blogombal Chapter 52
Chapter 52
Chapter 52 Black Super Dream.
It was late at night when Ali came out of the burger shop. Morgan Blackhand’s intention to contact Ali this time was also very obvious. He was obviously doing something big, or planning something big, something that could shake the current corporate-based order of Night City and cause it to collapse.
And this thing might cost him his life, so he wanted to come out and find a successor to inherit his mantle? Find a teammate with extremely high talent who can help? Or just simply to persuade the young people he thinks are right to expand their horizons and not to engage in petty theft? Maybe all of the above?
In short, no matter what the reason, Morgan Blackhand revealed his identity and came to Ali. He talked about some words that he didn’t know whether they were true or not, and put down his personal contact information.
Things might be complicated, and Ali didn’t want to think too much. Now it was only Cyberpunk 2075. Just like Morgan Blackhand said,”Five-year agreement”, there is still a long way to go, and there is no need to consider the future a few years later now.
Ali returned home, but the female V had not returned from work yet. Working in Night City was like this, working overtime and endless overtime.
In short, as long as you don’t die, you will work until you die. Ali has long been accustomed to this. He simply washed up and went to sleep. After all, a lot of things happened today, and he was a little tired.
“Good morning, Night City! Who would have thought that yesterday’s dead lottery would have won the dead!”
“I’m your best friend Stan. Who would have thought that taking the subway could make you go bankrupt? Of course it’s not because the fare is expensive, but because there are toll collectors in the subway. Petty thefts are happening more and more frequently in the subway. Yesterday, many people had their pockets emptied while they were riding the subway. This world is really going downhill!”
“NCPD has already deployed police officers to guard against this and even added more surveillance……”
A new day, Ali woke up from the bed, listening to the latest news announced on the radio, he scratched the back of his head awkwardly, after all, the culprit was here.
Now the Night City police have imposed martial law in the subway, and have made their attitude known in the news, but poor Lucy, who finally made some money, is now pitifully unemployed.
Ali guessed that Lucy must be worrying about what other business to do now, after all, they were so excited about stealing chips yesterday, and although they made a lot of money, they also made a big deal out of it and made it to the news, so this job is definitely not something they can do now.
Fortunately, every time Lucy committed a crime, she would hack into the subway’s security surveillance to prevent the two of them from being exposed, otherwise there would be wanted warrants for Ali and Lucy in the news.
In short, Lucy must need to change to a new industry before the limelight passes, after all, she is not stupid enough to go head-to-head with the NCPD.
“Are you finally up, little brother? How about you let me see if you are tired from training with Jack Wells these days?”
“It’s OK.”
As soon as Ali came out of the room, the female V came up to him. She had already washed up, put on her makeup, and put on her company uniform.
“Little brother, have you missed me these days?”
For V, her biggest hobby now is to get a promotion and a raise. She came to Ali and kissed him on the cheek.
“To be honest, no”
“Hmm? Do you want a beating?”
An angry”井” appeared on the forehead of the female V. She pinched the inside of Ali’s thigh to vent her anger, and Ali gasped in pain.
“I am different, my elder sister. I think about you, my stinky brother, every day!”
Female V rubbed against Ali’s chest like a cat, which allowed Ali to smell the faint orchid scent on Female V’s body. To be honest, the smell was still very intoxicating.
“Breathe in, brother, and be spiritually complete”
“Okay, sister, I’m going to work. Brother, you should learn something in school and stop sleeping in class.”
“But Jack Wells has a very high opinion of your studies. I heard that your shooting skills are pretty good now. Well, I’m very pleased. Keep up the good work!”
“I’ll come and check your shooting skills tonight~”
Female V blew into Ali’s ear, then she turned around and went out to work. Although she was a ministerial-level leader, she was just a senior worker after all. She would try her best not to be late for work to avoid being criticized. Female V went to work, and Ali also washed up. After he put on his school uniform, he went out to class. In a few days, the school would have a holiday, so he could sleep more and didn’t have to get up so early every day.
In the classroom of Arasaka Academy, the virtual teacher taught the class, and as always, added some personal stuff to the course, such as”Respect Arasaka”，”Company First”，”The class was meaningless
, and Ali felt a little sleepy while listening to the class. At this time, David from the next room threw a pack of paper balls.
“What’s inside?”
Ali held the paper ball, which contained something. It looked quite heavy. He looked at David. David pointed at his paper ball and raised his thumb to indicate that it contained something called”accumulating strength”.
“Oh?”
This aroused some interest in the somewhat sleepy Ali. He picked up the paper and opened it. Inside was a black Super Dream chip with a signature engraved on it.”TK”
“”Jimmy Black Fu”!
Ali narrowed his eyes. He naturally knew what this signature meant. A genius Mewtwo director. Tanaka and David were both his loyal customers. He was the one who almost drove David crazy with Black Mewtwo in Edgewalker.
“Classmates, the New Year is approaching and we have less than two weeks of classes left this semester. You must seize the time to study, because the final exams will be here soon!”
“This time, the teacher will give you a hint. The content of our exam includes”Basic Hacking Technology Practical Test”, a multiple-choice test based on the”Arasaka Employee Handbook”, and a self-written (no AI assistance) essay titled”The Greatest Arasaka Company in the World””
“The study materials for the exam have been sent to the mailboxes of all students. Everyone should go back and prepare and review well.���Shine in the final exam!”
As the virtual teacher finished speaking, the class in the classroom came to an end, the school bell rang, and the students left the campus one after another.
“Really? I didn’t expect you knew him too!”
“I told you that the Black Mewtwo made by the famous”Jimmy Black Fu” will definitely pique your interest, and I spent a lot of money on it!”
After school, Ali and David walked out of the classroom. David was so excited that he danced with joy and asked Ali to go home with him to experience the top-notch Mewtwo made by this”genius director”.
Ali did not refuse. Jack Wells had no work to do for the time being, and Lucy had to stay away for a few days because of the NCPD’s martial law on the subway.
So Ali really had nothing else to do at the moment. Anyway, he could just follow David to see the Black Mewtwo when he had nothing to do.
“That’s great, I thought you were going to reject me again like last time. Let me tell you, this time’s Black Super Dream will definitely make you linger and it will be worth the trip!”
“After all, that’s”Jimmy Black Fu”!”
Ali followed David along the way, chatting as they walked along the road to the company building, accompanied by two virtual goldfish, Jin and Lan, swimming in the air.
“It’s you, my savior. I didn’t expect that you are a student of Arasaka Academy!”
“Long time no see, do you still remember me?”
Just then a figure blocked David and Ali. Ali looked over and saw a man in a biotechnology lab coat looking at him with surprise.
“Oh, it’s you……”
“I remember you.”
Ali thought for a while, looking at the familiar man in front of him, some impressions suddenly emerged in his mind. Isn’t this the company person who was chased by the scavenger in the gangster restaurant?
“What’s his name, Javi…what’s that?”
“My name is Justin, sir!”
“Oh yes, I remember now, his name is Justin! Justin introduced himself. He was a laboratory staff member transferred from another city to Biotech. He was currently working in the building tower of Biotech.
Because he was new, Justin had been busy these days trying to integrate into the atmosphere of Biotech. That was why he had not brought gifts to Jack Wells and Ali to thank them.
Although he had not taken action yet, he had never forgotten the thought of thanking them. It was hidden in his mind and he still felt resentful. He did not expect to meet Ali here today, which made Justin very happy. As they met by chance, he did not bring any gifts with him.
So Justin took out a sum of money and wanted to transfer it to Ali. After all, everyone in Night City understood that the best gift for Cyberpunk was white Euro banknotes. Of course, Justin’s amount was not small, as much as 3,000 Euros.
You know, 3,000 Euros is already a lot of money in Night City. This money is enough to install a good quality artificial eye implant in the eye, and it is still a branded and guaranteed one.
Ali did not refuse. He accepted it, but���He received 1,500 euros. This was Jack Wells’ money and he had no right to refuse it on his behalf.
As for the other half that belonged to Ali, he did not take it because Ali could see that Justin was a good person. Unlike some other cold-hearted corporate dogs,
Justin not only protected his injured wife when they were being chased by the scavengers, but also always wanted to repay Jack and Ali for saving their lives.
This was a man with flesh and blood and warmth. For this”good man” who had died in Night City, Ali did not intend to ask for any reward from him for his help.
Of course, Ali could also see that they were not rich. After all, Justin and his wife had just arrived in Night City and had not yet established themselves, so they certainly did not have much money.
Since the gift was accepted, it meant that the favor ended here. Ali exchanged a few words with Justin and prepared to leave, but Justin also sent him an invitation before leaving.
It turned out that because of the company’s arrangement, he had to stay in Night City to work in the next few days. Perhaps because of escaping death in the gangster restaurant, Justin and his wife Mijia also understood the preciousness of life.
So they decided to settle down in Night City and hold a wedding ceremony in a few days to make up for their regret of not having a wedding before.
Therefore, Justin also sincerely invited Ali and Jack Wells to be guests at their wedding. After all, they just came to Night City and didn’t have any acquaintances. The most predestined ones were Ali and Jack, the two lifesavers.
“My name is Ali, and the other big guy is Jack Wells. I will let him know that if we are free, we will go to bless your wedding.”
“In any case, I will welcome you, Mr. Ali.”
Ali did not refuse this. Justin said goodbye to him and left. Only David was left looking at Ali with a bewildered face. He didn’t understand what was going on. Why did Ali know people in biotechnology? Why did Ali, who had no implants, become the”lifesaver” in the eyes of others?
David, who couldn’t figure it out, simply stopped thinking about it. Anyway, it was Ali’s private matter and had nothing to do with him. It was more important to take Ali home to see”Black Super Dream”.
So after this little episode, Ali and David continued on their way. They took the subway to David’s house together. On the way, Ali also sent this matter and 1,500 euros to Jack Wells.
Speaking of Black Super Dream, this thing is no secret in Night City, and it also has a good history. As the popularity of Super Dream Experience soared, public opinion was divided into two camps: either regard this new technology as a Some speculated that the dream experience would save humanity as we know it, end unnecessary conflict, and lead people to a new utopian era of mutual understanding and respect.
After all, the idea goes, if you can see yourself from the perspective of your enemy, if you can deeply understand the other person, then he is no longer your enemy, and vice versa.
However, more people foresee new addiction problems, believing that the dream experience will increase isolation and social division, even identity crisis, and that the real picture and sense of substitution of the dream will destroy people’s understanding of the world. In the end, the market proved that both views were right: the dream experience became a daily necessity, a new form of entertainment, but also a new means of surveillance.
In essence, the dream experience transmits the conscious experience of the recorder to the”reproducing the video”. Its original material must first be processed or edited before it can be used.”
Of course, for many people in the ruling class, the poor civilians, their extreme poverty and homelessness are the top priority, but it is also an unavoidable reality.
This will arouse the resistance of the working people, and the heroes will rise up to threaten the ruling class’s ruling position. Therefore, in order to keep their positions, the leaders use Mewtwo to paralyze and entertain the masses.
The use of Mewtwo allows more people to indulge in the glamorous entertainment industry or the luxurious life of the privileged elites, and the breakthrough progress of neurotechnology has spawned various so-called superb”mew dream experiences” (also known as BD) technology.
Superdream paves the way for people to share their private memories and emotions. Some superdream experience products allow actors to perform in preset situations to create”false” memories and give the audience the experience of living on the screen.
Some superdream is relatively simple, simply experiencing the daily life records of the most famous and dazzling stars, allowing ordinary people to experience”becoming” celebrities and enjoy the extravagant life of the upper class. This allows many people to escape from their miserable reality and realize everything in their fantasy in superdream.
Therefore, superdream experience addiction has become this The increasingly serious problem of the city’s poor population is also something that the ruling class likes to see.
In addition, like all forms of entertainment media, in the shady places of the Night City black market, illegal super dream experience records (XBD) black super dream, also emerged.
According to the historical records of Cyberpunk 2077, the super dream experience was invented at the University of California, Santa Cruz in the early 2020s.
The purpose of development was to record people’s experiences and play them back for others to experience, so that they can also experience it as if they were experiencing it themselves.
Initially, it was used for treatment and prisoner reform. However, by Cyberpunk 2077, it has evolved into a global media industry, such as mass entertainment such as movies and video games, interactive activities, and of course, adult content.
In fact, Ali has already been exposed to many different types of”black super dream experience” in the game, or XBD black super dream.
This kind of black super dream usually carries bloody elements and violates morality and various public order and morality. People who have played the game will understand that if you see someone die in the black super dream, it means that the person really died during the recording process.
Although, even with such a heavy taste, but these”XBD”It is also a popular illegal super dream in Night City. People go to experience it just for excitement, but mercenaries can also use it for various other things, such as looking for clues.
As time passed, David finally took Ali back to his rental house. At this time, the house was empty, without Gloria’s figure. Obviously, she was still at work.