Start in Night City

The wanderers fell silent.

They all began to think seriously about the next way out.

If you choose to leave, the price will be that you can no longer wander in the bad land.

Because the bad land is the territory of wanderers, if you don't join the tribe, you are the enemy of the tribe.

It seems like they have no choice.

If you want to continue living in the bad land, you have to accept the conditions of the Snake State.

However, they were fighting for life and death a moment ago, and now they have to join the enemy's side, which the Rangers couldn't accept for a while.

Su Xiao, on the other hand, is thinking further.

Nowadays, the Bakker family and the Snake State are openly at odds with each other. The two sides have fought several times, causing casualties on each other.

The magnanimity shown by Snake State at the moment looks like a trick no matter how you look at it.

They sent out fifty men, but they couldn't take down the camp with only ten men.

In the end, all fifty people were wiped out.

Although there were heavy casualties in the camp, didn't McCoy say that some of the people who went out together successfully escaped.

What if when Snake State attacks the camp again, these people come back and cooperate with the defenders inside and outside?

Therefore, in Su Xiao's view, this is like Snake State trying to lower the

Loss, first coax everyone to surrender and divide the Bakker family.

Wait until the Bakker family is completely annexed and digested, and then we can settle the score later.

McCoy glanced at the others and pulled Su Xiao aside: "Su, what are your plans?"

"I don't want to live a wandering life anymore, and I'm going to try my luck in Night City."

"Okay, I respect your choice..." McCoy came closer and lowered his voice, "Don't forget what I told you yesterday. You will need the supplies in that place."

"Thank you." Su Xiao hesitated, "McCoy, why don't you come with me too."

"Together? Where to go? Night City?"

Lidya Su nodded.

McCoy smiled and shook his head: "I'm not like you, Sue. I'm old, and it's too difficult for me to change my career."

"Go ahead and don't worry about me. If you become a legend, don't forget your old friend."

…

An hour after leaving the Bakker family camp, Su Xiao found the cave McCoy mentioned.

The entrance to the cave is blocked with all kinds of junk.

He spent some time cleaning up the junk at the door. Not long after going inside, he found what McCoy had left for him.

It's an SUV.

He opened the trunk and found enough water, food, necessities for a few days, and a familiar-looking samurai sword.

Lidya Su was stunned for a moment.

Then I remembered.

Wasn't this the knife McCoy was wearing?

He remembered that McCoy once said that the knife named "Murasame" was an heirloom passed down from generation to generation in McCoy's family.

At this moment, the "little gift" McCoy mentioned when he came to him before the accident suddenly appeared in his mind.

Is this what you were referring to?

Lidya Su felt an indescribable feeling in her heart.

He rubbed his eyes, took out Murasame, and closed the trunk.

Get in the car, start the car, and drive out of the cave.

Then, he faced the direction of the Bakker family camp and greeted them from a distance.

"Goodbye, McCoy."

Chapter Six: Ever since I got cyberpsychosis, I have become energetic.

The sun's disc in the blue sky radiates light and heat, causing the air to become distorted.

Asphalt roads built in the past crisscross the wasteland, and some of them have been buried by sand.

On both sides of the road are vast deserts and low hillsides.

Piles of waste are displayed together with the Joshua trees, as if to welcome people.

In the distance, through the dusty smoke, it seemed that the city's skyscrapers and holographic billboards could be glimpsed.

That's Night City.

Under the heat of the scorching sun.

An SUV was speeding towards Night City.

Lidya Su breathed a sigh of relief.

It's almost there.

During these two days, he hardly stopped.

Sleeping while driving.

Finally crossing the desert, I caught a glimpse of the outline of Night City.

During this period, he also took on a job.

——There is a client who wants to find a homeless man to help him "transport" something into the Night City.

One of the homeless people's daily jobs is "carrying goods."

Although Su Xiao had never done it before, McCoy told him the process in detail.

Well, it won't be a problem.

…

More than an hour later, Su Xiao drove into a small town outside Night City.

The town was just as desolate and lifeless as he had seen it outside.

He came to the outer area on the east side of the town and kept looking around.

The customer who had agreed before should get on the bus here.

But now he was alone.

Appointed time.

The agreed place.

The promised client was not there.

I don’t know if I was let off the hook.

At this time, he noticed someone coming.

He doesn't look like a customer, but like a person from this town.

The man came to the car.

"Is something wrong?" Lidya Su raised her eyebrows.

"Follow me, the Sheriff wants to see you."

…

Inside the small town sheriff's office.

A uniformed police officer with his legs draped over the table.

He also held a burger in his hand.

The door was pushed open and two people walked in one after the other.

The townspeople walking at the front said with a bit of respect and flattery.

"Sir, I have brought you this person."

"Well, you can go."

The Sheriff removed his legs from the table and placed the burger on the table.

He stood up, put his hands on his belt, and walked slowly towards Lidya Su.

He didn't walk fast, but his posture deliberately created a sense of oppression for Su Xiao.

"Don't you know that when you come to town, you have to say hello to the Sheriff? Tell him what you're here for, even if it's just to get a cup of coffee."

Su Xiao stood there and let the sheriff circle around him.

"I don't plan to stay here for a long time. I just came to...well, find someone."

Seeing that Su Xiao didn't show any timidity, the Sheriff returned to the chair with a little disappointment and sat down again: "Who are you looking for?"

"It does not matter."

"Oh, you told me it's not important?" The Sheriff straightened up, with a vague smile on his face, "If a stray dog ​​appeared in your house, would you also think it was not important?"

Even a fool can understand the meaning behind these words.

But Lidya Su was not angry, but said calmly.

"That scoring situation."

"What's the meaning?"

"For example, some people with bad eyesight may mistake wolves for dogs."

The Sheriff's expression froze.

Then take the initiative to change the topic.

"My name is Andrew Jones, you may have heard of me."

"I've only heard of Indiana Jones."

"The Indiana Jones you are talking about happened to be serving in the special forces "Silver Shotgun" during the last war, right? "

Su Xiao shook his head: "As far as I know, he is a professor of customs and an archaeologist, not a soldier, and he is much more likable than you."

"You're not easy to talk to, are you?" The Sheriff snorted, "Listen carefully, I'm in a little trouble right now and need a helper, and I think you'd be a good fit."

Lidya Su raised her eyebrows: "Did I miss something? Did I say I would help you?"

"You have no choice."

"Yeah?"

"Yes, I didn't discuss it with you. This matter is not as bad as you think. If you agree, you will not only get a thousand euros in reward, but also the gratitude of this town."

Lidya Su was silent.

One thousand euros is not a small amount of money.

If the job wasn't difficult, he wouldn't mind adding more money to his bankroll.

Although the contemptuous attitude in front of her made Lidya Su very unhappy.

But if he could make money, Lidya Su wouldn't be able to forgive him like a father.

"Okay, let's talk about it."

"There is a cyberpsycho who often appears nearby. Although he has not attacked the town so far, several people who have left the town have been brutally murdered."

Lidya Su frowned.

He knows what cyberpsychosis is.

During the short half year he lived in the Bakker family, he had a lot of knowledge about the world.

Simply put, it is a collective term for all anxiety-related mental and personality disorders caused by the hardware in the implant (prosthetic body) and various behavioral modules including software.