Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 259 Calm down
12.5% for option one, 50% for option two, and 37.5% for option four.

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【Option [-]】

【Calm】

……

Zheng Zhuo finally chose the level 2 reinforcement component of [Calm].

He felt that this could benefit his actions.

The reinforcement components arrived quickly.A drone flew in through the window and directly helped Zheng Zhuo hit the nanochip into his neck.

When the drone left, Zheng Zhuo was not as surprised when he saw it fly in.

He wasn't sure if it was because 【Calm】had reached level 2, or because it would be more impactful at first sight.

……

Afternoon, port area.

The weather is just right, under the clear sky, the tower crane can be seen slowly swinging the long arm to transport the containers to various areas.Far away, there was the sound of the whistle of a ship docking.

loading area.Looking around, there are container groups everywhere.These monolithic behemoths are layered on top of each other and spread along the coast, becoming the only landscape in this area.

It is two or three o'clock, the most sleepy time for people.There are few people on the road and few cars.Drones with flashing red and green lights are on duty above, humming and flying.

Some drones noticed the entrance to the port area.

A white car is driving into the port area.

The sound of mechanical operation came from under the stainless steel shell.The license plate and driver's identity information were entered and compared one by one, and the green headlights flickered.

After a while, the drone flew away.They returned to their normal patrol routes.

This means there is no problem with the alignment.

……

The white car went straight along the avenue, passed through stacks of containers, and finally turned into a side road.

Here, the container is not as new as the outside.You can even see obvious rust on them.

Also, there are many containers with their doors open.

Here, the white car turned into the branch road of the branch road again, and then stopped in the prescribed parking space.

"Destination arrived. Navigation complete."

Accompanied by an electromechanical female voice, the car door opened.

Zheng Zhuo got down from the driver's seat and straightened his clothes.

"It's really thorough enough to navigate."

He looked back at the steering wheel of the car.On the steering wheel, green eyes are turning around.

During this journey, he never controlled the vehicle.The whole process is handed over to the automatic driving system.

Zheng Zhuo thinks this is good.

However, this feature does not seem to be standard for all vehicles in [Cyberpunk World].

When Zheng Zhuo got into the car, the automatic driving system asked him to set up many detailed adjustments after the "first 10 hours".

According to Zheng Zhuo's calculation, the past self also upgraded the car.

Logically speaking, the past self is also the self.But Zheng Zhuo still had a hard time imagining how lavish he was.

Do not……

"(As if I can imagine a little.)"

Zheng Zhuo thought of the ID photo on his ID card, wearing a suit, combing his hair back, and his mouth tightened.

[Cyberpunk World] I guess I was tortured crazy by going to work.After taking a sum of money, I don't have to go to work anymore... That's why I started retaliatory consumption.

"(Not impossible.)"

The more Zheng Zhuo thought about it, the more credible he felt.

He knows better than anyone that he can do anything after being tortured by his attendance.

……

There was a soft sound from the side of the car.The young woman in the passenger seat got down and interrupted Zheng Zhuo's thinking.

"Have you found any more information?"

Zheng Zhuo turned his head and asked.

Just now, as soon as the young woman got on the bus, she said, "I checked my identity information. I work in [Night Street]. There are quite a lot of people in my address book. I'll ask if anyone knows anything." Then , operating her holographic glasses silently throughout the journey.

"Guess what? I did find it."

The young woman swiped her fingers.A [Nearby Contact Request] popped up in front of Zheng Zhuo's eyes.

is a video.Zheng Zhuo accepted it.

"I asked my colleagues who work in the store. They sent me a video recording."

"Whose record..."

Zheng Zhuo stopped before finishing his question.Because he has already clicked on the video.

What appeared in the video was his most familiar face.

his own face.

Zheng Zhuo in the video is using holographic glasses to make a phone call.

"...I got a big deal in the company! No one would have thought that so many people have been looking for it for a long time, and they are hiding there!"

"I don't know who hid it... But I know that person would not dare to call the police..."

"...It's kind of scary...but...well, just think of it as a bag of money! Besides, it's not just about money! It's...it's..."

"Now I have a way to get revenge on that stupid company!"

"Hey, hey, old bear, don't interrupt, listen to me. I... I... I'll put that..."

"Ah? What? Of course it won't be put in the original place! I brought it out immediately! I found a warehouse..."

The meaningful content in the video ends here.It looks like it was taken with the surveillance camera in the [Night Street] store, because next, the person from Zheng Zhuo's point...that is, the young girl came.She helped him up and took him out of the surveillance range of the camera.Then, there was the sound of the door opening and closing.

"..."

The young woman silently looked at Zheng Zhuo who was frowning.

"You don't have very good wine, do you?"

"No... no, I don't admit that it's me." Zheng Zhuo pressed his temple and said, "Shouting loudly in public that I got rich? I wouldn't do such a stupid thing. It wouldn't be like that if I won [-] million."

"That's what everyone said before they actually won [-] million."

"...my head hurts again."

"That's not a good joke."

"No... no. It's true."

Zheng Zhuo's head really started to hurt.Moreover, it is getting stronger and stronger.It felt like something was swirling between his temple and eardrum, or like a particularly bad ear infection.

Zheng Zhuo heard rustling electric waves and vague human voices.

Zheng Zhuo couldn't stand it anymore!He took off his holographic glasses—

All pain and sound are gone.

Zheng Zhuo looked at the glasses in his hand.

"...is my glasses broken?"

……

Zheng Zhuo suspects that his holographic glasses are malfunctioning.This malfunction is dangerous, causing auditory hallucinations and pain.

But he still had to wear it.Because without it, he wouldn't be able to find the warehouse he was renting, nor would he be able to get into it.

Fortunately, after wearing it again, the malfunction stopped.

"It seems that in the near future, people's dependence on mobile phones will become more obvious."

Zheng Zhuo muttered, leading the young woman through one container after another.Finally, it stopped in front of a container.

This shipping container has been modified.It was divided into several sections, and a door was opened in each section.

The red and white paint marked the scope of the door, and Zheng Zhuo saw [Library No. 712] written on the door indicated by the electronic sign of his contract.

"That's it."

【Do you want to open? 】

"Open."

Zheng Zhuo opened the warehouse with his contract authority.

As soon as the door opened, cold air rushed in.

There is still a cold storage here.Moreover, the temperature is very low.

Frost creaked as the Kudoor opened.Zheng Zhuo saw that the inside was very narrow, only wide enough for a person's shoulders.In the middle of the warehouse, there is a large black bag with a plastic strap on the top of the bag.

This big bag is also the only thing in the library.

Zheng Zhuo always felt that he had seen this big bag somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"... not good."

Zheng Zhuo suddenly had a terrible feeling.

But he had to know what was in the bag.He couldn't beat up his past self and force him to ask about his situation.If he wanted to know what was in the bag, he had to take it apart.

Zheng Zhuo removed his key chain from his belt.He used the decorative knife on it to cut through the plastic strap, which had become brittle from the freeze.

The big bag fell over.It knocked against the wall of the vault, and something huge slid out of it.

That is……

It was a blue-faced female corpse in a red dress.

"I*."

Zheng Zhuo cursed.

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