Start in Night City

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore, what's the difference between this latest experimental version and the one you know? Is it just that the memory imprint is different? Or is it self-aware? Or is it aggressive?"

Herman said sternly: "The uniqueness of this chip does not lie in Johnny Silverhand's imprint. The previous version of the chip could only produce biological interactions with the imprints pre-stored in it..."

Su Xiao knows what Herman said.

He'd seen it on TV before, more than once.

For Relic, there are some people...including the last liberator, the president of the Eliyahu Church, the nightmare of Arasaka's public relations department, Father Colfer.

He sneered at Arasaka's so-called "guarding your soul". In his opinion, this was just another set of lies concocted by Arasaka Company, driven by greed and lust for power.

Father Colfer believes that this relic is just a set of algorithms that have no feelings or thoughts. It just speaks in the voice of the deceased. It is not truly "copying human thoughts to a separate chip" at all.

"Well, that's the original version you mentioned, so what's the difference with the latest experimental model?"

"The biggest difference is that it can install and activate the imprint in the new body."

"Wait a moment, install and activate the imprint? Isn't that the cyberpunk version of body seizing?"

Herman's rhetoric may sound mysterious and quite bluffing.

But for Su Xiao, who has read too many online novels, this cannot scare him.

Install and activate blotting? Huh, it's really quite impressive.

Isn't this thing just "seizing the body"?

Herman was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.

"Seize the body? Yes, I have read your Siris' fairy novels. Immortal cultivators with high magic power can occupy the bodies of monks who are weaker than themselves. Although different novels have different details in some details, it is almost the same. set up."

"Yes, you are right, it is to seize the body, but when I left... and defected to Arasaka, the whole project was still in the experimental stage."

Lidya Su sneered.

"Why does your latest version sound different from what is advertised on TV? Isn't the function of relic just to hear the voices of the deceased? Logically speaking, it should be just a complex chat robot at best. "

"Is this an experiment by Saburo Arasaka to achieve immortality? If it succeeds, he can continue to live with the help of other people's bodies?"

Herman was a bachelor, so he didn't hide it: "You are right, this experimental model is a private custom-made by Saburo Arasaka, and he personally supervised the entire project."

"In other words, if it wasn't for Arasaka Yorinobu, no one would ever know?"

Herman nodded: "It's just that when we were testing, we assumed that the subjects were bodies without neurological reactions..."

"That's a corpse."

"You can say that," it was just a title, and Herman didn't take it seriously, but he stared at Johnny closely with a burning gaze, "but this situation is really beyond my expectation."

That kind of gaze was not unfamiliar to Lidya Su.

It was an inquisitive look that wanted to dissect it to explore the mystery.

No one likes to be stared at like that.

There are always supporters of human experimentation who want to whitewash human experimentation, but as far as Su Xiao is concerned, since some people like to whitewash human experimentation so much, why not just do it in one step and let them become the material for human experimentation and see if they can still do it. Justification of Human Experimentation.

"If you look at me like that again, I will sew your eyes shut!"

Johnny waved his robotic arm viciously and threatened.

Su Xiao snapped her fingers a few times in front of Herman's eyes, drawing the latter's attention back: "Okay, stop talking about what is and is not, and to follow up on my previous question, you have to ask Johnny Silver Get your hands out of this robot.”

Hermann spread his hands.

"What happens after you get it out? Although I don't know much about Johnny Silverhand's glorious deeds, I don't think you need me to give you more information, right? He is already dead, completely dead, all dead Nearly fifty years ago.”

"He's still alive in this little robot. Get him out. Where do you want him to go?"

Johnny suddenly rushed out, jumped on Herman, and knocked the latter down: "Hey, I have tolerated you for a long time. As a prisoner, you are really arrogant."

Hermann hurriedly raised his hands

hand.

But Johnny would not let Herman go just because he surrendered. He hit Herman hard with his iron head, and then crawled away from him after making a loud bang. .

The latter covered his face, lay on the ground and shouted: "My nose! He broke my nose!"

No one sympathized with him.

Only Su Xiao threw a handkerchief over.

"Okay, okay, just wipe off the blood and be satisfied. At least he didn't gouge out your eyes, which would have hurt a hundred times more."

Su Xiao said as Herman wiped the nosebleed that continued to flow out.

"I still say what I said, get Johnny out. As for where he will go after he comes out, you don't have to worry about it. There is nothing else in Night City. There are bodies without neurological reactions, right? There are so many staff in the medical center, I don’t believe there are no people who are greedy for money.”

"I...I know, I will help you."

"Wouldn't it be over already?" Su Xiao took out a pneumatic syringe and threw it to him. "Get an injection first, and then I'll straighten your nose."

Herman picked up the pneumatic syringe from the sand, rolled up his sleeve, inserted it into his arm, and pushed it all the way.

The pain in my nose immediately eased a lot.

Lidya Su came to him and said, "Put your hands down."

He observed for a moment, then stretched out his hand to Hermann.

Click——

Herman screamed again.

Su Xiao patted Herman on the shoulder hard.

"Stop shouting, you can't bear this little pain? Are you still a man? I've got your nose back, now it's time for you to do your best."

Hermann covered his face and stood up again.

"Okay, okay, but I want to check the chip first... Don't get me wrong, I have no other intention, just... Look, when you go to the hospital to see a doctor, the doctor also has to do various tests for you, right? Bar?"

"Ours is a much more complicated and troublesome situation than ordinary diseases. It is impossible for me to solve the problem without knowing anything about it, unless I only want to deceive you."

Su Xiao stared at Herman.

What he had to admit was that Herman was right.

Moreover, Herman’s request seems to be understandable.

However, after all, this matter did not involve him, but someone else.

so……

"Johnny? What do you think?"

Johnny stepped impatiently and left a series of footprints on the sand: "Do you really trust this bastard in a suit? He can even betray Arasaka, what else can't he do?"

He did not say this on the communication channel, but directly broadcast it through the loudspeaker on the small flat head.

Let Herman hear it clearly too.

Herman's face looked a little ugly.

"Don't worry, he doesn't dare to do anything." After thinking about it, Su Xiao added, "Of course, if you don't want to, forget it, we can think of other ways."

"No," to Su Xiao's surprise, Johnny agreed after hesitating, "Come on, plug the cable into me."

Herman glanced at Lidya Su.

Seeing that Lidya Su didn't stop him, he no longer hesitated and immediately pulled out a black personal connection cable from his wrist and inserted it into Johnny's slot.

For some reason, when Su Xiao saw Herman and Johnny in this state, they looked like they were being checked by Chinese medicine.

"Hmm...it's unbelievable, it looks like..."

"Is it that scary?"

A minute later, Herman took the initiative to unplug the connection cable and sat there shaking his head.

"It's such a pity that I don't have the conditions to check it thoroughly now."

Johnny said angrily: "Yeah, it's a shame. Why don't you try it yourself as a guinea pig."

After comforting Johnny who was in a mood, Su Xiao asked: "Can you find a way to get Johnny Silverhand out of this iron shell?"

Hermann thought carefully about his words.

"No, it's not possible. I told you just now. This version of relic can install and activate imprints in the new body. We set this new body to be a human body, but we don't know why. , but this Relic regarded the robot as a host and occupied it..."

Lidya Su frowned.

Instinctively, I realized that it would not be easy to transfer Johnny's consciousness, even with Herman as the technical director.

"Then what do you mean..."

"This robot has been regarded as a new body by the chip. If you still can't understand, then I will tell you directly. This robot is Johnny Silverhand, and Johnny Silverhand is the robot. They have become one and cannot separate."

"Then according to what you said, there is no way to get Johnny out?"

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Herman thought for a while and gave a metaphor that he thought was appropriate.

"Can you pull a person's consciousness out of his body? I don't think so. Our rock singer is in such a situation now."

Su Xiao frowned and retorted: "That's not right, don't you have a soul killer in Arasaka? Can't you use that thing to peel people's consciousness out of their bodies?"

Herman's face changed drastically, and he was as pale as a piece of paper.

"How do you know about Soul Killer?"

Johnny on the side waved his robotic arm fiercely

.

"Have you forgotten my existence? Didn't you use this thing to seal me on the chip back then?"

"Johnny!"

Su Xiao stopped Johnny who was about to break Herman's nose again. He looked at Herman: "How about it, am I right?"

"Yes... Soul Killer can indeed extract the consciousness of others, but there is a success rate, and not every extraction can be successful. And... and..."

Herman glanced at Johnny in fear: "Using Soul Killer on humans will cause them to feel great pain. The pain is even far greater than cutting in half and quartering the body. I don't think anyone who has experienced it once will feel it." Again……"

"That's enough, shut up you idiot!"

The mechanical eye on Johnny's head kept moving.

Just Herman's words made him recall the severe pain he felt when he was killed by the Soul Killer.

Have you ever seen how the mobile stall owners on the street make pancakes?

When the Soul Killer peels off the human soul, the human soul is like a pancake that has been heated to the extreme.

Even decades later, Johnny can still feel phantom pain just thinking about it.

However, this severe pain was like spring snow under the sun, dissipating immediately with Su Xiao's next words.

"you are lying!"

The panic expression was clearly visible on Herman's face: "I...no, I didn't..."

"It is absolutely impossible that the soul killer only has the function of making the victim feel pain, or else you already have other devices similar to the soul killer."

"Su, what are you talking about?"

Johnny vaguely thought of something, but that thing seemed to be shrouded in fog, preventing him from seeing the secret.

"Don't you understand yet, Johnny?" Su Xiao sneered, "If the soul killer is really like our friend Arasaka said, then how can Saburo Arasaka live forever?"

One word awakens the dreamer.

Johnny's eyes lit up, and then the look he looked at Herman became dangerous.

yes.

If Arasaka hadn't mastered a method that could transfer a person's consciousness 100% and painlessly——

How could Saburo Arasaka achieve immortality by constantly taking away his body?

According to Herman, the Soul Killer is both unstable and inflicts immense pain on its victims...

Will Saburo Arasaka accept this?

Who is he?