Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

Miao Meng was choked by the argument and had no choice but to retreat in dismay.

At this time, Hai Ling came up from behind.

"You've really started that thing you mentioned a few days ago?" Hai Ling looked at Miao Meng with interest and said, "The YouTube channel you mentioned."

"Oh, no!" Miao Meng became excited when she heard this. She said loudly, "Don't you think our income is too little recently?"

"Have it?"

"Of course!"

Miao Meng clapped his hands in indignation.

"I haven't had my Black Super Dream in a long time! First I was forced to participate in Pastel*Palettes' mission, then I became a student... Now, I've left school and come to Reclamation New Land Phase 2! No matter where I am, it's a difficult place to make money!"

"Didn't you ask us to earn you some pocket money when you were participating in the Pastel*Palettes mission?" Hai Ling said, "You sold a lot of discs at school, didn't you?"

"Oh! That's different! Those are not legitimate businesses!" said Miao Meng.

"Have you ever done a legitimate business?" Hai Ling asked.

"I--"

Miao Meng was stumped by the question. She could only say:

"Anyway, it's not a good idea to have to find a new source of income when changing places! I need a stable source of income—"

"You mean the YouTube channel?" Hai Ling asked.

"right!"

Miao Meng snapped his fingers.

"[Xiao Ai's Ai Ai Channel], isn't it very popular? I thought at the time that this thing could make some money!" Miao Meng said, "If you ask me, we must also create momentum in the future, right? When the time comes, we can do it ourselves! I am also considering Ave Mujica! What do you think!"

Xiangzi continued walking in front without saying a word, but Hailing responded with an "eh..."

"What are you playing?" Hai Ling asked Miao Meng.

"Sell Mewtwo, take Mewtwo orders, and beauty products~" Miaomeng said, "I originally wanted to steal Mewtwo from my own head and sell it on the channel! In the end, the boss rejected it fiercely-"

"Makeup?"

"Hey, you guys don't understand this, do you?"

Miao Meng proudly shared her account with Hai Ling.

Hailing took a look at the number of clicks on the YouTube account shown by Miaomeng.

"Your income isn't that much," she said. "The boss confiscated it all, so it's nothing."

"Goo."

Miao Meng frowned like a cat with its throat choked.

"You, you used an EMP blast attack on me." She said tremblingly, "You said something that you must not say to video creators... Apologize to me... No, apologize to video creators all over the world..."

As the two were chatting like this.

suddenly.

Xiangzi, who was walking in front, stopped.

"——Shh!"

She snapped.

Miao Meng and Hai Ling immediately fell silent.

"..."

"..."

The two of them looked serious in an instant. They squatted silently, moved closer to the shelter, and hid their figures.

Xiangzi also hid behind a concrete pillar on one side.

No one spoke.

Breathing and heartbeat were controlled as much as possible.

The three of them waited quietly.

It probably took a few minutes.

There were some footsteps coming from the bottom of the stairs.

However, those footsteps did not go upstairs.

They walked past the stairs and headed in the other direction.

Another few minutes passed.

When the [personnel positioning] in Xiang Ziyi's eyes no longer captured the infrared signal of the human body, she straightened up.

Crisis resolved.

Miao Meng and Hai Ling also slowly came out from their hiding places.

Xiangzi gently exhaled the air in his lungs.

"Keep your voice down and be careful." Xiangzi turned around and said to them, "Recently, our team has become lax as we adapt to the environment here. We are not as vigilant as when we first arrived."

"Don't forget where this is." said Xiangzi.

She looked outside the building.

Looking out from the edge of the building, where no protective measures have been installed, the exterior is in full view.

In front of everyone's eyes is a series of high-rise buildings that have not yet been completed.

Construction robots and fully automated cranes, forklifts and lifting systems operate between buildings.

But it’s not all robotics and engineering AI here.

From time to time, gunshots could be heard from other buildings and sporadic flames could be seen on the streets.

Those are humans fighting against each other.

“This is [Phase 2 of Reclamation Land].”

Xiangzi said.

"This is the 'battlefield'."

Chapter 206 Home, Sweet Home

Xiangzi, Miaomeng, and Hailing didn't stay in the building for long. They soon heard more and more noises. Street thugs, small gang members, and free mercenaries appeared from the gaps between the buildings and approached here, holding [Ingram MAC-10] or [Magnum] and shooting at each other. [H&K Hellfire] sprayed between the floors. Although no one saw it, everyone heard the sound of the 20mm automatic cannon.

Before the battle became more chaotic, Xiangzi gave Miao Meng and Hailing a look.

Hai Ling jumped down from an empty spot on the second floor, carrying the guns and backpack she had just looted from the fallen enemy.

Then there are Xiangzi and Miaomeng.

Hai Ling helped catch the two of them, and then the three of them left before more tattered [Thunder Power Galina "Rat"] landed in front of the building.

……

Xiangzi and Miaomeng were in charge of the weak firepower points on both sides, and Hailing was in charge of the front survey and assault. The three of them avoided the main road and made hiding their whereabouts their top priority. After walking about 500 meters carefully, they boarded the [Columbus] freight van hidden behind a convenience store that had not yet been occupied.

Compared to when it was first purchased, this van has now become very suitable for [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land].

This doesn't mean it's new again, but it's gray. There are many more collisions, scratches and bullet marks on the body shell, and anti-bullet guards are installed on the outside of the tires.

The car door was closed.

Light the engine, add fuel, and leave.

Hailing had tried to drive on the surveyed roads, and Miaomeng had also turned on the highest-level scanning software, always paying attention to whether there were tire puncture devices ahead. However, there was still no way to avoid the bullets that would occasionally come from both sides of the street and try to catch the "big prey" with cars.

Xiangzi was standing on the inside of the car window, watching the bullet hitting the anti-fire guard plate and bouncing up, creating a spark on the edge of the window.

She asked Hai Ling to speed up and get rid of these people.

Having a vehicle is always safer.

Soon, the three of them successfully escaped from the battle.

[Columbus] The delivery van drove through several streets. It turned around a small road and came to the back of a whole row of townhouses.

There were also gunshots in front of the residential area.

However, the back is much quieter.

Because there are only walls here, without any entrances...even without windows, so no one chooses to occupy this place. Because it has no strategic significance.

...At least, at first glance, no.

The van drove down the riverbed of a still-dry artificial river. It drove a little further and stopped in front of a huge water exchange pipe outlet with a diameter of about 5 meters.

This water exchange pipeline was originally a municipal rainwater sewer pipe. But now, because this urban area has not yet been put into use, the rainwater sewer pipe is naturally not put into use.

Hai Ling jumped out of the car and pushed open the grille at the outer opening of the sewer pipe - which they had previously cut with a welding cutter - then she got into the car again and drove in.

The vehicle moved forward until it stopped at a distance that was too far for the artificial eye to scan from the riverbank.

Hailing returned to its previous position and straightened the grid.

Xiangzi and Miaomeng also got off the car. They climbed up the staff stairs on the side and came to a small platform on the second floor.

There is a door there.

On the door was written [Municipal Waterworks Staff Rest and Maintenance Room].

Xiangzi, who was walking in front, opened the door.

The scene inside appeared before their eyes.

Logically speaking, the [Municipal Waterworks Staff Rest and Maintenance Room] should only have pipe valves, a simple table, a folding bed for rest, and a narrow bathroom.

Now, though, it's clearly capable of much more.

Steel plates and synthetic wood boards were placed between pipeline valves to become new tables. Bullet shells, rubber sheets, copper wires, compressed biscuits, vitamin tablets, blocking drugs, disassembled parts, and half-assembled new surveillance camera probes were piled on a large number of desktops. Ragged curtains of various colors hung down, some of which separated the space, while others were hung on the wall, with maps, photos of dangerous people, and handwritten information pinned on them, acting as whiteboards.

Three open steel beds were placed on the ground. Going around them and further inside, there was a gasoline barrel that was split in half. Both halves of the gasoline barrel were lying on the ground. One half was open downwards, serving as a bench; the other half was open upwards, and a thin water pipe connected from the bathroom showed that it was used to solve the most basic cleaning needs.

This used to be the [Municipal Water Conservancy Staff Rest and Maintenance Room] which had not yet been put into use.

But in the past two weeks, it has been the temporary residence of Xiangzi, Miaomeng and Hailing.

……

"Home! Sweet home!"

Miao Meng shouted and dove forward into the small mountain of clothing, soft fabrics, and electronic waste next to her steel-frame bed.

The pile of junk was scattered by her leap, revealing the bottom - there was actually a broken sofa inside, which was unbelievable -

"Yeah~!"

Miao Meng posed comfortably, stretched out his hands and feet, and placed them on the electrode sets, video boards and video writers beside the sofa.

Click.

There was a soft knock at the door.

Hai Ling walked in carrying supplies.

"..."

She glanced at Miao Meng, who was lying in a spread-eagle position among a pile of waste, and placed the supplies on the synthetic wooden table.

"Ah!" Miao Meng pointed at Hai Ling and shouted, "You just glanced at me, right?"

"Can't you see?"

Hai Ling said as she took out a number of kinetic pistols from her bag - mainly the Nue.

"The way you look at it seems to be saying: This is the terrible young people of Generation Z! They lack resilience, only care about social networks, and are indifferent to the garbage dumps around them—"

"Then I can really express a lot with just one look." Hai Ling put a magazine of .44 ammunition in the ammunition slot, looked up and asked, "Meow Mengzi, where's the boss?"

"Hmm? Isn't the boss here?"