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Chapter 146 Mechanical Body

In a fast food restaurant.

Weiwei wolfed down instant noodles while Huo Yanluo and Bai Lang sat beside her drinking.

"You said she's an NPC? But there's no such person in the game guide..."

Outside the store, Zhou Yuan, Jiang Wuming, and the orc Will were gathered together to discuss.

Will had almost read through all the guides for the Night City dungeon but couldn't find any related tasks for this NPC.

But this was Wang Zhen who said it after all, and everyone had seen his ability to obtain information before, so Will could only scratch his head: "I'll submit this matter first. Someone will leave the game plane tonight and take out all kinds of information."

In order to facilitate the actions of the extraordinary people in the game plane, the Control Bureau has long protected the game company's screenwriters, designers and other important personnel, requiring them to tell all the plot details and design ideas.

When the time comes, just find the screenwriter of this copy and ask him who Weiwei is, which can save a lot of unnecessary investigation time.

However, since the speed of time flows differently between the game plane and the real world, it would take at least eight hours to get the answer.

"This little girl is about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a fair and tender face. She doesn't look like a low-class person. She should be the child of a wealthy family in Night City. But she has no prosthetics on her body, which is a bit strange." Jiang Wuming pinched his chin thoughtfully.

Installing prosthetics is a very common phenomenon in the Night City dungeon. Even for children of a few years old, if their families are rich, they will install some prosthetics to assist in learning. It is rare for a child to have no prosthetics at all.

"But we still have a mission, take her with us..."

Before Jiang Wuming could finish his words, a bullet flew towards him from somewhere, and his head exploded like a watermelon in an instant. Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and red and white splashed all over Zhou Yuan and Will.

The roar of gunfire could be heard in the distance, and two street gangs started fighting in public!
An armored vehicle drove over from the end of the street. A gangster with a mohawk leaned half of his body out from the roof of the vehicle, holding a loaded rocket launcher in his hand and pulling the trigger.

boom!
There was a violent explosion and flames shot up into the sky. Cars on the entire street sounded shrill alarms and pedestrians ran away screaming. The scene suddenly became chaotic.

After the explosion, the two gangs each found cover and began shooting at each other crazily, with the sound of gunfire ringing incessantly.

"Is this the Night City with its simple folk customs?" Zhou Yuan was stunned.

[An event has been detected, and tasks are being generated...]

[Mission name: "Street Fight"]

[Mission objective: Kill the rebellious members of the Whirlpool Gang and the Animal Gang.]

[Task Reward 1: Experience Points*300]

No matter how small a mosquito leg is, it is still meat. In addition, the teammates also need to level up. After Zhou Yuan and Will looked at each other, they decided to get involved.

Zhou Yuan took out the Iron Rose and shot from a distance, stealthily taking out four or five people.

Will pulled out a rocket launcher from his backpack and killed three people with one shot, but the noise was too loud and attracted the attention of both gangs.

"Damn it, where did this ugly green guy come from? Kill him!" The gang member with tattoos all over his body cursed, raised his submachine gun and started shooting at Will.

Dang Dang Dang Dang!
Will took out a heavy black metal shield covered with thorn patterns and used it to block himself. The bullets hit it, creating a series of sparks, and strange things happened immediately afterwards.

A cloud of blood mist exploded from the shooter's body, and dozens of bullet holes appeared on his body out of thin air. He looked down in confusion, and the next second he was shot in the head by a stray bullet that came from nowhere.

[Name: Shield of Thorns]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Special Effect: Counter Injury. After being hit by an attack, 15% of the damage received will be returned to the attacker. ]

[Note: Hit me if you dare, and see who gets hurt! ]

Will hid behind a heavy shield and threw a device onto the battlefield. After the device landed, the central part popped up, emitting a blue light, and then released a strong electromagnetic pulse, instantly destroying all electronic equipment within a range of 50 meters.

These gang members are equipped with a large number of prosthetics, and their nervous systems must have been modified. Once an electromagnetic pulse is sent to them, they will all short-circuit and shut down.

The gunfire suddenly stopped, and the gang members fell to the ground, twitching, with black smoke coming out of their bodies.

Zhou Yuan and Will walked over to finish off the enemies one by one, then looted them, but they didn't find much valuables.

"These people are at a pretty high level." Will was now at level 28, thanks to this group of gang members.

Suddenly, there was the roar of engines in the distance, and several off-road vehicles came speeding over, and several rockets arrived before them!
Zhou Yuan blasted out with a condensed energy fist, and the huge fist collided with the rocket launcher in the air, causing a violent explosion. Flames rose into the sky, illuminating the deep night.

"Fuck you! You dare to kill our people from the Whirlpool Gang? You're looking for death!"

The SUV stopped and a bald man with red eyes jumped out. Two mantis knives flashing with blue and red arcs popped out of his arms.

[LV30 Nick Royce]

Zhou Yuan was a little surprised. This guy's level was not low. He should have a lot of advanced prosthetics implanted in his body.

But Will had more than one electromagnetic pulse transmitter in his hand. He threw out another one, and the electromagnetic pulse spread. The mantis knife in the bald man's hand immediately sparked and became paralyzed.

The whole person froze in place, unable to move.

"This is a military-grade EMP. These low-level gang members won't be able to resist." Will took out his anti-material sniper rifle and pulled the trigger.

boom!
Half of the bald man's body was shattered by bullets, metal fragments flew everywhere, and his blood volume was reduced by half.

“It couldn’t even be killed with one shot?” Zhou Yuan sighed. If it were a level three extraordinary person in the real world, he would have been turned into minced meat long ago.

Will then fired another shot, clearing the elite monster's health bar and raising its level to level 29.

The remaining gang members were quickly cleared out.

[Mission "Street Fight" has been completed]

[Task Reward 1: Experience Points*300]

[Experience value: 750/1500]

The task was too simple, and the rating didn't even pop up.

Back at the fast food restaurant, Weiwei was still eating and was not at all scared by the explosions and gunshots outside.

After drinking the soup in one breath, Weiwei wiped her mouth and said, "Let's go quickly. It will be troublesome if the NCPD officers come later."

"Is it your problem or ours?" Huo Yanluo chuckled, holding her chin with her hand. Half of her face was covered by her fiery red wavy hair, showing the charm of a mature and royal sister.

"It's all troublesome." Weiwei answered seriously.

Huo Yanluo didn't embarrass the little girl too much: "Then let's go."

·
The group found a hotel to settle down temporarily and interrogated Weiwei.

"I ran away from home. My father wanted to marry me to a young man, but I didn't like him, so I ran away. If I were caught, I would definitely lose my freedom." Weiwei sat on the bed, looking very honest.

[This is a lie, but she did not lie about running away from home.]

Zhou Yuan and Huo Yanluo exchanged glances, indicating that Weiwei was lying. "It's not good to lie."

Huo Yanluo's face darkened, and she put on the dignity of an adult, "Tell the truth, or I'll sell you... to a nightclub."

Weiwei thought for a moment and then exploded: "That's not bad, it's better than marrying a bastard."

"You're stubborn, right? Don't force us to use the Great Memory Recovery Technique." Huo Yanluo said with a sinister smile, "Have you seen this orc? He is the feared executioner of the Orc Empire. Do you want to experience torture?"

Will put on a menacing look at just the right moment.

Weiwei shuddered, a little scared: "I, I really didn't lie, if you don't believe me, go check, I live in..."

She revealed her home address, her parents' names, and her family business.

Will wrote down the information, packaged it and sent it to the intelligence processing center.

"Please don't chase me away. I can help you with laundry and cooking. Just don't let me go back." Weiwei blinked her big eyes and pleaded pitifully.

Everyone gathered together and began to discuss.

"What do you mean, should we bring her along? She'd seem like a burden, and we have more important tasks to accomplish." Will disagreed to continue bringing Vivi along.

"But she is an NPC that is not even in the guide. She must have a key hidden mission." Zhou Yuan paused, "I believe in my ability."

"I don't care." Bai Lang has always been indifferent.

Huo Yanluo hesitated for a moment and said, "Stay here for now, and make plans after Xiao Jiang is alive."

So, Weiwei stayed for a while.

late at night.

Zhou Yuan and the orc Will came to the temporary branch of the Control Bureau in Night City to gather intelligence.

The biggest BOSS in Night City is the [Beast of Steel and Flesh], a biological weapon controlled by a super AI. Its level is 69, which is 4 levels higher than the four heavenly hound knights under the devil.

This monster is located underground in the core of Night City, [Star Tower], and the best way to enter the Star Tower is to kill your way in, but along the way there are many high-level security guards equipped with military-grade prosthetics, as well as Night City legend [Adam Hammer] guarding the door, so it can be said that it is extremely difficult to pass the level.

So you can completely turn your attention to other places, such as hunting gang leaders, cyberpsychopaths and other monsters, and you can also gain huge amounts of experience.

This time Zhou Yuan came to inquire about the locations of these elite monsters.

As expected, there were many extraordinary people asking for the same information, so the Control Bureau simply created a map system that could update the location of elite monsters in real time. If an elite monster was killed, the icon on the map would disappear, so others would not have to waste time rushing over.

"Alas, another team is missing. Everyone must pay attention to safety." The person in charge reminded everyone worriedly.

"What's going on?" Zhou Yuan asked.

"In the past two days, many outsiders have disappeared inexplicably. Some people just got in touch with the organization, but lost contact not long after. There are also teams of Beyonders who suddenly disappeared while out fighting monsters... At first we suspected that it was done by those gang members in Night City, but later we confirmed that it was not them."

The person in charge said solemnly, "So it is very likely that the cultists are behind this."

With more than 30 million people entering the game dimension, there will definitely be evil forces among them. When their levels have not yet been raised, they will hide their identities and disappear, but after they have a little ability to act, they will start to stir up trouble.

·
The next day.

Zhou Yuan was awakened by the loud broadcast outside.

"Good morning, Night City! Yesterday's death lottery was a full 60! Thanks to the endless gang wars, 40 people were killed in Heywood alone. But a police officer also died. I think you all have to pay, because the NCPD will definitely not swallow this..."

Zhou Yuan rubbed his eyes, but felt something hard and cold. He looked carefully and found that his right palm had turned into a mechanical structure!
"What the hell?!"

Zhou Yuan was confused.

His voice attracted other people, and Will also exclaimed at this time, and his palm also became mechanized!

[Unfortunately, you were accidentally infected with a strange plague called "mechanicalization" in Night City. ]

Zhou Yuan clenched his fists and didn't feel any difference from before. The strength of these metals seemed to be the same as that of flesh.

"This is... the mechanical plague!"

Weiwei quickly moved away after seeing this, "It must have been carried by those gang members last night!"

"What is this?" Will frowned. He had seen this term in a side quest in the game, but it was just a term with no relevant explanation.

"This is a strange plague that appeared in Night City two years ago. It's not a virus or bacteria. The flesh and blood of the infected will gradually become mechanized over fifteen days. Once the head is mechanized, they will lose all their human emotions and become cold machines."

Weiwei swallowed, "There is still no antidote for this plague. The speed of its spread in Night City has skyrocketed, and the number of infected people is also increasing rapidly."

"Hmm... It's not a virus, it's not a bacteria, it sounds a bit like a curse or an anomaly."

Huo Yanluo raised her eyebrows, looked at Zhou Yuan's mechanical palm, and shook her head. "It's a pity that I'm not very proficient in forging, and I don't have the ability to recreate and transform. Otherwise, I can help you transform it back directly."

"This seems to be a special power that acts directly on the soul..." Will spoke at this time. He had just checked his soul and discovered the characteristics of mechanical body.

"It involves the soul? That's even more difficult to deal with." Bai Lang said in a deep voice, "The Control Bureau has the technology to solve it, but we have to go out."

Zhou Yuan has a safety device on his body that allows him to detach directly, but he doesn't want to leave yet. Maybe there is something in the game store that can solve this urgent problem.

He quickly browsed the game store and found it soon.

[Name: Abnormal Effect Clearing Spray]

[Quality: Rare]

[Special effect: Clears all abnormal effects on the body, net content 230g. ]

[Note: Give your body and mind a thorough cleaning! ]

[Price: 10000 Star Coins]

Zhou Yuan sold all the sundries in his backpack and soon collected 10,000 star coins, and then bought it.

"Don't panic. I got an unusual item before. It might be useful."

Zhou Yuan took out the [Abnormal Effect Clearing Spray] and sprayed it at the mechanized palm.

The effect was immediate, the mechanization of the palm quickly faded away, and the flesh and blood recovered.

Weiwei's eyes widened in disbelief, and then she shouted in surprise: "Can you cure the mechanical plague?"

Zhou Yuan's heart moved: "Why, your friends are infected?"