Indescribable cyberpunk

Why do human hands have five fingers?

Some people say that this is an inevitable choice of evolution. Most complex tools only require ten fingers for perfect control. Whether there is one less or more fingers, there will be problems with the use of the palm.

"That's just a blind spot in consciousness caused by human self-restraint and inherent concepts. Why can't people have more fingers? Just because things in the past had five fingers was enough, so they will think that this is the most correct Just like the Industrial Revolution hundreds of years ago, before the Industrial Revolution, everyone took the inefficient productivity of manual workshops for granted, and it wasn’t until the emergence of large factories that they discovered how ridiculous their previous ideas were.”

The locks on the inside of the door were opened layer by layer, and someone came in from the outside. There were tea leaves rising and falling in the navy blue porcelain cup. His palm had no skin, but a prosthetic limb that exposed all the mechanical parts inside. Affected by the temperature of the cup wall, he continued,

"Since it is impossible to achieve a breakthrough physically, it is natural to find other methods. Isn't the purpose of the existence of mechanical intelligence to help humans transcend the physical body?"

Behind him were several people wearing gray robes. Some kind of animal bone masks covered their cheeks, making it impossible to see their faces.

There is a huge computer placed on the inside of the room, taking up one-third of the entire room. The screen, which is nearly five meters long, wide and high, is split into nine squares, with different content played in each square. .

For example, in the upper left corner, there is a beautiful girl wearing pink mechanical cat ears standing up from the table hesitantly and walking towards the door of the room.

The perspective is constantly moving. This is the camera that comes with the bracelet. There are also five screens with content similar to the one in the upper left corner.

One of the remaining three screens was black, and the other two were aimed at the door of the same room.

"It seems that there is something wrong with the information you gave me. This person who cannot be defeated by five level 5 mercenaries is really just an actor in a video studio as you said? Oh. I forgot, he has killed several of you. A companion."

Putting the tea on the table, pulling out the chair and sitting down, his eyes were fixed on the screen in the center where no image was still displayed.

A pale and delicate face was reflected on the dark screen.

Not only his face, but his hair, eyebrows and even pupils were all white, which made his face look a little scary in this slightly dark room.

In fact, according to his original plan, there was no such person. Although the other party was quite famous, he was not a host. He had not conducted any investigation on him, so in his original plan, there were only six people.

It's just that everything is always a little unexpected.

"I said that there will be certain deviations in our intelligence collection about him, and what you have to do is to completely eliminate him. If you can't do that, then you don't deserve the reward we give you. You have this weapon. How long can your broken body last? You cannot obtain full-body prosthetic technology. We are your last hope. Please show us your sincerity, Mr. Shinjima Hideyoshi!"

The man in black robe did not react at all to the sarcasm in his words. The eyes behind the mask only paused for a moment on his shrunken body, and the face of the man on the chair turned completely gloomy.

"Where is your sincerity?"

The mechanical prosthesis was placed on the keyboard in front of the screen. Different from common computer keyboards, the keyboard keys in front of him at this time were not separated into numbers or letters. They were crowded together, and ordinary people would feel it even if they took a few glances. Complex and confusing.

"Iwata Takuro is dead. You will be able to find out about his death tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

The voice of the man in black robe sounded a little cold now.

The last failure on the island was due to a sneak attack. This time, they came prepared. The first thing they had to do was to kill the person who had hindered their plan!

"Oh, interesting."

Before he finished speaking, the originally normal mechanical palm suddenly unfolded. Each finger was split into three parts at this moment. Each finger had an independent line connected to the prosthetic limb. Rather than saying that they were split, it was better to say that they were originally It just came together and is now back to its original appearance.

At this moment, Shinjima Hideyoshi had twenty extra fingers!

On the shimmering keyboard, thirty knuckles were tapping the keys at a terrifying speed. The image on the screen first disappeared, then a large amount of code data appeared, and then another video unfolded at the top of the screen, with the right angle of view. Facing a Japanese garden.

Several men in black robes looked at each other in confusion. Others might not know, but they naturally knew where this was, the core area of ​​the Iwata family!

The 4x speed video went backwards, and soon a large number of people and doctors appeared in front of the room in the video.

The scene finally freezes on the scene when a corpse with a white cloth covering its face leaves the room.

"Since you have done what I want to do, I will naturally help you do what you want to do. This is the deal."

The picture on the screen returned to the previous nine-square grid mode. The middle square was still dark. However, a figure appeared in the other two cameras looking at the door of the room. After going out, he walked downstairs without hesitation.

"He is indeed not dead. It seems that all the people I sent must have been wiped out."

"How are you going to kill him?"

The man in black robe asked in a deep voice.

"Since you found me and wanted to cooperate with me, you have naturally studied the "Evolution" I produced. Do you know what is one of the core contents of RPG games?"

Shinjima Hideyoshi did not directly answer the black-robed man's question, but mentioned "Evolution" again. After waiting for a while, no one answered him, so he curled his lips with some disdain and continued,

"Monster Hunting!"

One of the most prosperous areas in Tokyo, Haruhabara.

Dense crowds of people were walking on both sides of the street. Some were wearing headphones, with concrete sound wave waves surrounding their ears. Some were wearing popular masks, with words such as "tough" and "evil" constantly displayed on them. , there are also people wearing clothes with certain anime idols printed on them, standing next to some service-oriented intelligent robots modeled after blond lolita, asking "Am I handsome?" and "Can I be your husband?" Waiting questions.

Most of them are ordinary people who hang out here, most of them are well-dressed and carrying various things in their hands. After all, the income level of people who can live nearby is not low.

The crowd blended with the surrounding neon lights, rendering a colorful ukiyo-e of the world.

Until those voices sounded.

"Ding dong~" "Ding~" "Ding~".

At a certain moment, the sound of cell phone message notifications suddenly sounded in the crowd one after another, and then quite a few people stopped.

The harmonious picture is broken, and they are the "destroyers" of this superficially beautiful life.

The expressions of these people were surprisingly consistent. The corners of their mouths were raised, and there was an unconcealable look of excitement in their eyes, as if they had been looking forward to the sound.

Turn on the phone and click on the software. A flowchart of the evolution of beasts into humans flashed on the screen. What finally appeared on the screen was the title of "Evolution": Natural Selection, Survival of the Fittest!

"Silver level hunting mission released!"

"Mission objectives: Pink Piggy, Gilly Eggs, Cherry Meatballs, Baker Graves, Matilda, Eggplant."

"Conditions for completing the mission: kill anyone!"

"Task reward: Level improvement point*1, 300,000 federal coins!"

"Task restrictions: Only members above level 5 can accept it. The time limit is half an hour. If the task fails, the level will be reduced by 1 level. Only 20 people can accept it. The number of people who can accept the task: 20/20!"

"The number of people accepting the current task is full, please wait."

"SHIT!!! Who stole my mission!"

Someone kicked him on the bench next to him. He just hesitated for a few seconds because he was looking at the content of the task.

Before he could vent enough, a push message flashed on the screen again.

Another mission!

This time, he didn't hesitate at all, and directly chose to accept it without even a single thought.

"Congratulations on successfully accepting the gold-level hunting mission!"

"Mission target: An unknown person currently in Tokyo. Only photos are clues. He may be near the Star Bay Hotel. The system will update his location and current status in real time."

"Mission fulfillment conditions: Target obliteration!"

"Task reward: promoted to a gold-level member of "Evolution", 1 million federal coins!"

"Task restriction: Only members above level 7 can accept the task."

"Gold level member! 1 million!"

When he saw the message on the screen, he couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise. Many passers-by looked at him, but he didn't mean to be embarrassed at all.

Turn your backpack to your chest, take out a box containing several injections and put it into your pocket. Put on the video mask that was still hanging around your waist, roll up your sleeves, the silver bracelet reflects the surrounding colored light, and eyeballs Tracking cameras of both sizes are lifted into the air with the help of an overhead device that resembles a bamboo dragonfly.

Fasten the zipper at the hem of the dress, and then pull it up to the top. The raised collar fits the mask tightly.

Twist the thumbs of your left and right hands downwards, and when you lift them up, they have already hooked the two rings extending from the cuffs. Pull them forward, and a chaotic and flashing phantom fluorescent effect will appear on the surface of the clothes starting from the hem of the clothes. Eventually it transformed into a colorful skeleton with glittering marks on its body.

He stood in the middle of the street, facing the floating camera that had started filming, with his hands open toward the night sky, doing some kind of praying gesture that seemed a little nervous to others.

The image mask was also activated at this time. After the orange streamer ripples, only two words were finally displayed:

Handsome boy!

"Friends, the gold-level hunting mission is about to begin. Now let us first confirm the latest positioning of the target."

"Friend, you look very handsome in a mask. Can you lend it to me to play with?"

Someone held the shoulder of the man who was about to take action and asked very gently.

The overwhelmed creaking of his shoulder blades proved that the man was not as gentle as he appeared.

"The real-time positioning system is enabled, the target is far away from you. You have found the target, positioning is suspended!"

Gu~

The sound of swallowing saliva is clearly audible