Game world survival starts from Resident Evil 2

What surprised Li You a little was that after this, the first call he received about David and the others was from Mann.

It was the night he saved David and Gloria.

"…Hello, Li You?" Mann greeted him, "Are you still interested in the thing you mentioned to me last time?"

"…Military-grade Sian Westan, did you get it?" Li You immediately remembered what he had said to Mann a few days ago.

He told Mann at the time that if there was any news about such "good stuff", remember to let him know. This was also to avoid missing the car accident of David and Gloria.

However, later, considering that such a warning was probably not as good as listening to the cyberpsychiatric news every day or waiting for Regina's call, Li You did not pay attention to it, and now Mann called.

"Well... OK. Where are you? I'll come to find you." Li You thought about it for a while, but did not refuse. He was still thinking about getting familiar with Gloria and David.

"Ten o'clock in the evening, Hargreaves Street, Santo Domingo, the old parking lot behind the skyscraper." Mann said, "Let's go to my private supplier to get the goods. But let me make it clear first, I have already ordered the goods this time, don't try to snatch them from me, I can only show them to you."

"But if she is willing, I can also introduce her to you by the way, you may have another chance in the future, hey!"

Li You smiled, but didn't say much, just agreed: "Okay, see you then."

Putting down the phone, Li You thought for a while.

Although Gloria was not injured, she was really exhausted, and coupled with the shock in the morning, the whole person was exhausted.

Aiji also told him that it was good to just be exhausted. If it was more serious, fainting on the spot or even sudden death was possible. After the examination at the medical center, the doctor's report also clearly stated that Gloria needed to rest at present, and it was best not to go out for activities or work.

As a result, it was not even the next day, and she was in a hurry to sell goods?

"… Being a mother is not easy. She won't still want to pay me back, right?" Li You thought helplessly. Gloria should not tire herself out for this little money. That would be really cyberpunk.

In fact, the little money that the Martinez family owed to Arasaka Academy, including David's troubles at school, was really not a big deal in Li You's opinion...

He thought about it and picked up the phone again.

"Beep beep beep--"

"Hello, V? I want to ask you for another favor."

"…Again? Don't you know I'm still on vacation?"

"It's just a few words."

"Okay, go ahead."

"Actually it's very simple. It's related to the child you helped me check before..."

...

At 9:45 p.m., Li You and Mann met at the designated old parking lot.

"Hey, Li You!" Mann parked his ultra-conpicuous pink and purple Goodla 66 sports car on the side of the road, leaned against the car door, and waved to Li You.

The armed Merrimack stopped next to Mann's sports car, and Li You got out of the car and came to his side: "NCPD will know there is something wrong when you choose this place to deliver the goods. Aren't you afraid that the police will rush up and interrogate us all?"

"Hahaha! You are really funny." Mann laughed, "NCPD will not cause themselves such trouble. Even if someone calls the police, they would like to arrive at the scene a few minutes later, so that they don't have to really confront the fugitive."

Li You was just joking, nodded and said: "Your... supplier? Hasn't he arrived yet? Do you need me to step aside?"

"No!" Mann waved his hand, "She won't ask too many questions about people I trust. If the goods this time were not special, I would not have made an appointment with her to trade in this place."

"Military-grade Sian Westin, right? Then I'll wait to open my eyes." Li You smiled.

"Hehe, not only that." Mann also smiled and said mysteriously, "Guess where this piece of Si'an Westan came from?"

"... Was it taken from the cyber psychopath in the news yesterday?"

"You can't imagine it, it was from yesterday... Uh, you're right." Mann was a little dumbfounded, "How did you know?"

Li You said: "I guessed it with the little toe of my right foot."

"Go to hell!" Mann laughed and scolded.

At this moment, a figure wearing a long windbreaker appeared on the street in the distance and gradually walked towards this side.

She covered herself tightly, kept looking around, and looked quite nervous.

"Here we are." Mann recognized her at a glance, "Li You, let's get in the car first."

The figure quickly came to Mann's sports car, and after confirming that it was safe, he took off the black sun hat on his head, revealing a head of red hair underneath.

"Gloria, you're here." Mann lowered the car window and nodded to her, "Let's talk in the car."

"... Mann." Gloria opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat. Just as she was about to speak, she saw another person in the back seat and was stunned.

"Gloria, let me introduce you, this is my friend..."

"Mr. Li You...?" Gloria had already called out his name.

Mann was also stunned. He and Gloria looked at each other and said in unison: "...Do you know each other?"

Li You in the back seat smiled and greeted enthusiastically: "Hello, Ms. Gloria."

-After a while.

“…It’s like this, Gloria, you guys had a car accident today, and Li You just happened to save you.” Mann nodded, and then said, “So your son is studying at Arasaka Academy… No wonder you are always short of money.”

Gloria also sighed: “Although the burden is heavy, I am willing to do it for the sake of giving this child a better future.”

Mann just shook his head: “Parents always want to give their children the best future, but often ignore their inner hearts and add pressure to themselves.”

Gloria still insisted: “David is so talented, this is the best way for him.”

“…Okay, I am not qualified to question your policy.” Mann didn’t say much, “I can only suggest that you listen more to what he wants, and don’t wait until everything is too late to regret it. If I had… Forget it.”

He suddenly waved his hand: “Okay! Let’s not talk about this. Gloria, did you bring my goods?”

Gloria took out the Li You put the vacuum bag, which he was very familiar with, in front of Mann: "It's right here."

"Oh! It's this little treasure!" Mann's eyes lit up and he picked up the bag, "It's the latest model of the Sian Westin test model of military technology, right?"

"I've seen Black Super Dream. The former lieutenant installed it, and the power was quite amazing! Compared with this treasure, Zeta Technology's Sian Westin is simply garbage!"

"It's amazing power, but the side effects are also amazing." Li You poured cold water on Mann at this time, "James Norris became a cyberpsychopath because of this thing, are you really going to use it on yourself?"

His words extinguished Mann's excitement, and Mann showed his suspicion at the time: "Li You, I'm different from that guy."

Li You was blunt: "Yes, I'm different. I don't think you can last long without the Sian Westin."

Mann was a little annoyed: "Li You!"

But Li You didn't plan to give in this time.

According to the animation, the game, and the in-game code, the Si'an Westin that Gloria took out is basically an early experimental product of the military technology "Apogee" Si'an Westin.

In the game, the former true god of the time-stop flow was the Qianti 4-type Si'an Westin, which lasted for 12 seconds and had a cooldown of 15 seconds. With three legendary cooling plug-in heat sinks, it can basically achieve unlimited time stop.

But when it came to version 2.0, the time-stop flow was severely weakened, and the Qianti 4-type Si'an Westin was directly found to be non-existent, and the throne of the strongest time-stop prosthesis was given to the military technology "Apogee".

Si'an Westin at the apogee lasts for 8 seconds, has a cooldown of 30 seconds, and slows down time by 85%. But compared with the products before version 2.0, it has one more key function-it can be turned on and off at any time, and can be started no matter how charged it is.

Obviously, this is an adjustment based on David's Si'an Westin in the animation. Moreover, in the game version 2.0 file, the code of Apogee was directly named "Sandevistanedgerunner", which is enough to explain the problem.

This thing was still experimental in 1976, and was tested by military technology on former soldiers. In 1977, the technology was perfected and the immortal version in the game was launched, which is reasonable.

However, although David is very comfortable with this thing in the animation and feels almost nothing, it will be different if Mann installs it.

Li You doesn't think Mann can adapt to this experimental Apogee. After all, even if he doesn't install this thing, he can't last for a few months and will become a cyber psychopath.

If he really takes it back and installs it, I'm afraid Li You's cyber psychopath kill count will be forced to +1 soon.

So he said directly: "Mann! Don't think I don't know that your body has reached its limit, right? Is your left hand prosthesis unstable? When you go to do the commission, do you suddenly want to kill people?"

Mann didn't know why Li You suddenly changed his face, but he certainly didn't accept it, and his voice suddenly increased: "None! My goal is to become the next legend! I won't become a cyber psychopath because of a piece of Si'an Westin!"

Li You responded tit for tat: "Wake up, you can't use this thing! I don't want to see you on tomorrow's morning news, or kill you on the way to breakfast."

Gloria was frightened by the sudden dispute between the two. She hesitated for a moment, but still said: "This...then this Si'an Westin...?"

"Give it to me!"

"Leave it to me."

Li You and Mann spoke at the same time, and then glared at each other.

Mann pulled down his sports sunglasses, his eyes wide open: "Li You, I think you are a good partner, and I think we are barely friends! But on this issue, I will never give in!"

"Me too, so I won't let you take this thing away either." Li You said, "Since we can't reach an agreement, there is only one way to decide the ownership of Sian Westin."

"That's right!" Mann didn't waste any words and opened the car door and got out of the car.

"Come on, Li You, the dispute between cyberpunks should be resolved in a cyberpunk way!"

He raised his fist as big as a real sandbag and looked at Li You: "Come down!"

Gloria looked at Mann and then at Li You with some worry. She had understood the point of the dispute between the two. Although she didn't want to interfere in the affairs of "Cyberpunk", she hesitated for a moment and asked: "Or... I won't sell it and return the money to Mann?"

Li You just smiled: "No, I will handle it."

He told Gloria to wait in the car, then got out of the car and came to Mann.

"You can use a knife." Mann said.

Li You shook his head: "It's not fair for me to use a knife, let's use our bare hands."

"Humph, you have a temper." Mann smiled grimly, "I can't use a gun or a projectile launcher, but you have to feel the power of this gorilla's arm!"

"Then come on." Li You said calmly.

Mann paused for a moment, then took a step and rushed out suddenly, waving his thick right arm, and smashed his huge fist on Li You's head!

His movements were concise but powerful, and it seemed that the fighting instincts he had developed during his military career, combined with the highly modified arm and leg prostheses, made Mann's movements incredibly fast even without the installation of the Sian Westin.

In addition, he was extremely sturdy, and this punch looked like a huge rock pressing down on his head!

Gloria in the car could only barely see Mann's movements, and she couldn't help but sweat for Li You subconsciously.     But Li You's reaction was beyond the expectations of the two. He did not choose to dodge, but instead exhaled and made a sound, and the invisible energy in his body surged and attached to his hands.

Then, Li You also raised his arm and swung it out quickly, facing Mann's fist head-on!

"Bang--!!"

The two fists of different sizes collided, and there was a muffled sound. Neither of them wavered, and they were deadlocked in place.

But then, accompanied by a series of cracking sounds, fine cracks began to appear on Mann's right arm prosthesis!

He couldn't help but widen his eyes!

The fist was fine, after all, it was the hardest part of the gorilla's arm, but why did the arm part crack?

...It must be that the prosthesis has aged!

Mann was convincing himself in his heart, but he saw Li You in front of him take a step back slightly, and then approached again.

Li You first bent his right elbow and knocked Mann's defense posture, which had not yet formed, and then pushed out his left hand and hit Mann's raised arm. A huge force surged out, pushing him back again and again, and his feet were unstable.

Before Mann could show the surprised expression on his face, Li You had already taken the third step, with his left shoulder as the top, and hit Mann!

"Bang——!"

Xianfeng Temple Fist, Worship Fist·Demon Breaking Form!

Li You rarely used Xianfeng Temple Fist, and his moves were not proficient, but this heavy three-hit combo still knocked Mann away, and he smashed directly on the billboard beside the street, and broke the billboard cleanly-Li You did not use too much force.

Mann sat on the ground, electric current flashing in front of his eyes, and he hadn't come back to his senses for a while. Li You had already come to him and stretched out his hand to him.

"... Awesome." After a moment of silence, Mann still grabbed Li You's hand and stood up with the help of his pull.

After he stood up, he patted the dust on his body, looked at his arms again, and hissed: "Damn, Li You, what kind of monster are you? You broke my gorilla arm! Is this really the power that people without prostheses can have?"

Mann couldn't help but look at Li You again, but still couldn't find any trace of prosthesis, and couldn't help shaking his head: "It's really a ghost."

Li You said: "If you are interested, we can communicate slowly later. But now, does this Sian Westin belong to me?"

"... Tsk, okay." Mann was a little dissatisfied, but he still admitted defeat readily, "You won, take it, but you have to pay."

"No problem."

Li You transferred the money to Mann and took the packaging bag from Gloria.

Mann looked at him and looked at Si'an Westin, and suddenly said: "I don't know why you must stop me, but even if I can't get this Si'an Westin, I will not let go of this opportunity in the future."

"Really." Li You was not surprised, but asked back, "Mann, why do you want to become stronger?"

"You want to become a legend, why? Do you want to leave your past life behind? Or do you want power and status? Or is it for someone else or something else?

"Tell me, maybe I can help you."

Mann was silent for a long time this time, and finally said: "... I often have a feeling."

"It's hard to describe it in words, but I often dream of running outside the wasteland of Night City." His voice was low, but there was a sense of erratic alienation.

"It was an endless wilderness, I was alone, and kept moving forward.

"There is no road ahead, only where I run, there is a road.

"There, I always have a fear, feeling that I can't stop. Once I stop there, it seems that the road will stop extending, and something will catch up with me and devour me. "

Mann looked at Li You: "It may be a little ridiculous to say, but this unspeakable fear is the biggest reason that drives me to move forward... accidental?"

Li You shook his head: "That is your inner world. Others may not understand it, but they are not qualified to laugh at you."

"I also cannot fully understand your idea, but I know that you hope to keep moving forward on the path you choose."

Here, he paused, and then continued: "In that case, do you want to try my method?"

"...Hmm?" Mann was stunned, "You mean... a method like you that does not rely on prosthetics to become stronger? Can you learn that?"

Li You said concisely: "Yes."

"Although there are definitely some special places you can't learn, this system is fine."

Mann listened and really thought about it seriously.

If it was him a few months later, he would definitely wave his hand angrily and sneer when he heard Li You's words. But now, his condition is not that serious, and more importantly, Li You just beat him up with his bare hands, which is more convincing than any words.

Li You took the opportunity to look at Gloria on the side: "What I said today, accepting David as an apprentice, is to teach him this way of strengthening himself. If nothing else, at least I can guarantee safety."

Gloria knew that Li You was "selling" to her, and her first reaction was to refuse, but she looked at Mann who was thinking on the side, and did not speak immediately.

After thinking about it, Mann really found a blind spot: "Even if your ability can be learned, I guess ordinary people can never practice to your level, right?"

"If the strength is not as good as it is now, it doesn't make sense to me."

Li You nodded without concealing: "Indeed, ordinary people will definitely not reach my level. This requires inhuman talent and hard work. I don't know if you are suitable for this path. But at least, this method will not turn you into a cyber psychopath. And the key is-"

"Mann, I am still very accurate in judging people, and in my opinion, your body can't hold on for too long. If you don't make changes, you will reach the 'end' of the road. Do you understand what I mean?"

Mann was silent again.

"Maybe you are right. Recently... I can feel that I am being caught up."

"I don't want to stop here, but... the harder I try to transform, the slower I feel. Maybe I have really reached my limit."

Li You immediately said: "It is also possible that your method is wrong."

"Since you are close to your limit, why not change a path? Maybe there is a bright future."

Mann was finally persuaded by him and nodded: "Okay, in that case, let me try. After all, I don't want to stop here."

Li You smiled: "Okay, then it's settled."

He stretched out his fist and bumped it with Mann, which was considered an agreement.

Then, Li You looked at Gloria again: "So, what do you think? Do you want David to study with me?"

Gloria was still a little hesitant.

Of course, she hoped that David would study with peace of mind, but she worked in the Night City Medical Center and had seen too many cyberpsychopaths and knew their horror.

Today, she also learned that a powerful cyberpunk like Mann also faces the threat of cyberpsychosis, which makes her worried.

She also knows that even if David graduates smoothly and enters the company, body modification is necessary, especially if he is an agent.

Gloria didn't know that David's talent in adapting to prosthetics is far superior to that of ordinary people. She just thought, if David encounters a dilemma similar to Mann in the future, what should she do?

If so, is it really safer to become stronger without relying on prosthetics?

Thinking of this, the worry about her son finally prevailed. Gloria looked at Li You and said, "...If it doesn't affect the child's studies, it's not impossible."

"But I don't know if the child is willing..."

"That's not a problem. I can see that he is very interested."

Li You smiled with satisfaction: "Since we have reached an agreement, I have a small gift for you. It's my gift as a master."

Gloria: "Hmm?"

Li You took out his mobile phone and made a call.

"V, thank you for your trouble."

"...Okay, it's not a big deal anyway. But next time you come to me, you have to at least bring out the good wine as a sign of sincerity."

"No problem."

The communication was interrupted.

Mann and Gloria were a little confused when Gloria received the call. She looked at the caller ID and saw that it was the principal of Arasaka Academy, so she answered it immediately.

"Mr. Principal?"

"Mrs. Martinez!" The principal's voice was particularly enthusiastic on the other end of the communication, "Oh, I have good news for you!"

Gloria was stunned: "What?"

The principal continued in a warm tone: "It's like this! After discussion, the school believes that David's grades are very good, and it would be a pity if he dropped out. So the school decided not to pursue this accident, and you don't need to pay us compensation!"

"Not only that, considering your family's financial situation...slightly depressed-of course, this is not your problem, everyone will have such a time.

"So, in my personal name, I supported David with some school supplies, including the latest learning software installation chip, Mewtwo headband, spare college uniforms, etc. He can come to school tomorrow to pick it up.

"David is very gifted and talented. I hope he can graduate with excellent grades and become the backbone of Arasaka Corporation!

"That's what I want to say. I'm sorry to bother you at this time. I wish you a pleasant night!"

After saying these words very politely, the principal didn't even cut off the call, but waited for Gloria's response.

Li You was dumbfounded again watching Gloria from the side, and couldn't help coughing to let her come back to her senses. After she politely thanked him, the principal finally hung up the phone.

Then, Gloria couldn't help but look up at Li You.

Things were like this. If she couldn't guess who helped them, she would be completely mentally retarded.

"How did you... do it?" Even so, Gloria couldn't help asking.

Li You smiled and said, "I have some friends in Arasaka Corporation, but I just asked her to help talk to the principal for a few words. ”

Gloria: “…”

She really didn’t expect that Li You’s casual remark during the day, “I have many friends”, could be reflected here.

And it was only at this time that she realized that with Li You’s ability, he could do whatever he wanted to her and David, and they couldn’t even resist.

“…You could have said that at the beginning, then we couldn’t refuse. ”

Li You said: “I am accepting disciples, not trafficking people.”

Mann on the side said: “Hey! It seems that next, I will ‘study’ with your little brat!”

Gloria looked at Mann, then at Li You, and finally bowed her head deeply: “Then…please take care of the child.”

Li You gently helped her up: “Leave it to me.”