It was also night, the stars in the dark sky were dim, and the light of the city was as bright as daylight, seeming to compete with the bright moon.
Night City, in the villa of Lin Mo's family.
A wisp of white smoke rises from the lawn, and the aroma of roasted food gradually fills the manor. The sound of joyful laughter is abrupt under the silent night sky, but it also gives people a sense of relaxation and joy.
On the balcony on the second floor of the villa, Lin Mo leaned sideways on the white wooden railing, his hands slightly bent against the railing, and one hand lightly held a tall wine glass. The golden fruit wine in the glass was tempting and cold.
He looked sideways at the lawn below the villa, where there were a lot of familiar people...
...Jack, Mann, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Rebecca, Lucy, Sasha, and even V, acquaintances who have gone on missions and shared hardships together, were all invited to his house tonight at once. There was a barbecue party at home.
At this time, some people were busy playing with the grilled food on the barbecue grill, some were standing aside with skewers and eating with contented expressions, and some were just sitting on leisure chairs with wine glasses and chatting. Everyone is enjoying the peace of the moment.
As if noticing Lin Mo's gaze, Sasha, who was sitting quietly on the leisure chair downstairs and chatting with Rebecca and Lucy, suddenly raised her head and looked at Lin Mo with her eyes widened a little, with an expression on her face. There was an expression between joy and expectation.
She stood up and waved towards Lin Mo. Although she didn't open her mouth to speak, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that she was inviting Lin Mo to come down and have something to eat.
Seeing her waving, Rebecca and Lucy, who were sitting next door, couldn't help but follow their gaze to the balcony on the second floor of the villa. They both saw the boy leaning on the railing, raising his glass as if drinking to the bright moon.
Lin Mo had a gentle smile on his lips and bowed his head to signal to them.
Rebecca immediately grabbed a few barbecue skewers, waved the barbecue skewers in her hand and shouted loudly for Lin Mo to come down quickly. Her intimidating posture was like picking up a weapon and calling people to come down to compete, so powerful;
But Lucy just covered her mouth and chuckled, not saying anything more, looking at the second floor quietly and expectantly.
"You guys can eat by yourselves. I've already eaten just now, and now I can't eat it at all. You'd better be considerate of my stomach." Lin Mo smiled helplessly, stretched out his hand in a gesture of invitation, and declined the three women's invitation. .
At this time, as soon as he finished speaking, he was supposed to be the only one on the balcony, but at some point another person appeared on the balcony.
Before the person arrived, the flowing long hair had already come with a gust of breeze, and the soft hair fell on Lin Mo's cheek, making him feel a bit of itching.
"Sister, why are you here too?" Sensing someone coming, Lin Mo turned his head and was surprised to see Xu Wanxue walking upstairs at some point.
"You don't welcome me?" Xu Wanxue smiled softly, snatched the glass of fruit wine from his hand, and took a few sips without ceremony.
After a few sips of wine, her cheeks soon became a little rosy, but she still returned the wine glass to Lin Mo nonchalantly and looked at the three women downstairs.
Not long after, the three women, who were still expecting Lin Mo to come downstairs, saw Xu Wanxue standing next to Lin Mo. They looked at each other for a while. The momentum of the three people who had the upper hand suddenly dropped.
In the end, Sasha, Rebecca and Lucy withdrew their gaze, as if they did not want to disturb the conversation between the siblings, nor did they want to look into Xu Wanxue's eyes.
"Aren't you and Sister Ruoying watching TV in the house? Why are you interested in coming over to join our barbecue party?" Lin Mo casually put the wine glass on the shelf.
Although there were many people at the barbecue party downstairs, only Rebecca, Lucy and Sasha could be remembered and familiar to Xu Wanxue.
Others, such as Kitagawa Hao, David, Jack and others, only met Xu Wanxue for the first time tonight, and they were not familiar with each other at all.
What's more, Xu Wanxue's own identity is naturally separated from Jack, Kitagawa Hao and other Taoist people. On one side is the company, and on the other side are Taoist elements who often oppose the company. It is difficult for them to have a common language.
After all, if his sister were to chat with Jack and the others, the former would just bring up a topic related to the company.
, saying "Recently, a fleet of Arasaka Company was robbed."
The latter couldn't take the conversation and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, we were the ones who robbed it. That convoy is really fat!"
Just imagining this scene made Lin Mo feel disillusioned.
Therefore, for your own good and my own good, everyone, Xu Wanxue just showed her face in front of everyone and showed her identity as Lin Mo's sister, and then ran back to the house to watch the drama with Liu Ruoying.
Now Xu Wanxue walked out of the house, which also surprised Lin Mo.
"I've been sitting in the room, so I have to take a breather and see how your dinner is going." Xu Wanxue said as she took a deep breath. She wanted to breathe in the night air, but all she felt at the tip of her nose was barbecue. The fragrance.
She raised her eyebrows and said with a rather surprised expression: "It smells pretty good. I didn't expect your friends to be quite good at barbecue."
Lin Mo glanced downstairs, and the man standing in front of the barbecue showing off his skills was none other than Falco, the "veteran driver" in Mann's team.
This former wanderer with a western cowboy style not only has exquisite driving skills, but also has excellent barbecue skills. He holds several handfuls of meat skewers with both hands and exudes the air of a general who would rather me than me.
The remaining people still grilling were Pyrrha and David.
However, looking at the slightly burnt skewers in their hands, I guess the taste in their mouths is not satisfactory. The two of them are simply barbecue slaves who were chased away by others.
"Do you want to eat? If you want to eat, I can help your brother personally." Lin Mo asked with a smile.
Xu Wanxue's face was a little moved, but after thinking for a while, she still shook her head and said:
"Forget it, apart from getting some air, I didn't come out this time to eat something... I came here to tell you some news."
"What news?" Lin Mo frowned slightly.
"Some orders came from the headquarters, and the management of our branch also held several meetings in response to these orders... To summarize briefly, our executive president, Ms. Xu Wanmeng, I hope you can take action at night. Take down Taipingzhou in the city." Xu Wanxue said.
Taipingzhou?
Hearing this place name, Lin Mo recalled the information about this place in his mind for a moment.
——The dilapidated urban area located on the southern coast of Night City was originally planned as a resort for Night City to generate income. The scenery and environment at the beginning of construction were extremely beautiful... All these beautiful visions continued until the investment capital chain was broken. moment.
Due to various reasons in the global economic market, as well as the unification war that took place in 1969, these factors eventually led to the complete failure of the Taipingzhou investment project, and various buildings were unfinished, eventually forming the dilapidated and abandoned side it is today.
"Is it that area that even the NCPD doesn't want to control?" Lin Mo asked casually:
"I remember that there are various scavenger gangs there. The largest gang is called the Voodoo Gang, and this gang is rich in all kinds of network hackers. Even network monitoring is a headache."
Xu Wanxue glanced at Lin Mo in surprise: "You know a lot."
"Know a thing or two." Lin Mo said honestly.
After all, even if he doesn't deliberately understand this information, he can still access part of it in the game.
"Then do you know Dog Town?" Xu Wanxue smiled inexplicably.
"Dog Town? What kind of place is this?" Lin Mo was startled. He felt that the name of this place was familiar, but he couldn't recall the relevant information.
Perhaps when he lived in Night City in the past, he heard this name occasionally, but did not understand it in depth, which led to this familiar yet unfamiliar situation.
However, so far he has not come into contact with anyone from Taiping Island, and he has no idea of going there yet, so most of the information about that area is hearsay.
"It's normal that you don't know, because it is an area isolated from Taipingzhou." Xu Wanxue explained:
"The one over at Taipingzhou
The situation, you should also know, is basically the least managed place in Night City. Even the NCPD has excluded this area from Night City and publicized that Taipingzhou does not fall under the jurisdiction of Night City..."
Lin Mo nodded, indicating that he understood the situation.
Xu Wanxue continued:
"This kind of zone will naturally be controlled by local snakes. Dog Town is such a place. It is located on the outer edge of Taiping Continent and is ruled by a warlord named Hansen. Its status in Night City is similar to a country within a country. , and that area is isolated by a high wall, which is the border of that area, and ordinary people cannot enter or exit at will."
"Well, I understand, so that's where I'll start next?" Lin Mo nodded again, without any fluctuation in the depths of his eyes:
"If I want to take action, I have to pay some appearance fees."
"I can't think of anyone in the world who can afford your appearance fee, let alone the CEO, even your sister." Xu Wanxue put her hands on the railing, looking up at the mountain scenery outside the manor. .
"Just give me whatever you want, it's okay." Lin Mo said nonchalantly.
Xu Wanxue sighed, not wanting to delve into such minutiae, so she continued to explain:
"Actually, according to the order from the headquarters, we don't have to take down all of Taipingzhou. After all, we are not an official government and don't have that much energy to take care of this area... What the headquarters really wants, or rather, is Xu Wanmeng and her What we really want is the Voodoo Gang’s online legacy.”
"Voodoo Gang?" Lin Mo was a little confused.
He is no stranger to this gang. After all, there is a plot in the game related to this gang.
According to the information currently available, the Voodoo Gang is completely a gang of women who are "close to AI". The core members of the gang are all a group of network hackers with good network skills.
The reason why they are called "Rennugan" is also because the ideal of these core members and even the gang leaders is to break through the black wall, so that the circulating AI of the old network can flow in and invade the online world currently controlled by humans!
For this reason, the Voodoo Gang is also hostile to network surveillance.
In the game, players can also choose to help the Voodoo Gang or network surveillance, but the choice of route will not affect the main plot.
But for such a gang that is entrenched in Night City, what kind of online legacy does Xu Wanmeng have to covet?
