From Terra to Terra, the Star Emperor's Holiday

The sound of Adam's hammer was like a duck with its neck pinched. Nian stood in the firelight, the lattice shield on his body shining, and he was unharmed.

It can be said that the result of Adam's heavy hammer attack was the successful annihilation of this group of Arasaka senior executives, which dealt a heavy blow to the Arasaka Group. Those who didn't know would have thought that he was going to rebel.

"It's boring, so let it be."

She lost interest in continuing the argument, so she snapped her fingers at Adam with a heavy hammer, and the power of "shape" fell on this cyborg whose entire body was modified by more than 95% of the prosthetic body. Red-hot light and the sharp sound of twisting metal appeared in the box.

The little brain matter left in Adam's hammer sizzled in the high temperature of the metal. The mercenary who represented the legend of an era could not even let out a scream. In the detonation of the ammunition and energy batteries on his body, he was melted into a pool of iron.

"…I surrender, what do you want me to do?"

Si Ye appeared in front of Arasaka Yorinobu like a ghost. The evil spirits guarding him shattered into pieces as they turned their heads in astonishment, and their lives faded away as their prosthetic eyes went out.

Lai Xuan raised his hands to show that he was harmless.

The other party did not turn him into one of the parts on the ground, which means that he still has value. Lai Xuan still has a dream to fulfill in his heart, and he cannot accept falling here.

"The knot... is over?"

Rebecca's artificial eye was about to break due to her emotional fluctuations. She looked back and forth between Nian and Si Ye like a crazy fangirl, as if she wanted to engrave their figures firmly in her heart.

That was Arasaka, that was Adam's Hammer, yet they were easily taken down by Nian and Si Ye, without even their clothes getting stained with smoke and dust. Even the legends of Night City are not so outrageous.

Lucy, who was standing by, tried to take out a cigarette and light it several times, but her shaking hands and excitement made her drop the remaining cigarettes on the ground in a trance. She pinched the air between her fingers and put it to her mouth, inhaling continuously.

"What do you say now?"

Nian clenched his fist and extinguished the fire in the box.

The commotion here has alerted the Night City Police Department and the Terrorist Squad, and both sides have surrounded the entire Dark Matter Club. However, because Lai Xuan fell into Si Ye's hands, Arasaka Corporation is struggling to stop the Terrorist Squad from acting recklessly.

"...Make a bigger noise. If you're worried about hurting innocent people, then use force towards the company square."

Si Ye asked Hui Feng to paralyze all of Lai Xuan's prosthetics and back-up arms, and signaled Nian to make some more movement.

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Chapter 236: Wandering AI (crossed out) New Relics√

Regarding the Dark Matter Club riot, both the NCPD and the Terrorist Squad believed that it was just another cyberpsychotic riot or a terrorist attack against a company.

Especially after seeing Arasaka's large-scale deployment of troops, the NCPD police officers have habitually begun to discuss where to go for a midnight snack after cleaning the streets.

But no one expected that in just 10 minutes, the style of the entire Night City changed from the futuristic version of GTA to the theater of Robot Enemy.

Terracotta warriors with heat waves continuously poured out of the Dark Matter Club. Using local materials, the terracotta warriors that were supposed to be made of clay were replaced with metal.

This made the NCPD's small firearms only able to polish the terracotta warriors with clanging sounds. The heavy firepower of the Arasaka Force and the Terrorist Mobile Team could indeed make the terracotta warriors stagger and form an effective block, but their firepower was still not enough to destroy a solid alloy block with the power of authority.

The terracotta warriors only need to get close to them, and their immense power can easily overturn the vehicles carrying Arasaka's unmanned armed mechas into the sky. It was not until Arasaka's special operations team took out the "Nekomata", an electromagnetic sniper that could penetrate the front armor of tanks and blow up titanium alloy frames, that the increasingly harsh combat environment was alleviated.

"Lord Si Ye, the gate has been opened, and the fleet can reach this world at any time."

The information sent by the engineering ship can be said that from the moment the gate was successfully built in this world, this place actually belonged to the empire.

You ask what to do with the indigenous people who originally lived here?

According to the logic of the stars, a civilization that fails to master hyperspace technology is not worthy of being at the table for dinner.

Fortunately, this is the solar system, and they are human. Sociology +3 or being gradually integrated into the imperial political system is their best fate.

If it were an alien, it would be the synaptic condenser seat.

"Hmm? Anything else?"

Si Ye looked at the NCPD and Arasaka combat team in chaos downstairs and found that the communication from the engineering ship had not been disconnected.

"Yes, we have monitored part of this world's communications and space network. Your Majesty, this world seems to have something worth observing and studying."

"for example…"

"There are now two civilizations on Earth."

The person in charge of communications seemed to have been replaced, probably by a scientist who was in charge of technical security on the research vessel.

"Your Majesty, in addition to the traditional human civilization undergoing the process of prosthetic ascension in this world, I have also discovered a vast data cache within the network environment. According to the information you provided, within this world's network environment, known as the Old Network, the AIs that have gradually developed their own identities and the human consciousness that has actively or passively entered the network have gradually broken away from their original scope and are moving towards becoming a new variant civilization."

"Oh, and then..."

Si Ye didn't understand what the scientist meant. Could it be that the scientific research value of this world has increased from Sociology +3 to Sociology +6?

However, judging from the behavior of the roaming AI behind the black wall and those famous hackers, there is indeed a sense of virtual ascension.

There's also a gang in Night City that worships roaming AI, called the Voodoo Gang. Those lunatics from Haiti believe that the AI ​​behind the black wall can bring evolution to humans. Combined with what the Imperial scientists said, it's possible that this is the AI ​​that is gradually becoming a new civilization, rescuing people from the real world.

"As you know, in order to deal with the Rectification Protocol, the Imperial Academy of Sciences previously cleared a large amount of research data on autonomous AI. Re-cultivating it would take a considerable amount of time. However, this world's AI has developed a miraculous iterative algorithm during its self-evolution. If we can extract the data automatically generated by this world's AI, we will obtain something similar to the [Relics] in your collection, which can bring some benefits to the Empire."

"Enhance? Be more specific."

When Si Ye heard about [Lost Treasures], he became interested.

"Uh... Based on the data structure we've analyzed so far, it could increase research speed by about 1%. After all, they're a rudimentary civilization aiming for virtual ascension. For the Empire, only data architecture and iterative algorithms are meaningful."

"Can't we just take over the other party's data structure through network intrusion?"

The network of this world is one-way transparent to the empire. The other party should have the authority to do such a small matter directly. Si Ye doesn't understand why the other party has to report to him. After all, if he directly retrieves a [treasure], the scientist will get more rewards.

"Uh... Your Majesty, I consulted the Empire's computing director, and he said that unless they proactively reveal their algorithm structure, or have an insider help us open a direct connection port, any action the Empire takes against this data cache will simply crush them into a pile of data fragments. They are simply too weak."

"Oh, I see. Then let the fleet continue with their plan and first control and suppress all buildings and facilities in space. I'll find a guide on Earth."

Si Ye understood that the roaming AI and those human hackers who uploaded their consciousness to the Internet had accidentally created a treasure behind the black wall. If they forcibly broke it apart, there would only be fragments on the ground, so Si Ye now needed to find a roaming AI or a top hacker who was willing to be a guide.

Lucy?

This girl might be considered a little genius, but she is obviously still a little bit behind those top hackers.

When it comes to Blackwall hackers, those familiar with the plot will only think of Song Zhaomei, the lark in the DLC plot, except that she is now serving the new President of the United States and is not in Night City...

"Blackwall, hacker, roving AI, Arasaka... Night City does indeed have a top hacker and roving AI."

Si Ye glanced at Arasaka Yorinobu, who was lying on the sofa with his back facing the sky because all his prosthetics were deactivated, and asked Huifeng to restore some of his prosthetics.

"...Huh! Huh! How about killing me and cutting me up?"

Lai Xuan recovered from being unable to take care of himself and was breathing heavily on the sofa.

"Arasaka Yorinobu, after the death of your eldest brother, Arasaka Takashi, you were clearly the most likely to inherit the Arasaka Corporation, this aggressive mega-corporation. Yet, you instead sympathize with those who have suffered an unfair fate. You want to use Arasaka's power to drag down all the mega-corporations and restore freedom to the people?"

A top-down reformer, placed among the many abstract companies in the cyberpunk world, is something that is simply unimaginable to exist.

However, in the original plot, his plans and operations were too crude, and only one of the several possible endings was successful, but whether it could completely end the company's control over the world remains an unknown.

"...Were you sent by that old immortal? No, he doesn't have that ability."

When his ideal was mentioned, Arasaka Yoriyuki subconsciously perked up. Even Adam's hammer was kicked to death by Si Ye and Nian like a wild dog. Yoriyuki didn't think that this kind of power was something his father Arasaka Saburo could master.

"Military technology? No, could it be Kang Tao? They bided their time and space and only ended up raising monsters like you?"

Excluding Arasaka and military technology, Lai Xuan could only think that Si Ye was Kang Tao's mysterious power. After all, science fiction novels would not dare to write about humans from another world conquering their own backward kind.

"You'll find out about my origins later. I have a question for you now: is the Relic (biochip) you stole still in your possession?"

The Relic biochip belongs to the Zenith technology of this world. Its function is to record human thoughts and form the user's personality consciousness model.

Although Arasaka's slogan is that this method allows deceased loved ones to stay with their families in another way.

But its essence is a disguised immortality experiment. By burning the personality model and finding a suitable body to implant it, the biochip will gradually transform the brain of the implantee. The personality model in the chip will gradually replace the original consciousness of the implantee, and ultimately achieve an alternative immortality.

This is also the reason why Saburo Arasaka, who is very old and has reached the limit of life extension technology in this world, is vigorously promoting the development of this technology.

"You're here for the Relic? Just tell me... after you've killed all my trusted associates, there's really no use for me keeping that thing. It's still in my apartment in the Blue Bi Building."

Arasaka Yorinobu stole the Relic largely because he wanted to prevent Arasaka Saburo from mastering or even monopolizing this means of immortality. He also wanted to use the Relic as a bargaining chip to exchange for military technological support and seize power.

But now all his thugs and cadres have been wiped out by Si Ye. Even if he can return to Arasaka, he will be alone. It is hard to say whether he can form a team again. Naturally, Relic has lost its value.

"Cooperate, very good. I won't take it for nothing. I will give you a chance, a chance to fulfill your dream with your own hands."

Using barbarians to rule barbarians, with a proactive and cooperative native, the empire can also devote less energy to managing the Earth. Si Ye does not mind giving Lai Xuan a little chance, allowing him and Arasaka Saburo to perform a "fatherly love and filial piety"

"... "

Arasaka Yoriaki hummed and did not respond, obviously not taking Si Ye's words seriously, but Si Ye believed it, and if there was an opportunity in front of him, he would give full play to his subjective initiative.

"Nian, make some noise. I'm going to take this guy to Huangban Tower to get something."

With a flick of his finger, Araki Laixuan, who was pretending to be dead on the sofa, floated up. Si Ye looked at Rebecca, whose eyes had already turned into stars.

"Rebecca, it's okay for you to take Nian and Lucy to the afterlife to wait for me."

Rebecca nodded like a woodpecker. The current Si Ye and Nian have replaced Johnny Silverhand, Morgan Blackhand and other legendary marginal figures, and have become super legends in her heart, no, myths!

"I…"

Lucy didn't want to get involved in this seemingly fatal thing. She just wanted to escape, escape from Night City, and preferably escape from Earth.

But Si Ye didn't give her a chance to speak. With a wave of his finger, 20 euros appeared in Lucy's account. The jumping numbers blocked all the words Lucy could say.

"Don't run away. I'm not just interested in the Black Wall and the old network behind it anymore. It involves my collection. Before I drain all the information out of you, just follow Rebecca and Nian obediently. If you're obedient, I'll sponsor you more. Maybe you can settle on the moon?"

After saying that, Si Ye took the floating Arasaka Yoriyuki with him, who looked surprised and panicked, and jumped down from the broken French window, turning into a floating light flying in Night City.

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Chapter 237 A Child's Play Battle

in space.

The auxiliary detachment of the Seventh Fleet of the Star Sea Empire crossed the world gate and came to this world.

The temporary outpost began to rely on Jupiter's huge reflective surface to take over and block the communication signals within the solar system in all directions, turning the colonies and space facilities of various companies in space into isolated islands.

A huge cruiser with a longitudinal axis length of 2.6 kilometers sailed out from the back of Jupiter. The frigates and destroyers following it were responsible for defense. The cruiser, which was specially designed to suppress space forces, released a large number of carrier-based aircraft on board. One after another, air formations began to kill various satellites and unmanned space capsules in space.

The first to discover that something was wrong was the Deep Space Exploration Company's base space station in Mars orbit. The loss of contact with the deep space satellite made their employees alert.

After all, if it is a failure of the equipment itself, it is not a big deal. But if it is an operational error by a programmer or engineer, the huge debt imposed by the company is enough to crush a person's life.

Fortunately, it was not a malfunction or an operational error.