Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Chapter 87 Dinner (End)

The roar of the floating car is always hovering over the night city, 24 hours a day will not stop.

Just like being next to the coast, the invisible sound waves are constantly surging all day long, ruthlessly splashing their own corpses to every corner of Night City.

The government regards this phenomenon as one of the symbols of the prosperity of Night City, and is proud of it.

But for ordinary people who can't afford soundproofed housing, it's just another annoying noise.

"No. 30, a floating car flew past..." Lucy looked at the giant steel beast that flashed by outside the window and gradually disappeared into the wind and rain, silently memorizing the numbers in her heart.

Only when you pay special attention to time will you feel that every minute and every second is extraordinarily tormented.

If you settle down to do something, time will pass by quickly.It may be just a blink of an eye, and the long wait is over.

A refreshing fragrance drilled into her nose mischievously, slid down the cavity and into the stomach, and after a few mischievous clicks, the stomach grumbled, feeling hungry.

"Lucy! Don't be in a daze! Dinner is ready!" Xita ran over and dragged the dazed Lucy back to the dining table.

Lucy just used the excuse of breathing, and was alone by the window for a long time in a daze.Xi Tan called her several times but didn't hear her, so she had to grab her back to the seat by herself.

"Hmph, look at the wax gourd soup I made carefully!" Her long red hair was tied up as early as cooking, and Gloria carefully placed the cauldron on the table, with a rare confident smile on her face .

Although Gloria can't usually afford winter melon, this dish has been made countless times in her mind.Now that she has the opportunity to show her skills, the results are naturally worthy of her long-term efforts.

After all, the staff meals distributed by the company are really hard to swallow—those egg whites and vegetable pastes taste like paraffin, and the taste is even weaker than water. They must be paired with the virtual food stored in the head to barely eat.

In contrast, today's dinner is even more rich and delicious.

"It's better to eat hotpot if there are many people." Yawei took the hotpot and slowly placed it in the center of the round table.

He has just been processing the bottom ingredients of the hot pot for a long time, and he can basically guarantee that the different types of synthetic meat will have a taste similar to real meat after being put into the pot.

This is why those heavy-tasting foods are especially popular on the snack street in Night City.

Excessive spicy, sour and salty, and various other flavors can cover up the hidden industrial flavor of those synthetic foods, making the brain believe that what it eats is real food, not cheap industrial products.

It is a poor compromise, a popular and fruitful practice of self-deception.

"Yeah! You can eat tonight!"

Xita happily rocked back and forth on the seat, her slender fingers folded into a fan, driving the delicious air to her face, and then greedily inhaled it all into her belly with her nose.

She is always like this, without any deliberate pursuit of material enjoyment. She can sit in a high-end restaurant and taste pure natural organic food elegantly, or she can lie on the table carelessly like this now, for some Cheap synthetic meat while drooling.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why she is so endearing.

Thinking about it, Lucy glanced at Yawei, who was busy putting the meat into the hot pot, and couldn't help rubbing Xita's upturned silver hair, with a lingering smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Wow...it's really rare and delicious." Gloria couldn't help swallowing, staring straight at the slices of meat that appeared and disappeared in the boiling hot pot, rolling up the sleeves of both hands, Did not take into account the meaning of the image.

"Let me scoop up a bowl of wax gourd soup for everyone first, and you can pass it later when you finish eating the spicy food." David looked helplessly at his mother who couldn't walk when he saw the food, rolled up his sleeves, and offered to give everyone Provide the best possible service.

"Oh, the bowls and chopsticks haven't been picked yet!" Hearing David's proposal, Xi Tan remembered that she forgot to bring the tableware to everyone.

"It's okay, I'll go." Lucy smiled lightly and shook her head, pushing Xita back who was about to stand up just now.

After all, as a guest, it is also necessary to take the initiative to do something to give back to the host.

Lucy just doesn't like socializing, but that doesn't mean she's not polite.

"It really feels like a family." Xi Tan looked around at the busy people at home, and a warm feeling came straight to her heart.

The memory of sitting around the table with my parents and eating happily is still vivid, but it seems that someone has covered it with a film and it is no longer within reach.

Fortunately, she met many people and made many friends.

It was as if the wounds on the soul had gradually healed, leaving only shallow traces.

"Xi Tan?"

The all-too-familiar voice woke her up from her wild thoughts.

"The hot pot is ready, it's ready to eat."

Seeing the gentle smile on Yawei's face, Xi Tan caught a glimpse of everyone's kind gazes from the corner of his eye, and couldn't help showing the same happy smile.

"Let's have dinner!"

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, and Qiqi responded to Xita's cute announcement with the sound of chopsticks colliding.

"By the way, Gloria, I forgot to ask why you were promoted and raised." Xi Tan patted the back of her head, and she didn't remember this until the hot pot was about to bottom out.

"Oh...it's a long story..." Gloria held her belly and hiccupped lightly before she started talking.

"Just a few days ago, NO.18 came..." Gloria recalled the details while narrating, "The medical team I was in charge of received a task from the superior and rushed to the city center to clean up the scene... ..."

That is to say, she has a strong psychological quality. If it were an ordinary person who just had a full meal to recall the tragic scene, she would definitely spit it out.

"All kinds of mechanical wreckage and human tissue are scattered all over the place..."

"The two Kangtao robots were cut in half from the beginning to the end, and they were completely scrapped..."

"Didn't the news say that there is still a robot missing?" Lucy was also full, put away her chopsticks, and was listening to Gloria's story with interest.

"To be precise, we only found part of its body at the time... After cleaning the scene, there were a few pieces of wreckage that couldn't be pieced together, so we discovered that there might be a third party..."

"Part of the body?"

"Hmm... I don't know why, but a part of my head seems to be missing..."

"An important device was stolen?"

"No, according to the feedback from the report later, there is nothing valuable missing, at least that's what those white-robed dogs think..." Gloria scratched her head, "It seems that there is a slot missing at the back of the head ? Anyway, it shouldn't be something important..."

"Anyway, I was rewarded by the company for 'cleaning up and handing in important items'..." Gloria sighed, and lightly tapped David on the head, "At least we can support our mother and son... ..."

(End of this chapter)