Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 358 Panel and New Tasks [7K]

Suddenly, his shoulder sank, and Lin Yue was shoved hard against the sofa by the woman.

"You're going to do whatever she says?"

Lin Yue muttered something.

"Don't you like it here?"

"How about we change the location, so your new fans don't think you're a... kept star? —"

V straddled the man, pressing down on his shoulders, her eyes lighting up…

"Welcome to the Santo Domingo Real Estate Center in Night City."

"You don't contact me, you don't even text me, and I still have to renew my lease on my apartment that expires today just to be with you..."

The woman's smile deepened, and as she bent over, the fragrance and the curves of her figure made my languid heart start pounding.

"You're driving; you're in control of the car tonight..."

Lin Yue was suddenly left empty-handed; a key was tossed to him, or rather, a card. In Night City, even slightly upscale cars use biometric cards linked to digital identity information.

Charm is a poison that makes people lose their ability to think.

Just like when Lin Yue plays the guitar, he calculates the timing of the next rhythm and drumbeat; when launching an attack, he considers the enemy's next move.

How do we deal with V?
It seemed as if all he could see in his mind were her dancing hair and the dazzling dark gold pendant by her ear.

The way the car was driven was entirely subconscious. In short, the red clay rock "superstar" had driven into the somewhat empty and densely packed overpasses of Santo Domingo at night.

Leiden glanced down at the time, then turned around as the automatic door opened.

This made the Red Clay boss and his gang of thugs somewhat nervous.

But when they craned their necks to look inside, there was no one there.

"What?!"

When confronted with the question, Leiden simply nodded. "Our boss is a woman. Don't you understand the basics of art?"

Sometimes, a concise and to-the-point explanation is always the best approach...

Don't rock kids encounter this kind of thing every day?
The boss didn't know why, but he had a strange, bittersweet feeling, like a hat had been put on his head...

Sure enough, the online hackers at Red Clay Bar saw the two people kissing and stumbling out of the back door through their cameras.

"That's fucking amazing, K."

For a moment, the two groups stared at each other, extremely embarrassed.

……

"Like it?"

V is not honest at all.

Lin Yue always felt that something was driving V to change. Although learning certain things would be easy given the openness of Night City, from V's personality perspective... she seemed to be getting bolder and bolder.

For example, she was showing Lin Yue her new "outfit" while sitting in the passenger seat.

Lin Yue, whose throat was a little dry, turned his head away, telling himself that safety came first and he should try not to look at the "cloth" designed by Shenguji to lure his lover.

At the same time, he still took a few honest glances.

"Who taught you, V?"

Lin Yue swore that when he said those words, he was filled with both happiness and bitterness.

Her slender, white wrists were revealed beneath the cuffs of her V-neck suit as she raised her arm, and her satin-like hair was skillfully styled.

In addition to its comprehensive scanning function, her prosthetic eye can also judge the other person's emotions through changes in micro-expression lines, and obviously someone couldn't resist.

That proves Emma really does have a knack for this…

I dislike kitsch styles, militarism, and the Jinguji design style; I prefer simplicity, and so on.

"Is it okay for me to chat with my informant?"

"Besides, you've been looking the whole time, and your gaze is mostly focused on what interests you."

V wouldn't openly and honestly tell her how she learned about love from another rival woman—

"Watch the road."

She said something out of the blue.

Emma really corrupted Vivian—

Lin Yue didn't even have time to express his "heartache and indignation"...

V's eyes lit up, a unique glow characteristic of hacker intrusions.

"High-speed competition".

Another new experience.

How exactly did you get home?
no one knows.

In any case, the body always knows how to express longing before the emotions do.

If Emma is a world cleansed by a gentle spring rain, where everything is controlled by another, then V is the ocean with its raging storms, where the freedom to breathe deeply is felt after each surge of the waves.

You won't hear any words of rejection coming from her mouth.

It's like a container that can envelop everything, offering only perfect fit and experience.

Bad learning.

"Completely bad," Lin Yue said.

"You've seen that... hacker who woke up?"

The woman rested her chin on her shoulder, calming down the hormonal surge that had just exploded within her.

It was only the second time, so she wasn't in a hurry.

Why bring up other women at this time? V's intentions are too obvious—

"Ah."

Incorrect answer.

V wants to hear an answer that only serves to cover up the truth.

She raised her head like a snake, climbing downwards, her silver teeth clenched tightly.

As expected, the opponent felt the pain, and the look in his eyes, which was usually reserved for those in a lower position, hardened. Before she could even react in her stunned state, her prosthetic body taught her what "the rules of this battlefield" meant.

Occasionally changing roles isn't a bad thing.

At least it can teach some wayward girl a lesson in manners.

……

The skin made a pleasant sound as it rubbed against the soft sheets.

Lin Yue felt utterly exhausted, his mind seemingly frozen. He thought that if he had simply gone home and slept soundly last night with his instrument, he might have been able to recharge…

But it's clear that the "overtime" intensity was excessive.

"Lie down a little longer."

V lay on her side, her eyelids drooping lazily, her slender fingers slowly stroking the stubble on the man's face.

Lin Yue took a deep breath and nodded in agreement.

It's 4 a.m., and V is still online, which is quite rare.

Arasaka requires employees to start work at 5 a.m. (only for special operations, counterintelligence, security, and other special departments). This is only when there are no big orders. If there are orders, it's normal for Arasaka Tower to be by his side at all times...

"hiss…"

Lin Yue felt some discomfort in his collarbone area, and when he touched it with his finger, a sharp pain shot through him.

The woman's deep red lips appeared even more intense, and her smile held a hint of amusement.

"Those born in the Year of the Dog will bite."

Lin Yue's seemingly harsh words were a bit too gentle, which his partner might perceive as encouragement.

"There's nothing wrong with dogs; they're loyal and have a good tongue."

Perhaps because they had gotten used to each other, Lin Yue no longer took V's occasional outrageous remarks to heart, and just smiled helplessly with his eyes closed.

"But betrayal is not allowed—"

"Be careful with your second job."

This is a warning.

"You're jealous, V."

The rustling sounds of her getting up revealed traces of makeup on her V-shaped lips; she had already finished washing up.

"No, just think of it as insurance for the parts of your body."

Lin Yue sat up, lit a cigarette, and his gaze suddenly became somewhat deep. "You've added another prosthetic body?"

Skin touch can reveal these subtle details. Dressed neatly, V sat on the edge of the bed and took the cigarette from between Lin Yue's fingers. "Besides the ones the company provides, I need to keep some on hand for emergencies. And... without them, Michiko would have won last time."

Hearing this, Lin Yue straightened up and placed his hands on the woman's shoulders—

"Watch yourself, hmm?"

"You are you, and you are never something that can be changed."

There was a brief silence.

V exhaled a puff of smoke and extinguished the cigarette. "Then you need to take care of yourself first."

Turning back, she said calmly, "Perhaps there's no need to rush to shake me off."

Lin Yue was somewhat taken aback, unsure of the meaning of those words. Was it...worry about relationships?

I'm still worried about my body, which is already heavily cybernetic...

"So you're planning to take jobs in Santo Domingo again? There's no good in that..."

“I didn’t look at your phone on purpose. The middleman in Santo Domingo kept contacting you, and I hung up for you because you looked tired.”

Lin Yue patiently explained, "It's not about benefits anymore. There are some things I... can't stand to see. Besides, I'll be there whenever the team and you guys need me. Doing what I can in this role isn't a bad thing—I'm completely confident in myself, okay Valerie?"

V took a deep breath.

"Okay, Lin Yue..."

Calling someone by their full name seems to be a sign of respect in Lin Yue's eyes.

V is also willing to respect the other party.

Just as I thought the girl was about to say something, she pointed to her phone and asked, "Can you send me more text messages?"

Lin Yue couldn't help but chuckle and could only quickly agree.

"it is good."

He realized that the woman in the company had very few cute sides, so he needed to remember them well.

"But are you really able to go to work?"

"Sorry, I might have... used a little too much force."

V nodded seriously, "No problem, the bio-controller will handle it. It's not a bad thing to sacrifice some sleep time for your 'bedding'."

At least in V's fragmented memories, he did fit the description of the kind of decent young man that Old V had mentioned.

Lin Yue almost choked, and V had already reached the door while he was coughing.

There's no need to say goodbye or anything like that; V doesn't seem to like using those words much.

"Hey, Rin."

Lin Yue raised his head.

V stood by the door, staring straight at him for a second or two—

No wonder she always seemed to have something left unsaid; Lin Yue stared intently at her as well.

"I love you."

The last syllable of the three words disappeared along with the figure, leaving only the dim light in the dilapidated apartment in Santo Domingo.

……
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Lin Yue

[Physical]: 14
【Reaction】：15
【Technical capability】: 9
[Intelligence]: 16
【Calmness】：10
[Prosthetic Body Capacity]: 790/1300
The moment the panel floated up, Lin Yue realized just how much weight some confessions carried.

The panel has rarely changed since four of the five values were close to the limits of human prosthetic modification.

Last time it was in Badlands.

The moment Rebecca's fate was completely reversed, the almost unbearable neural pressure on the prosthetic body was perfectly matched by the extra prosthetic capacity, which meant that Lin Yue's current prosthetic capacity was the limit known.

"Based on my memories from my previous life, Valerie's highest prosthetic capacity was probably around one thousand?"

Lin Yue's somewhat drowsy mind was completely cleared up.

Due to the state's scientific team's further optimization of the prosthetic body and the removal of some cumbersome functions, the retained gravity field generation and S.A.W. Steiner coordination system now occupy more than two hundred units of prosthetic body capacity…

There is still plenty.

This at least gave Lin Yue some confidence in his new round of reforms to accept the professor from the lost island.

The panel's magic lies not only in its ability to check character affinity or scan items like cybernetic weapons, but more importantly in its access to various physical skill trees, and of course, the rewards for increasing affinity.

So Lin Yue patiently waited for the panel to change.

It's like a built-in optimization program that you don't have control over; the initiative is always in the program's own hands.

[Character: Valerie (V)]

[Affiliation: Night City - Arasaka]

【Favourability: 90】

【Development Value: ???】【Stage Rewards: Intelligence +4; Intelligence Feat +6; Hacking Kit (Please download via the internet, requires Deep Dive)】

[Rewritten: This character's storyline has been altered, and this character's influence on "Lin Yue," "Arasaka Yorinobu," and "Jack Wells" has increased to 99%, 80%, and 100%, respectively, with a total change progress of 50%]

This time, Lin Yue was dumbfounded.

Perhaps the unprecedented changes on the panel left him somewhat bewildered, or perhaps he had reached the "limit" of his understanding.

"There won't be any more Intelligence Points anymore?"

Lin Yue could totally understand the difference between having a 90-10 point favorability rating...

Having 100% affection for someone is almost impossible. If your partner takes dangerous actions that disregard the stability of the relationship, it's reasonable for them to lose some affection... But Lin Yue had considered many scenarios when things reached their limit—

Perhaps it was because the panel's notifications would arrive precisely on time before a critical moment, so subconsciously Lin Yue shouldn't feel that things were so easy.

He was dumbfounded and didn't know how to describe the feeling for a long time.

Upon closer inspection…

V's character attributes usually include his reaction points and his specialties, but this time, not only has he given him intelligence-related attributes for the first time, but he's even given him something extra...

"A hacking suite... What exactly are you?"

He seemed to be asking the panel a question to himself.

Lin Yue pondered for a long time, not yet ready to delve into the deep web to download the program suite.

It's a good thing overall.

He discovered that the panel always appeared at the right time—

"Could it be that I'm about to make a name for myself in the cyber world?"

This sounds more like a joke he's making to himself.

With more experiences, the subconscious naturally develops.

Lin Yue got up from under the bed, took his phone and went into the bathroom to check the news briefs of Night City. After a quick wash, he went to a table where he ate and wrote songs to make himself coffee.

He was still thinking about how to perfectly utilize his intelligence points and specializations when he heard the same old Night City universal carrier ringtone—

Lin Yue immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"Hey... what a coincidence!"

It seems he forgot that V had told him about Captain Santo Domingo contacting him.

The old captain on the other end of the phone looked extremely worried—

"Ah, finally—"

"You don't have to lose your phone, right, K?"

"I can't get through no matter what I do... Even if you're hanging out with a woman, you still have to answer the phone!"

Lin Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

The old captain rubbed his forehead and stared for a long time. Seeing that the rock kid didn't reply, he realized that he hadn't been wrong about the fact that these rock 'n' roll guys had a "quite rich" extracurricular life.

"looking for me?"

Lin Yue asked while looking at the intelligence skill tree on the panel.

The old captain didn't keep you in suspense any longer, "I have a job for you. You mentioned last time that you wanted to earn some extra money, so here it is."

Lin Yue's spirits lifted.

Actually, the old captain had quite a few options, and he had a lot of people working under him. He said that last time just to give it a try, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

It takes a long time for mercenaries and middlemen to build mutual trust, and Lin Yue understood this. He could probably guess that the old captain was giving him a job that wasn't very respectable or that no one else wanted to do.

"Sure, earning extra money is earning money no matter what."

Lin Yue readily agreed.

He simply underestimated the old captain's honesty.

"Let me finish speaking before you decide whether you want to accept the call."

“Your next performance should be in three days. You have plenty of time for this job, but it’s quite dangerous—in Taipingzhou.”

Lin Yue thought this was a common warning from the middlemen of Night City.

After all, even the famously outspoken Stan said, "Taipingzhou is still the same Taipingzhou," a place that's utterly rotten.

However, the old captain's next words left Lin Yue uncertain.

“I suspect someone is setting me up. A shipment of good goods that passed through Taipingzhou has gone missing, and all our men are stuck there. We’re short-handed right now. You’re quite capable, so help me bring one of the trucks in.”

“I had a good relationship with those neighbors before, don’t ask me how I know.”

Lin Yue said he understood.

Of course, he was very concerned about who was openly messing with the old captain; judging from his appearance, "utterly overwhelmed" was an apt description.

"How much? Do you need me to drive?"

Lin Yue remained cautious, at least using a few questions to evade the question, so as not to give the impression that he had everything he needed and wanted to cause trouble.

The old captain remained silent for a while.

"One-off deal, drive the car to my repair shop, two thousand euros."

"No matter who it is on the road, you have to be ready to fire at any time."

"The people who are targeting me don't know, so I'm just asking to see if you want to take the call."

Lin Yue pondered for a moment.

"Were there only one group of people targeting you, or...?"

The old captain sighed, "The hardest part is here. A big order was lost on Taiping Island, and some other companies that we didn't care about before are now daring to have crooked ideas... Just in case, now I have someone escort any goods that pass through Taiping Island."

It seems the old captain really has no one else to use, otherwise he wouldn't have turned to this rock kid who just made a name for himself at the Red Clay Bar.

"To be honest, it would be a real shame if something happened to you."

"It's my fault, I was too hasty. I'll find someone else."

The old captain became increasingly unsure as he spoke; a guy like K was the real deal when he picked up a guitar, so he decided he didn't want Lin Yue to take on this job anymore.

"I'll take it."

Lin Yue sipped his coffee. "If we really can't keep the goods, at least we can run away, right?"

The old captain paused for a moment, then grinned.

"Okay, I'll make an exception. I'm not afraid of being bitten by lice. If they really can't take it and run away, give me some information so I can go and cause them trouble."

The commission went on to involve more than I had imagined.

Before hanging up, the old captain added a word of advice: if you can't do it, tell him as soon as possible, because he seemed unsure himself.

Customers place orders through the good car middleman, Captain Old, and the goods (regardless of how they were obtained) are transported to Night City. As long as the goods arrive, everything is fine. However, if the goods do not arrive, Captain Old faces not only financial losses, but also, for the middleman, the biggest problem is the loss of trust.

Lin Yue shook his head, not taking it too seriously.

In Night City, apart from the company gathering an elite squad to besiege him, no other force could touch a hair on his head.

This is not arrogance, but a genuine recognition of one's own abilities.

then.

He turned his gaze back to the control panel, continuing to think about how to complete the remaining intelligence talent...

He had already finalized the skills while on the phone with the old captain.

It's been a long time since we've had such a rich battle. The ample 10 points are not only enough to unlock the "Performance Overflow" feature under "Brain-Computer Overclocking," but also to completely unlock the side branches related to hacking and anti-tracking. And we still have four points left over.

[Performance Overflow]: When the brain-computer interface is overclocked and activated, there is a 50% chance that the crack will be quickly spread to another additional target.

Combined with the Black Wall Protocol and the unique diffusion of the Wild Moon itself, all enemies connected to the subnet may face an extremely terrible outcome: they will be quickly infected and killed by the cracking technology circulating in the network.

[Power Surge]: Once brain-computer interface overclocking is activated, it will stimulate the bio-active prosthetic body (including but not limited to the accessory heart) with power according to the maximum available RAM value. In other words, this is equivalent to an increase in HP in the game world.

[Human-Machine Competition]: In brain-computer interface overclocking mode, the higher the power of the prosthetic body driving blood flow acceleration, the greater the damage from rapid decryption, up to 50%...

[Shadow Dash]: Defeat the node enemy that is tracking you, tracking progress -100%...

[Body Enhancement]: The effects of RAM recovery extend to the overall recovery of the body!

[Absolute Obedience]: Extends the duration of [Control-Type Quick Break] effect by 100% for intrusion targets that have not suffered Quick Break damage or are in a normal state!

As the panel values increased and the machine was further optimized, Lin Yue felt more and more that hackers were extremely dangerous in the cyber world.

If he hadn't yet fully mastered the Bartmouth Network Guide, in many cases his offline intrusion into enemy facilities would have been an invisible reaper to those Muggles who only had ICE installed and no network knowledge. Combined with Shadow and optical camouflage, enemy facilities would have truly been slaughtered by a ghost without the enemy even realizing it…

"Cyber Mage, truly lives up to his name."

This combat hacking method, combined with Lin Yue's own formidable offensive capabilities, significantly increased the level of danger he posed in Night City.

Brain-computer interface overclocking can handle the computing power of Ultraman, something that is simply beyond human capabilities...

However, someone doesn't seem to realize this.

"Smart weapons?"

Lin Yue was still considering whether to keep or discard the remaining points.

The skill tree on the panel retains almost the exact same design as the skill tree in the previous game, with three linked main attack directions and branches.

The richest way is undoubtedly to fill the entire panel with points...

But that would require a whopping 47 skill points, which is undoubtedly impossible.

Why couldn't you bring a 'Wind Spirit Moon Shadow' with you?

When he is alone, Lin Yue is like that young man who has never been reincarnated.

Thinking about it this way, I realize I'm being too greedy.

Lin Yue scratched his head and decided to give up the relevant auxiliary points for smart weapons for two reasons:
The intelligent weapon, with its intelligent connection to the prosthetic body, could be fired to kill enemies in emergencies, which would satisfy his needs. Furthermore, compared to Lin Yue's current combat methods, the intelligent weapon seemed somewhat superfluous…

Choosing the intrusion queue on the left is tantamount to giving Lin Yue a big step forward on the path to becoming an offensive hacker without much learning.

Lin Yue placed the first point on the [Compression Process].

In Night City, or any city, wherever there is a network, there are many intrusion nodes. These nodes are often covered by ICE (Internet Security Center) network surveillance. If they can be cracked in time, a lot of "sensitive data" that network surveillance has not yet been able to recover can be extracted, including many malicious programs and component manufacturing methods that network hackers are looking for.

Compression is an auxiliary function that shortens the sequence of cipher evidence, thereby speeding up the cracking process.

After using cheat codes to become a hacker, Lin Yue felt much better.

V is simply my lucky star!
A virtuous wife brings prosperity to three generations?
That sounds a bit odd...

The second Lin Yue went straight for [Queue Intrusion], which seemed useless but was actually very effective.

The first layer is +1 RAM.

Mainly its second layer…

In short, it can stack two quick cracks on one enemy at the same time—you should know that Lin Yue stacked more than a dozen similar quick cracks on the Dangerous Girl Senior Agent in the Azure Building by using the black wall.

But they are all the same quick cracking methods.

For example, to launch an offensive quick attack against an enemy whose weapon is malfunctioning, you must wait for the weapon malfunction intrusion bar to complete...

This undoubtedly gave the enemy an opportunity to retaliate.

Having learned too many lessons from experience, Lin Yue had no intention of letting that happen. So, when the weapon malfunctioned and the loading bar was about to open, he followed up with a highly aggressive quick hack. Being controlled and injured would be most advantageous for the hacker!
Lin Yue hesitated slightly before making the final decision.

This method of applying the wrong approach to people takes it to the extreme...

When Lin Yue is targeted and rapidly hacked by enemy hackers, his comrades within the hacker's subnet will also suffer the consequences of these rapid attacks…

Lin Yue's ICE is so thick that basically no one can do anything about it.

The encryption left behind by Ultraman alone would keep the brain-computer interface completely safe!
"hey-hey…"

Lin Yue didn't know why he suddenly started laughing, so he quickly composed himself and pretended that he was still a "person".

The fact that the control panel hadn't appeared when danger was imminent put him in a good mood. He decided to check the attachments the old captain had given him, collect last night's performance fee from his teammates, and head to Taiping Island to scout it out, and also see what new gadgets the Lost Island was up to.

He really should trust his subconscious.

My right eyelid twitched.

[IBS News]

【Encrypted data ￥#%】

Lin Yue paused for a moment while putting on his clothes.

"Hold!"

The encrypted data was gradually translated along with Otto's protocol.

Please log in to the network at the appropriate time; the address remains the same.

Ultraman

Lin Yue: ?
He started to get a little uneasy.

The dashboard felt like something that monitored my future and path, and my initial excitement cooled down considerably.

but…