From Gotham to Night City, my notoriety is known to everyone

The endless desert replaced the steel jungle of the city.

There are very few plant species on the dry land. Apart from clusters of Artemisia and Haloxylon ammodendron growing close to the ground, the only slightly taller ones are Joshua trees and cacti.

The common point of these plants is that they are all earthy yellow in color and look half-dead.

The water source is poisonous, and even these most tenacious desert plants can hardly survive.

If Poison Ivy saw this scene, she would probably go crazy.

Leo opened the car window a crack, breathed in a breath of unfiltered desert dust, then closed the window with a look of disgust.

“What a strange smell…”

Panam glanced at him in the rearview mirror. "To the south is Night City's garbage dump. Are you taking a deep breath here? Do you think your medical bills are too short?"

Leo blew his nose to get rid of the bad smell.

He looked towards the garbage dump, vaguely remembering that if he went south from here, he would find Dexter's "death place".

There is also an abandoned refrigerator there, which contains the body of the legendary hacker Batmos.

Interesting, I'll pick up that refrigerator tomorrow, what a great souvenir...

Rise to Fame: Chapter 263 Panam: "I'm tired. Let's destroy it..."

The vehicle moved forward steadily, and soon we saw a small rest area with a gas station - the Sunset Motel.

Panam did not stop and continued to move forward.

When they reached the fork in the road, she slowed down the car and whispered, "Look to your left. Do you see the building with the signal tower?"

Leo and V turned over there and found a very conspicuous building. They could vaguely see that there seemed to be someone guarding the entrance of the building.

Panam continued, "That is the abandoned tower of the United Railway Company. It is now occupied by night-wandering ghosts. If you don't understand what I mean, let me remind you that this road is the only way from Night City to Stone Ridge Mountain. This night-wandering ghost camp is less than one kilometer away from Stone Ridge Mountain."

"No wonder Stone Ridge Mountain has become a ghost town..." Leo couldn't help but sigh.

This place is only a few kilometers away from the "border" of Night City, but there is already a camp of night wanderers. Given the nature of these people, it is not surprising that they would block the road and collect tolls at any time.

"It's not just here. The farther away from the city, the more looters there are. Do you still want to develop Stone Ridge Mountain now?"

Panam turned his head to look at him.

Leo nodded firmly: "Of course I do. Before I develop Stone Ridge Mountain, I must first remove these stinky rats from the bad land."

Panam shook his head helplessly. "The Eastern Suburbs Bad Land is huge. Night Wanderers and the Slashers Society may be hiding in every abandoned building. There are hundreds of them. How do you eliminate them?"

"Simple. I'll put a good price on their heads and wait for the wanderers, lone wolves, and mercenaries to help me hunt them all down!"

Chi-

Panam was distracted by what he heard and accidentally stepped on the brake hard.

The steel behemoth shivered, causing the interior decorations of the car to rattle.

"You..." She widened her eyes in surprise, "What a grudge, are you serious?"

"Of course, I will discuss this in detail with your leader tomorrow, and you are welcome to sit in."

After that, Leo hugged V's neck intimately. This action was originally intended to show his ease and grace, but she misunderstood and turned her head to offer her red lips.

How could Leo not eat the meat that was right in front of him?

Since they were free anyway, the two of them just hugged each other and started eating in the back row.

Panam glanced at the rearview mirror and pursed his lips in embarrassment: "Just give me a kiss. If you really want to take off your pants, do you want me to get out of the car and avoid you? Oh, no, don't mess around in my car. If you want to play, go home!"

V glanced at her with dissatisfaction: "You are the driver, drive and look at the road, don't look behind you!"

"I'm really fucking convinced..."

Panam cursed and continued driving resignedly.

No wonder this job pays so much, it turns out there's also mental damage compensation for forcing the dog food on them!

The vehicle continued to move forward, and the two people in the back seat were immersed in the body exchange.

Of course, kissing is just a fun way to appease V's bloodthirsty impulses.

"V: I used the scanner to do a rough survey. There are at most 20 to 30 people in that night-wandering ghost camp, plus a few guard turrets. Ask her to stop the car, and I'll go down and level the camp!"

"Leo: I know you can handle them by yourself, but this is my 'welcome gift' for the wanderers. After they take down the stronghold and receive generous rewards, they will be tempted by the benefits and become the sharp knives in our hands. Please be patient."

“V: It’s so boring… Let’s finish this quickly and go home. I locked the little one in the room and forgot to let him out when I left.”

"Leo: There's food and water in your room, and there's a litter box, so the cat will be fine in there."

“V: Come on, it gets really noisy when it’s bored…”

The distance of one kilometer is reached in the blink of an eye.

The two passengers in the back seat reluctantly separated and became two serious people again.

Leo looked at the abandoned town outside the window, feeling as if he was exploring a horror movie.

This is all thanks to Whole Foods’ abstract advertisement. The billboard that makes people lose their sanity is erected at the entrance of the town. I don’t know which genius came up with it.

"Slow down and drive in slowly. Don't stop. Take a walk around the town."

The sponsor has spoken, what can the little guide say?

After Panam did as he was told, he could not help but remind them: "You should also be careful. Although this town has no permanent residents, smugglers like to trade here because of these abandoned buildings where they can hide. If you accidentally see something you shouldn't see--"

"Then I will kill them, the thieves robbing the thieves!" V answered loudly.

"Oh, I... never mind. Whatever."

Panam held his forehead with one hand and drove cautiously in the town.

When they arrived at the center of the town, Leo turned on his artificial eye to scan and observe carefully:

The equipment at the Chun-2 gas station is in good condition and should be usable after some repairs.

The substation and transformer are still in good condition. As long as we connect the generator set and replace the switches and wires, the power supply can be restored.

The water supply facilities are completely broken, and the groundwater here is not usable. It's not a big problem. We can just buy water from the Night City water company and have them deliver it every day with a water truck.

From this perspective, as long as he can deal with the Luan Dao Society and the Night Wandering Ghost, Shi Ji Mountain can be developed and become his recruitment base.

"This is a great place!" he commented. "Let's go and take a walk around here, then go to the Santo Domingo area and take a look at the dam observation deck."

"Ghost town, and then the stinkiest sewer in Night City. Great, the rich have really different tastes..."

Panam muttered and drove in silence.

After walking around the town, Leo once again confirmed the size of the town - it would be no problem for it to accommodate several thousand people after renovation.

Afterwards, they returned to Night City along the same route, turned south at Red Peak Pass and headed for the dam.

When we arrived in this area, the car's air conditioner started running at full capacity, purifying the odorous air.

V also recalled the bad memories and resolutely locked the window.

Leo's eyes were searching to the west, and when the vehicle reached the circular mountain road, he finally found his target.

"Stop here."

"A little further ahead, away from the dam..."

Panam drove forward for a few dozen meters before reluctantly parking the car on the side of the road.

Leo couldn't wait to push the door and get out of the car, frowning at the stench in the air.

V followed him, took out a pack of wet wipes, and gave him one: "Cover your mouth and nose with it. The air quality here is terrible. If you smell it too much, you'll get a headache."

Leo accepted her kindness, covering his nose with one hand and pointing to the magnificent columnar building in the distance with the other.

"See that big guy? That's the collection unit of the satellite energy power station. Those farther away are matching antennas. Each antenna can receive microwave energy sent by orbiting satellites and then convert the energy into electricity."

V nodded. "It's quite impressive. The antennas are endless, stretching all the way to the interstate. But I bet the energy conversion rate of this facility is not very high, otherwise they wouldn't have to plant all the land with Alcohol-2 wheat."

"That's right..." Leo stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the surrounding buildings and terrain, transmitting this information to Chunbai. After finishing, he quickly pulled V back into the car.

"Okay, we've had a great time today. Take us to the beachside cafe area and your mission will be complete."

As he said this, Leo transferred 10,000 euros to Panam.

Panam had not gotten out of the car since the beginning and was very puzzled by their strange behavior.

You run all the way to the dam to breathe in some stinky air, and you're still happy about that?

This L-head has a bag...

Forget it, I just picked up 10,000 euros for free, nothing else matters.

She had to send them back quickly so that she could go back to the family camp and report today's bizarre encounter to the other guy with a bump on his head.

Rise to Fame: Chapter 264: Let Kang Tao suffer again, the infamy...Arasaka will bear it.

When they arrived at the seaside cafe, Panam dropped the two people off, stepped on the accelerator and drove away.

Out of politeness, Leo waved to the departing vehicle and turned his head to look at V: "Let's go buy a cup of coffee. The strange smell on the dam is still rolling in my mouth."

V laughed and raised his hand to hold his arm. "Who told you to run over there? That place is called a dam, but it doesn't block water. It blocks the mountains of garbage in Night City."

Leo nodded. It seemed that if he wanted to control the water pollution in Night City, he had to get rid of the garbage mountain first.

But that is a matter for the future, let’s just focus on the present.

The two walked into a roadside cafe, bought two cups of mocha coffee, and walked hand in hand on the beach.

The sea breeze blew gently, dispelling the afternoon heat.

The beach date that was accidentally interrupted last time was finally made up today.

The only drawback is that the sea water is not clear enough, there are no shells on the beach, and there is only garbage scattered everywhere.

Other than that, the only thing that makes this place special is... the crowds.

The recent cyberpsychiatric tragedy not only did not damage the popularity of this place, but instead attracted more tourists to check in here.

Especially the place where the actress of "Saigon Sisters" died, there were people in three circles inside and outside, holding up their mobile phones and taking pictures frantically, as if it was some kind of check-in holy place.

"It's really fun to watch the fun..."

Leo was speechless about the caterpillar citizens of Night City.

V is used to it: "You can't expect to be killed by a stray bullet any day when you make a living in Night City. People are addicted to sensory stimulation and seeking pleasure. It's always been like this."

"It seems that after I set up a gang and occupied a territory, the first thing I should do is to restore order. Only by improving public security can ordinary citizens feel safe and return to normal social life..."

The two chatted while dating, leaving two sets of footprints close together on the sand pond.

An hour later, the short leisure time ended.

The two first walked to Vera's garage to take a look, and found that the truck and the goods had not arrived, so they pulled Vera and Sasha together to discuss today's discovery.

Leo talked about the mistake he had just realized: "That satellite energy power station is Kang Tao's industry."

""ah!?""

When these words were spoken, the women were shocked.

"What should we do? Change the plan?" Sasha was confused and overturned the infiltration plan he had prepared in his mind.

"Kang Tao...if I go and borrow from them directly, no, that won't work." Vera retracted her thoughts.

V scratched his head. "Isn't that good?"

Everyone's eyes were focused on her face, not understanding why she made such outrageous remarks.

"Think about it, if something happens to the joint floating fleet of biotechnology and military technology, the first suspects will definitely be other large companies. If Kang Tao also suffers losses at this time, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to take Kang Tao out?"

V’s astonishing… no, this time it’s real wisdom!

Leo's prepared lines were snatched away by her, and he covered his mouth in surprise: "You actually learned to use your brain!?...Ah!"

God's Iron Fist descended quickly and suppressed the harsh sound.

"After all, I am a mercenary who has experienced many battles. I have seen all kinds of situations. I have even seen gang members hire people to attack their own places, and then they stand up and boost their performance and fame!"

Her words made sense and won the approval of the two ladies.

Leo also stopped making jokes and started to add details: "I think so too. If an attack damages biotechnology, military technology, and Kangtao at the same time, who will be your first suspect?"