terrorist Squad.

“David....”

Lucy called David's name softly, her heart filled with emotion.

She didn't expect David to think so much about her.

These words flowed through her heart like a warm current, making her feel warm inside.

I couldn't help but put my hand on David's shoulder.

"What's wrong...?"

When David came to his senses and looked at Lucy, he found that the love in her eyes was about to overflow.

"Stop talking and kiss me."

Lucy's actions aroused the most primitive desire in his heart, and he pressed on her without saying a word.

He didn't know whether his overly active thoughts tonight stimulated the secretion of hormones or affected his nerves, making him feel so refreshed for the first time in a long time, as if their souls were blending and their brains were trembling.

Tonight is another sleepless and restless night.

95.V: I was fired just like that? (1W)

A few months passed again, and Night City ushered in the important year of 2077, just as the life of Arasaka Corporation entered the countdown.

However, as for the Ye's Company, there was no news or action, as if what Gary said before was a scam.

Anna also continued to work as a clerk, assigning him tasks over the communicator every day.

Maybe this really is a scam, but he still dare not let his guard down.

Ye's Company is like a poisonous snake hiding in a dark corner. It may bite you at any time, perhaps just when you let your guard down.

As for why he thought so, it was because he had done a relatively detailed investigation on Ye’s Company.

Although nothing useful was found, and even the internal structure was unclear, all the information pointed to one thing: the mystery of this company and its difficult-to-understand patterns of action.

In addition, his non-staff team is now officially complete.

In addition to Lucy who had already agreed, Rebecca and Qiwei also joined in.

Needless to say, Rebecca expressed great interest when she heard that they could continue working together, but he didn't know what Qiwei thought.

I just asked casually at the time, but I didn't expect the woman to agree on the spot.

"Could it be that this old woman has been won over by my charm?"

Inside the training ground, David stroked his chin gently, and from time to time his eyes cast towards the other side of the training ground, where Qiwei and Lucy were cram-building hacking knowledge for the team members.

Although the two of them joined his team, the Terrorist Mobile Team hired them as honorary lecturers to teach this group of guys network hacking techniques.

Although there are several cyber hackers in the Terrorist Mobile Squad, their number is too small, with less than one hacker per group.

However, his non-staff team is very rich, with three network hackers, all of whom are very good.

In order to enhance the strength of the terrorist squad, the guy in charge of this place made this decision.

At first, they planned to hire Sasha as well, but Sasha refused on the grounds that her skills were not good enough.

After all, Sasha's intention was not here, she just came here to help David.

As for Mower? He's studying with Melissa now.

Melissa also liked this student very much and was willing to teach him, even giving him everything she knew.

I hope Mower will not be trained to be the second Melissa.

As for Rebecca, apart from her usual missions or hanging around him, she was immersed in the equipment warehouse and shooting range.

This place is simply heaven for her.

No matter what kind of exaggerated models you can find here, they are all her favorites.

Then, David withdrew his gaze and looked up at the ring in front of him.

At this moment, there were two reserve players on the stage practicing fighting techniques, which included some joint techniques and grappling techniques, as well as the hard-core philosophical fighting technique - wrestling.

However, the fighting skills of these two people are so terrible that it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a street fight.

He couldn't help but cover his eyes, unable to bear to watch, but in the end he still chose to correct them.