Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past.

Chapter 95 The Third Movement: March (Ⅱ)

"...Hey! Heiji! Hey! Don't be dazed, take this towel and wipe the rain off your head!..."

The toasted towel flew up and landed straight on her face.

It also covered her some turbulent emotions in time.

Hai Ji shook her head, but didn't answer, she just grabbed the towel and began to clean up the cold dampness on her hair and cheeks little by little.

Finally, taking off her wet coat and throwing it on the floor, she frowned and sighed softly.

"Are you okay?" Mu Lin asked for a glass of warm Japanese shochu from the owner of the restaurant, and handed it to her cold palm.

"I'm fine..." Hai Ji took the wine glass, thanked her lightly, and became silent again.

Through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of this restaurant, you can clearly see how violent the torrential rain is outside, like a tsunami sweeping through, vowing to completely wash away this filthy city.

"Since I came to Night City, I have never seen such a heavy rain..."

In order to break the dull atmosphere, Mullin tried his best to find a topic.

Following Hai Ji's example, he moved a chair and sat down by the window. With his brown eyes open, he could see thousands of raindrops being born from the clouds and falling to the ground in a blink of an eye.

"How many years have you been in Night City?" Hai Ji was silent for a few seconds before finally responding.

"It's almost four years..." Mu Lin counted briefly with his fingers, and replied with some uncertainty.

"Ha, I really can't tell..." Hai Ji sighed softly, "I have only been in Night City for a year..."

"Are you transferred from another city branch of the network supervisor?... Or did you register directly with the network supervisor of the Night City branch?..."

"Haven't you chatted with girls before? Why are you talking so meandering?"

After drinking most of the warm wine in one gulp, Hai Ji chuckled, but couldn't help but mock him as usual.

"I mean..." Mullin looked a little at a loss.

"Ha, I understand." Hai Ji nodded her head with her index finger, "After I came to Night City, I was discovered by the network supervisor and hired as an agent."

"The gap between people is so different..." Mu Lin said with emotion, ordered a glass of hard liquor that is not common in Japanese shops, and drank it in small sips.

"Ha, what should I say, thank you for the compliment?" Gently putting the empty wine glass on the table, Hai Ji sighed in relief, called the boss, and ordered three more bottles of sake and a bowl of Tenggu ramen.

"You're feeling better now? I think you have the strength to eat noodles..."

Mu Lin quietly observed her changing expression, heaved a sigh of relief, and ordered a beef ramen and two bottles of spirits for himself.

"Did you just...seek someone to meet? Don't get me wrong...can I ask?"

He weighed his words and spoke cautiously, but he seemed incoherent because of nervousness.

"you like me?"

Hai Ji poured a sip of warm wine into her mouth, and cast a slanted glance at the nervous Mu Lin.

"Huh? No... I didn't..."

As she expected, Mu Lin really looked embarrassed, and his earlobes turned red.

"Whether you like it or not, don't talk nonsense, talk about things when you have something to say, and don't be a man with your tail between your legs... That bit of verbal care, care and flattery can't move anyone except yourself. "

After quietly glancing at Hai Ji's serious expression, Mu Lin lowered his head and responded in a low voice.

"Did you just find someone to meet?" Mullin hesitated, trying to hold back complete sentences from his mouth.

"No..." Hai Ji shook her head, "Also, keep working hard, it's still far behind..."

"What's the difference?"

"It's nothing..." Hai Ji shrugged her shoulders, turned her head and continued to watch the waterfall outside the window, and drank the second cup of warm shochu leisurely.

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"Virus?"

The surveillance video played on the big screen has just finished showing.

Paul lightly tapped the solid wood tabletop, and his words took on a questioning tone.

"Yes, virus..." Zhang Xian'an replied, operated a few times on the computer, and projected the result on the screen behind him.

"Electronic virus...infectious...non-lethal...neurotoxin...crazy?"

Paul muttered softly, accurately grasping one key element after another.

"Yes, the cause is currently unknown..."

"Ha, it's like a lingering ghost asking for his life." Paul shook his head, and gently knocked on the table three times.

"Mr. Paul, do you believe in ghosts?" Zhang Xian'an asked curiously.

"spirits?"

Paul didn't answer, but turned his head to look out of the dark window.

His blurred figure was reflected on the bright and clean glass wall.

"Mr. Paul?"

"Well... don't worry about it, let's continue."

"Okay." Zhang Xian'an nodded, not worrying about what the big man in front of him was thinking just now.

"So... is it possible for this drug to completely eliminate the side effects?" Paul propped his chin, carefully browsing the rapidly scrolling and changing data on the screen.

"Ha, Mr. Paul was joking... Unless God is alive, no one can guarantee that he can get rid of the side effects of a drug..."

"You continue." Paul was noncommittal, waving his hand to signal Zhang Xian'an to continue reporting the results of the experiment.

"In addition to this adverse effect, we also found some benign reaction symptoms..." Zhang Xian settled down, and his tone became a little excited, "We found that taking this drug has a chance to permanently increase brain function. level of development."

"How developed is the brain?"

"Yes, according to the current research report, the development level of the human brain is generally less than 10%..."

"It's the human research you did again?"

As if hearing the faint dissatisfaction hidden in the other party's words, Zhang Xian'an lowered his head and said softly: "I hope you don't mind...we are just for the sake of safety..."

"Stop, don't say that to me. Go ahead and talk about the research results. I want to know where the remaining 90% of the human brain goes."

"For example, the entire human brain is like a bottomless ocean. The current thoughts of normal people are wandering in the upper 10% of the surface seawater... and the more the human brain is developed, the more can go longitudinally down to the bottom of the sea..."

"What if the human brain is developed to 100% one day?"

"It will be infinitely close to... the omniscient and omnipotent God in myths and legends."

Zhang Xian'an replied in a low voice, his words were full of uncontrollable excitement.

"Wow..." Mr. Paul applauded him lightly, without saying anything.

"Mr. Paul, what do you think?" It was completely different from Zhang Xian'an's expectations, and the reaction of the big man in front of him was a little too cold.

"It's very interesting, keep going."

(End of this chapter)