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Chapter 329 The teachings of Zen masters

Zen Master, there are four linear side tasks in the game, and the content is basically the same, which is to teach V how to meditate.

In his words, this is to allow V to reconnect with "self".

Outside of the mission, you can also hear a little bit of news about him in Misty's computer and subsequent conversations.

Judging from these indirect information and V's own eyes, the characteristic of this Zen master is that he will suddenly appear in front of some people, meditate on Mewtwo for them, and teach people to meditate.

He will not take the initiative to ask others for anything. It is up to them to decide whether they want to learn meditation and whether they want to pay.

If you are willing, just give me a few hundred euros. If you don't want to, as long as you want to learn, he won't fall out and will still teach you meditation.

After the meditation, these people will find that the Zen master has disappeared without a trace.

From these aspects, he seems to be a truly profound master. However, what is even more bizarre is that not everyone can see his appearance.

It seems that only the person he is looking for can see his existence.

Li You was stunned after hearing the important speech he gave this time, but the Zen master continued:

Zen master: "..."

Li You had experienced Mewtwo before, and that was before he became a quasi-legend. At that time, he went to the Ritz Bar, paid some extra money, and invited the well-known Mewtwo editor, Judy · Alvarez helped him make adjustments.

Misty also half-jokingly said that he would only appear in front of dying people.

“…you seek change, a traveler from afar, you want the world to be a better place.”

What does it mean? Could it be that he was going to die? still…

Then, he took out a Mewtwo Ring from somewhere and handed it to Li You.

Li You thought for a while and decided to test the master, so in front of him, he took out... a Type 31 heavy machine gun from the system backpack.

However, he still took Mewtwo's ring and looked at it.

Li You frowned slightly. He parked the car on the side of the road and asked Yuzi and Aiji to wait for him in the car. Then he got out of the car and came to the Zen master sitting at the bus stop on the side of the road.

"Don't be nervous. I have no ill intentions towards you. Besides, even if I did, I can't do anything. This body is just a ray of... phantom."

“So, I will guide you and give you something you need most.

This is definitely not a coincidence. If the system was not still operating normally, Li You would have wanted to turn around and leave.

Li You's eyelids twitched. He didn't see where the master took out this thing from.

However, if you want to watch Mewtwo without installing a brain-computer chip, then you have to find a highly skilled Mewtwo editor and ask him to equip you with a full set of special equipment and keep an eye on your physical condition at all times, otherwise your brain will The risk of being burned would be much greater than for ordinary people in this world.

Because he found that since he came to the Zen master, his connection with the Sakura Dragon Divine Crystal in his body had been suppressed and became extremely weak, as if... the signal was blocked by something.

As expected, the Zen master started with shocking words and got straight to the point.

"You know how to meditate, you don't need to teach me, and the problems you want to solve are different from ordinary people.

But Li You didn't expect that he would appear in front of him.

Then he was seen taking the heavy machine gun gently and deftly, as if carrying a piece of paper, and placed it next to the bench.

He smiled and said, "Sorry, I heard someone say before that you seem to only appear in front of dying people, so I want to be careful."

"What about me? Are you here to help me too? What knowledge do you want to teach me?" Li You asked.

"Your arrival has changed many things, but there are more things that even you can't change, at least not you now."

Judging from these performances, this Zen master is obviously a man with real things... No, it's hard to say whether it's true or not.

He wasn't surprised that Li You transformed into something out of thin air, but he still seemed speechless by the "reward" he presented.

Seeing that the Zen master was as peaceful as he remembered, Li You didn't have any overreaction and sat down next to him.

The Zen master shook his head and nodded again: "Although it is biased, it is also a consequentialism. I will only show up in front of those who need help."

The principle of Mewtwo is that through a device called a "reality augmentation device" such as a headband, the recorded content is directly played in the nervous system of the experiencer. The headband will cause the brain to enter a tense, intense state through strong strobing. Trance, a state similar to light sleep, and then play the recorded content in this state.

The Zen master's speaking style is ambiguous. Li You certainly doesn't like this, but he doesn't dare to say to him, "Riddler, get out of Night City", so he can only go along with him.

After four meditations, Johnny didn't see or notice anything. However, the Zen master knew V and Johnny's situation very well. Although he didn't say it explicitly in his words, he said that he was very aware of V's predicament. Know that he has "two souls in his body."

The Zen master did not respond directly to Li You's question, but continued what he just said: "Although you are here with a mission, what you are seeking now has nothing to do with the mission. It is all based on your own desire for a beautiful place." beg."

This was mentioned in the emails between Misty's computer and her friends, and at the end of the mission, when V talked about this with Johnny, who was supposed to be of the same mind, he would also say that he had no idea what V was talking about. .

Compared with what he said just now, Li You was no longer surprised that the Zen master could detect such a small thing as his vigilance.

"As I just said, this is what you need to know now." The Zen master said, "As for the reward, it is all up to you."

"...It is precisely because of this that I came to meet you."

Although the Zen master should have a good temper, for example, V in the game would not say anything even if he got free stuff the whole time, but Li You still raised his guard before talking to him.

This process does not necessarily require the participation of a brain-computer chip, so in theory, even a native like him can watch Mewtwo. For example, Buddhists have this habit, and religious Mewtwo is also a big industry. .

Li You narrowed his eyes, looked into the Zen master's ancient and unrippled eyes for a moment, and asked: "So, what are the things that I can't change, and how can I change them?"

"How about this one?"

"…Can."

"Please take a seat."

That time I went to see Mewtwo to experience this thing. After all, it is a special entertainment project in the cyberpunk world, but more importantly, it was natural to get to know Judy and make friends.

Don't get me wrong, he is not interested in Judy, after all, he only likes women. But Judy is one of the important characters in the main plot of the game. Getting to know her in advance will be much more convenient if the plot involves her in the future.

But at that time, Li You didn't expect that there would be so many surprises later, so this move was not very useful.

But Li You also remembered that Judy told him at that time not to try Mewtwo with a ring on his own. He didn't have a brain-computer chip, so it was very dangerous.

So at this moment, Li You looked at the ring in his hand and hesitated for a moment.

"...Don't worry, it's safe." The Zen master saw through Li You's thoughts as usual.

"Okay." Li You put on the headband.

As the lights on both sides of the headband began to flicker, Li You's eyes fell into a trance. After flickering on and off, a completely different scene appeared in front of him.

What was a little unexpected was that what he saw was not the natural forest scene in the game when V was learning to meditate. It seemed that the Zen master was telling the truth when he said he wanted to teach him something special.

It's just... Li You always felt a little strange when he looked at the scene in front of him.

What is this place?
He looked around, the surroundings were vast, as if he was in a void, with nothing else but himself.

When Li You looked up, he saw the boundless sky. When he looked down, it seemed that there were clouds blocking it.

"Why does it look a bit like...Xianxiang?"

As soon as this thought came to his mind, his whole person, or rather his whole body, suddenly swooped down!

"Huwuwu——"

The roar of the wind echoed in his ears, and he flew down from the sky almost instantly, passed through the thick clouds, and emerged from below.

Li You opened his eyes, and his eyes were wide open.

The tops of the green peaks are covered with snow, and the water in the valleys between the mountains is gurgling, and finally merges into a large river in the distance.

At the top of the peaks, there was a building that looked like an altar. Li You's vision transcended the limitations of space and saw clearly the people lining up on it.

Their clothes are all ancient and simple. Li You can't tell which dynasty they belong to, but they are obviously in the style of ancient China. But what's more obvious is that they... all look particularly small.

There were faint sounds of chanting in his ears, which seemed familiar, but he couldn't catch it if he listened closely.

Li You was still a little stunned when he heard a clear and long chant coming from his mouth, and then he flew past again, heading straight for the altar!

"call--!!"

Just when he was about to reach the sky above the altar, there was a flash of light in front of his eyes, and the scene changed again.

This time, he was in the center of a gorgeous palace, seemingly sitting on a high platform, with thousands of people worshiping in front of him.

Still unable to see any details clearly, Li You could only feel the atmosphere, majestic, solemn and aloof.

Then, the scene in front of him changed again. This time, the surrounding environment became extremely cold. Strong streams of water hit him. He dived deep into the abyss and headed towards an unknown distance.

All kinds of emotions were surging in his heart, even more so than the undercurrents around him, leaving Li You no time to distinguish them one by one.

But the most obvious emotion is still confusion, and the anger that comes with it.

At this time, light seemed to appear in the dark abyss. He seemed to see the end point, grabbed the life-saving straw, and swam quickly towards the light.

Just before he came into contact with the light, Li You's eyes suddenly went dark.

"what--!!"

In the real world, Li You suddenly stood up, took off Chaomeng's ring, and gasped for breath.

"Haah, ha..."

"What just now, could it be..." He looked at the bench aside. To his surprise, the Zen master was still sitting quietly with his eyes closed. He did not disappear immediately after watching Chaomeng like he did to V.

Meeting his gaze, the Zen master raised his head and asked:
"What do you feel?"

Li You: "...I can't describe it."

The Zen master smiled and said, "I know you have many questions, but I'm sorry, even I can't answer them all for you."

"What you just saw is not what I prepared for you. You are surrounded by extremely deep resentments. I just took out the strongest memories and emotions from those resentments, weakened them, and let you experience it.

"So, everything you see is what 'He' wants you to know."

Li You was stunned: "What do you mean..."

The Zen master shook his head: "I don't have anything specific to say. What you can understand from what you just saw is your own business."

"However, these alone are not helpful, so I will also leave you with the super dream of meditation. If you can absorb the essence of it, you can also take your own meditation method a step further, and it will also have a positive impact on your relationship with 'him'. Benefits.”

As he spoke, he took out four Mewtwo chips, then took off the simple altar hanging around his neck, and handed them to Li You together.

"Take it, this is all the help I can give you."

Li You took it and just looked at it. He was just stunned when the Zen master disappeared. Only his voice remained in his ears.

"After this time, we will never see each other again. I hope you can make the right choice now and in the future."

Li You looked around, trying to catch the Zen master, but found nothing, and couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

To be honest, he didn't expect that what the Zen master showed him would be something like this.

So the question is, how does this help his current situation?

He thought this, and then tried to communicate with the Sakura Dragon Divine Crystal in his body. He was surprised to find that the connection between this divine crystal and himself was suddenly much closer than before.

If you want to quantify it, it means that the Sakura Dragon divine power he can mobilize now is at least twice as much as before.

Not only that, Li You also clearly felt that the Sakura Dragon's blood shadow inside the divine crystal had become more active than before, but the resentment was obviously much calmer and less threatening.

"...This is really a big help."

Li You looked at the four Mewtwo chips in his hand. There is no doubt that these should be the four meditation techniques that V learned in the game.

According to Zen masters, it will also be beneficial for him to learn and absorb these four methods.

So Li You stopped delaying, put away the Mewtwo ring, chip and altar, and returned to the car.

Aggie asked strangely: "What were you doing there just now?"

Li You looked at her: "Just now...did you feel anything from the spiritual link?"

Aggie's reaction at this time was similar to Johnny in the game, with a face full of "What are you talking about?", so Li You suddenly felt at ease and said: "...It's okay, let's go back first, and I will explain to you slowly."

He said and drove all the way back to his apartment.

……

Two days later, Chambi Building.

Li You held the Light Canon and still recited the teachings to the previous group of Arasaka employees.

The content has not been modified much, and the entire process is basically the same. The only difference is that Li You points his faith to the Yinglong Divine Crystal in his body.

Yes, he has decided to do this, and the risk is controllable.

After carefully studying the meditation Mewtwo given by the Zen master and learning the four meditation methods on "earth, water, fire, wind (qi)", he really realized something, and he will learn from the world of Sekiro. The inner chi meditation method was adapted with great results.

The meditation method in the world of Sekiro is to only observe oneself, with the core of grasping the flow of energy, which is actually quite partial. After incorporating the four-element meditation method, Li You was able to meditate inwardly and communicate with the outside world.

Although there is no special function that can be seen yet, this method of meditation really allowed him to establish a deeper connection with the Sakura Dragon Divine Crystal.

In the process, he also touched a little bit of the essence of the Sakura Dragon Divine Crystal, and understood how to better use this power.

To put it bluntly, he has gained some administrative rights over the divine crystal.

So now, he is confident that during the brainwashing ceremony, the beliefs of these Arasaka employees can communicate and interact with the Sakuraryu Divine Crystal, so as to maintain the effectiveness of the brainwashing for a long time.

The ceremony ended quickly. Yori Xuan looked at him and asked: "It seems that the process has not changed much... Are you sure this is fine?"

Li You breathed a sigh of relief, put away the Light Book, and said: "We are basically sure. All we need to do next is to observe it. The previous effect can only last for three days at most. I think we will see the results after three days."

Lai Xuan also nodded: "I can still afford to wait for three days. Compared with this, you said you were going to Dog Town to do something..."

Li You replied: "Just tonight. I will bring the elite there."

Yori Xuan understood immediately: "Is the new 'Hammer' type prosthetic body Night Demon completed?"

Li You nodded: "The same goes for prosthetic King Kong."

"Very good." A hint of joy appeared on Yori Xuan's face, but he quickly suppressed it and said, "In this way, our combat effectiveness will not be a problem at all."

"It won't be a problem even without them." Li You smiled, "Are you looking down on me or V?"

"Of course not, after all, you are the one who can defeat Adam with a knife." Yori Xuan also understood that he was joking, but still explained, "But in the possible war with...that person's power, what we need is More anchors to hold the battle together, you alone are not enough.”

Li You naturally agreed to this. If he only wanted to solve the problem by himself, then he would not release so many night demons in the world.

So he didn't say any more and just said: "I may bring one or two prosthetic Vajras or a heavy hammer to Dog Town, just in case."

"it is good."

After chatting with Lai Xuan here, Li You left the Cangbi Building and went to the Bati Hotel in the Pacific this time to start arranging the evening's actions.

He also had to consider who he would take with him. After all, he was going to the notorious "Dog Town" this time.

Dog Town is a newly added map in the Shadows of the Past DLC, right next to Taipingzhou.

This used to be the bridgehead of the new American army in Night City during the Unification War, and the original Colonel Kurt Hansen was the officer leading the army.

New America originally planned to attack Night City, but Arasaka intervened and the aircraft carrier docked directly at the port of Night City, forcing New America and Military Technology to choose peace talks, and the bridgehead was abandoned.

As for the sudden end of the war, a series of soldiers headed by Hansen, as well as agents from the new American platoon, were abandoned here, never to be cared about again.

Colonel Hansen was not angry about this, and he was not willing to be abandoned and die miserably on the roadside, so he led his large soldiers to take the Dog Town area as his own.

He also negotiated with other companies, Cuba and other external forces in exchange for support, and finally succeeded in taking over the mountain and becoming the king, turning Dog Town into a city within the city of Night City, existing in a semi-independent form next to Taipingzhou.

Therefore, today's Dog Town is the most chaotic place in Night City. The people inside are mixed and cannot be touched by the NCPD. All order is under the management of Colonel Hansen.

This is where Li You wants to go. As for the reason, it is for the "legacy" left behind by military technology.

Underground in Dog Town, there are more than one secret military technology facility buried. Inside are records related to confidential research projects, as well as some of the research results of those projects. They are all left underground in Dog Town, waiting for others to discover them.

And others may not know it, but Li You knows very well what military science and technology research is.

It is a secret project, "Little Beidou", that attempts to penetrate the black wall and weaponize rogue AI.

I have mentioned the dangers of the black wall before. The Voodoo Gang's attempts to punch holes in the black wall will cause rogue AI to invade the network here and cause serious harm. This also prompted Li You to kill them. One of the reasons.

Military technology is even more ruthless. It wants to pass through the black wall and capture the ferocious wandering AIs on the other side to use as weapons.

In this regard, Li You can only comment that each company is better at committing suicide than the other.

Of course, the "Little Beidou" project was declared a failure half a century ago, but its residual data is still sleeping underground in Dog Town.

No matter what consideration, Li You will not let it go.

Likewise, he will not give this data to Yori Xuan until it is retrieved. It's one thing to trust Yori Xuan, but this kind of thing is still too dangerous. It's best to disappear completely. He just needs to hand over the evidence that military technology is doing this kind of research to Yori Xuan.

Of course, in addition to information related to the "Little Beidou" project, other storages in these underground research institutes are also very valuable.

For example, in a certain underground research facility, there is the "neural matrix" hidden. According to Lark in Shadow of the Past, that thing can destroy her body that was destroyed by the black wall, or V's body that was destroyed by the relic. Cure it, it's also one of the causes of the Shadows of the Past story.

In addition, in the warehouse of Colonel Hansen, lies the boss at the beginning of the plot of Shadow of the Past - the military technology tank robot "Chimera", which has quite good combat capabilities.

In addition, a large amount of combat analysis data of military technology, various tactical information, and perhaps some confidential documents of military technology can also be found in the underground facilities.

These things are of little use to Li You, but if handed over to Lai Xuan, they can become one of the trump cards against military technology.

Therefore, although Dog Town is in chaos, the underground research facilities here are equivalent to a secret treasure house of military technology, and Li You is... quite interested in the things inside.

This is one of the "preparations" that Li You had planned to do for a long time.

Of course, there was no need to be too anxious here, and there was also no need to act before Yorinobu returned to Tokyo.

Because the "wealth" of Dog Town will be used to strengthen Arasaka's strength in the future, even if it is acquired now, it will not be put to use until Yorinobu successfully controls Arasaka's power.

But... Li You is in a hurry now, and he has no other arrangements for the past two days.

And it happened that Mr. Hands also sent an invitation, so Li You followed the trend and decided to settle the matter here now.

Sitting in the Badi Hotel, Li You thought over and over again at the screen and finalized the personnel for this operation.

"Just you."

(End of this chapter)