Cyberpunk: Become David’s Dad At The Beginning!

Arthur returned to his own little home in Santo Domingo, opened the door and walked in. Before he could say anything more, he heard David's pain again.

"Mom, you forgot to renew your subscription again, and the washing machine doesn't work anymore!"

Arthur's mouth twitched, he took off his windbreaker, threw it on the sofa next to him, and came to David's side.

He looked at the washing machine in front of him and shook his head.

In this world of modular tools, almost everything costs money.

To some extent, the landlords in Night City are much worse than Arthur's previous landlords.

They wish you had to pay to breathe the air in this house.

"Dad, are you back?"

David was stunned for a moment, then shouted.

Arthur nodded, looked at the washing machine in front of him, and said to David: "Are you okay? After all, you have been studying at Arasaka Academy for so long, and you haven't learned any hacking skills?"

"Your Aunt Lucy was already a very powerful hacker when she was your age."

"Needless to say, it's free to use the washing machine at home. If she uses the washing machine, the landlord has to pay her. Do you believe it?"

David felt that his father must be mentally ill again.

He believes that there is no need to pay. If you break into the ICE of the washing machine, you can use the washing machine for free.

But to use the washing machine, the landlord still had to pay her money, which was a bit nonsense.

David's face turned red from holding back. He studied business management and counter-intelligence at Arasaka Academy, doing intelligence, but not hacking. Is there a special course for this kind of thing?

How can you just casually say that a man is bad?

Arthur squatted down, looked at the washing machine in front of him, took out a screwdriver from the tool box at home, and was about to disassemble the washing machine in front of him into 8 pieces.

Although he is not a hacker, as a mechanical master, he can physically solve ICE's problems.

ICE is actually the firewall for all electronic devices in the world.

Because the first network was blown up by a hacker who had his brains soaked in water and wanted to become a god, there were a large number of malicious AI and malicious programs in the network.

Although the network monitoring company later used a new AI blackwall to isolate most viruses and malicious AI.

However, there are still many viruses and malicious AIs inside the wall. There are many reasons why they can stay. Usually, it is because they are better hidden. Before the outbreak, network monitoring companies cannot find them.

In order to deal with AI within these black walls, almost all devices have built-in firewalls.

On the one hand, it is to prevent others from intruding from the outside, and on the other hand, it is to prevent special viruses from within the network from entering the device and causing economic losses.

To achieve this, the firewall must have the function of automatic counterattack, which is ICE.

"My dear father, if you can solve this problem with a screwdriver, I'll eat it!"

Listening to his grown-up son's sarcasm, Arthur wanted to give him a big mouth, and he would go to bed without fighting for a few hours.

"Are you trying to trick me into eating and drinking again?"

"It's just a washing machine. If you eat it, do I still have to wash the clothes myself?"

Arthur couldn't help but complain, and without stopping, he quickly removed the upper cover of the washing machine, revealing the electronic version inside.

In fact, this kind of thing is very simple to solve as long as you understand the principle.

“The important thing is not how much knowledge you have learned, but the extent to which you can apply it.”

"Washing machines like this are basically mass-customized by contracting companies outside. They just add a chip that can be connected to the Internet to query the system balance on their internal network."

"If you pay and there is a balance, if he checks it, the power will be connected. If you don't pay and there is a balance, if he doesn't check, the power will not be connected."

"So what do you think we should do at this time?"

After Arthur finished speaking, he looked at David next to him.

David is not a fool. His grades in the academy have always been among the best, even better than those students who have assistive devices.

You must know that in 2076, rich people will be able to use learning aids, which will be more than 10 times faster than ordinary people.

Being able to catch up and stay at the top of the rankings under such circumstances has proven David's ability, so of course he understood Arthur's logic.

"I think you should pay to help me customize a pair of steel teeth, and by the way, a steel stomach, and a pure steel pair for the esophagus."

"Maybe I should also help you customize an iron chrysanthemum."

Arthur said lightly, and then directly poked the two pins of the chip with the screwdriver in his hand.

The next washing machine started rolling instantly and started the cleaning task.

Arthur threw the screwdriver in his hand into David's hand and sat down on the sofa next to him.

David held the screwdriver in his hand and scratched the back of his head. He couldn't figure out where his old father learned this skill.

Isn't he a cyberpunk?

Could it be that his excellent mind was inherited from his excellent old father?

"Isn't this a little bad?"

After all, David was on the side of order. He scratched the back of his head and looked at the washing machine, feeling a little embarrassed.

After all, this kind of thing is just an ordinary system failure at a minor level.

If we look at it more seriously, then Arthur is committing theft and stealing the company's property.

Arthur, on the other hand, looked at David as if he were a fool. Good guy, why didn't he realize that David had a talent for comedy before?

"David, listen to me. Drop out of Arasaka Academy. I'll sign you up for a cross talk class in Dragon Kingdom. Study hard. After you learn it, you might be able to become a comedy superstar or something. There's a cross talk class over there in Neon. He is a very good actor and I heard he makes a lot of money."

"But are we stealing?"

All the knowledge David learned in the academy was taught by the company, so of course he would analyze certain issues from the company's perspective as a matter of course.

This is completely different from the way of thinking of cyberpunks like Arthur or ordinary residents of Night City.

Arthur didn't say a word after hearing what the other party said. He laughed and couldn't help but pick up the water next to him and take a sip of it for himself.

"Nonsense, how can this be considered theft?"

"This is a war for the people to resist an unruly social system, and it is also a war against troubled times!"

What Arthur said was so passionate that David scratched the back of his head and couldn't help but whisper: "So resisting the unruly social system means stealing other people's washing machines?"

Arthur couldn't help but stood up immediately and hit David on the back of the head.

"Why are you so stubborn, kid? How about you wash the clothes by hand today and I turn off the washing machine?"

David immediately showed a solemn and serious expression and said: "I volunteer to join this war and contribute the power of Weibo to the people of Night City."