"Hey~ don't be so fierce, be gentle, you might scare the little girl." The Taoist priest, who had just relaxed a bit, immediately leaned closer upon hearing the voice, revealing a lewd smile: "Tell me~ what's inside the chip?"

mild?

Not to mention Pan Tao, even Lin Feng sensed the Taoist's abnormality. He initially thought the guy just couldn't control his mouth, but after saying a few things, he felt that the other party was really going to show the unbridled behavior of a participant.

Perhaps this guy really has something on his mind?

Lin Feng couldn't help but be a little wary. After experiencing two worlds, he could feel the change in his attitude towards life: "What exactly is in that chip that could attract the attention of two elite Arasaka agents and even three agent teams?"

"I don't know either, the chip was encrypted..." Pan Tao's voice was soft and aggrieved. If you didn't know how she used to curse people, no one would resist such a girl.

Lin Feng's eyes flickered: "Delaman, change the destination to Araban Tower."

Pan Tao was so frightened that her hands and feet froze. If it weren't for the loss of something important, no one would believe that Aragaka would send such a small team to capture someone. It's just a pity that she didn't know the value of Lin Feng and the Taoist priest, and only thought that she had attracted them alone.

Her petite body seemed to be surrounded by two giant beasts, and Pan Tao, feeling a chill down her spine, forced herself to say, "I really...don't know."

The bald man on the taxi's front screen hesitated for a few seconds. Seeing no change in Lin Feng's expression, he immediately switched to the Night City map and plotted a route between the cities.

"Yes, sir."

The car driving through the garbage dump turned around, rounded a small bend, and a huge electronic advertisement in the sky above Night City immediately came into view.

Unbeknownst to them, Delaman slowed down and drove through a wilderness, cleverly bringing them to the sight of the huge sign on the desolate tower.

At this moment, Lin Feng became secretly curious. He had seen Pan Tao's panicked appearance earlier. Although it might be due to Ara-saka's bad reputation, it was impossible for her not to be upset after such a bluff.

There's also the task of gaining trust; they don't have time to waste time slowly, they have to dig something out.

“Our patience is limited.” Lin Feng leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest. “Rather than being hunted down by Arasaka, we’d rather send you back.”

"Although I disdain associating with Ara-saka, I also do not wish to wander the world aimlessly." The Taoist sighed a few times, and then, seemingly out of nowhere, produced his electronic tortoise shell and began to flip it up and down.

Ding ding...

The sound of copper coins falling rang out, and the Taoist priest squinted, muttering, "But if Little Peach is willing... to repay me with her body, this humble Taoist is not incapable..."

"bite!"

Several pale lights appeared on the tortoise shell, accompanied by unsettling background music. The Taoist's initially good mood gradually soured: "A meeting of good and bad fortune?"

Lin Feng noticed the inscription on the tortoise shell. The Taoist priest had asked about the outcome of sending Pan Tao back, and the answer was similar to what he had expected.

Given the current situation, even if other participants have joined Arasaka, he is using his identity as the Red Spirit to obtain Arasaka's technology.

For example, the prototype of the cybernetic body used by David Martinez, the military-grade product independently developed by Arasaka, and the more powerful modifications than Adam Hammer, those technologies known as the full-body cybernetic modification project, are cybernetic bodies specially designed for true cyberpunk.

Dragoon Military Full-Body Cyber ​​Body!

Or perhaps it's Arasaka's combat android.

but...

The car rattled and clanged its way out of the junkyard. At that moment, the sky above Night City began to lighten, and they had unknowingly spent a whole night there.

After making a few more turns, Lin Feng had Delaman stop.

Stepping out of the car and looking back, Delaman led them on a long detour, out of the garbage mountain, and into the wasteland north of Night City. Continuing along the road would lead them directly to the Aragaka Tower.

Looking at the enormous, desolate tower, Lin Feng hesitated.

In one night, he had a good understanding of this mission world. The Taoist priest, as a teammate, was quite strong, which also meant that the opposing participants were not weak either.

In retrospect, Arakasaka was their best choice, and the best choice for all participants.

However, he was not yet prepared to delve deeper into this mission world. After all, his goal was simply to ascertain the current situation. Once he understood it, he would have a basic understanding of whether to stay or leave.

Furthermore, even if he were to collaborate with a company, his best choice would not be Arasaka, but rather the Night City's local power, the Night Clan Company, the company that established Night City.

Lost in thought, Lin Feng leaned against the front door, knocked on the window, and waited for it to roll down before asking, "Delaman, what's the situation in the city right now?"

"Sir, a ghost appeared during a gang fight in the Heywood district last night. Currently, half of Night City is searching for the ghost, and the highest offer on the black market is 30 million for catching it."

Delaman turned on the news feed on the screen in front of the car, and saw that the area where the fighting had taken place the night before was now crowded with people searching with various instruments.

Lin Feng peered inside for a while: "Delaman, do you have detailed records about the electronic ghost?"

The scene changes, and some fragmented recordings begin to play: "Sir, the legend of the electronic ghost originated from the haunting incident at Arasaka Tower 12 years ago, when more than a dozen Arasaka employees claimed to have seen a ghost."

"Three days later, the Arasaka Tower exploded, and several unidentified intruders attacked Adam's Hammer."

"Shortly afterward, news broke that one of the intruders had mastered a special virus written by AI outside the Black Wall, which had invaded prosthetic bodies, revealing a terrifying specter."

"Six months later, the Voodoo Gang breached the Black Wall, allowing a large number of aberrant AIs to enter Night City and steal relevant virus data."

"From then on, rumors often circulated in Night City that ghosts could be seen emerging from various electrical appliances."

"Because these ghosts are always accompanied by strange electric currents, the residents of Night City jokingly call them electronic ghosts."

Just as Lin Feng was about to ask a question after hearing this, the Taoist priest beside him immediately leaned over and asked, "Delaman, do you know where I can find electronic ghosts?"

"Sir, I can take you to some places where ghost stories are often told, but I can't guarantee you'll find the ghosts in those stories."

At this moment, Pan Tao, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up: "That's true, I've seen it."

Um?

Lin Feng and the Taoist priest both looked at each other and saw that Pan Tao, who had been acting very scared, seemed to have made a decision. She completely changed her demeanor and pushed away the Taoist priest's disgusting smile: "The reason why Arasaka is chasing me is because I stole some of the research data of the electronic ghost."

"Take me to Kangtao. This data will give us more money than we can spend in this lifetime!"

"Task Six: Gain Pan Tao's trust. (Completed)"

The prompt flashed by, and Lin Feng and the Taoist priest couldn't help but have different thoughts.

It's a bit of a coincidence...

What a coincidence...

Just as Pan Tao was about to continue persuading the two, she keenly noticed their unusual behavior and looked puzzled.

Lin Feng hurriedly asked, "Can you contact Kang Tao?"

"Damn it, the contact is dead, otherwise how could I have been cornered and then run into..." Pan Tao cursed as soon as she opened her mouth, her clenched teeth making her seem much more endearing than her feigned pitiful appearance, though her voice and wording were somewhat unsettling: "You two..."

Pan Tao didn't utter the final word "bastard," but her disdainful look spoke for itself.

"Ouch, it's me, Daoist Master..."

"What is an electronic ghost like?" Lin Feng interrupted the Taoist's little mood and pulled him out of the car.

"The equipment for uploading consciousness, printing energy, and using special chip carriers is located in the laboratory under the Arasaka Tower. However, their technology is not yet mature. The electronic ghosts cannot exist for long and will completely dissipate before their energy is replenished."

Energy printing?

Lin Feng's mind flashed with all the information related to those four words, and finally he thought of Hong Linggui.

To explain ghosts scientifically, they are special energy entities. If Arasaka obtains relevant research results based on previous participants, and adds consciousness uploading technology, it would be equivalent to obtaining the technology to mass-produce ghosts.

He vaguely remembered a movie that featured a technology for printing ghosts using energy, called Bose-Einstein condensate. If he had actual ghosts as a reference for research, who knew if the technology in this world could achieve the same effect?