Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

Several BCPD police cars were parked at the intersection. Electronic roadblocks were being taken out of the cars by the police.

They are setting up a blockade.

It seemed that they had just received the notification. The electronic fence was just there and had not yet been activated.

Crunch.

Hailing brakes.

[Columbus] The cargo van stopped in front of the police cars.

Chapter 275 My Girl is Waiting for Me

The police looked towards the oncoming car.

Hai Ling stuck her head out.

"[Phase 2 of Reclamation Land] is going to be blocked?"

She asked.

This is not a very common thing.

Or rather, it never appeared before.

Ave Mujica has been in the area since the opening of [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land]. Street fighting, positional fighting and guerrilla warfare occurred every day in [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land].

If these incidents occurred in the main urban area of ​​Lezhi City, the BCPD would definitely intervene, give it at least a three-star emergency rating, and dispatch police forces to blockade the area.

But this is [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land].

This place has never been closed for such a thing. This is the first time they have heard of a lockdown order in such a long time.

Chu Hua, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, quietly stuffed her [M-179E Achilles] under the seat and exchanged glances with Xiangzi, who was sitting diagonally in front of her.

"Martial law order." said the policeman holding the walkie-talkie.

He glanced at Hai Ling who was in the driver's seat.

"This place is going to be blocked off."

He said.

Hailing turned her head and looked at Xiangzi inquiringly.

At this time, Xiangzi's brain also received the construction drone images sent by Mu.

The image captured the [Colby].

It has indeed passed the intersection and entered [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land].

……

[Colby] went in.

What about yourself?

Do you want to come in?

Xiangzi has to face this problem.

[Phase 2 of Reclamation Land] was blocked.

I'm afraid this place was blocked because that car went in.

No matter how you look at it, this means that their search was effective and their choice of pursuit method was correct.

Lockdown is bad news.

Because there are two other people in Ave Mujica who are processing information in the Moon Forest and cannot move with Xiangzi.

If they enter now, the five-member team will be divided into a [3+2] combination of [Xiangzi, Hailing, Chuhua] and [Meow Meng, Mu].

Moreover, they will not be able to reunite until the lockdown ends.

The two intelligence processing personnel, Miao Meng and He Mu, are hackers in the team. Although they can assist remotely, Xiangzi still feels a little uneasy because there is no hacker around who can handle emergencies.

On the other hand, the decrease in the number of people will also lead to a decrease in the risk resistance of both sides after the separation. Once an emergency occurs, it will be more difficult to deal with.

But the lockdown is also good news.

Because lockdown means “not too late to act”.

Blockade is a means of restriction and an approach of "leaving the problem behind".

Issues that you don’t have the time and energy to deal with for the time being, issues that are inconvenient to deal with because you don’t understand other people’s attitudes, and issues that you don’t want to deal with because you want to observe how the situation develops.

The lockdown has put these issues on hold until a better time to deal with them.

This waiting period is the best opportunity for Ave Mujica to intervene.

"(Also, the blockade has also limited people from other main urban areas from interfering in this matter to a certain extent...)"

Xiangzi held his chin.

She looked at the police and the fences.

The police's situation was not particularly tense.

They stood casually and placed the electronic fences slowly.

This is consistent with Xiangzi's consistent understanding of BCPD.

This was also the same thing she saw on the road.

The matter was not made a big deal on the surface.

“(In this case, it is impossible to block it for long.)”

This is what Xiangzi judged.

The reason is simple. [Phase 2 of Reclamation Land] is still under construction.

A large amount of construction materials need to be transported to the site, and with so many construction projects, the supply chain cannot be interrupted for too long.

In addition, there is no neutral food source in [Reclamation New Land Phase 2]. Food is transported from outside, and if it is sealed for a long time, riots are likely to occur.

Not blocked for long...

Then the extent to which it is "bad news" is greatly weakened.

Xiangzi poked his head out from beside Hailing and smiled at the BCPD officer.

"Good afternoon, sir," said Xiangzi.

"It's blocked," the police officer said without looking up.

But the car didn't leave.

Xiangzi continued to negotiate.

"Sometimes, you just can't decide where to go," Xiangzi said, "Like now. I want to sleep in a warm big bed covered with a wool blanket, but I have to be here because my co-workers and I are going to repair the high-speed dynamic quality monitoring transmission belt used in urban construction."

"This is a chip for maintenance and self-test."

Xiangzi took out a small transparent plastic bag from her arms and showed it.

Inside were some toffee-colored chips—the ones she kept, the [point chips] that had been soaked in cerebrospinal fluid.

The BCPD officer's prosthetic eye briefly scanned the chips.

"This is [unintelligible]."

The police officer said.

"Those transmission belts are from Germany, sir." Xiangzi said, holding the chips. "The Germans always have special encryption technology. Even these maintenance chips have been floating over the sea for several days before they came here."

"Some stupid robbers used an electronic pulse cannon to blast off the transmission logic chain of the conveyor belt, and the automatic robots were unable to repair them. The monitoring transmission belt at the construction site has been stopped for a full 70 hours. A rough estimate is that the loss has exceeded tens of millions."

Xiangzi looked at the policeman sincerely and said.

"I hope you can let us in so that my company doesn't have to pay too much liquidated damages. We changed the number of spare parts for the transmission belt to save costs. Now, the investor's phone call is about to burn out our boss's brain! If we wait until the blockade is over, this phone call will not only burn out our boss's brain, but also ours."

"Please understand that we really need to get in. For the City of Joy, for [Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land], for my company, for the physical and mental health of me and my two teammates, and for the pitiful savings in our account that can only afford the rent for a small three-in-one tin apartment in the Walled City..."

The officer looked towards the driver's seat.

Hai Ling and Chu Hua, who was wearing sunglasses to cover his face, met his gaze.

"Uh... hello." Chu Hua said.

She noticed that the other person looked at her sunglasses.

“Well, these are welder’s goggles,” she said quickly. “I like to wear them even when I’m not working, because it doesn’t bend the titanium handle.”

The police officer looked at Hai Ling who was not wearing goggles.

"I'm a nailer."

Hai Ling said.

"..."

The police officer sighed.

It seemed that if these people were not allowed in, they would annoy themselves here all day.

"Let's go."

He waved his hand and allowed entry.

"Thank you. Have a nice day."

Xiangzi said politely.

[Columbus] The cargo van's engine hums again.

After bypassing the electronic fence that had not yet been set up, it drove along the road towards [Phase 2 of Reclamation Land].

It was getting dark. The sun was setting in the west, chasing the car and casting a dim afterglow behind it.

“Will urban construction really use that [high-axis dynamic quality monitoring transmission belt]?”

After driving for some distance, Hailing asked Xiangzi.

"I just made it up," Xiangzi said, "Anyway, the BCPD police wouldn't know what urban construction would use."

Chapter 276 I'm Back

The sun sets in the west.

The dusk actually didn’t stay in the City of Joy for long.

Soon, the colors of the sunset faded away.

Dazzling neon lights began to envelop the city.

However, that is the main urban area.

The unfinished development of [Phase 2 of Reclamation Land] is not so dazzling.

There are only very few gathering places with spiritual lights on.

Most of this new land is hidden in darkness.

……

"You guys entered the blockade area!?"

Miao Meng yelled, and the sound buzzed in Xiangzi's right ear.

The volume of the brain-computer information-to-speech conversion was too loud. Xiangzi couldn't help but frown.

She rubbed the cartilage at the bottom of her ear to lower the volume.

[Sound Index: 80%]

"Boss! Hatsuko! Kaiko! You just left Mutsuko and I in the young lady's school! It's not bad... but——!"

Need to lower it a bit more.