Chapter 25: Ghost Tower
Li Pan was so stabbed that his whole body trembled and he opened his eyes suddenly.
He was lying on the apartment floor.
K the bodysuit was squatting next to him, looking down at him with ice-blue eyes. He was also holding an injectable cardiotonic in his hand and inserted it into his chest, which was able to bring him back from the dead line.
"What's going on this time?"
Li Pan came to his senses and felt severe pain all over his body. Only then did he realize that he had just fallen into shock and had a strange dream. He tilted his head and spit out the blood in his mouth.
"Ninja..."
K frowned slightly,
"Member of the Royal Court? I haven't met a serious Royal Court member in three years. How can you be so troublesome?"
Li Pan thought for a while,
"Probably, it's not serious. The imperial court..."
The kunoichi who came to attack him today was, as expected, the daughter of the Akiyama Gym, Ayako Akiyama. But if you think about it carefully, something is wrong.
The sword was wrong, the ninja sword used by the opponent could not even cut a boy. If it was the one that hacked into the warehouse, it would have been cut in half.
The prosthetic body was also wrong. Ayako also had neural acceleration, but it was not military grade at all. The alloy spinal implant was so easy to give him a hug and a hug, but it broke with brute force.
In other words, if the person who ambushed him tonight was the master who chopped down the Whirlpool Gang in the warehouse, Li Pan would have traveled to another world by now, and he wouldn't survive no matter how much you cried and shouted.
But the question is, if there was another ninja who attacked the company's warehouse, why did the Akiyama family deliberately push their daughter out to take the blame after they found out that they were being targeted by the company.
What's the purpose...
"Hey, don't suck your fingers with my blood on it! I'm not out of danger yet! Send me to the company! Please!" K
, "Tsk, that's really troublesome."
So Li Pan Saved by K again.
Alas, this arrogant girl kept talking about getting out of here, but she was actually quite honest with her body. Didn't she act obediently as soon as she answered the phone? Otherwise, she wouldn't have had time to get first aid. She was really dishonest.
But now is not the time to make fools of yourself. If you continue to fight like this, you won’t be able to eat anything!
After this reset, the chip and ballistic processor set that Li Pan just bought was reimbursed again. Damn it, I haven’t even covered it up yet. The loan is getting higher and higher. It’s really terrible. I can’t afford to hurt it. Come on...
Li Pan has discovered that it is really impossible to fool him with cheap goods! Civilian products are civilian products, and third-grade products are completely unreliable! What the hell 13PRO! The hacker's puppet was knocked out with a snap! You want to fight a critical game of ranking, but you are blind, malfunctioning, and have a blue screen. It’s really hurt!
In this way, every time you win miserably and reset, if the prosthetic body is installed, it means it is not installed!
From this point of view, it is better to have a bunch of the best guys with you from the beginning, and don't die if you can!
And I probably can’t stay in that apartment anymore.
Mud, you are being targeted by a three-headed dog this time. If you poop half every night, and the opponent suddenly shoots you with "Bang!", who the hell can stand it?
But the problem is, these days, where can you find an apartment with a monthly rent of only 1,000 yuan? This is a citizen welfare house earned by his family of three who joined the army, shed blood and sweat, and literally risked their lives to earn it!
And now that Li Pan has used up all the discounts and benefits, if he rents or buys a second house, the original price plus various taxes will be charged! The cheapest rental house on the Internet is a rental house in an industrial area, the kind that neighbors the Whirlpool Gang. The rent, water, electricity, network, property and community services are all 5,000!
Of course, you can say, go ahead, this is the end of the world! The worst I can do is sleep under the overpass!
But the problem is that in the City of Night, legal citizenship is tied to your place of residence.
In the Night City, you must first have a legal address before you can have a legal job. All credit card social security, medical insurance, water and electricity bills will also be bound to your legal address. From now on, criminal registration, military service, and all rights and obligations bound to citizens will be tied to your house. Therefore, if immigrants want to find a job in the Night City, the first thing they need to apply for is a 'temporary residence permit.'
So Li Pan sat at the dining table in the tea room, holding his chin with both hands, listening to the system voice in the headset with a serious expression,
"Citizen Li Pan, the cash in the account is 182.27, the loan repayment in the next period is 8291.43, the total debt is 31XXXX.XX..."
Looping, lost in thought.
Now he only has a gun, a knife, and three rounds of five-level ammunition.
Is it easier to change houses, or is it easier to find the three-headed dogs and ninjas hiding in the dark and kill them all with this little equipment... I don’t know how long I thought about it, and then Shiba, and the one I didn’t
see The curly-haired child sat down in front of him, opened the lunch box in his hand and started eating. Aqi poured coffee for the three of them.
"...Huh? Who bought this lunch box?"
Li Pan took a look and was shocked. It was actually three meat and two vegetarian dishes! Three meat dishes! ! !
Shiba shrugged, "I got it from the canteen."
Li Pan asked in a trembling voice, "Why does our company still have a canteen??"
Shiba gnawed on a chicken leg, "There is a CSI security canteen downstairs. The firewall is too weak. I I just got a meal card for Rama."
Oh, you curly head turns out to be the Rama in the cage. The filing cabinet is really strong. But yes, it doesn't matter if you break your arm, it's easy to change your skin.
Li Pan immediately said with a smile on his face, "Shiba, give me a haircut too."
Shiba looked at him suspiciously, "You are the general manager, a serious citizen, and you go to other companies to earn money?"
Li Pan almost wanted to cry.
Ah Qi handed over a card and typed,
"The manager probably came in a hurry and didn't have breakfast. Miss Shiba also applied for one for me. Here it is for you. I don't need it anyway." "
Ah—— Qi——!”
After all, you don’t use your salary card, right? Can that be done... Ahem, forget it, you still have to have some integrity as a human being.
Anyway, once it’s done, I’ll have enough money left over for food every month from now on! Ah, it’s so convenient to have a hacker on the team!
"Shiba, you pretended to be a snake, can you give me a credit card to use?"
Shiba narrowed his eyes and looked at the corrupt and depraved adult in front of him,
"Yes, but if I am caught by CSI, the most they can do is give the company a raise. Pay the rent. If I get caught by the security bureau, manager, you will go to jail. Is that okay?"
Li Pan thought about it seriously, "There is nothing wrong with going to jail. At least you can take care of your food..."
So Shiba felt that this adult was really hopeless.
She couldn't eat much, so she took a few bites of meat and then dumped all the vegetables on Rama. Rama was moved to tears and seemed to have been completely tamed.
Li Pan conveniently took a look at Rama's contract. On Aqi's recommendation, this kid signed up as a temporary worker, code number 0791003. With Shiba's help, he registered with Rama's mother's address, updated his temporary residence permit, and added the medical With complete insurance and employment records, and endorsement from Monster Company, he is now considered a legally employed temporary worker.
Of course, Rama has never served in the military and is not considered a citizen. He is just a migrant worker, so he cannot enjoy the prosthetic loan benefits. And since the monthly salary will not arrive until next month, now I have food and accommodation at the company, relying on a meal card, living in a warehouse, and paving the floor in the broom room of the warehouse bathroom at room temperature.
Well, Rama is now the company's night security guard. Although this kind of skinny monkey security guard who can only breathe fire has basically no fighting power at all, but since he is a temporary worker, he can also act on behalf of the company.
Li Pan drank coffee, picked up a stack of documents from the fax machine, and arranged casually,
"Today, the Orochi unit will be shipped to the No. 7 warehouse for wiring and installation. Rama and Shiba will keep an eye on it. It's up to you to decide how to fix Shiba. Just buy it." , don’t save money for the company, ask Rama to sign, and contact me if you have any questions.
Aqi, the approval for the employment of temporary workers in the off-site warehouse at the head office has been approved. Please make two more trips to arrange for them to join. The personnel department is also continuing to recruit. .
I'll go and kill two more monsters."
So Li Pan packed up a company car, picked up the knife and went out, flying straight to Qiu Shan Dojo.
Ma De, these devils really don't know how to show appreciation. They are still apologizing sincerely, but then turn around and kill people. This kind of national character is really unbelievable.
Anyway, Li Pan has made up his mind. No matter what the hell this big ass is doing, he will come to the door and give him a spanking this time. Otherwise, he will pay tens of millions in medical expenses. That is not Masako Akiyama. A bare-butt apology will solve the problem!
Then the Akiyama Gym is closed today.
"Do it!"
Li Pan was furious, and he drew his knife and chopped down all the trees planted at the entrance of Qiu Shan Gym. It doesn't matter, it's plastic and not worth much.
Then he left a cruel message to the camera,
"Akiyama family! You can hide for a while! Come back at night if you dare! Let's see if you kill me first! Or I will kill you first! Ha--bah!" So
in The camera at the door was full of words and saliva, and Li Pan went to work.
This time it's 'Monster Containment'. The Intelligence Department of the head office has seen another video. Damn it, these idle people just watch short videos at work, right... Anyway, this video
is from a supernatural podcast channel. These days, social animals commute between two o'clock and one line. , homeless people stay at home and surf the Internet, but there are also dedicated outdoor podcast hosts who run around and upload the captured Mewtwo experiences. Rounding it off is like you have also gone on a trip.
Of course, it’s too boring to just travel and explore stores. It has to be a gimmick to get traffic and monetize it, so there is a special theme of "Supernatural Podcast Adventure", which is to explore various haunted houses and supernatural places. In fact, they are all well-designed plots, including romantic encounters and bloody ones. They just step on the red line and live broadcast Black Mewtwo.
Moreover, in this kind of dead place, gangs are very likely to appear, and sometimes gang transactions can lead to gun battles and so on. In fact, ordinary people hide behind the network cables and watch the anchors who want money or their lives in the night. On the streets of the capital, he committed suicide in various ways on his behalf.
The video sent from the headquarters is a death dream of a certain anchor. This kind of video involving the death of people will definitely be blocked and deleted by the system. However, there are always many people who follow the screenshots and resell them on the black market, especially those who die. The more exciting and bloody the more valuable it is. Maybe people like to watch this.
Closer to home, the anchor was shot dead when he encountered a drug dealer while exploring the ghost house.
It is very common for an anchor to die when he encounters a gangster and is tricked to death. But what is not common is that the anchor was wandering up and down the stairwell of the ghost building for four hours and could not get out, and Chaomeng's live broadcast interfered. It was extremely serious. I don’t know if it was electromagnetic interference, the anchor was taking drugs, or he was mentally ill. In the end, he made such a scene that he completely collapsed. So when he went out, he attracted the attention of a drug dealer, and he was fucked in the head with a shuttle.
According to the files the company obtained from the NCPA, the anchor's body was dismantled by drug dealers. Everything that could be sold was sold, and everything that could not be sold was boiled in oil and fed to rats in the sewer. The largest residue was filled with synthetic resin. Ding ding, probably no one wants to use second-hand stuff like this.
In short, the body was no longer suitable for laboratory analysis. The security system also deleted the original files and could only analyze the Chaomeng live broadcast archives collected by some viewers, so the company's intelligence officers could not confirm what situation the anchor encountered.
But if it is really the so-called distortion of time and space, the state of physical disorder is a very standard phenomenon caused by monsters. So the superiors felt it was necessary to send someone to this ghost building to bring back any monsters.
In the stairwell, Li Pan sneered at the setting that was common in weird stories. This kind of mysterious talk was probably just a chat on the Internet. After all, everyone hates climbing stairs.
But it doesn’t matter as an errand to pass the time. Let’s just go for a walk. What else can I do? At worst, I will go all the way to hell. Maybe there will be no need to work overtime in hell.
In view of the nearby drug traffickers, in order to prevent bad things, after arriving at the coordinate ghost building area, Li Pan asked the company's aerial vehicle to change its paint, play optical camouflage, disguised as NCPA and closed the scene to handle the case, and occupied the area early to drive away the drug dealers. , and then entered the 'Ghost Building' to check.
This 'ghost building area' is located in the outer suburbs outside the outer ring. It is an old-fashioned reinforced concrete apartment building and an old building that is very common in industrial areas. In fact, the location is quite remote, even some distance from the old city. Li Pan lives in a similar place now and has to use the intercity subway to commute. However, there is no subway here, and the surrounding facilities are even more severely lacking. There are a large number of ghost buildings built in the wilderness. It is really beyond the comprehension of cyberpsychosis. The idiotic behavior cannot be said to be the foreknowledge of the people at the time, leaving it to future generations to explore the haunted house.
Well, in fact, it can be seen from the archives that this was planned and built in the late eighth New Tokyo era. At that time, it was the peak of the period of rapid economic growth, and the bubble was already very serious, so some real estate companies had money in their hands. Land is allocated in the suburbs, and new urban residential areas focus on the natural scenery of the suburbs. It is also planned to be equipped with railway facilities, build highway cross-sea bridges, connect multiple giant metropolitan areas in New Tokyo and Gifu, and plan new districts to hedge against bubble risks in the city center.
But everyone also knows that things like the economic curve do not change according to human will. They have always had ups and downs. Although Takamagahara was not destroyed in the corporate war at that time, it was also involved in serious conflicts. Economic crisis, so in the wave of economic crisis, a large number of companies closed down, employees were laid off, real estate companies were unable to get their money back, and they were unable to spend money for infrastructure expansion and regional revitalization. As a result, the development plans for a large number of overvalued suburban properties were After delays, these unfinished buildings were eventually abandoned on a large scale.
Of course, because it is still affordable compared to urban areas, ordinary people with a meager salary to buy this little hope have been abandoned. Each of these unfinished ghost buildings is home to hundreds of homeless families. , every time the night wind howls through this empty house, it seems like there are countless bankrupt souls wailing in the courtyard.
This is the 'Ghost Building Area' project that has always topped the list of supernatural anchor adventures, and it is quite worthy of its name.
Of course, these ghost buildings cannot be considered completely empty now. In addition to gangsters, many workers who have received temporary residence permits but cannot afford to rent a house 'temporarily' also live in these ghost buildings without water, electricity and Internet. At least they can support themselves. Sheltering from the wind and rain is not. So these facilities, in the final analysis, benefit the society! Ahem, enough can't be said anymore...
In short, Li Pan's task is very simple. Just follow the anchor's route and walk from top to bottom to see if he can't find the exit on the first floor.
It just so happened that he had a dream before and was taught two moves by the weirdo in green robes. Now he could still remember the acupuncture point track for luck, so he simply climbed the stairs and learned the moves at the same time. He swayed left and right like an ape and cut his fingers like a child. Pointing and prodding.
Not to mention, there seems to be something extraordinary about this gymnastics. When practicing "Nine Yin Refining", he cannot move at all. Once he enters concentration, he will fall into a state of seeming to be sleeping but not sleeping, and seeming to be awake but not awake. But the monkey dance can loosen the muscles and bones, move the joints, and it can also refine a lot of the accumulated cold air in the lungs.
And what's even more outrageous is that this technique actually seems to work.
After climbing more than ten floors, Li Pan clearly saw a layer of green light lingering on the blade of the boy Che An Gang. The faint blade energy was like water mist contaminating the blade. The green energy was visible to the naked eye. , like a green dragon wrapped around the tip of the blade. In the dim corridor, the blue light was like a layer of green fire igniting on the blade, which was particularly conspicuous.
However, Li Pan remembered that in his dream, he could create a large sword wind with two or three jumps, but when he woke up, he could only possess a demon... "
Ahhhh! Ghost ahhh! Ghost ahhhh, mother!" Oh my god!"
Fuck, fuck, fuck! what's the situation! ?
Someone yelled above Leng Bu Ding, which startled Li Pan. He jumped upstairs in three steps and carried the boy to cut. Lying paralyzed on the corridor, the chubby man with round glasses and round face picked him up.
"Where is the ghost?"
The fat man looked at him, trembling and unable to speak. Li Pan looked at him and saw that the fat man's gun was stuck in the holster and could not be pulled out. A barrage of light and shadow flickered on his glasses. react to.
Damn, this is also an anchor who came to climb the stairs. He probably pissed himself when he saw him dancing his sword up.
"Damn, you idiot, don't yell, you're like a fool."
Li Pancai didn't bother to pay attention to him, and swished up three floors, and then heard the fat man downstairs yelling at the top of his voice. ,
"Family! Everyone has seen it! The real deal! Cyberpsychosis!! 666! Thank you for the likes, fellow veterans! Thank you for the reward!" Fuck, just wait until I finish running
downstairs and let you see what it means. Cyberpsychosis.
(End of chapter)