Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 267 Commission: Going astray

The shooting range where Rebecca called Li You was just a short walk away from her apartment in the direction of the oil field. There were large areas of abandoned small-scale factories here that were now turned into wasteland.

The so-called shooting range in front of us is actually a slightly flat open space in front of the factory building. There are five vertical iron blocks with a few rough circles painted on them with spray paint, which serve as targets.

In front of Li You was an old wooden table pulled out of an unknown garbage dump. On the table were a pistol and several magazines.

Li You recognized it at a glance. The gun on the table was the classic model in the game, the M-10AF Lexington, produced by Military Technology. Like Uni-President, it was very popular in Night City and could be seen almost everywhere.

The difference between Lexington and Uni-President is that it is a fully automatic kinetic energy pistol with a larger ammunition capacity, faster rate of fire, and strong suppression power.

The first "immortal" weapon that the protagonist V in the game got was the Lexington-Midnight customized for him by Wilson, the owner of the gun shop next to his apartment.

Li You picked up the gun, inspected it casually, then raised his hand and fired three shots at the target in the distance.

The gun failed.

Rebecca's eyes widened: "Eh? That's it?"

"Li You, are you too weak?"

Li You didn't answer, closed his eyes and felt the rhythm from the gun barrel just now, then raised the gun again and aimed at the first target on the left.

"Bang bang bang bang-!!"

This time he held the trigger tightly and did not release it until five bullets were fired. When Rebecca saw it, she was immediately stunned.

The central dot of the target on the far left has turned into a hole, but apart from this hole, there are no other bullet marks on the target.

"How…"

Rebecca looked at Li You in disbelief, not knowing what to say for a moment.

But Li You looked at the gun in his hand, raised his eyebrows, then quickly raised his hand and poured out all the remaining bullets. Not only that, Li You also changed the magazine and emptied the second magazine.

After the smoke cleared, Rebecca took a closer look and saw that this time the first three targets were full of bullet holes, and even formed a very regular pattern. She looked at them one by one.

The first target is "F" and the second target is "K".

On the third target is a simple drawing of an international goodwill gesture.

Rebecca: "?"

"You kid, are you mocking me..."

But at this time, Li You had already changed the bullets again and added markings on the remaining two targets.

——The letters "N" and "C".

Rebecca was stunned for a moment, and then she suddenly laughed out loud as she remembered something.

"Hahahahaha!"

She laughed until she burst into laughter. After a while, she raised her head, wiped away her tears, and said, "You guys are quite interesting."

Li You smiled slightly: "Actually, using guns is not my strong point."

Rebecca: "...Huh?"

But Li You suddenly threw the empty Lexington in his hand, grabbed the barrel of the gun when it fell, then exhaled, used the Lexington as a boomerang, and threw it directly towards the first target!

Rebecca: "!? Hello!!"

"boom--!!"

What made her even more surprised was that after Li You threw the Lexington and hit the target, it exploded like a grenade, blowing up the entire iron sheet and sending fragments flying everywhere!

Then, Li You flipped his hand and took out a few shurikens from nowhere. He waved and threw them out. The seemingly inconspicuous shurikens cut the second target into several pieces.

Finally, Ai Ji handed over a compound bow and quiver at the right time. Li You crossed the bow, took out three arrows from the quiver, loaded the bow at the same time, and shot them out together!

The two arrows on the left and right simply shot through the target, but the one in the middle once again exploded the target as if it was filled with gunpowder.

By the time Li You drew back his bow, Rebecca was already dumbfounded.

"This guy...is he actually playing with this kind of weapon? Why didn't you tell me earlier! And what happened to the explosion!?"

Li You smiled: "I'm still interested in firearms like Lexington, so I want to try it. As for the explosion, it's just a little trick."

"It's indeed amazing, it's amazing. But..." Rebecca paused, then slammed the table angrily, "Don't throw away my gun! I just bought it!"

"Ah, don't worry about this." Li You saw that she seemed to want to kick him. He raised his hand to stop her and motioned to Ai Ji to pick up the gun.

"The target has exploded and you're still okay? Are you lying...I'll go!?"

Rebecca's face was distorted with anger, but when she saw the basically intact Lexington handed over by Aggie, her eyes widened: "How is this possible!"

She couldn't help but look at Li You: "Who are you?"

Li You smiled: "Aren't you a rookie mercenary?"

"Huh, now I'm starting to be humble." Rebecca curled her lips, "Okay, you passed the test, let's talk about this commission."

"All ears."

……

Not long after, outside an old factory building on the streets of North District.

Li You, Aiji and Rebecca seemed to be standing on the street corner chatting leisurely, but in fact they were exchanging the contents of the commission.

"Listen, this commission is very simple. It's a small-scale battle at most. It's suitable for newcomers... Well, looking at it now, I think I've overthought it and there's no need to be so conservative."

"It's good to start from the most basic. Thank you for taking the trouble." Li You responded.

Rebecca glanced at him and then continued: "As for the content of this mission...have you heard of the Whirlpool Gang?"

Li You nodded: "Of course, they are a group of poisonous insects and dangerous elements who are obsessed with prosthetic transformation."

The Maelstrom Gang, one of the main gangs in Night City, is usually located in industrial areas. Its members are basically addicted to excessive transformation, turning themselves into human beings and ghosts.

They act without scruples and are no better than scavengers. There are even rumors that the Uzumaki Gang has cyber psychosis per capita and is the gang that poses the greatest threat to civilians.

Rebecca hummed and explained: "Just know them. The mission requirements are like this. There are a few bastards from the Whirlpool Gang hiding in this factory. They captured a person named Ferdinando. We need to take him Rescue."

Li You glanced at her: "Break into the Whirlpool Gang's den to rescue people? Are you sure this commission is simple?"

"Listen to me!" Rebecca gestured, "This factory is not the official stronghold of the Whirlpool Gang. It was originally a group of scavengers operating here. Recently, they were slaughtered, and then those few of the Whirlpool Gang temporarily It’s just squatting here, there are no more than five people including the target.”

"And this factory is very big. If you're good at it, you can sneak in and get him out. It's hard to find such a simple commission nowadays. Can you get it? If not, I'll go by myself!"

"Leave it to me." Of course Li You would not let her go by herself, "What about you, do you want to come with us?"

Rebecca curled her lips and said: "I don't want to care about you, but Sasha asked me to keep an eye on you, so I will follow you. Whether you want to sneak in or attack by force, I will listen to your command for the time being. But! Don’t think of using me as your main force!”

"Thank you in advance." Li You thought for a moment, "Since we want to save people, let's try sneaking in."

Outside the abandoned factory building where the target is located, there are a large number of old containers stacked up on top of each other, forming an ideal cover. Therefore, even though it is daytime, it is very easy to sneak in.

Among the three, Li You took the lead, Aiji was in the middle, and Rebecca came last. She seemed to be pacing boredly, but in fact she was always ready to help.

Although Li You showed some of his strength at the shooting range, target shooting and hitting people are two different things after all, so Rebecca was still careful.

But she soon discovered that this worry was unnecessary.

The three of them quickly reached the back door of the factory. Li You stuck to the door, listened for a while, and then said, "There are three voices inside, they should be in the hall. Aggie, can you confirm for me?"

Rebecca watched the interaction between the two with some curiosity. Neither of them had prosthetics on them, that was for sure, and then they were here to explore the enemy? Is this possible?

Of course Aggie didn't know what Rebecca was thinking. She just closed her eyes and felt it for a moment, then replied: "No problem, there are three people talking in the hall, and one is on the second floor. He seems to be... sleeping? Like They were imprisoned. Those were the only ones."

Ignoring Rebecca's surprised look, Li You then asked, "What are they talking about?"

"Let me listen, um..."

As he listened, Aggie frowned unconsciously and didn't speak for a while.

Rebecca came forward curiously: "Did you really hear me clearly?"

Ai Ji replied with some uncertainty: "How should I put it? I know every word of what they said, but when they are put together, I don't understand the meaning."

"I heard what they were saying...brain dance? What is that, it sounds kind of scary."

"puff--"

Hearing Aggie's words, Rebecca covered her mouth and tried her best to suppress her laughter, but she still couldn't help but let out a little sound.

Li You wanted to laugh at first, but he controlled it. Instead, he coughed lightly and explained to Aggie what the "brain dance" she heard was - BrainDance.

The so-called Mewtwo is a unique entertainment method under the world view of Cyberpunk 2077. Its principle is to use special recording equipment to record the entire experience and feelings of the person involved in something, and obtain the "original film".

After the original film has been edited, other people can use special reality augmentation equipment to play it in their own nervous systems, so as to immerse themselves in the experience and feeling of the person who recorded it - to put it simply and easily, It allows you to completely put yourself into someone else’s perspective and experience their feelings. This is much better than VR or something like that.

One can imagine how wide the range of applications of such a unique technology can be. In the world of cyberpunk, Mewtwo is the most popular entertainment project. From celebrities to gang members and even low-level citizens, many people are addicted to it.

It was not surprising that the gang members mentioned Chaomeng, but after listening to Li You's explanation, Aiji suddenly realized: "Oh, it turns out they are not talking about 'recording the brain's dancing process', but recording Chaomeng. I Understood."

But after hearing these words, the smiles on Li You and Rebecca's faces paused, and then turned serious.

The two looked at each other and already guessed something.

It's not unusual for gang members to discuss and watch Mewtwo. But recording Mewtwo in this abandoned factory? Li You can only think of one situation - Black Chaomeng.

Mewtwo is indeed very popular in the cyberpunk world, but regular and legal Mewtwo are recorded formally and released after debugging by professional editors. Only such films can take into account both legality and safety.

The so-called Black Mewtwo is something recorded in underground workshops by groups such as Scavengers. The content is basically focused on borderless bloody violence and other behaviors, and is specially sold to those who use all means to find excitement. .

You don't need to ask to know that the participants in this method of recording Mewtwo cannot be voluntary.

Neither Li You nor Rebecca expected that a simple commissioned task would actually lead them to the Whirlpool Gang's Black Mewtwo recording base?

"...Are you sure this is a simple commission, right?" Li You looked at Rebecca.

Rebecca frowned, scratched her head, and said, "That's not right. When the intermediary assigned me the task, she never mentioned such a thing. She just said that she would just rescue the person, and she didn't attach any additional requirements. "

"Well, Aiji indeed only heard the movements of four people, which means that the information given by the middleman is still accurate. In this case..."

"Then let's just do it, deal with them, and we'll take them away immediately. It doesn't matter what the inside story is." Li You took out the hand cannon X from behind.

Rebecca: "...Wait, I haven't asked yet, how do you know the number of people inside? Are you sure?"

Li You smiled: "Aiji has special investigative skills, and he usually can't go wrong."

Rebecca wanted to say something else, but Li You had already opened the door and rushed in!

"Damn! This guy!"

Rebecca said angrily, but when she saw Aggie following closely behind, she had to pull out both guns from her waist and follow, and then there was gunshots in the factory!

As soon as Li You entered the door, he saw two whirlpool gangs standing there chatting in a factory building filled with various debris. On the stairs leading to the second floor, a third man was leaning on the handrail, inhaling what seemed to be a highly irritating smoke.

At this time, Rebecca hadn't entered the door yet, and the three Whirlpool Gang minions didn't look at him immediately. Li You seized the opportunity, took out the primitive gun with the handle shortened to the shortest, and threw it away with a wave of his hand!

The primitive spear flew through the air, accurately splitting the heads of the Whirlpool Gang who had their backs to Li You in the hall!

The remaining two people immediately became alert, took out their weapons and looked towards Li You.

However, Li You's figure had disappeared from the place and appeared behind the whirlpool gang in the hall. He grasped the handle of the original gun and drew Hand Cannon X with his left hand.

Before the two of them could react, Li You had already pierced the Uzumaki Gang who had his back turned to him with his sword, and at the same time shot with his backhand, blasting the head of the Uzumaki Gang with eyes on the stairs to pieces.

Although Hand Cannon X is relatively primitive compared to weapons in this world, it is highly reliable and powerful enough. The most important thing is that Li You uses it easily. When Rebecca rushed in, she only saw the scene of Li You pulling out the primitive gun that looked like a dagger from the chest of a member of the Whirlpool Gang.

Rebecca: "?"

"You moved so quickly, are you pretending to be Klenchikov? Or is it Sean Westan? And where did you get this old antique from?"

Li You smiled and danced a sword dance with a short-handled primitive gun: "How can a mere prosthetic body compare to a well-trained technique?"

"...Okay." Rebecca twitched the corners of her mouth and did not argue with Li You, but she disagreed in her heart.

At this time, Ai Ji suddenly said: "The person on the second floor is awake... He seems to want to run away!"

"Leave it to me." Li You immediately flew up to the second floor and knocked open the door of the room.

As soon as he entered the door, he found that the furnishings in the room looked very familiar, and they looked like Mewtwo-related equipment.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw a figure from behind, about to jump out of the window.

"Don't run, we are here to save you!"

But the man didn't look back at all, and jumped down decisively.

Li You didn't hesitate, pulled the grappling hook, and got out of the window at a faster speed. He looked at the fleeing figure below, jumped hard, landed behind him, and reached out to grab him.

"what--!!"

The guy he pulled immediately fell to his knees with a thud. His movements were so smooth and natural that Li You was stunned. He then screamed: "Wait, don't kill me!!"

Aiji and Rebecca, who didn't get a chance to play, walked out of the door and looked at the man caught by Li You. He has red hair and is begging for mercy.

However, what surprised Li You and others was that when this person turned around, he could see that his face was equipped with several red prosthetic eyes that were densely arranged like spiders. It looked like there were a series of cameras growing on it - this was Common transformations for Uzumaki gang members!

This kind of prosthetic implant that has completely entered the inhuman realm, as well as the crazy-style tattoos all over the body, are all typical characteristics of the Uzumaki Gang!

"Are you from the Whirlpool Gang!?" Li You and Rebecca were both surprised.

"Red-haired Mohawk, young, timid and afraid of getting into trouble." Rebecca confirmed the characteristics one by one, "This guy should be Ferdinando. But... the Uzumaki Gang? I haven't heard of it!"

She held the gun against Ferdinando: "Hey! Tell me, what's going on?"

"I said, I said!" Ferdinando shouted in panic, "Don't kill me, I'm really innocent!"

"Innocent?" Rebecca looked at his face, "Didn't you already join the Uzumaki Gang? If they were just torturing prisoners, they wouldn't give you this kind of prosthetic eyes or draw these tattoos on you!"

Li You rubbed his chin and asked, "Ferdinando? Why did you say you are not from the Whirlpool Gang?"

The experience of playing Cyberpunk 2077 told him that this guy probably had a story, and Li You thought it would be okay to listen to it.

The man tremblingly admitted: "...I am Ferdinando, but I am not the Uzumaki Gang, really! I was forced from the beginning!"

"Oh? Tell me."

Li You looked very interested, and Rebecca was also curious about what was going on with this commission, so she had no objection.

Ferdinando stood cautiously, then looked at Li You: "Well... before I continue, I want to ask, are you mercenaries? Are you here for...?"

Li You glanced at him: "Save a guy named Ferdinando."

Ferdinando immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

But Rebecca immediately threatened: "Don't be too happy! If you can't explain why you are wearing this trendy look, I will kill you immediately!"

Ferdinando said quickly: "My fault, my fault! I actually wanted to ask, is the name of the person who hired you Bolton?"

Rebecca's movements paused for a moment, and Ferdinando immediately understood: "Sure enough! Ah, don't worry about it, I just made sure, it's not that I have any ideas. This Bolton is my father."

Li You and Rebecca looked at each other, and then said, "Let's get to the point!"

"Yes Yes!"

In Ferdinando's explanation, they learned his version of the story.

According to Ferdinando, his father Bolton was a veteran and had been very strict with him since he was a child. He hoped that he would be successful when he grew up and chose to let him go to school.

And he was originally quite promising, with good grades and everything, and there was a slight possibility of joining the company after graduation.

"But...my chance to change my destiny was taken away by those company dogs!" Speaking of this, Ferdinando gritted his teeth, "I could have gotten that job, but the company dogs in charge of the review discriminated against me. Brush me off!”

"I went to them to argue, but I was thrown out. This is the company! They don't treat us as human beings at all!"

Li You was a little noncommittal about his anger.

There is no doubt that in the cyberpunk worldview, multinational corporations are indeed the culprits of many tragedies, and Li You deeply hates their actions.

However, what Ferdinando said was highly subjective and not trustworthy in Li You's opinion.

Li You felt that he seemed to blame all his misfortunes on the company, without even considering that some things might be caused by himself.

Ferdinando naturally didn't know what Li You was thinking, and continued to tell: "Because I failed to live up to my father's expectations and wasted so much money and favors, I was desperate and didn't dare to go home, so I asked my friends to help me. I'm looking for some errands..."

"Then you chose to join the Whirlpool Gang? Is this how to repay your father?" Rebecca interjected.

"...No, I was forced to join!" Ferdinando said bitterly, "...I originally just wanted to find a job, but I was deceived and ended up falling into the Maelstrom Gang. They forced me to They inserted these prosthetics, made it impossible for me to leave their medicine, and then forced me to work."

"The Uzumaki Gang is so powerful that it's impossible for me to resist even if I want to. Moreover, I have been transformed into this. I have no choice but to stay."

"Originally, I thought it was over, but I didn't expect that my father actually found out about me and asked someone to rescue me...

"Although I have become like this, but! You have killed all the people who monitored me. I only need to find a prosthetic doctor to change my appearance, and I can return to my father's place! Thank you very much!"

Looking at the "gratitude" on Ferdinando's face, the problem seemed to have been successfully solved, but Li You noticed something was wrong.

"Rebecca, what do you think?"

Rebecca shook her head and just said: "This is your job, you decide."

"Should you kill him? Or let him go? But don't forget, any decision will have consequences."

Li You felt that the sense of sight seemed a bit strong.

If this were put into the game, he would probably have to choose one of the two options: 1. Let Ferdinando go and contact the middleman; 2. Kill Ferdinando.

But after thinking about it, he felt that it wasn't over yet.

Right now it's a choice between two options, but since he's given a branch option, that means there should be evidence that can help him make a decision, right?

Moreover, what Ferdinando said was obviously deliberately avoiding certain things.

Li You thought of the equipment he had just seen in the room on the second floor and asked, "You said the Uzumaki Gang forced you to work? As a newcomer, what kind of big work can you do?"

"Could it be...Black Mewtwo?"

Hearing this, Ferdinando suddenly trembled and did not dare to answer.

Seeing Ferdinando's reaction, Li You already understood.

And Ferdinando tried his best to stop trembling before he could speak: "I, I am only responsible for selling Mewtwo and helping with debugging. I don't know about the rest..."

Looking at Ferdinando with a guilty conscience written all over his face, Li You didn't bother to talk nonsense to him. The tip of the primitive spear pointed at one of his prosthetic eyes and said:

"I don't have time to listen to your excuses. Either you tell the truth now, or I will kill you directly and say that you joined the Uzumaki Gang and were accidentally killed by us."

Facing Li You's gaze, Ferdinando trembled: "I... I said! I am not only responsible for selling Black Mewtwo, I am also... responsible for recording. I installed a special prosthetic body, a customized version. This is The reason why the Uzumaki Gang kept me.”

"I see." Li You nodded, "So, what kind of Mewtwo did you record?"

"This, this..." Ferdinando stuttered again.

Li You didn't tolerate him. He turned around and glanced at Rebecca. She immediately understood and ran to the room on the second floor. She quickly dug out a lot of original Black Mewtwo films and brought them back to Li You.

She put the box down with a dark face and said, "...It's all here. There are notes on it. You can read it yourself."

Li You only glanced at the titles of those Mewtwo discs, and his face darkened just like Rebecca.

Ferdinando seemed to know that a disaster was coming, and shouted quickly: "I...I was forced to do it, it was not my intention! I am in the Whirlpool Gang, and if I don't follow them, what can I do!? I can't even run. Run, otherwise my whole family will suffer!"

"Let me go, my dad is still waiting for me to come back!"

Rebecca raised her middle finger angrily: "Where is your M!? You went back, where are the children who died in your hands!?"

As she spoke, Rebecca had already raised her technical pistol Omaha. After charging up, three rounds of bullets were sprayed out in a rotating direction!

However, after the gunshot, Ferdinando, who had closed his eyes and waited for death, discovered that he was still alive and well.

He turned around to look, but it was Rebecca who deflected the gun at the critical moment, and the bullet shot into the ground.

Ferdinando's legs softened and he fell to the ground, dirt seeping out between his legs.

Rebecca glanced at him with extreme disgust, turned around, and said to Li Youyou:

"This is your job, I won't interfere! It's up to you whether you want to let him go or kill him."

As she spoke, she walked behind the container on the side and really no longer cared about things here.

Li You looked at Ferdinando, thought about it, and came up with an idea.

He stepped forward, slapped Ferdinando unconscious, then pulled up his hair, and asked Aggie to hold the original films of Black Mewtwo.

Then, he said to Rebecca, who glanced here from time to time: "Rebecca, please contact the middleman. Let's hand over this person and these original Mewtwo films together."

"I believe that among the many victims of Black Chaomeng, there must be family members looking for someone. We can solve both problems at the same time."

Rebecca was stunned for a moment, and then thoughtfully said: "This is indeed a solution...Okay, I'll call the middleman."

"Beep beep beep——"

Rebecca dialed the phone, and soon, a very familiar voice to Li You came from it:

"Rebecca. Is the commission completed?"

Rebecca glanced at Li You and handed over the phone. Li You just glanced at the screen and said hello very naturally:

"Hello...Regina."

On the screen was a middle-aged woman wearing light armor, neat twin tails, and a black single-eyed eyepatch.

Regina Jones is an intermediary who is active in the Watson District. She is also the intermediary with the largest number of branches and commissions in the game.

Seeing Li You, she had a little surprise on her face, but she immediately returned to normal and responded: "You are... Li You, right? I am the middleman in Watson District, but it seems that you already know. Regarding this time Do you have any questions about the commission?”

"No. In fact, it's like this..." Li You briefly described the situation to her. After listening to this, Regina also fell into thinking.

After a long while, she replied: "I understand. You guys wait for a while in a safe place nearby, and I will send someone to take over immediately. Leave Ferdinando and those Black Super Dreams to me, and I will solve the problem as fairly as possible. .”

"it is good."

Regina nodded and added: "You guys did a good job this time! You completed an extra task. Li You, I have written down your contact information. I will think of you if I have any work in the future. Of course, Rebecca Too."

"As soon as my people receive Ferdinando, the money will be transferred immediately. So that's it for now, this commission is over."

　The author was really dissatisfied with the content of this chapter and overhauled it.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)