Lin Feng and his companion walked up the stairs, step by step through the deserted corridor, and arrived at the half-ruined door between the lobby and the corridor of the Lizhi Bar.
Peering through the crack in the door, one could see that all the lighting equipment on the bar's ceiling had been destroyed, and dangerous high-voltage flashes of electricity were constantly leaping out of the blasted holes. The speakers hanging from several cables were still playing jarring music.
Sizzle!
As the electric sparks fell, the music became sometimes drawn out and sometimes slowed down, creating an extremely eerie atmosphere.
In the dim light, they could see several mercenaries hiding behind a sofa. Several mercenaries with twisted limbs were hanging from cables beside them, emitting bursts of heat in the remaining dim light.
boom!
A huge black shadow smashed through the ceiling, stepped on the completely destroyed lighting equipment, and forcefully waved its hands to disperse the dust that rose up.
Click click...
The shadowy figure emerged from the pile of scrap metal, and five elite Arasaka agents appeared behind him, quickly reaching the remaining mercenaries. With swift strokes of their blades, they dispersed into the corners and disappeared into the darkness.
"Come out." The shadowy figure chuckled as he kicked away a screen blocking his way, then grabbed several sparking cables and yanked them forcefully.
Crack! The equipment on the ceiling was ripped off one after another, crackling electric sparks swirling around the dark figures, spreading outwards until they were all trampled underfoot.
The shadowy figure looked toward the corridor door, tossed aside the cable in its hand, and turned its gaze toward the ghostly figure that was faintly floating behind the door.
Crack! The dark figure crushed a palm-thick stone slab in front of it.
Lin Feng's eyes narrowed, and through a semi-transparent glass, he slowly said, "I placed a nuclear bomb in the basement."
The shadowy figure froze, its arrogant aura instantly vanishing, and was frozen in the darkness.
Nuclear bomb?
The company wouldn't be foolish enough to give a nuclear weapon to someone else on its own turf.
In Nightmare Space, a nuclear bomb costs at least 500 exchange points...
Brought from other worlds...
or...
The shadowy figure emerged from the darkness, a cold, mechanical face flashing a smile: "Friend, it doesn't have to be a fight to the death. I just want to make a deal with you..."
"What kind of deal?" Lin Feng remained motionless at the door, his eyes peering slowly through the crack in the door into the hall.
“Arasaka wants to study the lady next to you…” The shadowy figure stood in a beam of light and shadow, and the participant slowly raised his hands, making a gesture that was not aggressive at all: “You know, Arasaka will never treat you unfairly.”
Lin Feng remained silent, not immediately refusing. His gaze swept over the demon warrior-type agents who were faintly visible around him, and he agreed in a low voice, "Okay, but the research site cannot be in Arasaka."
The participant remained silent for a moment.
Lin Feng knew this matter wouldn't be resolved in just a few words, so he simply waited for a reply.
After a short while, the participant who had received a response asked, "The specific location?"
When asked about the exact location, Lin Feng chuckled to himself and readily replied, "Right here."
this?
A flicker of emotion crossed the participant's eyes: "Okay."
"Furthermore, I also want to see the electronic ghost!" Lin Feng's voice rang out again, and the participant answered decisively once more, "Okay!"
Lin Feng stepped back, and the Taoist priest flashed past and left the doorway, leaving only the Red Spirit Ghost faintly visible there.
Only after the two had completely disappeared did the participant turn around and walk out.
At the same time, the Taoist priest inside the engineering vehicle burst into laughter: "Suibian, you're really cunning! I'm impressed, I'm impressed! Hahahaha, a nuclear bomb, a nuclear bomb! Hahahaha!"
"I thought you were going to start a fight... cough cough cough, I was thinking about how to persuade you..." The Taoist priest chuckled with his head down. Seeing that Lin Feng had prepared so much, he really thought a fight was about to break out.
Regardless of tomorrow's divination, he clearly remembered today's divination: retreating and defending will bring good fortune.
He would never take action himself if he could avoid it.
Lin Feng rubbed his head, ignoring the Taoist's voice, his mind racing with thoughts of what might happen next.
This participant was the one who secretly attacked him with a sniper rifle, and given the strong hostility emanating from this participant, the other party would not give up testing them in the coming days.
As for the Red Spirits, using them for research is not a good thing either. If research yields results, would Arasaka still keep them?
If no research results are found, will Hong Linggui fare any better?
Based on the type of firearm capable of destroying spirits, we can deduce what Arasaka did in this regard.
in addition...
Lin Feng's gaze was deep as he looked at the few disconnected images on the monitor; the matter was far more complex than that.
...
A day passed in the blink of an eye. The engineering vehicle carrying Lin Feng and the Taoist priest stopped next to a sewage tunnel outside the city. It was quiet here except for the sound of dripping water. Climbing up the tunnel, they could see a few lights inside the city, but after that, they could neither hear nor see anything else.
The only way they can contact the outside world now is through the monitoring equipment on the engineering vehicle, which is constantly broadcasting live from the Lizhi Bar, which has been transformed into a research site.
In just a few hours, the Arasaka construction team had designated the entire street as a special zone and erected high walls.
Immediately afterwards, countless vehicles drove in, unloaded a lot of research equipment of unknown purpose, and quickly surrounded the bar.
With the help of Ye's Company, the uses of these devices were quickly learned by Lin Feng, covering scanning of all known rays, detection of various wavelengths, and close contact with different radioactive elements.
In their eyes, Hong Linggui was the perfect test subject, and they were determined to squeeze every last drop of value out of her!
Fortunately, Hong Linggui had already performed a spirit summoning spell, and her materialized body was immune to some of the physical damage, indirectly stabilizing Arasaka and the participant.
Furthermore, there has been no progress regarding the matter of the electronic ghost.
After completing a mental cultivation exercise, Lin Feng opened his eyes and looked at the surveillance footage.
The Taoist priest played with his tortoise shell, and everything was perfectly calm.
Just then, a call notification suddenly lit up on the screen. The Taoist priest immediately leaned over and asked curiously, "Hey? Roger? Whatever, someone's looking for you!"
Lin Feng rolled his eyes, put on his headphones, and pressed the answer button.
"Hello."
Roger's voice didn't sound very calm, and the fact that she made the call itself indicated that she was not at peace.
How could Johnny possibly have survived that explosion...?
She was gambling, gambling that what Lin Feng said was true. Lin Feng was also gambling, gambling that no one else had interfered with Roger, gambling that Roger, just like in the game, still remembered Johnny after so long.
"Hello..."
After Lin Feng finished responding, his fingers twitched slightly, and then he fell silent.
On the other end of the phone, Roger's breathing quickened slightly. The caller ID showed that Lin Feng was an unregistered resident of Night City, so she couldn't see him or find any useful information.
What's more, after the call was connected, a very abrupt male voice came through, the opposite of the sex doll who had left her the note.
Soon, Roger asked, "Where is he?"
She wasn't going to play any tricks; since the call had come, she was obviously going to see Johnny.
"Night City!"
Lin Feng's answer amused Roger, but his next sentence quickly stunned Roger.
"That bastard wants to invite you to an open-air movie, and maybe even have sex with you."
"Damn Johnny!" Roger couldn't help but curse aloud, "Where is that bastard now?"
This time, Lin Feng remained silent for a long time. Just as Rogge couldn't hold back any longer, he suddenly said, "I will contact you."
There are some things that are not convenient to explain here, especially given the possibility of being monitored by the Night Corporation.
The phone call abruptly ended. Lin Feng opened the car door and got out of the construction vehicle, recalling the route he had previously investigated.
Their current location wasn't far from the Afterlife Bar; they could quickly reach its vicinity underground via the sewage pipes. With a little disguise, he could easily blend in.
The Taoist priest leaned out of the carriage and, seeing Lin Feng preparing to leave, hurriedly called out, "Whatever, where are you going?"
Lin Feng turned around and gave a meaningful smile: "You'll find out soon enough."
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