69novels 488. Badlands. The Miracle Of The Freezer
488. Badlands. The Miracle Of The Freezer
Badlands.
Stay away from the deserted areas outside the "Night City" urban area.
It's like an ocean over land,
to block the connection between civilizations,
Armed convoys from other cities are like lone boats at sea,
Traveling through the bad land is full of danger.
Because apart from bad weather,
Clans of nomads who have assembled in groups often also rob passing vehicles.
In the absence of any security patrols,
The ruthless wanderers are like wolves foraging,
Will not let go of any blood smell in the wind.
"There are still cars running out of town so late?"
In a camp on the leeward slope of a high country,
The homeless person in charge of looking out for the wind squinted his eyes and looked at the road in the distance.
With the help of night vision goggles and scanning devices for prosthetic eye implants,
He clearly observed that, several kilometers away,
A "Mizutani Falcon" is speeding on the smooth road.
"Fuck it's a modified version of the 'Wild Wolf', and it's "four or five" big fish!"
The homeless scolded and dropped the night vision goggles,
"Brothers come to life!"
"Get up and get a vote!"
As an urban sports car,
"Mizutani Hayabusa" is actually not suitable for Badlands
This is mostly rough terrain.
But the "Wild Wolf" model in the series is a special upgrade version,
Strengthen and improve the body suspension system,
Like being able to know how to cut butter with a laser knife,
Traverse rough terrain with ease...
But the price is more expensive than the original "Mizutani Falcon".
That's why these homeless people are so excited,
Even without any additional gains,
this car alone,
Enough for them to sell for a decent price.
It's just... This group of homeless people apparently selectively ignored a problem.
Those who dare to drive into the badlands in the dark.
Either a fool, or he has absolute confidence in his own strength.
Li En can't be a fool of course.
...... It turned out to be just some trash. "
Take your attention away from the drone flying with the car,
Li En said casually.
"Where did we just chat?"
......Ricky Buttermos. "
Lucy, who was driving, said lightly.
"What were you doing just now?"
"It's nothing, there are some bugs on the road trying to block the road."
Hearing Li En's response, Lucy raised her eyebrows slightly.
She did hear a few fleeting explosions just now.
Badlands are rife with vagabond robbers,
As a mercenary in the dark side of Night City,
Lucy must have heard of it.
But she didn't expect Li En to solve the problem so lightly.
No wonder the road was so peaceful.
"You have such abilities, why do you still want to be a mercenary?"
She couldn't help asking.
"What's more, you're still studying at Desolate City College.
"You can join a behemoth like Arasaka after graduation."
"This is something that many people can't achieve."
"Arasaka?"
Li En shrugged and said with a smile.
"It's not yet qualified for me to work for it."
In particular, the Barren City Company of Night City is nothing more than a subsidiary company.
Arasaka's base camp is in the country of Sakurajima in this world.
Night City is only because Arasaka's master is here,
So it seems more important.
With Li En's strength, let alone work for Arasaka.
As long as he wants, he can directly destroy the Arasaka company!
It's just that the process can take a lot of time...
And it doesn't do any good,
"Really, just be happy."
Lucy obviously didn't believe Li En's words very much,
Although she escaped from Arasaka,
But I still have an instinctive fear of this complex collection of interests,
Especially after truly realizing the resource and benefit-driven relationship of “company” to the entire human society,
She had a sense of despair and suffocation.
Lucy was not interested in further research on this boring topic.
"Back to Buttermos, little one."
She stared at the dark road that stretched under the headlights.
"If what you just said is true, you can really find the relics of Buttermos.
"Do you know what that means?"
Speaking of which, Lucy's tone even trembled with excitement.
She was selected by the Arasaka Company since she was a child,
As a "deep diver" to explore cyberspace,
Outside the "black wall", there are countless broken data,
and dangerous roaming AI,
As long as it is watched by these wandering AIs that are not controlled by humans,
The brain of the "deep diver" will be directly burned,
Died in excruciating pain.
Lucy is the only one to escape from the purgatory-like laboratory.
She witnessed with her own eyes that her companions went crazy and died one by one in the exploration.
That's why there was such a drastic reaction to it.
Because...Ricky Buttermos,
It is the culprit that has broken the network of this world!
in the context of this world.
More than 70 years ago, new network protocols appeared,
Officials and businesses around the world,
Began trying to operate a new "worldwide Internet"
It aims to digitally store all human data on the Internet,
In order to save public resources,
And adopted various strict specifications to ensure its safety...
After decades of rapid development,
This kind of "World Great Harmony" is beginning to appear on the Internet,
The world begins to rely on the network gradually,
However, in the 2020s, a legendary hacker, Ricky Buttermos, was born.
It is difficult to describe his brilliance and talent with any positive adjective.
According to Li En's memory,
To this legendary figure who exists only in the background,
There are only extreme descriptions such as "dangerous", "efficient" and "paranoid".
In the Fourth Corporate War,
Buttermos showed his talents,
Collect money for countless companies to eliminate disasters.
Legend has it that he was even able to make all the satellites around the earth for his own use!
Anyone who poses a threat to him will be directly wiped out by "space-based weapons"!
But Buttermos still has no sense of security,
Because in his place,
There are countless people who want him to die silently in the gutter,
So, in order to deal with my own death,
He has developed several highly destructive electronic viruses,
Compared with the popular "golem" now,
It's like the difference between plain water and cyanide!
And, Buttermos binds these viruses to his own vital signs monitoring,
Once he encounters an accident, all the viruses will be released in one fell swoop, destroying everything!
"Since the world has become like this, it means that he died decades ago."
Li En shrugged.
"It's just a dead man, what's there to be afraid of?"
"Also, 1.3, you don't seem to be old enough to call me 'little brother'.
It seems to be influenced by Li En,
Lucy's shoulders also gradually relaxed,
She loosened her brows and glanced at Li En in the rearview mirror.
The corners of his mouth lifted up in a graceful arc.
"Really? Who knows if you're really small."
The corners of Li En's mouth twitched, Lucy obviously meant something.
As a man, how can you allow a woman to say that she is small?
"Heh...you'll know when the time comes."
"Tsk, I hope you're not just stubborn."
While speaking, "Mizutani Falcon" has entered a garbage disposal site surrounded by abandoned vehicles.
It has been abandoned for many years, and it has long been filled with all kinds of scrapped electronic equipment.
However, as soon as Li En approached,
A task prompt popped up in front of him.
【You have entered the mission area】
【You get the hidden quest "Miracle in the Freezer"!】.