Game world survival starts from Resident Evil 2

Another half a month later.

Bad Land, Stone Ridge Mountain.

On the surface, this abandoned town is still as desolate as before, but in fact, after Lai Xuan decided to cooperate with Li You, he had sent his trusted engineers to repair the equipment here.

Today, although the appearance of Stone Ridge Mountain remains the same, the large solar power generation device outside the town has been fully restored.

The substation in the town has also been adjusted to achieve high-intensity power supply - after all, this place was originally planned to be built as an extension of Night City, and the equipment is complete, and now it is just right for Li You.

The underground Night Demon Lair has expanded into an entire underground space after the Night Demons' persistent construction. The central lair hall is as large as a football field, and there are a large number of passages extending in all directions around it.

The Night Demons left support points when digging the hole, and the secretions of the core of the lair can also strengthen the structure, so there is no worry about collapse.

And the particularly thickened room that can isolate detection has also been turned into a laboratory for various important tests.

Today, Lai Xuan came here with Li You, watching his trusted technicians busying around with the Night Demons underground.

Yes, Lai Xuan has now moved all his manpower and equipment directly to the Night Demon's lair, which will undoubtedly be much more efficient, and safer than doing experiments in the company base under his own name, because those places may still be discovered by Arasaka agents.

As for the safety of these personnel themselves, Lai Xuan is not a soft-hearted person. He directly gave them all a virus that isolates network communications to prevent anyone from betraying.

And just in case, Li You also asked Yuzu to give these people a parasite collar that had not been taken out for a long time, and asked the Night Demons to keep an eye on them one by one at any time to ensure that there is no risk of error.

Although this is a bit inhumane, Li You is not pedantic. He will use tough measures when necessary, otherwise it will ruin their big things.

However, he also has a bottom line, such as not requiring these researchers to work overtime every day... The working hours are still very humane, and the entertainment facilities are not left behind.

Otherwise, the mental pressure on employees will be too great. Staying with the Night Demons all day is enough to affect their mental health.

With Lai Xuan providing a large number of researchers and technicians, the progress of the research has been greatly advanced.

Of course, Joanne, Charles and others have played a significant role because they know more about the Night Demons, especially Joanne, who was originally the research director of biotechnology. Now she has returned to her old job and is responsible for leading the entire team.

After their concerted efforts and more than half a month of research and experiments, the project has finally produced results.

Standing in front of Li You and Lai Xuan at this moment, the first thing is a prosthetic King Kong Night Demon - after being equipped with eight sensory Night Demons to share the mental pressure, the side effects brought by the prosthetic King Kong have been completely eliminated.

But the prosthetic King Kong Night Demon was only an attempt before Lai Xuan joined the game. The real results after the researchers he brought joined are still to come.

Accompanied by the sound of mechanical operation and heavy footsteps, another tall figure walked steadily in front of the two.

Lai Xuan looked up, and the familiar posture almost made him exclaim: "...Adam!?"

But he immediately found that the "person" in front of him, although almost identical in appearance, was not Adam Heavy Hammer, but the latest achievement of the researchers, a sensory Night Demon implanted with the same prosthesis as Adam Heavy Hammer.

"...Finally succeeded." Lai Xuan narrowed his eyes and looked at the Night Demon in front of him.

Joanne, and a male researcher who came from Lai Xuan's subordinates and is now the deputy director, were standing aside waiting. At this time, Joanne said:

"Yes. With enough data samples, professional equipment and sufficient personnel, we finally completed the operation of installing the Dragon Knight-type full-body prosthesis on the Night Demon and retaining the original telepathic ability of the Night Demon.

"Now, like the prosthetic King Kong Night Demon, it can use telepathy with other sensory Night Demons to share the mental side effects brought by the prosthesis and keep itself in the best condition.

"And these Night Demons that come to share its burden will not be a burden. They can still move and fight, cooperate with it, and exert stronger combat power."

Lai Xuan immediately understood: "It can be regarded as teamwork in another sense."

"You can say that."

Lai Xuan carefully looked at the Night Demon of the same model as the Heavy Hammer and the prosthetic King Kong Night Demon, and nodded: "It seems that the biggest difficulty has been overcome, very good."

Li You looked at the Dragon Knight prosthetic Night Demon and said: "Although this is the case, it is a pity that there is still a significant gap between its combat power and that of the Heavy Hammer himself, and it cannot exert the 100% ability of this full-body prosthesis."

"After all, Adam is not an ordinary person." Lai Xuan was not surprised, "But for me, as long as the appearance is the same and I can have 80% of Adam's combat power, it is enough."

He said, looking at Li You again: "By the way, how is Adam?"

Li You said: "He is still locked up in a single room."

Lai Xuan asked: "Now that we have reached the closest cooperation, I asked directly. Don't you consider releasing him? After all, even among the legendary ranks, he is the top combat power."

Li You replied: "From the perspective of combat effectiveness, yes. But unfortunately, I still can't release him. Rather, I would like to ask, now, can I kill him?"

Lai Xuan was speechless for a while: "...Do you have any deep grudge against Adam, so you won't let him go?"

Li You spread his hands: "With this guy's character and actions, you don't have to have too many enemies, and I'm just one of them. But I must avenge this. Just like what we said when we first communicated, the importance is Hammer must die."

Lai Xuan and Li You looked at each other for a while, then finally sighed and chose to give in: "...I originally thought that Adam has been with me for so long, so I can fight for it."

"But I also know that he has indeed committed countless crimes in the past, and it is normal for you to refuse to let him go. Then so be it, he will be handed over to you. My only condition is that you don't let him go in recent times. Make his case public.”

Li You nodded: "Don't worry, I won't let him die so silently."

Yori Xuan then looked at the Heavy Hammer Prosthetic Night Demon and the Prosthetic King Kong Night Demon, and even stepped forward, touched their prosthetic bodies, and said:

"The Prosthetic King Kong project has been cancelled, but we should still be able to find two prototypes in the warehouse, which can be used after adjustments. As for Adam's Dragon Knight prosthetic body, it can be shipped within two days at the fastest. Three sets, more will have to wait, otherwise it will arouse suspicion.”

He turned to look at Li You: "When these prosthetic bodies arrive, I need you to complete the installation in the shortest time and make them combat effective. Is that okay?"

Li You replied: "There is no problem with the installation, but there is one thing. The number of night demons is a little nervous. In order to suppress the side effects of the prosthesis, they are necessary."

The Heavy Hammer's modified version of the dragon knight-type full-body prosthetic body places a greater burden on the wearer than the prosthetic King Kong. A Heavy Hammer prosthetic night demon requires at least twelve sentient night demons to help suppress and share the burden, otherwise it will be easy He went berserk and transformed into a cyberpsycho on the spot.

Moreover, even if the prosthetic King Kong Night Demon is short of manpower, it can still be controlled by injecting high-concentration inhibitors, but the Heavy Hammer Prosthetic Night Demon... does not even have this option, and can only use inhaled inhibitors at most.

After all, after installation, basically only the original brain is left.

This is why Adam Hammer is so special. His prosthetic body is not irreproducible, and it is not that no one else can survive the operation, but after the operation, there are really only a few people who can persist in driving the prosthetic body to fight.

That is to say, Adam Hammer himself is actually a "high-functioning" cyberpsychopath, so he doesn't have to worry about the prosthetic body driving him into madness.

As for the night demons, the total number has remained in the range of 50 to 70 during this period. The reason is also very simple. Now the night ghosts and the Luan Dao Gui have been frightened by the night demons, and their sphere of influence has been reduced to the minimum. , I simply don’t dare to show up in the bad soil.

Even with the help of the two wandering tribes, Adecado and Red Ocher, it is now difficult for the Night Demons to capture a few members of the Random Sword Club.

As for the other gangs in the city, because the Night Demon has made its existence public and cannot target others, otherwise it will turn into a large-scale gang conflict, it has been quite a headache recently to recruit personnel. They can only recruit from the Voodoo Gang. The remnants of the gang and the rats from the Random Sword Society barely managed to catch a few.

After listening to Li You's explanation, Lai Xuan also thought a little: "Isn't it enough to sense the night demon... Let me think about it."

Although he is the nominal heir of Arasaka Company, his actions are actually very restricted. Including the people he brought after his cooperation with Li You, he secretly operated it without telling Arasaka people, otherwise it would be impossible for them to follow Li You will study together.

Therefore, at this time, he had no good solution, and could only say: "Let's pay attention to the scavenger recently."

Li You has no objection. For now, the scavenger is indeed the best choice.

The question ended here, and Yori Nobu then asked: "There is still one last project, how is the progress?"

The male deputy director next to Joanne reported: "Sir Yori Xuan. I am responsible for the project of converting ordinary night demons into prosthetics. Let me explain it to you."

He briefly explained the situation of this project.

As the name suggests, the purpose of this final project is to implant prosthetics into ordinary night demons that can hatch indefinitely, so that they can have the ability to perceive night demons at a low level.

The physical fitness of the Night Demons is actually not much better than that of ordinary Night Demons, but their telepathic abilities, coupled with the fact that they are not afraid of ultraviolet rays, make them much more comprehensive than ordinary Night Demons.

And this project is trying to solve the shortcomings of ordinary night devils.

According to Li You's idea, they can communicate remotely through brain-computer chips, and then rely on subcutaneous armor and artificial skin to perhaps give them the ability to resist ultraviolet rays?

According to the deputy director’s report, the final result was simple and clear.

Implanting a brain-computer chip for remote communication, no problem. Implanting subcutaneous armor and artificial skin to protect against UV rays will not work.

To be precise, it is theoretically feasible but not practical.

After all, it would be difficult for them to purchase such a large amount of subcutaneous armor and artificial skin to supply all ordinary night demons. This is not only a funding issue, but also a supply-side issue.

Li You and Lai Xuan were not surprised by this, so they looked at each other and said, "In that case, let's install brain-computer chips on them first."

The deputy director wrote down: "Yes, Lord Yorinobu."

So far, Lai Xuan has seen everything he came here to see. So he turned to Li You and said, "If you have no objection, then I need to take this heavy hammer version of the cyborg Night Devil away. Adam hasn't appeared in public for a long time. If he doesn't show up again, I will have some trouble here."

Li You naturally didn't object, and said, "Then take these cyborg Night Devils with you. I will send you a group of them with complete artificial skin implanted. Let them report to you later."

"Okay."

Just like that, Lai Xuan left first, and after Li You emphasized it to the Night Devils, he asked them to change into the Arasaka agent uniforms prepared in advance.

Then, he let the heavy hammer cyborg Night Devil lead the team and swaggered back to Night City with this Night Devil team to report to Lai Xuan.

After dealing with the Night Devil's Nest Research Team, Li You came to the training center next to it, where Yuzu and Edge were.

The task here is to try to teach the Night Devils to use their energy. This was also one of the projects that Li You originally asked Joanne to lead the research, but after trying it, they found that it was too difficult for them.

After all, Joanne and others didn't understand this...

So in the end, this task still fell to Aggie. Li You asked her to try to use mental connection to teach the night demons how to use energy.

If they can learn, the average combat effectiveness of ordinary night demons can be improved.

But unfortunately, even with Aggie's experience through mental connection, it is difficult for night demons to master the tricks of energy. There are dozens of night demons "studying" together, but in the end only a few perceptive night demons barely got started.

It seems that this is still too difficult for the night demons.

In short, now Aggie is taking those few perceptive night demons who have barely learned to transmit their experience to other night demons, hoping that more talented ones can open up.

However, although she has to "teach" dozens of night demons every day, the final results are still limited, which is basically equivalent to gambling on probability.

Li You didn't make it difficult for Aggie, and let her do it as she wishes. Anyway, in this world, the individual combat power of ordinary Night Demons is basically enough, and the rest is left to the number.

Although Lai Xuan didn't say it when he came just now, they have long recognized that the number of ordinary Night Demons and secondary Night Demons should be piled up.

When necessary, the sea of ​​ordinary Night Demons can also become their last trump card.

It is also for this purpose that Lai Xuan sent people to repair the power supply facilities of Stone Ridge Mountain - this is also convenient for providing energy to the core of the nest.

In addition, Lai Xuan also asked his subordinates outside Arasaka to secretly establish a supply line to transport a large amount of energy food to the nest every day to maintain the survival needs of the Night Demons.

So now, the total number of Night Demons in the nest has increased again. Although the number of sensory Night Demons cannot be increased, the total number of ordinary Night Demons and secondary Night Demons has exceeded 500.

Needless to say, how valuable this combat power is.

In short, the Night Demons are currently only lacking the final accumulation, and other difficulties have basically been overcome, so Li You can turn his attention to other preparations.

For example... the brainwashing of Arasaka employees.

In the past half month, Li You has made progress in this aspect. He has roughly figured out the ability of the Illuminati Canon, and also found the real reason why the previous brainwashing effect would not last long and would fail.

In the final analysis, the Illuminati Canon is positioned as a religious classic, and since it is a religious book, it is natural that there must be at least one object of faith.

And more importantly, this object must have the ability to respond to faith in order for the influence of the canon on people's hearts to last for a long time.

As for how he found it? He took the Illuminati Canon and tested it repeatedly on a group of unlucky people.

So what Li You has to do is to give the canon content a directional object of faith, a "coordinate" that can respond to faith.

And of course, the only such existence he can think of is the Sakura Dragon Crystal in his body.

In this world, the Sakura Dragon Crystal did not cause any trouble, and was sleeping peacefully, and only became active when Li You mobilized his power.

But this does not mean that it is really obedient. The blood shadow of the Sakura Dragon inside the divine crystal is still eyeing it.

So, although theoretically, the Sakura Dragon Divine Crystal can become the coordinate of faith, Li You is not sure whether to do so.

The issue of the Sakura Dragon Divine Crystal cannot be discussed with others. He can only mention it to Yuzu and Aggie, and write to Yingma in the world of Sekiro, asking her to help look up the classics.

But unfortunately, even Yingma can't find detailed records. As for the shrine maiden of the Palace of Origin, she didn't reply when Li You wrote to her last time. Later, he asked Yingma and found out that the shrine maiden went to the mountaintop divine domain to sleep again.

So for a while, Li You can only put this matter aside.

If it really doesn't work in the end, then use this method.

After making up his mind, Li You took out his mobile phone and called Sasha.

"Sasha, how are you doing?"

Sasha's reply came quickly: "It's Li You. I'm at the Batti Hotel now, and your hackers are hanging out in cyberspace."

"The data theft commissioned by Mr. Hands is not too difficult, after all, we now have our own subnet and data fortress as a backup, but the workload is quite large. I hope you have negotiated a good price with him."

Li You smiled: "Well, I will definitely let him give you a good price."

Sasha also nodded and said: "That's fine. As for the progress, let me see...oh, just right, it's completed."

She immediately sent over a list of documents. Li You looked at it and found that the detailed information Mr. Hanz had requested about several of his "customers" and competitors was already in it.

"Good job!" Li You praised, "Thank you for your hard work, Sasha. Take a good rest and I'll treat you later!"

Sasha snorted: "You won't bring that company woman with you then, will you?"

Li You's expression remained unchanged: "Of course not, who do you think I am?"

"He's just an unreliable person anyway!" Sasha made a face on the other end of the video and hung up the communication.

Li You was a little helpless, but business was important now, so he dialed Mr. Hanz's number as soon as possible.

"Hello? Mr. Hands, I got all the data you asked for."

There was a trace of surprise in Mr. Hands's voice: "So fast? It's only been two days since I gave you the list, right?"

Li You just said: "The data packet has been sent to you, please take a look."

Mr. Hanz confirmed the content of the data and said: "...Really, all the information I want is here. It seems that you not only control the Voodoo Gang's data fortress, but you may even have their people left behind." ”

"It's up to you to guess." Of course Li You would not answer directly, but said, "Then, is it time to fulfill your promise?"

Mr. Hands nodded and said: "Of course, business is business, and I will not break a promise without reason."

"Within three days, you choose a time, and I will have someone pick you up into Dog Town, and I will cover your movements until you leave, as we agreed before."

Li You raised his eyebrows: "Full coverage? We only agreed on pick-up and drop-off before, right?"

Mr. Hands chuckled and said, "Because before, I thought that even you couldn't succeed. But now... I don't think so."

"So, it is worthwhile to invest a little more in your future legend."

Li You also smiled after hearing this: "As expected of Mr. Hands, a middleman who can work hard in the dog town and has a good vision."

"Okay, then I will inform you when it's time to take action."

"Okay, I'll wait for your call."

After making the call to Mr. Hands, Li You had all the urgent matters at hand taken care of.

He looked at the busy people and night demons coming and going in the lair again, feeling a little sigh in his heart, but more determined.

"I'll win... Bah! This FLAG can't get in!"

Li You complained to himself, then called Yuzi and Aiji, left the Night Demon's lair, and drove back to the city.

It was very peaceful along the way. Thanks to Li You's "Night Demon", the roads in the bad land are now much safer. So many small businessmen who often go in and out of the city expressed their gratitude when talking about him and the "Night Demon" , this is something Li You didn't even expect.

However, just when Li You was driving Merrimack through the bad land and was about to return to the city, he glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw a unique person on the side of the road.

The man was dressed like a monk, with a bald head, Zen-style clothing, no prosthetic implants, a pair of amber glasses, and a simple altar hanging on his chest.

The moment he saw him, Li You slammed on the brakes!

"Squeak——!!"

Aiji, the co-pilot, was caught off guard, and the cell phone he was holding fell out. Yuzi, who was on the rear side of the car, instantly extended tentacles from his hands to secure himself firmly.

"What's going on? Are there any enemies?"

Aiji was immediately alert, and Yuzu also grabbed the machine gun on the car.

"No...not an enemy." Li You looked at the man on the roadside and frowned slightly.

To be honest, he never thought that he could see this person before.

"There is a man sitting over there who is dressed like a Buddhist monk. Have you seen it?"

Yuzi and Aiji looked in the direction Li You pointed, and then... shook their heads.

"...Where is there anyone?"

Li You understood immediately. It seemed that he was indeed right.

——Zen master!