Cyberpunk: Legendary Life

No one could have imagined that the Arasaka Special Forces team would be knocked to the ground almost instantly, with most of them dead or injured.

Speed ​​beyond the limit, terrifying explosive power.

"Sian Westan?!"

Tanaka sat in the armored vehicle and observed the scene, almost convinced that the ability used by the other party came from Si'an Westan's quick reaction.

On the electronic screen, the picture angle also fell to the ground and no longer moved.

Tanaka realized that the situation was not good and that the other party was very powerful. He subconsciously thought of the cyber madman James who massacred the NCPD in the company square that day.

"Could it be that prosthetic body?"

Inside the bar.

Rebecca kicked the sofa that was pressing her body away with both legs, and half of her face was covered in soot and black.

Ignoring her injuries, she quickly got up and looked around, looking for any trace of Pyrrha and her teammates.

Finally, Rebecca saw Pyrrha's golden palms and flew over to pull him out of the ruins.

"Cough cough cough"

Pyrrha felt thirsty several times, but luckily she lay down in time and was not seriously injured.

Dolio and Qiwei were equally safe. They were lying in the corner to avoid the explosion, but they looked very painful.

Rebecca turned her head and glared at Mann, who looked like a god of death, and cursed: "Mann! What do you want to do by stepping on the horse! Do you want to kill everyone?"

When Mann heard Rebecca's roar, he turned his head blankly and tried to give her a forced smile.

I don't know whether it was the last shot of the medicine taking effect, Rebecca's angry drinking, or the blood and tears of her lover Dolio, which gave Mann a moment of clarity in his chaotic mind.

"It's Rebecca!"

"Are you OK?"

Mann's long-sided sunglasses were missing in the explosion, and his eyes revealed a rare calmness and normality.

Rebecca didn't know when Mann's mental state was good or bad, but the situation at hand was urgent, so she could only persuade her patiently: "Mann, hurry up and evacuate!"

Mann seemed to be standing in the empty wilderness and said to Rebecca.

"It's okay, just take them out."

"I don't want to run away anymore, death has come."

Rebecca was really about to be furious with Mann, and yelled: "What are you talking about again?! Don't talk about it at this time! Let's leave quickly!"

now.

A shrill warning sounded outside the bar.

"The Terrorist Mobile Team is performing a special mission, please evacuate the area immediately!"

Then bursts of red light beams shone into the bar, illuminating Mann's gloomy smile.

Mann turned around, calmly faced outside the bar, and walked towards the red light.

The lonely figure gradually disappeared until it was completely engulfed by the billowing smoke.

at this time.

In the prosthetic clinic.

Tang Yu was always paying attention to Mann's physical and mental changes, and at the same time, the life simulation scenes that Mann had experienced kept popping up in his mind.

Lao Wei sat on the sliding stool, checking Mann's biological signs and making final preparations for surgery.

Just now Tang Yu said to wait a moment, but Lao Wei didn't ask for any reason and allowed Mann to fall into some kind of strange sleep.

Tang Yu asked Lao Wei seriously: "How far is Mann from Cyber's insanity?"

Lao Wei sighed slightly: "It may only be a few steps away. Installing this fatal thing will only aggravate the symptoms."

"You know, not all prosthetics will cause cyberpsychosis, but for cyberpunks who come from the bottom, it is almost an irreversible process."

Tang Yu nodded slightly, expressing his approval of Lao Wei's statement. Mann is the most typical example.

Lao Wei turned to the click screen and flipped through two pages.

"In order to provide sufficiently sensitive neurofeedback, most of the combat implants installed by Mann have deep connections with neural synapses."

"The erosion of the prosthetic metal on him is almost inevitable. If you want to get rid of it completely, you can only unload most of the weight of the prosthetic body."

"Of course, if he has enough financial strength to update a tailor-made advanced prosthetic body and take medicine regularly to suppress the rejection reaction, he will be much better, at least better than now."

Tang Yu looked at Mann lying on the operating table with a helpless tone.

"Today is an era when prosthetics are rampant. Such a request is indeed impossible for Mann."

"Although he made some money as a mercenary, it was still difficult to maintain the full set of advanced prosthetics newly developed by the company."

“Even if you can afford it, you may not be able to afford it.”

Lao Wei agreed very much and continued to add: "Mann still has many inferior prostheses implanted in the early stage, which caused heavy metal poisoning, limb pain, vomiting, tremors, migraines, high fever and thirst. Early symptoms of psychosis."

"As subsequent erosion intensifies, he is likely to develop hallucinations, memory loss, hysteria and other problems."

"If things go on like this and the symptoms develop to a serious level, he will be unable to distinguish between hallucinations and reality, which will make him extremely dangerous."

"It's just that this is all his choice. Even if we see it, there is nothing we can do to change it."

"In my years as a prosthetic doctor, I have seen too many mercenaries risking their own bodies in order to become stronger, in exchange for money and dreams."

Tang Yu muttered: I hope Mann can understand something after this big dream.

Not long after.

Mann gradually woke up from the real body feeling of life simulation and let out a cry of pain.

"hiss"

Mann opened his eyes, only to find that the bar scene had completely disappeared, replaced by a prosthetic clinic.

He pushed himself up and sat up, looking up and around.

Standing not far away were Tang Yu and Lao Wei sitting on the sliding stool next to him.

He felt excruciating pain, experiencing the real feeling after an attack of hysteria, which still lingered in his brain and could not be dissipated for a long time.

Mann could hardly tell whether the experience just now was real or the experience before him was real.

If it is a dream, then this dream is too real!

Lao Wei asked with concern: "Mann, how do you feel?"

Mann calmed down for a while, and then gradually became clear.

"I'm fine. It's just that I seemed to have fallen asleep just now and had a special dream. I can't really explain it. In short, it's not a big problem."

Tang Yu fully understood Mann's entire experience in simulating life, so he knew his doubts clearly, but could not give an answer.

In the life simulation ending.

At the last moment, Mann chose to face the violent terrorist mobile team alone.

In order to give his teammates time to escape and survive, Mann frantically activated the military-grade Sianwestan ability continuously and launched a fierce battle with the violent terrorist mobile team.

During the heavy siege, he forcibly killed Tian Zhong who was hiding in an armored car.

Facing the terrifying strength of the Terrorist Mobile Team, they were ultimately defeated and fell into a hail of bullets, thus completing the ending of the life simulation.

Obviously.

This ending is not too happy for Mann, and it is even sad enough.

Tang Yu feels that this life simulation is of great significance to Mann.

It was enough for him to see clearly how many thorns there were on the road ahead. So what choice would Mann make, and would he continue to implant this unknown prosthetic body?

Tang Yu was silent, waiting for Mann's answer.

Mann sat on the operating table with a dazed expression.

In my mind, the extremely realistic dream scene was repeatedly played out.

The celebration in the bar, the trembling left hand, Dolio's worry, the Arasaka Company bomb, the powerful firepower of the Terrorist Mobile Team, etc.

The memory is profound, as if it just happened.

Mann stared at his left palm and moved his fingers slightly.

Make sure there is no obstruction in the movement of the fingers, and there is no trembling, like a stone falling from the heart.

Mann exhaled heavily, finally feeling better.

"It seems like it was indeed a dream, a dream that was real enough."

Then he looked up at the table next to him, where military-grade Sianwestein was placed on the table.

Mann's eyes were complex and seemed to have a variety of emotions.

The source of all tragic endings seems to be related to it.

Cybercrazy James was like this, and Mann was like this in that dream.

The only difference is that now he still has a choice.

Seeing that he seemed to be in a bad state, Lao Wei persuaded him in a low voice.

"Mann, why don't you postpone the implantation surgery for two days and you can go back and think about it carefully before making a decision?"

Faced with Lao Wei's kindness, Mann gave him a confident smile and his tone was firm and decisive.

"My physical condition, I know very well, there is absolutely no problem."

"Put this on, a military-grade Sianwistan!"

When he said this, Tang Yu on the side was also slightly surprised.

Even though he thought that Mann might choose to wear a prosthetic body in the end, he didn't expect that he would be so determined.

I couldn't help but pay more attention to Mann's views.

This is definitely a tough guy.

Go ahead to dangers.

As for why Mann was determined to install this military-grade prosthetic body, the answer is already self-evident.

To become stronger.

In order to gain enough living space in this jungle society where the weak and the strong eat each other.

In order to create an escape space on your own when the team is in deep crisis.

What is the purpose of Mann's journey all the way? He must have already answered in his heart.

Lao Wei glanced at Tang Yu and wanted to know what he meant.

Tang Yu nodded slightly, acquiescing to Mann's request, but his eyes looked a little complicated.

If this trend continues, without strong external interference, Mann is very likely to embark on a path of no return and completely slip into the edge of losing control.

Tang Yu could only take one step at a time.

He didn't want to see people like Mann end up becoming cybermaniacs.

In every sense of the word, Mann was a man, and he lived a good life.

There's a job that pays well, there's the person I love, Dorio, by my side, there's a team of mercenaries that get along, and there's a group of friends who can drink together at midnight.

I am afraid that while enjoying these happiness and beauty, Mann cannot push back even half a step.

He is the leader of the team and is responsible for everything.

The Sims option regarding Mann has turned gray. If you want to start the simulation again, you need to wait for a new life turning point to appear.

As for when the next turning point in life will occur, it depends on Mann's personal destiny.

The surgery continues.

Following Lao Wei's instructions, Mann lay back on the operating table and put on the respiratory mask.

Lao Wei operated the instruments and started anesthesia before surgery.

The mask on Mann's face gradually covered with a layer of white mist. As he breathed, the anesthetic drug slowly entered his lungs and was transported to the brain through the blood vessels.

Mann suddenly felt sleepy and comfortable as never before, and gradually closed his heavy eyelids and fell asleep.

Only this time there were no real dreams.

Lao Wei started the installation program and the robotic arm began to work on Mann's back.

As the back prosthesis is disassembled one by one, the fusion of flesh and machinery is completely exposed to the light.

Metal tubes are linked into the torso one by one, seeming to float with the breath.

There are traces of flesh hanging on the green electronic component circuit board, which fit tightly with the flesh and skin.

soon.

The military-grade Sianwestein was installed into the back of Mann's spine under the operation of a robotic arm.

The deep shell is tightly embedded in the spine of the back, like a raised mechanical spine of a monster. (Note 1)

The chip interface on the back of the head was opened, and the neural operating system chip was slowly installed into it.

Complete the last step.

drop.

The military-grade Sian Westan began to flash blue light, lighting up each mechanical cone until the brain chip was activated.

The entire prosthetic body is now installed.

As for Tang Yu, Mann's life simulation has ended, and life points and abilities and talents have appeared.

While Mann was in anesthesia and coma and Lao Wei was busy operating, Tang Yu brought up the system panel and looked at it carefully.

[Life points::3]

[Fusion Ability 1: Tenacity (Rare)]

[Fusion Ability 2: Bullet Time (Normal)]

"I gained two life points."

"And the new ability talent 'Bullet Time'."

'Bullet Time' attracted Tang Yu's special attention. This innate ability should come from the military-grade Sianwistan used by Mann.

He chose to view the 'Bullet Time' details.

"Instantly stimulate the unlimited potential of every muscle, every nerve, and even every cell in the body, and rapidly improve perception, explosive power, reaction ability, etc."

"Perception is like slowing down per unit time and entering a special time state called 'bullet time'."

"When you enter the 'bullet time', all functions of your body will enter an overload state, and you will experience unprecedented speed, strength and speed."

"After use, depending on the intensity and frequency of use, it will produce varying degrees of weakness, fatigue, injury, nausea, or even damage to body functions and cause severe trauma. It needs to be used sparingly."

"'Bullet Time' normal level, time slows down to 50%."

Tang Yu was a little helpless.

This bullet time is somewhat like the sage mode.

"At present, the normal level is equivalent to twice the speed of Kairen. It is not very powerful, but there is a lot of room for improvement."

"In addition, the sequelae are very serious, but when used in conjunction with the previous talent 'Tenacity', it can be said to complement each other."

"Theoretically, as long as you recover quickly enough, you can always turn on bullet time mode."

Tang Yu was very satisfied with the newly simulated 'bullet time' talent.

The next time you encounter some unexpected situation, your confidence to deal with it calmly will be greatly enhanced.

However, this ability is beyond the scope of normal people, and it should not be exposed to the view of others to avoid being noticed by people with ulterior motives.

It never goes wrong to be cautious in everything.

Tang Yu put away the attribute panel and waited for Mann, who was about to wake up.

After this operation, he will gain stronger strength.

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Note 1: The surgery scene here is shown in the Edgewalker animation. The appearance of the military Sianwei Stan in the game is a chip and does not include the mechanical spine on the back. Some people speculate that this spine is Klenchikov, but there is no official endorsement. As long as it doesn't affect the plot setting, it will still be based on the original anime.

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