Chapter 562 Next Stop
[Lucy: What does the moon look like? Why did they get involved here? ]
On the way back, Lucy asked a question she had wanted to ask Lear before, because this big brother gave people the feeling that he knew everything and had been involved in all levels.
Gangs, NCPD, companies. Everyone has been attacked by them head-on, and this mysterious big brother has never shown any fear.
And he doesn't have the feeling of a street kid. He is crazy, but he always feels a little relaxed--
Of course, all this is based on the fact that they don't know that there was a nuclear bomb explosion in Night City last night.
In short, whether it is courage, knowledge or ability, the aura displayed by Lear is definitely not something that a simple street kid can have.
[Lear: This is normal. The moon only has oxygen, water and cement that don't need to be imported, but production still relies on a lot of equipment, and the equipment needs energy supply.]
[Lear: In general, the situation of outer space colonization is very complicated. You can simply understand that they are very poor-very poor. They need to import materials from the ground, otherwise they can't maintain basic operations. ]
[Lille: If you can't leave the Earth, you will find ways to exert influence on the ground. As for Night City, there are Orbital Airlines' lunar flights. It is normal to monitor the situation here. ]
[Lille: Okay, you have nothing to do for the time being. Report to the network monitors - by the way, hide the part where I participated, and you can just say that a copy of the newspaper was picked up on the ground. ]
[Transfer: +5000 euros]
Considering that this order was mainly done for the network monitors and did not involve gunfights, 5000 euros is really not a small amount, and there is still the commission from the network monitors.
David has already started thinking about the moon ticket that is so close -
Isn't it just a trip?
This kid and Lucy have completely different ideas. The latter wants to go to the moon with the idea of abandoning everything, abandoning the company, Night City and her past experiences, and looking for a distant place where no one knows to start over.
In other words, she is the kind of young people who naively want to buy a tourist ticket to the moon, get a tourist visa and stay there illegally.
Lille's words shattered her fantasy to a certain extent: the moon is not only not an isolated utopia, but even a place that must trade with the earth and, to some extent, strengthen its connection.
Freedom? Starting over? Not existing.
Just as she was lost in thought, David suddenly spoke excitedly:
"Lucy, now I only need 50,000 euros, how about you?"
"I" Lucy looked at her account balance. In fact, if she sold the things on hand and collected 1,800 euros, she could leave.
If she were the old her, she would probably take a flight and leave next week. She couldn't stay in this crappy Night City for even a second.
Now she doesn't feel so urgent.
"I'm still a little short of that." Lucy lit a cigarette after saying that. "No rush for now. Besides the advertisements of Orbital Aviation, I haven't heard much about the situation on the moon."
Qi Wei in the back seat stuck something on her head and stuck her head out from the back seat: "It sounds more like Night City. If I were you, I would have done some research before going there."
"I know."
If you look at it from another angle, isn't Night City the "moon" in some people's minds?
The Internet crash has turned all networks into local area networks, and the authorization and ability of ultra-long-distance communications are basically in the hands of large companies, or in other words, the rich and powerful.
In the outside world, Night City is also a dream city, but in fact, the security situation is at the bottom of the world, but because of Night City's unique geographical location and historical origins, it has a small capital, and a large number of immigration advertisements can be placed in the outside world every year.
But in fact, this place cannot be said to be bad, but it is definitely not as good as advertised.
Qi Wei also lit a cigarette and continued with the tone of an experienced person: "But those who were deceived into Night City can't leave, you know.
Sometimes I think, maybe it's not that Night City is so good, but setting foot in Night City is like setting foot on the road to chasing dreams. This road, this feeling, really makes people unable to stop."
The car was filled with smoke, and everyone had their own ideas.
Speaking of which, Lucy felt that her mentality had changed a little quickly: she must have been unable to stand people talking to her about these nonsense before. I just want to go to the moon, you haven't been there, you don't understand at all, and you can't evaluate it.
Maybe the person who said it was too important. Lucy felt that Lil had really been there, and subconsciously took this as true, as the idea of a real "experienced person".
Only David waved his fist while driving, still full of yearning: "How do you know if you don't go?"
". Drive your car."
The situation on the moon is far from what Lil can explain in a few words, but to sum up, it is indeed very poor. If it is not to assist the development of the ground, the value of the lunar colony is very limited.
So in this world, there has always been only one reason why people explored the moon and eventually established the current colony:
"It's not a tourist destination at all." Lille said as he walked, "The main reason why the EU sponsored the European Space Agency to build a lunar colony was to build it into a base for continuing to expand control from the beginning, which is the first link in the entire system.
This base can carry weapons to deter the ground and can serve as a command center for the construction of the low-Earth orbit system"
"What is the low-Earth orbit system?"
V asked sincerely, Jack probably knew that V would ask so he didn't ask.
Reardon was here, pointing out the accessories he needed to move to the two of them——
The three of them are now moving things in the Voodoo Gang's small warehouse.
After receiving the prompt, the two of them took things off the shelves, and Lille continued:
"You can simply understand it as a device that controls the sky. Imagine that one day the company puts a huge lid on everyone's head."
"Then we can't see the sky?"
"Generally speaking, it is not necessary to make it so that people can't see the sky, but it can certainly be done to the extent that you can decide who can't see the sky."
Leal looked around, picked up a piece of broken aluminum foil, covered it on a rubber ring, then picked up a piece of wire and inserted it.
"You can hit whoever you want, that's it - in terms of form, they can make meteorites fall on some people's heads with precision."
Opening the aluminum foil, the rubber ring has been broken by the wire.
With the development of human technology, the exploitable scope will expand with the expansion of the area controllable by military power.
From land to ocean, from ocean to sky, from sky to outer space beyond the atmosphere, and even to other planets.
"That's interesting." V said with interest, carrying a box of parts, "Orbital Aviation actually lets people visit their evil plan base."
"This is not new, just like military technology will also show people their war machines, or even sell their main war machines."
The social complexity of the cyberpunk world is complicated here.
There has been no trade war here, and in theory, most companies will not challenge the free trade system.
This was a time when powerful people instead sought to control other people, rather than literally just trying to destroy them.
boom.
After loading the goods, all the useful materials of the Voodoo Gang were emptied out. I have to say that the Muscular Man Animal Gang's moving efficiency was really high. This time, only garbage was left in the building.
The first and second-in-commands of the Voodoo Gang, Brigitte and Placid, were tied to the hacker chairs. Their still-alive younger brother lay around them, with confusion in their eyes.
Brigitte's head kept flashing with lightning, and she was already a little desperate: "We can do things for you! There is no need to do things so absolutely! We...we don't have any hatred at all?!"
When Lier heard this, he walked up to her and said, "You guys are doing a lot of tricks on the Internet. If I hadn't been tough enough during this round of turmoil, I would have been killed long ago."
"But. But that's work! We have no personal grudges. If the Voodoo Gang is finished, Taiping Prefecture. Taiping Prefecture will be occupied by the company and will be occupied by the company."
Leal reached out and grabbed the cable behind Brigitte for one final confirmation.
“It will be occupied by a lot of people, but it’s definitely not the company you imagined.
You're right, we have no personal grudge: but you have to make room for my little brother.
So, blame me. Why do you always have official grudges with me?
Goodbye, ranyon. "
In despair, Brigitte's world becomes dim and blurry as the current surges!
At the Batty Hotel, all the equipment that the Voodoo Gang had secretly hidden for many years was activated——
High-frequency and high-energy chaotic signals will sweep across the entire Taiping Prefecture, like a small sun on the detection equipment.
Counting the time, the company's agents and subsequent pursuers were already on the way, and this was their first stop.
Soon the news of the demise of the Voodoo Gang will spread throughout Night City, and new forces will rush to fill the place.
A local development group formed by a group of old criminals, subsidized and supported by the Night City City Hall, will fill this place.
The Batty Hotel exploded for the second time, and the firelight illuminated the convoy slowly leaving.
Although their influence has reached its peak, Night City is no longer suitable for them.
So next stop.
Dog Town.
