Chapter 158 The Poor Chip Thief
Night City.
Huge displays for publicity can be seen everywhere in the Civic Center.
At this moment, News Channel 54 is broadcasting today’s news.
“Welcome to WNS News Channel, we will continue to provide you with the major news of the week.”
"A week ago, a group of unidentified criminals broke into the Civic Center and caused major damage to many important locations in the Municipal Square and Company Square, killing a large number of military technology employees."
"In this attack , criminals broke into the biotechnology building and destroyed the current control system inside the building, causing the building to emit abnormal electromagnetic pulses."
"After this electromagnetic pulse, many companies were reorganized. Important facilities and equipment were damaged, and many residents near the Company Square found that their implants malfunctioned."
"The mayor of Night City, Lucius Lane, was also within the scope of the electromagnetic pulse, and he was at the time. The municipal center handles official duties, and long hours of overtime and electromagnetic pulses have caused some damage to him."
"But fortunately, the diligent mayor woke up in the hospital yesterday."
"Second news, there was a cyberpsycho attack on Route 96 in Night City yesterday. It is reported that the cyberpsychopath is named Gabrio Bleitz, and he is a security employee in military technology."
“Cyberpsychosis killed five colleagues in the team and caused 23 civilian casualties.”
“The city hall attaches great importance to this incident and has adjusted the blockade contract to block the highway. The NCPD duty list has been added to ""
The subway door slowly opened.
The two skill chip thieves came out holding a handful of chips. After walking a few steps and the car drove away, the white-haired girl threw away the chip in her hand, squinted her eyes and smiled, and took a picture. He patted the boy next to him on the shoulder.
"You did a good job. You're much more proficient than you were at the beginning. When I stole that big guy just now, I gave you a hard time."
David smiled back and held the chip in his hand. Passed it to Lucy.
“You have to learn something, right?”
While talking and walking, David saw the news broadcast on the big screen on the wall, and suddenly stood still, with a look in his eyes. It's hard to tell whether the emotion is envy or admiration, or perhaps both.
Lucy took a few steps forward, and when she saw David like this, she hit him on the head with a knife.
"Still thinking about what happened that day? You don't really want to do that kind of work, do you?"
David touched his head: "Well, it's a bit dangerous, but it's also a lot of money."
"A bit?" Lucy narrowed her eyes slightly and tilted her head to look at David, "I thought you were getting smarter, but in the end, you are still a fool.
Don't say it happened that day. It’s over, even the cyber psychotic guy on the news can hit you ten times—no, maybe a hundred of you!
You think you have too many lives and you still want to make the headlines?” >
David stepped back a little when Lucy looked at him: "Hey, I'm just talking. Besides, why don't I think about it for a moment?"
Lucy stared at David suspiciously for a few more seconds. Then he turned his head and continued walking forward.
Then David said: "I'm thinking we should find a middleman to take on other jobs? For example, rescuing people from scavengers or something like that."
Lucy looked back again , with a look on his face: I knew your kid was thinking about other things.
“I’m telling you, are you feeling a little swollen?” As she said this, she pinched David’s arms and waist——
David couldn't be fooled this time - poor David was being played by Lucy.
"It's a little longer, but not too much. Is there really something wrong with the brain?"
Lucy touched David's belly all the way to his face: "You seem to be still the same. I don’t understand, gunfights and stealing are two different concepts.”
David looked at Lu. Xi, stood up straight and said: "But we are not novices anymore, we also killed a military technology person!"
Lucy retracted her hand helplessly: "I also killed that person. Okay? Do you want to see what kind of gun you have?”
"Freedom - this gun is not a high-end product, but it is more than enough to kill scavengers, right?"
Lucy turned her head and continued walking, asking as she walked:
".You are short of money. ”
“That’s not the case. I paid the rent and loan last time, and my mother’s salary will be paid this month. After excluding the remaining loans and expenses, I should be able to save some money.”
"I remember you said you were looking for a job during the day? How is it?"
Speaking of this, David's face turned red - he sent Lucy a message of his own: Foreman: The wages have arrived, remember to take a look.
David: Why is it only 50 euros? Didn’t you say 200-1000 euros?
Foreman: Don’t slander me. Take a closer look.
David: Yes, it says "0.2~1K Euro"?
David: 0.2 Euro to 1000 Euro?
Foreman: Yes.
"Hahahahahaha."
Lucy's silvery laughter burst out, and she laughed while holding her stomach.
David looked helpless: "I work 12 hours a day without a minute's rest. Only an idiot can do this job!"
Lucy laughed for a long time, and finally stopped while holding on to the wall: "Ahem. Hahaha. Well, you are really silly and cute."
To be honest, this thing can make Lucy laugh all day long. , but she instinctively looked at her account balance:
Account balance: 30,982 euros.
Then I couldn’t laugh anymore - after stealing skill chips for so many years in Night City, if Lille hadn’t sent them a wave of big ones, she would only have more than 10,000 euros now. deposit.
To go to the moon, the cheapest ticket costs 200,000 euros.
Seeing that Lucy no longer smiled, David said with some melancholy: "And I always feel that my mother is very nervous.
To be honest, I actually like my current life, but...my mother always Everyone in the company will show that expression every time they see her. I can tell that even though she says she doesn’t care what I do, she still..."
In this world, there are many outlaws and perverts.
But there are also many ordinary people.
Ordinary people’s perception of the world is: the company is great, and although the company’s work is hard and fucked up, it is stable!
And if you work in a big company, you will have a lot of dignity when going out.
After graduation, you don’t even have to go out to work. It is the current situation of many people to take the work skills certificate full-time at home and go to the company.
That is to say, this is the freest city in the world, Night City. Located in Atlanta, Tokyo and other developed areas of Europe, only the street boys with the least choice will become thieves and mercenaries.
Perhaps the freedom of Night City is a false illusion to some people, but in those major cities, the pervasive surveillance and the suffocating force gap between companies and ordinary people make this false illusion also Cease to exist.
Ironically, by 2077, the economy was still growing at a rapid pace, and it happened to be this deformed city.
Therefore, it is difficult to say who is more naive and who is more realistic, David or Gloria.
The same goes for Lucy - what she is thinking now is, can she really realize her dream of going to the moon if she is timid?
How can there be any people in Night City who can survive and die without any regrets?
So she instinctively lit a cigarette, and the two of them leaned on the glass wall of the aisle and looked at the bustling crowd.
“Okay, let’s try other jobs.”
David was stunned for a moment, but he didn't show a very happy expression, he just smiled softly.
"Don't worry, there won't be any danger - even if there is danger, I will stand in front of you."
Lucy didn't say anything, just smiled.
Then something went wrong with David's system suddenly, and both of them were stunned.
Lucy instantly turned on the analysis mode, and then she discovered that the problem came from the channel and special software used to communicate with Burger King last time.
The origin of the data is nearly impossible to trace—and impossible to stop.
Sender: Burger King.
Burger King: David, I have a job for you.
David suddenly became very excited - Lucy was speechless for a while, and said that if there is danger, you will stand in front. I think you are the one who opens the door for danger!
“Don’t get excited, ask him what he wants to do first!”
David nodded quickly, but the message in his head had already been sent.
David: You said it!
(End of this chapter)