Game world survival starts from Resident Evil 2

When V woke up, he saw an unfamiliar ceiling in front of him.

Well, she knew right away where she was - the trauma team's hospital.

After all, she was a platinum member of the trauma team, so of course she would be sent to the highest standards and fastest treatment by them.

V's injuries were not serious at first. Apart from being shaken twice by the explosion and being punched in the eye socket, there was nothing serious. Originally, she only needed to be treated briefly on the spot, but the trauma team, in line with the principle of providing meticulous service to platinum members, transported her over.

At this moment, after discovering that she had woken up, the doctor came over to see the situation and told her that she could leave.

V covered his eyes and walked out of the hospital. He happened to see the crowd in the open space at the entrance of the hospital evacuate in a panic. A dark black floating car with smooth shape and brilliance projected a parking mark and slowly landed.

The Renfield Holy Sword can basically be said to be the most top-notch and most luxurious floating car on the market today, and it is a symbol of wealth and status.

The side door of the Sword opened and Jenkins was sitting inside. He looked at V with a serious expression: "Come up, V."

V got on the car without saying much. The floating car carried the two of them and flew towards Jintingmu Square.

"Is your injury okay?" Jenkins asked on the road.

V shook his head: "It's just a minor injury. Those thieves don't seem to want to kill anyone."

Jenkins snorted coldly: "That's natural! If you kill our people, it won't be easy."

V has received the briefing, which states that no important employees of Arasaka Company were injured or killed, and even the lower-level combatants suffered very few losses, and most of them were killed in the explosion.

Obviously, "our people" in Jenkins's words did not include these "consumables". He only cared about agents like V.

"What is their purpose? What loss do we have?" V asked.

"So far, there is no obvious damage." Jenkins said, "The main damage is to the lower floor of the building. The thieves installed small bombs in the server room, reducing the computer room to ashes. The security company suffered heavy losses."

"But this is also their own problem. If they can't even watch the gate, what's the use?" Jenkins said with disdain.

V felt something was wrong: "But when I saw the two thieves, they were in the apartment on the 35th floor. If they had no plot and no backup, how could they be there?"

"The 35th floor?" Jenkins frowned after hearing this. "It seems that it may be sent by other companies to spy on intelligence. Is it military technology again? Or..."

When it came to his professional field, Jenkins also put away his disdain and dissatisfaction, and said seriously: "In that case, then this matter will be left to you, V. I will give you full authority, you go and find out what they did in the apartment. What did you do?”

"I understand." V just nodded.

She continued to look through the briefing, only to find that in the records, the two Arasaka mecha pilots also died from "explosion after impact."

Recalling the scene where the man cut off the mecha with one strike, she felt as if she was in a dream.

But then, V recalled the thing about that guy pressing him down, and couldn't help but gritted his teeth: "No matter who you are, I will definitely make you look good!"

The slight strangeness in her expression caught the eye of Jenkins, who asked: "What's wrong, V? Is there anything missing?"

V came back to his senses and shook his head calmly: "No, it's nothing. I just thought that my rare vacation was gone again, and I felt that I had to make these thieves pay the price."

"Huh, let's solve it as soon as possible." Jenkins smiled coldly.

…

Badlands, Stoneridge Mountains.

At the busiest intersection in this ghost town, two cars were parked here.

Naturally, one is a Columbus Cargo-turned-hacker vehicle, and the other is a Mann Squad armed off-road vehicle. At this time, Mann and others were standing by the car, waiting to see who the first guest was.

The beep of an engine came from the road in the distance, and a dark red Alvarado drove slowly.

Seeing this, Mann and others became serious, because that was the car of the middleman, Mr. Faraday.

Only Sasha looked worried and was busy searching for news on various channels. After confirming that the visitor was not Li You, he didn't even look over there.

But a hand patted her shoulder, and Sasha turned around and saw that it was Lucy.

"Don't worry too much, that guy will be fine."

Sasha was stunned and asked: "...How do you know?"

Lucy replied: "Because if the others are gone, it will be a loss for me to take on this task."

Sasha: "..."

On the other side, the dark red Alvarado had stopped in front of everyone. The back seat door of the car opened, and Faraday, still wearing a red suit, stepped out, glanced at everyone present, and asked:

"What about the newcomer who doesn't have a prosthetic body?"

No one answered.

"Really, it seems that you may not be able to come." Faraday said to himself, "Sure enough, I still give you too much autonomy."

He suddenly looked at Mann: "I told you, the operation must be completely confidential! But what about you?"

Mann refused to give in this time: "We have indeed kept the secret! Including uploading the software and cleaning up the traces, there is no problem! They can't find any trace of our manipulation!"

"Why is there such a big commotion?" Faraday would not give up. "Besides, such a big thing has happened. Jenkins is likely to be suspicious. If he checks the computer and finds the problem, then everything will be in vain!"

Mann wanted to argue, but Faraday suddenly raised his hand to stop him, and then answered the phone in front of everyone.

"Yes, it's me. Is this the report of this mission? Wait a minute, I'm... um!?"

Faraday suddenly paused and asked unexpectedly: "You mean, the installed software works normally? Will the reward be paid as promised?"

"...Okay, I understand, happy cooperation."

After hanging up the call, Faraday glanced at Mann and others, snorted coldly, and said: "You are lucky! That Jenkins seems to be a fool. He didn't check the computer. The software program works correctly, so the customer approved it and the reward will be paid immediately."

Everyone listened, looked at each other, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"But."

Faraday spoke again, interrupting the joyful atmosphere of everyone.

"The process of completing this mission is really unsatisfactory. I will deduct 20% of the original one million reward and can only give you 800,000."

Everyone was silent for a moment, and then exploded.

"What are you talking about, this bastard--!?"

"Are you playing us like monkeys?"

Rebecca even pulled out a gun directly: "If you don't transfer the money, you can't leave Stone Ridge Mountain today!"

But Faraday just snorted coldly: "You want to attack me?"

Everyone still didn't put away their weapons, but after a moment of confrontation, Mann stood up and blocked everyone.

"...Put away all the guns."

"But, Mann...!"

Rebecca wanted to argue, but Mann just turned his head and glanced at her: "I said, put away the guns."

Although Rebecca was reluctant, she still put down the gun.

"Heh." Faraday sneered, "You're smart, Mann. We've been working together for so long, I know you won't act on impulse."

Mann suppressed his anger and looked at Faraday: "Then, Mr. Faraday, please transfer the remaining 800,000 to us as soon as possible."

Unexpectedly, Faraday waved his hand again: "No hurry. Isn't there a team of newcomers on the mission with you? How will you distribute his share?"

Mann replied: "I will naturally negotiate with him..."

"No." Faraday had a mocking smile on his face, "After all, he accepted the commission from me, so I will keep this money for him first, and I will transfer it to him when he comes to me in person."

"He is the main force of this mission. After deducting his reward, I will transfer the rest to you."

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't help it: "Fuck! This bastard is just looking for an excuse to owe us money!"

This time, even Mann touched the gun on his waist, his big hand clenched and loosened, and the conflict was about to break out.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Faraday finally felt that he had suppressed the enemy enough, so he said calmly:

"Forget it, I will take a step back and give you part of his reward, and wait for him to pay the rest..."

"Squeak-ah-!"

Accompanied by a sharp brake sound, a devastated Colby Lone Peak drove at high speed, and a tailspin stopped behind the tail of Faraday's Alvarado, almost hitting the luxury car.

The gray Colby Lone Peak was full of bullet holes, the front and side windshields had completely disappeared, and even the front hood was flipped up.

"Bang--!"

A heavy door slammed, and a figure walked down from the car.

Everyone, including Faraday, looked over, and Sasha was overjoyed: "Li You...!"

Li You nodded to everyone and said, "Sorry, I killed two ninja teams from Arasaka on the way, so I'm late. I shouldn't have missed anything important, right?"

He looked at Faraday and grinned, "I just heard someone talking about... my reward?"

At this moment, Li You's hunter suit was all damaged and bloody, and he was full of murderous intent.

There was an obvious gunshot wound on his left shoulder, and you could still see the torn flesh and blood. In his right hand, he held a blue-silver samurai sword, and dark blood kept dripping along the blade.

In addition, Li You's face was stained with a large amount of blood. With his expression and posture at the moment, even Faraday, who had seen countless people, had an illusion that he saw a demon from hell.

Not only Li You, but also Yuzu and Edge, who followed behind, stared at him together, exuding an inhuman and dangerous aura.

Seeing the three people like this, even Faraday swallowed his saliva subconsciously and took a step back unconsciously.

After that, he reacted and said, "That's right! I was thinking that since you haven't come back yet, I will save your share of the reward for you first, so as to avoid conflicts over uneven distribution between you, which would be inappropriate."

Li You looked at him with a smile: "I see, it's really hard for Mr. Faraday. But it's okay, I believe in Brother Mann, so please transfer all the rewards to him."

"... Humph, since you have no objection, let's do it." Faraday straightened his clothes to cover up his gaffe.

"The reward will be credited to the account at 2 o'clock this afternoon, just confirm the account at that time!"

Faraday said as he got into his luxury car and urged the driver to leave.

Before leaving, he left a final sentence: "Your performance is very good, Li You. I will give priority to you for cooperation in future big orders! In addition, if I were you, don't go back to Night City for the time being!"

With that, Alvarado left in a cloud of dust.

Seeing him leave, Li You put away his somewhat scary smile and shook his head: "Such a self-righteous idiot can actually get the position of a top middleman."

He shook the knife, put it back into the sheath, and turned to Mann and others. And everyone has already surrounded him, and Sasha doesn't care about getting dirty, and directly rushed over to hug him.     "Li You——!!"

…

This "big job" is basically over.

Of course, the specific ending is quite troublesome.

After Edge treated Li You's injuries, everyone gathered around, and many of them wanted to talk to Li You alone.

Mann was one, Sasha was one, and Lucy was also one. They even drew lots in advance and arranged the order.

Li You: "...Okay."

Is he the top star of Yihongyuan?

The first one to come was Mann.

He didn't say much, just talked to Li You about Faraday's character, reminded Li You to be careful, and told him not to care about that guy's provocation.

Then he talked about the distribution of rewards. This was agreed upon long ago. Li You would take 35%, Sasha and the other three hackers would take 35%, and the rest would go to the rest of Mann's team.

But now, Mann is in charge again, giving Li You an extra 50% from his share, and said that this money is for making friends with him.

Li You knew that at least he himself was not short of money on Mann's team, so he didn't refuse, and replied that he was looking forward to future cooperation.

After all, there was David's matter to deal with later, and he had to keep in touch with Mann's team.

As for the extra reward? It was a waste.

Mann finally patted Li You on the shoulder and walked away.

Then it was Lucy.

She was not polite and pulled Li You behind the abandoned bar under the gaze of everyone, and asked:

"Where is the chip with the downloaded data?"

Li You took out the chip from his bag, pretended to hand it over, but took it back.

Lucy: "...What do you want to do?"

Li You: "Nothing, just asking, your chip not only downloaded the data on Jenkins' computer, but also took further protective measures, right?"

"Oh? Why do you think so?"

"Faraday was right. With such a big incident, no matter how stupid Jenkins was, he would definitely check the equipment in his apartment, but he didn't find any malware."

Li You looked at her and analyzed with reason, "You have all seen the chip with the virus program before. Although the program itself is sophisticated, it cannot withstand a full-disk scan. And Jenkins is actually a very cautious person, so the reason why he didn't find it, I can only think of what you did."

"Huh, you guessed it very accurately, including before. You really have an amazing intuition." Lucy lit a cigarette, ignored Li You's slightly frowning expression, and exhaled a cloud of smoke.

"Yes, I did it. But don't get me wrong, I'm not the kind of good guy who helps behind the scenes without asking for anything in return. I just want to cover up the traces of my downloading data."

"In that case, then I have no problem." Li You handed over the chip.

Lucy took it and inserted it into the slot behind her neck to check it on the spot. After confirming that it was correct, she said: "You are still the same as before. Aren't you curious about why I want these data, and why you know so much about Arasaka's ICE?"

Li You still shook his head: "Since you and I are not enemies, I have no interest in exploring the past that you don't want to mention."

"Hehe, this kind of talk again." Lucy glanced at him, "Sometimes I really feel that you act like a big shot, and you are careless about everything."

Li You smiled: "Not a big shot, just seeing more."

"Uh-huh, okay." Lucy said no more, waved her hand, and returned to the crowd, "I will pay you."

The last one to come was Sasha.

She was a little blushing because she was excited just now and hugged Li You.

But when Li You saw her coming, he held her head and pulled her in front of him and scolded her.

"…Didn't I tell you to disconnect immediately if there is an alarm? I can do it myself! As a hacker, you should know the risks better than me, but you actually..."

Li You kept talking for several minutes. Sasha hung her head at first, like a child who had made a mistake. But then, she didn't know what she thought of, and a smile suddenly appeared on her face, and then her eyes became moist.

Her series of expression changes confused Li You, and he stretched out his hand in front of her and shook it: "Sasha? What's wrong, is the nervous system injured again?"

"Puff——" Sasha was amused by him, and said with a smile while wiping her tears, "No! I just suddenly thought that after my mother passed away, no one scolded me for caring like this."

Now it was Li You's turn to be silent. After a long while, he asked, "Where's your sister?"

Sasha shook her head, "My sister has spoiled me since I was a child, and she has been even more so since my mother left. She doesn't want me to encounter any danger. That's why I left home and came out on my own."

She had already said this, and Li You couldn't reprimand her anymore, so he could only touch her head: "Okay, that's it for today."

"But remember, if this happens again in the future, don't do anything dangerous just to help me. My ability to protect myself is much stronger than you think."

Sasha was a little curious after hearing this: "How strong is it specifically?"

Li You thought of the protector's shelter in his backpack and told the truth: "It's so strong that even if you throw me into the Arasaka Tower in 2023, I can still survive."

Sasha was happy at that time: "You can really brag!"

Li You spreads his hands: To be honest, no one believes in daily life.

In short, so far, Li You has completed the finishing work.

Everyone took their own cars back to the city. As for Li You, just in case, he accepted Sasha and others' suggestion to wait here for a day to see the situation, and decided not to go back tonight.

And his Colby Lone Peak is almost dying. In order to get rid of the pursuers, Li You had previously driven directly from the bad wasteland. The injuries sustained from fighting with the pursuers in Arasaka made this sturdy old horse unable to withstand it. It was almost scrapped and had to be returned to the factory for repairs.

Mann did him a small favor, asked for the SID card, and directly helped him tow the car to the garage in Dakota.

After everyone left, Li You looked at the time and found that it was already four in the morning.

"Phew - at least this mission is over."

Li You took Yuzi and Aiji and pushed open the previously locked bar door. Here, the night demons who had been preparing for their attack all greeted them.

Shiji Mountain was the meeting place chosen by Li You, and the purpose was very simple. If the worst happened, his Night Demon team could provide support as quickly as possible.

But everything went smoothly in the end. Although Li You was an important factor in this, Lucy also took the lion's share of the credit.

"Although he looks quite cold, he is actually quite cold, but," Li You thought, "he is still very reliable when it comes to business matters."

"Well, then maybe it's time to consider meeting our little friend David."

Li You has long been aware of the fact that part of the timeline of this world is still slightly different from the settings of animations and games. If the animation and the game are completely accurate, then it would be impossible for him to meet Sasha when he traveled back in January 1976.

But this is only a minor problem, as long as the timing of major events does not change.

"Take it step by step. Once it's safe, return to the city and ask Mann for information." Li You weighed the pros and cons, "Now, Mann should be willing to tell me about Gloria."

"Ah, I almost forgot, there is one more thing to do before that."

Li You clapped his hands and had a plan.

…

The next night.

After a day of observation by Mann, Sasha and others in Night City, they have confirmed that Arasaka did not send manpower to search for Li You on a large scale.

In fact, because Li You's battle with the Arasaka pursuers basically took place within the Bad Land, he didn't even have a bounty from the NCPD. He was still a good citizen with a clean resume and would be able to pass the public examination.

However, Mann and others also discovered that there were indeed some unidentified guys who looked like company dogs at various mercenary gathering places, looking for people who fit Li You's characteristics.

Sasha told Li You about this and asked him to be careful.

Other than that, there was nothing else, so Li You drove back to the city in a swaggering manner the next day.

The reward for this mission has arrived, and together with Mann's extra share and Lucy's transfer, he has earned a full income of 330,000 euros, which suddenly makes him one of the rich.

However, even though he became rich overnight, the car Li You drove was still driven back to the city. He took a Tianluo T400 back to the city.

There was no way, his Colby Lone Peak was too badly damaged and had to be returned to the factory for overhaul, and he wouldn't be able to lift it for a while. This snail was kindly lent to him by Dakota, and it was very difficult to drive.

In short, Li You reluctantly moved back to the hotel with this car, and after resting for an afternoon, he went out again at night.

This time, he drove back to the vicinity of Jintingmu Square.

Of course, he didn't come back to see his "masterpiece". This trip had another purpose.

Li You parked the car under another luxury apartment building near the square, got out of the car and looked at the top floor of the apartment.

That's where Faraday lived.

Li You looked up at the light in the penthouse, with a bright smile on his lips.

Faraday, I'm here to fulfill my promise!

If I say I’ll kill your whole family, I’ll definitely kill your whole family!

Li You took Ai Ji and used the experience gained from this mission to climb directly from the outer wall of the building to the top.

It was also late at night, and the apartment was not well guarded. It seemed that Faraday did not think anyone would come to trouble him.

Li You originally thought this was a great opportunity, especially when he saw Faraday sitting at the bar on the balcony, he wanted to jump down and take action.

But before he made a move, he saw another person, which made him stop all his actions.

In the apartment below, sitting next to Faraday, was a face that was very familiar to Li You.

…

"...So, Ms. V, I wonder why you made the special visit?"

Faraday looked at the woman in front of him, who was young but had a majestic face. She was calm on the surface, but in fact, she was already in a turmoil inside.

Especially when this woman who called herself "V" revealed her identity as a senior agent of the Arasaka Counterintelligence Department and asked her men to knock on his door.

V looked at Faraday's calm face, sneered, and said: "Do I need to tell you the purpose of my coming here, Mr. Middleman?"

"Have you forgotten...what happened in the Jintingmu Building yesterday?"

"Kacha--" With a crisp sound, the exquisite wine glass in Faraday's hand fell to the ground and shattered.