Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 238 Deal with the Devil
"We meet again."

Arasaka Saburo's blue figure stood in the laboratory, looking down arrogantly, sighing in a hoarse voice.

Arasaka Hanako, who stood respectfully aside, quietly raised his eyes to look at Tang Yu's changes in expression, wondering how he would react to Lord Saburo's uploading of the soul imprint.

To her secret surprise, Tang Yu's eyes were calm and unwavering, as if he had expected all this, even more indifferent than the last time I saw Lord Sanlang in Kyoto.

Huazi was not quite sure whether Tang Yu was pretending to be calm. The majesty and sense of oppression of his father had already penetrated deeply into Arasaka Company and even the whole world. Even the lord of a country had to bow down and address him as Lord Saburo when he saw him.

She has never seen anyone who can maintain such indifference and composure when meeting her father Saburo.

Tang Yu is still a member of the Arasaka company, and he can still face Saburo Arasaka with such confidence and courage, which shows that his cards are extraordinary.

Perhaps the mysterious ability is far more than his only trump card, or even the strongest.

Her intuition told her that her elder brother Arasaka Laixuan was not at the same level as Tang Yu at all, including the Tielianhua Brotherhood, which had been fighting against the company, and even the top executives of military technology, might not be as important as Tang Yu in his father's heart.

Today's conversation will have an extremely important impact on the world situation. In the face of a supernatural entity that is so powerful that it is almost out of control, cooperation may be the best choice for both parties.

Hua Zi suppressed the calculations in his heart, turned around and stood on the other side wisely, leaving room for the two main characters to talk.

Tang Yu smiled frankly: "It's just that I didn't expect to meet in this way. After all, your old shell has not resisted [-]."

Arasaka Saburo held his hands behind his back, and his every move was no different from being alive. The attitude and arrogance of the superior were fully displayed, but when he heard Tang Yu's 'joke', his tone softened a little.

"If you're lucky, you might still be able to survive, but it's not convenient to go out."

He continued to say in a deep voice: "In the case of the company square, your performance surprised the whole world. Although you betrayed the Arasaka company, I still leave you a way out."

Tang Yu knew that the massacre of Arasaka's staff had openly disobeyed the company's orders, so he would definitely be fired on the spot and cleaned up.

It's just that all of Arasaka's armed forces at that time couldn't deal with him, otherwise the scene of meeting now is that he is soaked in the experimental liquid tank, and Saburo Arasaka is standing outside.

Tang Yu doesn't think that the strength of personnel in Arasaka Tower, a night city, is the full strength of Arasaka Company, and Arasaka has not used destructive weapons that can wipe everything out.

Deserts, deep seas, near space, outer space, and even the moon have built secret bases in Arasaka, storing strategic weapons reserves.

Expansion of the war is not his goal, that's why the company square has left room, otherwise it would be more than enough to overthrow the entire Night City.

Tang Yu replied in a deep voice: "The word betrayal may not be appropriate. I never thought that I was loyal to Arasaka or anyone. The company position is not equal to belief. I just use money to do things, and so do others."

"The fortune of eating the king, the matter of loyalty to the king. This is something that anyone who enters the Arasaka company must understand, without any exception." Saburo Arasaka's voice was hoarse and powerful, and he emphasized again: "You are indeed capable, courageous, and measured. , but being arrogant is not the way to protect oneself, there are many geniuses in the world, but like birds, they need to find a suitable feather forest as a shelter."

Hanako Arasaka stood aside and listened to the conversation between the two, and couldn't help shrinking her pupils. This was the first time in her life that she saw her father patiently persuading outsiders, even in the face of her own son, Saburo-sama Never showed such a gesture.

At that time, his elder brother Lai Xuan had a secret conversation with Arasaka Saburo in the study, and the two had different opinions. Lai Xuan did not agree with his father's idea at all, and fled the manor.

Saburo Arasaka was extremely indifferent to this, he had no intention of persuading Lai Xuan at all, even his eyes were cold.

Huazi now listens to what his father said, as long as Tang Yu is willing to return to Arasaka Company, he can no longer pursue right and wrong in the past, and there is even the possibility of further reuse.

Tolerance is a good quality, but Huazi knows that it never exists in Saburo Arasaka, and all those who disobey him should not live in this world.

Her eyes became more and more serious, and she looked at Tang Yu steadily. He still didn't feel the slightest excitement or joy, and he still looked indifferent, just listening to what he said to Saburo Arasaka.

"If you observe carefully, you should know that the few things I did in Arasaka are not bad. To be honest, I never thought of leaving Arasaka so early. It's just that some people and some things pushed you to that point. Make no choice."

Tang Yu has never regarded Saburo Arasaka as his superior, not to mention that he has nothing to do with Arasaka now, so naturally he will not act according to Saburo's face. This time he is mainly here to talk about the nuclear bomb.

Arasaka Saburo didn't say much else, and said bluntly: "Since you mentioned running a business, let's talk about the company square. Lai Xuan has three relic biochips in his hand, one is in the R&D department of Arasaka Tower, and the other is in yours. In his hand, another one fell into the hands of the wandering AI."

"As I have always emphasized, Westerners will never learn a lesson. Lai Xuan insists on cooperating with them and handing over Arasaka's precious crystallization to others. Before the water can't be recovered, the root cause of the disaster must be solved."

It seems that Saburo Arasaka already knew that a relic biochip had fallen into the hands of Otto. Although the activation function of the last step has not been completed, the AI ​​has discovered more about the technology of the chip, and the risk is constantly expanding.

Arasaka Saburo, who has uploaded the soul mark, still maintains a high level of vigilance against AI until he completely completes the resurrection of the corpse.

There is a shrine built in Arasaka Tower in the city of night, which is the most coveted treasure by the AIs. Once it is breached and invaded, it is tantamount to delivering a nuclear bomb to the enemy.

Tang Yu said frankly: "Even if you destroy Night City, you can't destroy the AI ​​that existed on the old Internet. They can still infiltrate the human material world through other channels. This extreme approach is tantamount to deceiving one's ears and stealing one's voice."

Saburo Arasaka was silent for a while, then murmured: "I need a suggestion to keep this city, not a meaningless reason."

Tang Yu simply made it clear: "We will do a deal on this matter once, and leave the matter of wandering AI to me. Now that all major companies in Night City have connected to the matrix space, and the service will start running soon, the wandering AI will inevitably collapse the black wall. Waiting for an opportunity to invade."

AI enters the office systems of major companies, and even sneaks into human brain prosthetics. It can obtain more information resources that cannot be obtained on the old Internet, and learn more methods that can be used to continuously enhance its own strength.

Coupled with the relic biochip they already have, sooner or later they will be able to discover a way to truly cover human consciousness.

Arasaka Saburo asked in a deep voice: "Could it be that your condition is only to get control of the nuclear bomb?"

He doesn't believe that Tang Yu will be threatened by nuclear bombs, but is willing to become a city wall against the invasion of roving AI.

The crisis that Night City is facing is far more than this one. Corporate games, grassroots struggles, threats of war, federal control, etc., if any of these things are not handled properly, this city that is as chaotic as a powder keg will be detonated.

Tang Yu said directly: "I need the latest version of the soul killer program, upload the soul imprint while preserving the existing life consciousness."

He remembered that when he helped the Arasaka Yoshinobu uprising, he was so hostile to the wandering AI that he didn't even think of developing the latest version of the Soul Killer program.

Thinking about it now, this technology has really reached the pinnacle of the world, it can be said to be equivalent to an electronic clone.

Tang Yu is also very clear that this soul imprint is more of a data copy of consciousness, and it cannot really be equivalent to the consciousness of the original body.

Moreover, Ott's experience told him that the data personality has been wandering outside for a long time, and it is completely different from the previous personality.

Just like the Arasaka Saburo in front of him, both his demeanor and way of thinking are very close to the original body.

If it cannot be covered into the human body, after a while, it will become more and more weird because of the lack of emotional logic.

But Tang Yu now needs this technology to resist AI invasion and achieve a deeper control and protection of Night City.

In order to reassure Arasaka Saburo, he continued to add: "I can control the soul imprint only to resist AI invasion, and it is limited within the scope of Night City."

Saburo Arasaka remained expressionless, and after a moment of thought, he said, "This is a win-win deal."

In his opinion, Tang Yu, as the original person with mysterious abilities, is the purest human steadfast person, and he is perfect as the gatekeeper of the human fortress.

Even if humans all over the world are willing to upload personality consciousness and join the army of soul AI, Tang Yu will never be that person.

Saburo Arasaka decisively ordered: "Hua Zi, hand over the password and program chip of the Arasaka Tower nuclear safety room to him, and you and Lai Xuan are ready to return."

Hearing her father's order, Arasaka Hanako bowed to accept the order, and left the laboratory to get things.

Arasaka Saburo sighed: "You are unique and have superhuman wisdom. Lai Xuan's mistake is that he should not seek the power to destroy the company in the company. His incompetence makes his idealism look stupid."

"I dislike him not because of his disobedience, but because of his ignorance and cowardice." Saburo Arasaka continued: "People fear Arasaka, never because of fear, but because of greed. Perhaps one day, Night City will decay from here. I don’t want to see with my own eyes that a new force is bred in the company’s system.”

Tang Yu understood Saburo Arasaka's subtext. If he really planned to gain momentum in Night City, he had to face the difficulty of Arasaka, which would also drag Night City into the quagmire of war.

It will never be feasible to use the game between companies to destroy the company. The human heart is not a machine that can execute all orders without emotion.

In the entire Arasaka company, Lai Xuan is the only person who dares to destroy the evil old world.

In the fifth corporate war that he and Lai Xuan started together, due to problems on the company's internal front, Arasaka Hanako was able to get the help of Saburo's power, and finally failed and died.

Who to rely on, who to strengthen, and who to overthrow, these are the answers that Lai Xuan has never been able to find. The Iron Lotus Brotherhood cannot do it, the Iron Dragon cannot do it, and neither can Arasaka.

Think about this.

Tang Yu can only fight for a chance for Lai Xuan in the end. Lai Xuan doesn't need this bad world, but this bad world needs Lai Xuan.

He took the initiative to say: "In fact, the relic biochip technology has been successfully developed, and the key conditions for the last step are death, compatibility, and blood relationship."

Arasaka Saburo clenched his hands behind his back, and murmured in a very solemn tone: "Could it be that you have completed the activation."

Tang Yu looked indifferent, and said calmly: "Thanks to you, Rogge and Yinshou can still spend six romantic months together. Lovers, souls will always attract each other, what do you think? "

Done.

Arasaka Hanako came in with the chip, bowed to Saburo and said, "Father, things are ready."

Tang Yu picked up the chip and turned to leave, leaving Arasaka Hanako alone to face Saburo.

Saburo Arasaka stared at her for a long time, his hoarse voice trembling slightly.

"Go home, Hanako."

　None tonight!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)