Chapter 181: Integrate the world into one city! Build a city for the world!

3 years and 149 days later.

Night City, Little Chinatown, Giant Medical Center.

#LA寰宇日报: The LA Alliance has locked the orbital route for the expedition to an alien planet. The giant companies participating in the "Avatar" expedition plan include LA Corporation, Arasaka, Yeshi, Biotech...

The fleet's departure time has been determined and will be dispatched on time.

May you have a smooth expedition and prosperous military luck! #
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Not far from the Supreme VIP bed No. 007, the sound of news playing on TV woke up Song Zhaomei who had been sleeping for a long time.

When Song Zhaomei rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up from the bed in a daze, she found herself in a hospital.

Song Zhaomei felt like she had a very long dream. In the dream, she saw V, Li De, Alex, Miles, Hansen and others.

At the end of the dream, V rescued himself from the ruins of Dog Town, and what happened afterwards was just like waking up like this.

"Is this the medical center of the LA company?"

Song Zhaomei looked around and the first thing she thought of was the First Medical Center in Little Chinatown in Watson District.

But judging from this rather empty and gigantic hospital room, as well as the unfamiliar architectural environment outside the window, Song Zhaomei found it hard to be sure that she was still in Night City.

She knocked her head hard, trying to force herself to recall some information.

But apart from some fragmented and obscure memory fragments, Song Zhaomei really couldn't remember anything about the scene after she was rescued by V in the abandoned base in Dog Town.

The good news now is that Song Zhaomei was rescued, but it was the company that rescued her.

This means that she will have to continue working for a certain organization as she did before!

The only difference is that the oppressor changed from Miles to Leon, and nothing changed. Even the old friends who came here to visit him disappeared.

Li De is not here, and V is not here either.

"I'm alone again."

Song Zhaomei's heart was not disturbed by her lonely situation at the moment. On the contrary, she felt unprecedented peace.

Song Zhaomei had already gotten used to this situation when she was in the Joint Intelligence Bureau, so she had accepted the cage-like life she was about to face.

call……!
Song Zhaomei simply took a deep breath and brought her attention back from her memories to reality.

"Project Avatar...what is that?"

Soon, Song Zhaomei saw the latest news reports from the news broadcast on TV.

Giant corporate fleets, interstellar expeditions, legionnaires, large infrastructure plans, and the construction of ideal cities...

Looking at this series of inexplicable and incomprehensible words, Song Zhaomei once doubted whether she had not returned to the real world at all.

Instead, he entered a mysterious cyberspace.

Everything here is fake. Her physical body had long died in the abandoned experimental base in Dog Town. Now she is nothing more than a string of cold digital codes.

Or an enslaved roving AI!

Or maybe one's consciousness passed through the black wall and traveled to the future world hundreds of years later, becoming a person who does not belong to the present era.

After all, these things are interstellar battleships and expedition plans, which are completely different from the world she imagined!
But no matter which situation it was, it was hard for Song Zhaomei to accept.

Fortunately, Song Zhaomei quickly determined the world and time she was in through the news information on TV.

The good news is that she did not travel to another world, nor to the distant future, she was in the cyber world she was familiar with.

And it is in this desperate world controlled by many giant companies, not in the fake cyberspace!

But the bad news is that Song Zhaomei was in a coma for three and a half years. During these three years, she was in a state of being completely cut off from the outside world.

During the period when Song Zhaomei was in a coma, Leon happened to start the construction of the ideal city, reorganize the giant company's interstellar fleet, and promote the great era of expedition!

Therefore, Song Zhaomei, who missed this period, would of course feel a sense of disillusionment when she woke up, and even doubt that she had not really woken up.

"This...what is this, is this the Bible?"

It was not until then that Song Zhaomei noticed that there was a book with a cover that looked like the Bible on the cabinet next to her bed.

But Song Zhaomei herself is not a Christian, so when she saw a Bible next to her bed, she felt somewhat confused.

"Could this be something V left for me when he visited me? I didn't expect he was a Christian."

Song Zhaomei shook her head and smiled bitterly. In her impression, there were few corporate agents in this world who still believed in God.

The money-first values ​​of giant companies have seriously objectified people's ideas. Believing in God is not as good as believing in money, and believing in God's salvation is not as good as believing in the killing weapons in your hands.

Song Zhaomei found it a little hard to understand why a corporate agent like V, who was decisive and professional, would choose to believe in Jesus.

Soon, Song Zhaomei, who had nothing to do, was about to flip through the Bible to see if there was any "surprise" left by V in it, when she suddenly discovered that this book was not the Bible.

To be precise, this book is not the Christian Bible that Song Zhaomei imagined, but a new Bible created by LA company!

"LA Company... is it so ambitious to control the world that it can even resort to such religious belief!"

In Song Zhaomei's imagination, Li Ang, the mastermind behind the LA company, has become a brutal dictator who is a hundred times more terrifying than Miles.

The most Miles could do was to use patriotic slogans like reviving the new America to trick young people into working for her, but Leon actually wanted to enslave all of humanity through religious beliefs!

Song Zhaomei suppressed her inner fear and astonishment and quickly flipped through the contents of the book.

After a while, Song Zhaomei realized that her previous thoughts seemed to be a little biased, because the content of the book was not some weird religious brainwashing quotes.

Although the content of the book is a bit confusing like the Bible, its meaning is definitely not dogma such as "God gives life to people."

The first chapter after opening the book:
[People call light Yang, and darkness Du, eternal day, no night. This is the first plan.]

"Eternal daylight, no night? What kind of biblical doctrine is this? Very strange."

"The first plan is to wipe out the existence of darkness forever... But how is this possible?"

Song Zhaomei felt a little confused. This kind of thing seemed like something that would only appear in a fairy tale. How could it possibly exist in the real world?

But the first chapter of LA's new Bible is about this doctrine. Literally speaking, it means that humans must erase the existence of night and leave only eternal daylight.

Song Zhaomei couldn't figure out the deeper meaning of the book, so she simply skipped the first chapter and continued reading.

[People said that the climate of the new home was suitable and could accommodate all species in the galaxy, so they leveled the surface, controlled the climate, and imitated Gaia, and everything became suitable. People called infrastructure the foundation.

This is the second plan.

"Leveling the surface, manipulating the climate... What kind of infrastructure doctrine is this? Why is it getting more and more outrageous!"

Song Zhaomei began to frown. She felt that the content of this new Bible seemed even more exaggerated than that of the original Bible.

Things like leveling the earth's surface and manipulating the climate are not something that normal humans can do.

However, judging from the content and meaning of this teaching, Song Zhaomei has realized that the purpose of this new Bible seems to be to lead mankind to conquer nature and build a new world.

Instead of teaching mankind to obey the teachings of Christ and regard themselves as God’s people and believers, as the old Bible did.

Sure enough, the more Song Zhaomei read, the more she found that the content was the same as she had guessed, and the doctrines became more and more outrageous!

[People call metal concrete a jungle, and the place where data gathers a sea of ​​clouds. This is the third plan.

As a result, the foundry center platform was established, and the scientific research center built a service platform.

……

[People say that birds, animals, insects and fish do not need to follow ecological constraints, so additional routes are added to transport basic resources. This is the fourth plan.]

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[People say that this is a prosperous city that will absorb the world's population and the vast majority of people, revive the area, build a metal Great Wall, and unite all things in the world.

This is the fifth plan. 】

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[On the sixth day, God created man in his own image. Once upon a time, man was expelled from the Garden of Eden by God for eating the forbidden fruit and fell into the mortal world forever.

Because God forcibly separated them, it was impossible to build the Tower of Babel that would lead directly to the Kingdom of God.

Now, it is up to us to define what a perfect world is. We integrate the world into one city and build a city into the world! 】

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"Melting the world into one city? What kind of new religious belief is this? It's too outrageous!"

After hastily flipping through the contents at the back, Song Zhaomei simply threw the new Bible on the counter. She felt that the contents of this book were even more bizarre than the dogmas in the Bible.

This is probably some YY doctrine written by a guy who majored in civil engineering. Just as Song Zhaomei was about to leave the unattended ward, a large and strong officer suddenly walked in.

Seeing an uninvited guest breaking into her ward, Song Zhaomei subconsciously retreated to the window with a look of nervousness and panic on her face.

Because the other person's body was so huge, just standing there, the shadow of his body alone was enough to completely cover himself.

After a while, when Song Zhaomei looked carefully, she realized that the person who came was V!

It has only been three years since we last met, but V has grown through secondary growth to a height of nearly 3 meters, and even many of the prosthetic devices on his body seem to have been replaced with strong native muscle tissue.

If the previous V gave Song Zhaomei the first impression of a nimble wolf, then the V at this moment is a giant tiger!
His entire body exuded an oppressive aura, as if he would rush over in the next second and tear someone into pieces alive.

“V…Are you V?”

Song Zhaomei couldn't quite believe that the giant warrior standing in front of her like a mountain was actually the company agent V in her memory.

Could it be that after these three years of changes, even humans have begun to undergo secondary development? But why is she still the same as before?

"Long time no see, Song Zhaomei."

When she heard the voice of the familiar V, the panicked Song Zhaomei finally breathed a sigh of relief and was completely relieved.

She raised her head and looked up at V. Suddenly, she felt so small and the V in front of her seemed so strange to her.

"V, what on earth happened in the past three years? Why did you become like this?"

Song Zhaomei looked at V who had been transformed into a giant human warrior and didn't know what to say for a moment.

She didn't know whether she should feel sorry for V being transformed into a giant human monster by LA Company, or whether she should wish V well for receiving the company's commendation and being promoted to an officer.

"Song Zhaomei, we have plenty of time to talk today. I will explain everything to you."

V could see the surprise, astonishment, and vague pity in Song Zhaomei's eyes. He shook his head and chuckled twice, then found a place to sit down and told the other party the story.

In V's gentle and soft voice, Song Zhaomei slowly understood the changes that had taken place in the world since the end of the Dog Town incident.

In the second week after Song Zhaomei was rescued by the LA company's troops, Li Ang, as the leader of the LA Alliance, convened an unprecedented meeting with companies around the world.

Because the meeting convened by Leon this time is aimed at every human being living on this planet!
Whether you are the elite of a giant company, a wanderer in the badlands, or a beggar huddled in the sewers, everyone is qualified to attend this meeting that is related to the fate of mankind!

During this meeting, Leon not only mentioned the construction plan of the ideal city, but also proposed the Avatar plan for an expedition to the planet Pandora.

Of course, there will be voices of opposition.

But just as the leaders of European companies expressed strong opposition, LA's Infinity starship suddenly rose from the Pacific Ocean.

Everyone was stunned when the super battleship with a body length of five kilometers cut through the raging waves like a giant sword, suddenly rose into the air from the bottom of the sea, and caused a huge wave to roll.

By the time the Infinity ship stopped over Night City, all the executives of the giant companies were so shocked that their legs went weak and their whole bodies were shaking.

From their perspective, LA's Infinity warship is like an impenetrable steel dragon with no end in sight.

The overwhelming feeling of oppression was like a pair of invisible and powerful hands suddenly strangling their necks, and they could not squeeze out even a sound from their cramped throats.

When the sky in their sight was completely blocked by the huge flying steel monster Infinity, many people instantly developed gigantic fear.

Some people fainted on the spot, some trembled with their teeth chattering, and some stared with their eyes wide open, as if they wanted to engrave this magnificent "behemoth" into their minds forever.

From that day on, no company dared to publicly question LA's decision, and no one dared to challenge Li Ang's authority.

Except for some religious fanatics who seek their own death.

"Uh! Wait... V, you mean, the Avatar plan to expedition to that planet called Pandora is real, and you really want to go to outer space to start a colonial war?!"

Until this moment, Song Zhaomei still couldn't believe what she saw and heard, because these facts were too outrageous.

In just a few years, humans have transformed from a barefoot indigenous civilization into an interstellar civilization capable of launching foreign colonial wars.

This is like turning on the accelerator for civilization, but even with a technological explosion, it will take decades or even hundreds of years to consume the fruits of technology.

But they achieved in less than four years an achievement that would have taken hundreds of years to achieve according to the normal path of human development!

The technological strength demonstrated by LA company can no longer be called a miracle, but a miracle from the Creator!

No wonder Li Ang had such ambition and blatantly published a new Bible. It turns out that LA company really has the ability to do it.

"Yes, we are indeed planning an expedition to Pandora. You woke up at the right time, because we will set off in two weeks."

In response to Song Zhaomei's questions, V, as a good friend, explained the situation to her in detail.

"In fact, this Avatar project is not being promoted by LA companies, but by giant companies all over the world."

"Because they also want to get a piece of the pie. Even if they just pick up some leftovers from LA companies, it will be enough for their companies to continue to achieve economic and technological development."

"LA companies are now the leaders of human civilization."

There was a hint of pride in V's voice. After serving in the company for three years, he had become accustomed to considering any issue from the company's perspective.

Therefore, when talking about the outstanding contributions that LA has made to mankind in recent years, even V couldn't help but admire and marvel at the company.

LA Company has indeed ushered in an era of miracles for mankind!

After learning about this series of events, Song Zhaomei was so shocked by these earth-shaking changes that even her breathing seemed to stop.

After barely digesting the news that V told her, Song Zhaomei continued to ask:
"Then what about this new Bible? What does it mean by eternal daylight and no night? What does it mean by merging the city into the world? What does it mean?"

Song Zhaomei, who is still skeptical and wary of LA Company, does not dare to easily believe V's one-sided words.

She has been deceived too many times, and even Song Zhaomei herself has been corroded by lies and turned into a liar.

She was much slower than normal people in accepting the truth.

In Song Zhaomei's existing knowledge system, she knew that the LA company, which started out as a military weapon, might be able to build a giant ship capable of realizing interstellar colonization.

But it is absolutely impossible to achieve all the plans in the new Bible.

There is a world of difference between colonizing other planets and transforming humanity’s own home planet!

The technical difficulty of the latter is probably something that only the Creator can truly achieve.

"This Bible... to be precise, is actually the LA company's ideal city construction plan. Each plan corresponds to a different construction schedule."

V glanced at the new Bible that Song Zhaomei had flipped through. He knew that Song Zhaomei, who was three years behind the world, would definitely not dare to believe such a thing.

After thinking for a moment, V decided to take Song Zhaomei out to see for herself the great changes that have taken place in Night City and the new America!
"Song Zhaomei, come with me."

After he finished speaking, V stood up and left the room. Outside the ward, a team of Astartes warriors with the same tall build as V were standing guard in the corridor.

The moment they saw V, they immediately saluted V and then stood guard on both sides of V.

Seeing this scene, Song Zhaomei immediately realized that V had now become a big shot beyond her imagination, and a big shot in the military!

What on earth happened that allowed a corporate agent to quickly grow into an officer with an awe-inspiring aura in less than four years?

With all kinds of questions that confused her, Song Zhaomei followed closely behind V. At this moment, she felt like a dwarf who had accidentally entered the land of giants.

In addition, what surprised Song Zhaomei the most was that she had been in a coma for three years, but not only did her body not show any muscle atrophy or aging of the prosthesis, she could even walk normally.

Is her current body still the same components as before?
V, who was standing by, seemed to have guessed Song Zhaomei's confusion at the moment, so he took the initiative to explain to her:

"Song Zhaomei, your original body has been completely burned by the Black Wall Virus."

"Each prosthetic device and electronic component is filled with complex black wall data. It would be too troublesome to clear them one by one."

"So, the company simply gave you a new body, one that is almost identical to a human's!"

After hearing this, Song Zhaomei began to look at her new body seriously.

Through the glass wall of the medical center's corridor, she saw her former human back.

Beautiful and well-proportioned muscles are precisely distributed on both sides of the spine. Under the snow-white swan neck is the graceful clavicle, the mountain-like chest, and the slender female waist.

Song Zhaomei felt that the person in front of her was so unreal, she really was reborn!
"Every part of your body has been completely transformed by the company's engineers into a special model of the Nexus-10 replicant."

"The Nexus-10 special model clone is a body that the company built specifically for you."

"This technology, based on bionic human technology and realizing cyber hacking functions, allows you to use hacking skills normally without the need for special prosthetic devices."

V looked at Song Zhaomei with tears in her eyes and felt happy for her from the bottom of her heart, but V was sure that even greater surprises for Song Zhaomei were yet to come!

Before Song Zhaomei could share her joy with V, V had already taken her to the huge open-air balcony outside.

And on the open space on the balcony, a military-grade Skyhawk shuttle was already ready.

"Song Zhaomei, come up, I'll take you to see a new world!"

(End of this chapter)