Interdimensional science and technology starting from cyberpunk

The mercenary who was killed was quite famous.

Most of the mercenaries who were killed that day left behind wreckage. From these wreckage, clues can be obtained to prove their identity, which Bryce can check using the network monitoring record library.

In their respective cities, they have basically reached the top level, the kind where someone comes to an intermediary with funds and says they want the best, and the intermediary will recommend them immediately.

However, judging from the time, either he became famous not long ago, or he has not done any bigger work for a long time.

At this stage, they look down on small jobs and are confident enough to take on larger jobs. They even imagine that they will die of old age after doing just one job.

This requires them to use more violent means to complete more difficult tasks.

In a small place, there is little money and information does not circulate. Large-scale turmoil is basically a real large-scale armed conflict - the smelliest option. There is little money and there is no one to help collect the body if you die.

But in big cities, the control of companies is very strong, so strong that on the surface, people live and work in peace and contentment.

There are no gunfights, no vicious bloodshed, just all kinds of silent deaths, from the top to the bottom.

More restrictions means there are more intermediate links, and the mercenaries who are just hands-on are not that important, or in other words, they are not that important yet.

They are the kind of irreplaceable legends who want to prove themselves, the super lone wolves and world-class mercenaries who can change the direction of a corporate game.

There aren't many opportunities like this.

There are not many cities in the world like Night City that are economically developed but extremely backward in the field of safety. As it happens, accidents have occurred frequently in Night City recently.

If there is one place where a large number of such opportunities are gathered, it can only be the current Night City.

Bryce only updated their status and information on the dead people in the database without making any further comments.

Finally, he set his sights on the last three living people - starting with the couple David had captured.

"Lucas 'Turbo' Weber and Anna 'Cannon' Ball, these two are celebrities in unlimited high-speed racing, two consecutive championships.

The database showed that they had no activity records for almost a whole year. It turned out that they came to Night City.

There is news that the woman was a former ACPA (Note 1) pilot, and the man was a fighter pilot? "

Of the two, Anna, the female, is stronger, while Lucas has a more normal body shape, but is also stronger than ordinary people.

Most people would die on the spot due to such injuries due to organ damage, massive bleeding, etc. Only a few people with a high degree of prostheticization could survive, such as the previous Uzumaki Gang.

However, the high degree of prostheticization of the Uzumaki Gang has brought lifelong pain, a form that is far from normal humans, and an abnormal mental state.

Both mercenaries have a very high degree of prostheticization, but they still retain a considerable degree of human form, which can be called high-end.

This makes the recorded information of network surveillance more credible: they may really be the operators of those extreme machines, and the high-end prosthetic modifications are exactly the improvements the company originally made to adapt them to high-intensity combat.

Bryce leaned down to Lucas, and the two looked at each other - Lucas only had one eye left.

Because the prosthetic body was locked, Lucas could not speak and could only stare back, but soon...

Click!

Bryce suddenly reached out and pulled out a cable from Lucas' broken prosthetic body!

Pulling out the cable, Bryce explained: "He is really a fighter pilot. The ESA will make special modifications to fighter pilots so that they can directly control the aircraft body with their thoughts.

An expensive system. Every air force has to serve them for 40 years because of this system. He is a deserter, but the prosthetic body can still be used.

These prosthetics were so advanced that he didn't even know how much information they could reveal. "

Hearing Bryce point out his past service records and accurately withdraw a cable, Lucas's eyes became desperate——

He doesn't want to be caught and sent back to serve!

"Wait a minute." Lear grabbed Bryce's hand, "I don't remember there is compensation from ESA in this order."

"Strictly speaking, this is a data entry process for network monitoring. We will not hand over the data directly to ESA - not proactively."

In other words, if a high-value deserter appears in Night City, only network monitors will know about it.

If the ESA knew about it, they would have to take the initiative to find the Internet to monitor the transaction data. Although the results were similar, Lucas probably didn't have such a big face.

Leal let go of his hand and unlocked the prosthetic lock on Lucas, seemingly preparing to listen to what Bryce had to say when he hacked.

As soon as the restrictions were lifted, Lucas growled: "Let us go, I bought insurance and can pay for it!"

"Little brother." Lille patted him on the shoulder, "Do you think the insurance you bought will still be recognized by the Internet monitors?

What insurance did you buy? Are there any members of the trauma team? "

"No." Lucas replied bitterly, "Who can afford the rescue costs of the trauma team?"

"Why come to Night City?"

Lucas glanced at Anna, who was still unconscious on the ground, and answered mechanically: "What else could it be? Everyone is the same, making money and spending money. Who doesn't have some dreams?"

After just two sentences, Bryce disconnected the prosthetic link with Lucas and turned to Anna, who was still unconscious on the ground.

Lucas suddenly became furious: "Stay away from him!"

Bryce didn't even look at him as he also pulled a cable from Anna's prosthetic body.

Leal interrupted Lucas: "Brother, just dig some data. Of course, this dishonest corporate dog may also install a backdoor for you.

You can ask me to help you clear it and solve it. "

The calm Bryce paused when he heard this, but finally decided to finish the matter at hand first.

Lucas's eyes were red and he was breathing heavily. He looked at Lear and asked broken questions from his electronic voice: "Can you make the decision? In front of this corporate dog?"

"Let's talk first." Lear crossed his arms and shrugged, "So you used to be an ESA pilot, and she was."

It's not like Leal has never seen him as a soldier. Adecado's Mitch and Scorpion once served the new United States during the Unification War and were also armored soldiers.

However, in comparison, ACPA operators and pilots are much more sensitive, and Europe is obviously more stringent than the new United States in its attitude towards free mercenaries.

But can he still lie? The links to network surveillance have been inserted into my head!

After hesitating for a moment, Lucas resigned himself to his fate: He was already in trouble, so what's the point of thinking about it?

However, when he thought about his experiences, he felt extremely painful: "Yes, yes, I am a pilot! Anna is an ACPA operator!

Are you satisfied with this? ah! Why do these birds always follow us?

In Night City, is this still the case? ! "

"Wait, brother." Lear interrupted the furious Lucas again. To be honest, he felt that this man was mentally abnormal.

"Did you make a mistake? You were caught by me here because you were beaten up by my little brother while you were racing."

Lear took out the Yinglong, opened the folding handle, and the muzzle began to warm up and rotate: "You don't think you are awesome because you have flown a plane and your wife has flown an ACPA, right?

Do you really think you are a Mewtwo star and people are chasing you for autographs wherever you go?

Don't be so fucking surprised. Just say it nicely. Can you understand me? "

Every time he said a word, Ying Long would hit Lucas on the face, and the rotating muzzle would rub against his skin crazily.

Lucas's expression began to change rapidly: he was indeed a little moody, but not irrational.

Leal caught this subtle change and took advantage of the victory and stuffed the barrel of the gun into his mouth.

"Hey, do you understand? Why don't you speak? Speak!"

Click, click, click, click—

Ying Long's rotating muzzle was pressed against Lucas's gums, constantly rubbing and spinning against his teeth, making a clicking sound.

The pressure of having to shoot the next second finally made Lucas learn to think and speak like a normal person, but...

How can he speak like this? !

Ying Long's gun is indeed not big, but putting it in his mouth still caused his electronic voiceband to malfunction, and he could only make a whining sound——

"If you can talk well, just nod. Don't try to trick me all day long about the deep love between husband and wife. If you don't want to live, there are many people who want to live.

What Night City lacks most is pretentious idiots like you. You are nothing. Just nod your head if you understand. "

Lucas' head, overwhelmed by love, began to regain his senses, and his eyes that were crazy about love gradually became pragmatic, nodding tremblingly like a chicken pecking at rice.

An eye reveals only one meaning:

Brother, if you have anything to ask, just ask.

"Good, finally feeling a little bit normal." Lear retracted his gun, and Bryce also retracted his personal link simultaneously.

In the communication channel that Lucas could not see, Leal said to Bryce: The old method still works, right?

"Which company hired you?"

Lucas slowed down, shook his head and said: “It’s nothing more than EBM and IEC, but we are not directly employed.

It can be said that he was hired by a middleman, but this middleman also came to Night City with us, so he was not serious. "

Lear raised his eyebrows: "Name?"

"Masamune." Lucas replied, "It's a strange name. He seems to be Japanese. We all call him Masamune."

(Note 1: Assisted Combat Personnel Armor, auxiliary infantry combat armor, also called PA (Power Armor, power armor).)