Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 555 168. The dog scolded people
V was actually quite puzzled about Carl's request to transform the ball to make it look more like a real dog. He didn't know what Carl had in mind to ask him to do so, but since Carl had asked him to do so, it would be okay for V to help out a bit.

That is, the materials for modification have to be purchased on the spot, and the program also needs to be modified with the help of T-BUG.

After the modification time, which was originally completed in one hour, was extended to ten hours, when the sky of Night City was bright with sunlight again, V, who had been busy for ten hours, handed the ball to Carl, who was making breakfast nearby and was about to hand it to him.

"It's done, but it took me a lot of effort. I need to take a good rest later."

"You've worked hard, eat something and then go to sleep."

Carl looked at the ball that V was holding in front of him with one hand. The ball was actually not small at all, so he held it in both hands and brought it over.

"Well, is there any biotechnology stuff you sent over by the drone just now? It feels different when I touch it."

"Some parts are mechanical, and some parts use animal viscera products from biotechnology. These things were originally supplied to some wealthy people to extend the lifespan of their pets. But this is Night City. Even if you can buy these things in other places, I don't know how long it will take."

While drinking the preserved egg and lean meat porridge made by Carl, V, who felt that he had gradually accepted preserved eggs for breakfast due to his friend's influence, said: "Speaking of which, today's preserved egg and lean meat porridge tastes good. The taste of the ingredients doesn't seem to be very strong?"

"In the past, the purpose of using heavy ingredients was to suppress the smell of pork. During the period of time when the lean meat was marinated, many processes were done. Putting it in something like porridge, which is already light, it would naturally be very obvious. Now that we have good pork that has been marinated and bled, we can naturally follow the original method. Of course, the ingredients will not be too heavy."

Carl fiddled with the ball, pulled out his own single-molecule line, and confirmed various data.

Dogs' body temperatures are higher than humans'. Some temperatures that are considered low fever for humans are just normal for dogs. Relic, a digital personality backup product originally designed for humans, can maintain the integrity of its copies at a temperature based on humans. If you want to try to see if Relic can also copy other biological digital data, then the first thing you should do is to adjust the temperature of the ball.

This aspect still needs to be adjusted, which reminds Carl of mice, the most commonly used organisms in experiments.

Biological gene sequences are highly similar to human gene sequences and are easy to breed. If there were mice, then perhaps he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble. Not only would V and T-BUG be busy for a long time, but he would also have to make adjustments after taking over.

But I can't say for sure.

After all, the Relic is too big, and a little white mouse can't get in.

While thinking of strange things in his head, Carl's hands were not slow in making adjustments. After making sure that the Relic would not be damaged due to temperature issues, Carl took the box containing the Relic chip.

Next comes the experimental phase.

Anyway, it's just an experiment that has never been successful. I won't feel bad if it breaks. It should work if I try it on a dog.

Carl knew that humans and dogs could not be generalized. Things intended for dogs might cause problems if used by humans, and things intended for humans might cause problems if used by dogs, just like humans can eat chocolate but dogs cannot. However, the things were Carl's, so he could try them however he wanted.

The worst that can happen is that it breaks.

The code of immortality that 90% of the world's top leaders dream of is not as valuable to Carl as an interesting one of his own.

"I hope it doesn't get damaged, otherwise V and T-BUG would have worked for nothing. And if the ball is damaged, T-BUG will definitely scold me."

With this idea in mind, before conducting the experiment, Carl took out the ball's original data records and chip. This way, even if the ball's body was damaged by the Relic, it could be repaired and put back in so that the ball could continue to move as before.

Come to think of it, isn't this very similar to the Relic method of perfect immortality that Saburo Arasaka pursues, taking the person out and then replacing his body?
Then isn't Saburo Arasaka, who pursues this method of survival and desires to go further, almost like a dog?
Humph.

The ball is much more important than Saburo Arasaka.

After carefully placing the chip of the ball, Carl opened the temperature-controlled Relic box.

What appeared before him was a long pink chip.

pink?

"It's quite childish."

But this long strip is almost as long as my index finger.
Carl made a brief comparison.

It really couldn't be inserted into the mouse. Fortunately, the body of the ball was modified.

"Carl, how's your experiment going?"

While Carl was looking at the chip, Jack and Oliver had just woken up and were lying on the railing on the second floor looking at the sofa on the first floor where Carl and V were.

"It'll be ready soon."

Carl said as he inserted the chip into Qiuqiu's body: "The results will be available soon. I'm connecting it with single molecule line data now."

"You'd better not break the ball, otherwise if T-BUG gets angry, we won't help you."

Oliver shrugged, "You'd better learn how to repair it by then."

"It's okay. I asked T-BUG, and she said it's okay as long as the data is intact. I've already taken out the data of the ball in advance. Now it's an empty shell, with at most a little bit of what I input. I want to see if Relic can copy the data I input."

"You're not afraid that this thing is disposable."

Jack scratched his hair, which had not been braided yet because he had just woken up. "So what data did you enter that needs to be copied?"

"Basically, it's a record of Night City food. I asked V to install a human voice system. If the experiment goes well, it should announce the names of dishes in human voices, and then the string of data will be copied by Relic."

"And if it really works, will this thing copy the weird memory of ordering dishes recorded from a dog's perspective?"

V placed one hand on the sunken soft armrest of the sofa, supported his face and looked at the ball. He was looking forward to the result of his ten hours of hard work.

Under their gaze, even T-BUG opened the door and walked to the railing on the second floor to look down with Jack and Oliver.

As they watched, Qiuqiu's eyes, which had dimmed because the data chip inside had been taken away, slowly brightened up as the Relic was inserted.

Just when everyone was expecting Qiuqiu to name the dishes, Carl suddenly frowned.

"strangeness."

"What's wrong Carl?"

T-BUG asked from the second floor.

"I found that this Relic seems to have stored data, and it is being input into the ball."

"what do you mean?"

"This thing has been copied."

As Carl and T-BUG were communicating, Qiuqiu's eyes suddenly lit up.

Then, under the gaze of everyone, his mouth opened and closed, and a voice filled with anger was heard.

"What the fuck is this, what kind of crap is being poured into my head? Who stuffed this crap into my head? It's even more disgusting than vomiting on the ground when you're drunk. Night City Food Guide, is there any good food in this damn place called Night City? Whoever made this must be an idiot."

Ok?
?

There seemed to be a question mark on Carl's head.

What the hell.

The dog cursed?

(End of this chapter)