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

Is it true that some people are not used to carbonation?

Most of the drinks produced in Night City are related to carbonation, except for a small amount of high-proof liquor and fruit juice.

After all, sparkling water and sparkling wine are both best-sellers in bars.

"Why would I lie to you? There's no benefit..."

He curled his lips and whispered.

He himself felt very desperate about this.

I can’t eat food or drink drinks, and life is almost becoming meaningless.

Only the girl beside him, Lucy, became his hope in Night City like a firefly...

Thinking of this, he turned his head involuntarily, but when he saw the girl's lazy posture, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

It was a completely defenseless state, without any alertness or tension, just like a lazy cat.

Lucy looked even more inexplicably attractive than before, and somewhat fascinating.

Moreover, I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but there seems to be a soft fragrance lingering at the tip of my nose.

The aroma is wonderful and soft, not strong or irritating at all, and as intoxicating as the aroma of fine wine.

"Oh~ That's really bad. Your taste in clothes is terrible too."

Lucy was surprised at this boy who was out of place in Night City. After thinking for a moment, she put her beer and cigarette aside, slid down from the windowsill, and landed right next to him.

Similarly, David also withdrew his gaze without leaving a trace, and before Lucy could make any move, he spoke first:

"What about you? Isn't it the same for you? Putting such a vintage poster in this room."

I don't know why, but this sentence just came out of my mouth for no apparent reason.

By the time he reacted, it was too late.

"do you have any opinion?"

Lucy's voice suddenly dropped to freezing point, and even the smiling expression on her face just now disappeared in the blink of an eye, and her eyes gradually turned cold.

This is the only soft spot in her heart, and it is also the reverse scale that she refuses anyone to touch.

"Ah no, no, it's just that there is a yellowed poster hanging in a room like this..."

His eyes kept jumping back and forth between the moon poster and Lucy, and then he said with emotion: "It... must be very important to you, right?"

“Your New Life Awaits”

This is the company's external slogan.

But just like Crystal Palace’s glamorous publicity, it’s all fake.

The so-called new life is nothing more than a leap from one hell to another.

Just like the seafood sold on the street, they try hard to climb out of the tank and want to regain their freedom, but when they really climb out and fall into the water, they are just moving from the old tank to the new one.

Just like the propaganda of Night City.

Every day you are repeatedly told how wonderful and free it is to become a legend.

It’s just that all these beautiful things and freedoms were built on the corpses of countless people.

It is best described by the words some people once said -

"This history has no dates. On every page there are the words 'freedom is beautiful' written crookedly. But after reading carefully for half the night, I could make out the words between the lines. The whole book was filled with two words - 'eat people'."

But for those senior executives of the company, whether it is the Crystal Palace, the Moon Base or the Night City, it is indeed the most beautiful paradise.

But then again, in this devastated world, where isn’t hell?

Where isn’t a new Night City?

What's more, outside of Night City, although there is more freedom, the price is also extremely cruel.

“You seem to know a lot.”

After Lucy said this lightly, she jumped onto the windowsill again and lay there on her side, smoking silently, the flame burning rapidly.

The tone was not as lively as before, but full of indifference.

But those purple eyes seemed to see through his heart.

However, he simply shook his head in denial of Lucy's statement.

"It's not that I know a lot, it's just the experience and lessons I've gained in this city of desire."

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25. Everywhere you look is hell

It is no exaggeration to say that the so-called Night City looks bright and beautiful on the outside, but is actually a monster that eats people without leaving any bones.

Every day, countless people flock here to try to make a career, but most of them become its bait.

Even if a small number of people make a career and fame, they will only become company dogs or be buried in an unknown grave.

Just like Johnny Silverhand, the final outcome was nothing more than the soul being digitized, then packaged and uploaded to the mikoshi, while the body was abandoned in the suburbs and became part of the oil field.

Some unlucky ones were even thrown directly into food factories and made into canned food for sale.

There were a few big and clear words printed on it - canned meat.

"As expected, he is a dandy boy who can afford to go to the academy."

"Stop joking..."

David curled his lips, picked up the bottle and took a big gulp.

But this time he didn't spit it out, but swallowed it forcefully.

It seemed that only in this way could the pain in his throat help him relieve some of the depression in his heart.

This world is indeed terrible.

If you want to survive in this crazy city, you have to become crazier than this city.

"Isn't it? Being able to study at Arasaka Academy is enough to prove that you are a young master."

It seemed that the word Arasaka brought back some bad memories for Lucy, and she spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"No, it's not..."

He shook his head gently, and then slowly turned his gaze to the ceiling fan.

"I don't know who my father is, and my family has no money, so I shouldn't be attending Arasaka Academy..."

He carefully recalled the memory that now belonged to him and spoke it out slowly.

When talking about some things, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

But I don’t know if it’s because the memory is too heavy or too painful, it makes my mouth feel a little uncomfortable.

"Crack!"

Before she knew it, Lucy had finished one cigarette and immediately lit up the second one.

I didn't interrupt him the whole time. I just listened quietly to him talking about the past and savored the life journey of this teenager.

"My mother, Gloria, worked so hard and pushed herself so hard just to get me into that college."

"But I already knew I would never fit in with them."

As if thinking of his previous experience in the academy, a self-deprecating smile slowly appeared on his face: "Because we are not the same kind of people at all..."

"Then why did you persist in the academy for so long?"

After hearing his description of the past, Lucy's attitude subtly changed, and her tone was no longer as cold as before, but gradually softened.

It's like a private conversation between old friends, casual and plain.

"Because, that was my mother's wish... She wanted me to be able to enter the company and climb to the top."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh again.

Climb to the top of the company?

How to climb?

Arasaka is the empire of the immortal old man Saburo Arasaka. Even if his own children want to seize power, he will kill them without hesitation.

Just like at the end of the devil's ending, Saburo Arasaka replaced Yorinobu Arasaka's body to continue his own life.

How could he, an outsider, possibly climb to the top?

Therefore, there is only one way to climb to the top of Night City from beginning to end -

Smash Arasaka Tower, crush Adam Hammer and the other two companies underfoot, and send that bastard Saburo Arasaka back to his grave.

Finally became a legend in Night City.

“But that’s someone else’s dream.”

Suddenly, Lucy leaned forward and asked.

"Others? Mother can't be considered someone else."

"But you and your mother are still two different people. Why do you want to live to fulfill her wishes?"

Lucy couldn't understand what he was saying.

In her perception of the world, being able to work hard for others and fulfill other people's dreams is something difficult to understand.

"That's not your dream, right? Your own dream shouldn't belong to anyone else."

"Dream?"

It's really an unfamiliar word.

He slowly leaned back and felt something soft, but he didn't pay any attention to it. He just stared blankly at the ceiling.

To be honest, his only thought now is to become stronger, smash the Hammer, smash Arasaka, and experience the life of V in the game.

But what about after that?

do not know.

What will be the ending?

do not know either.

If possible, he hopes to be able to walk together with the girl next to him and Rebecca, whom he has not yet met.

But the road ahead is still unknown.

He didn't know whether they were willing or not.

"So what's your dream, Lucy?"

He suddenly realized that his question seemed a little wrong, so he changed the topic and asked, "Besides going to the moon base on the poster, what do you want to do next?"

Lucy stared at the boy leaning on her belly, and did not intend to refuse, so she blurted out the words:

"do not know."

With a click, she lit another cigarette, then turned her eyes away from him and looked out the window.

"...I just want to get away."

“Maybe, it’s hell for you, but for me, this is hell.”

“…”

He turned his head silently, looking at Lucy's profile and the direction outside the window——

That's where the Orbital Space and Aerospace Center is located.

Every once in a while, there will be a fixed flight to launch rockets into the distant and mysterious deep space.

But what touched him even more was Lucy's sad profile and her words, which gently plucked his heartstrings.

It brought out another memory in his heart, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Yes, you are right."

"This place is indeed hell. A friend of mine once said the same thing."

"Your friend?"