Chapter 503: Try harder
Lille's brain was quickly reviewing the entire "Europeans planned to use cannons to break into the Night City" incident, which was not in the original plot.
From this perspective, the cause of the incident can be traced back to a long time ago, when he broke into the biotechnology building to save an emergency, which made the company a little anxious.
This incident caused the biotech's gene tailoring equipment to disappear for dozens of minutes. More importantly, the security of the biotech's database was threatened.
The database security of biotechnology is actually not just their own problem, because they hold a very important patent:
Genetic engineering technology of alcohol 2 wheat.
This technology is related to the lifeblood of two energy giants: Pezo Petrochemical and Su Petrochemical.
Petrochemical's homeland is in the Americas. Su Petrochemical believes that this incident proves that Pezochemical is incompetent. It uses Soviet-style logic to irritate the wheat and threatens to increase its control over North America and ensure it by itself. Technical security, ensuring patent security
Respect intellectual property rights.
Lille took less than an hour to return the machine that day, but when the company saw the benefits, it could make a lot of plans in less than an hour.
Europeans other than Su Petrochemical were persuaded and began to think. Maybe it was time to open up the market.
If the market does not expand, profit growth will slow down, which is a good opportunity.
Lille doesn’t know how the companies are pulling apart each other. The end result is that the network supervisor turns a blind eye to some online smuggling, and the companies and municipal governments of Night City also turn a blind eye to these things. Turning a blind eye, the NCPD's firepower was strengthened, the definition of "civilian weapons" was strengthened, and Arasaka's aircraft carrier was acquiesced. You can log into Night City.
In the end, whether the European market can enter the Night City market depends on product performance and the mercenaries who are the "land pioneers", led by Muramasa. Can the gold diggers bury the gangs in Night City who have been beaten once and for all and establish a new underground order?
They failed, Muramasa was caught by Lear, and the next step was to deal with the middle man, Dexter Sean.
If he hasn't run away yet.
This is the perspective of Europeans planning to enter Night City, and it is also the commission Jefferson gave to Lille: Do not let foreign companies take away the power of local companies in Night City, and do not let foreign companies let the situation in Night City More complex.
Then there is the second perspective, from the perspective of network surveillance-Lille is tracking AI.
This perspective seems quite confusing.
Riel first acted as a honeypot, killing the Tiger Claw Gang along the way, killing Jotaro Shobo, attracting Arasaka's Soul Killer to attack, and allowing the network supervisor to take advantage.
The Internet Supervisor not only obtained some characteristic source codes of the Soul Killer program, but also found more traces of the operation of Soul Killer
Bryce was investigating a hacker named Dante, who originally worked in Westbrook Hun, after the Tiger Claw Gang was smashed, he fled to the Whirlpool Gang. As a result, the Whirlpool Gang was also smashed, so he ran away to Taiping Prefecture.
Subsequently, the Europeans arrived and interrupted the investigation of Dante:
Lille helped the local gangs for his own reasons, and convinced them to provide supplies and help them survive. After this impact from external forces.
While helping the Sixth Street Gang, Muramasa began to emerge, and was identified as a rogue AI, network surveillance and Night City Municipal Administration, that is, Mayor Ryan jointly entrusted Lear to deal with Muramasa.
While helping the Tiger Claw Gang and the Whirlpool Gang deal with the Brain Demon Gang, Lear got more information about Muramasa and the existence of the micro-transmitter.
But the purpose of Muramasa's design of this WeChat sender is inextricably linked to the technology used by the Ye Group to brainwash the Peralez couple!
And Dante.
[Maekawa: Dante used to be a good friend of Wakako's mistress Nanchang Xun - I guess so. It took me a lot of effort before he dared to speak. 】
[Maekawa: Dante was trapped in the network by the Soul Killer. I heard that it was when he attacked Holt. 】
[Maekawa: So if you are looking for Dante, this Dante may not be what you are looking for. 】
Liel doesn’t think so: The purpose of network surveillance to track down the Soul Killer is to find out whether Arasaka is using some method to put digital souls into use!
Although the time when Dante was trapped by the Soul Killer is unknown, it was obviously a long time ago -
If these two "Dantes" are the same person (Note 1)
The Dante who is alive now is 100% a person who has been replaced by a digital soul!
What is he doing? What does Arasaka want him to do? How related are these things?
But at the moment, Lille can only be sure: Ye's group has a big conspiracy.
The transmitter overclocked and exploded. Elizabeth fell to the ground and said weakly: "What did you do to me."
Lille completely stopped what he was doing and had no time to sew. The wound kept bleeding out, until V came over and pinched his face:
"Xiao Lizi?! Is the condition getting worse?"
[Little Octopus: Uh, brother, is everything normal? It seemed like he was just thinking about something. 】
Bryce frowned: "What are you doing?"
"I'm wondering if you have investigated what happened to Dante?"
" Not yet, he seems to have no contact with the Voodoo Gang this time, and he is completely hiding."
"The equipment Dante left behind in the Whirlpool Gang is an antenna array, right?"
"Yes - but it's different from Muramasa. The equipment in the hands of this AI is much more advanced."
"Of course it's more advanced. This is an upgraded version."
"What are you talking about? ?”
Bryce looked confused. , but this description is consistent with a record of Muramasa by network surveillance:
Muramasa was a wandering AI that escaped from the Arasaka database. After escaping, he was briefly captured by the Tsunami Design Bureau, which is now the Tsunami Defense. Systems companies shelter.
Tsunami Defense Systems has a business: upgrading customers' existing weapons. [Muramasa may have been upgraded to some extent at the Tsunami Design Bureau, but after the Tsunami Design Bureau expanded into today's Tsunami Defense System, it escaped from the Tsunami Defense System Company's database again. 】
Lille can conclude that this commission from Muramasa was issued by the Ye Group.
But he couldn't explain it to Bryce.
And even if this commission is issued by the Ye Group, even if it is a thief shouting "Catch the thief" of the Ye Group.
What can he do?
On the contrary, he also needs a shiny identity to appear in Dog Town, engage in some "real high technology", and find ways to solve his physical problems
At this moment, Bryce Suddenly his face changed drastically!
No one who comes to the box can have overly complicated information exchanges with the outside world. This is to ensure privacy and security.
But if it is just an emergency alert, there is no need for complicated information density at all. This is communication that can be restricted by security protocols——
Bryce just received such a signal!
He stood up from the sofa all of a sudden: "Someone wants to assassinate Ryan! And it's AI!"
In two rooms, Elizabeth was feeling the chaos on the floor, and Bryce was so anxious Like ants on a hot pot.
Lille is in the middle of the two boxes, V is pinching his face, Jack is resting, the little octopus is knocking on Lear’s data head, and Damai is checking himself in the cyberspace, making simulated engine roars from time to time. The humming sound.
I didn’t expect it to be tonight.
Lane was assassinated, the mayor of Night City was assassinated, tonight.
In the original work, Ryan's death is a given. When the gears of the game plot start to turn, he just reaches the end of his life.
Now, that end is tonight.
Especially on this night, this night is equally important to both worlds.
[News from another world: The democratic election vote is accelerating and the results are expected to be available in two hours. 】
[Mr. Barnes begins to take advantage. 】
Bryce suddenly raised his head anxiously and said to Lear: "Damn it, Ryan's feeling of shame is real! He has something to tell you, he"
Of course he He must entrust the most powerful mercenary in Night City to save his life.
In another room, Elizabeth got up from the ground and said with an ugly face:
"I only have one request."
Poor Elizabeth, she thought it was the outlaws of Night City who had brutally attacked her.
This is just another commission, a commission in disguise from an AI who is proficient in human psychology, sociology, economics and other humanities and social sciences.
The content of the commission is: Don’t wade into this muddy water.
He has succeeded. He is the most powerful underground emperor in Night City. After stabilizing the lower society, all the resources from the upper class will flow to the lower class through his hands.
The upper levels don’t want him to die, they want him to maintain order; the lower levels don’t want him to die either, they want him to leak some oil and water and distribute benefits to themselves.
Everyone began to regard him as a thorn in the side, but now regarded him as the most important middleman.
Whatever he wants to do, he does.
Do you want to start a company? Okay; do you want to continue to be a local emperor? Yes; if you want to have sex with a woman, live in a villa, or drive a roller coaster
you can do it all.
Just turn a blind eye.
The sweet dreams can continue.
Both V and Jack noticed that something was not right about Lear.
Lille just said: ".V, do you remember how you evaluated Atlanta?"
"Remember, what's wrong?"
"You want to be real? Some, or looks better?”
"Can't it be real and beautiful?"
Liel covered his face and leaned back on the operating chair.
He was not surprised by the answer, so he laughed:
“Yes, you just have to work harder.”
“Isn’t this enough effort?”
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"It's not enough."
"Then try harder."
(End of this chapter)