Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Countless colorful circles are floating in front of my eyes, no matter how I try to drive them away, it will be useless.

He stretched out his hand in confusion, but only caught a piece of colorful black nothingness.

He raised his head and looked around.

One second it was endless darkness, and the next second it shattered into colorful pillars of light.

Light and black are intertwined, separated and repeated in endless reincarnations, like a couple in love dancing a tango dance.

He covered his head that seemed to be splitting and fell to his knees, his face distorted in pain.

"Boros?"

"Boros!"

"Boros!"

Vaguely, there were countless sounds, penetrating through the layers of barriers, turning into countless sharp needles, piercing deeply into every fold of his cerebral cortex.

"stop fighting!"

He couldn't bear it and roared at the invisible figures.

The limbs were waving in confusion.

In confusion, his index finger came into contact with a familiar yet unfamiliar object.

Following muscle memory, he subconsciously pressed hard.

The next second, the fog disappeared, and the intertwined light and black turned into pure light.

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The thick rain curtain tightly wrapped the whole city, making people breathless.

On the streets, all the bustling pedestrians in the past have disappeared, leaving only the high walls woven by the wind and rain standing on the ground, like tombs of mourning.

A black and red steel beast roared, using bright lights as fangs and claws, tearing through the misty rainy night and cutting off countless raindrops falling from the sky.

The body was crushed into traceless pieces, and someone in the car was singing loudly.

"Et si tu n'existais pas,

(French: if you never existed)

Dis-moi comment j'existerais.

(Tell me how I will exist)

"

The clear and ethereal female voice melodious in the small space, reverberating with long aftereffects that are enough to cleanse the soul.

"What song?" V asked softly, sitting in the passenger seat, leaning against the leather headrest, eyes closed.

After a stressful day, the body and mind relaxed a lot under the beautiful singing.

As the music comes to an end, the singing slowly ends.

"The French song "If You Didn't Exist"," Gill replied, holding the steering wheel and firmly driving the fierce steel beast under the seat, "Sad and romantic, isn't it?"

"You must have been very popular in college..." V opened his eyes and smiled at Jill, "If I liked women, I would have fallen in love with you by now..."

"Generally speaking, it must be followed by a 'but' that indicates a turning point."

We were getting closer to our destination, and through the thick rain and fog that obscured our vision, we could vaguely see the blurry highlights composed of scattered lights.

"Ha, you discovered me," V chatted with Jill.

Even with her bottomless drinking capacity, she was somewhat happily tipsy tonight.

"Sorry, I originally said I would take you home, but in the end I asked you to drive me."

"The car is good, solid and reliable, and full of power." Gil patted the leather steering wheel and praised it sincerely. He didn't take it to heart. "It's also fate. We live just one street apart... …”

"I guess your next sentence will be, 'Would you like to come to my house and sit for a while'..." V also followed the same pattern and smiled teasingly.

"Humph, I guessed wrong. What I originally wanted to say was, 'My cat can talk, do you want to see it?'..." Gil shrugged his shoulders and slowly slowed down the speed of the car.

"Do you have a cat?" V raised his eyebrows, "Now I'm really interested... In Night City... those cats and dogs are almost extinct..."

"He is the only treasure I brought from the past..." Gil chuckled, his tone quite proud.

"That's great..." V murmured and lowered his eyes.

"Remember to come to the store often in the future, V." Jill glanced at her and said in a low voice.

"good."

"We're almost there, let's stop on the side of the road. I'll get off the car here. You should be almost sober..."

"I almost forgot, we haven't exchanged contact information yet..." V gathered his emotions, took out his mobile phone, and looked excited again.

Gil also took out his mobile phone and quickly exchanged contact information with V.

"There is an umbrella next to the driver's seat. Can you come and play at my house next time?" V fiddled with his messy hair and asked softly, looking out the car window with wandering eyes.

"Are you the one to invite me this time?" With a hint of teasing in his tone, Jill followed V's eyes.

The sound of the explosion penetrated the dense layers of rain and fog, blooming into a bright orange flower in front of them.

"I*! Get down quickly!"

Even though he was a little tipsy, V's mind was still sharp and he reacted immediately, pulling Jill down and hiding next to the car seat.

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"what happened?"

A body as tall as an iron tower stood tall, its clothes were torn, and it roared like thunder at the sea falling above its head.

Feng and Yu seemed to be frightened by the angry man, and ran away one after another.

Then the invisible dense walls collapsed one after another, and his vision was no longer blocked.

The man looked around and saw that the originally safe and cozy hut had turned into a dilapidated ruin.

The raging fire and smoke were spreading bit by bit towards the sky against the wind and rain.

"In the end what happened!"

He roared again.

Feng Yu was so anxious that he had no way out, so he turned around and roared towards him again.

The fire and smoke were extinguished in the violent storm that came and went.

But the fire in his heart did not.

"Boros!!!"

A voice came from the distant sky.

Someone fell from the sky and shouted his name angrily.

Boros was stunned for a second. When he came to his senses, he only had time to subconsciously raise his hand to block the sharp flash of light coming his way.

Then the arm fell to the ground, blood pouring from it.

"What happened?" he asked again.

The sharp sword light that pierced the darkness and rain curtain did not answer him, but just ran towards him again.

"***!answer me!"

He stretched out his hand, and the indestructible mantis blade stretched out like an arm, blocking the sword shadow as fast as a peregrine falcon as if he had foreseen the future.

The ghostly figure was forced to stop, revealing a head of wet red hair.

"Rowena? What are you doing? Where are the others?" He exclaimed, becoming more and more confused.

"Boros, look at your feet."

Rowena held the sword in his hand tightly, roaring with rage from the depths of his soul, and his eyes burned with scarlet flames.

Boros lowered his head blankly.

The broken limbs were piled at his feet, like a bloody flower.

"Bit?"

He spoke in disbelief and fell to his knees.

The cold rain and bloody water mixed together and surrounded him.

Once again, a splitting headache swept over me.

I still felt uncomfortable, so I tried my best to catch up.