People in Cyber, using skin to create legends

Maybe it was because Molly had saved her, or maybe it was because Molly was the same age as her. In any case, after Molly asked this question, Alice hesitated for a moment and then told Molly the reason.

But Molly was speechless when she heard Alice's reason:

"You broke into the territory of the Brotherhood of Barr on your own. Aren't you doing something dangerous?"

"This...this is different!"

Alice looked a little embarrassed. She jumped down from the discarded cardboard box and said, "I am doing this for my dream!"

"Your father was trying to survive. Which do you think is more important, survival or dreams?"

Adults generally answer that survival is more important.

After all, in the adult world, dreams are an extremely luxurious thing. We have already tried our best just to stay alive, so how can we have the time and energy to pursue our dreams?

But for a teenage girl, the answer may not be that simple.

At least now when the question was raised, Alice hesitated.

She opened her mouth and thought for a long time but couldn't say anything. She knew that surviving in the city of chaos was important, but to her, dreams were equally important.

Molly didn't have the time to counsel a little girl. After making sure that Alice would not run away and would just stay on the rooftop, Molly planned to go back and rest.

She stood up and waved her hands:

"Think about it yourself. I'm going to go back to sleep."

"…Why did you become a mercenary?"

Alice asked before Molly left.

Molly turned her head and looked at her, and their eyes met in the air.

There was a hint of curiosity and some unclear meaning in Alice's eyes. She didn't seem to simply want to ask why Molly became a mercenary.

Molly recalled how she became a mercenary and answered casually:

"It's also for survival. This industry is indeed dangerous, but it does make money."

One commission can earn more money than an ordinary person can earn in several years or even dozens of years. This is the case with the mercenary industry. Although it is dangerous, the profits are huge.

Either you complete the commission and receive a huge commission, or you die and become a corpse.

Such is the world of mercenaries.

Alice looked Molly up and down and asked:

"Where is your family?"

"Having a quarrel with my family... um..."

Molly was about to answer when she suddenly realized that she seemed to be no different from Alice.

He quarreled with his father over his dream and then ran away.

And unlike Alice, Molly not only escaped, but also fled the country and came to this chaotic city...

From this point of view, Molly seems to have gone even further than Alice.

"Ha, you ran away from home, right?"

Seeing Molly suddenly silent, Alice suddenly became complacent for some reason, and looked at Molly with an expression that said, "It turns out you are not a good kid either."

"I am different from you...why should I explain to you?"

Molly rolled her eyes and decided not to continue arguing with Alice.

After all, it was the original owner who ran away from home. What does it have to do with Molly? And Molly really has no obligation to have a heart-to-heart talk with Alice.

They are not best friends.

Not even friends.

"Eh……"

Alice seemed to have found something interesting. She walked around Molly and looked at her, then suddenly asked:

"I haven't asked yet, what's your real name?"

“…Molly.”

"Molly, you're pretty good, right? Then can you teach me how to fight? And how to shoot?"

Alice didn't know whether it was a sudden inspiration or something, but she actually wanted Molly to teach her fighting skills.

Molly's first thought when faced with such a troublesome matter was to refuse. She didn't want to take care of a child, especially a naughty and disobedient one.

Even if Molly has the skill of 'Childcare'... the skill level is not high, and the guy in front of her should be beyond the category of 'child'.

Just as she was about to refuse, she heard Alice say to her:

"If you agree, I'll show you something good."

"nice one?"

"Yes! Have you heard of... [Dream]?"

"……What?"

Molly was a little confused for a moment when she heard this noun that sounded a bit like déjà vu.

…………

Illusion, of course Molly didn't know what this thing was.

But if we change the word, from "幻梦" to "超梦", wouldn't it be much easier to understand?

That's right, Phantasm is Mewtwo, the 'Mewtwo' of this world.

This is a fairly advanced fully immersive experience technology.

It's like a movie, TV series or game that you can experience in person. When you enter Mewtwo... no, when you enter Fantasy Dream, you are the protagonist.

Here you can fully experience everything about the 'protagonist', including memories, thoughts, touch, emotions, and even the various hormones secreted by the body.

Before this, Molly thought that there was no Mewtwo in this world and had no idea about it.

But judging from Alice's tone now, this world also has something similar to Mewtwo. Although the dream thing is very niche now, it does exist.

Out of curiosity about Huanmeng, Molly decided to stay with Alice for the time being. Whether she taught him fighting skills or not was another matter. Her main purpose was to experience Huanmeng a little.

After saying hello to the cowboy, Alice took Molly out of the apartment and took the tram back to the 21st District.

The two of them walked all the way without stopping and arrived at the school where Alice went.

It was almost evening, school had already ended, and most of the students had gone home, with only a few still remaining on campus.

They were either playing ball or playing incomprehensible games with each other and staying on the playground.

Alice took Molly and walked in through the main gate in a swagger. Maybe because the guard knew who Alice was, the security guard at the door did not stop them when they took Molly in.

The two of them successfully arrived at the school's internal news club, and then Alice began to rummage through the drawers in the empty club.

"Let me see. I remember that Funaguchi-senpai put something here..."

Alice buried her head in the cabinet, leaving her buttocks hanging outside, mumbling as she searched.

After a while, Alice let out a cry of surprise:

"Ah, found it!"

Then she dragged her body out of the cabinet, carrying a large box, and took out something that looked like a motorcycle helmet from the box.

Putting something that looked like a motorcycle helmet on the table, Alice pointed at it and said:

"This is it. There are three fantasy movies stored in it. You can try them out."

"Doesn't this thing require a brain-computer interface?"

The dream machine that Alice took out was different from the one Molly had seen in the game.

Although Molly knew that this world was not the world in the game she played, when she saw something that looked like a game helmet, Molly's heart sank.

She was somewhat skeptical whether this was an illusion or not. Could it be that Alice was deceived?

Or is it that the illusion I understand is different from the 'illusion' that the other person is talking about?

Hearing Molly's question, Alice replied:

"This is a fantasy dream that doesn't require a brain-computer interface. Otherwise, how do you think I'm experiencing it?"

Molly looked behind Alice's ear. It was extremely smooth and there was no joint there, proving that Alice had not yet undergone body modification.

So if Alice can experience it, then Molly should be able to do it too.

"Let me ask again, there shouldn't be anything wrong with this thing, right?"

Molly asked with a frown.

She was not worried that this thing would burn her brain. With her current recovery ability, even if half of her brain was blown off, she would probably recover slowly.

What Molly was worried about was that the illusions stored in it would have an impact on Molly's spirit. Molly could handle the physical damage, but the mental damage... Molly really couldn't handle it.

Molly was just trying to be safe, but Alice was getting a little impatient.

She stuffed the helmet directly onto Molly's head and said:

"I'm not afraid either. What do you, a mercenary, have to be afraid of? You'll know once you experience it. Sit down. I'm about to start!"

"This is my first time, so it's normal for me to be cautious..."

"OK, start connecting!"

Without waiting for Molly to explain, Alice turned on the switch of the dream instrument.

The next moment, Molly's eyes were engulfed by a screen full of white.

Chapter 103 Law Enforcer

When she opened her eyes again, Molly found herself in a security team.

On both sides of her were security teams wearing special combat uniforms. Judging from the insignia on their bodies, they were the direct security team of the City of Chaos.

If you just say this, I'm afraid you won't understand what this team does and how it is different from an ordinary security team.

But if we use other words to describe it, I believe most people will understand what kind of team this is.

The terrorist squad in Cyberpunk 2077.

This team is of a similar nature.

They are affectionately called the [Mechanical Forces] by the lower classes of the Chaos City. The reason for this name is that each of these people has undergone at least level two transformation, and they are as cold-blooded and ruthless as machines when performing their tasks.

The mechanical force does not belong to any particular company. It is a team led by the Segawa Group and formed by Alloy Security and other security companies.

In a sense, the team is completely fair, no matter which company is responsible for the area where the riot occurs, or how high the status of the person who caused the riot is.

They were able to do it completely fairly.

Of course, although she said this to the outside world, Molly was also very clear that when faced with the real top leaders, these teams probably couldn't do anything about them.

But at least they can be relatively fair.

Molly had heard of this team before, but it was only an "urban legend" she had heard of on the Internet. She had heard of them but had never seen them.

Unexpectedly, after experiencing a Mewtwo...a dream, Molly saw the combat video of this mechanical army.

"Hey, can you hear me?"

As Molly looked around, Alice's voice came from her ear.

Molly wanted to nod, but found that she couldn't seem to do it. At this moment, her consciousness was equivalent to being in someone else's body, but the body was not under her control, and she couldn't make any other reactions at all.

Alice seemed to know this as well and continued:

"You can move your eyes, right? Look at your upper left corner. Is there a small ball? Stare at it for two seconds and see."

Molly looked to the upper left corner, and sure enough, a small orb was floating above her field of vision.

After staring at the ball for a while as Alice said, the small ball suddenly turned into a status bar and unfolded in front of Molly.

Then the familiar fast forward, rewind, pause and other icons are arranged in sequence.

This time Molly didn't need Alice to teach her. She first "clicked" the pause button to stop the video, and then turned on the third-person perspective, floating behind the team member she was "possessed" like a ghost.