Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Doesn’t Want to Become a Night City Legend

Chapter 180 The Woman Who Hasn't Appeared in a Long Time
So, for the sake of aesthetics, let's start like this.

Have you ever heard the story of Bartmouth?

Born in 1992, he was exposed to the internet at the age of four and started using his real name to access the internet.

His invention of the "Devil" program terrified the entire internet world, and every company was vying for this talent.

His legendary stories are too numerous to recount in detail; unless they were included in a novel titled "The Autobiography of Bartmouth, the God of the Internet," it would be rather cumbersome.

Let me just mention one of his deeds.

Back then, Military Technology and Arasaka Corporation were engaged in their fourth corporate war. Under the enticements of Military Technology, the persuasion of Morgan Black Hand and Otto Canning, Bartmouth reluctantly joined the corporate war.

It was during this most intense and massive cyber offensive in history that Bartmouth first demonstrated his capabilities.

note.

It's about ability, not the ceiling.

In this war, Bartmouth single-handedly destroyed the entire Arasaka network division. All of Arasaka's elite employees, even those wearing the most advanced equipment, were burned to ashes, and their corpses were scattered like fireworks throughout the internet.

If Lu Mingfei's intelligence is an innate extraordinary talent, then Barthes's is even more exaggerated.

During this war, Arasaka even sent the Soul Killer program to the network, but Bartmouth turned the tables and cracked and reconstructed this arrogant program, obtained the source code, and disappeared from the battlefield.

One person wiped out the entire company and cracked the Relic program that was said to be able to rule the world.

In the online world, don't pray to God, pray to me.

This statement became one of Barthes Moss's famous quotes.

If what we just saw were war records hidden by the company, then what happened next was the part that everyone knew, leading many Night City residents to believe that Bartmouth was just an 'ordinary' person.

After their defeat in the war, Arasaka chose to directly confront Bartmouth. They went to the residence of Bartmouth's physical body and planned to kill him on the spot.

They succeeded, but perhaps it was Barthes who made them successful.

There have been rumors that after Arakawa's elite forces entered the building where Barthes was located and defeated his guards, they received a last message from Barthes. No one knows what it was; all they know is that Barthes showed no fear of death even in his final moments, instead watching everything that was about to happen with amusement.

Then, the building he was in was destroyed, and the [Wanderer Virus] was released, destroying 80 percent of cyberspace and releasing most of the military AI, directly causing the complete collapse and destruction of human cyberspace.

In that chaotic, degenerate age, only legendary hackers could roam freely.

The remaining companies built the black wall.

The initial explanation for the origin of the Black Wall was that it was "spontaneously created by dozens of legendary hackers." But it's obvious that legendary hackers don't appear so easily, and even if they were hackers, they wouldn't build a wall that isolates them from the outside world without any warning.

Lu Mingfei had read "Attack on Titan" and knew what the plot was like.

There is AI outside the wall, but the wall blocks AI.

understood.

The wall is ai.

That's right, this is the unspoken rule among top hackers in cyberspace.

The Black Wall is some kind of intelligent AI that has reached an agreement with humans; there is only one possibility.

Then, the black wall blocked out the previous data—and then came 2077.
This is the origin of the "Black Wall" and the "Roaming AI".

Bartholomew is a god, but definitely a god of destruction. He spent his entire life fighting against the company, but in the end, he gave the company a "gift" that directly led to the company's absolute control over the people.

But where has he gone now?

Heaven?

It's been said that Bartmouth once devoured the Relic program; in fact, it could be said that he participated in the Fourth Corporate War specifically for the Relic program.

With this 'immortality' program, would he really have done nothing to prepare?
It's obvious that's impossible.

But where is he now?

Nobody knows, but if he didn't die, people just believe he exists in one place—

Beyond the Black Wall

Just like the legendary hacker Spider Murphy and Altcanen.

A post-apocalyptic zone where only legends can tell of survival.
"Where should we go to find your girlfriend and get her to help us?"

Night City, a new day.

There were still no signs of any special action being taken by Arasaka today.

But Lu Mingfei and his group weren't going to stop there. Johnny Silverhand gave Lu Mingfei a general introduction to Barthes, and finally, after such a long backstory, Lu Mingfei frowned and looked at Johnny Silverhand, asking from the bottom of his heart, "So, you want me to go outside the Black Wall, but the way you persuade me is by telling me that what's outside the Black Wall is fucking terrifying?"

The man in front of him, rather arrogantly, lit a cigarette, inhaled, exhaled, and crossed his legs.

"Correct."

You son of a bitch.
Even the fans were speechless at this point.

But indeed, this was the only way for him to save Jack.

And outside the black wall?
Lu Mingfei wasn't entirely uninterested.

As mentioned before, Lu Mingfei wants to unravel the relationship between this world and his own Dragon Clan world, and uncover the truth of the past. Clearly, there is far too much important information hidden outside the Black Wall.

But can Lu Mingfei go?
He tried glancing at his own panel.

[Intelligence]: 17
enough?

Lu Mingfei still remembered that the little devil had once told him the meaning of this data.

Before level 6, I was a newbie.

7-12 is an expert.

13-20 is extraordinary.

Lu Mingfei remembered all of this, and he didn't miss the last sentence.

[You don't need to know about what happens after 20.]

what.

The little devil never said that—

20 is the upper limit.

If Barthes is converted into this data, what level should his "intelligence" be?
Lu Mingfei was uncertain, but he was certain that if he went to war with the entire Arasaka network surveillance department, he would only suffer a terrible death.

I can't invent relic technology like Ottkenen.

He couldn't even track Bartmouth in cyberspace like Spider-Murphy, which also meant that this girl was more powerful than the entire Arasaka cyber force.

Lu Mingfei is a genius.

But lacking growth, he is now far from being a 'legend'.

The premise is that I have 'no experience' and no equipment.

"I see."

Legendary mercenaries never shirk their missions.

He first hacked into Zeta Technologies' data network, then altered network orders to order himself a state-of-the-art network access pod.

Then, using the same methods, he obtained all the prosthetic bodies he needed from the entire Night City Corporation's trading operations.

Although Lu Mingfei has never been a warrior who developed in the direction of hacking, this is the cyberpunk era—I can wipe accounts.

This was his first time hacking with full gear.

at last.
Lu Mingfei adjusted his breathing.

I dialed the number of someone I knew.

【win——win——】

After a long ringing tone, the person on the other end answered.

【Hello? 】

Hearing that familiar voice, Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief.

"Boss, I need to ask you for a favor."

[Contact Person]

Lucy

"Can you tell me how to get outside the Black Wall?"

(End of this chapter)