Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 334 Johnny Silverhand wakes up here!
Li You didn't wait long.

On the third day after this day, Yori Xuan quickly flew back to Night City.

It was late at night when he came back, but after receiving his message, Li You immediately jumped out of bed and rushed to the penthouse suite of Kanbi Building.

"——Did you succeed!?"

Li You asked as soon as he entered the door.

Yori Xuan was standing in front of the coffee table in the hall at this time, with the high-imitation version of Adam Hammer guarding him. The other cybernetic night demons were on guard, and two more were holding a blond man with glasses, standing beside him. Yori Nobu's other side.

Naturally, this old friend is the R&D leader of the relic project and Arasaka’s chief engineer, Anderson Herman.

But at this time, he was being held by two prosthetic night demons. He was sweating profusely. He kept wiping the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief, but he was still so nervous that he could hardly speak.

It was obvious that Yori Nobu was supposed to be saying something to him.

Hearing Li You's voice, Lai Xuan turned his head, with a victorious smile on his lips and determination in his eyes.

Lai Xuan then looked at Herman and said, "Okay, don't wipe your sweat. You can take your time to think about what I just said. I'm not in a hurry, as long as you can make a rational choice between me and my father in the end." "

Many players don't realize why the Shadows of the Past DLC is set after V has at least completed the main mission of the Voodoo Gang?
The answer is actually very simple, because in the main mission of the Voodoo Gang, Maman Bridget used this chip that stored the personality imprint of Johnny Silverhand to establish contact with Ultra outside the black wall, and Relic also became associated with Blackwall.

Li You understood immediately and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

Yori Nobu's tone had turned into a command, and by this time, he had completely stopped pretending in front of Herman.

What's more, Li You's use of Herman is still useful.

And just in time, Li You, who took over the subnet and data fortress inherited from the Voodoo Gang, and turned Bridget, Neptune, Slider and others into cybernetic Night Demons, was fully capable of contacting Ultra.

He and Yorinobu exchanged a look, then nodded to each other.

Herman sweated again and said: "Well... to tell you the truth, I have a special tablet in my hand. However, judging from the number of this chip, the owner of the imprinted data here is the five-year-old The terrorists who blew up Arasaka Tower ten years ago!”

Apart from anything else, Lai Xuan couldn't just steal a chip here and Herman just knock out three more chips. Wouldn't his work be in vain?
Well, actually this is not the key, the quantity is not the issue, the key point is the Arasaka secret represented by the chip itself, so no matter how many pieces Yorinobu steals or how many pieces are left in the laboratory, Saburo will always come.

Seeing that the chip seemed to be functioning normally, Li You and Lai Xuan looked at each other and felt reassured.

The three people at the table, Herman, Lai Xuan and Li You, all looked at the mark that emerged, and he opened his eyes accordingly.

But that didn't stop him from catching Herman.

"...I'm fucking...where is this?"

Li You has also speculated whether Saburo Arasaka in the original game world line deliberately let Yorinobu go, or whether his strangulation to death was an unexpected incident.

"...No, wait, no, no, no. That's impossible!"

Of course, the man outlined by the data is the Night City legend, Johnny Silverhand.

But even in the game, Yorinobu did not let go of the chess piece Herman, which can already illustrate his importance.

So their plan is still the same. Relic is of great significance to Saburo Arasaka, it is his key to the door to eternal life. After knowing that the Relic experimental chip was stolen, Saburo would immediately be able to think of Yori Xuan, and then he would run to Night City to get his things back.

Just like the neural matrix is ​​to the Shadows of the Past DLC, the relic chip is a key prop that runs through the main plot of the main body. Even the DLC plot can be connected to V, thanks to this chip.

The original Yori Xuan in the game had an apparent plan to sell the Relic chip to network surveillance. No one knew his specific plan. Li You also didn’t know if the involvement of the Voodoo Gang in the background of the game was the same as in this world. There is the shadow of Yori Nobu.

"You are the development engineer of Relic. From 1.0 to today's 2.0, you have been handling the project." Lai Xuan looked at him, "I also know that Relic has a special reading device that can be activated on a portable device. imprint.”

"What, are there any difficulties?"

"Stop talking nonsense and activate it for me."

——It’s time to break the dog tag, old man!
As for Anderson Herman, although one of the prerequisite technologies of the Relic chip, "Soul Killer", was developed by Otto, most of the research on the chip was led by Herman, so he is also very important.

In this way, Li You and Lai announced the key step in the game and could achieve it.

And similarly, before that, the role of the relic chip itself is also very critical. It will be an important bait to attract Saburo Arasaka to Night City.

It was a middle-aged man with slightly curly long hair, wearing a tactical vest and leather trousers, with a dog tag on his chest and a pair of aviator sunglasses.

The tablet projects a stream of data light, outlining the appearance of a human figure in mid-air.

As for Silverhand, unlike the main plot in the game, he woke up in the form of a pure imprint this time, so he quickly understood what happened.

Of course, for Li You, the role of relic is the same as for the Voodoo Gang. They all hope to use this chip to contact Ultra. Lark has to step aside for the time being. It has nothing to do with her now.

"I want a device like that now, and you are responsible for activating this chip."

But even he would not have thought that he would not be able to go back this time.

"It's good to have the things."

However, judging from everything that followed, at least Yorinobu's choice to say goodbye to his father and laugh at his son in anger was beyond Saburo's expectations.

Even though Herman was still reluctant, he could only obediently take out the tablet, and then took out the relic chip from the special suitcase-like container placed on the table, inserted it into it, and made simple settings. Activate it.

There was no expression on Yori Xuan's face: "Of course I know. So what? He is just a mark now. Is it possible that he can jump out and blow up the Cyanbi Building again?"

It is precisely because of this that the larks that wander around the black wall every day can communicate with the relic chip in V's brain through the black wall protocol, and thus start a conversation with V.

Herman was also stunned, and then he understood what Lai Xuan meant: "...Do you want me to activate this chip with a relic tablet? This..."

"...You, you say." Herman was still sweating coldly.

"Rather than that, I have something to tell you now."

Although the entire body of the human figure projected by the data optical flow is pure blue, his prosthetic left arm is still very eye-catching.

He raised his hands and looked at his body, which was made up of pure data. Under the transparent limbs, the real environment behind could be vaguely seen, cruelly revealing the facts in front of him.

"I'm...dead?" Silver Hand was stunned at first, and then became furious.

"No! I don't believe it! This is just a copied mark. I must still be alive somewhere!"

He suddenly turned his head and glanced at Li You and Yori Xuan, especially Yori Xuan. His face was somewhat similar to Saburo's, and Gin Shou immediately focused his attention on him.

"That Arasaka dog over there! What is your relationship with Saburo Arasaka? You must know why I became like this! Tell me quickly! Otherwise I will kill you!"

Yori Xuan didn't answer, just looked at Gin Hands. He is thinking.

Li You was also thinking, but his thinking was a little outside the box.

There has always been a saying in the 2077 player circle that Yori Xuan is a fan of Silver Hand, but Li You has checked this rumor before and found no evidence.

So is Yorinobu a Gintate fan?
On the side, looking at Ginkate who was still furious even though it was just a data imprint, Yori Xuan finally said: "Turn off the tablet."

"How dare you!" Johnny was furious.

Yori Xuan glanced at him, with no expression on his face. He only said: "Johnny Silverhand, the representative of the rebels in cyberpunk, a former legend."

“Unfortunately, even you can only destroy a useless building.

"-Turn it off."

"You he…"

Before Johnny could finish speaking, Herman on the side quickly picked up the tablet, turned off the power, and Johnny's data image disappeared immediately.

Li You: Well, it seems that Yori Xuan is not.

Thinking about it, Yorinobu and Gingtou are somewhat similar characters in terms of settings. They are contemporaries and rebels against the company. Even their professions in board games are rock boys, and they are almost full of charm.

It would not be surprising if Yori Nobu in the 2020s would identify with Silver Hand, but after these decades, Yori Nobu's vision and ideas have changed significantly - the only thing that has not changed is his consistent ideals and beliefs.

Today's Yorinobu has long given up on the path Silverhand once took, which was to attack Arasaka and giant corporations through pure violence. It was the series of subsequent effects of the nuclear bomb detonated by Silver Hand at the old Arasaka Tower that made Yorinobu understand that giant corporations cannot be knocked down from the outside.

That's why he decided to take the path he is on now.

For a person like Yori Nobu, what has supported him in his solo career so far is not the deeds and figures of some idols, but the indestructible ideals and beliefs in his heart.

Therefore, even if we take a step back and say that Yorinobu was really a fan of Johnny Silverhand back then, he must have already understood the true nature of Silverhand, and his attitude will naturally change.

At this time, Lai Xuan looked at Li You: "Then, I will leave this chip to you, and proceed according to our plan."

Li You also nodded: "It's ready."

Herman on the side wiped his sweat: "Um, then I..."

"Don't worry, I won't forget you." Li You turned his head and gave him a friendly smile, "If you want to come with me, I can still use you."

Herman: "!?"

"No, I..."

"You have no choice."

Li You snapped his fingers, and the prosthetic Night Demon following Herman stepped forward and locked him, lifting him up.

"Oh my God, let me go! I'm going, I just go by myself!"

Li You looked at Lai Xuan: "I'll take the Relic chip and Herman away. I'll find you again when I contact that person over there."

"Arasaka Saburo, he will probably be here soon. Please be careful."

Yori Xuan also nodded with a solemn expression. He would never despise the person he called his father at any time.

"Then we will proceed as planned. In order to avoid more butterfly effects, let me handle everything here."

As he spoke, he looked at the high imitation heavy hammer behind him and the prosthetic night demons around him.

"With them here, I should be able to handle most situations. Besides, there is also the secret weapon you prepared."

Li You nodded: "Indeed."

The so-called secret weapon actually refers to V. When Saburo Arasaka arrives in Night City to look for Yorinobu, in addition to "Hammer" and the cybernetic night demons, V will also be on standby at Kanbi Building, just in case.

Li You will not participate in the whole process unless he receives news from Lai Xuan.

He has inserted the primitive gun next to the bedside table in the bedroom of the suite, and can teleport over at any time if necessary.

Yorinobu has great experience in dealing with Saburo Arasaka. He said that Saburo should not be suspicious this time.

Even if Saburo finds out that the Relic chip test product is gone, and with the foreshadowing of Yorinobu's actions in the past few days, he will only think that Yorinobu wants to use this to cause trouble for Arasaka. This is the perfect cover-up.

Even Saburo Arasaka would never have imagined that in the eyes of his good son Yorinobu, even relic is just a bait now.

Li You took the special tablet and Herman himself, left the Cangbi Building, and went to the underground of Taipingzhou Jingxin Chapel without stopping.

Here, the cybernetic night demons who were originally hackers of the Voodoo Gang are already ready. As long as Li You gives an order, they can enter the deep dive state and go there with the imprint of Johnny Silverhand. Black wall border.

Among these people, Bridget and Slider, the two most important people in charge, were busy adjusting the equipment at this time.

However, Li You was not in a hurry to let them try to contact Ultra. If nothing else, he still had to talk to Johnny first, just in case. Otherwise, it would be fun if Johnny blew some wind in AI Ultra's ear and let her burn all the brains of the cybernetic night demons.

So Li You took Herman and entered the quiet compartment that the night demons had just built. Here, he activated the special tablet with the relic chip again and projected Johnny's image.

Johnny, who had been forced to shut down his phone for a while, became much calmer when he came out this time, and didn't curse when he came up.

After all, relic has been activated now, which means that his consciousness is always awake, but he cannot control his temporary body-this tablet.

Once Li You turned off the tablet at this time, he had to endure the seemingly endless waiting in complete nothingness.

So Johnny was able to see the outside world again, and Johnny became much more cautious.

He glanced around, and this time his virtual dancing eyes fell on Li You, asking: "...who are you? Where is the Arasaka dog just now?"

Li You looked at him and said: "Johnny Silverhand, nice to meet you. My name is Li You, and I am a mercenary. As for the 'Arasaka family dog' you call, his name is Arasaka Yorinobu, and he is the one who brought you from Arasaka." It was stolen from Saburo's laboratory, otherwise you would still be serving as a guinea pig for Saburo."

Johnny narrowed his eyes when he heard this, then looked at Li You and Herman beside him, and said, "Oh? So what? You won't tell me that he wants to save me, right? Don't be so funny. I laughed."

Li You told the truth: "That's not true. He stole the relic chip mainly to attack Saburo Arasaka, and secondly to contact Ott Cunningham outside the black wall. It has nothing to do with you personally."

Johnny Silverhand's eyes jumped immediately: "...Ultra? Black Wall?"

Only then did Li You remember something: "Oh, that's right. You weren't inserted into other people's minds this time, and you couldn't see other people's memories."

"Then let's make a long story short. First of all, Mr. Silverhand, it is already 2076, and it will soon be 77. Several decades have passed since the era of your activities.

"For the past fifty years, you have been lying in the shrine of Arasaka, serving as a guinea pig for Saburo Arasaka's immortality plan. You have no idea what is happening in the outside world. There have been too many changes over the years. "Herman, here. Our legend talks about the major events of these years. "

Herman muttered "Why me", but he did not dare to object. He could only step forward and clear his throat and said: "Ahem! Then I'll start with when you blew up Arasaka Tower..."

Johnny looked at Herman's suit and the temperament revealed in his every move, and knew that he was a company dog ​​through and through, and he couldn't help but show obvious disgust on his face.

But he did not have an attack. He had been forced to accept his situation and he knew that the most important thing at the moment was to understand the current situation in the world.

As Herman told it, Johnny roughly understood the major events of these years.

From Arasaka's defeat in the Fourth Corporate War, the arrival of the Red Era, the establishment of the Black Wall, to the unification war launched by the new United States, and Arasaka's intervention, the situation in Night City has changed repeatedly, and it is completely different from what it was back then.

"...Um, that's pretty much the most important events in recent years." Herman finally finished his story, looked at Johnny who seemed to be still deep in thought, and then turned to look at Li You, who waved his hand. He stood down.

As for Johnny, after thinking for a moment, he suddenly became furious: "Go to hell!!"

"It's been so many years, why hasn't this bullshit world changed!? The company still has the final say! Those songs I wrote and those things I did back then were all fucked up!"

He looked at Li You again: "You, mercenary! Let me ask you, after so many years, have you still not learned to resist!? You only know how to be a dog for the company? For the little leftovers they reward?"

Li You raised his eyebrows: "You know that I'm being used as a dog for the company again?"

Johnny was obviously overly excited: "What else? Arasaka Yorinobu, isn't he the son of that old bastard Saburo? Aren't you his dog?"

"Let me guess, looking at your skin and tender flesh, are you usually responsible for taking care of him in bed? Isn't a rich man like him different from other people?"

Johnny cursed loudly, choosing the most unpleasant words to irritate Li You.

Li You didn't care about his bad mouth at first. He could only curse a few words to get rid of it anyway, but...

"Forehead…"

A familiar voice came from the door at the back. Li You looked back and saw V standing there with a slightly strange expression.

"...Am I disturbing you?"

Li You: "..."

I was fucked.

He coughed and said: "...No, come in. I was chatting with this Mr. Johnny Silverhand. Unfortunately, he didn't seem to like me very much. He started to curse without saying a few words and spread rumors here. , all he said were nonsense, I didn’t even bother to talk about him.”

V had already come to him and patted his shoulder after hearing this: "No need to explain, I understand."

Li You: "......"

Johnny in mid-air looked at V again: "Who is this little cousin?"

V also looked at him and said nonchalantly: "I'm just a part-time worker, don't worry about me. Instead of this, you continue talking, what about the follow-up just now? I haven't heard enough."

Li You's facial muscles twitched slightly: "...It's almost done."

He suddenly reached out and grabbed the tablet on the table, and shook it hard twice. The shaking made Johnny's image jump and flicker, and Johnny even yelled: "Let me go!"

Li You adjusted the settings of the tablet, shrinking Johnny's data image to only a dozen centimeters high, and then gave him a kind smile.

"Mr. Johnny Silverhand, since you don't want to talk properly now, I'm not in a hurry. Let's communicate slowly."

"Don't worry, I won't turn off the tablet, but instead, I'm going to play some 'soothing music' for you."

Johnny stared at Li You fiercely: "What on earth do you want to do!?"

Li You sneered: "Let you appreciate the new creations of the people in recent years!"

He called Bridget in outside the door and gave a few instructions. Bridget immediately ran outside. After a while, she ran back with a laptop and placed the computer on the table next to the tablet.

Johnny: "...?"

"What the hell are you doing..."

"Don't worry, Mr. Silverhand." Li You snapped his fingers, "It'll be over soon."

Bridget did a few operations on the computer, brought up the player, and opened an unnamed file.

Then, a pleasant electronic sound sounded, which was the reading software starting to recite the specified text.

"——Hello everyone, I wrote a short story, I hope you like it: I wrote it after watching the band's curtain call concert, and I can't wait to share it with you!"

"Johnny Kerry CP, I love you forever!!"

Johnny: “!??”

"Wait, what the f*ck are you going to do, what the f*ck is this!?"

Li You pressed pause first, then looked at him, grinning and showing his white teeth, smiling brightly: "This is a fanfic created by Lili Silverhand, a senior fan of Samurai Band. Yes, it is. Your text with Kerry.”

"Let me think about it, the title of this article seems to be...oh, that's right.

"——"Gay Love Omelette"."

Looking at Li You's bright smile, even though Johnny was a data body, he couldn't help but feel an illusion, as if a chill ran down his back.

"You...you damn, you can't, you can't do this!"

Li You said: "What are you talking about? This is a careful creation by your loyal fans. It is said to be very popular in the fan circle. If you don't take a look, wouldn't you be sorry for these fans?"

"Ah, by the way, I asked them to find the limited full version, which contains 18 banned contents."

Johnny: "!!"

"You guy..."

"It's not over yet." Li You interrupted again, his smile even brighter, "In addition to "Gee Love Omelette", there are also Lili Silverhand's follow-up works "Johnny and the Shocking Secret", as well as the most popular fan website Welcome CP articles with various ways of playing and arrows.”

"Oh, by the way, there are other fandom fans here. Based on Lili's article, they used software to create short video clips... I will play these in a loop here, so you can enjoy them slowly."

Johnny: "!!!"

"You fucking-!!"

Johnny wanted to curse again, but Li You had already pressed the play button again, and the electronic sound of reciting "Gay Love Omelette" continued to come from the computer, and the main text had already begun.

As for Li You, he had already left the room with V and Herman, leaving Johnny here to enjoy it alone.

When he closed the door, Johnny's angry and unwilling roar was also isolated.

V finally couldn't hold it back: "...You don't have to treat me like this, right?"

Li You's face was expressionless: "It's just a courtesy, and this is not the same."

He remembered that according to the setting, Johnny was not a straight man and could accept male partners, so the most he did was to mess with his mentality.

But after all, Li You doesn't want to embarrass Johnny. It's best to cooperate with him, so this level should be just right.

V didn't care. She had no interest in the Samurai Band. She just said, "Just make your own plans."

Herman on the side coughed at this moment and asked in a low voice: "Um...is there anything else on my side? If not..."

Li You then looked at him: "Of course something happened. And you don't think you can still leave, do you?"

Herman's face immediately drooped: "Well... can you give me some hope?"

"There is hope. When Yorinobu and I successfully kill Saburo Arasaka, you will be free and can go back and continue to be the research director."

Herman: "..."

He didn't speak anymore, but it could be seen from his expression that he didn't think Li You and Lai Xuan could succeed at all.

Li You naturally saw through his thoughts, and instead of saying anything to him, he started assigning tasks.

"You have to do another thing next. Since the relic chip can be activated in the tablet, it should also be able to interact with other electronic products.

"I need you to come up with a design drawing and make an adapter or the like so that the chip can be connected to various electronic devices. Can you do it?"

Herman was stunned, but this time he answered quickly: "The essence of Relic is a special chip. It also has a dedicated tablet, so this shouldn't be difficult. But what kind of device do you want to connect it to? You have to provide Shall I say something?”

Li You thought for a while and said, "Then... let's study the smart pistol first."

"...Okay." Herman didn't object. At least there was something he could do to make him less depressed.

Li You called two night demons, took him down, and asked others to stand by at the door of the compartment. They watched Johnny's movements before leaving the underground base with V.

He originally wanted to go back first and also send V to Kanbi Building. But when he came to the chapel on the ground, he was surprised to see the Mann team, David and Lucy, all waiting for him here.

"What are you..."

"Li You." Mann took a step forward and said in a deep voice, "I know that you are now a quasi-legend. You are well-known on the road and have many people under you. If you have any work, you may not need us anymore. "

"But we old friends don't want to just enjoy the benefits of your fame. If you have something big to do, we also hope to be able to help."

David also said: "Master, I know that you have been busy with very important things recently, and I also know that you don't seem to want us to participate."

He looked at Sasha on the side and then continued: "Sasha and I also communicated. Master, you have been working with Arasaka recently to do something big, right? It may even be bigger than our imagination. You I don’t want us to interfere, I think it’s also for our safety.”

"But Master, I am no longer a rookie, and Mann and the others are even more so. We all hope to be able to help you, instead of... just watching from behind. After all, we are cyberpunks."

As for Sasha, she didn't say anything this time, she just looked at Li You intently.

On the Mann team's side, Dorio, Rebecca, and Pyrrha either had confident smiles on their faces, or even though they seemed unwilling, they had no intention of giving in. Including Lucy next to David, smoking a cigarette and standing firmly with the others.

Li You: "You..."

Looking at everyone's expressions, even if he wanted to refuse, he couldn't say it.

V suddenly patted Li You on the shoulder: "They have already talked about this, are you still planning to refuse? They are all good players. If they can join, it will be a strength."

Li You was helpless and finally nodded: "Okay, since you all said so."

"Hahaha, okay!" Mann laughed, "That's it!"

David and others also smiled, but Sasha, although she was also very happy, looked at V next to Li You and narrowed her eyes slightly.

Li You seems to be willing to listen to this company woman!
He is indeed a competitor!

Sasha secretly clenched his fists and decided to pay more attention.

But when she looked at V, she didn't expect that V suddenly turned his head and looked at her, and their eyes intertwined in mid-air.

Sasha: "...huh?"

She saw V looking at her, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a meaningful smile.

Sasha: "!?"

Could this woman be...

But Li You didn't notice the exchange between the two. He clapped his hands and began to explain to David, Mann and others.

"I can't fully explain what I'm doing now. I can only tell you that I want to deal with Arasaka and Saburo Arasaka."

Mann and others looked at each other: Good guy, even though you were mentally prepared, you still dropped a bombshell!

"I say this first and foremost to tell everyone that what I have to do is very difficult and the risk is extremely high. I will never mind anyone who doesn't want to take this risk."

But everyone looked at each other, and no one left in the end.

"...Fuck, isn't he the emperor of Arasaka? Who is afraid of whom?"

Pyrrha's words actually attracted everyone's approval.

"That's right! If you can fight Arasaka head-on, you can become famous even if you die!"

Li You: "..."

Don't plant a flag for yourself at this time.

But everyone’s attitude was very clear, so he coughed and said:
"Okay. Then, let me tell you the tasks at this stage first..."

(End of this chapter)