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.
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Not far from the bed of Supreme VIP No. 007, the sound of news broadcast on the 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 that she had a very long dream. In the dream, she saw V, Li De, Alex, Miles and Hansen.
At the end of the dream, it was V who rescued her from the ruins of Dog Town. What happened afterwards was just like waking up now.
‘Is this the medical center of LA Company?’
Song Zhaomei looked around the surrounding environment, and she immediately thought of the First Medical Center in Watson District’s Little Chinatown.
But from this somewhat too empty and huge hospital room, as well as the unfamiliar building environment outside the window, Song Zhaomei could hardly be sure that she was still in Night City.
She knocked her head hard, trying to forcefully recall some information.
But apart from some fragmented and obscure memory fragments, Song Zhaomei really couldn’t remember a single thing about the scene after she was rescued by V in the abandoned base of Dog Town.
The good news now is that Song Zhaomei was saved, but it was the company that rescued her.
This means that she will have to continue to work for a certain organization as before!
It’s just that the oppressor has changed from Miles to Leon, and nothing has changed, not even the old people who came here to visit her.
Li De is not here, and V is not here either.
"I'm the only one left again."
Song Zhaomei's heart was not disturbed by the loneliness at the moment. On the contrary, she felt unprecedented calmness.
Song Zhaomei had long been accustomed to this situation when she was in the United Intelligence Bureau, so she had accepted the cage-like life she was about to face.
Huh...!
Song Zhaomei simply took a deep breath and returned her attention from her memories to reality.
"Avatar Project... What is that?"
Soon, Song Zhaomei saw the latest news reports from the news broadcast on TV.
Giant enterprise fleets, interstellar expeditions, legion soldiers, large infrastructure plans, ideal city construction...
Looking at this series of inexplicable and incomprehensible words, Song Zhaomei once doubted whether she had not returned to the real world at all.
But entered a mysterious cyberspace.
Everything here is fake. Her own body had long died in the abandoned experimental base in Dog Town. Now she is just a string of cold digital codes.
Or a slaved wandering AI!
Otherwise, her consciousness passed through the black wall and traveled to the future world hundreds of years later, becoming a person who did not belong to the present era.
After all, these things were interstellar battleships and expedition plans, which were completely different from the world she remembered!
But no matter which situation it was, it was difficult for Song Zhaomei to accept.
Fortunately, Song Zhaomei soon determined the world and time she was in through the news information on the TV.
The good news is that she did not travel to another world, nor did she travel to the distant future. She was in the cyber world she was familiar with.
And it was in this desperate world controlled by many giant companies, not a false 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 complete disconnection from the outside world.
And during the period when Song Zhaomei was in a coma, it happened that Li Ang started the construction of the ideal city, reorganized the interstellar fleet of the giant company, and promoted the era of great changes in the expedition!
Therefore, Song Zhaomei, who missed this period, would certainly feel a sense of disillusionment when she woke up, and even doubted that she had not really woken up.
"What is this? Is it a Bible?"
It was not until then that Song Zhaomei noticed that there was a book with a cover that looked like a Bible on the cabinet next to her bed.
But Song Zhaomei herself was not a Christian believer, so when she saw a Bible next to her bed, she felt a little puzzled.
"Could it be that this is something V left for me when he visited me? I didn't expect him to be a Christian."
Song Zhaomei shook her head and smiled bitterly. In her impression, there were few company agents in this world who believed in God.
The value of money supremacy in giant companies has seriously materialized people's concepts. It is better to believe in money than to believe in God, and it is better to believe in the killing weapon in your hand than to believe in God's salvation.
It is somewhat incomprehensible to Song Zhaomei that a company agent like V, who is 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 would be 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 the new Bible created by LA Company!
"LA Company... is it so ambitious to control the world that it can even use such religious belief methods!"
In Song Zhaomei's imagination, Li Ang, the mastermind behind LA Company, has become a fierce dictator who is a hundred times more terrifying than Miles.
At most, Miles used the slogans of reviving the new America and patriotism to deceive young people to work for her, but Li Ang actually wanted to enslave all mankind 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 a religious brainwashing quotation.
Although the content of the book is also a bit confusing like the Bible, the meaning is not a dogma like "God gives people life".
The first chapter after opening the book:
【People call light Yang, call darkness Du, forever daytime, no night. This is the first plan. 】
"Eternal daylight, no night? What kind of biblical doctrine is this? So strange."
"Does the first plan mean to erase the existence of night forever...but how is this possible?"
Song Zhaomei felt a little confused. This kind of thing seemed like a plot that would only appear in fairy tales. How could it exist in the real world?
But the first chapter of LA's new Bible is about this doctrine. From a literal sense, it means that humans want to erase the existence of night and leave only eternal daylight.
Song Zhaomei couldn't figure out the deep meaning of it, so she simply skipped the first chapter and continued to read it.
[People say that the climate of the new home is suitable and can accommodate all species in the galaxy. People will flatten the surface, control the climate, and imitate Gaia. It will be completely suitable. People call infrastructure the foundation.
This is the second plan. 】
"Flatten the surface, control the climate... What kind of infrastructure doctrine is this? Why is it getting more and more outrageous!"
Song Zhaomei's brows began to frown. She felt that the content of this new Bible seemed to be more exaggerated than the content of the original Bible.
Things like leveling the surface and controlling the climate are not something that normal humans can do.
However, judging from the content and meaning of this teaching, Song Zhaomei has already realized the purpose of this new Bible, which seems to be to lead humans to defeat nature and build a new world.
Instead of teaching humans to obey the teachings of Christ and regard themselves as God's people and believers, as the old Bible did.
As expected, the more Song Zhaomei read, the more she found that the content behind was the same as she had guessed, and the teachings 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.
So the foundry center platform rose from the ground, and the scientific research center built a service platform. ]
…
[People say that birds, beasts, insects and fish do not need to follow ecological constraints, so additional routes are added to transport basic resources. This is the fourth plan. ]
…
[People say that this is a prosperous city, which will accept the world's population and the vast people, revive the place, condense the 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, mankind was expelled from the Garden of Eden by God for eating the forbidden fruit and fell into the mortal world forever.
Because God forcibly split it, it was impossible to build the Tower of Babel that leads 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 one city into the world! 】
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"Integrate 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 things in this book were even more bizarre than the dogmas in the Bible.
This is probably not a YY doctrine written by a guy majoring 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, and her face showed a nervous and panicked look.
Because the other person's body was so huge, the whole person stood there, and the shadow of the body alone could completely cover herself.
After a while, until Song Zhaomei looked carefully, she realized that the person who came was V!
It has only been three years since they last met, and V has grown to nearly 3 meters tall, 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 vigorous wolf, then V at this moment is a giant tiger!
His whole body is invisibly revealing a kind of oppressive momentum, as if he will rush over in the next second and tear people into pieces alive.
"V... Are you V?"
Song Zhaomei was a little bit unbelievable. The giant warrior standing in front of her like a hill at this time turned out to be 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 completely put her mind at ease.
She raised her head and looked up at V. Suddenly, she felt so insignificant. V in front of her was so unfamiliar to her.
"V, what happened in the past three years? Why did you become like this?"
Song Zhaomei looked at V who was transformed into a giant human warrior, and didn't know what to say for a while.
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 a reward from the company and be promoted to an officer.
"Song Zhaomei, we have plenty of time to talk slowly 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 seat and sat down, telling the other party.
In V's gentle and slow 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 for companies around the world.
Because the meeting Li Ang convened this time was for every human living on this planet!
Whether it was the elite dignitaries of giant companies, the wanderers of the bad land, or the beggars curled up in the sewers, everyone was qualified to attend this meeting that was related to the fate of mankind!
In this meeting, Li Ang not only mentioned the construction plan of the ideal city, but also proposed the Avatar plan for the expedition to Pandora.
Of course, there would definitely be voices of opposition.
But just as the leaders of European companies expressed strong opposition, the Infinity interstellar giant ship of LA suddenly rose from the Pacific Ocean.
When the super battleship with a surface length of five kilometers cut through the stormy waves like a giant sword, suddenly rose from the bottom of the sea, and caused a huge wave to roll, everyone was stunned.
When the Infinity ship stopped over Night City, all the executives of the giant companies were shocked to the point that their legs went weak and their bodies trembled.
From their perspective, the Infinity ship of LA Company was like an airtight, endless steel dragon.
The oppressive feeling that came over them was like a pair of invisible and powerful hands that suddenly strangled their necks tightly, and they could not squeeze out any sound from their narrow throats.
When the sky in their sight was completely blocked by the flying giant steel beast of Infinity, many people instantly developed giant phobia.
Some people fainted on the spot, some trembled to the point of trembling teeth, and some people stared with their eyes wide open, as if they wanted to engrave this magnificent "giant beast" into their minds forever.
From that day on, no company dared to publicly question the decision of LA Company, and no one dared to challenge Leon's authority.
Except for some religious fanatics who were seeking their own death.
"Uh! Wait... V, you mean, the Avatar plan to go to Pandora is real, and you really want to go to outer space to engage in colonial wars?!"
Until this moment, Song Zhaomei still couldn't believe what she saw and heard, because these facts were too outrageous.
Humanity has actually changed from a barefoot indigenous civilization to an interstellar civilization capable of launching colonial wars in just a few years.
This is like turning on the civilization accelerator, but even if there is a technological explosion, it will take decades or even hundreds of years to consume the fruits of technology.
But they have achieved what would take hundreds of years to achieve according to the normal development path of human beings in less than four years!
The technological strength demonstrated by LA Company can no longer be called a miracle, but a miracle from the Creator!
No wonder Li Ang has such ambitions and openly published a new Bible. It turns out that LA Company really has the strength to do it.
"Yes, we are indeed planning the deployment of the famous expedition to Pandora. You woke up at the right time, because we will set off in two weeks."
Faced with Song Zhaomei's questions, V, as a good friend, explained the situation to the other party without hesitation.
"In fact, this Avatar plan is not promoted by LA Company, but by giant companies all over the world."
"Because they also want to get a share of it, even if they pick up some leftovers behind LA Company, it is enough for their company to continue to achieve economic and technological take-off."
"The current LA company is the leader of the entire human civilization."
V's voice vaguely revealed some pride and pride. After serving in the company for three years, he has become accustomed to considering any problem from the perspective of the company.
Therefore, when talking about the outstanding contributions that LA Company has made to mankind in the past few years, even V couldn't help but admire and admire the company.
LA Company has indeed created 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:
"What about this new Bible? What does it mean by eternal daylight and no night, and merging one city into the world?"
Song Zhaomei, who still had doubts and vigilance about LA Company, did not dare to easily believe V's one-sided words.
She has been deceived too many times, even Song Zhaomei herself has been corrupted by lies and become a liar.
She is much slower than normal people in accepting the truth.
In Song Zhaomei's existing knowledge system, she knows that LA Company, which started out with military weapons, may be able to build a giant ship that can realize interstellar colonization.
But it is absolutely impossible to achieve the various plans in the new Bible.
Colonizing other planets and transforming humanity's own home planet are completely different in difficulty!
The technical difficulty of the latter is probably only the Creator can really do it.
"This Bible... To be precise, it is actually 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 read. 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 while, V decided to take Song Zhaomei out to see the huge changes that have taken place in the current Night City and the current New America!
"Song Zhaomei, come with me."
After the words fell, V stood up and left the room. Outside the ward, a team of Astartes warriors with the same tall stature as V were standing guard in the corridor.
When they saw V, they immediately saluted V and then guarded V on both sides.
Seeing this scene, Song Zhaomei immediately realized that V had become a big man she could not imagine, and a big man in the military!
What happened to allow a company agent to grow rapidly into an officer with a powerful aura in less than four years.
With all kinds of puzzled questions, Song Zhaomei followed closely behind V. At this moment, she felt like a dwarf who had strayed into the land of giants.
In addition, what surprised Song Zhaomei the most was that she had been in a coma for three years, and her body not only did not show muscle atrophy and prosthetic aging, but she could actually walk normally.
Is her current body still the same components as before!
V, who was standing by, seemed to have guessed Song Zhaomei's doubts at this time, so he took the initiative to explain to her:
"Song Zhaomei, your original body has been completely burned by the black wall virus."
"Every prosthetic device and electronic part is full of complicated black wall data. It would be too troublesome to clear them one by one."
"So, the company simply replaced your body with a new one, a body that is almost the same as a human!"
After hearing this, Song Zhaomei began to look at her new body seriously.
Through the glass wall of the corridor of the medical center, she saw her human back like before.
The beautiful and well-proportioned muscles are precisely distributed on both sides of the spine. Under the snow-white swan neck, there are beautiful collarbones, a chest like a mountain, and a slender female waist.
Song Zhaomei felt that the person in front of her was so unreal. She was really reborn!
"Every part of your body has been completely transformed by the company's engineers into a special model of Nexus-10 clones."
"The Nexus-10 special model clone is a body built specifically for you by the company."
"This technology based on bionic technology and realizing cyber hacking functions allows you to use hacking technology 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 his heart, but V was sure that Song Zhaomei would be more surprised!
Before Song Zhaomei wanted to share her joy with V, V, who had taken a step ahead, had already taken her to the giant open-air balcony outside.
On the open space of the balcony, a military-grade Skyhawk shuttle was already ready.
"Song Zhaomei, come up, I'll take you to see the new world!"