Chapter 238: Reverse Scale (Complete Chapter, 16W)
Chapter 238: Reverse Scale (Combined Chapter, 16,000)
In the world of cyberpunk, what does it feel like to be an outfield employee in the system?
First of all, it is common to have a narrow escape from death. If you are not hit by bullets during a business trip, you will be too ashamed to go back. This is still lucky. If you are unlucky, you will be directly transformed into a mechanical puppet with only 10% meat content.
Secondly, you must face the lies and backstabs of your colleagues at any time. For example, you are betrayed by your superior on the way home on the train. You finally survive and have to stay in the hospital for half a year. In the end, all medical expenses are paid by yourself. Of course, your superior will be surprised to commend you for surviving, and send you a task when you are seriously injured.
Well... Of course, don't think about love and marriage. In the struggle between national interests and companies, creatures with emotions have long returned to the earth.
In short, don't treat yourself as a human being. Normal people can sleep well, but agents or outbound employees in the system can't even sleep well.
The average person's business trip is basically ten days and a half a month, and the longest is only one year.
New America's agents travel for several years at the beginning. Such people are labeled as "dogs". They are the kind of people who are useless even if you treat them as human beings, and others do not treat them as human beings.
Solomon Reed may have the most say.
He is a hidden agent of the United States of America's CIA and one of the best intelligence personnel in the history of New America.
In his heyday, he was comparable to legends like Morgan Blackhand, but Reed was never interested in commendations and awards, nor did he want to be a star figure who was in the spotlight for a while.
People like him do not seek personal gain, but have a greater ideal in their hearts - to serve the country, even if the work they do is not glorious.
In summary, this guy is a qualified "belief" adherent.
Many years ago, Reed, who had completed his mission, decided to leave Night City and return to his hometown. He was still looking forward to the tortillas in his hometown on the train. Then he found that he was betrayed by his partner and sold his head to Arasaka. The end result was that he rested in the hospital with a catheter for half a year, and the key was that he paid for it himself.
When he knew that he was betrayed by President Miles, he still chose to continue to lurk in Night City as an agent.
And, let bygones be bygones.
Because he was betrayed, he wanted to control everything, so he chose to believe in illusory things, the system and his own beliefs, and became a contradictory loyal dog who was not completely loyal but very loyal.
Anyway, he is a very complicated character.
In other words, in the entire cyberpunk world, except for the protagonist V, the rest of the people are extremely complicated.
But one thing must be remembered, most people in this world, including Solomon Reed, are full of lies.
Of course... that was in the main story.
Now it seems that Solomon Reed's mental state is a little wrong.
When Li Nuo sat opposite him, the black brother lowered his head and looked at the eyeball in his hand. The artificial eye from the company was dug out so abruptly, and he didn't even know what was going on.
Excluding the process of experiencing pain, normal people must be stunned first, then stunned, and finally shout and collapse or return to reason.
However, Li De calmly took up the eyeball and stuffed it into his empty eye socket.
Li Nuo took a teacup and drank tea while observing Li De's behavior.
He understood one thing.
This guy might be crazy.
But Li Nuo still asked: "I found your eye, what will you give me as a reward?"
Li De's DIY installation of an artificial eye obviously did not work, and the eye was not activated. Now he and Li Nuo both have one eye, but he didn't care about the eye.
"What happened..."
Li De touched his forehead.
"Sorry... I'm confused..."
Li Nuo stood up expressionlessly, walked to the bar, and took a glass of wine, which had just been soaked in Li De's eyes.
He pushed the glass to Li De.
"Take a sip, refresh yourself."
Li De raised his eyes, picked up the glass, and drank it all without refusing.
Li Nuo was carefully observing the appearance of Brother Hei.
In his list called "One Hundred Things to Do Before Dying", the 98th item was to let others drink his medicinal wine.
Li De helped him realize his wish list.
Li Nuo did not do this because he was bored. On the contrary, he was busy now. There was a "saliva demon" summoned by Master Mirror outside.
The saliva demon was lurking on a certain floor.
Cha Su and other guild players and the bastards of the evil ghost gang were also looking for him.
Moreover, the bar was a dream space, and he was trapped inside.
Cha Bai was still outside, helping him resist a large number of opponents with Nie Chuang.
Even if there was a Maljie, it might not be so troublesome, but now he was alone, so... Li Nuo had to make use of the hard-won opportunity to collect intelligence.
Even if you are busy like a dog, don't forget what the main line of your life is.
For Li Nuo, there is only one main line, killing Master Mirror.
The rest are just extras.
He picked up a stack of tissues from the table with his left hand and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. The bleeding BUFF brought by [Seal of Axi] would take several hours to clear, and the fingers of his right hand tapped on the table, making a tapping sound waiting for Li De to recover.
This black man was still rubbing his head.
He had a headache.
Li Nuo didn't push.
People like Li De couldn't get the truth out.
So Li Nuo did two things in his "free time".
He took out the [Revised Chestnut Wine], which is an upgraded version of the blood-recovering alchemical potion [Chestnut Wine]. After testing it with Nie Chuang, it was found that the potion has no side effects.
Although the alchemical potion has a panel, there will still be unexpected side effects in the panel.
For example, Maljie helped Li Nuo get some monster shells as alchemical materials in the ticket-stealing scenario, and the potion made from those materials almost took Li Nuo's life.
[Revised chestnut wine]
[Quality: Excellent]
[Effect: Recover 0.5% HP per second, lasting 1 minute, while reducing the negative effects of poison, bleeding, paralysis, burns, and frostbite]
[Brief description: Mr. Jim is a cultist. In order to show his loyalty, he poured "revised chestnut wine" on himself and burned himself on the inverted cross. He burned for a whole day before he died. This incident was broadcast as an advertisement by the manufacturer of "revised chestnut wine", and it became in short supply for a while - from this incident we can see how strong this thing is in recovering from negative states]
Li Nuo drank while opening the panel and learned the reward skills of the quest line just now.
[Holy Glory]
[Type: Skill]
[Effect: Release a large anti-magic barrier, resist soul impact, and have a miraculous effect on evil spirits]
[Brief description: You don't have to worry about ghosts raping your soul anymore]
"What the hell..."
Li Nuo complained in his heart and learned the skills. After all, more skills are better than less.
Assuming that the Mirror Master is an incorporeal "evil spirit" creature, then this move is just right for the professional.
"I..." Li De raised his head and said, "My mind is very confused..."
"Yes, I understand." Li Nuo nodded: "If I lost an eye, I would also be confused."
"What topic did we just talk about?"
"Well, let me repeat it again, I gave you your eye, what can you give me as a reward?"
When Li Nuo finished speaking, Li De raised his head and looked at the guy wearing the black clothes of the priest opposite him. Li De smelled a strong smell of blood.
The black brother suddenly and quickly pulled out a gun and pointed it at Li Nuo's head.
"I don't know who you are, but you are dangerous." Li De frowned and said, "Tell me, who are you..."
As an excellent agent, Li De has a strong ability to judge danger. Even if his brain is completely confused, he can see that the person opposite can threaten his life.
Li Nuo opened his task panel in front of the gun.
[The last chapter of the Priest Line: Talk with Li De, decide your next step, and walk out of the dream and Kowloon Village]
The things about Li De, the Ghost Gang and President Miles are easy to reason.
Agent Epos, who was killed by Li Nuo, has already explained most of the truth in her mission chip:
[The final version of the "Toxin Resistance Editor" produced was taken away by the "Ghost Gang" Big Daddy, and they betrayed President Miles]
[The incident should be instigated by political opponents or a middleman from Night City. We need to get back the "Toxin Editor" taken away by the "Ghost Gang"]
[This is very important for the future of the new United States]
[President Miles is on the verge of mutation, we need it]
[The above information comes from Li De's report]
[Li De sneaked into Kowloon Village and has disappeared now. Please be sure to find Li De and bring back the "Toxin Editor"]
The Mirror Master is having fun.
Who knows what means this devil used to cause the Ghost Gang, which was supported by military technology, to betray President Miles. Li De came here just for the "Toxin Editor".
Reverse it.
The final clue of the priest line is actually the "toxin editor" that can restrain the ancient god code.
That thing must be of great use.
He can't give up anything related to the main line now.
Because the system will not let players do useless work.
Under the situation of being attacked from all sides, Li Nuo decided to follow the task line honestly.
So he took a deep breath and said: "I am an apprentice priest from military technology, and I was sent to the damn place of Kowloon Village. Theoretically, I am in the same camp with you. We are all working for America. We are facing many problems now. There is a big centipede outside the window that is at least 90 feet (30 meters) long. The man who summoned it is a demon in the literal sense."
Li De looked out the window...
Then he was stunned.
Li Nuo continued, "In fact, there is an agent from the Secret Service looking for you, but she was killed. I got her chip and knew that you were looking for the [Toxin Editor]. I probably came here for this kind of thing. You know, I am an employee of the company. I hope to make a difference. Who the hell wants to work in a broken place like Kowloon? What I need now is cooperation, and you, Mr. Li De, you must make a choice."
The above sentences are all lies. The agent who was looking for Li De was killed by Li Nuo.
He is just playing the role of a qualified tragic native of the cyber worldview.
Li Nuo paused: "Should I pull the trigger now, or tell me the only companion who may be in the same camp as you, and then I will replace you to complete President Miles's mission."
Li De retracted his gaze from the window.
Li Nuo secretly applied a layer of [Quinn's Seal] to himself and said, "Look, now you can either shoot and kill me, and go to fight against that big centipede and the evil ghost gang yourself, or... hehe~ you know."
Solomon Reed's fingers loosened for a moment. He was not going to put down his gun, but he had a headache.
"There are a lot of things beyond imagination..." Reed was referring to the demon outside the window: "I even forgot what happened."
"Just tell me what to do. I mean, your mission." Li Nuo explained: "If I were an enemy, there would be no need to talk nonsense with you, right?"
"Get the blueprint of the 'Toxin Editor', can you do it?" Reed said.
"Can you do it now?" Li Nuo asked back.
Reed fell into silence, he couldn't even lift his legs to stand up: "I was attacked, and both legs were gone."
"What kind of attack?" Li Nuo asked.
"The people from the Evil Ghost Gang found me and broke my legs with bullets. Fortunately, a bartender helped me..." Reed put down the gun, he said in a confused state: "After that, I stayed here... Why did I stay... I don't know, I just felt... I can't go out."
Reed lowered his head.
"Wait... I seem to... remember something..."
[Solomon Reed]
[Data Disorder]
[Emile's Mask] reflects Reed's data. The agent doesn't care about the mask that Li Nuo put on his face.
He was immersed in his own world.
After a few seconds, Solomon Reed raised his head.
"Can I... trust you?"
Li Nuo felt very strange. Why did Solomon Reed ask such an abrupt question?
"First... this is not your style. Secondly, your question seems to have nothing to do with what we are talking about." Li Nuo paused: "But maybe I can... talk to you. Anyway, I have a lot of things to know."
Li Nuo's pupils moved sideways, and the speed of floating and sinking slowed down.
Reed's emotional fluctuations caused the time of this space to be abnormal.
This is a dream.
It is not a real world.
It is the curse brought by Master Mirror through the blood therapy of the ancient gods.
The source of the curse is Reed.
Dreams can be generated in various ways, but there must be a subject to support them. The bar is Li De's promised land. He dared not step out, so this is where the dream is.
Li De held his forehead with both hands, and the eye that he had inserted back into the eye socket fell on the table.
The eyeball rolled and fell to the ground.
The direction of the pupil pointed to Li De himself.
The time and space outside the window stopped, and the fire and raindrops were clearly stopped in the air. Li Nuo could probably guess... It was not that the time outside was still, but that with the fluctuations of Li De's emotions, the time of the bar or this dream was excluded from "reality".
Li De was silent for a while, and finally spoke: "In 2077... I received a call from Miles... Well, you know who Miles is, right?"
He seemed to have forgotten that Li Nuo had mentioned Miles just now, which further proved that Li De's mind was completely confused.
Li Nuo nodded: "Well, the leader of the United States of America, the former CEO of Military Technology."
"Yes... leader..." Li De whispered: "I am responsible for protecting Miles and... to find someone who is important to Military Technology, the New United States of America, and Miles... There was also a mercenary working with us at the time, her name is V..."
"Well, there is no need to talk about so many causes, just tell me the result." Li Nuo paused: "And, what is the connection between what you said and now."
Li De glanced at him: "How well do you know about that matter?"
Li Nuo said: "Your mission at the time was to find the lark Song Zhaomei. I know her. Don't forget that I am a priest of Military Technology. I know a lot of things. For example, Song Zhaomei had been transformed into a human being at that time, but President Miles still did not give up and continued to use her to do things. For example, Song Zhaomei contacted V privately without you. In Song Zhaomei's words, she needed to live, but President Miles did not give her this opportunity. Song Zhaomei would be useful even if she died, but Li De, you were sure that you could... use the correctness of the system to give Song Zhaomei a better ending, such as going to jail. "
Li Nuo took a sip of tea and said, "So Song Zhaomei hoped that V could take her to the moon for treatment and escape from you, that's about it? Is there anything else to add? If not, then talk about things related to the current situation. "
Li De: "You know too much..."
Li Nuo: "I'm busy, please hurry up."
Solomon Li De was silent for a few seconds and said, "Yes... Later V betrayed us, she wanted to send the lark... to send her to the moon, and I found them, I raised the gun, V took a step forward... I pulled the trigger... and then the memory began to go wrong. V... She suddenly threw the lark out... The bullet hit V's head, but the guy was so strong that she was fine... But later I fainted..."
"From here, it seems that something went wrong, right?" Li Nuo said while drinking tea.
"The next day I woke up and was lying on the hospital bed. Miles told me that V handed Song Zhaomei over to Miles and the New United States of America. V became one of us and then underwent surgery. After that, I..." Li De was silent for a few seconds: "I never saw V again."
The plot line of "Cyberpunk 2077: Shadows of the Past" has multiple endings.
One of them is that V sent Song Zhaomei, the lark, to the spacecraft heading to the moon. Before boarding the cabin, V confronted Li De, and the result should be... V killed Li De.
Apparently the line was changed.
Li De is not dead.
V handed the lark Song Zhaomei to Miles.
The murderer who affects the ending can be chosen from the player or the mirror master, and Li Nuo is sure to be the latter.
"Then what?" Li Nuo asked.
"Then..." Li De didn't seem to want to remember.
"Where is Song Zhaomei?" Li Nuo asked.
"..."
"Have you been dismantled into parts by Miles, or rather, by the country you are loyal to?" Seeing Li De's silence, Li Nuo knew the answer.
"Xiao Song...it's my fault."
"But what does it have to do with now?"
"Miles revealed that when V took Xiao Song away, an intermediary from Night City found her and proposed a..."
"A contract."
"Yes, contract...why do you know?"
"Because I am a priest, continue, Mr. Li De."
"I don't know the specific content. I only know that since then, the power of the New United States of America has become stronger and stronger, and Miles has become more and more terrifying." Li De leaned on the back of the sofa, looking up at the ceiling: "I'm afraid What are you talking about... I don't know... My mind is in a mess, Miles... Miles is getting weirder and weirder from now on, Priest... do you know Miles? "
"Yeah." Li Nuo nodded: "Bitch."
Li De smiled: "It makes sense."
— Rosalind Myers.
A ruler, a good politician who will do whatever it takes to achieve the goal.
She's an asshole.
She perfectly fits the symbol of high-level executives and capital in "cyberpunk".
In other words, Miles represents the essence of "cyberpunk".
Well...what is cyberpunk...
There is only a wall between the splendid mansions and the densely packed violent neighborhoods. The white marble of the hotel is stained with the reflection of the iron shacks of the slums on the other side.
The artificial fountains in the gardens of high-end commercial buildings flow freely, while in the dilapidated neighborhoods on the other side, water is more expensive than oil, and countless people have died from malaria caused by drinking dirty water.
Politicians are impassioned on the podium, promoting their new squeeze plan, praising the companies that seize farmers' land, turning the epidemic into dirty water to beggar their neighbors, and civilians on the streets are not even able to get tested, and they are turned into corpses buried deep in the suburbs. A corpse, and then the politician has to say - maybe this is fucking life.
Technology has become a tool used by exploiters to enslave and exploit. You may think that the company you join is giving you a laptop, but in fact, the company assigns a person to your own laptop.
These are the bitches of capital in cyberpunk.
And Miles, she took all of the above to the extreme.
The protagonist V is her tool.
Lark was so harmed by Miles that he continued to use him even after death.
Li De......
He knows who Miles is as a person better than anyone else.
Miles almost killed him for the sake of superficial peace and profit, and made Li De a scapegoat for many years, leaving the so-called ace agent in Night City until 2077, when Miles was trapped in the Dog Only then did Zhen remember the agent Reed. She called Reed to help her and admitted her mistakes many years ago, but Miles called the method of calling Reed a dog whistle.
Standard politician.
In their eyes, no one is human, including themselves.
"Then, how much does Miles have to do with the current situation?" Li Nuo asked.
"After the incident in Dog Town, I was sent to the office as a errand. Miles got the Ancient God Code from nowhere. As a weapon, the code successfully restored the New United States of America, but the side effects of that thing were too great. , even Miles was implicated." Li De paused and said, "I was in a bad state at the time and was forgotten in the corner for many years."
Li Nuo nodded: "I understand, just like my instant noodles."
"Until a week ago...no...I forgot how long ago it was." Li De's memory was still scattered. He recalled as much as possible: "Miles gave me a task and asked me to come to Kowloon. After stealing the drawings of the 'Toxin Editor', I met Miles, and that woman now looks like..."
"Monster?" Li Nuo asked.
"Almost, she said, her brain is now connected to a certain space in Night City. This state makes her wander on the edge of madness. She needs to get the 'Toxin Editor' as soon as possible..."
There are only two spaces that Li Nuo can think of in Night City, one is the hacker space, and the other is the dreamland.
He asked: "What happened next?"
Li De touched the wine glass and whispered: "I found out that the drawings of the 'Toxin Editor' are kept in the hands of the second leader of the Fierce Ghost Gang, but I can't get close to that guy..."
Li Nuo's expression paused. He heard the sound of the system, and the system panel popped up in front of him.
[Main mission update]
[1. Take away the eyes in Miles’ body and use her inner eyes to enter the dreamland of Night City]
[2. Help Miles and let her army be a boost]
[Note: This is a decision-making mission, which determines how to go in the future. As the most important one among the eight travelers, Mr. Priest, please think carefully]
[The conversation with Li De has been completed. Next, please leave the dreamland and Kowloon, and take away the "Toxin Editor" drawing chip]
"Then what?" Li Nuo didn't stop asking his question.
Li De said: "Then... I sneaked into Kowloon and found out some information, but I was discovered, attacked, and rescued by the bartender... Time seemed to pass quickly, and it seemed that it didn't move for a second. However, when I am conscious again, it is now.”
Li Nuo stood up, walked to the bar, and asked, "What kind of wine do you like to drink?"
Li De said: "It doesn't matter, anything is fine, just something a little stronger."
"Is that so..." Li Nuo looked through the cabinet: "Where are all the alcoholic drinks..."
"I said, priest, if a person does something wrong, can he still go back?" Li De asked.
Li Nuo: "How is that possible?"
"Ever since I was abandoned by Miles and the country as a scapegoat, I began to be afraid... Priest, I was afraid that I couldn't control anything." Li De paused, looked at Li Nuo, and said, "These years I thought about it a lot. After entering the system, my life actually started to deviate from that moment.”
"Until 2077, after the incident in Dog Town." Li De denied himself: "In order to control the situation, I promised Xiao Song to keep her alive, and promised V to use the power of the company and the country to save her from the threat of death, but they My life and death were unknown because of my stupidity. When I realized how wrong I was, the guilt manifested itself in the form of a bullet and penetrated my chest.”
"It seems that you have not had a good life these years." Li Nuo found a bottle of high-strength liquor.
"Yes, I hope I don't think too much, and I won't come up with good results. No one in this world can have good results." Li De shook his head, seeming to be denying his past, and he said: "As a Priest, if you have faith in your heart, you shouldn’t be able to understand the helplessness of living under a pair of eyes.”
"That's not the case." Li Nuo took off the bottle cap of the wine, poured the wine, brought the wine glass to Li De, and said with a smile: "I was born as a thing that shouldn't be alive, watching with cold eyes, spitting, laughing and ridiculing, It goes through my life almost every day, but I can't even pick up a stick. I want to sew up the mouth that hurt my mother, but I can't do anything. I also want to call them all 'freaks' The bastards were thrown into the sea, but it was me who was thrown into the water.”
"So the power of faith gives you the motivation to live." Li De picked up the wine and drank it all in one gulp.
"Well..." Li Nuo smiled and said, "No, I don't have much faith."
Li De put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "As a priest, you have no faith? Don't you all believe that God or some other god will take away the troubles and pain?"
"No...Mr. Li De." Li Nuo said: "Except yourself and those living people who can be regarded as treasures, nothing can become a belief in this world."
Solomon Reed's pupils dilated: "Except for myself..."
Li Nuo nodded and raised his hand, aiming his palm at Li De.
"This glass of wine is for farewell."
[Seal of Arden] was activated, and purple ripples echoed in the bar.
Li De's body froze.
Li De should have been dead from the beginning.
[Emil's Mask] cannot detect Reed's data, and the demon hunter's nose cannot smell Reed's scent, which means that this man is not the real body, he is just a spiritual carrier.
It was Solomon Reed who materialized in the dream.
Li Nuo took off his mask.
Putting on the smile he could imagine as a clergyman, he said:
"Have sweet dreams, Solomon Reed."
When the five fingers were pinched together, Li De, who was caught by the seal, was broken into pieces.
…
The surrounding scenes were reversed, and the still images outside the window began to flow again.
The neat bar turned into an abandoned house. Only Li De was lying across the table. His body had begun to rot, his tongue protruded from his mouth, and dark red spots appeared on his body as the blood began to decompose.
Judging from the feedback on the appearance of the corpse, the time of death was probably more than a week.
The fifth second after the dream was broken.
Li Nuo looked out the window.
The sixth second after the dream was broken.
The side wall exploded!
He bent down and used the weapon box to resist a heavy punch. His whole body flew out like a cannonball, scraped against the wall and smashed a wooden door, and finally fell into the utility room left behind in the bar.
Li Nuo raised his eyes and coughed lightly. His shadow-covered eyes under the hat cliff saw the huge figure looming in the smoke.
"The ghost is still lingering..." Li Nuo stood up and dusted off the dirt on his body.
"You kid...make it easy for me to find you." Zhasu approached him step by step.
Li Nuo touched the weapon box. It was intact and not broken. Fortunately, there was a [Quen's Seal] in the dream. Otherwise, the punch just now... should have triggered the [Remnant Blood].
But there is also a [Remnant of Blood] on the opposite side.
This is difficult to handle.
"To be honest, I didn't expect you to show up so soon. I just finished a mission...I haven't fully recovered yet." Li Nuo raised his hand: "Look, there is a big centipede making trouble outside. We are going to Don’t make a truce first, wait until the soldiers kill the centipede with heavy firepower, and then fight.”
"In this way..." Zasu touched his double chin and grinned with his teeth bared: "If I say truce, the moment I turn around..."
Li Nuo suddenly kicked out!
Zhasu didn't expect that the other party would take advantage of the moment when his heartstrings relaxed a little to attack. He immediately put his arms together, trying to block the attack with the thick arm iron.
boom!
The cane ignited a stream of fire and hit Zasu's abdomen.
The latter retreated several meters away, and a layer of magic-like defensive shell broke through his body.
Li Nuo touched his knuckles, raised his amber eyes, and the two looked at each other, and the four eyes pierced together like sharp arrows!
With a roar of explosion, Cha Su's whole body burst into red light!
[Spartan Fury: Consumes 0.2% of vitality per second, and the increase in attack power is related to anger and violence]
Li Nuo's cane moved like a dragon, piercing Cha Su's eyes. The latter resisted with his backhand and knocked Li Nuo away with his arm.
[DD Gold Hook Arm: Forced attack, ignoring the change of the target's defense ability]
Li Nuo slid back several meters along the ground to offset the inertia caused by the collision. He was now extremely grateful that he had learned [Ninjutsu]. At the moment of being attacked just now, he relied on the high-standard reaction force brought by that move to barely slide away. He was just scratched on the chest, leaving blood marks and pain on his clothes.
At this time, Li Nuo spit out a mouthful of blood.
The effect of [Improved Chestnut Wine] is weakening.
The bleeding DEBUFF is coming again.
Chasu did not chase, but raised his arms, and the iron block wrapped around his wrist bloomed like a petal, and the muzzle with a blue glow inside was aimed at Li Nuo.
"Hey~"
Boom——!
Three blue laser rays were shot out from each arm, forming an arc like an encirclement and sliding towards Li Nuo.
In just a blink of an eye, the wall collapsed, a lot of smoke and dust filled the air, and the steel bars fell down in a staggered manner, smashing the layers of ceiling.
Li Nuo didn't even know how he dodged.
He just dodged subconsciously, and hooked the exposed steel bars with a tricky thread, and fell to the ground.
"So powerful... Almost 60% to 70% of Sauron's normal hard power."
Chasu is also a [Residual Blood Person], but his path is completely opposite to Li Nuo.
[Residual Blood Person] is born with a short life, and it is difficult to increase the medical value. Even if the ability to resist attacks is strong, the low blood volume is fatal enough.
Therefore, Cha Su allocated all the free point-adding data such as "characteristic value" to the medical value.
Judging from his attribute values, this strong man seems to have a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and he made all his attribute values quite average.
People with low blood must have been born with a disease in their lifetime. Such people are extremely suspicious and have no sense of security in life. It is understandable that their attribute values are as big as a bucket.
It's just... wrong.
But, it's still very strong.
Li Nuo was worried: "But I can't waste my trump card on him..."
He turned his eyes to the wall on the left.
There were footsteps behind the wall, and they were small footsteps.
Boom!
Suddenly, the wall skin bulged and cracked, and a big hole was broken.
Behind the flying soil and broken bricks, a flash bomb was thrown in. Li Nuo had no expression, and the pistol he pulled out jumped as if it had its own life.
Close your eyes.
Aim at the location of the hole.
Two blue flames sprayed out from the muzzle of the gun. The first bullet shot into the broken hole in the wall, causing someone behind the wall to groan, and the other bullet shot through a person's helmet.
The flash bomb landed at this time.
Sound waves and strong light shot in from the gap.
Li Nuo closed his eyes, retreated one step ahead, and took out an electromagnetic grenade, threw it casually, hid behind the corner and waited for ten seconds. After recovering his vision a little, he stood up and stepped into the smoke.
The flying bullets shot towards him. If the flash bomb just now was a cold dish before the big meal, then the bullets that broke in now were undoubtedly the main course with strong poison.
Bang bang bang!
Ding!
Several bullets hit the weapon box and fell to the ground.
At least a dozen members of the evil ghost gang who were armed to the teeth launched an attack. The searchlight above the muzzle shot out a strong light, illuminating Li Nuo and his open eyes.
Rows of military technology guns, in short, these weapons represent the hard quality of cyber technology.
He knew that these members of the evil ghost gang were most likely the reinforcements called by Cha Su.
The number of people was increasing, the road was narrow, and there was a powerful Cha Su on the way, so he could not linger in the battle.
In desperation, Li Nuo was forced to move out the folding stool.
He used the stool as a shield.
Fast, steady, not impatient, and watertight to block bullets shot from every angle.
It seemed a simple action, but it blocked the bullets that the flesh and blood body feared.
This scene shocked the members of the evil ghost gang.
"Are you sick?"
"Fuck, this folding stool is awesome!"
"Don't stand there, you haven't seen a folding stool before! Keep shooting!"
The last stool shot out an explosion, and Li Nuo took advantage of the momentum of the explosion to throw a [Advanced Dancing Star] into the smoke, and wandered in the shelter formed by the broken wall.
He looked out the window.
Outside, in the heavy rain, the monsters were suppressed by the firepower of the Evil Ghost Gang.
Cha Bai and Nie Ke's "elves" clashed.
The only good news was that the giant centipede "Salivary Demon" was still hanging above a high-rise building and did not launch an attack.
"It seems that Cha Bai has turned off the [Focus]."
Li Nuo rushed out of the dust with a complaint in his heart, and when he looked up, he saw a combat soldier in heavy armor standing at the entrance of the stairs.
The assault rifle shot at him.
Da! Da! Da!
Or burst fire.
Each bullet would accurately shoot at Li Nuo's vital points during his high-speed maneuvering, including his eye sockets, heart, neck, and even his lower body.
The visitor showed his excellent control of the gun, with locking data flowing on his helmet, and his dynamic vision was even more outrageous.
The soldier walked lightly, activated the acceleration implant [Sian Westin], and was about to catch up with Li Nuo in an instant.
With a snap!
The cane turned into a whip blade and slashed across the man's chest armor. The single-molecule wire wrapped on the whip blade broke the armor, and Li Nuo raised his gun and pulled the trigger.
Two bullets.
The first one broke the internal armor, and the second one was a magic bullet, which directly broke the soldier's sternum.
Just after dealing with one, Li Nuo turned and stepped forward.
A figure with [Optical Camouflage] turned on fell upside down from the steel bars on the door.
The sharp thermal machete slashed, and the high temperature in the air was filled with the smell of burning.
The attacker saw that he had succeeded, and suddenly found that in the slow motion of [Sian Westin], Li Nuo's eyes moved to him at a normal speed.
Li Nuo only slightly turned his head and avoided the attack with the smallest movement.
The cane turned into a whip blade and pierced into the tactical helmet of the sneak attacking soldier.
The cracks in the helmet spread rapidly.
The strong force penetrated the skull, and Li Nuo pulled down his cane and pulled the man to the ground.
He stomped on the attacker's neck.
He was motionless like a deflated silicone doll.
At the same time, Li Nuo vomited blood, and the negative bleeding BUFF came again.
The gunmen hiding in the dark rushed over quickly.
The lighting equipment on the rifle was like a dazzling long spear, piercing the blood vomited by Li Nuo.
The amber snake pupil moved to the farthest direction of vision, and the muzzle was reflected on the pupil. Li Nuo endured the negative impact and bent down, pulling out the folding stool again.
The next second, gunshots and flames popped out densely.
The bullets turned the dark corner of the floor into ruins.
In the white light of the lighting equipment, the elongated figure shot out like a bullet, accompanied by countless cement debris and bricks falling down, and Li Nuo rushed directly towards the attackers with wind pressure.
These attackers who tried to tighten the encirclement of Li Nuo had no way to react. When the folding stool hit someone's face, the light on the rifle was blocked by the silver-white cane.
No one had time to shoot.
The silver cane turned into a whip blade and slashed out a flash of snake shadow, instantly whipping these automatic rifles into broken parts, mixed with fingers that didn't have time to bleed.
He shot too fast.
Finally, it was recovered as a cane, and a backhand strike was made on the skull of the last person, causing a bloody wound.
Suddenly, the wall on the side shattered.
The reinforcements who came pulled the trigger with a rifle, and the sound of gunfire suddenly became noisy again!
Li Nuo slid and moved horizontally to a darker corner.
The footprints he walked were full of bullet holes.
At least four or more gunmen hiding in the dark shot at the same time just now.
Li Nuo raised his hand.
"Tsk~"
A shocking sound.
Someone was hit by the long-range [Seal of Axis].
The sound of infighting broke out in the other crowd.
Li Nuo turned over smoothly and entered the forked corridor beside him. He threw two electromagnetic grenades with his backhand and walked forward regardless of anything.
He wanted to find the location of the second in command and get the [Toxin Editor] blueprint.
The fierce gunfire behind him did not stop.
Suddenly there was a loud bang above!
The concrete ceiling including the steel bars was shattered by the arm shell with a pungent smell of gunpowder.
A strong figure jumped down.
Bang!
A member of the Evil Ghost Gang who followed was crushed under his feet.
The weight and impact force of Cha Su added together, and the impact force of the fall formed a Z-shaped folding stool for the person who followed, leaving the lungs and brains on the floor.
And Cha Su threw the dead member of the Evil Ghost Gang as a projectile at Li Nuo.
Li Nuo moved his upper body away and kicked the "projectile" to stop it on the wall.
"Just say you are still haunting."
The pistol transformed into an eight-star shotgun.
The light of sparks overflowing from the muzzle lit up Li Nuo's eyes.
The bullets were fired.
Cha Su took a shotgun blast at close range, leaving blood holes like grapes on his body, and flew out like weeds in the wind.
At this moment, Cha Su clenched his steel teeth.
[Residual Blood] Open!
Li Nuo's eyes were like torches.
[Internal Potential] Open!
The two collided again.
Outside, in the heavy rain, the rough and fierce sounds of kinetic rifles and artillery shells fighting monsters were suddenly mixed with dull explosions.
Two figures flew in the building.
The two fought from the building to a platform.
The accumulated water splashed neon, and the blue flame exploded the red fist light!
Cha Su has the skill of recovering blood in battle, and can open and close [Residual Blood] in seconds like Li Nuo.
In other words, whether or not [Residual Blood] can have its own blood recovery skills is the foundation for whether [Residual Blood] can survive.
"You kid... are ridiculously difficult to deal with..."
Cha Su panted.
"By the way, you haven't used your full strength yet, have you?"
Although Li Nuo only has one eye, he still showed his dead fish eyes: "Ah... it's a bit of a waste to use the trump card on you."
"Trumpet... everyone doesn't have it, and I don't think it's necessary to use it." The red light surrounding Cha Su's body became even stronger, and the iron blocks of his arms suddenly rotated at high speed.
[Title "Water-injected Pig" Skill: Strengthening skills increase the positive power by 5%~15% again, and can be activated by yourself]
Cha Su jumped high.
Li Nuo's heart suddenly shook, and someone felt a strong sense of crisis.
He bit off the blood that was gushing out of his mouth. His blood volume was already extremely unhealthy. He activated the [Red Feather Seven-Edged Sword], hoping to increase his damage as soon as possible and quickly deal with this bastard in front of him who was more difficult to deal with than he looked.
At this moment, Chasu shrank himself into a ball. The high-rotating iron blocks on his arms pressed against the protective gear on his knees, rubbing against sparks, and crashed into him like a cannonball in the air!
Li Nuo locked his eyes on the other party, dodged, turned sideways, raised his hand, and fired!
It was done in one go, and the time taken for the action was difficult to see with the naked eye.
But the bullet only splashed sparks when it hit Chasu's body, and it seemed that no damage was caused.
The amazing scene had just begun.
Chasu "jumped" up like a pinball and crashed into Li Nuo who was close at hand!
Li Nuo immediately activated the [Queen's Seal] to block it, but the other party could still bounce again!
[3D Pinball: The body turns into a meat and egg chariot, and can control the direction of its own ejection. When using this skill, the physical fitness increases by 30 points, and the "ejection shield" is activated, which lasts for 10 seconds]
Li Nuo was knocked away, and his health has reached an extremely unhealthy state.
He gritted his teeth and prepared to activate [Residual Blood], but he noticed that the "Salivary Demon" that climbed to the roof suddenly moved...
Boom!
Cha Su held him down.
"You are distracted."
He opened his steel teeth, aimed at Li Nuo's neck, and bit down!
...
About a minute ago.
Night City.
Under the red moon.
On the building, Master Mirror stood in mid-air, looking at the information fed back from the "Salivary Demon" perspective.
He touched his chin and frowned slightly.
"Hide your strength?"
"That won't work, Mr. Demon Hunter. It would be boring to see me die halfway before..."
He was thinking... what to do to make the other party serious.
Li Nuo was harder to control than he thought. He was persistent, calm, nervous, jumpy, unaffected by any external factors, and not guided by environmental factors. Such people were often regarded as challenging fun by people who like fun, but they were also bored.
Snap!
Mirror Master snapped his fingers, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
"Got it..."
In his memory, there was an interesting conversation when he talked to Li Nuo just now.
—— Not as unscrupulous as the last time they met, should I congratulate you on finding the most precious thing in life?
—— Will you take her away?
"Why not."
...
Time goes back to when Li Nuo was bitten.
An abandoned house collapsed.
It was Nie Ke and his deer-headed spirit who came out.
Cha Bai jumped down from the air and landed steadily not far in front of him.
Nie Ke's eyes tightened, and the hazy figure in the mist was burning with fire. The fire that could not be extinguished by heavy rain restrained his trump card, the deer-headed spirit.
"I feel like I chose the wrong opponent..." Neck raised his arms and shouted, "Hey, white-haired girl! Cease-fire! My target is your priest brother. How about this, you go fight Chasu, and I'll trade with that guy."
Chabai tilted his head slightly.
She didn't understand why Neck suddenly said that.
Seeing that the other party didn't speak, Neck continued, "It's like this, your fire restrains my 'Pokémon', I may not be able to beat you, but I tell you, I'm a little stronger than Chasu, it's easier for you to deal with him than me."
Chabai: "But the priest brother you mentioned is stronger than me."
"Are you kidding..." Neck's mouth trembled: "Didn't he fight Chasu to a draw..."
Chabai: "He is really stronger than me, but he is too lazy and too sinister. He would never fight if he could run away."
"Why the hell did your guild produce you two monsters? "Thing..." Nieke paused and asked, "Hey... your fraud guild, there won't be someone more powerful, right?"
"Indeed... there is another one who may be more powerful..." Cha Bai's mind appeared Maljie's shit block, thinking of a certain day when Maljie let dozens of life machines practice with shit blocks. She shook her head and said bluntly: "No, he must be more powerful, he is stronger than both of us."
"Since you said so..." Nieke raised his head, took a deep breath, and suddenly shouted: "Deer-headed spirit, beat this woman to death!"
The voice was not finished.
The floor above shook.
Nieke raised his head.
And the deer-headed spirit stopped moving.
Because the "saliva demon" moved.
The giant centipede climbed above the floor, countless legs seemed to crawl slowly, and its body wrapped around the building like a ribbon, and then, the centipede's unique face pointed to Cha Bai's position.
"I said... this thing seems to be going to attack?" Nieke swallowed his saliva: "Triumph!"
He turned around and ran, and put the Deer Head Spirit and the Thunder Ball into the Poké Ball. As a trainer, he loves his "Pokémon".
Nieke has no intention of fighting, he just wants to know, what is that thing...!
Looking up, the giant centipede is watching here.
The figure of the saliva demon is reflected in Chabai's blue eyes.
At first, when the saliva demon appeared, Chabai's original intention was to escape, but Li Nuo had no news, she couldn't leave alone, so she stayed with trembling, and continued to fight with a numb scalp.
In the Church of the Sorceresses, Chabai has read many books about the creatures in the world of "The Witcher".
There are records of various dangerous creatures.
Fent, vampires, leopards, rock trolls... they are all deadly and dangerous creatures.
There are two dangerous species standing at the top of the creatures.
Shadow Elder.
And, the saliva demon.
The creator of the saliva demon is called Alzu. This name may be unfamiliar, but he is the great wizard who created the demon hunter.
In the world view of "The Demon Hunter", the wizard is a great and dangerous existence. Alzu is a great pioneer among the wizards. He not only created the demon hunter, but also created many powerful monsters.
Among them is the terrifying saliva demon - it turned a city into wasteland and easily killed the wizard "Alzu" who created it.
The book of the Church of the Sorceress describes it like this:
"The Devil is the product of magic and bad luck. It is an insect-like monster shaped like a giant snake, and it will destroy everything it sees in a rage. The warlocks wanted to study the last creation left by Alzu, but this monster still scared them speechless. The warlocks did not dare to wake it up, but due to its danger, they prepared to seal it while the Devil was asleep. In the end, all the warlocks died and another city disappeared from the map."
"Its danger is close to or even comparable to that of the Elder Shadow."
"Please let it do whatever it wants, never disturb it, and never let the world fall into the precursor of destruction."
The tactical goggles showed that the health value of the Devil was 8000.
And it was still growing slowly.
Exaggerated to the extreme strength.
Perfect resistance to magic.
Cha Bai witnessed the size of the Devil getting bigger and bigger, starting from dozens of meters.
The people of the evil ghost gang were not stupid. When they saw this thing start to move, they put away their guns. There was nothing more stupid than shooting a creature with a rifle that was almost a hundred meters tall.
In the night, in the clouds and rain, behind the fog, a rumbling sound sounded in the distance.
At the edge of the horizon, the air combat machine of military technology rolled over the neon-colored rain, the black armor rushed out of the skyline, and the unmanned flying combat aircraft followed behind.
Several rough and fierce black missiles raised their warheads, and the launchers supported by the bracket pointed directly at the saliva demon.
The extremely sharp and cold breath coming from the sky was completely different from the violent organization equipped with guns and transformed bodies and then flaunted everywhere. It was a cold-blooded and ruthless symbol of power that could not be resisted.
Military technology had long noticed the appearance of the saliva demon.
Although they didn't know what it was, everyone understood one thing, a big bug with a body of a hundred meters, it was definitely not here to protect the city from wind and rain.
The company machine has been dispatched.
The chaos in Kowloon Village has reached an uncontrollable point.
A large number of citizens looked at the fiery red light shining on the clouds and mist and fell into confusion.
At the bottom of the alley, Emily opened the door and looked at the burning building in the distance, pursing her lips.
Her father told her to go back to the house.
No matter how powerful the priest is, he is nothing more than a half-human and half-ghost blessed by technology.
Emily just wanted to see the collapse of an "Arasaka Tower" with her own eyes.
If the priest did it, at least she could ignite an unrealistic support for her future life.
The aircraft in the sky broadcast the scene of the saliva demon clinging to the ground.
"Arasaka Tower" may not fall, but Kowloon Village may fall.
And only Cha Bai knew that the one who fell before everything else... might be her.
The demon-like centipede head of the saliva demon was approaching her.
"Is it coming for... me?"
Cha Bai rolled his throat.
She immediately turned around and ran into the building. She must find Li Nuo and take Li Nuo away from this dangerous place.
This place is too crazy and too sick!
If they really fought with the saliva demon in such a densely packed space, the mortality rate would be extremely high.
Even if they won by chance, they would still lose a layer of skin, and even one of them would die...
Suddenly, Cha Bai subconsciously activated [Witch Time] to avoid the violent vibration behind her.
The earth was shaking.
When she turned around, she saw the saliva demon tearing open the house, and the huge pincers of its mouth were deeply embedded in the ground. This guy raised his head, and the splashed gravel washed like a rainstorm.
The saliva demon roared.
Cha Bai's magic power seemed to be sucked dry, and this guy restrained the mage.
She almost fell down in a hurry. At the critical moment, Nie Chuang controlled Chimera No. 1 to clamp Cha Bai, and fled madly under the second wave of the saliva demon's attack!
Cha Bai looked at the high-rise building hit by the rain, and shouted to Nie Chuang inside Chimera: "Li Nuo is still in the building!"
"Damn it! Am I your guardian?" Nie Chuang was unhappy, but still wanted to change direction: "Damn it! I'll die!"
But the next moment, when he saw the figure of the saliva demon close at hand on the display screen of Chimera, the trembling brought by the giant fear made Nie Chuang even forget how to use the artificial eye to scan and control Chimera.
Cha Bai knew one thing very well, the saliva demon had not yet reached its complete form... This thing should be nearly a kilometer long in its heyday...
After a burst of sound waves.
The Chimera fell to the ground.
And Cha Bai slid and smashed a piece of wood, and stopped under the broken steel bar.
She raised her head and looked at the demon approaching. Cha Bai had a strange feeling. The demon exuded a special magic power...
"It's not... It's not magic... It's a curse..."
"Who is your controller...?"
Who is it...
It's...
The tongue suddenly hurt, and the [Demon Summoning Mark] engraved on the tongue began to heat up.
Her eyes froze, and she looked in the direction where Li Nuo disappeared.
"Li Nuo...Li Nuo! Mirror Master may be here!"
"Mirror Master is here!"
She shouted at the top of her lungs.
I hope Li Nuo can hear his voice.
The pounding rain and the sound of the saliva demon's countless squirming legs drowned out her screams.
His gray-blue eyes turned away.
She saw a figure falling silently in front of her. The moment he appeared, the saliva demon suddenly retreated.
The black religious coat was swaying in the wind and rain, and the priest put his hand on the brim of his hat.
The silver cane is dotted on the ground, reflecting the high light of neon.
Li Nuo spit out a pool of blood and a large piece of flesh and blood containing machinery and steel teeth.
"Well...I know, I know he's coming, but..."
Li Nuo raised his head and stared at the retreating saliva demon.
"Chabai didn't activate [Focuser], why did she become the target of attack... It was you who did it, Mirror, Gunter O'Dimm."
"I finally managed to pull her back, what are you doing?"
Just by looking at his back, Chabai could feel that the intensity that broke through the boundaries of players was faintly affecting the surroundings.
On the platform above the building, Zha Su knelt on the ground, touching the exposed flesh, flesh and machinery after his jaw was bitten off. His eyes widened and he couldn't recall what... happened just now...
There were shocking bite wounds on Li Nuo's neck.
The blood was flowing down.
His back gradually produced noisy lines and flashes.
The cane also has pixelated spots on it.
Mirror Master watched all this through the Saliva Demon. This time, Lezi was not happy anymore.
[Pixel Slash - Cairo God of War "Haliqli"]
"I understand... you want to see my trump card, see my full strength, and want to have more fun, right, Mirror Master? That's why you attacked her, trying to force me to become the second you?" Li Nuo said, raised his head and said with a smile: "Have fun...it's boring for you to watch it alone, how about we watch it together!"
He shouted to the floating machine at the top: "Camera, can you give me a close-up?"
He turned his head consciously and glanced at the big screen outside the building a hundred meters away.
There actually was a close-up of him.
Every detail of his face is displayed in front of tens of thousands of eyes.
Emily on the lower level of the street and the players watching the live broadcast from other places all saw him.
"Dear citizens, you worms living under the cyberspace! Dear corporate emperors standing on the top of skyscrapers! Below is a priest who has just been in office for less than a day." Li Nuo showed a nervous smile and raised his arms. , painted the afterimage of pixels: "Today is my first day at work, and then Kowloon was destroyed by demons, and this city is about to be destroyed!"
His voice became louder and louder, and Marjie, who was sitting in the lunar cabin watching the live broadcast, couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, everyone is as rotten as a gay's ass. What can we do if we are a little more rotten?" Li Nuo said, taking out a bottle of [Ignis's Decoction] from his arms and biting off the cork. Zi: "As we all know, the only sane way to live in this world is to ignore the rules, but in order to prevent those bad things from happening, I try my best to...be a bad person who abides by the rules."
"And you have to force me to break your rules! Hahaha...hahahahahaha!"
He laughed maniacally, the magic power of the crystal entangled with the explosion of blood mist, his expression was gloomy, and his eyes... showed endless bloodthirsty chill.
"Gunt O'Dimm...I said I would kill you, and I will keep my word."
…
In Night City.
The Mirror Master regained visual contact with the Saliva Demon.
Step by step, he walked from the sky to the surface of the void. As he walked, he sat down.
"Gunt O'Dimm, I will kill you and I will do what I say."
He repeated Li Nuo's last words.
Over and over and over again.
"Oh……"
"Hahaha..."
"Hahaha...hahahahaha!"
The devil laughed loudly under the red moon.
He would only be excited after seeing the power of "Uncle Cairo".
It was an oppression that the devil had not felt in thousands of years. It was a surprise, a fun, and a top challenge.
He was waiting, eagerly hoping that the witcher could enter this gloomy dreamland one day to end his thousands of years of boredom.
The eyes of the mirror seemed to see the demon hunter named "Geralt" hundreds of years ago.
After being sealed, the words left to the demon hunter wandered out of his mind again.
"Ydych chi'n meddwl i mi fethu? Ni fyddaf yn cael fy ngorchfygu, dim ond dros dro yr wyf wedi mynd a byddaf yn dod ynl yn nes ymlaen."
——I will not be defeated. I can only disappear temporarily and one day I will come back.
"Mae'n nawr."
——Now.
"Wedi'r cyfan ni fyddaf byth yn marw."
——After all, I will never die.
"This is interesting, gentlemen witchers."
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ps: (I have to go for an infusion. I may have a drug reaction and my hands will swell, so I combined yesterday's and today's two into one. I won't update them tonight. I won't delay tomorrow's update. Don't worry)