Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 84 Bullet Time
No one could have imagined that the Arasaka special service team was knocked to the ground almost instantly, with most of them killed or injured.

Speed ​​beyond the limit, terrifying explosive power.

"Sian Westin?!"

Sitting in the armored vehicle and observing the scene, Tanaka was almost convinced that the ability used by the other party came from Sian Westin's quick reaction.

On the electronic screen, the perspective of the screen also fell to the ground, and there was no movement anymore.

Tanaka realized that the situation was not good, and the opponent was strong, and subconsciously thought of the company square, the cyber lunatic James who slaughtered the NCPD that day.

"Could it be that prosthetic body?"

Inside the bar.

Rebecca kicked the sofa away from her body with both legs, half of her face was covered in smoke and dust, and it was black.

Regardless of her injuries, she quickly got up and looked around, looking for traces of Pila and her teammates.

Finally, Rebecca saw Pilar's golden palms and flew over to pull him out of the ruins.

"cough cough"

Pila groaned a few times, but fortunately fell down in time and was not seriously injured.

Dorio and Qiwei were equally safe, lying in the corner to escape the bombardment from the explosion, but their expressions were very painful.

Rebecca turned her head and glared, looking at Mann, who was like a god of death, and cursed: "Mann! What are you trying to do! Are you going to kill everyone?"

Hearing Rebecca's roar, Mann turned his head in a daze, and forced a forced smile at her.

I don't know whether it was the last injection of medicine that worked, or Rebecca's angry drinking, or the blood and tears of his lover Dorio, which made Mann's chaotic mind emerge for a moment of clarity.

"It's Rebecca!"

"Are you OK?"

Mann's long-rimmed sunglasses disappeared in the explosion, and his eyes revealed a rare calm and normality.

Rebecca didn't know when Mann's mental state was good or bad, but the situation was urgent, so she could only persuade her patiently: "Mann, hurry up and evacuate!"

Mann seemed to be standing on the open wilderness, and said to Rebecca.

"It's okay, you take them out."

"I don't want to run away anymore, the god of death has come."

Rebecca was really about to be blown up by Mann, and cursed: "What are you talking about?! Stop talking at this time! Let's go!"

now.

A sharp warning sound came from outside the bar.

"The terrorist mobile team is on a special mission, please evacuate the area immediately!"

Then bursts of red beams of light shone into the bar, illuminating Mann's bleak smile.

Mann turned around, calmly faced the outside of the bar, and walked towards the red light.

The lonely figure gradually disappeared until it was completely engulfed by billowing smoke and dust.
at this time.

In the prosthetic clinic.

Tang Yu is always paying attention to Mann's physical and mental changes, and at the same time, the life simulation pictures that Mann has experienced constantly appear in his mind.

Lao Wei sat on the sliding stool, checked Mann's biological signs, and made final preparations for surgery.

Just now Tang Yu said to wait for a while, Lao Wei didn't ask why, and let Mann fall into a strange deep sleep.

Tang Yu asked Lao Wei seriously: "How far is Mann from cyber insanity?"

Lao Wei sighed slightly: "Maybe it's just a few steps away. Installing this terrible thing will only aggravate the symptoms."

"You know, not all prosthetics will cause cyberpsychosis, but for cyberpunks from the bottom, it is almost an irreversible process."

Tang Yu nodded slightly to express his approval of Lao Wei's statement. Mann is the most typical example.

Lao Wei clicked on the screen and flipped through two pages.

"For sufficiently sensitive neurofeedback, most of Mann's combat implants have deep connections with nerve synapses."

"The erosion of the prosthetic body metal to him is almost unavoidable. If you want to get rid of it completely, you can only unload most of the heavy prosthetic body."

"Of course, he has enough financial strength to update a tailor-made advanced prosthetic body and take medicine regularly to suppress rejection. It will be much better, at least better than now."

Tang Yu looked at Mann lying on the operating table with a helpless tone.

"Nowadays is an era when prosthetic bodies are flooding. For Mann, such a request is indeed impossible."

"Although he earned some money as a mercenary, it is still difficult to maintain the company's newly developed full set of advanced prosthetic bodies."

"Even if you can afford it, you may not necessarily be able to afford it."

Lao Wei agreed very much, and continued to add: "Mann still has a lot of inferior prosthetic bodies implanted in the early stage, which caused heavy metal poisoning, limb pain, vomiting, tremors, migraine, high fever and thirst, all of which are caused by competition. Early symptoms of Bo's psychosis."

"As the ensuing erosion intensifies, he is likely to experience hallucinations, memory loss, hysteria and more problems."

"In the long run, various symptoms will develop seriously, which will make him unable to distinguish between hallucinations and reality, and will become extremely dangerous."

"It's just that this is all his choice. Even if we see it, it can't stop anything."

"I have been a prosthetic doctor for many years, and I have seen too many mercenaries willing to bet their bodies in exchange for money and dreams in order to become stronger."

Tang Yu said silently: I hope Mann can understand something after this big dream.

Soon.

Mann gradually woke up from the real physical sensation of life simulation, and let out a cry of distress and pain.

"hiss"

Mann opened his eyes, only to find that the scene of the bar just now had disappeared, replaced by a prosthetic body clinic.

He tried his best to push himself up and sat up, looking up and looking around.

Standing not far away was Tang Yu, and Lao Wei who was sitting on a sliding stool next to him.

He felt a splitting pain, and experienced the feeling after a real hysteria attack, which still lingered in his brain and could not dissipate for a long time.

Mann has almost been unable to distinguish whether the experience just now is real or the experience in front of him is real.

If it is a dream, then this dream is too real!
Old Wei asked with concern: "Mann, how do you feel?"

Mann slowed down for a while before gradually becoming clear.

"I'm fine. I just fell asleep and had a special dream. It's hard to explain. Anyway, it's not a big problem."

Tang Yu fully understands all the experiences of Mann's simulated life just now, so he is clear about his doubts, but he can't give an answer.

In the life simulation ending.

At the last moment, Mann chose to face the violent mobile team alone.

In order to gain time for his teammates to escape and survive, Mann frantically activated the military-grade Swan Westan ability continuously, and launched a fierce battle with the terrorist mobile team.

In the heavy siege, he forcibly killed Tanaka who was hiding in an armored vehicle.

Facing the terrifying strength of the Terrorist Mobile Team, he was ultimately defeated and fell under the hail of bullets, completing the ending of the life simulation.

Obviously.

For Mann, this ending is not too good, even sad enough.

Tang Yu felt that this life simulation was of great significance to Mann.

It is enough for him to see clearly how many thorns there are on the road ahead, so what choice will Mann make, will he continue to implant this unknown prosthetic body?

Tang Yu was silent, waiting for Mann's answer.

Mann sat on the operating table with a dazed expression.

In my mind, I kept replaying the incomparably real dream scene.

The celebration at the bar, the trembling left hand, Dorio's worry, the Arasaka bomb, the powerful firepower of the Terrorist Mobile Team, etc.

The memory is deep, as if it just happened.

Mann stared at his left palm, and moved his five fingers slightly.

Make sure that there is no hindrance to finger movement, and there is no trembling, like a stone falling from the heart.

Mann exhaled heavily, finally recovering his mood.

"It seems that it is indeed a dream, a dream that is real enough."

Then he looked up at the table next to him, on which there was a military-grade Sean Westin.

Mann's eyes were complicated and seemed to have mixed feelings.

The source of all tragic endings seems to be related to it.

It was the same with Cybercrazy James, and it was the same with Mann in that dream.

The only difference is that he still has the opportunity to choose now.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be in a good condition, Lao Wei persuaded him in a low voice.

"Mann, why don't you delay the implant surgery for two days, go back and think about it carefully, how about making a decision after you think it through?"

Faced with Lao Wei's kindness, Mann gave him a confident smile with a firm and decisive tone.

"My physical condition, I know very well, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it."

"This military-grade Swan Westin, put it on for me!"

When he said this, Tang Yu on the side was also slightly surprised.

Even though he thought that Mann might still choose to pretend to be a prosthetic body in the end, he just didn't expect that he would be so determined.

For Mann's opinion, he couldn't help but pay more attention to it.

This is definitely a tough guy.

Go ahead to dangers.

As for why Mann is determined to install this military-grade prosthetic body, the answer is already self-evident.

To get stronger.

In order to obtain enough living space in this jungle society where the jungle preys on the weak.

In order to be in a deep crisis in the team, he can create an escape space on his own.

Mann must have already had an answer in his heart for what he came all the way for.

Lao Wei glanced at Tang Yu, wondering what he meant.

Tang Yu nodded slightly, acquiescing to Mann's request, but his eyes seemed a little complicated.

According to this posture, without strong external interference, Mann is very likely to embark on a road of no return, completely slipping into the brink of losing control.

Tang Yu can only take one step at a time.

He didn't want to see people like Mann, only to end up becoming a cyber lunatic.

Either way, Mann was a man, and he had a good life.

There is a fairly good job with a good salary, with Dorio, the person you like, by your side, a team of mercenaries who get along well, and a group of friends who can drink together at midnight.

I'm afraid that while enjoying these happiness and beauty, it also makes it impossible for Mann to push back half a step.

He is the leader of the team and he is responsible for everything.

The Sims option about Mann is grayed out. If you want to start the simulation again, you need to wait for a new turning point in your life.

As for when the next turning point in life will appear, it depends on Mann's personal development.

Surgery continues.

According to Lao Wei's instructions, Mann went back to the operating table and put on the breathing mask.

Lao Wei operated the instrument and began anesthesia before the operation.

The mask on Mann's face was gradually covered with a layer of white mist. As he breathed, the anesthetic drug slowly entered his lungs and was delivered to his brain through blood vessels.

Mann suddenly felt sleepy and comfortable like never before, gradually closed his heavy eyelids, and fell asleep.

Only this time there were no real dreams.

Old Wei started the installation program, and the mechanical arm began to work on Mann's back.

As the back prosthesis was dismantled piece by piece, the fusion of flesh and machinery was completely exposed to the light.

Metal electronic tubes are connected into the torso, as if floating together with the breath.

There are traces of flesh and blood hanging on the green circuit board of electronic components, which are tightly attached to the skin of the flesh.

soon.

Under the operation of the mechanical arm, the military-grade Swan Westin was loaded into the back of Mann's spine.

The deep shell is tightly embedded on the spine of the back, like a raised monster mechanical spine. (Note 1)

The chip interface at the back of the head was opened, and the neural operating system chip was slowly inserted into it.

Complete the last step.

drop.
The military-grade Swanweistan began to flash blue light, lighting up the mechanical vertebral bodies one by one until the brain chip was activated.

This completes the installation of the whole prosthesis.

On Tang Yu's side, Mann's life simulation has ended, and life points and ability talents have appeared.

While Mann fell into a coma under anesthesia and Lao Wei was busy operating the operation, Tang Yu called up the system panel and looked at it carefully.

【Life points: 3】

[Fusion Ability 1: Unyielding (rare)]

[Fusion Ability 2: Bullet Time (Normal)]

"I gained two life points."

"And the new ability talent 'Bullet Time'."

'Bullet time' attracted Tang Yu's special attention. This innate ability should come from the military-grade Swan Westan used by Mann.

He chooses to view 'bullet time' details.

"Instantly stimulate the unlimited potential of every muscle, every nerve, and even every cell in the whole body, and rapidly improve perception, explosive power, and responsiveness."

"Perception is like slowing down a unit of time and entering a special time state called 'bullet time'."

"When the 'bullet time' is turned on, the various functions of the body will enter a state of overload, and experience unprecedented speed, strength, and speed."

"After the end, depending on the intensity and frequency of use, there will be varying degrees of weakness, fatigue, injury, nausea, severe or even damage to body functions and severe trauma, so it needs to be used sparingly."

"'Bullet Time' normal level, the time is slowed down to 50%."

Tang Yu was a little helpless.

This bullet time is a bit like the sage mode.

"At present, the ordinary level is equivalent to twice as fast as a person, and the power is not very good, but there is a lot of room for improvement."

"In addition, the sequelae are huge, but it can be said to complement each other when used in conjunction with the previous talent 'Toughness and Unyielding'."

"Theoretically, as long as the recovery is fast enough, the bullet time mode can always be turned on."

Tang Yu is very satisfied with the newly simulated 'bullet time' talent.

The next time you encounter some unexpected situations, your confidence to deal with them calmly will be greatly enhanced.

But this ability is beyond the scope of normal people, and it should not be exposed to the eyes of others, so as not to be noticed by people with ulterior motives.

It is never wrong to be cautious in everything.

Tang Yu put away the attribute panel, waiting for Mann who was about to wake up.

After this operation, he will gain stronger strength.

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Note 1: The surgical scene here is represented by the edge walker animation. The appearance of the military Sianweistein in the game is a chip, which does not include the mechanical spine on the back. Some people speculate that this spine is Krenzikov, but there is no official endorsement. Without affecting the setting of the plot, it is still based on the original anime.

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