Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 182 It Looks Like You Also Like Stupid Monkey
Arasaka Tower top floor.

Saburo Arasaka's exclusive office.

Sitting in front of the office, Tang Yu called up the entire Arasaka Tower system architecture system interface, and then clicked to view the director-level deliberations.

He then approached the company's administrative department to report matters for consideration, and asked the board of directors to review and decide whether to accept and cooperate with Ye's company to carry out the new infrastructure plan.

among them.

The content focuses on opening part of the company's network data warehouse and linking the matrix space created by Yeshi Company.

Ye's Company has reserved pre-interfaces for major companies, and indicated in the cooperation plan that the nature of this cooperation is preliminary negotiations, and the two parties will conduct limited network interconnection.

Matrix Space will provide major companies with basic network services and functional algorithms, on this basis to ensure that Arasaka Company's data is kept confidential, and the signal is safe, smooth and effective.

This matter had such a huge impact that the administration department of Arasaka Company could not make a decision on its own, and had to report it to the board of directors for a decision.

and.

The Administration Department has investigated and understood this matter, and additionally mentioned Ye's company's movements, and is inviting many companies to cooperate.

Tang Yu looked at this project for deliberation, which had not yet been submitted to the board of directors for discussion and deliberation, so he couldn't help thinking seriously.

"What kind of medicine does Ye's company sell in the gourd?"

There are many cooperation projects between the major companies in Night City, and the importance involved is not low.

For example, cooperation between military technology and biotechnology to develop super antibiotics.Kangtao cooperates with biotechnology to provide it with intelligent security protection.

If Kang Tao moved his mind, he could even destroy the entire building of biotechnology in a second.

The cooperation between companies still follows the basic rules, and even if there are conflicts of interest between them, they will not be made public on the table.

From the confrontation between Arasaka and military technology, it can be seen that maintaining peace on the surface is in the fundamental interests of major companies.

therefore.

When Ye's company proposed the new infrastructure plan, no one thought that Ye's company would dare to do bad things alone and would hack other companies' networks through the matrix space.

In fact, this approach is also extremely stupid.

Tang Yu judged that Ye's company would not be so reckless, and really wanted to use more covert methods to catch big fish with a long line.

For Arasaka Corporation.

Arasaka Tower is just the North American branch of Arasaka Corporation. Although it contains important confidential information about Arasaka, it does not affect its Arasaka headquarters in Kyoto.

If Saburo Arasaka was really upset, let alone Ye's Company or Company Square, the entire Night City might be wiped off the map.

The reason why Tang Yu wanted to figure out Ye's company's intentions was more to accurately grasp the situation.

As for the plans behind Ye's company, how much threat it will pose to Arasaka is not within his consideration.

Facts back then proved that simply blowing up or hacking the Arasaka Tower was not enough.

suddenly.

Tang Yu thought of something.

The subnet Poseidon in V's brain is abnormal, and the forces behind her must have something to do with Ye's Company.

If Ye's company didn't want to hack into major companies, but wanted to incubate eggs through shells, then it would be more reasonable to rush to start the matrix space now.

Otherwise, for a newly built prototype to be made public in such a grand manner, it will inevitably arouse a lot of suspicion.

Tang Yu looked at the holographic projection in front of him, and gently clasped the table with his fingers.

"It seems that it is not as easy for them to come to this world as imagined."

If the facts are as he imagined, it must be said that Ye's Company has indeed done a great job.

The code programs with AI awakening consciousness are secretly implanted in major companies, and then brought to all parts of the world through various channels.

As long as the computing power accumulates to a certain level, quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes, and sooner or later it will be able to awaken into an AI form and restore the original main body's computing logic and consciousness data.

It's as if the DNA helical structure has been built, and all that remains is to add flesh and blood to it. Nothing is more suitable for AI to learn, absorb and grow than the company's huge algorithm and data flow.

that's all.

It is only Tang Yu's personal analysis and conjecture, and more clues may be needed to support the specific situation.

It was mainly the prototype of the artificial intelligence that Subnet Seagod awakened, which made him think more about it.

The awakening of AI is not an isolated case, on the contrary there are many such examples.

There are many kinds of artificial intelligence classifications, such as the self-awakening of program algorithm, the initiative development of human beings, the generation of huge diode electronic machinery, and the soul killer directly extracted from the human brain consciousness.

Some software programs that were originally developed and applied to serve humans automatically crawl information in order to learn quickly.

Over time.

These software programs will have a preliminary understanding of the world, and even the birth of independent thinking consciousness.

Delaman is one of the examples of awakening through complex mechanical and electronic devices.

A mechanical and electronic network server as complex as the human brain, thousands of electronic components are interwoven together to form the brain.

Today's Delaman has even been able to understand human nature, learned to use legal identity to cover up his purpose, and hides in the human world to continuously expand computing power and intelligence.

It's just that artificial intelligence such as Delaman's attitude toward humans is more inclined to coexist rather than replace them.

Tang Yu has always been tolerant of Lao De. He has always opposed AI interfering in the human world, but he is lenient with Lao De.

After clearing up Ye's company's intentions, Tang Yu already had a bottom line in his mind, so he called up the request for deliberation, directly used Arasaka Saburo's authority to agree to cooperate with Ye's company, and demanded that relevant cooperation be carried out immediately.

After clicking and confirming, Tang Yu put away the office system.

Without spreading some bait first, the big fish of Yeshi Company will definitely not surface.

Whoever fishes who now has to see who can resist the temptation.

Even if Tang Yu's plan was unsuccessful this time, Arasaka was the one who was injured, and Ye's Company was responsible for the blame. As for him, he still has room for defense.

After all, he was working for Saburo Arasaka, so this mistake would definitely not lead to beheading.

If it is really pursued, it will be a big deal to pack up and leave.

Think about this.

Tang Yu's mentality is much calmer, and then he has to contact Panan.

It is necessary to arrange a team of people to construct the tunnel from the bad soil in the outskirts of the city, enter the bottom of the company square, and find the matrix space server interface, which is the first step towards the goal.

This matter has to be handled by the Mann team, and it is difficult for others to rest assured.

Tang Yu felt that it was not appropriate to call Panan here, so he got up, picked up his suit jacket, and prepared to leave Arasaka Tower.

at this time.

Arasaka Michiko is sitting in the exclusive director's office, dealing with the latest requests for instructions one by one.

She rested her elbows on the table, pinching a brown cigar with two fingers, leaning her head lightly on the palm of her hand, and operating the holographic projection with her free hand.

As the general manager of Arasaka Corporation North America, she is not only responsible for this Arasaka Tower.

Just as she was reviewing one by one and giving relevant handling advice, a special urgent notice caught her attention.

Saburo-sama?

Michiko Arasaka immediately clicked on the urgent notice, and the content inside immediately made her frown in thought.

Not only because of the strange content, but also what made her suspicious was how could his grandfather Saburo, who had never personally handled specific affairs for many years, suddenly focus on the matter of cooperating with Ye's Company.

He even issued an instruction in person, requesting to start a new infrastructure cooperation plan with Ye's Company immediately, and open some network links of Arasaka Tower in Night City to join the matrix space.

Xiao Michiko stared at the notice in front of her, took a puff of thick smoke, put the cigar on the edge of the ashtray, crossed her hands in front of her body, and her expression gradually became serious.

She immediately recruited a secretary and asked the person in charge of the company's administrative department to follow the instructions of Master Saburo to quickly contact the people of Ye's company and immediately promote the cooperation in the matrix space project.

Regarding Master Saburo's explanation, it is best to explain it immediately, especially if it is indicated as urgent.

After the exclusive secretary left, Michiko continued to think about the cause and effect of this matter.

What surprised her the most was, was this urgent notice really issued by Mr. Saburo?

Nine times out of ten it is not.

If it wasn't from Saburo, then who on earth has the authority or face to let Lord Saburo personally issue this notice.

Saburo Arasaka has the highest authority over Arasaka towers all over the world, even if he is in the Arasaka manor in Kyoto, he can still give orders through channels.

But therein lies the problem.

According to her understanding, Master Saburo definitely doesn't like Night City, and even has some disgust. There have been things that made him angry.

Now that this notice is issued, there must be some kind of clue.

The content of the notice involves Ye's Company and the matrix space under the company square.

This kind of web server may be useful to other companies, but it is useless to Arasaka.

Since the lessons learned from the nuclear bombing of Arasaka Towers, each Arasaka Tower has set up independent offline database backups, and will secretly transport the backups to Kyoto.

Even if the network crashes again, and Arasaka Tower in Night City is nuclear-exploded again, it will not be able to shake the basic data of Arasaka Company.

The matrix space cooperation project is not worth mentioning in the eyes of Michiko, and there must be a deeper inside story hidden in it.

She is not ignorant of Ye's company's activities, and the experiments behind it can only be kept a secret from laymen.

Ye's Company, Matrix Space, Subnet Poseidon, Voodoo Gang
These clues inexplicably point to a key piece of information—the wandering AI.

As if she had concluded something, Michiko Arasaka's pupils shrank suddenly, showing surprise.

Could it be Tang Yu?
At that time, at the birthday banquet of Lord Saburo, Tang Yu was received alone, and afterward took the exclusive floating car back to Arasaka Tower.

It has become a generally accepted fact that he is on a secret mission for Lord Saburo.

Moreover, Kate's case was fired first, and then a formal notice was issued, which is a bit like killing first and playing later.

Reminiscent of all the signs, Michiko came to a realization.

I'm afraid Tang Yu is not only doing errands for Lord Saburo, but also obtained part of the authority of Lord Saburo.

And the only one who can open and use these permissions is the office at the top of this Arasaka, except for Saburo-sama who is far away in the headquarters in Kyoto.

Xiao Michiko couldn't help but looked up at the ceiling above her head. The office she was in was already the closest to the top, and above her head was Lord Saburo's exclusive office, which had been vacant since Arasaka Tower was rebuilt.

After a while.

Xiao Michiko withdrew her gaze and began to carefully study the contents of the notice and the introduction of the project, and soon figured out the whole story.

"In the final analysis, it is Ye's company that is determined to make Night City truly 'independent'."

As for Ye's company's attitude and philosophy, Michiko couldn't be more clear.

Holding the slogan of inheriting Richard Knight's philosophy, and shouting the slogan of revitalizing the prosperity of Night City, they tried to expel the major companies, control the Night City Council, and completely monopolize Night City under the banner of Night City Corporation.

For this reason, Ye's company did not hesitate to spend huge material and financial resources, tampering with all aspects of infrastructure, trying to plant its own hidden stake.

For these small actions, major companies know what they are doing.

Even Arasaka just turned a blind eye, wanting to eat the cake of Night City alone, the strength of Ye's Company is far from enough.

Not to mention Arasaka and Military Technology, these two giants can turn the tables at any time.

The existence and development of Night City is the result of a comprehensive game between various forces, and it is not something that Ye's Company can monopolize if it wants to.

If she were to deal with the matter of the matrix space, not only would she not agree, but she would use Ye's company to threaten the network security of the company square building and blackmail them severely.

With so much oil and water from the municipal government, it is right to spit out a little bit.

But now that Lord Saburo has agreed to cooperate with the order, I am afraid there are other plans behind it.

Why did you choose Tang Yu to do secret missions? No one here is more loyal to Arasaka and Lord Saburo than her.

And what was the content of the secret mission, why did the investigation involve the Voodoo Gang, Ye's Company, and so on.

Xiao Michiko thought over and over again, but it was difficult to draw the deep meaning.

If Tang Yu is playing this game, Michiko is a little worried, he may not be able to control the situation.

Once the matrix space is connected, the other party may take the opportunity to carry private goods and secretly input them into the Arasaka network.

I'm afraid it will take some work to clean it up by then.

Xiao Michiko didn't want to see Tang Yu messing up this matter, so she called up the contact interface.

If it really gets involved in this matter, the municipal government and other companies will have to be dragged into the water.

Xiao Michiko immediately exchanged information with the heads of several other companies in power, suggesting that Arasaka was ready to end.

When she got a reply, she contacted the people from the municipal government, including Lucius Lane, to make relevant preparations for the municipal government. If Ye's company dares to make a move, there must be no good fruit.

After arranging these things, Xiao Michiko asked the exclusive secretary to go to the Counter Intelligence Department to invite Tang Yu to come up for tea.

After the secretary took the order to go downstairs, Michiko picked up the unfinished cigar and opened the reception area.

With a smile on the corner of her mouth, she took out a vintage wine, uncorked the bottle with her own hands, just filled the glass, and when she was about to pour the second glass, the secretary came back to call.

Xiao Michiko was a little surprised, coming back so soon, Tang Yu should be out of the office, and he has his own office access control identity verification.

Is it still upstairs?

Xiao Michiko was a little unsure, so she asked, "Have you called?"

The secretary nodded, hesitant to speak.

"I have contacted Mr. Tang."

"How did he say?"

"Mr. Tang said he was not available"

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Westbrook Cherry Blossom Street, in a seven-story apartment building.

V opened his eyes and looked around in a daze.

She was lying on a large round bed. The light red sheets and the faint fragrance made her realize that this was a girl's bedroom.

The familiar yet unfamiliar environment made her seem a little at a loss.

"This"

It is familiar because most of the ordinary apartments in Night City have this layout, and the one V lives in also looks similar to the apartment in front of him.

Strangeness refers to the layout of the house, which she has never seen before, obviously not her own or an acquaintance's home.

suddenly.

Her gaze fell to the bay window of the living room, and she saw an icy blue figure sitting on it, with a long cigarette burning quietly between her fingertips, and a certificate beside her.

Silver-haired girl?

V immediately remembered who she was.

It was the silver-haired girl I had seen at the Laowei Prosthetic Body Clinic. At that time, she seemed to be waiting for herself to wake up outside the door.

The other party's cold attitude once made V feel like he was thinking too much.

But after the silver-haired girl left, Lao Wei inadvertently mentioned that the silver-haired girl stood outside the clinic all night.

V is not the kind of twitchy person, so he got out of bed, put on his shoes, got up and walked to the bay window.

Only then did I find that the ID next to the girl showed her identity and name as an Internet surveillance agent.

lucy.

Nice name.

V followed the eyes of the silver-haired girl and looked at the world outside the window.

Outer seas and inland rivers, bridge buildings, and the farthest sea rocket launch platform.

"Nice view."

V didn't have much confidence in what he said. He fainted for no reason twice in a row, and then was rescued by others.

Lucy's eyes were as calm as the surface of a lake, and she replied indifferently: "Is it better?"

V also climbed up the bay window, sat opposite Lucy, imitating her and looking out of the window.

"Well, it's much better, thank you, I didn't expect to trouble you again, I didn't even have time to thank you for the last time."

Only then did Lucy look at V who was sitting across from her. The afternoon afterglow fell into the room and shone through the glass on her pretty face, adding a bit of soft light.

“It's really nice”

"Well, what? I can't hear clearly." V ​​heard Lucy speak, but the voice was a little low, and he couldn't hear it clearly.

Lucy was also frank, and said bluntly: "I said you are very good-looking."

"Ah? Haha. Ha." Hearing this, V scratched his head in embarrassment, only to realize that his unkempt hair had been replaced by black long straight hair, so he could only stroke his hair in embarrassment, his cheeks were a little red .

"You're the first to say that."

After the words were spoken, V felt that something was wrong again. It seemed that Tang Yu had said this too, but she didn't take it seriously at the time.

Lucy withdrew her gaze, and said calmly: "Subnet Sea God awakened the prototype of artificial intelligence in your mind, do you feel anything unusual?"

"Ah? This..." V was taken aback again. She didn't expect to receive two heavy news one after another just after waking up. The first one embarrassed her, and the latter shocked her.

She didn't quite understand why the subnet Seagod had such a change, but thinking of the abnormalities in the past few days, she had some speculations in her mind.

"So recently I've been seeing some strange figures flashing by. Could it be related to the Subnet Sea God?"

Lucy took a puff of cigarette, exhaled the smoke, and replied: "This possibility cannot be ruled out."

A circle of smoke dispersed.

Seeing V nodded, she didn't seem too worried or surprised by the result.

"There's no certainty what the consequences will be, we've tried to clean it up and failed."

"At least it's not a tumor growing in the head, haha." V's laughter was somewhat relieved.

Lucy originally wanted to say that that thing is not much worse than a tumor, once it occupies her brain's memory, unpredictable things will happen sooner or later, and even doves will occupy the magpie's nest.

It can be seen that V's good-looking appearance and the ease with which he faces life, these words are hard to say again.

"Wait, Tang Yu will find a way."

V froze for a moment, then asked back: "Does this matter have anything to do with the suits?"

Lucy: "."

Dare to feel that she has been kept in the dark, and doesn't know that Tang Yu has done so many things for her.

Lucy nodded slightly, and briefly recounted the process of saving her.

V fell silent after listening, looking thoughtful, as if he was digesting the information.

She was not sure for a while whether Tang Yu was supervising her, worried that she would not pay her debts, or was really protecting her, and always rescued her in critical situations.

Most likely it's both.
After going through that party, her perception of Tang Yu changed a lot, and she even began to think that he might really be a good person.

But how can a company dog ​​have a good person, V probably doesn't quite believe it.

"Damn, why do you mess up the commission every time, and I'm afraid the debt will be paid more and more."

Lucy heard V muttering to herself, and she seemed a little annoyed at seeing her, so she asked.

"Are there any surprises?"

V was about to be invaded by an unknown signal, and he sent a warning to Lucy.

This verified Lucy and Tang Yu's speculation that V's fainting was caused by someone behind it.

The situation is still unclear now, so there is no need to tell V more clues, lest she continue to pursue the matter and cause more trouble instead.

Lucy changed the subject and asked, "How long have you been a mercenary?"

"It's not long since I returned to Night City. It's ridiculous to say that the small commissions have been completed, but the big commissions have been smashed. My luck is really not very good." V replied very simply.

Lucy seriously suggested: "Come with me during this time, it just so happens that it's inconvenient for me to go out to work alone, and the remuneration is paid according to the rules, and you will not be missed."

What she said was also true. The network surveillance agents basically went out to work alone. Many tasks had to be carried out in the safe house, and at the same time, they used various gang forces to assist in completing their goals.

At that time, Mosley used the power of Arasaka and Animal Gang to suppress the Voodoo Gang.

But Lucy didn't want to deal with those companies and gangs, but V made her feel more at ease.

Seeing V's hesitation, Lucy added again: "Although the Seagod's data in your mind doesn't have much impact for the time being, you need to monitor its movements at any time. There are some means of network monitoring to control its growth rate."

V showed gratitude, and said in a deep voice: "There is nothing wrong with me, but the entrustment at hand has not been handed over to the middleman. After she confirms that there is no problem, I can stay with you for a while. As for the reward, I don't need it." After all, you have helped me so much."

Lucy nodded slightly, indicating that she could call and communicate first.

V put one hand on the window sill, turned over and jumped off, and then the aperture of the prosthetic eye turned and dialed Gloria's contact information.

She described the cause and effect of the incident in detail, and at the same time informed Gloria of the investigation.

V originally wanted Gloria to deduct the remuneration according to the actual situation, but unexpectedly, the money was sent in full.

She couldn't help sighing again: "The proprietress is really beautiful and generous."

Although the money that had just arrived in the account was transferred away immediately, the amount was still zero.

With previous experience, V has already made mental preparations this time and became much calmer.

Not just penniless, what a big deal.

After thinking about it, she closed her eyes and was about to turn back to the bay window, when she accidentally found two bottles of stupid monkeys on the refrigerator not far away.

She was a little surprised and asked: "You also like to drink stupid monkey?"

Lucy looked at the two cans of stupid monkeys in the same way, with an imperceptible strangeness flashing in her eyes, she said quietly.

"It seems you are too."

　Rebecca: "Instant noodle sauce, why are you so hard to get an appointment every time? Your job is so boring! Don't type any more for now, I will cover you!"

　　Instant Noodles: "But I still have a lot of debt to pay off."

　　Rebecca: "Forget it, I will keep my money and go to the casino with the company~"

　　Instant noodles: "."

　　V: "Your debt is easier than mine."

　　Rebecca: "Warmly congratulate the big boss 'little book friend who reads books and doesn't talk' becoming the tenth leader! (Applause). Try to make Instant Noodle Sauce return the update this week!"

　　PS: When I woke up, I didn't expect the ten alliances. What kind of surprise is it? ? ?
　　I especially want to open a single chapter and say a few words, thank you Yanzu for your support.

　　But let's save the words for the summary in January, and save more time for code words.

　　There is a high probability that it will be updated normally during the Spring Festival.

　　Explosion is a bit more difficult, I have to go home to spend time with my parents.

　　The leader Jia Geng strives for another wave this week, with [-] daily changes (the expression of instant noodles shines with determination).

　　I hope that everyone in the family will be healthy and happy in the New Year and celebrate the Year of the Rabbit happily!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)