Chapter 503 Try harder

Lille's brain was quickly reviewing the entire "Europeans intend to use cannons to attack Night City" incident, which was not in the original plot.

From this perspective, the cause of the incident can be traced back to a long time ago, to when he broke into the Biotech Building for emergency relief, which made the company a little angry.

This incident caused the gene cutting equipment of Biotech to disappear for dozens of minutes, and more importantly, the security of Biotech's database was threatened.

The database security of Biotech is actually not just their own problem, because they hold a very important patent:

Genetic engineering technology of alcohol 2 wheat.

This technology is related to the lifeblood of two energy giants: Petrochemical and Su Petrochemical.

Among them, Petrochemical's homeland is in America. Su Petrochemical believes that this incident proves Petrochemical's incompetence. It uses Soviet logic to spray wheat and threatens to increase control over North America to ensure technical security and patent security

Respect intellectual property rights.

Lille returned the machine in less than an hour that day, but when the company sees the benefits, it can make many plans in less than an hour.

Europeans outside Su Petrochemical were persuaded and began to think. Maybe it was time to open up the market.

If the market does not expand, the growth of profits will slow down. This is a good opportunity.

Lille didn't know how the companies were pulling each other. The final result was that the Internet surveillance turned a blind eye to some online smuggling, and the companies and municipal governments of Night City also turned a blind eye to these things, strengthened the firepower of the NCPD, strengthened the definition of "civilian weapons", and acquiesced that Arasaka's aircraft carrier could land in Night City.

In the end, whether the European market can enter the Night City market depends on the performance of the products, and whether the mercenaries who are "pioneers", that is, the gold diggers led by Muramasa, can bury the gangs in Night City that have been beaten once and establish a new underground order.

They failed, and Muramasa was caught by Lille. The next step is to deal with the middleman, Dexter DeShawn.

If he hasn't run away yet.

This is the perspective of the Europeans who intend to enter Night City, and it is also the commission Jefferson gave to Lille: Don't let foreign companies take away the power of local companies in Night City, and don't let foreign companies make the situation in Night City more complicated.

Then there is the second perspective, from the perspective of network monitoring - Lille is tracking AI.

This perspective seems quite confusing.

Lille first acted as a honeypot, killing all the way through the Tiger Claw Gang, killing Jotaro Masahiro, attracting the attack of the Soul Killer of Arasaka, and letting the network monitor take advantage.

The network monitor not only obtained some characteristic source codes of the Soul Killer program, but also found more traces of the operation of the Soul Killer.

Bryce was investigating a hacker named Dante. This hacker was originally in Westbrook. After the Tiger Claw Gang was smashed, he fled to the Whirlpool Gang. As a result, the Whirlpool Gang was also smashed, so he ran to Taipingzhou.

Then, the Europeans came and interrupted the investigation of Dante:

Lille helped the local gangs for his own reasons, and made them convinced, provided supplies, and helped them survive this foreign force attack.

When helping the Six Streets, Muramasa showed signs of being a roving AI. The network monitor and the Night City Municipal Government, that is, Mayor Ryan, jointly commissioned Lil to deal with Muramasa.

When helping the Tiger Claws and the Whirlpools to deal with the Brain Demons, Lil got more information about Muramasa and the existence of the micro-transmitter.

But the purpose of Muramasa's design of this WeChat transmitter is inextricably linked to the technology used by the Night Group to brainwash the Perales couple!

And Dante.

[Maekawa: Dante used to be a good friend of Wakako's mistress Nanchang Xun - I think so, I spent a lot of effort before he dared to speak. ]

[Maekawa: Dante was trapped in the network by the Soul Killer. I heard that it was when he attacked Holt. ]

[Maekawa: So if you are also looking for a Dante, this Dante may not be the one you are looking for. ]

Lil doesn't think so: the network monitor is tracking down the Soul Killer to find out whether Arasaka is using some method to put the digital soul into use!

Although it is unknown when Dante was trapped by the Soul Killer, it was obviously a long time ago -

If these two "Dantes" are the same person (Note 1)

The living Dante now is 100% a person replaced by a digital soul!

What is he doing? What does Arasaka want him to do? How are these things related?

But at the moment, Lil can only be sure: Yeshi Group has a big conspiracy.

The transmitter exploded due to overclocking, and Elizabeth fell to the ground, saying weakly: "What did you do to me."

Lil completely stopped his movements, and the wound that had not been sutured in time kept bleeding, until V came over and pinched his face:

"Xiao Lizi?! Is the condition getting worse?"

[Little Octopus: Uh, big brother, is everything normal? It seems that he is just thinking about things. 】

Bryce frowned: "What are you doing?"

"I wonder if you have found out what happened to Dante?"

"Not yet, he seems to have no contact with the Voodoo Gang this time, and he has completely hidden himself."

"The equipment Dante left behind in the Vortex Gang is an antenna array, right?"

"Yes - but it's different from Muramasa's, the equipment in this AI's hands is much more advanced."

"Of course it's more advanced, this is an upgraded version."

"What are you talking about?"

Bryce looked confused, but this description was in line with a record of Muramasa by network monitoring:

Murakami was a wandering AI that escaped from the Arasaka database. After escaping, he was briefly sheltered by the Tsunami Design Bureau, which is now the Tsunami Defense System Company.

Tsunami Defense Systems has a business: upgrading customers' existing weapons.

[Muramasa may have been upgraded to some extent at the Tsunami Design Bureau, but after the Tsunami Design Bureau expanded into today's Tsunami Defense System, it escaped from the Tsunami Defense System Company's database again. 】

Lille could conclude that this commission from Muramasa was issued by the Ye Group.

But he couldn't explain it to Bryce.

And even if this commission was issued by the Ye Group, even if it was a thief shouting "Catch the Thief" from the Ye Group.

What can he do?

On the contrary, he also needs a shiny identity to appear in Dog Town, engage in some "real high technology", and find ways to solve his physical problems.

At this moment, Bryce's expression suddenly changed!

Everyone who comes to the box is unable to communicate with the outside world in an overly complicated manner. This is for the sake of confidentiality and security.

But if it is just an emergency alert, there is no need for complicated information density at all. This is communication that can be restricted by security protocols——

Bryce just received such a signal!

He suddenly stood up from the sofa: "Someone wants to assassinate Ryan! And it's AI!"

Two rooms apart, Elizabeth was feeling the chaos on the floor, and Bryce was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

Lear was in the middle of the two boxes, V was pinching his face, Jack was resting, the little octopus was beating Lear's data head, and Big Mac was checking himself in the cyberspace, making a humming sound that simulated the roar of an engine from time to time.

I didn’t expect it to be tonight.

Lane was assassinated, the mayor of Night City was assassinated, tonight.

In the original work, Ryan's death is a given. When the gears of the game plot begin to turn, he just reaches the end of his life.

Now, that end is tonight.

Especially on this night, it was a night that was equally important to both worlds.

[News from another world: The democratic vote is accelerating and the results are expected to be available in two hours. 】

[Mr. Barnes begins to show an advantage. 】

Bryce suddenly raised his head anxiously and said to Lear: "Damn it, Ryan's feeling of shame is real! He has something to tell you, he"

Of course he would entrust the most powerful mercenary in Night City to save his life.

In another room, Elizabeth got up from the ground and said with an ugly face:

"I have only one request."

Poor Elizabeth, she thought it was the outlaws of Night City who had brutally attacked her.

This is just another commission, a disguised commission from an AI who is proficient in human psychology, sociology, economics and other humanities and social sciences.

The content of the commission is: Don’t wade into this muddy water.

He has succeeded. He is the most powerful underground emperor in Night City. After stabilizing the lower society, all the resources from the upper class will flow to the lower class through his hands.

The higher-ups don't want him to die, they want him to maintain order; the lower-level don't want him to die, they want him to leak some oil and water and distribute benefits to themselves.

Everyone began to regard him as a thorn in the side, but now regarded him as the most important middleman.

Whatever he wants to do, he does.

Do you want to start a company? Okay; do you want to continue to be a local emperor? Yes; you want to have sex with women, be non-leaf, live in a villa, or drive a roller coaster

All is OK.

Just turn a blind eye.

The sweet dreams can continue.

Both V and Jack noticed that something was not right about Lear.

Lille just said: ".V, do you remember what you said about Atalanta?"

"Remember, what happened?"

"Do you want to be real or look good?"

“Can’t it be real and beautiful?”

Leal covered his face and leaned back on the operating chair.

He was not surprised by the answer, so he laughed:

"Okay, you just have to work harder."

"Isn't your hard work enough?"

"not enough."

"Then try harder."