Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

Harmony.

No longer "Toyokawa" and "Wakaba", what should we call our relationship?

Like before?

Or, like long ago?

I'm sorry. Rather than that, I should probably talk about what's going on right now.

I'm sorry for bringing you out of the Moon Forest, and for what happened to Nagasaki Suyo.

But Xiangzi didn't say these words in the end.

She gently placed her hand over Mu's hand that was around her from behind.

"I am okay."

Xiangzi said.

Chapter 319 Earthworm Cultivation

The proposal to help Xiangzi make a new knife did not receive Xiangzi's positive affirmation. Mu did not ask further because the 3D printing workshop was indeed fully booked.

Chuhua, Hailing and Miaomeng all have a lot to fight.

The equipment assembly workbench has not been completed yet, and large and high-precision objects cannot be made, but they still have a lot of things to make, from small daily necessities such as pots and pans to large special armor that can be used on prosthetic limbs.

Not to mention, Mu himself also has to conduct ductility tests on various materials.

New robot raids, new defenses, new server maintenance tasks and line repair tasks, new "local tax" collection situations.

Even in the chaotic and poisonous corner of [Reclamation New Land Phase 2], there is its own order.

Everything is going as planned as usual.

Some problems were solved, and some were simplified and handed over to believers to deal with...

For some, it became "wait until I come back."

Because, Tuesday is here.

……

Tuesday morning.

It was gray.

[Phase 2 of Reclamation Land] The intersection with the main urban area.

Ring road, extended section.

This extension from the outside of Michelle Land, the territory of Hello, Happy World!, has the outermost theme hotel of Michelle Land on one side and the sea on the other.

It extends forward and leads to the Food, Fuel and Processed Products Zone of the Reclamation Land Phase 2.

The BCPD blockade is still ongoing. From a distance, you can see the BCPD police fence at the end of the road.

Months of blockade have turned this road, which could accommodate a large amount of traffic, into a dead end.

The highway passes through small bridges that are located at regular intervals and have no special purpose other than being beautiful.

There are no cars passing here.

There was no one on the road.

but……

Down the road, that's not the case.

“Ah~ah.”

A sigh was heard from beneath one of the small bridges.

Miao Meng sat on a torn mat that she had pulled out from the scrap heap under the small bridge, looking at the tall factory building of the [Protein Farm] in the [Food, Fuel, and Processed Products Zone] under the gray-white clouds in the distance with a lost look, and sighed.

"Protein Farm~ is great~" Miao Meng exclaimed, "I want to assign it to our territory and operate it~ I really want to eat the freshly processed canned food from [Protein Farm]~"

“Can canned food be called ‘freshly processed’?”

Hai Ling said from the side.

She folded her arms, leaned against the side of the bridge, and closed her eyes to rest.

Xiangzi was standing beside her, looking at the sea in the distance.

On the other side, Chu Hua, who was scanning the scrap pile with He Mu to see if there were any usable components, tilted his head and thought about it.

“The tyrosine content of freshly processed ones is indeed higher,” Chu Hua said, “and they have more of the original flavor of crickets and earthworms.”

Crickets and earthworms are the cheapest sources of protein in the city of music. The so-called "protein farms" also cultivate protein from them - of course, mid-range restaurants will mix them into more "traditional" flavors such as chicken, beef, lamb, and pork -

...but no one will directly say what they are.

"In order not to disappoint everyone, the City of Music officials have labeled it as a [Protein Farm] instead of a [Cricket and Earthworm Farm]!" Miao Meng said, "Chuzi, there's no need to say it directly!"

"Really? Actually, I think it tastes better if you eat it directly than from a can." Chu Hua said.

Mu had already sat down, but Chuhua was still doing the final search.

The tunnel under the small bridge is where local homeless people often discard their belongings. Of course, things that homeless people don't want are unlikely to be of much value. But Chuhua Hemu still carries out this routine where they usually don't find any good things.

"If you can get used to the taste, you can take in more amino acids." Chu Hua said, "When you grow earthworms yourself, they are not canned. People on the island usually make them into noodles. If you like, you can also prepare them into a paste yourself. I actually thought about growing earthworms in the [Infrastructure Zone] to solve the food problem. But there are too few large tracts of land there, and we don't have earthworm species-"

"Wow! Don't say such things with such a great face!" Miao Meng laughed, "Fortunately, I am a city dweller with no future. I can use the canning factory to deceive myself and don't have to eat like this..."

As she spoke, she kicked the pipe next to her with her feet, making a "click, click" sound.

Just now, the five of them climbed out from the sea side along these pipes.

Every assault mission actually follows the same approach.

Ave Mujica took advantage of the fact that he had a map of the entire area to find areas where BCPD's fences were relatively weak, approached these areas through the delivery pipelines extending from the water supply station, went around to the outside of the blockade area of ​​[Phase 2 of Reclamation New Land], and came to the route that BCPD had to take to transport goods, and carried out the hijacking.

BCPD has been making additions, and Ave Mujica has been adjusting access.

It's a long struggle.

"Yeah."

Chu Hua looked a little regretful. She seemed to really think that it was a better idea to directly consume raw protein instead of processed products.

However, Xiangzi suddenly spoke at this time.

"If the number of canned protein looted this month continues to drop, we'll have to consider earthworm cultivation," Xiangzi said.

"..."

Miao Meng, Hai Ling, and Chu Hua looked at Xiangzi together.

Miao Meng's expression was the most exaggerated, and Hai Ling's and Hu Mu's faces also showed a slight fluctuation. Chu Hua was different from the others, with a mixture of surprise and joy.

"I'm just a useless city dweller! I won't listen! Please let me eat canned food!" Miao Meng pointed to the [Protein Factory] in the distance and shouted, "Seriously, let's fight them! I can go to the front line!"

"A hacker who went to the front line just to avoid eating earthworm noodles." Hai Ling said on the side, "Well, to be honest, I don't want to eat it either."

"Really! I've never wanted us to have more territory as much as I do now!" Miao Meng said, "Didn't our original plan mean to conquer all the territories? While the virus is rampant, we will conquer the territories one by one. After we have occupied all of them, we will format the entire network at once to solve the virus problem—"

"That's the long-term goal." Xiangzi walked over and said lightly.

She looked toward the electronic fence in the distance.

Electronic fence. Very troublesome. Multi-layered structure, difficult to crack by hacking. If you force it with weapons, you will be attacked by high-voltage field.

If you ask Xiangzi whether he wants to expand his territory to the [Food, Fuel and Processed Products Area], of course he does.

Because a number of shortages, including food shortages, have really hampered the development of Ave Mujica. The BCPD is reinforcing the electronic fence, and supplies will become increasingly difficult to obtain. Earthworm cultivation can only solve the supply problem for a short time, and they can't continue like this forever.

But how to attack is a big problem.

Xiangzi's initial plan was to slowly collect spare parts, wait for Mu to complete the equipment assembly workbench, and then manufacture some large siege equipment to deal with it.

However, this plan lacks a decisive feeling of "being able to succeed", and Xiangzi is still thinking about it.

"Then we can go to [Comprehensive Area 2]!" Miao Meng said, "Drive the robots to the [Food, Fuel, and Processed Products Area] to help us fight the BCPD!"

“From the perspective of the alignment, [the infrastructure area] will be destroyed first,” Mu said.

“How about we enclave? Attack [Residential Area], [Office Area], [Comprehensive Area 1]——” Miao Meng was unwilling to give up.

"The earthworm noodles aren't so bad that I have to fly away..." Chu Hua was still trying to explain this.

"No, I might still prefer to play in the flying land." Hai Ling said.

"Eh? Then——"

"All quiet."

Xiangzi said suddenly.

She shared the time in her artificial eyes.

"The BCPD supply truck is almost here," she said. "Everyone, take your positions."

Chapter 320: Old Driver, Take Me with You

hum...

The sound of the engine came from far away, getting closer and closer.

On the road, three vans of the same brand as the [Columbus] freight van on Ave Mujica, but with older models and slightly different exterior parts, drove from a distance. They were all painted in the standard blue, white and black colors of the BCPD, and the words [BCPD City of Music Police Department] were spray-painted on the side of the vehicle.

The vehicles were approaching. From the tire marks, it could be seen that each one was heavily loaded with goods.

“…Haha…”

In the driver's seat of the vehicle in the front, an elderly and capable policeman with half of his face covered in biochemical transformation parts yawned loudly.

His hands on the steering wheel moved intermittently. It seemed that he had left most of the work to the autonomous driving software and was not paying much attention to driving.

However, the young man sitting in the passenger seat was different. He nervously held the kinetic assault rifle [Nobunaga] that he had just obtained recently - he applied for it after being assigned to participate in the supply delivery mission.

This was also his first time to go on a supply delivery mission.

"Master, we're almost there...!"

The young man would check the panel in the middle of the vehicle every thirty seconds to confirm the local situation.

"Hey, stop moving!" The old policeman was quite impatient, "This road is fine!"

"How, how can we be sure that everything is alright..." The young man was not comforted at all. He said nervously, "The refugees in [Phase 2 of Reclamation Land] are starving! They attacked freight vehicles three times last month! This month, there will definitely be no less!"

"The way BCPD solves the resource problem with the least loss is to improve the deployment while providing saturated supply." The young man said ramblingly, "Before the deployment is completed, the bureau has a 'hijacking index'! Maybe someone is watching us now... The next 'hijacking index' will fall on us..."

However, unlike the nervous young man, the old policeman looked very relaxed.

"The defenses are already well-prepared. Hasn't the frequency of refugee robberies decreased in the past few weeks? Moreover, our delivery routes have also changed." The old policeman said, "It's no problem. There is always a way out."

The old policeman looked really confident, which slowly eased the young man's tense heart.

"Master, you are amazing." The young man said admiringly, "You are not panicked at all. How can I be like you?"

"Decisive, straightforward, with a lot of experience, plus a little bit of my own thinking." The old policeman said calmly, "Since I joined the BCPD, this is my 137th delivery to the blockade area. Everyone calls me 'Beiyuan, who will not let anyone die.'"

"One...one hundred..."

Everyone knows that delivering goods to the defense area is the most dangerous and difficult, because vehicles loaded with supplies are always the first choice of attack targets for the angry enemy.

Being able to deliver goods more than a hundred times and still survive is really amazing!

The young man was sent to carry out the task of transporting supplies because he had offended his superior - when he was handing a high-explosive grenade to his superior, he accidentally opened the pull ring, and gave his superior a large-area skin graft + titanium chest and rib package.

At first, he thought he was doomed, but now, he felt relieved to find that there was an experienced and reliable colleague like this old policeman leading the team.

The young man looked at the old policeman's arms. Both of his arms had been modified and covered with thick, cushioning artificial leather.

"(There must be powerful weapons hidden underneath...)" the young man thought.

hum...

Just then, some black bars appeared on the vehicle's front monitoring instrument.