Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 264 What is Night City?

"Li You, someone is catching up!"

Aggie leaned half of his body out of the car window and looked behind him.

"Blow their tires!"

Li You didn't bother to look. Although the car he snatched was an old car, the rearview mirror was still electronic, with two cameras. It was impossible to see behind it without a personal connection.

"No, we can't hit the tires!" Aggie shouted, "It's a speeding car coming!"

"Gan!" Li You cursed, and the floating car really came after him.

It would be difficult for this thing to break through the defense with the firepower of the firearm he currently had. Considering that there was an unconscious wounded person to take care of, he could only run away now.

Heavy rain began to fall in the sky, pattering on the windshield, but Li You couldn't find the wiper switch, so he could only continue to turn it on.

He drove all the way down the viaduct, passing through the sparse traffic on the street. Soon there was a fork in the road ahead, the one on the left went straight ahead, and the one on the right was an upward overpass.

"This is Heywood's Valley area, next to it is the Schönbrunn area. There is a car chase in the back, and the municipal office area in front is heavily guarded. Which way should we go?"

Li You's mind was racing, recalling what he knew about the layout and settings of Night City in the past, as well as the road signs he had just seen.

"…cross the coast to Taipingzhou!"

Li You stepped on the accelerator and chose the left path!

It was late at night and there was not much traffic on the road, which also provided convenience for Li You.

However, despite this, he was not familiar with the car conditions and road conditions, and he still rubbed and even collided with the cars next to him, causing a lot of screams and curses.

Even Ai Ji shouted: "Li You! Drive more carefully, are you trying to save the person behind you?"

Li You didn't reply. He drove through the street, turned left and right according to the instructions on the street signs, and soon entered an underground tunnel, successfully escaping the tracking of the aeroplane.

Two NCPD police cars followed from behind, but Aggie took the opportunity to lean out and blew out the tires with one shot. They spun and hit the side wall of the underground passage and stopped.

Ignoring the curses coming from behind, Li You continued to accelerate, quickly drove out of the underground tunnel, moved forward along the seaside bridge, and successfully entered Taipingzhou.

Seeing that the pursuers hadn't caught up yet, he stopped suddenly and the car hit the roadside wall and stopped. Then he and Aggie quickly got out of the car and hugged Sasha out.

"Go this way and hide in this abandoned apartment!"

The place where he parked his car was across the road from West Wind Apartments, which is where the protagonist V comes in the main mission in the game. This place is deserted, and the NCPD and corporate power rarely extend here, making it a perfect place to hide.

The West Wind Apartment has long been abandoned. Although the structure is complete, only the first floor is occupied by people and a prosthetics shop is open. As for the upper floor, part of it is blocked by barbed wire, and only some refugees will temporarily stay in the remaining rooms.

Aiji held Sasha and Li You led the way. The two climbed to the upper floor of the apartment. Li You kicked open the isolation wire fence supported by a glove box, randomly picked a relatively clean room, broke the window and broke in.

Aggie put Sasha down on the bed, checked the wound on her leg, and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's just a shallow penetrating injury, no artery was damaged...wait a minute!"

Li You, who was busy eliminating traces, quickly asked: "What's wrong?"

But he saw Aggie holding Sasha's hand and said in surprise: "Her hand is...a prosthetic limb?"

"Also, what are these things on her face... and the back of her head?"

Li You breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that this was what surprised Ai Ji.

"No other injuries?"

"Except for these mechanical parts that I can't understand, everything else is fine. Just let her take care of this wound. Li You, give me the medical kit."

Li You took out a small package from his backpack and threw it to Ai Ji. It was a medical bag she prepared by herself. It contained both regular medical supplies and special props such as potions for wound medicine gourds.

Aggie treated Sasha very skillfully, cleaning the wound, applying potions to promote healing, and finally suturing and bandaging. She never thought that the medical knowledge she had learned before could be of such great use now.

Finally, Aggie frowned and looked at the surrounding environment, pinched her nose and pulled out a relatively clean shabby sheet, covering Sasha so that she could sleep peacefully.

Then, she sat by the bed and asked Li You, "Can you explain the situation now? What is going on in this world?"

Li You smiled: "Of course. To put it simply, we are coming to a near-future world this time..."

He explained the situation of the world to Aggie in as simple a language as possible, which surprised her.

"So now, we are in 2076?"

Li You nodded.

"This..." Aiji was a little confused. It was still a bit sudden for her, who was still living in the 21st century 10s before time travel, to suddenly jump more than years into the future.

But now that I think about it, I’ve already seen flying cars, and it’s only in 2076, so it’s really not surprising. She thought for a while and asked another question.

"Since it's been so long in the future, why do these places still look... as bad as before?"

Li Youyou, your complaint is quite accurate, isn’t it?

After all, the cyberpunk world view focuses on "high technology, low life".

The level of science and technology surpasses reality, but it has not developed to the extent that it can solve all contradictions. Instead, the boundless expansion of capital has taken control of the world, leading to a further widening of the per capita gap. The living standards of the lower class are not as good as they were more than half a century ago... This is cyberspace punk.

Li You gave a rough explanation, and Aiji sighed: "It's really a...finished world."

"This is true." Li You agreed.

Aggie looked at the turbid night sky outside the window and said, "But since we are all here, let me see the extraordinary things in the future."

"By the way, since this world is so advanced, wouldn't it be too conspicuous for us to hide here? Will we be found?"

Li You thought for a while and replied: "This should not happen. Our current location is called Taipingzhou. It is in the south of Night City. It is an area that neither the NCPD nor the corporate forces are willing to interfere with. As long as we don't stand on the street waiting stupidly , the pursuers should just show off and withdraw."

The terms in Li You's words made Aiji's head a little confused, but she quickly clarified the situation and began to quickly absorb knowledge related to this world.

Taipingzhou has two major subdivisions, Xifeng Manor and Seaview Area. This was once a place where many investors planned to build large-scale construction projects. Unfortunately, due to the sequelae of the war and the strong resistance of local residents and gangs, the final construction plan was scrapped.

With the withdrawal of corporate power and NCPD, and the closure of municipal services, Taipingzhou has become a semi-lawless place. Now it is mainly occupied by a gang called the "Voodoo Gang", and other gangs also come from time to time. Come on... it's very confusing.

Of course, in terms of a lawless place, Taipingzhou is definitely not as good as the nearby Dog Town, but that is a story for another day. Li You has no intention of going to Dog Town for a ride now.

"Then what do we do next, wait here until dawn? Then what?" Aggie asked, "After all, what is the mission of our world?"

Li You was about to answer, but his eyes suddenly moved, and Aiji felt a breeze coming from behind him, and then a hand was strangled around his throat, and slender and sharp claws stretched out from the nails to resist. Her chin.

"--do not move!"

A childish voice sounded in her ear, and Aggie subconsciously grabbed the wrist of that hand, but then stopped moving.

"Who are you and why am I here? Tell me!"

From Li You's perspective, he could see Sasha squatting on the bed behind Aggie. The long-claw prosthetic body in his right hand was pressed against Aggie, and his left hand reached for the pistol on his waist, but came up empty.

Sasha tried her best to make a fierce expression and glared at Li You hard, but looking at her childish face, Li You just felt like he saw a kitten with fried fur.

Of course, he and Aggie deliberately didn't resist. Sasha's physical ability was not outstanding. Although he had fighting ability, he still couldn't defeat either of them.

It's just that Ai Ji was kind-hearted and Li You considered it, so he didn't subdue her immediately.

"Calm down, we are not enemies." Li You started the usual persuasion steps, but Sasha didn't appreciate it very much. Li You just raised her hand slightly, and she was like a wild cat exhaling, dragging Aiji back with her long claws Several blood spots were left on Aggie's neck.

Li You frowned slightly, and immediately said to Aiji through the spiritual link: "Take her down."

Aiji didn't object, so Li You first raised his hands to show that he had no ill intentions, and then said: "You are Sasha, right? Don't worry, we..."

Suddenly hearing his name, Sasha's attention was naturally attracted.

And at this moment, Aggie suddenly took action, grabbed Sasha, wrapped his fingers around the long claws on her hand, spun around to stand up, twisted Sasha's arm, and then pressed down all her arms. He resisted and pressed her firmly to the bed.

Li You threw a rope over, and Aiji tied Sasha's hands tightly, then released her and said, "You'd better be careful, the injury on your leg still needs to rest."

Sasha looked at the two of them with astonishment on his face: "You...you obviously don't have a prosthetic body, why do you have so much power? You..."

Aiji was moving to grab the long-clawed hand. Several wounds were made on his hand by the sharp claws, but Aiji just shook off the blood on his hand, and then poured it on with Li You's wound medicine gourd. It returned to its original state at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This scene was also captured by Sasha's prosthetic eyes, and she was immediately shocked: "I have never heard of this level of biological enhancement... Are you really a biotech person!?"

She said, gritting her teeth: "Don't even try to get any news from me!"

Li You couldn't laugh or cry.

"Don't be nervous, I told you, we are not enemies, let alone biotech people."

"Liar!"

Li You was helpless: "You can tell us after a quick scan, right? We don't even have the most basic implants. Do you think we will be from the company?"

Sasha was stunned for a moment, then scanned the two of them according to words, with a look of surprise on his face: "Then how do I know that you are not a secret force trained by biotechnology, specializing in shady work?"

"Xiao Nizi has a very rich imagination... Wait a minute, with the company's style, this kind of thing may not be impossible?" Li You wanted to complain, but stopped when he reached his mouth.

"Probably not... Even if they are a secret force, it would be too ineffective for them not to install implants."

After Li You paused for a moment, he fell into Sasha's eyes. She immediately said, "How about it? Did I get it right?"

The corner of Li You's mouth twitched: "The little girl is quite suspicious. But it's okay, in a ghost place like Night City, those who trust others will have long since gone to their graves."

——Except for the protagonist of the game, V Zhentian.

Upon hearing Li You's comments, Sasha's first reaction was to raise her head proudly. But she immediately came back to her senses and said hurriedly: "That's it! So, I advise you not to waste your efforts!" Before Li You could think of how to reply, Aiji sat next to Sasha and gently He touched her hair.

Sasha reacted like a cat whose tail was suddenly pulled. She trembled all over and even bounced on the bed: "What are you doing!?"

However, Ai Ji was not polite to her. He held her down, then gently smoothed her short black hair, and said, "Little girl, don't always talk about beating and killing. Don't worry, you are safe." Yes, we just happened to rescue you and brought you here."

Feeling Aggie's delicate movements, Sasha was also stunned. She finally realized something was wrong. If the two people in front of her were biotechnology people, there would be no need to lock her here, let alone do things like take care of her hair.

"Are you really not a biotech person? But...my system is malfunctioning and I can't even contact others. Isn't this because you have implanted a virus?" Sasha asked with some uncertainty.

"System failure?" Li You was stunned for a moment, quickly going over the plot of the MV in his mind, and then noticed something, "Could it be that you were injured in the explosion before? Do you want to check yourself?"

Sasha was also startled, and quickly ran the system self-check, and then his face immediately turned red.

"This... it seems true. It was a malfunction caused by me forcibly cutting off the connection before... I misunderstood you, and I am very sorry..."

The more she spoke, the softer her voice became, and finally she became like a gnat, lowering her head.

Aggie touched her head comfortingly and said nothing more.

Li You looked at her profile from the side, thoughtfully.

Based on the official animated MV, he still had a very deep impression of Sasha.

The MV tells the story of a girl named Sasha, who accidentally discovered the shady story about a certain painkiller drug produced by Biotechnology when she independently executed a commission to sneak into a biotechnology building and steal information.

Sasha's mother died from the side effects of taking this drug. When she saw these contents, and saw that biotech still did not plan to disclose side effects and withdraw drugs, she decided what to do.

Her original mission had been completed, but instead of retreating immediately, she chose to upload information about the drug to Night City's well-known media channel, N54, to publicize the crimes of biotechnology.

However, it takes time to upload the data. The jammer deployed when she arrived had failed, and Sasha was discovered by the security system in the building.

In order to delay time, she fought with a group of security robots and finally waited until the data upload was completed, but she herself fell to her death in the explosion.

As she left, she lay on the roof of a passing car with a smile on her face. There was heavy rain falling in the night, and the raindrops streaked her face, which seemed to be tears of regret and relief.

Li You didn't expect to meet Sasha. After realizing that he was in Night City, his first reaction was to confirm where the protagonist V was and where the main storyline of the game was.

Unexpectedly, when I saw it later, I found that he had traveled through time in early 2076 and happened to save Sasha.

And since it is 2076, the preliminary action plan he made before is useless and needs to be planned again.

Taking advantage of Sasha's temporary silence, Li You clicked on the system and looked at the main quests in this world, as well as the opening lottery props that he had not yet had time to claim.

It's interesting to say that the main mission of this world actually requires him to become a "true legend"?

This is very interesting. In the system's judgment, what is a "real" legend?

If it is alive, this should be certain. Any more? Are there any other conditions?

The main mission of the system has always been vague and rigorous. The ambiguity lies in the fact that the main tasks it publishes have a lot of descriptive content and are not precise. However, it will strictly implement them according to its actual judgment, so it is crucial to correctly interpret the main tasks.

"But after all, I came to Night City a year in advance. It seems that I have the conditions to prepare a lot of things."

Decide what you want to do in this world first, and then do it slowly. After Li You thought about it, he looked at the drawn rewards.

The three familiar light balls were waiting for confirmation, and Li You opened them one by one.

[Basic prosthetic set]

[Item description: The most basic implant prepared for you, including a brain-computer interface and a personal terminal, comes with available identity authentication information and is automatically installed. Subsequent modifications can be completed by yourself in this world. 】

Li You thought.

The system is quite thoughtful, and at least it has prepared the most basic things for him to play in the cyberpunk world. If he had traveled through time as an ordinary person, I'm afraid he wouldn't have to consider it at all and would have to choose this.

but now…?

Li You waved his hand and skipped this option.

His current physical statistics are ridiculously high, with 23 points of strength, 20 points of agility, and the other three statistics are also close, and there are more than one all-attribute skill books in his backpack that are useless.

From this perspective, it is obvious that genetic ascension is more suitable for him! His flesh and blood are not weak and there is no need to take the path of mechanical ascension.

What's more, if the body is transformed into a prosthetic body, just a brain-computer interface may be fine, but if a prosthetic limb or the like is added, his strength and strength will definitely be affected, and his combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened.

In that case, unless all the top prosthetics in this world view are installed on the body, it is possible to make up for the missing combat power. But then there is the risk of cyberpsychosis.

So Li You didn't consider flying at all.

How can a machine, with its weak flesh and blood, be better than a well-exercised body?

Second option.

【Dedicated smartphone】

[Item description: A high-end smartphone produced in the cyberpunk world, which can interact with technological products in this world and comes with a variety of functions. 】

[Note: It does not come with this world’s identity authentication information. 】

"This prompt makes it clear that you want me to choose the first one." Li You complained.

dream! He has long said that if he believes in the misleading content of the system, he will be a dog!

"The third!"

【Unite】

[Item description: A kinetic pistol produced by the cyberpunk world. It's not high-end, but it's not bad either. It's actually pretty good. It is easy to use, has a comfortable grip, and is reliable, making it popular among many mercenaries. Don't be undecided. 】

Li You: "6."

Classic make-up props.

This thing is one of the favorites of the game protagonist V. He always carries a handful in his fourth-dimensional chrysanthemum, even hiding it from the player. But Li You doesn't need this.

Needless to say, Li You chose the second option, and a compact smartphone appeared in his hand.

After playing with it briefly, Li You found that the above functions are quite complete, and basically include those that can be found in the game.

For example, there are video calls, radio stations, collection and payment, identity authentication, and even vehicle calling - it's just that he doesn't have a car to call now.

Just at this time, Sasha seemed to have solved her own system failure. She looked at Li You and Aiji and said:

"Thank you for saving me...really. That way my sister wouldn't be sad."

"I wish I could give you some reward, but I don't have cash right now..."

Li You waved his hand: "That's not necessary, I just did it casually. If you want to thank us, just do me a small favor."

Sasha's eyes moved slightly and asked, "What are you busy with?"

Li You smiled and said: "It's very simple. Are you a hacker? Just help me create an identity account in Night City."

Sasha was obviously taken aback: "Is this enough? Don't you want anything else?"

"No, that's fine."

Li You actually wanted to build a good relationship with Sasha and her Mann team, but it would be too urgent to mention it right now, so she didn't rush it yet.

Sasha nodded and said, "In that case, it's really not a big problem, but I need equipment and I can't get it here. I have to go to my house."

Li You immediately said: "Then let's take you back. You have an injury on your leg and it's inconvenient."

Sasha originally wanted to say that this was too much trouble, but after thinking that Li You would need to be present to make identification, he refused.

"Then it's up to you."

"Then let's go. Aggie, please take care of Sasha." Li You clapped his hands.

The three of them immediately left the West Wind Apartment. Aggie helped Sasha without leaving a trace, so that she would not look too conspicuous with her injured leg.

This time, Li You found an inconspicuous old car on the roadside, violently broke in the door and let the two of them get in it.

"Can you help me crack the security program of this car?"

In the game, if you want to pry away a parked car, you need technical attributes ranging from points. Of course, Li You has no relevant knowledge and can only rely on Sasha.

"Wait a moment." Sasha's eyes lit up with electronic light, and he quickly cracked the car's security program and helped start it.

"You're welcome." She gave Li You a naughty smile.

Li You just responded with a smile, then closed the car door and held the steering wheel: "Where are we going, your sister's house?"

Sasha's sister appears in the game. She is a character added in the Shadows of the Past DLC. She will also issue a commission to players, located near the Pacific Ocean, at the entrance of Dog Town.

But Sasha shook his head: "No, go to my apartment. That's your smartphone, right? I'll add a contact and send you the address."

Li You picked up the phone he placed next to him and looked at it. There was a pink cat avatar in the address book, and in the chat box was the address she sent.

"Is this an apartment in Japan Street?" Li You said clearly, "Fasten your seat belts, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)