Start in Night City

But the ceiling fan hanging on the ceiling was still spinning slowly.

A circle of red light centered on Su Xiao and spread in all directions.

After scanning, it was confirmed again that no one else was in the house except in the basement.

"We'll check the first floor first, then the second floor, and finally the basement."

After finalizing the plan, the three began to take action.

Lucy went to check the clutter piled on the left, Rebecca went to the living room sofa, and Zhi

Can you take a look at the home equipment to see if you can find anything?

Su Xiao turned to the right.

Finally, after a careful search, Su Xiao found a separate chip storage box on the table opposite the TV.

With a light press, the storage box opens.

Su Xiao took out the stored separation chip.

After thinking about it, I inserted it into the slot of the tactical eyepiece.

The content of the separation chip pops up in the field of view:

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"I'm very sorry"

juliet,

Please forgive me for doing this. I'm nowhere near as strong as you, and I can't pretend anymore.

I hate to say it, but there's nothing we can do to save Rose, so at least don't get yourself involved before it's too late.

If you change your mind, I'll be waiting for you at the Sunset Motel.

Think about it again, please.

forever yours,

race

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PS: Current progress (53000/65000)

Chapter 87: Treating Cyberpsychosis, One Bullet at a Time (4K)

After seeing the separation chip, Su Xiao passed the separation chip to Lucy and Rebecca.

After they had also seen it, Lucy spoke first.

"It seems that having something to do at home is not an excuse to offend the old captain, but something really is going on at home."

Rebecca also thought: "This "Sy" should be Juliet's husband, but who is Rose? Juliet's sister? Or a friend?"

Lucy shook her head.

"Rather than this, I'm more worried about this woman named Rose. What's wrong with her? Is she sick?"

Su Xiao put the separated chip he found back into its place: "But the tone of the game and the anti-detection jammer installed in the basement are not as simple as being sick."

"The intelligence collected so far is not enough. Let's continue to look inside and see what we can find."

The three of them walked through the living room, rummaged through the messy room, and found a separation chip again.

The content inside is about Rose Horrigan's test results.

Although the various physical tests were slightly over the standard, by Night City's standards, this was actually considered healthy.

Not even sub-healthy.

But compared with his physical health, his mental state was in terrible condition and he was in urgent need of psychological counseling.

"Rose Horrigan?"

Lidya Su chewed on the name.

If I remember correctly, the full name of the old captain’s subordinate was also named Juliet Horrigan.

It seems that Rose is Juliet's sister.

It's just that... my mental condition is getting worse and worse. What does this mean?

It can't be cyberpsychosis, right?

"Su, look what that is?"

Looking in the direction Lucy pointed, Su Xiao noticed an oil painting that fell to the ground deeper in the room.

The three of them followed the oil painting and realized that it had fallen from the wall.

And where the oil painting should have been, there was a safe embedded in the wall.

There is no way this oil painting fell to the ground for no reason.

It should be when Juliet opened the oil painting and wanted to take something out of the safe, or put something in...

Something unexpected happened, causing her to leave in a hurry without even having time to put the oil painting back in its place.

Su Xiao stepped forward to check and found that the safe was locked.

Can't open.

But since it is the safe in Juliet's home, if you look carefully, you will definitely find the key.

But maybe it doesn't have to be that troublesome.

Because there is a powerful hacker next to Su Xiao.

"Want me to hack?"

"please."

"Done."

It only took Lucy less than a minute to electronically pry open the safe.

The three of them looked inside curiously.

But when the safe was opened and the contents were clearly seen, it was beyond their expectations.

In the huge safe, there was only a chip lying quietly, and an "M-76E Omaha" technical pistol produced by Military Technology.

"No money? No money?"

Rebecca was the first to pounce.

The little hands were rummaging around in the safe.

Finally, she even stuck her cute little head into the safe.

I want to see if there are any mezzanines or hidden spaces like hidden compartments inside.

This made both Lidya Su and Lucy laugh.

Lucy took out the chip and blinked at Lidya Su: "Do you want to confirm the chip?"

"Well, it's always good to confirm. What if it doesn't contain the data the old captain wants? We can't have to make another trip after we leave."

So Lucy inserted the chip into the nerve socket in the back of her head.

A bright blue light appeared in his eyes.

Soon, she confirmed it.

"That's right, it's the data the old captain wants."

She popped the chip out of the nerve slot, put it in the storage box, and handed it to Su Xiao.

At this time, the cute little Rebecca finally reluctantly took her head back from the safe.

But she was still very persistent in talking about it.

"How come there is no money? No, this shouldn't be the case."

Generally speaking

, the richest among mercenaries are not combatants who just fight with the enemy.

But hackers are electronic warfare experts who are not good at fighting.

Every computer connected to the Internet has information hidden inside.

Some information is trivial and useless, such as recipes or notes;

But most information is of immeasurable value:

——New business plans, inside stock market information, confidential blueprints, blackmail messages, hot-selling programs and software that have just been launched, a large amount of money that can be transferred to one's own bank account, the classic formula of Coke...

Only hackers can freely enter and exit cyberspace and obtain this information for you.

Another important role of hackers is to provide support for other cyber mercenary teams.

If you need to transport someone to a high security military base.

Then you definitely need one, or several senior hackers.

Help you hack into the floor plan of the military base, control the security system, open the base door, and even manipulate surveillance cameras and observation equipment for eavesdropping.

Therefore, most cyber mercenary teams that carry out major missions have at least one hacker in their ranks.

Used to gather intelligence related to classified areas and operational obstructions.

Of course, where there is a spear, there is a shield. Giant companies themselves have a large group of professional hackers to protect their data fortresses or conduct espionage activities for the company.

That's why Rebecca was surprised that there wasn't a single euro in the safe.

Unless the money is all in the account.

But that is absolutely impossible.

The reason why cash is still in circulation in 2077 is because electronic money can be canceled and tracked at any time.

Therefore, everyone from company employees and cyber mercenaries to company executives and wealthy people will prepare cash.

There are people who keep all their money in accounts.

But without exception, I was so regretful that my intestines were blue in the end.

You made a mistake yourself, or your boss made a mistake but let you take the blame, resulting in you being fired from the company.

Not only are the prosthetics the company gave you, all remotely closed, and the membership package for the trauma team also wiped out for you.

What's even more shocking is that your account has been canceled for you.

It's not a freeze, it's a direct logout.

All the money inside is gone.

If you don't leave any cash, but all the money is in your account, then congratulations, all your years of hard work in a giant company have been in vain.

One night, I returned to the pre-liberation period.

"Perhaps she has another safe in the house that is installed separately?"

Rebecca still refused to give up.

Come up with the most reasonable explanation.

Seeing that Rebecca was so obsessed with money, Su Xiao smiled and pointed at the technical pistol in the safe: "Rebecca, take this gun."

"Don't you want it?"

"No, you're welcome, it's yours."

Su Xiao can make technical weapons by himself. The "Omaha" of military technology, like Arasaka's "Kenshin", has three consecutive shots.

You can make it anytime you want.

Next to the safe, there is a computer.

Has been in a dormant state.