Chapter 178 Clearance!!

Song Zhaomei's heartfelt words to V were both like her last words and a painful statement about this terrible world.

Li De, who was hiding not far behind the main console, felt particularly heavy after hearing these words.

He could completely understand and sympathize with Song Zhaomei's state of mind at this time.

Because during those days of suffering, Li De also thought about committing suicide like Song Zhaomei in order to get relief.

But in Li De's heart, he still had the ideal of being loyal to his country and serving the new America.

Even though this emotion is illusory, at least I still have hope.

If not, Li De might have secretly shot himself while hiding in Dog Town.

But Song Zhaomei will not deceive herself and others like him. Once she cannot get the freedom she wants, or cannot reflect the value of her own survival, Song Zhaomei would rather die.

"V, please... help me."

"I beg you."

Song Zhaomei's hoarse and low voice was full of prayers for V.

Her long-annihilated ideals, just like the prosthetic device in her body that was fragmented due to the black wall infection, turned into a blade piercing her heart.

The extensive malfunction of the prosthetic body was causing Song Zhaomei's blood supply to become increasingly scarce, and her hazy tearful eyes showed deep despair.

It pierced the cerebral cortex from all directions, and the pain in the bone marrow made Song Zhaomei feel like a lark falling from the sky and dying, and was eventually crushed to pieces by the traffic flow.

The program she wrote is starting the AI ​​neural matrix device. At this moment, the neural matrix is ​​continuously shunting data along the intubation cable on the back of Song Zhaomei's head.

The black wall data that does not belong to her will be fused by the AI ​​in the device to reduce the degree of black wall infection in Song Zhaomei's body.

Under normal circumstances, when AI neural matrix surgery is performed, the patient will first enter the deep dive network and become a digital state, so that he will not feel the pain during the surgery.

After all, the AI ​​in the device will penetrate deep into the patient's brain and force data separation.

This feeling is like someone using a cold and sharp knife to scratch the patient's tender and fragile cerebral cortex. Each knife is a painful torture to the soul.

Song Zhaomei forcibly plugged in the high-speed cable and started the matrix device to treat herself.

She began the intraoperative procedure without entering a deep dive state, and could only bear the intense and long painful treatment alone.

At this moment, Song Zhaomei had modulated the pain compiler in her mind to full power.

But strong dizziness, tingling, tinnitus and other negative feelings were taking turns to attack and disintegrate her will.

This torture-like treatment operation, Song Zhaomei wanted to end it as soon as it started.

Now she just wants to get out of the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible, die easily and quickly, and be done with it.

"No, Song Zhaomei! You have to live. You are just one step away from freedom now. LA Company will cure you."

"Mr. Li Ang is not the ruthless dictator Miles, and LA Company is not the CIA as you imagined. The world has changed, and it can accommodate you, a lark!"

"Believe me this time, I promise you!"

The palm of V's hand holding the back of Song Zhaomei's head has become sticky and wet. The liquid is all tears flowing from Song Zhaomei's eyes.

Song Zhaomei, who had undergone a prosthetic eye transplant, should not have shed so many tears, because the artificial tear glands will not secrete tears as easily as the original ones in the human body.

Therefore, the liquid that fell into V's palm could only be a mixture of blood and tears shed by Song Zhaomei!

The appearance of this blood just shows that Song Zhaomei's brain has been messed up by the contaminated data from the black wall at this time.

It may even have caused severe cerebral hemorrhage.

But under the dark red warning light near the main console, V didn't realize for a while that his hands were already covered in Song Zhaomei's blood.

The promise V made to Song Zhaomei did not change her mind. On the contrary, Song Zhaomei became more desperate.

When she was in the CIA, she heard many such promises. Both Miles and Li De made these promises to her.

But in the end, no one kept their promises, everyone just wanted to use her to achieve their own goals.

In Song Zhaomei's eyes, even V, who speaks sincerely, is just like Li De, who tried his best to persuade her to stay in the CIA, just for his own benefit.

Looking at the still obsessive V in front of her, Song Zhaomei stopped sobbing or crying. She was so desperate that she just slowly stretched out her trembling hand.

She wanted to remove the cannula on the back of her head and forcibly interrupt the AI ​​neural matrix surgery process. Since V was unwilling to help her on her way, she would do it herself!

Just when Song Zhaomei held the intubation tube and tried to pull it out, an extremely clear and sharp pain suddenly came.

It was as if someone took a sharp awl and hit her head hard.

The nerves in Song Zhaomei's brain and the cerebral cortex were once again stimulated by pain that penetrated deep into her soul.

This time, Song Zhaomei was so painful that she almost fainted on the spot. The tinnitus in her head was as if there were countless bronze bells ringing at the same time around her.

V suddenly woke up and quickly stopped her from reaching out to remove the tube.

Just now, when Song Zhaomei looked at V with disappointed eyes, V once thought about who he was doing everything for.

Song Zhaomei wants to free herself, so why can't she help her and let her be a truly free lark.

But only a second passed, and V quickly got rid of this terrible thought. How could he give up a living life so easily.

Living is always better than dying!

At least, V must not let Song Zhaomei die in his own hands.

After seeing Song Zhaomei's actions just now, V roughly figured out that the intubation cable should be connected to the AI ​​neural matrix device.

To Song Zhaomei, this matrix core was like a ginseng that hung on her life. Song Zhaomei's last breath of life depended on this thing.

If Song Zhaomei were to pull out the cannula by herself, she would definitely die immediately, and she would not be able to be saved no matter how hard she was saved!

"Song Zhaomei, hold on, the company's medical team will be here soon!"

V angrily scolded Song Zhaomei and inserted the cannula on the back of her head tighter into the slot, which made Song Zhaomei feel a sharp pain again.

"V, if you do this, I will hate you..."

Song Zhao's beautiful voice was like a mosquito moaning and she said childish cruel words to V. She knew that her verbal threats would not have any effect on V.

But this is indeed the only thing she can do now.

【warn! The target's ICE system has collapsed! 】

At this moment, a series of dense error messages suddenly appeared in front of V's eyes. His check interface detected that Song Zhaomei's ICE system had completely collapsed.

This means that Song Zhaomei's network immune system has completely collapsed and failed, and the last line of defense has been lost.

Perhaps Song Zhaomei's attempt to remove the intubation tube just now further worsened her condition, causing her already fragile ICE system to completely collapse.

It became the last straw that broke the camel's back!

Sure enough, as soon as the error message about Song Zhaomei popped up, V saw Song Zhaomei's eyes turning white, accompanied by twitching all over her body, as if she had been electrocuted.

Song Zhaomei has entered the countdown to death!

"Song Zhaomei!"

V hurriedly patted Song Zhaomei's cheek with his hand. When he saw his bloody fingerprints covering her face, V realized that Song Zhaomei had been crying tears of blood.

"What happened?!"

At this time, Li De and Alex, who were standing behind the main console, quickly came to V's side after hearing V's exclamation.

When they saw Song Zhaomei, whose face was blurred by V's bloody handprint and who was in a dying state, Li De and Alex were stunned at the same time.

It wasn't until V explained the truth clearly that they realized how dangerous Song Zhaomei's situation was.

"Song Zhaomei's ICE defense system was completely breached by the black wall data. Unless the AI ​​neural matrix device is fully activated, it is possible to save her life."

"But the three of us don't know how to use this crap!"

V clenched his fist, gritted his teeth and punched the main console, leaving a hole as big as a sandbag.

Maybe, he could only witness Song Zhaomei die in front of his eyes!

For a moment, an atmosphere of despair gathered around the three people.

"Sure enough... Xiao Song still can't be saved."

Li De covered his face and lamented sadly. He had actually expected the worst ending, but when this moment really arrived, Li De felt as if his soul had been suddenly taken away.

His whole body became weak, and even his legs almost lost the strength to support his body.

When his faith and his beloved disciple disappeared and collapsed on the same day, Li De only felt a pain that penetrated his bones, making it difficult for him to breathe!

[V, the AI ​​White Queen in your brain can temporarily act as a neural matrix device to hang Song Zhaomei's life, but if you do this, it is also likely to cause the Relic chip to restart the download process. 】

[In other words, you have to risk your own life to save Song Zhaomei's life. I guess you won't die, but there is a high probability that your life will be worse than death. 】

[How to choose is up to you. 】

Just when everyone was about to give up on Song Zhaomei's life, Johnny Silverhand, who had disappeared for a long time, suddenly couldn't help but remind V.

He originally had no intention of getting involved in this matter, because Song Zhaomei was not related to either himself or V, and she even wanted to take advantage of V at one point.

But seeing V's sad and troubled expression, Johnny's heart softened.

He knew that if Song Zhaomei really died in front of V, V might feel guilty for this for the rest of his life.

What this person fears most when living in the world is living with a sense of guilt, which will sooner or later crush his spirit.

"Yes! That's right!"

V later realized that he still had the AI ​​White Queen, who could help Song Zhaomei clear the black wall data in her body.

Even if he suffers backlash from the Relic chip, so what, the LA company's rescue team will be here soon anyway.

V can completely hold on to this insignificant amount of time!

After explaining to Li De and Alex what he was going to do next, V immediately inserted his nanodata cable into Song Zhaomei's brain-computer slot.

Immediately, V successfully connected to Song Zhaomei's brain prosthetic device, and then activated the Chapter 6 function.

Of course, what V is going to do this time is not to use the chapter device to cause attack damage, but to let the AI ​​White Queen perform functions similar to AI neural surgery.

Before, when Li Ang upgraded the AI ​​White Queen function for V, he also opened some usage permissions for him. It is not difficult for V to drive the White Queen to complete the program instructions.

Thumb!

The moment V's data cable was connected to Song Zhaomei's brain-computer slot, the infected data from the black wall immediately flowed into V's body along the cable.

These black wall data are like viruses with a strong desire to reproduce. Once they sense a suitable breeding ground, they will drill into it.

But with the AI ​​White Queen, these data were swallowed up by the White Queen in an instant as soon as they entered V's body.

Then, the White Queen entered Song Zhaomei's brain and began to quickly build a neural matrix for her to block the black wall data.

"Ahhh... Relic is taking effect! It hurts so much, I feel like my head is about to split!"

When the AI ​​White Queen in the Chapter 6 device no longer worked for V, the Relic chip that had been stuck for a long time instantly resumed the download program.

The download progress had been stuck at 50% before, and every 10 seconds, 1% of the progress would be added forward. V didn't have much time left!

And such changes directly reflected on V's head again. V's head was in great pain again.

Bleeding began to flow from his nose, and the dizziness made him feel that his soul was about to be pulled out and shaken out.

At this moment, V's hearing was covered by the crackling sound of electricity, his vision was affected by the flickering images, and his synaptic nerves seemed to be about to jump out of his forehead.

Li De and Alex were clearly talking and shouting loudly in front of V, but V couldn't hear what they were saying clearly.

Johnny really said it right, this feeling is really worse than death!

"V, hold on for another two minutes, the rescue team sent by the company will be here soon!"

Li De and Alex supported V's violently shaking and swaying body, and watched V risk his life to save Song Zhaomei. They were deeply touched.

Song Zhaomei had only met V a few times, but V was willing to risk his life in exchange for Song Zhaomei's life.

They hadn't seen someone as loyal as V for a long time.

[V, you are the most courageous man I have ever seen, I mean it, no one else. ]

Johnny Silverhand was not as panicked as Li De, he knew that this Relic chip would not save V's life for the time being.

But V would suffer great pain, which was inevitable, saving people always had to pay a price.

Hearing Johnny praising himself for the first time, V didn't say anything, but just smiled inexplicably.

In fact, even he himself didn't understand why he had to save Song Zhaomei's life.

Maybe it was to complete the task that Li Ang had assigned to him, or maybe he just sympathized with the poor lark and wanted to help her.

But no matter what the reason, V never regretted every choice he made, even if it was wrong, he was willing to do it.

Soon, V's body and brain nerves were tortured by the Relic chip and were forced to the limit. If this continued, he would faint like Song Zhaomei.

But at this moment, Li De suddenly heard a burst of hurried footsteps behind him. As an agent, he immediately distinguished the size of the other party's personnel.

At least 30 people were approaching them quickly!

Immediately, Li De and Alex turned around at the same time and found that the people coming were the soldiers led by Morgan Blackhand.

But what surprised Li De was that the members of this soldier team were particularly tall. Each person was over two meters tall, and their body flexibility was different from ordinary people!

Obviously, they are soldiers of the "Iron Hands" Astartes Legion of LA Company, and these soldiers have entered the third stage of surgical transformation.

Their bones and muscles are different from those of ordinary people, and they even have one more heart than ordinary people, so they can have such a strong and astonishing physique.

In a blink of an eye, Morgan Blackhand has come to the main control console.

Before Reed could speak, Morgan Blackhand had ordered Reed and Alex to be handcuffed and taken away, and he did not give Reed any chance to explain.

If you have anything to say, let's talk about it after entering the company!

Facing V, who was kneeling on the ground with a painful and distorted expression, Morgan Blackhand just chuckled and patted V's shoulder, saying:

"V, it seems that you have successfully saved this broken bird. Leave the rest to me. I will take you back to the company for a secret transformation now."

"When you wake up, everything will be different!"

At this moment, V's head was still buzzing. He only heard Morgan saying something intermittently. As for the content, he didn't hear it clearly at all.

Looking at Morgan who smiled mysteriously at him, V could only try his best to lift his tired eyelids and responded to him:

"Morgan, my mission is completed. Please tell Mr. Li Ang to let Song Zhaomei live. This is what I promised her."

"Please!"

Seeing that V himself was tortured by the Relic chip and was still worried about Song Zhaomei, Morgan couldn't help shaking his head and smiling:

"Okay, if you have anything to say, go and tell Mr. Li Ang in person. Now you have to shut up and have a good sleep."

After the words fell, Morgan Blackhand shouted at the Astartes warrior beside him: "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and carry your future commander out!"

"If anything happens to him, you will all suffer together."

After hearing Morgan's order, the team of Astartes soldiers immediately responded: "Yes!"

Soon, under the guidance of professional medical staff, the Astartes soldiers pulled out the connection between V and Song Zhaomei, and then took V out like a piglet.

The trauma team's hovercraft had already been parked outside. After V was out of danger, he could receive emergency treatment from professional doctors as soon as possible.

After seeing that V had been safely sent away, Morgan Blackhand looked at Song Zhaomei, who was limp on the ground, with his head leaning weakly under the main console.

Looking at Song Zhaomei, who was in pieces and looked as haggard as a delicate vase that had been smashed, Morgan couldn't help but smack his lips and said:

"Lark, now the New American United Intelligence Agency has been incorporated into the LA company's department, and as a hacker agent of the United Intelligence Agency, I have the right to take you away."

"Now please come with us!"

...

...

Night City, Watson, LA company headquarters.

Under the handling of the company's troops led by V and Morgan Blackhand, all the things that happened in Dog Town have been settled.

President Miles, who was in the way, died, and the insignificant Dog Town warlord died.

The confused and poor Lark was saved, and Dog Town, which had fallen for many years, returned to the embrace of Night City.

Standing alone in the office hall of the headquarters, Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief. He was not worried about the things in Dog Town.

Instead, he finally waited for the transfer of shares of companies in various countries of the European Community and the signing of the formal accession agreement.

These two things are confirmed, which means that from now on, the giant companies in the entire cyber world will become the lackeys of LA Company.

LA Alliance will become the most authoritative official organization in the world, similar to the status and role of the United Nations of Humanity!

In other words, at this moment, Leon has become the only emperor in charge of all mankind.

Although he did not publicly state that he would be above mankind, LA Company has done this for him.

There is no doubt about this!

"Finally passed the level!"

Leon finally relaxed completely. During this period, he not only had to keep an eye on the situation in Dog Town, but also had to beware of the old shady guys in the companies of the European Community.

See if they will secretly attack him.

Fortunately, the executives of these companies are quite self-aware and did not launch a suicide attack on LA Company or plan any meaningless actions.

Now the overall situation has been determined, and Leon has also completed the last system task!

[The system will be committed to helping the host build a giant enterprise in the world and become the dictator of the world. 】

[The host has completed the expansion of the enterprise, the monopoly progress has reached 100%, and other companies have been successfully annexed. The clearance gift package has been issued, and the world of the heavens has been unlocked. 】

The familiar system prompt sound made Li Ang seem to have returned to the place where his dream began.

He has been in the cyber world for three years. Although the time is not long, it seems like a lifetime ago for him.

After all, he is working on the layout work at a high intensity every day. If it were not for his good health, he would have been back to the game and restarted!

With the end of the system prompt sound, the clearance gift package is automatically unlocked.

The gift package contains ten consecutive draws from the roulette of the world of the heavens, 1 upgrade point, 1 automatic save, and physical enhancement.

The ten consecutive draws are easy to understand, and they are still randomly drawn from the prize pool of the world of the heavens.

But the level of the ten consecutive draws this time is not high, only level 4.

There is not even a chance to guarantee the bottom of the money out. Obviously, this reward is completely used to fill the number of times, and it is not the most critical prop.

As for the functional item of automatic saving, it means that once Leon dies, he can freely jump back to any time point before his death and restart.

This item is quite interesting, and it can be called a conceptual immortal ability.

Although Leon cannot immediately become an immortal, he can always stand at the perspective of the fourth wall and freely control everything in the world like a real player!

After death, you can restart without worrying about anyone's sneak attack, assassination, poisoning and other means.

Not a god, but better than a god!

"So... I will have the opportunity to solo the dungeon with my own ability in the future?!"

Leon was pleasantly surprised. With this system function that is almost bug-level, he will at least no longer worry about being plotted against.

With this function, all the backstabs against him seem meaningless.