Chapter 246 The Land of Dreams, City of Night

"I...ah...I, I, I am..."

Li Nuo's brain felt like it had been shattered by a fart, he could not think at all, and he almost lost his language ability.

"Well, I said it, do you want to hear it again?" Cha Bai said.

Li Nuo stared into the other person's eyes, his blue eyes reflecting his blank face like water.

"Need not……"

He shook his head.

"No, I understand."

Li Nuo put on his mask again and pressed his temples.

In the past, intracerebral communicators needed to be connected to the signal of a miniature electronic brain. Since the advent of artificial human magic technology, they only need to install a small chip and a communicator behind the cochlea to use it.

"do you died?"

Marjie replied quickly: "I ran back to Victor's clinic. I'm sorting things out. You wait a moment... Well, let Miss Chabai turn on the POD machine and use the projection to transmit the image."

"POD."

Chabai nodded and took out the Yorha Force's exclusive POD, which is the artificial human auxiliary machine, from the compartment of his backpack.

A white mechanical floating body that looks like a small cardboard box.

"No. 001 serves you."

Its sound has a mechanical lag.

This is an auxiliary machine that can only be used by the Yorha Force. Cha Shiro's data and core system still belong to the artificial humans of "NieR" and meet the usage standards. Li Nuo is made of flesh and blood, and Marge uses cyber technology as the main body. Does not match the "endorsement" of the auxiliary machine.

Cha Bai touched the head of the auxiliary machine and said, "Connect to Marjie's signal."

Her behavior is the same as 2B. She puts a "caring" emotion into things like "pets", whether they are vampire dragons or auxiliary machines.

"connecting."

The auxiliary machine projected a virtual light screen, and the screen was facing Marger.

Inside Victor's Clinic.

Right in front of Marger is a mechanical lifeform that uses its head as a camera.

"A little to the right."

"Yes, Bishop, is this okay?"

"Can."

Although Li Nuo on the screen was wearing a mask, he couldn't hide the feeling of "what the hell are you doing?"

"Regarding the next work, Li Nuo, what do you think about the updated main line?" Marjie asked.

"Main line?" Li Nuo was slightly startled: "Ah... let me take a look."

Marjie: "You didn't read it, did you?"

Li Nuo: "Wait a moment."

[Kill the Mirror Master]

[Task requirements: Break the three sealed bosses that block the mirror. The specific location needs to be updated with the "Priest" line to unlock some content and then update the "Dancer" map]

[Mission brief description: Night City is divided into three worlds, dream, reality, and falsehood. What is seen by everyone is false. The past world is a dream, and the hidden present is reality. The clone of the Mirror Master supports the projection of the three worlds. , when the avatar disappeared, the three merged in a hurry, and the formation of the dream was supported by one subject]

[Just like Li De’s dream formed the bar area]

[Kill the subject and you can escape from the dream]

[Named "Tearing the Nightmare apart"]

[But if the main body is still not killed within a certain period of time, it will completely become a part of the ancient god]

[If you don’t want to do this, please kill Mirror Master as soon as possible]

[Countdown: 1 hour]

[Additional reward: Hunter characteristics]

[Note: Players who already have the Dream Hunter trait will receive other reward compensation]

"Only an hour." Li Nuo tapped his teeth with the tip of his tongue, his cheeks shrinking slightly.

"Did you just see it?" Marjie's mouth twitched: "What did you just do?"

"Marjie, what information do you have?"

"Are you changing the subject?"

"Where are Nanami and Sumei?"

"Hmph...don't move..."

"Be serious! Now is the time to have fun!"

Margery stared blankly, and the mechanical life form on the other side reminded him, "Master, the power is limited," and then he said: "I ordered a large number of mechanical life forms to detect all over the city. First of all, I suggest that Miss Chabai first put [ Focuser] is shut down."

In front of Marjie, there were four virtual light curtains. Except for Li Nuo, the remaining three were the changes in the city captured by the mechanical life forms.

The blood moon has disappeared. In the buildings and neighborhoods, there are a large number of biological weapons with red pupils. In addition, there are also some creatures belonging to the "Bloodborne" worldview wandering around.

A group of bloodthirsty beasts.

A group of killing weapons.

"The other thing is that I found the location of Su Mei and Nanami. They are not far from me. I will let the mechanical life form connect their communications later."

Marjie took out a glass, and the mechanical life form next to him poured him a glass of boiled water.

"That's it, I'll contact you later, take a moment and think of a plan."

"Well, no need to wait."

Li Nuo said, twitching his fingers at Cha Bai, who followed him out of the ruins.

The full moon is in the sky.

The magic particles turned into particles, shaking like stars.

The mist is thin, floating and expanding, giving off a shimmering light.

The night sky was swaying with light blue luster, and a layer of blue gauze covered the night city.

The buildings under the skyline were tilted irregularly and slightly. Just looking at the ground looked like a doomsday scene, but with the particles in the sky and the full moon, an indescribable romance shone into the eyes.

Li Nuo took out [Eye of Border Prison].

On the player's map panel, a blue dot appeared in an area of ​​Night City.

The player's red dot is not far from that vicinity.

"Mirror Master's identity is right there."

Li Nuo said to himself and looked in that direction. His eyes passed through the straight block and above the buildings staggered layer by layer, which were inconsistent with the steam-era buildings of this era.

That's the style from Novigrad.

Mirror Master was quite nostalgic, so Li Nuo cursed and put away the [Eye of the Border Prison].

The traveler line between players is a means to help them complete the journey more safely, but it is not necessary.

For example, there are two conditions for entering Night City: first, the [Dream Entrance Ticket] synthesized by Xing Kai and Su Mei's settlement rewards, and then the [Inner Eye] obtained by combining the priest and hunter to enter and activate Tickets.

You say it's troublesome.

But its early trouble is to solve more troublesome problems, at least it tells you what to do.

Li Nuo used [Space Imprint] to find his own anchor point in 2076, skipping the above steps.

But if there is no [Dream Entrance Ticket] prompt: the entrance is in the Watson area.

He still couldn't get in.

The same is true for the [Eye of the Border Prison]. At least players don't have to look for traces of the Mirror Master. In other words, if this thing doesn't exist, who knows how they would get lost here.

"Hmm...but I didn't get the 'Doom Transfer'."

"Li Nuo, if you have any plans, tell me quickly." Marjie urged: "I'm running out of power here, magic batteries are very expensive."

For the magic battery, first buy an empty battery that can be charged in the mall, and store the magic in it in case the magic technology runs out of power. The battery is very expensive, but the tea-white [Focuser] can be discounted. .

"Oh, what did the Mirror Master do after I died?"

"Time was paused, and then Miss Chabai burst out with ancient blood."

"Blood of the Ancients?" Li Nuo looked at Cha Bai.

"Yeah." Cha Bai said, "But it seems...Dana Mebi gave it to me. I don't know. What I know is that the power of the Mirror Master is not superior to the goddess of nature. The ancient mirror contains crystal magic power." The blood erased his pause in time."

"I understand, then it's Arceus's 'Sanctioning Light Gravel', right?" Li Nuo asked again: "Does Master Mirror have a health bar?"

Cha Bai shook his head: "They are all question marks, but..."

She unfolded the data stored in the goggles.

It expresses a blood value with a thin mosaic.

"When the ancient blood broke out, he seemed to have a health bar."

Li Nuo nodded.

Then it can be killed.

"anything else?"

"No more." Chabai shook his head.

"I noticed one thing." Marger said: "Mirror Master does not pause time, but slows down the flow of time."

"That's it." Li Nuo raised his head: "The rules of the ancient gods are above him. He cannot seize the rules and becomes weaker."

"Devils are related to faith and fear, and faith is the incarnation of rules, so..." Cha Bai shrugged his shoulders: "In "The Witcher", only the goddess of fate Freya is above the Mirror Master, but in "The Witcher" In Bloodborne, there are a lot of Abyss scarier than him, right?"

"Well, that's it... right?" Li Nuo said thoughtfully: "Please don't come out in a hurry. Someone has to go and take a look at the place where Master Mirror is sealed first, Marjie?"

"Huh, maybe not. I have someone here." Marger picked up a gun: "It's a big guy."

"Also, congratulations."

Then he closed the screen.

Li Nuo was startled, his pupils moved, and a mechanical life form sitting on a floating device moved over in mid-air.

"Marjie can be incredibly evil-minded sometimes."

"It's not necessarily that he has too much mind. In Mr. Victor's words, he is too rational. A rational person is very good at observing the situation behind the scenes." Li Nuo pointed to his temple, his pupils inadvertently glanced at Cha Bai, and smiled. Said: "Anyway, Mr. Cairo, please come out."

Among the debris behind him, Big Yellow's head broke out from the cracks in the rocks of the ruins.

"What bad luck, damn it." Mr. Cairo came over, brushing the dirt from his head: "That stinky old man hit me!"

"He can't kill you because you are awesome..." Li Nuo complained: "You said you have companions and tools here, where are they?"

"Well...it's around here...near a skyscraper." Mr. Cairo rolled his eyes: "But there is a guard nearby, very fierce!"

[The inner eye has been destroyed, and the dancer’s map has been liberated]

[Player map has been updated]

System sounds suddenly appear.

Li Nuo opened the panel.

There are three directions marked on the map, two of which are about fifteen minutes away from here.

In other words, the location is all in the Watson District of Night City.

Mirror Master's sealing point is in another area, so the timing is a bit awkward.

Li Nuo raised his head.

In mid-air, several figures passed through the gap between the black and white railings on the roof of a building ahead.

Their black police uniforms have military technology logos on the chest and cuffs, and the rectangular scroll bars of their helmets float as if they are alive.

Inside the window, there was a resident lying behind the window, covering his head in a weird posture, with wild beast-like manes growing on his body.

Judging from the hunter's perception alone, they are all infected monsters.

"If this world is real and the real world is false, then..." Li Nuo took Cha Bai's arm, took a few steps back and entered the crevices of the ruins, protecting her behind and minding his own business. Said: "The Night City guards we see in 'reality' actually have their real bodies in the dream. Outside of the dream, they are in a state of sleepwalking, including the residents. Everyone is doing normal things in Night City. , but their actual 'souls' have become beasts in the dream."

"What do you mean by Mao?" Mr. Cairo asked.

"Cha Bai, support Marjie or others."

"And you?"

"I have hunter senses. I took Mr. Cairo to find his companions and props. Then one of us must go to Mirror Master's sealing point first, and wait for the moment his seal is lifted to use the [Fetching Leather Bag] to remove all People take it there, this is the only solution in terms of time.”

He looked at the seam between the slowly moving ground in the dream and the floating in the air.

"Well... no one knows what will happen."

"Nanami and Su Mei..."

"Needless to say, they are all players of this level and know what to do."

Li Nuo took Cairo Jun's thin arm and released the vampire dragon.

"Let the vampire dragon be with you."

The black baby dragon was about to bite him the moment it appeared, but Cha Bai used his floating hand to pull him to his side.

"good……"

At the same time, there was an earthquake in the distance.

A large amount of dust erupted from the ground, falling endless dust like the eruption of an extinct volcano.

Li Nuo's pupils shrank, and he saw Marjie emerging from the ground, and a big guy following him.

Adam's Hammer...

"I know how to do it." Cha Bai said, "Do what you think you should do, and hurry up."

Li Nuo took two steps back, turned around, and grabbed the location Cairo Jun mentioned, which was another area of ​​the sealing point, a skyscraper.

Seeing him walking away, Chabai smiled slightly.

Girls who are ignorant of human affairs tend to have simple thoughts.

The first person to tell her to die so that "the glory of mankind may last forever."

The first person to take her to Nilfgaard.

The first person who dared to say "I'm here" to her in front of a pair of eyes that hid murderous intent.

This was enough for her to tie her life to that person.

If Li Nuo really learned from a certain alchemist and said to her, in exchange of equal value, I will give you half of my life, so you will also give me half of your life.

The answer is nothing more than, aren't they already together?

Cha Bai's knowledge is very broad. The storage bank of artificial human beings contains tens of thousands of years of human wisdom. The human economy, social development, magic culture, and ancient martial arts killing techniques can be exported. However, her vision is very short. It was so short that she could only see Li Nuo who was bickering with Brother Shi all day long, and the rest was as broken and indifferent to her as AI code.

She is not like the stupid Li Nuo in front of her.

She knows what she ultimately wants, so she knows when to rely on others and when to be a safe haven for others.

However, Haven’s stamina is a little too strong.

Li Nuo's soul felt refreshed for a few seconds and then fell into complete standby mode.

Marjie once said of him: This is a bastard who can kill a village with a knife, but if you put a hundred holes in front of him and let him take a dick, he will fall into sage mode in seconds, because this guy’s brain There is an extreme belief in monogamy.

This extreme guy, behind Mr. Cairo's back, was holding his cell phone to check the message V had just sent.

[I have found Miles. As the person who hired me, you decide whether to kill her or not]

Li Nuo frowned.

…

[Don’t kill and keep it for the New Year? 】

V looked at the message sent by the priest and couldn't help but smile.

"You are really a fake priest."

She picked up the gun from the ground.

Miles' office is riddled with holes, blood and implant-ridden entrails adding color and trinkets to the white room.

She sat on the sofa, holding a juice can in her other hand, crushing the can and throwing it on the floor.

Miles escaped from a tunnel, but half of her body was broken into pieces by V's sniper rifle from a distance. The inner eye was left on the ground at the time and was damaged by a stray bullet.

A large number of guards interfered with V, and she had to stop and kill all the guards first.

Yes, I have to...

This person is called V, the Living King of Hell, a Cybertronian psychopath, and the most awesome person in the world.

The moonlight flickers.

The white presidential palace was made a bit sadder by the thick black smoke.

This building was originally square, like an upright white coffin, but in the attack just now, V destroyed it completely.

The cement and steel bars inside were all black, and the inner structure of the pipes and lines was clearly visible.

In the corridor, no one stopped the scattered blood-stained remains.

V looked for Miles' biological signal, locked on the target location, licked his lips, and walked closer and closer to the point of revenge with stern eyes.

The cold wind blew through the window where only the shelf was left, and a dazzling red rifle grenade quickly approached, exploded in the middle, and opened a hole for V's foot.

Under the blazing flames, V walked out of the darkness.

In his right hand, he holds a long sword that is incompatible with the times - Yorha Force Zero Weapon.

The left hand holds a dark and cold rifle - the Widow Maker.

She wrapped her coat tightly around her body, pursed her lips, and scanned the surroundings. What she saw in her eyes was a group of green and lonely ruins, as well as the thermal energy induction hidden in the cold corpses.

Snapped!

V stepped on a section of steel bar and pointed the gun at the wall of the floor below. A red dot of the sight suddenly swept across V's eyebrows.

Meanwhile, BAM!

The crackle of bullets streaked across the sky for a long time.

A sniper wrapped in a black combat uniform had his head exploded.

Flesh and blood spattered out in a fan shape, staining the relatively white wall red.

The opponent's support force will arrive soon. V is also injured, and the pressure is increasing. She needs to deal with Miles as quickly as possible.

Finally, Myers' last line of defense climbed in through the building's exterior wall.

It wore a bloated old-fashioned tactical coat and a silver-white shotgun in one hand. It walked and crawled on all fours. It was obviously not a "person".

That thing raised its gun in the direction of the V and sprayed hard.

V jumped to the other side to avoid it, giving this powerful monster a little respect.

call out!

The monster took out a thermal cannon and fired a shot. The hot bullet drew a long airflow arc in the air and was quickly hit by a bit of cold light.

V held the long knife behind his back, paused, turned around, and rushed towards the monster in front of him. The opponent raised his arm and easily pulled off the pipe on the wall, and swung it over. Unexpectedly, the moment it came into contact with V, the mouth of the water pipe burst open instantly.

Broken pieces of iron were flying all over the sky.

He raised the long knife and slashed it towards the monster's head.

Precise, cold, rough, and almost perfect, V brings an unpredictable pressure to people.

Just a few hours ago, she was a trashy corporate dog.

When V heard the sound of falling to the ground, he walked towards the revenge point without looking or stopping.

There was only one thing on her mind.

"Fuck you, Miles."

…

The half-rotten inner eye watched V pass by the door.

The other side of the eyes is connected to the dreamland of Night City.

Adam pulled out the rotten inner eye from his body with a heavy hammer, threw it to the ground and crushed it with his foot.

"That bitch Miles...has someone pulled out the key thing..."

"Let me guess...the mirror installed the eyes in Miles' body, and then used you as the eye to monitor Miles..." Marger got up from the ruins, patted the dust on his hair, and said, "I It’s just a wild guess, but your expression is telling me that I’m right?”

Adam Heavy Hammer dropped his gaze.

The structure of his whole body is very strange. Nearly half of his body is taken up by the mechanical body, and the rest are swollen pieces of flesh. At first glance, he looks a bit like the tyrant in Resident Evil, but two flesh-and-blood structures protrude from the broken tumor on his back. The arms are extremely long, touching the ground, and look like animal claws.

In addition, Adam Hammer's height has grown from about two meters to three meters.

Marjie stared at the other person and frowned slightly: "Forget it...it seems that there is no way to know what happened from you."

Adam took a heavy step forward.

In 2076, Li Nuo killed Adam Hammer.

In 2077, the Mirror Master recast the big guy and returned him to his original form.

In the same year, V killed Adam Hammer.

In 2078, the Mirror Master gave his body to Miles, and placed inner eyes in both of their bodies to check the connection between reality and dreams at any time. It was also for fun, and there were stories about controlling the two main worlds. For the Mirror Master, the character has a sense of pioneering pleasure in the new century.

In the same year, the Mirror Master gave a certain rune to the most perfect, original Adam's Hammer, allowing Miles to see the rune from the inner eye. The rune could generate a new Adam's Hammer, but it required Magic players help.

In 2079, Miles used those players to gather the scavengers. From then on, when players enter "Cyberpunk", there will be a scavenger camp, which is the players Li Nuo and others encountered in clearing the scavenger base.

In fact, even the main mission of Zhasu and the others when they came to this world was related to scavengers.

The original Adam Hammer, who was killed twice by Li Nuo and V at the beginning, has been monitoring the movements of the dream in Night City, guarding the dream as a guard.

This is the task given to Master Mirror after he was imprisoned by the ancient gods.

"Boy... no matter who you are, but you have to understand one thing."

Adam looked at Marjie with a heavy hammer, and the corners of his mouth were cracked, revealing the sharp teeth inside that had been transformed by the ancient god's pollution.

"I'm a meat grinder, you're fucking meat."

2076.

Victor Clinic.

Victor told V at that time that there were three villains who spent a lot of money to modify their bodies. These three people were in the dream, a priest, a thief and a scholar.

And this scholar, that is, Marger, was labeled by Victor at the time as having the same mental state as Adam Hammer.

Genius is on the left and madness is on the right.

Adam Hammer is a lunatic.

Marger is not a genius, but he is a different kind of madman. He can make even N2 crazy, and he is the ultimate rational person.

He chuckled.

Hundreds of mechanical life forms behind him flashed red eyes.

In the darkness, fluorescent spots appeared densely around Marger, surrounding their bishop.

"Meat grinder?"

"Meat?"

Marger raised his chin, displaying his arrogance at the height of being inferior to others.

The five Novigrad bodyguards came over with combat mechas, and each of the mechanical lifeforms took out pieces of shit and shook it in their hands.

He raised his arms and faced the confused Adam Hammer.

"Adam Hammer, why are you fighting with me?"

…

Li Nuo sat above the sky rail station and watched the encounter between Marjie and Adam Hammer not far below.

"Brother Ma has met his soulmate."

It is marked on the map that the alienated Adam's Hammer is one of the BOSSs that holds the seal.

He had reached the skyscraper and entered the elevator as there were no stairs.

There are many incredible phenomena in dreams.

For example, all facilities have electricity.

City news is broadcast on the elevator wall, and the voice of the female announcer echoes.

[Attention to all residents of Night City: The city was attacked by dangerous elements, but they suddenly disappeared in front of a wall. In addition, a building in Block C013 of Watson District suddenly collapsed. At present, the accident has not caused any casualties. Please don’t go there, even if your parents are here, otherwise you will be shot for obstructing the work of the police]

[Extra information: Mr. Adam Hammer is fighting a suspect in Mewtwo. Who knows what this Knight of Night City is going to do, but he may just want to get another vote for the future mayor]

"Certain situations in dreams can reflect back into reality."

"Then what has become of the real Night City?"

There is no Mirror Master possession.

With tea white...

Anyway, he is now back to the state where his mind is always spinning.

"V hasn't killed Miles yet... the eldest sister, my priest line has to kill her to get the reward."

Outside the elevator wire fence, the scene of the city passed before my eyes.

Li Nuo leaned against the wall, his eyes a little out of focus.

According to Xing Kai, the rules of the Mirror Master are the most important. Cha Bai also said that demons attach great importance to faith and fear.

The power of mirrors changes as the world changes.

In "The Witcher", he has existed for thousands of years and is feared by many people who know him.

But in "Cyberpunk" he only existed for 9 years, and was imprisoned by the ancient gods.

Killing you while you are sick is always the truth.

【Evocation Brand】

[Type: Skill]

[Brief description: The magic mastered by demons or indescribable things can also be called curses. You can choose a body for the demon's soul to carry its weight, but be aware that the strength of the body must be equal to The strength of the devil itself, otherwise it will be unhappy and turn you into a madman with its thoughts]

His tongue felt slightly warm.

[Note: After use, no matter what the effect is, it contains the pollution source of the ancient god, and there is a 70% probability that it will become a madman (madman)]

[You are a dream hunter who has withstood the challenge of the madman and completely resisted the curse]

[Brief description: What is the concept of body, this is important]

"The concept of body..."

Li Nuo's eyes were anxious, and his fingers unconsciously tapped the mask.

He received a message from Cha Bai on his cell phone: [I went to help Marjie. He was beaten after he pretended to be cool. Be careful]

Looking at the text on the phone, Li Nuo was stunned.

He thought again of her titanium white short hair and the blue eyes beneath it.

"Hey..." Mr. Cairo on the side asked tremblingly, "I saw..."

Li Nuo: "Huh?"

Mr. Cairo: "I saw that white-haired succubus sucking you. Did she cast a spell on you?"

Li Nuo almost laughed: "Ah, yes, I cast a spell, the charm seal. The effect is that I have no other choice but to live."

Mr. Cairo didn’t understand.

But Li Nuo suddenly thought of something, causing his head to almost split.

"If...if I use [Demon Summoning Brand] on Mirror Master...I wouldn't want to kiss him with tongue, right?"

…

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