People are in Night City, start to add points

"Unless your hacking ability is higher than that of a puppet maker, never buy a puppet here. You should buy it from an offline store. Those places are indeed expensive, but they sell the original version. After long-term verification, Reputable and reliable."

Seeing this sentence, David immediately understood what he meant without further prompting.

Golems are also a type of computer virus. The creators may add various backdoors to invade the brains of people who buy golems.

He also paid attention to this problem when he bought the puppet in the store, but he didn't connect it with the price.

This guy whose nickname is Armstrong seems to be very famous, and there are several other buildings in his reply, all of which are 'watchers', 'reserve names in the front row' and the like.

David clicked on Armstrong's personal profile and found that he often shared knowledge and guided novices, and he even saw a few of his posts just now.

He seems to be a master-level expert, and he should not be a member of the company. Freelance hackers are more willing to do this kind of thing.

As for other identities, I can't tell. Armstrong is also a very common surname, which is equivalent to Xiao Wang and Xiao Liu, and there is a high probability that it is a pseudonym.

"David—"

At this time, with the sound of an electronic door switch, mother Gloria came home.

"How about it, did you study hard at home?"

Gloria put a colorful bag on the table and said to David with a smile.

"I bought you a teppanyaki, eat it while it's hot."

"it is good."

David quickly withdrew his consciousness from the forum and stood up.

"By the way, the washing machine is in arrears again today."

"I forgot again...ah, it's so comfortable."

Gloria sat down on the sofa, and her whole body collapsed there.

"I'm so tired, wait until I wake up and then hand it in."

"Why don't I pay the fee in the future, you are too busy and always forget."

"It's okay, but don't spend the money given to you indiscriminately."

David sat down at the dining table and chatted with his mother while enjoying the teppanyaki.

It was still synthetic meat, and the taste was incomparable to that before time-traveling, but David ate it seriously, chewing every bite slowly.

"Come on, David, if you can become an employee of Arasaka..."

As he spoke, Gloria's voice became smaller and smaller. David turned his head to look and found that she had already leaned on the sofa and had fallen asleep deeply.

Volume 19: Chapter 19 Chapter [-]: Good man, really good man

Early the next morning, David simply put on two bites of bread, put on his college uniform, and walked out of the apartment quickly.

For a time traveler like him, the taste of food is a big problem. In 2075, wild animals are almost extinct, and the number of breeding is very small. Only the rich can afford real meat.

As for the synthetic meat that ordinary people eat, it is pure technology and hard work. There is nothing purely natural. For David, who is used to eating real meat in his previous life, it is really hard to swallow.

Do you want to go to the middleman to pick up some work?

David began to think about this problem. Money is never enough. All kinds of hacker prosthetics and puppets are expensive, and ice water for cooling must be arranged, not to mention the follow-up hacker customer service and hacker chairs...

He sat on the seat of the city railway express, the more he thought about it, the colder he felt.

Money is needed everywhere, and I don't know when will I be able to let myself and Gloria eat real meat?

The scenery outside the window keeps receding, and we are almost at the municipal center where Arasaka Academy is located.

At this time, David saw a familiar figure appearing on the small screen in the car that was broadcasting news.

"The following is a flash news. 10 minutes ago, the famous anti-corporate reporter Regina suddenly announced that she would leave FTF radio station."

Regina resigned?

David was a little surprised. He didn't expect her to move so fast. He had just finished chatting with her and made a decision within a few days.

"For her departure, many citizens expressed regret, and the FTF radio station's payment rate dropped sharply."

"But FTF radio viewers, have you ever wondered if all the corporate scandals that Regina reported were true?"

"Is there a possibility that she just took advantage of your jealousy?"

The city railway train stopped slowly, David sneered, turned around and got off the train without watching the news.

He walked along the circular elevated ring road, passed the towering Arasaka Tower, and came to the main entrance of Arasaka Academy.

【Drip—received a message】

David submerged his consciousness into the brain computer to see that it was sent by Regina.

"I've started working as a middleman. It's the kind of business that takes jobs from various channels and then contacts mercenaries to settle the matter. If you need my help with anything, you can contact me at any time."

Seeing this passage, David gradually showed a smile on his face, and replied with an ok expression.

Within a few seconds, Regina sent another message.

"And you, if one day, you want to realize that you are not a company dog, and want to change your path, you can also contact me."

Company dog...

David walked to the classroom, thinking about Regina's words.

The greatest wish of her mother, Gloria, is to graduate safely and become a company employee.

The life of the company's employees is very tiring, and the intensity of 996 is higher than that of the previous life, and they will really be drained of every drop of blood.

Of course, the income is much higher than that of ordinary people, at least they can live a relatively affluent life, even if it is synthetic meat, they can buy better tasting meat.

But unfortunately, I am afraid that I will let my mother down.

As long as he continues to stay in the company, sooner or later he will be found to have a prosthetic body tolerance that is different from ordinary people, and he will inevitably end up becoming an experimental subject.

As for the fate of the company's experimental subjects, Bill has already explained everything.

Of course, even if his strength improves enough to get rid of the experimental subject in the future, David is not prepared to stay in the company, even if it does have resources that are superior to other places.

As soon as he entered the classroom, before putting on Chaomeng equipment, David saw Tanaka raised his head and glanced at himself, his eyes were cold, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

This guy, still looking for trouble?

David didn't bother to talk to him, and took his old equipment that was several generations behind, and entered the course Chaomeng.

For him now, the courses of the college are somewhat boring.

An existence whose intelligence is comparable to that of a Nobel Prize winner, coming to a course for high school students, it is not too easy to understand.After listening to it for a while, David gradually became distracted, opened the forum in his brain, and started browsing again.

To be honest, this is much more interesting than listening to lectures.

For the next thing to do, David also has a certain plan, the first is to have the ability to improve the golem, and even create his own golem.

The dolls on the market are really too expensive and very unsafe.

He planned to go to the school's electronic library after class today to borrow some books and materials related to puppet.

However, the vast majority of hackers directly use puppets made by others. The improvement or originality of puppets is a relatively high-end technique, and there are few people discussing them on the forum. David has been shopping for a long time, but he can't find what he wants.

"By the way, ask the boss from yesterday?"

With an idea, David clicked on the private chat interface of 'Armstrong'.

"Hello, what kind of knowledge do you need to learn to improve the puppet, and is there anything you need to pay attention to?"

To be honest, he didn't expect the other party to reply to him, but he wouldn't lose anything if he tried.

For ordinary students, life at Arasaka Academy is actually very boring, except for class every day.

Correspondingly, David can only take time to go to the library during the break time, take the time to read more and remember more.

Classes, classes, the library, and back to class...until school is over.

When David returned home in a daze and opened the forum again, he was pleasantly surprised to find that 'Armstrong' replied to himself.

"Don't try this kind of operation when you're just starting out, do you want your head to explode?"

"Just to make some preparations for the future." David replied quickly.

'Armstrong' was silent for a while, and just when David thought he would stop talking to him, he suddenly sent another large text.

"If you want to know about puppets, you can read these books."

""Secret of the Mind", "Hound Dog", "From Electromagnetic Short Circuit to Consciousness Infection", "The Birth of the Golem", "What Do You Want to Do with a Computer"..."

David looked down, 'Armstrong' listed a long list of books.

"In addition to these, you have to pay special attention not to spy on the company and the network supervisor. Even the slightest contact you think may lead to death. There are also black walls, which must not be approached. I wish you Can survive in the online world, little rookie."

Behind the book list, 'Armstrong' also specifically reminded several taboos.

nice guy...

David sighed in his heart. He didn't think he was special enough to be worthy of the other party's preferential treatment or arouse the other party's interest.

In this way, it is purely helpful. I didn't expect such kind people to exist in Night City.

Volume 20: Chapter 20 Chapter [-]: Lectures

Arasaka Academy's electronic library is large, spacious and bright, and every decoration is in a minimalist style full of high-end.

There is no such thing as a bookcase here, and computers without access ports are placed in front of the rows of seats, which physically isolates the possibility of books and materials leaving here, and can only be recorded in the head and taken away.

Dozens of students wearing the uniforms of Arasaka Academy sat in different seats, had little communication with each other, and were all quietly checking.

This scene reminded David of his student days in his previous life, but at that time, no staff would come in every now and then to serve a cup of hot tea or coffee to the students who were reading.

David was naturally reluctant to buy that kind of thing. He took a sip of the mineral water he brought and continued to read "The Birth of the Golem" on the computer screen.

Many of the books recommended by Armstrong can be found in the electronic library of the college, which saves a lot of effort, and the content is quite professional, which is what David needs now.

An hour later, David leaned back in his chair, gently rubbed his temples, sank his consciousness into his brain, and opened the forum.

To the moon: "Mr. Armstrong, may I ask if the argument about the invasion protocol in the last chapter of "The Birth of the Golem" is the optimal solution? I always feel that there is a more appropriate way to deal with it."

Armstrong: "The Birth of the Golem was written ten years ago, and some ideas are indeed not new. You can find the answer to this question in "The Hound". Have you finished reading Birth?"

To the Moon: "Yes."

Armstrong: "This book looks simple, but some contents are very obscure. It is best to read it carefully."

To the moon: "I'm really not sure about some places. I have modified the doll I just bought according to the book. Can you help me see if there is any problem? The program I use is..."

David sent his idea of ​​transforming 'target positioning' to the past, and received a reply soon.

Armstrong: "You did this? Alone?"

To the Moon: "Yeah."

This time, David waited for 5 minutes before the other party continued to send messages.

Armstrong: "No problem, you can continue. Also, don't call me Mr. I don't like it."

Did you say something wrong?

David scratched his head. Before he crossed over, he heard that the gender of human beings is not limited to men and women, and there are many branches. This cyber world in 2075 is naturally not to mention that the other party feels that he is being abused because of the title "Mr." It's normal to be offended.

I don't know the gender of this kind 'Armstrong', well, I have to pay attention to this in the future...

David stretched himself, drank the remaining mineral water, and stood up from his seat.

He has a lot of things to do, so he can't always spend time in the electronic library.

Improving and making the puppet cannot be completed in a day or two. This is a long-term project and cannot be rushed for a while. He still needs to find time to repair the Four Seasons Treasure.

This gun itself is a finished product that just came out of the laboratory, and it is still far from the best condition.Not only that, but if you want to use smart weapons normally, you need the corresponding smart prosthesis plug-in, otherwise you cannot use functions such as automatic aiming.

With David's current deposit, it is impossible to buy it, so he can only find a way to get some parts and make a barely usable version by himself.

He left his seat and walked outside the electronic library.

Just when he went out, David found that a boy came out behind him.

"David Martinez, are you free?"

The boy has a kind and handsome face and beautiful blond hair. He has a reserved and arrogant temperament. If he puts on medieval clothes, he looks like a noble young master.

But David knew in his heart that the other party was not as gentle as he looked.