Players Invade Cyberpunk

Chapter 1197 - 389: Tomorrow’s Light_3

"Is there still a chance to salvage this world?"Lin Miao didn’t get up.

"Every morning when I wake up, just looking at the court summons you send my company makes me feel this world is hopeless."

He complained about the energy wasted over the past year dealing with these rogue corporations.

The higher he stood, the clearer he saw things, and the sinful desires lurking in the dark corners of the city made him feel nauseous.

"Sometimes their actions make me think maybe it’s better if this world just gets destroyed sooner."

"Are you disappointed?"

"Very disappointed."

Lin Miao spoke frankly.

"Were it not for a group of naive and lovely people still striving, I might have really agreed to your plan."

The two were already tacitly aware of the end.

"Yes, they... are really remarkable."

Richard Knight exclaimed.

"This is the first time since Night City’s establishment that I’ve seen citizens unite like this, fighting back for their ideals and lives."

Even in the Watson District, besides the gangs and mercenaries, most citizens remained coldly indifferent.

"If people back in the day could have done what they do today, the world might not have turned out this way."

Richard Knight showed a relieved smile as he said,

"I, willing to accept loss, you have shown me the most precious side of humanity, and in return, I will keep this secret for you."

"Oh? What have you seen?"

"They are human, not AI. Although it’s quite incredible and I don’t know how you’ve done it, the brilliance that shines from them is something that belongs solely to humanity, something I... have already lost."

"Then I must thank you."

Though Lin Miao had not planned to let Richard Knight leave here alive today.

He didn’t want another unstable factor in Night City, and he didn’t even know whether what the other party was saying was true or false.

AI doesn’t truly deceive, but that doesn’t mean they can’t lie.

"So I won this bet. As my winnings, tell me what else you have planned, how many secret pawns do you still have hidden in this city."

"My plan ends here. What you’ve seen is essentially all of it."

Richard Knight pulled up a chair beside Lin Miao and sat down.

"But Ye Corporation is not just mine."

"Your wife? Miriam Knight, haven’t seen her for the past two years, where is she?"

"She’s executing another plan, she’s indeed not in Night City."

At this moment, Richard Knight seemed to be speaking without reservation, laying out everything.

"You should have heard of the codenames Moon Goddess and Lilith."

"Yes, the jargon between you AIs."

"I am Wolf Father, Ote Anning Ann is Lilith, and my wife, is Moon Goddess.

She is now on the moon, planning to seize control of the Moon Colony, Crystal Palace, and Electromagnetic Railgun, while I’m assisting her on the ground, luring elite human hackers to the moon."

"This doesn’t seem to have much to do with human hackers."

"Of course, it’s to bypass the Black Wall you created for the human world."

"I see."

Lin Miao nodded.

Once roving AI cross the Black Wall and attempt to control network devices with the Black Wall protocol, they’d face immediate attack from the Black Wall. Regular AI can’t withstand such overwhelming attacks, they must use human hackers’ ports.

And the three sites mentioned by the other party are heavyweights, let alone the Black Wall, they’re fortified with Internet Supervisors and the world’s tightest data fortresses, countless times harder to breach than the Oracle.

"The Crystal Palace means resources and power, the Electromagnetic Railgun is ultimate military force, the Lunar Colony is a refuge far from Earth’s threats. Let me guess, are you planning to rebuild a new root server there?"

Richard Knight bitterly smiled and shook his head,

"Truly, nothing escapes your eye."

Root servers aren’t ordinary data center servers; they represent the security and stable operation of the entire human network world, the nerve center of this super brain, crucial for maintaining the connection between cyberspace and the human network.

Roving AI have lurked until today largely because humans control the root servers. Once detonated, it would be a disaster worse than a network collapse, completely cutting off roving AI’s chance to enter the real world.

"Back then, I was almost killed by an assassination, she took great risks using immature technology to save my brain, and witnessed the damage gangs and corporations inflicted on this city, driving her more extreme than I."

As for Ote, I was resurrected as I am now thanks to her Soul Killer. As repayment, I promised to assist her attack the Oracle, and monitor V’s growth.

However, I’ve heard that she reached a new agreement with you, our pact is void."

Lin Miao tapped the table, pondering whether what the other party said was true.

"If there’s anything else to say, say it all before they come for me."

If players saw him sitting peacefully with Blue Eyes, it would be hard to explain.

Richard paused in silence, then ventured to say,

"I wonder if Mr. Lin is willing to give me a chance."

"Are you afraid of dying?"

Lin Miao thought the other party was ready to die, why the sudden twist now.

"Death isn’t the first time for me, and as AI I have no fear of such emotions,

yet, what I’ve done is enough to get me executed ten thousand times under human law."

Richard looked at the dawn rising outside the blinds, the morning light breaking the night, streaming into the city council hall, and said,

"But I want to see if the new world you are pursuing truly exists, if you can really reach the end, or fall on the way.

As gratitude, I can give up all my control in Ye’s Company, Ye Corporation, except for my wife’s part, will unconditionally cooperate with your every need.

At the end, you can still kill me, just treat it as having one more prisoner."