Chapter 199 Outer City
There is not just one clone. On the screen, there are more than a dozen similar-looking clones who are either excited, secretly happy, or pretending to be stable. They are driven to a castle-like place with the service of beautiful women in luxury cars.
Periphery of the castle is a green studio.
“The last episode of Channel 4’s ‘The Boss Falls in Love with Me’ didn’t have high ratings, so this time they’re going to do something exciting.”
The cigarette-smoking young man pointed at the number of people in the upper left corner of the screen, which was 13.
“After this show, the number of people will become 1.”
“To be honest, it’s not interesting. It’s better to watch the Escape game on Cloud TV. Put those weirdos selected from the colonies into a death game and let them kill each other. That would be bloody, violent and exciting!”
?Gao Gong glanced out the window and saw a patter of electronic rain falling from the sky and hitting the window. Electronic rain is different from ordinary rain. Once it falls on something, it will produce a ''same color effect''.
For a time, gray rain, bronze rain, and red rain splashed everywhere, gorgeous and wonderful.
The car became quiet again.
?After a while, the young man holding the cigarette spoke again.
“Because the butcher gave me a lot of money this time, I decided to give you a few survival guides for the city that never sleeps for free. Of course, it’s up to you whether you want to or not.”
“Tell me about it,” Gao Gong turned his head and said.
“First, never believe in advertisements and never click on any advertisements. That thing is a contract for big companies to sell themselves.”
“Second, it’s okay to kill, rob, and go to jail. The only thing is, don’t violate the laws of the Machinery City.”
"Isn''t it illegal to kill someone?" Ono said blankly.
??The cigarette-smoking young man ignored the other party and held out a third finger.
“Article 3: You can offend anyone, but don’t offend cyber hackers.”
“Very useful advice.”
The senior engineer agreed and then closed his eyes. After staying at the bottom of the ship without seeing the sun for almost 10 days, even he was a little mentally exhausted. The ''executive brother'' sitting in the front seat had already begun to fall asleep.
Only the sound of snoring and the dripping of rain could be heard from time to time.
I don’t know how long it took before I heard the voice of a young man smoking a cigarette again, “We’ve arrived in the city.”
Gao Gong opened his eyes and found that Ono''s head was almost out of the window. He saw a huge virtual projection slowly stretching her figure. This super beautiful girl was wearing a halter top and had pink hair. The facial features are incredibly delicate, and a finger gently presses on the pink lips.
“Aidolu’s 999th live interactive concert, pink paradise welcomes you~”
Not only Ono, but also the younger brother at the top looked straight at him.
[You are affected by subconscious control technology. In the will judgment, your will exceeds 30 points]
[The judgment is successful, you complete the saving throw against ‘Virtual Idol Aidolu’]
“Who is this girl?” the executive brother asked blankly.
Ono perked up, "Aidolu, the most successful pseudo-simulation idol in the virtual world, has 15 top-level technical functions such as advanced intelligence, human-computer interaction, tactile adjustment, and perfect personality. It is a symbol of new life."
“It would be great if I could sleep with her.”
Ono blushed: "How can you be so dirty?"
??The senior brother glanced at Ono''s crotch and snorted disdainfully, and Ono''s face suddenly turned redder.
“I remember someone said that the purpose of going to the city is to enjoy the experience of making love with your idol. Isn’t that person you?”
The Beetle passed under Aidolu''s feet. The three of them looked up almost at the same time. Unfortunately, the sky above was a mosaic like clouds.
“What a thick horse,” Gao Gong said with emotion, “It’s simply a horse with no limits.”
“By the way, have you had cochlear implants?” the cigarette-smoking young man suddenly asked.
“What is the cochlea?” Ono asked blankly.
The cigarette-smoking young man pointed at his ears. The base of the ears had obviously undergone modifications, and there were circles of soundproof walls.
“Remember, if you want to live in the city that never sleeps, three modifications must be made.”
“Ear modification, eye modification, and reproductive system modification, if you don’t do these three modifications, even if you are the son of a colonial governor, you can’t stop the weirdness in this city.”
“Since you don’t have a cochlea installed, just cover your ears tightly. It’s only a short journey anyway.”
“Cover…ears?”
The executive brother turned around and found that the senior engineer and Ono in the back seat had obediently blocked their ears.
?The next moment, a series of virtual figures turned into a crowd and crashed into the car.
Hello, Beautiful Internet sincerely invites you to experiment with "moral templates", which is a necessary stage to move towards a great society. ’
A beauty in a suit with purple lipstick bent slightly, revealing a lot of fair skin.
‘Deep Image invites you to carry out top-notch facial features design, reshape your image and reshape beauty. ’
‘The Nikonpai implant gives you high-precision vision and the ability to visually undress. ’
‘Are your kidneys not good? Is your waist bad? Are you low on energy? Synthetic gland extract makes you forget all your worries. ’
‘The latest model of virtual experience machine has added the rights to use the portraits of 106 male and female celebrities. Do you want to go to Wushan with your idols? ’
??The executive brother was stunned, and was suddenly overwhelmed by the visual wave. In his fantasy, he seemed to have become a big shot. Countless female secretaries, female subordinates, and female celebrities were whispering to him in his ears, and his soul floated to the sky.
When he came back to his senses, he found Gao Gong and Xiao Ye looking directly at him.
“What, what’s wrong?”
“You just said ‘yes’ and ‘agree’ many times.”
?The executive brother was stunned for a moment and found that his memory was very blurry. Only electronic contracts appeared in his memory. "You''re done. Sixteen contracts. Unless you are the biological son of Shenwang, you are just waiting to sell yourself." The cigarette-smoking young man gloated.
“This, this, can these contracts be terminated?”
Seeing the harsh conditions in these contracts, the executive brother wanted to die.
"sure."
??In the expectant eyes of the executive''s younger brother, the cigarette-smoking young man took out a pistol from his storage bag.
“If you commit suicide now, you can still terminate the contract. Once the contract enters the execution period, you will not be able to die because it is a violation of the contract.”
?Looking at the muzzle of the gun with a dark metallic luster, the executive brother swallowed and trembled all over.
Ono couldn''t bear to say: "Brother, don''t you have a relative who is a senior executive in Virtual Real Estate? Let him think of a way."
“Yes, I still have a big brother, I can ask him to help me.”
I don’t know why, but I don’t feel confident in saying this.
The smoking young man suddenly stepped on the brakes and stopped the car at an intersection. The highway was crowded with people, and everyone seemed to be chased away by dogs. Although the anti-gravity taxi made no sound of starting, the wind it caused was It was the howling of ghosts and wolves, which, combined with the gloomy weather, was particularly frightening.
“How about it, is heaven fun?” The cigarette-smoking young man grinned.
Ono and the executive brother looked at each other. For some reason, they felt very tired not long after entering the city.
“Get off the expressway and walk forward, you will reach the Lower Zhongcheng District, which is both an enterprise area and a safe area.”
"For the sake of your being obedient, I give you one last piece of advice. If you are afraid of death, don''t go to the old city. If your life is in danger, don''t go to the outer city."
??The young man smoking the cigarette flicked the cigarette **** out, and a crack opened in the ground automatically, and the cigarette **** was sucked in.
?Then the man turned the head of the car and disappeared into the vast sea of ??cars.
?Through the window, you can see Ono and the executive brother saying something unknown, and they seem to have a disagreement. After a while, the two ran in two directions against the rain, and soon disappeared in the vast rain.
Meeting by chance, the senior engineer didn''t intend to say anything more. He touched his arm and said, "It''s a bit cold."
This is a kind of wet cold, not dry cold.
“The environment is like this, you will get used to it after a while,” the young man handed over a document, which turned out to be a rare paper material.
“The important things are all here. Now there are fewer and fewer of these old projects. You may be the last batch.”
The folder contains a chip insert, a key, a photo, and a stack of information.
The content of the information is "About the placement of children of employees in Machinery City"
“Didn’t you say it was from a company?”
“No, there are re-employment quotas for family members of the company, but they have been snatched up long ago.”
Gao Gong picked up the photo again. It was of a pale girl. What caught people’s attention was her eyes, which were big and white. She had the same style as Sadako.
As for age, he is about sixteen years old.
She will definitely not become a daughter anyway.
Gao Gong picked up the chip again.
“This is your electronic ID card. Install an implant hole for yourself and insert it. It will keep you safe at night.”
Gao Gong raised his head and looked toward the city center farther and farther away.
“Aren’t we going to the city center?”
“The Upper Zhongcheng District is the mastermind area, and the Lower Zhongcheng District is the enterprise area. Private body modification is illegal in most urban areas. Do you want to have your water meter checked?”
“Then where we go is not illegal?”
“Of course it’s not illegal in the outer city and the old city, they are free zones.”
“So are we going to the old city or the outer city now?”
“Outer city.”
“Oh, a place where you don’t want to die.”
Gradually, the highway became more and more twists and turns, and there were more and more strange buildings. It gave Gao Gong the feeling that there was no planning at all here.
"The place you went to is Hanging Street. Although it is in the outer city, it is very close to the old city. Don''t run around if you have nothing to do. The underground clinic prepared for you is there, and the person you adopted also lives there. "
"Try to hang out in the outer city. Although there are many gangs there, they generally won''t attack prosthetic doctors. It''s different in the old city. There are more monsters there, so I will send you here."
?The young man stepped on the brakes, parked the car in front of a mobile stall, set the car to autonomous driving, and got out of the car.
The Beetle turned upside down and returned the way it came.
“Are you coming with me?” Gao Gong asked.
"Forget it, with my status, I am worried about being hacked to death," the young man held the pistol and smiled: "No matter what, welcome to the city that never sleeps."
Then he pointed the muzzle of the gun at his temple, and with a bang, a corpse fell down.
?The stall vendor not far away brightened up and trotted over quickly, shouting: "Boy, whoever sees you gets a share, you get half of this mature steak!"
?Gao Gong opened the other party''s head and didn''t see the brain-computer socket. He frowned and muttered to himself.
“Are you hacking into the human brain? I didn’t expect it to be a cyber hacker.”
(End of this chapter)