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After giving up on this row of mature people, Gao Gong stood up directly and walked into Hanging Street.

This street is a bit like a night market street. There are many mobile vendors, some selling psychotropic drugs, some selling synthetic food, some selling pornographic CDs, and there are also gangsters wearing holographic tattoos, such as virtual green dragons and virtual white tigers. Turning around, although he is second-rate, he is inexplicably handsome.

After bypassing two virtual advertisements featuring exposed women, the senior engineer couldn't help but rub his ears.

It was so noisy that the tweeters on every stall wanted to blast to the highest electronic sounds.

"Brother, why don't you have fun? I'll give you free coins."

Dodging the shoulder of a gangster, Gao Gong glanced at the game arcade not far away. Through the 'data brain', he could clearly see that a large amount of pseudo-sensory data was gathering.

"The signal base station of the cyber network."

Simulation signals come from the human body, so the role of the arcade is to get people into it and continuously produce signals.

This can be regarded as some kind of infrastructure.

He glanced at the gang member coldly and exuded a trace of radiation beast aura. The gang member immediately knew that Gao Gong was difficult to deal with and left in a sullen manner.

When the senior engineer walked into the alleyway of Diaojing Street, it was obvious that it had just been renovated and replaced with white bricks with no visible material. However, the buildings on both sides were still very old, and a large number of discarded wires were intertwined in the air. , like a spider web, the distance between buildings is also very small, which is very suitable for snitches.

"No. 3-301, Staff Lane, Hanging Street."

The senior engineer looked up, confirmed the building number, and walked up.

Gao Yuanyuan No. 301.

The person he recognizes as his relative.

‘A 17-year-old girl with both parents dead, rebellious and unsupervised is a bit difficult to handle. ’

Along the stairs, a large amount of red paint was splashed on the wall, and mice were chirping. However, when the senior engineer stepped on it, nothing happened.

‘Holographic projection? ’

There are mice and red paint, but something is missing.

After going up to the third floor, as expected, the four characters "pay debts and pay back debts" appeared densely on the walls, floor, and door.

"These days, you can't join a gang without any skills. They use holographic technology to collect debts, and they even have automatic sensors."

"It seems that the key is no longer needed."

The senior engineer's guess was correct. The cat's eye and the keyhole were blocked, but there was an obvious gap in the door. The senior engineer slowly spit out a bone spur from his fingertips, moved it upward, and the door opened.

‘Meow~’

Hey, there was a cat. In a small space, a big orange stared blankly at the sudden stranger.

"Are you also an element-devouring beast?"

The senior engineer touched the other person, but his touch was empty. A large number of electronic light spots appeared on the cat's body.

"It turns out it's a 3D projection, and the hair effect is pretty good."

The senior engineer looked around. There was one room, one living room, and one bathroom. The living room was so small that he probably couldn't even squat down in the bathroom. Water dripped one after another. The dark and narrow environment was quite suitable for filming a ghost movie.

Moreover, with the ears of a skilled engineer, he could clearly hear subtle breathing sounds in the bedroom, and in the darkness, it seemed as if there was a pale eye staring at him.

"Forget it, let's make do with it and we'll clean it up tomorrow."

He dragged the tattered sofa in front of the leaky window and looked around. Seeing that there was really nothing to cover, the senior engineer shrugged.

After taking off his coat and spreading it on the damp sofa, Gao Gong plopped down on the sofa and fell asleep.

Behind the bedroom door, a certain girl breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the senior engineer had no intention of breaking in.

…

It's easy to distinguish between day and night in the city that never sleeps. The moment the neon lights and various display screens disappear, it's morning.

‘Squeak——’

A girl version of Sadako slowly poked her head out from behind the door. After confirming that no one was there, Gao Yuanyuan patted her chest gently.

I always feel like something is different at home today.

Leaky window panes were replaced, leaky faucets in the toilets were repaired, and even peepholes and keyholes were opened.

On the missing flower pot, the holographic plant lit up again.

The originally gloomy and terrifying environment was inexplicably a little warmer.

'Sadako' pursed her lips, suddenly thought of something, and her eyes suddenly widened.

It’s broken, there’s not enough time, I’m going to be late for school!

…

At this time, early in the morning, stalls were also on the scene. However, due to the special nuclear landform of this planet, vegetarian food was more expensive than meat, and natural food was more expensive than synthetic food.

But no matter what, it is better than eating nutritional cream.

"Boss, what's there to eat?"

"Hey, it's you," the bearded man wearing sunglasses obviously recognized the person from yesterday.

"It seems that for the sake of providing me with a fresh human body, I'll treat you to this meal."

"What do you have?"

"Maggot pizza, cockroach skewers, rat noodles, rat salad."

The senior engineer licked his lips and asked, "Do you have anyone who's a bit more vegetarian?"

"It's quite picky," he said, stamping a bowl of rat noodles filled with rat meat but with barely visible noodles on the table.

"If you like to eat, eat, but if you don't like it, just stay aside!"

"Hey, who doesn't know our old Jack's temper? You must be the new kid at first glance."

The senior engineer was not angry, and took the noodles with a smile. There was a mist in his eyes, and a strong murderous intention suddenly burst out from Old Jack opposite him. However, when he saw the senior engineer who was lowering his head to eat the noodles, he paused in confusion. , hesitated for a moment, and continued to pull up his face.

Name: Jack K

Race: Cyborg

Occupation: Mercenary Level 25, Bounty Hunter Level 15

Overall level: 40

HP: 630/1110

Skills: Intermediate Cooking Level 4, Light Weapon Use Level 7 (Elite), Heavy Weapon Use Level 4 (Elite), Full Strike Level 9, Battlefield Survival Level 3 (Expert)

Negative Status: Cyberpsychosis

Template:war maniac

Note: A powerful mercenary who once made a living by hunting androids has now become a street vendor. His past must have a special story.

‘There is actually a template!’

Generally speaking, only bosses will have templates, but that's not necessarily the case. Special plot pig's feet can also have templates.

The City that Never Sleeps is indeed a high-end map. No matter how you eat a bowl of noodles, you can encounter this kind of plot of the special forces king in the city.

Why is this rat meat so chewy?

After eating the noodles, Gao Gong decisively stood up and left. It is better to leave this kind of character plot exploration to the players. He is not short of these three melons and two dates. More importantly, once a disease like cyberpsychosis occurs, what will happen? But since he doesn’t recognize his relatives, it’s better to avoid him.

Walking to the entrance of the game arcade, the senior engineer found a group of people cleaning up blood stains at the door. They were all new faces. The key is that the weapons were also very fresh, such as chain saws, dog-leg knives, metal muscles and metal skins. This rough painting style made He was suddenly back in the radiation desert.

"A new gang? That's right. This is the outer city."

The entire outer city is home to 90% of the gangs in the Evernight City. Dragons and snakes are mixed together, and dragons crossing the river emerge in endlessly. It is a standard "fighting ground for military strategists". Often, only the gangs that conquer the outer city can truly gain a foothold in the Evernight City.

"It's really scary to be beaten and killed."

After making a casual comment, Gao Gong followed the address on the document and found the underground clinic of the Wild Wolf Gang's prosthetic doctor.

Looking at the demolished construction site in front of him, he was speechless.

"This is part of the No. 214 renovation project in the old city. How can I help you?"

At the gate of the construction site, a robot man smoking an e-cigarette saw the senior engineer coming and immediately switched to question and answer mode.

The senior engineer didn't say anything and handed over a real estate certificate.

"It turns out to be the owner of warehouse No. 124. Unfortunately, it has exceeded the prescribed trading hours and you cannot get compensation."

"Then what do I get?"

The old robot has hung up.

The senior engineer sighed, took out a cigarette and handed it over.

"The items in Warehouse No. 124 are in the utility room of the construction site. Go get them yourself. Also, the nicotine content of this cigarette is not enough. I will need an e-cigarette next time."

"Definitely next time."

After dragging a bunch of things out of the utility room, the senior engineer bribed the old robot man with a pack of cigarettes in exchange for a small cart. He went back and forth three times before he finished dragging the things.

"Good Samaritan, please give me a code."

"It's no use looking for me, just look for a programmer."

Knocking a robot beggar aside, the engineer finally dragged everything to the third floor.

Looking at the crowded living room, Gao Gong sighed.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, but at least it is much better than being hunted down as soon as you cross time.

The cartons were opened one by one, and most of them were garbage, including wine bottles, electronic comics, expired drinks, and discarded chips.

Fortunately, it pays off in the end.

A number book recording the history of the Wild Wolf Gang going offline, a projection TV, a portable operating table, a pile of prosthetic surgery tools, four prosthetic hands and feet, and more than a dozen whiteboard-level prosthetic plug-ins.

"It's not bad, at least it's ready to open."

Mechanical coins are just factory currency. In Mechanical City, people use credits.

In the city that never sleeps, this is called a machine point.

Credit points and credit points can be exchanged between different mechanical cities.

But the trade between the factory and the machinery city is usually based on bulk commodities.

Therefore, in a short period of time, senior engineers must be self-reliant and work hard to make money.

Pulling out the number book, the senior engineer went down to find a public phone booth and dialed the number inside.

"Who are you? The butcher brother introduced you here? Okay, okay, I will definitely do it."

"Brother, when are you going to take action? What? Don't you plan to come out of the army again? You haven't been around for many years? Then what do you want to do?"

"Is there a black market near the outer city? OK, OK, I'll keep an eye on it for you."

"Underground renovation? No problem, I'll introduce you to the client."

It is worth mentioning that although the Wild Wolf Gang's lair was bombed and all the leaders were killed, it was precisely because they died so clean that their hostile forces were not eradicated.

In other words, it still has a lot of eyeliner.

After making a call, the senior engineer went upstairs again, and at the door of the third floor, he saw Miss Sadako hesitating at the door.

Miss Sadako also saw Gao Gong.