Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 69 Soul Killer

Tang Yu returned to his office.

Sitting on the office chair, holding the chip in the left hand, turning it in circles.

"Sincerity is acceptable."

A rare and expensive Rayfield limited-edition sports car, even if it is a second-hand car, is not something that can be bought with money.

Jenkins must have worked hard to get the car.

For a director in charge of the Arasaka intelligence department, this luxury car can only be regarded as a relatively expensive toy.

A luxury car is not enough to tempt him, and he blindly thinks that Arthur Jenkins is fancying his ability.

Working in Arasaka, what is favor?
Not even a hair.

Congratulations with a smiling face today, and a dead hand tomorrow, such things abound.

More importantly, there are two meanings for Jenkins to send such a valuable gift.

On the surface, it seems to be a show of favor, but on a deeper level, it shows that he is still suspicious.

Arthur Jenkins noticed that Tang Yu, who was picked up by himself, was already showing signs of being out of control.

The power is high.

Tang Yu will not fail to understand this simple truth.

It's just that the two are still sitting on the same boat right now, and their interests are tied to each other. Even if there is a gap, they will choose to turn a blind eye or close one eye.

Tang Yu turned on the Dragon Fist scan to view and read Rayfield's vehicle certification information.

【Rayfield "AerondightS9" Sword of the Lady of the Lake】

[8-liter W16 engine, 1000 horsepower, the acceleration time from 2 kilometers is only 407 seconds, and the top speed can reach [-] kilometers per hour]

[Both inside and outside are made of aluminum, titanium, glass fiber, carbon fiber and other high-tech lightweight materials]

From the appearance point of view, the dark blue pearl color is used as the base, and the front hatch is glowing with blue flowing light and shadow.

After scanning and recording the vehicle authentication chip, when you pick up the car next time, you can log in and authenticate the vehicle through the smart glasses, and you can use it.

Tang Yu opened the office drawer and threw the authentication chip in. As for picking up the car, he will talk about it when he is free.

He withdrew his mind and began to prepare for the next step.

Xiao Michiko has to make some preparations in advance to explain things. With higher director-level intelligence authority, she can naturally have a better understanding of military technology.

He turned on his office computer, logged into Arasaka's information system, and entered the Advanced Information Archives Center.

Select Director Level Intelligence Profile.

Click Confirm.

The system starts to confirm the identity information.

"sign in suceesfully."

This is the first time for Tang Yu to log into the director-level information system of Arasaka, but the scope of browsing and reading is limited to the scope related to military technology.

It should be a permission specially set by Michiko, which is limited to work use.

The confidential information about military technology here will have a great impact if it is taken out, and it will even lead to another hot weapon war between the two companies.

"Soul Killer?"

Tang Yu browsed casually and found that Johnny's ex-girlfriend information was recorded in the file.

Click to view.

Otto Cunningham, a genius female hacker, has developed a new consciousness data technology.

This technology can digitize human consciousness, then extract it from the body and transfer it to cyberspace.

Originally, this technology was to create an electronic virtual identity for human beings who were about to die.

However, it has attracted the attention of many giant companies such as Arasaka, Military Technology, and Yeshi Company.

Arasaka "recruited" Alt Cunningham in a unique way, and based on this, he developed the Soul Killer program.

After the Soul Killer program is activated, all the information in the human brain will be reproduced and extracted by the program to form a clone data conscious body, which is called "engram".

At the same time, the program will upload the "engram" to the subnet or cyberspace, and kill his original consciousness.

In the fourth corporate war, both Arasaka and Military Technology launched a protracted cyber hacker attack and defense war.

Arasaka finally used soul killer technology to burn tens of thousands of hackers hired by military technology, and ended the electronic network war.

Military Tech has been working to steal the technology ever since, with little success.

According to intelligence, military technology once supported Johnny Silver Hand's terrorist attacks, with the purpose of completely destroying the foundation of this technology, the subnet of Arasaka Tower.

After Tang Yu browsed the information, it was basically consistent with what he knew, and the intelligence was highly credible.

In August [-], the nuclear explosion almost burned down half of Night City.

That small nuclear bomb was sponsored by Military Technology to Johnny.

And so many years later, Arasaka is still using the soul killer program to roast other people's brains.

Even if it is a space station in low earth orbit, as long as it is invaded by Arasaka's powerful hacking system, it may be burned by the soul killer at any time to extract the imprint of the consciousness body.

Tang Yu couldn't help but think that there are still a large number of digital souls locked in the basement of the Arasaka Tower under his feet, and in the shrine.

They are like unjust souls trapped in hell, unable to enter the cycle of life and death, and can only wander in the wilderness subnet day after day without rest.

A large number of imprints of human consciousness provide Arasaka with relic development, providing a considerable number of experimental samples.

Tang Yu speculated.

The reason why Saburo Arasaka kept his rebellious son Yoshinobu Arasaka is most likely due to the imprint coverage experiment.

Experimental human subjects, in terms of genes, personality, emotions, etc., are similar and close to the 'imprint', and the success rate may be higher.

The information is limited to the Soul Killer program, and does not mention the more in-depth Mikoto or the imprint coverage experiment.

Currently, only the members of the Arasaka family and the researchers of Saburo Arasaka's lineage have access to these secret information.

Johnny Silverhand's digital soul is not in Arasaka Tower Mikoshi, Night City, but in Arasaka Headquarters, Kyoto.

Even if Tang Yu wanted to rescue his old friend, he still had more than enough energy.

We still have to wait until Arasaka Lai Xuan broke up with his father and come to Night City with the relic chip, and then find a proper way to get it.

Tang Yu continued to browse other intelligence, trying to find an intelligence that met the mission requirements.

It is necessary to be able to expose the shortcomings of military technology and cause them some trouble, so that it can be discussed on the board of directors.

It is also necessary to remove the suspicion of Arasaka to avoid a direct conflict between the two companies and affect the "harmonious" relationship between Michiko and New America.

"It's not easy to be a company dog!"

Tang Yu sighed.

suddenly.

He thought of the middle-aged crippled man he met last night when he was running to buy water. He participated in the metal war and was discharged after burning off a leg. He mentioned that he didn't want to become a cyber lunatic.

The experience of the middle-aged lame man and cyber maniac James Norris is somewhat similar.

All have participated in wars, are veterans, and have military technology backgrounds.

Obviously.

The middle-aged lame man chose to accept the more advanced and advanced prosthetic body provided by military technology.

Then his end is very likely to become a cyber lunatic like James.

But the result of the refusal was equally bad. Relying on a meager discharge fee, it could only be said that he was struggling to survive in Night City.

Tang Yu frowned slightly, and continued to follow his train of thought.

"If we use this incident as an entry point to find solid evidence and expose the scandal of some military technology treating veterans, it may be a wave of countermeasures against military technology."

"It's useless to just set off a wave and shout a few slogans. Everyone in Night City has already known the dirty things about the company."

"It must affect the vital interests of military technology, and cut off their flesh with real knives and guns."

"Otherwise, I won't be able to put it on the board of directors, and I won't be able to convince Xiao Michiko."

Tang Yu browsed for a while, but he knew a lot of recent trends in military technology.

Some transported weapons into Night City, and some escorted some important people out of the city, none of which met Tang Yu's mission requirements.

Browsing for a while, there is not much useful information.

Tang Yu quit the intelligence system, turned off the computer, and closed his eyes to rest.

"Some things can't be rushed, and there may be a new turning point slowly."

　There is another update around twelve o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)