People are in Night City, start to add points

"This kind of commercial rocket costs 25 yuan for a round trip to the moon." She said suddenly.

"And I don't want to just go there, I want to live there."

"why?"

David followed and stopped a step away, looking at the girl's profile.

"With such a sum of money, you can live a very good life on the earth, so why go to the moon?"

"No reason, just want to go."

"That is really a distant dream, and it may not be realized in my lifetime."

Actually, I know why you want to go...David smiled lightly and shook his head.

"Tourists and friends, please pay attention, there are still ten seconds before the rocket launch..."

"Nine……"

"Eight……"

The electronic voice of the broadcast sounded again, and the countdown sounded in unison from the three floors above.

The roar outside the window can already be heard, the rocket is leaning on the launch pad, and thick smoke can even be seen gradually rising from the bottom.

"Four……"

"three……"

Lucy held her breath and stared out the window, waiting for that moment to come.

At this time, she suddenly heard the voice of the little boy behind her.

"Although it sounds like an unrealistic dream...but I can help you."

"two……"

"one……"

Lucy turned her head abruptly, her white hair with iridescent flecks raised slightly.

And outside the window behind her, with a loud bang, dazzling incandescent flames spewed out, and thick smoke surged around, submerging the launcher.

Immediately afterwards, the huge body of the rocket broke through the smoke, and amidst bursts of cheers from upstairs, it flew straight into the air.

Volume 40: Chapter 40 Chapter [-]: You said fate...

"……I can help you."

The sunlight dyed the large clouds of smoke golden yellow, and some fell on Lucy's shoulders through the window, outlining distinct curves of light and dark.

At this moment, David clearly saw that the girl suddenly turned to his pretty face, which was full of surprise.

Maybe it was because of the inexplicable feeling of being 'understood', or maybe because of the solemnity in David's voice, Lucy's lavender eyes trembled slightly, and even revealed a little imperceptible touch.

But she quickly regained her composure and composure, at least on her face.

"If you want to pick up a girl, making random promises is not a good technique."

Lucy raised her head to meet David's gaze, with the corners of her mouth slightly upturned.

"Goodbye, strange little brother—if we ever see each other again."

After leaving these words, she beckoned, then twisted her slender waist, and walked quickly towards the exit of the space center.

David stood where he was, watching her go away, but his expression became a little dazed.

A few minutes later, he seemed to wake up suddenly, and then showed a rather strange smile.

"The promise I said was true, Lucy..."

Just now, he suddenly discovered that there was an extra gadget in his brain.

It was an imperceptible puppet, constantly changing its shape, disguised as various programs.

Apparently, it was put in his head by a female hacker who had just left.

"Let me see, the memory erasing function, high-intensity transmission, and the function of automatically scanning and saving communication records..."

David clicked his tongue and leaned against the wall with his hands in his pockets.

"She's still so vigilant and doesn't trust others. But it's good, the only way to survive in Night City."

Connecting all the details in his mind, David soon realized something.

As a talented hacker who passed the rigorous assessment, Lucy grew up in the secret base of Arasaka Company since she was a child. Together with other friends, she was forced to dive deep into the "Old Network" to dig out all kinds of information and wealth left there .

When her companions died one by one at the hands of the super AI of the old net, she decided to escape, and together with her surviving companions, she killed the "adults" in the base, successfully escaped from the secret base, and has been in Arasaka Company all the time since then. under investigation.

Therefore, when Lucy saw people from Arasaka Academy in the space center, her first reaction was to hide herself.But then, a student who was separated from everyone appeared in front of her, and this was a good target to take advantage of.

Even if the target is only a civilian student, the puppet can use him as a springboard to spread to other company's children, and then their parents, parents' colleagues...

In this way, she gained a lot of information and the initiative when facing Arasaka's pursuit.

In an alternate timeline, Lucy seems to do the same.Many viewers suspected that the reason why David's cracked version of the Chaomeng device did not work, but instead broke the school's network, was because Lucy implanted a puppet in it.

Of course, this is just a guess about the details in the animation, and she actually did it right now.

How should I put it, things like 'beautiful girls flirt with you for no reason' really only exist in fantasy.

David smiled helplessly, and continued to fiddle with the puppet in his brain.

Worthy of the name of a genius hacker, the puppet implanted by Lucy is very delicate, let alone a student, it is difficult for some senior hackers to find out under normal circumstances.

It's a pity that David is not an ordinary one, and there is nothing to hide in front of him with these means.

It only took him a few minutes to crack Lucy's puppet.

Life is full of surprises...

There were dense footsteps on the stairs, and the tourists who rushed up to the viewing platform seemed to have finally taken enough photos and were about to leave.

David stared there, waiting for the other students from Arasaka Academy to come out, and sighed with emotion.

Who would have thought that the girl who was used as a shield just yesterday suddenly appeared in front of you today, and implanted a puppet in you?

David didn't believe in fate, but at this time he really felt a kind of fate, or fetters or something.

To put it plainly, maybe this body is really related to Lucy?

It's hard to describe how he feels now. When he saw a girl who kept calling his wife in his previous life, it was impossible not to have any special thoughts. He even had a thought of 'she should be mine'. The reason why the ghost said that sentence during the launch.

Of course, the nine-point intelligence also reminds David that if he wants to make himself and Gloria safer, it is best not to have anything to do with Lucy for the rest of his life. After all, she is a "traitor" of the Arasaka Company. Standing together is equivalent to standing on the opposite side of the giant Arasaka.

But fate used an ingenious way to connect the two together again, so should they just ignore it?

What's more, with a system, it is entirely possible to protect the mother and the girl she likes.

At this time, David's mind was not idle, he quietly controlled Lucy's puppet, and even left a 'back door' inside, so as to reverse locate Lucy's real-time location.

A small red dot appeared on the map. It first stayed at the main entrance of the space center for a while, then moved continuously, and came near the tourist bus in the parking lot.

"Why do you feel like doing this, a bit like a perverted stalker?"

He scratched the brain-computer port behind his ears, and sighed with a wry smile.

Although I didn't see those places that are not open to the public, in general this visit is satisfactory, even if the satisfactory part has nothing to do with the visit itself.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the students of Arasaka Academy finally came back, and David followed them calmly, mingling at the end of the line.

The other tourists have long since left, leaving only their luxury buses in the empty parking lot.

On the way back, David deliberately refrained from looking at the map, but in the end he couldn't hold back.

"Just took a look... I even went to Watson District, but it's on the side of Little Chinatown, which is quite far from my apartment in the North District. Well, I went to a Chinese restaurant, it seems that I went to eat..."

In order to prevent Lucy from noticing the abnormality of the puppet, David did not take any further measures, but only marked Lucy's real-time location, and picked out some spam emails in a timely manner to prove that the puppet was still operating normally.

When they returned to the academy, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and there were no other classes today, so teacher ai announced that school would be dismissed directly.

David finally withdrew his consciousness from the map, contacted Regina's friend, and hurried to the agreed place.

'Little Mule' was still there waiting for him.

Volume 41: Chapter 41 Chapter [-]: Is this considered a racing driver?

Walking on Ken Lewis Street, with the dry and rough wind blowing in his face, David even felt that he smelled a smell of earth.

This is the easternmost point of Night City, and if you go any further, you will leave the urban area and enter the mountains of Badlands.

However, the remoteness of the location did not make it deserted, and even a little lively.

In the yard surrounded by barbed wire, a group of young men and women are dancing to harsh music, a bunch of wine bottles are littered on the ground, and a little farther away, there are a few Sixth Street Gang soldiers chatting with cigarettes in their mouths— —This place also belongs to the Coronado Farm, but people from other places rarely come here.

On the other open spaces separated by barbed wire, various containers of various sizes were placed. According to the location given in the communication, David bypassed the singing and dancing crowd and came to the other end of the street.

A small pickup truck with a dark body and a few orange lines was parked there quietly.

This is the second-hand car that David ordered, a Colby CX410 Lone Peak, nicknamed the Little Mule.

As described by Regina, there are many scratch marks on the body, and you can even see a few bullet craters, but overall it is not bad.

Since it was the seller recommended by Regina, out of trust in her, David did not do too many checks and paid directly by transfer.

[Paid - 8000 yuan. 】

[The change of vehicle owner has been completed. Dear Mr. Josie Cullen, Tingwei wishes you a happy driving and a smooth journey. 】

[SMS Received: Tingwei Car Owner's Manual]

Watching the number on the account decrease rapidly, David once again experienced the feeling of heartache.

This time it cost nearly [-] yuan!

In fact, a second-hand car at this price is quite affordable, but for David, it represents the vast majority of his savings.

"Should I bargain again...?"

Thoughts of annoyance flashed through his mind, but they were quickly replaced by the excitement of being in the car.

All kinds of dashboards, the pipes from the cargo compartment at the rear of the car to the front of the car, what looks like a game controller, the steering wheel with many buttons... Many places are different from the cars I saw before crossing, full of a kind of Rugged and powerful sense of technology.

Anyway, after living two lifetimes, I finally bought a car...

David leaned on the car seat and patted the steering wheel with emotion.

When he just graduated from university in his previous life, he followed the crowd to learn a driver's license, but due to his lack of money, it never worked.

Of course, it was useless now. The cars in 2075 were very different from the ones he had been exposed to in driving school, even the old models of 'little mules'.

【Tingwei: Owner's Manual】

【Congratulations!You are very lucky to have a TOWER! 】

[Before you drive the TOWELL and start a new adventure, please take a moment to read this user manual. 】

[1: Meters and indicators 2: Anti-theft system 3: Lights and warning lights...]

Opening the gift manual, David read it carefully, and then followed the tutorial inside to connect the brain computer and the vehicle system together, and turned on the automatic driving mode.

In this world, autonomous driving technology is already practical, but like all other technologies, there is a huge gap between the upper limit and the lower limit.

For many low-end models of vehicles, when the automatic driving function is activated, the manufacturer's disclaimer will pop up, not responsible for any safety issues.

And in Night City, there are too many drivers who don't obey the rules, some of them are even more outrageous than the driving skills of the players in the '2077' game. In this case, automatic driving is not practical.

Maybe there will be no problems in most cases, but as long as you don't want to get into a car accident for no reason, it's better to learn to do it manually, which is why David asked Regina to find him a teacher.

Only on the floating vehicle, the automatic driving controlled by advanced AI is the safest and most stable, but this thing can only be touched by the elite above the middle level of the company.

David sat in the driver's seat and spent 10 frightening minutes. Then the self-driving 'little mule' stopped slowly in front of a low bungalow at No. 36 San Amaro Street.

The teacher recommended by Regina lives here.

Behind this house is a dry river, which is full of garbage, and some homeless people are entrenched there.Even standing on the street, you can smell the stench coming from below.

"It seems that my teacher's financial situation is really not very good..."

David looked at the shabby and dilapidated hut, feeling a little speechless, and checked the message from Regina again.

Matthew Fowles Taylor, a three-time winner of the Heywood 'Black Petrol' Cup in a row, quit racing two years ago.

However, the former racing driver did not answer the phone and knocked on the door.David waited at the door for a long time, until he felt that the stench in the river was not so pungent, the door finally opened.