Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 316 David graduates, Lai Xuan’s contact
In the bad land outside Night City, around the distant Stoneridge Mountain, in a stone mountain that no detector can find, Adam Hammer woke up leisurely.

The first thing he saw was a small room covered in some strange material, and a man standing opposite.

Heavy Hammer: "...?"

He instinctively wanted to move, and then he realized that only his head and the upper half of his body were left. All his limbs and parts below the chest were missing. All the hidden weapons on his body had been removed, leaving him without any resistance at all. force.

Generally speaking, given his physical condition, if the prosthetic body was damaged to this extent, it would require urgent repairs by experts from Arasaka Company. But at this moment, he seemed to be soaked in some kind of strange liquid, which kept him alive.

Zhonghami's first reaction was to contact Arasaka, but unfortunately there seemed to be no signal at all in this room and the attempt failed.

Before he could think of what to do, the man in the room with his back to him turned around.

"you're awake."

Zhongmai didn't intend to pay attention at first, but the voice was somewhat familiar. He instinctively looked up, and then couldn't help but be stunned.

"...Grayson?"

Before Li You said anything, Charles and the other prosthetic doctors beside him were already ecstatically high-fiving each other and congratulating each other: "Successful——!!"

The back of the female-shaped prosthetic Night Demon flashed faintly, and with its body carrying a vague afterimage, it quickly shuttled from one end of the experimental hall to the other, as fast as the wind.

Grayson shook his head again: "I am responsible for guarding you to prevent anything from happening. Your boss, Arasaka Yorinobu, has made a request that you cannot die."

But Grayson shook his head: "I didn't betray at that time. I was captured here, but now I am a member of the 'Night Demon'."

They were very excited, and Li You also nodded.

After all, the perceived combat effectiveness of the Night Demon itself is also related to its pre-transformation qualities.

After so many months, the "Night Demons" have become more and more powerful in the bad land. The Luan Dao Society and the Night Walkers have been suppressed to the point where they cannot even raise their heads. This original hall has also been occupied by the Night Demons. It was occupied and transformed into Lair No. 2 - and in Li You's expectation, it would also be the largest one.

Aggie asked: "Aren't you going to turn him into a sentient night demon?"

He didn't explain too much, but Aggie already understood his determination, so he stopped asking and just said: "Don't worry, that room is specially made and can block the perception of almost all detectors. It is also buried deep underground. Arasaka Not found."

Li You also believed this.

Of course, they are still using the most rudimentary Sianwistan, and this success is also related to individual quality, but this is the first step from scratch.

This prosthetic night devil who successfully adapted to Si'an Westan is none other than Meihua, a member of the Tiger Claw Gang who was captured by David before. She is now also a member of the prosthetic night devil, and she is still a relatively strong individual.

Really a place that no detector can find.

So Li You didn't bother and just imprisoned him.

This time, in order to imprison Heavy Hammer without being discovered, the Night Demons used the secretions from the core of the lair to create a prison that blocked all communication and detection methods to ensure that Arasaka could not find Heavy Hammer.

The female-shaped prosthetic Night Demon slowed down, came to Li You and Ai Ji, and bowed his head in greeting: "Sir, Master."

The highly modified night devil opposite nodded: "It's me."

Yes, it’s the hill occupied by random knives in the game.

When the time comes, drag him out and execute him.

The two came out of the underground lair, and the prosthetic Night Demon came up to report that the residence prepared for Charles and others in Stoneridge Mountain Town has been completed.

This was the first thing Zhong Hammer said.

Aiji nodded and said: "Thank you for your hard work, Meihua, you did a good job."

Li You shook his head: "Zhongmai must die."

Without saying a few words, Charles and others came up and took Meihua for testing. And Ai Ji turned to Li You: "Grayson came with news, Heavy Hammer is awake."

Although there is only one lair core and it is impossible to split, the Night Stalkers themselves can also build lairs. They dug their way out of the ground and transformed the rocky mountain into a new lair.

In the underground lair of Stone Ridge Mountain, Li You was watching the experimental body, Night Demon, use Si'an Westan.

This is also to cope with future needs.

The torture hammer can only be used as a means of venting. He himself is completely mentally and physically abnormal, so the effect of these methods on him is close to zero.

Meihua just bowed her head.

After such a long time, and after the twists and turns of the last experiment that was forced to be interrupted, the attempt to let the Night Demon use an advanced prosthetic body like Sean Westan finally succeeded.

Li You didn't react too much: "Just make sure he's still alive and doesn't cause any trouble."

Zhong Hammer was also a little surprised: "Yi Xuan?"

For safety reasons, Heavy Hammer's prison was not located near the underground lair, but was placed in a nearby hill.

But then, no matter what he asked, Grayson said no more and just closed his eyes to rest.

Of course he didn't know that Grayson seemed to be concentrating with his eyes closed, but he was actually reporting news to Li You and Ai Ji in the underground cave of Stone Ridge Mountain through telepathy.

Heavy Hammer seemed to understand something: "...So when you disappeared before, you actually betrayed me. The theft of the Ebnik was also done by this group of people. Were you cooperating inside and outside?"

Li You had previously promised the prosthetic doctors that after the night demons were transformed into prosthetics, they would be allowed to return to the surface to live. Naturally, he would not break his promise, but of course they could only live in Shiji Mountain and would be strictly monitored and had to wear masks. Yuzu's parasite collar.

Heavy Hammer looked at him with cold electronic eyes: "What are you talking about? If you don't plan to kill me, then get out."

"Finally finished!"

But unlike Faraday, there is no messy reception arranged for Heavy Hammer Li You, which is meaningless.

Zhongchui asked a few questions but got no response. He also felt bored and said no more.

But even so, Charles and others are very satisfied. After hearing about this incident, their work efficiency has become much higher recently.

Li You didn't say much, but once again emphasized the need to stay hidden.

"Where's Yuzu?"

"He just helped us complete the renovation, and now he is counting stars in the open space over there." The prosthetic Night Demon answered respectfully.

Li You also smiled. Youzi's interests remained unchanged. Why not let him go to college and become a civil engineer?

Okay, that one is too far away. Li You told Ai Ji: "Call Yuzi over, we are going back."

……

It was afternoon when they returned to Night City. This was originally the time for Mann and David to practice, but it was temporarily canceled today.

Li You drove to the garage of Skyscraper H4, and after only waiting for a short while, he saw the elevator coming down.

Gloria, David and Lucy walked off the elevator happily, Lucy holding David's hand, and Gloria walking aside with a smile on her face.

After the last incident, Lucy finally opened up to David.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that Lucy was trained as a hacker by Arasaka together with other orphans when she was young. The company told them at that time that they would work for Arasaka in the future and make a big difference for the children.

But in fact, Arasaka's purpose is to let a group of them sneak into the old network as a death squad to retrieve the data left behind by the company.

Diving deep into the old network was extremely dangerous, and Lucy's group of children suffered heavy casualties. Finally, when only a few people were left, they chose to resist and escaped.

Lucy wandered alone from then on, and finally came to Night City.

Here, she first met Qi Wei, then Mann, Li You and others, and finally David.

She could see that David was different from others. This big boy still had the color of the old times, a romantic and ideal atmosphere.

Lucy actually longs for such a person, but she knows her own situation better, so she never expresses her position in the face of David's kindness.

Until David used his actions to break down the high wall in her heart.

After that, Lucy finally decided to express her feelings.

Of course, unlike in the animation, David not only did not lose Gloria, but also gained a master named Li You who is now a quasi-legend. These are all David's elders.

Fortunately, Li You is very supportive of them, so Lucy has to consider whether Gloria will agree.

She had not responded to David originally, and the reason for this was that Gloria was a relatively traditional mother, and she probably didn't like a "daughter-in-law" like Lucy.

But Lucy still mustered up the courage to explain her origins to David and Gloria, and also expressed her feelings for David.

To her surprise, Gloria did not object. Instead, she expressed her support first and did not dwell on Lucy's origin at all. This is what she said to Lucy at that time: "I will ask you to take care of David from now on, my child."

Lucy's reaction at that time was that she was completely stunned at first, then tears welled up in her eyes, and she hugged Gloria.

Then Lucy and David became a couple and got mom’s approval.

Li You heard this from David later, but he was not surprised. After experiencing so much, Gloria's expectations for David's future have also changed. She no longer just hopes that he will "climb to the top of Arasaka Tower" as before, but fully supports him in doing what he wants to do.

At this point, Li You can finally say that David has nothing to do with the tragedy of the original world line.

If there were any potential threats, the most they would be...Arasaka, and Yorinobu.

However, Li You is not without countermeasures.

"Master——!!"

From a distance, David saw Li You standing by the car, immediately waved to him and ran over.

Li You came back to his senses, smiled and patted his shoulder, saying, "David, congratulations on your graduation!"

David laughed: "Hey, I am the number one in this class, Master!"

Li You laughed and said, "As expected of you! As promised, I have a gift for you."

Aggie felt from the back seat of the car, took out a cloth package and handed it to him. David untied it and saw that it was a cyberpunk-style samurai sword. The hollow blade and dark red handle exuded a murderous atmosphere.

"Uh-oh!" David became excited, "This is..."

Aiji nodded: "The samurai sword is also made by a master. It will be yours from now on."

David picked up the knife and waved it twice, feeling that it was very handy: "Thank you, Sister Aggie!"

Li You said: "This is what Ai Ji gave you, and I also have a gift."

David: "Huh?"

Li You snapped his fingers, and Yuzi, who was standing beside him, nodded, stretched out his hand, and lifted the tarpaulin on the rear body of the Merrimack, revealing the motorcycle underneath.

It was a Kusanagi "Peace Guardian" motorcycle. It was not as sharp as a sword like the ordinary model, but more mechanical. The orange and dark red paint made it look full of vitality.

When David saw this car, his first reaction was not excitement. Instead, he was stunned and looked at Li You: "Master, could it be that..."

Li You smiled and said: "Didn't you graduate today? That's just in time. You can officially debut as a mercenary. This car is not only to congratulate you on your graduation, but also your debut gift."

David was silent for a moment, then put away his smile and said firmly: "Don't worry, Master, I will never let you down!"

"Very good!" Li You nodded, "Here, here is the SID card. Let's go to my apartment!"

"Ok!"

David took the SID card, put the Kusanagi motorcycle on the ground with Yuzi's help, went up and tried it himself, and felt very satisfied.

He carried Lucy, Li You rode on Nazarei, and Aggie drove Yuzi and Gloria. The group of people immediately drove out of the garage and rushed to Li You's luxury apartment.

Today is David's graduation day, and Li You had already planned to celebrate him in his apartment. David will be coming of age in half a month, so we are celebrating together.

When everyone arrived, David and the others discovered that Mann's team had already arrived.

"Congratulations on your graduation, David!"

……

The banquet lasted until late at night. After drinking too much, the group went to Li You's apartment and slept separately. He had a big place anyway.

However, Li You himself was very sober. He was not the protagonist of the banquet. Moreover, with his physique, all the people here except Yuzi couldn't drink him.

He came to sit next to the small swimming pool outside the balcony and took out his mobile phone.

Just earlier today, he received an anonymous message asking him to call the phone inside at 11:30 tonight.

Li You can probably guess who sent the message, and now is the time for the appointment.

Seeing that no one else was there, Li You dialed the number.

"Beep beep beep——"

"…Hello?"

A familiar voice came, it was none other than Arasaka Yorinobu.

"You're on time."

Li You was noncommittal and asked: "What's the matter? Mr. Arasaka Yorinobu, are you planning to cooperate with me?"

Yori Xuan looked at him: "The basis of our cooperation is to ensure Adam's life. After you took him away, even Arasaka couldn't find any trace of him. This really impressed me."

"But again, in this case, how do you prove that he is still alive?"

Li You said: "This is really troublesome. If you don't have any black technology to confirm whether he is dead or alive, then I can only ask him to make a video call with you every once in a while... What do you think? ?”

Yori Xuan: "...Hmph."

"Forget it, I'll think of something else about this."

For some reason, Lai Xuan always seemed to be very talkative on this issue, and was not willing to force Li You at all. He seemed to be afraid of irritating Li You and chose to fight.

This also makes Li You more and more curious, how important is the heavy hammer to Yori Xuan's plan?

"You asked me to call you not just to talk about this, right?" Li You asked again.

"...Of course not. In fact, what I'm about to say is about Adam."

Yorinobu looked calm, "As you know, Adam is my bodyguard and Arasaka's security chief. As a legendary killer, he is often responsible for dealing with some of Arasaka's... enemies."

"Now he is in your hands, and this matter must be kept secret. At the same time, you also proposed to cooperate with me." Lai Xuan looked at Li You and said so many premises in one breath.

Li You understood: "So, do you want to leave the task that should have been handled by Heavy Hammer to me?"

Yori Xuan did not hide it: "That's exactly it."

"You want to collaborate, then this is a try, how about that?"

Li You thought for a while and said: "Tell me the content of the commission. As long as it is acceptable to my morals and emotions, I will accept it."

Yori Xuan also smiled slightly: "Is this the margin of 'quasi-legendary'? That's fine."

"Don't worry, to deal with ordinary minor characters, there is no need for Adam to take action, let alone you. What we have to deal with this time are other companies.

"Do you know who issued the commission that brought us into conflict, the chip theft this time?"

Li You casually guessed: "Military technology?"

Unexpectedly, Lai Xuan shook his head: "No, it's biotechnology. Although I suspect that it is actually military technology behind it, at least on the surface, it is the work of biotechnology."

"I know you have submitted the chip to the middleman. Fortunately, there is no confidential data in it, it is more just a project introduction and idea.

“But even so, Arasaka will not sit back and let other companies attack us without fighting back.

"So, I want you to replace Adam and deal with one of the leading researchers of Biotechnology in Night City, and let them understand that Arasaka's affairs are not something they can interfere with."

Li You said unexpectedly: "It's this kind of mission? I thought your personal interests did not overlap with Arasaka's."

Lai Xuan was stunned after hearing this: "...What do you mean?"

Although his tone was calm and he tried his best to control the micro-expressions on his face, the pause at that moment still betrayed his thoughts.

Li You naturally didn't say much: "It's okay, I just said casually. Compared with this, if it is dealing with biotechnology, then I will take it. Send me the detailed information."

Yori Xuan stared at him for a while and then said: "The mission information will be delivered to you through other means, but you must remember that no trace will be discovered, let alone that it is you who did it."

Li You nodded: "Okay, I understand."

"...Then, I'm looking forward to your good news." Lai Xuan glanced at Li You's expressionless face one last time and hung up the communication.

And Li You looked at his phone, thoughtfully: "The last time Lai Xuan made an appointment with Herman, it was just to see the development data of the Relic chip... It seems that that day is not far away?"

(End of this chapter)