Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 308 David’s Growth

David followed the techniques taught to him by Li You and Aggie, keeping his steps as light as possible while maintaining communication with Lucy at all times and listening to her prompts.

"There are three induction mines at the corner ahead."

"Copy that, I'll avoid it."

"There is an automatic turret at the stairwell on the second floor, which has been closed."

"Thanks!"

After this abandoned apartment building with a total of four floors was occupied by Meihua, it was transformed into a heavily guarded shelter. However, with the cooperation of hackers, most of the smart devices were rendered harmless.

But David also knew very well that although these automatic defense devices failed, the most troublesome person was Meihua himself.

He avoided the trap and came to the room on the third floor. Both Lucy and Li You reminded him in the communication that the target was inside.

By this time, David had completely calmed down. He held the Lexington in his right hand, and the recurve knife hanging on his waist in his left hand. This was the weapon Aggie chose for him, and it was enough for the time being.

In just a short moment of fighting, she had already seen that this child was difficult to deal with, so she used her full strength.

David only paused for a moment, and then he saw that Meihua had doubts about his abilities. He didn't leave the other party any time to think, he immediately raised his hand and fired a series of shots!
“Bang bang bang——!!”

So what's faster than a bullet here is really a very broad concept.

This feeling... is completely wrong!
Since Meihua joined the Tiger Claw Gang, she has stabbed through the hearts of many enemies with her knife. No matter what kind of implants they have, Meihua can eventually pierce these people with a knife, so she is very familiar with that feeling.

But the next moment, David was keenly aware of a discordant sound inside the door. His heart suddenly froze, and he instantly stepped back several meters!

Meihua dodged back, avoiding the knife and at the same time, a sword flew out unexpectedly!

Meihua, who was about to pursue him, was startled again. She really didn't expect that such a tricky attack could be blocked by him. She could only temporarily change her attack plan and dodge with all her strength. However, she could not completely dodge this time. Two bullets hit her. On her belly!
Meihua took several steps back and regained her balance, seemingly badly hurt.

The two knives bounced away, and Meihua and David each took a step back. David stood ready, while Meihua's eyes finally showed a look of astonishment.

And what was that inexplicable repulsive force she just felt from this guy's knife? Is it her imagination?

David's pupils dilated, and he only had time to raise his hand and hold Meihua's blade!
"boom!"

Sure enough, the next moment, David had raised his head. He just dropped the recurve machete in an instant, and wrapped a pair of mysterious armor on his left hand, using this to hold Meihua's knife tightly in his hand.

In Li You's eyes, Meihua's strength is indeed good. If the combat effectiveness of a gang is divided into four levels: BOSS, elite, veteran, and miscellaneous soldiers, then Meihua is almost at the elite level.

But this is only David's own combat effectiveness, not counting his armor. If David were to attack with all his strength, he could already have a run-in with the gang leaders.

He stuck to the door, listened quietly for a moment, and then wanted to open the door and go in.

David's belt spit out a miniature storm of metal fragments, which violently bounced away the beauty in front of him. At the same time, it also enveloped his entire body, and then all attached to his body, fixing the form.

Of course, in the world of cyberpunk, there are several types of bullets commonly used. In addition to the most conventional gunpowder-powered bullets of kinetic energy weapons, there are also charged projectiles of technical weapons, and micro-tracking bullets of smart weapons. Some are fast and some are slow.

Originally, it would have been too dangerous for David to deal with such an opponent. David is now under the guidance of Li You, Mann and others. He keeps practicing and his own strength has improved by leaps and bounds. However, he is still a little behind Meihua. More importantly, he still does not have enough experience.

However, as the vague smoke dissipated, David saw that although the two shots had hit Meihua, they only left two wounds in her abdomen that could not penetrate.

At this time, David did not transform immediately because he wanted to try what he could do.

Seeing this scene, Meihua couldn't help but utter a sound of surprise, but she did not hesitate, raised her katana high and slashed at David. The slash was very fast, and the blade of the sword shone with a gleam of light!
Meihua is well-known in the Tiger Claw Gang. She is proficient in knife skills. She has excellent skills with samurai swords and throwing knives. With an enhanced prosthetic body, her knife is even said to be faster than bullets.

She is also equipped with Krunchikov, and her reaction speed is far beyond anyone else's.

That's why she knew that the knife just now was definitely not successful, and David was not dead yet!

Meihua's face showed a ferocious smile: "Hyperdermal armor, boy!"

The next moment, with the sound of a knife, a cyberpunk-style samurai sword pierced the thin iron door of the room, and the blade was still buzzing.

However, David fired just to suppress him. At the same time, he stepped forward. The recurved machete in his left hand turned and was held in an overhand position, and he slashed at Meihua's neck.

However, there was no joy on Meihua's face, and even the evil smile just now completely disappeared.

So, facing the katana cut off by Mihua, he pulled out the recurved machete from his waist and swung it forward. The two knives collided and made a crisp sound.

Meihua dodges quickly, and with a slight shake, she avoids all the flying bullets.

David: "...!?"

Then, the door was kicked open from the inside. Meihua, who was only wrapped in a few pieces of cloth and covered with patterns, rushed out with a knife. With a flick of her left hand, two swords flew towards David!
The pupils of David's prosthetic eye contracted and he quickly locked onto the two flying swords. He instantly pulled the trigger with his right hand and accurately shot them down with two "bang bangs".

After a close fight, Meihua had already seen that the little kid in front of him didn't have any decent prosthetics installed at all, and might even only have a basic suit. But just like this, he was able to accurately shoot down his own flying knife with a gun, and then deflected her attack with a machete?

The black-based, close-fitting technological armor has orange-red paint patterns on it. The overall style is slightly retro, but the paint gives people a bright feeling.

"Shua——!!"

She then raised her hand and stabbed David with a knife, pointing directly at David's heart!

"clang--!!"

"oh…?"

"——HENSHIN."

However, David also reacted quickly. Although not as fast as Meihua with Klenchikov, the practice of strength requires very high reaction speed. David even had special training with Li You, and Meihua's pregnant The sword is really nothing compared to Li You's shuriken.

So David blocked the sword this time, deflected the sword, and fired three shots at the same time.

Such advanced subcutaneous armor?
Although the customized Lexington in his hand focused more on controllability and rate of fire, its power was only average, but higher than the ordinary model. It failed to penetrate Meihua's defense.

Meihua's knife stabbed David, and even applied more force, pushing him backwards until he hit the wall of the corridor.

On the helmet that resembles the basic form of OOO, a pair of bright yellow compound eyes glow faintly.

This is David's transformation armor.

Lucy, who controlled the camera, said in surprise: "I finally saw the complete form of this armor."

Li You said: "This is a secret."

Lucy: "Don't worry, I won't spread this kind of thing everywhere."

While the two were talking, David had already stepped forward and rushed towards Meihua! Because he dropped the recurve machete, he didn't pick it up at this time, so he just took the Lexington and pointed it at Meihua indiscriminately. Meihua dodged and blocked, deflecting most of the attacks, and the remaining bullets failed to seriously injure her.

But at this moment David had already rushed in front of her, clenched his left fist and smashed it down!
Meihua slashed at him with her samurai sword. Although she didn't know the origin of David's appearance, she would definitely not take it lightly. The fist wrapped in armor collided with the cyber katana, making a crisp sound again.

However, this time, only Meihua's knife was deflected. David did not retreat but advanced. Holding the Lexington in his right hand, he used the short stabbing blade under the muzzle as a cold weapon and stabbed Meihua in the lower abdomen!

Meihua was slightly panicked, but not panicked. She chose to take advantage of the situation and retreat quickly. At the same time, she swung her knife to block David's stab. But David's energy had also invaded her body along her hands, and he pulled the trigger again!
"Bang bang bang bang-!!"

Four more shots were fired, and this time all hit Meihua's chest and abdomen, tearing the cloth wrapped around her body and breaking the implanted armor under her skin.

"puff--!"

Meihua vomited blood from her mouth and backed away. She was still waving the knife feebly, trying to resist, but David followed up with several more punches. Each punch contained strength and an increase in armor. The punches were firmly implemented, and the last punch came directly from the bottom up. , beating Meihua off the ground!

"Puff-"

Meihua fell heavily to the ground, unable to resist this time.

David did not let down his guard. He took away her katana and sword, and tied her up tightly with a rope. Then he said on the communication channel: "Master, I have captured her."

Li You replied: "Well done! You can capture Meihua alive without being injured. Your strength is no worse than the elites of any gang."

"However, if you don't rely on armor, there are still obvious shortcomings, and you need to practice more in the future."

David answered simply: "Understood!"

"Okay, bring the target and prepare to retreat."

——Later, Santo Domingo, exit of skyscraper H4.

Li You drove the Merrimack and sent David over. As for Lucy, she went back by herself earlier.

Before David returned home, Li You said to him: "Although this mission is quite special, it is still a commission after all, and as the captain, you have done a good job."

"So, the reward will be sent to you soon."

David: "Huh? No, I don't..."

Li You stopped him and continued: "No need to refuse, you deserve this. There is another thing. You have proven your ability, so in the future, I will give you some moderately difficult tasks to complete. , the remuneration will also be paid together.”

David's eyes lit up on the spot: "Does that mean I can act as a mercenary?"

Li You shook his head: "Not entirely. You are at most one of my alternate team members. You have not officially entered the field of vision of other mercenaries and intermediaries. The completed commissions will also be counted on my head, not your own. "

"However, if you really embark on this path in the future, then I will also calculate your record. When the time comes, you will have no less fame."

David scratched his head: "Well... I don't care about this, Master. I just want to be with you and Mann, I want to help you, and I also want to train myself."

Li You smiled: "Then work hard."

"Ok!"

……

The development after this is as Li You and David said.

Li You began to hand over some of the appropriately difficult commissions he received to David to complete. He would only send Aiji or Yuzi to take the lead every time, and leave everything else to David to make decisions.

Except when Li You needs to communicate with middlemen or strange mercenaries, David will decide and be responsible for all steps such as selecting team members, formulating combat plans, and directing on-site operations.

Of course, the scope of cooperation is very small. David can only select team members from Li You and Mann and invite them to join. And this is not free, David also needs to pay them.

But for David, this was enough.

All in all, although he was still under Li You's protection, what David was doing was everything a mercenary leader should handle.

Li You knew very well that David himself did have extraordinary talents, but only by giving him enough space and stage could he bring his talents into full play.

The David in the animation chose to live with the dreams of Gloria and Mann after they passed away, forcing himself to become a famous mercenary captain in a short period of time.

But it has to be said that although Mann in the animation taught David his own style of dealing with people and pointed him in the direction of becoming a legend, at the same time, the influence left by Mann will also change David's future. The restrictions are dead.

The thoughts of the dead Mann, in a sense, became the shackles that bound David, and together with Gloria's last wish, led him to a path of inevitable destruction.

And Li You has higher expectations for David, so he doesn't want him to be trapped and die in the framework of a cyberpunk mercenary. Therefore, while letting David grow on his own, he was also always paying attention to David's physical and mental development, and often provided guidance to prevent a good seedling from growing crookedly.

Under such training, David gradually accumulated experience and strength, becoming an increasingly skilled and powerful quasi-mercenary.

His most frequent companions are Lucy, Rebecca and Pyrrha.

Needless to say, Lucy became more and more interested in David after seeing David's performance during the task of dealing with Meihua together, and the two of them cooperated more.

As for Rebecca, she already had a good impression of David, so she was the first to cooperate with him. The remuneration was only a nominal amount, and she even dragged Pila along with her.

Although Pyrrha complained about "Why should I be a nanny for a brat?", in fact, he recognized David's ability and also had a good impression of the boy, so he was very active in the cooperation process.

However, Pyrrha was the opposite of Rebecca in terms of receiving remuneration, which was not polite at all. Once he is called, the commission reward must be generous enough.

In addition to them, Falco, at Li You's invitation, would also play the role of driver for them from time to time, actually taking care of them.

In this way, David even has the prototype of a team. If one day Mann suddenly plans to retire and take Dolio to a small island to live in seclusion, David can even directly take his place.

But of course, Mann is currently in excellent condition and has no intention of retiring at all. He is even more active in practicing strength every day than David.

In his words, he feels like he is on full fire now!

Li You: 6.

In short, Li You feels a lot more relaxed now. He just needs to pay attention to the progress of all aspects of his plans.

But that day, he suddenly received a message from V, which said:
"I'm going to leave Night City for a while again. Let's take some time to meet up in the next two days."

After seeing this message, Li You thought for a while before replying:

"Okay, see you at the same place tonight."

(End of this chapter)