Chapter 158 The Poor Chip Thief

Night City.

Huge displays for publicity can be seen throughout the Civic Center.

At this moment, News 54 is broadcasting today’s news.

"Welcome to WNS News Channel, where we will continue to provide you with the biggest news of the week."

"A week ago, a group of unidentified criminals broke into the Civic Center and caused major damage to many important locations in the Municipal Square and Company Square, killing a large number of military technology employees."

"In this attack, criminals broke into the biotechnology building and destroyed the current control system inside the building, causing the building to emit abnormal electromagnetic pulses."

"After this electromagnetic pulse, important facilities and equipment of many companies were damaged, and many residents near the company square found that their implants malfunctioned."

"Lucius Lane, the mayor of Night City, was also within the scope of the electromagnetic pulse. He was handling official duties at the Civic Center at the time. The long overtime work and the electromagnetic pulse caused some damage to him."

"But fortunately yesterday, this diligent mayor woke up in the hospital."

"Second news, there was a cyberpsycho attack on Route 96 in Night City yesterday. It is reported that the cyberpsychopath is named Gabrio Bleitz, and he is a security employee in military technology."

"Cyberpsychosis killed five of his colleagues in the squad and caused twenty-three civilian casualties."

"The City Hall attaches great importance to this incident and has adjusted the blockade contract and added NCPD duty lists to the highways."

The subway doors slowly opened.

The two skill chip thieves came out holding a handful of chips. After walking a few steps and the car drove away, the white-haired girl threw away the chip in her hand, smiled with her eyes narrowed, and patted the boy next to her on the shoulder. .

"You did a good job. You're much more proficient than you were at the beginning. When you stole that big guy just now, I gave you a hard time."

David smiled back and handed the chip in his hand to Lucy.

"You have to learn something, right?"

While talking and walking, David saw the news broadcast on the big screen on the wall, and suddenly stood still. The emotion in his eyes was hard to say whether it was envy or admiration, or both.

Lucy took a few steps forward, and when she saw David like this, she hit him on the head with a knife.

"Still thinking about what happened that day? You don't really want to do that kind of work, do you?"

David touched his head: "Well, it's a bit dangerous, but it's also a lot of money."

"A bit?" Lucy narrowed her eyes slightly and tilted her head to look at David, "I thought you were getting smarter, but in the end, you are still a fool.

Not to mention what happened that day, the cyber psychotic guy on the news could have beaten you ten times—no, maybe a hundred times!

Do you think you have too much life and not enough money? Still want to make headlines? "

David stepped back a little when Lucy looked at him: "Hey, I'm just talking. Besides, why don't I think about it for a moment?"

Lucy stared at David suspiciously for a few more seconds, then turned her head and continued walking forward.

Then David said: "I'm thinking we can find a middleman to do other jobs? For example, rescuing people from scavengers or something like that."

Lucy turned around again with a look on her face: I knew your kid was thinking about other things.

"I asked you, are you feeling a little swollen?" She then reached out and pinched David's arms and waist——

David couldn't be fooled this time - poor David was being played by Lucy.

"It's a bit longer, but not too much. Is there really something wrong with my brain?"

Lucy touched David's belly all the way to his face: "You still don't seem to understand that gunfights and stealing are two different concepts."

David looked at Lucy, stood up straight and said: "But we are not novices anymore, we also killed a military technology person!"

Lucy reluctantly retracted her hand: "I killed that person too, okay? Do you want to see what kind of gun you are holding?"

"Freedom--this gun is not a high-end product, but it is more than enough to kill sweepers, right?"

Lucy turned her head and continued walking, asking as she walked:

".Are you short of money?"

"That's not the case. I paid the rent and loan last time, and my mother's salary will be paid this month. After excluding the remaining loans and expenses, I should still be able to save some money."

"I remember you said you were looking for a job during the day? How's it going?"

Speaking of this, David's face turned red - he sent Lucy a message record of his own:

Foreman: The wages have arrived, remember to take a look.

David: Why is it only 50 euros? Didn’t you say 200-1000 euros?

Foreman: Don’t accuse me of my innocence. Take a closer look.

David: Yes, it says "0.2~1K Euro"?

David: 0.2 Euro to 1000 Euro?

Foreman: Yes.

"Hahahahahaha."

Lucy laughed like a silver bell, holding her stomach and laughing.

David looked helpless: "I work 12 hours a day without a minute's rest. Only an idiot can do this job!"

Lucy laughed for a long time, and finally stopped while holding on to the wall: "Ahem. Hahaha. Well, you are really silly and cute."

To be honest, this thing could make Lucy laugh all day long, but she instinctively looked at her account balance:

Account balance: 30,982 euros.

Then she couldn't laugh anymore - after so many years of stealing skill chips in Night City, if Lille hadn't sent them a big wave, she would only have a deposit of more than 10,000 euros.

To go to the moon, the cheapest ticket costs 200,000 euros.

Seeing that Lucy no longer smiled, David said with some melancholy: "And I always feel that my mother is very nervous.

To be honest, I actually quite like my current life, but every time my mom sees people in the company, she will show that expression. I can tell that even though she says she doesn’t care what I do, she still..."

In this world, there are many outlaws and perverts.

But there are also many ordinary people.

Ordinary people's understanding of the world is: the company is great, and although the work in the company is hard and fucked up, it is stable!

And if you work in a big company, you will have a lot of dignity when going out.

After graduation, you don’t even need to go out to work. It is the current situation of many people to study for work skills certificates at home full-time and go to the company.

That is to say, this is the freest city in the world, Night City. In Atlanta, Tokyo and other developed areas of Europe, only the street kids with the least choice will become thieves and mercenaries.

Perhaps the freedom of Night City is a false illusion to some people, but in those major cities, the pervasive surveillance and the suffocating force gap between companies and ordinary people make this false illusion no longer exist.

Ironically, by 2077, it was precisely this deformed city that was still maintaining rapid economic growth.

Therefore, it is difficult to say who is more naive and who is more realistic, David or Gloria.

The same goes for Lucy - what she is thinking now is, can she really realize her dream of going to the moon if she is timid?

How can there be any people in the City of Night who can survive and die without any regrets?

So she instinctively lit a cigarette, and the two of them leaned on the glass wall of the aisle and looked at the bustling crowd.

".Okay, then let's try other jobs."

David was stunned for a moment, but he didn't show a very happy expression, he just smiled softly.

"Don't worry, there won't be any danger - even if there is, I will stand in front of you."

Lucy didn't say anything, just smiled.

Then something went wrong with David's system suddenly, and both of them were stunned.

Lucy instantly turned on the analysis mode, and then she discovered that the problem came from the channel and special software used to communicate with Burger King last time.

The origin of the data is nearly impossible to trace—and impossible to stop.

Sender: Burger King.

Burger King: David, I have a job for you.

David suddenly became very excited - Lucy was speechless for a while, and said that if there is danger, you will stand in front. I think you are the one who opens the door for danger!

"Don't get excited, ask him what he wants to do first!"

David nodded quickly, but the message in his head had already been sent.

David: Say it!