Heavy Payment for the Original

The senior engineer and Ms. Sakura were working silently, using Ms. Sakura's operating table, and their job was to dissect the corpse.

The scene was extremely bloody, and the calm expressions of the two people added an extra layer of horror to the bloody scene.

"Identify the neural circuits in the subcutaneous fat layer of the other party, translate them into code, and simultaneously create protective programs."

Miss Sakura glanced at the senior engineer.

"This method doesn't seem like that of a prosthetic doctor; it's more like that of Cyber Hacker."

"What, Miss Sakura, have you seen this kind of hacker before?"

"Of course, I'm more knowledgeable than you."

The senior engineer smiled and skillfully peeled off a piece of human skin, while Miss Sakura's fingernails dug into the still throbbing flesh, like pricking with needles. With each thrust, she accurately traced a nerve circuit.

Biological data is uploaded to a chip on the operating table.

Both of them were very skilled, as if they had practiced together a thousand times, and they even bickered while performing the surgery.

Miss Sakura glanced at the several double-flower red sticks monitoring the perimeter, and suddenly changed her approach.

The needle marks on the deceased's skin formed a line of text.

"Lady Red Dream wants to see you"

The senior engineer remained expressionless, and when cutting the human skin, he used a different technique. As the skin's texture was compressed, it formed individual characters.

Why should I see her?

Black Rose

The senior engineer looked up at Miss Sakura, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Do Mrs. Red Dream and Sister Rose know each other?

"Get rid of the eyeliner and come over quietly."

Miss Sakura's snake-like fingers probed into the corpse's back, trying to turn it over.

The senior engineer reached out to help, and with a touch of their fingertips, a VIP black card landed in his hand. With a flick of his fingers, the card disappeared.

It took the two of them half a day to dissect the corpse. When Gao Jin came back in, he saw a completely clean corpse with blood flowing all over the ground and the organs of the body still pulsating.

Several gang members who were ruthless in killing people vomited on the spot.

The senior engineer obtained the tattooed human skin and neural circuit data, and prepared to go back to develop equipment.

He would need to use Cyber Hacker techniques in this regard, so he didn't plan to share it with Ms. Sakura anymore.

"Brother Gao, as the saying goes, a general doesn't starve his soldiers. I, the second-ranking marshal, would like to ask you for some rations."

These words were somewhat arrogant, prompting the two double-flower red sticks behind Gao Jin to take a step forward, but Gao Jin stopped them.

The fat man smiled and said, "Of course, of course. What would you like, sir?"

"I've heard your gang's mecha skills are very famous, so I'll take this one."

The senior engineer said bluntly, "But I don't want secondhand goods, I want the original. Your gang should have these, right?"

"Brother Jin, this is a secret treasure of our Fuqing Island. The elders on the island have repeatedly warned you not to tell anyone—"

The Bodhisattva-like man looked anxiously at Gao Jin, who remained silent for a moment before turning to say, "Go and invite the Island God!"

"Brother Jin!"

"What, you're not listening to me anymore?!"

Gao Jin emphasized his words, and the Bodhisattva Man stamped his foot and left.

After a while, he held a tray in both hands, on which was a 'mechanical scroll' covered by a red cloth.

"The secret mecha techniques of my Fuqing Island have been passed down for six generations and have never been shown to outsiders. This time is an exception. The 'Island God' can only lend it to you for three days. After three days, I will take it back!"

"No problem." The senior engineer grabbed the mechanical scroll. "Let's go!"

"Someone, escort the clerk back!"

Watching the senior engineer's departing figure, Gao Jin's face suddenly darkened, and his eyes revealed an undisguised murderous intent.

The senior engineer stopped halfway down next to a public toilet.

"I need to pee, want to pee together?"

The two red sticks with double flowers on the left and right looked at each other, revealing hesitant expressions.

"Since you're not coming, then hold onto it for me."

The senior engineer shoved the mechanical scroll into the other person's hand, whistling as he walked into the restroom.

Soon, the senior engineer came out, picked up the "mechanical scroll", and walked forward nonchalantly.

The two red sticks with double flowers quickly followed.

Shortly after the two left, another senior engineer came out, turned around, and headed towards the Red Dream Club.

Red Dream Club is an underground club, literally underground.

After swiping his card, the senior engineer entered an "elevator." There were no buttons on the elevator, only several holographic posters of erotic women posing provocatively on the walls.

The senior engineer could sense that as he descended, the data layer on the surface of the body was constantly changing, which was a sign of being connected to a local area network.

Local area networks are essentially smaller versions of cyber networks, and their biggest advantage is that they can be manipulated by humans.

This elevator-riding behavior suddenly gave the senior engineer a sense of déjà vu, reminiscent of when he broke into the third layer of the firewall of the welfare home and encountered that space elevator.

This enclosed environment, the feeling of sinking, and the constantly changing location.

It looks very much like logging into a webpage.

About 30 seconds, or maybe longer, the stairwell door opened with a 'ding', and two twins appeared before them, bowing gracefully, revealing a scene unsuitable for children.

"Greetings, Master~"

"Natural human? Cyborg? AI?"

As the senior engineer stared at the two people's appearances, he actually saw the shadows of both Director Du and Sister Rose at the same time.

"Oh, so it's a projection of my self-awareness. No wonder it looks so familiar."

"Lead the way."

Just like cyberspace, in this space, truth is falsehood, and falsehood is truth.

After passing through a long corridor, Gao Gong arrived at the center of the nightclub. The loud music, the crowd whose faces were obscured, the dancers on the bar, and the flashing lights were all far away from Gao Gong, or rather, they were intentionally keeping some of the crude and simple visual and auditory enjoyment away from him.

The senior engineer glanced at the black card in his hand.

The Supreme VIP Card offers you tranquility away from the hustle and bustle of the world.

At the bar, a middle-aged woman with a very Japanese courtesan style was smiling at him.

"Madam Red Dream?" the senior engineer asked curiously.

"Hello, Mr. G, or rather, Mr. Senior Engineer."

"You know me?" The senior engineer raised his eyebrows and sat down opposite him without any politeness. Behind the bar was a android waitress dressed as a bunny girl.

However, the waiters had blank stares and kept mixing and pouring drinks, as if they were in a trance.

Only senior engineers understand that these people's consciousness exists outside the regional network.

"I have a friend I haven't seen for many years. About a month and a half ago, she suddenly called me and asked me to take care of someone."

"I was curious about who this person was, and also about what he wanted to do that required my care."

Lady Hongmeng raised her sleeve and smiled, her expression extremely elegant.

"Later I realized that this person was you."

"Oh, I see," the senior engineer exclaimed in realization. Rose was indeed a woman who was tough on the outside but soft on the inside. Oh no, she was also very soft-hearted.

After thinking for a moment, the senior engineer asked, "May I know why you chose to support Welfare Help?"

"There are two reasons. First, people like us always have some connections from the civilized era. Since it's an elder's request, we naturally want to help if we can."

"Secondly, we don't really want the City That Never Sleeps to become stagnant like other mechanical cities. Once a monopolistic corporate monster appears, it means large-scale group experiments, which is the worst outcome for us old folks hiding underwater, barely surviving."

After confirming the other party's stance, the senior engineer stroked his chin and suddenly asked, "If it comes to dealing with the Welfare Gang, which side would you be on?"

"You really know how to cause trouble for others," Madam Hongmeng chuckled, then thought for a moment and said, "Of course I won't take sides. I'll try my best to persuade the people behind the Welfare Gang, but it's hard to say how many I can persuade."

That's enough.

"Don't rush off yet. Ms. Rose did me a great favor more than a decade ago. This small favor is not enough."

Madam Hongmeng put down her teacup, and in an instant, a large number of late-blooming cherry blossoms fell from the sky, covering the senior engineer.

"Since you're here, let's have a drink."

Lady Hongmeng pressed her hands to the ground and prostrated herself, while the senior engineer seemed to be in a pink ocean.

"Using raw code to cleanse me, that's so embarrassing."

Despite saying that, the senior engineer had no intention of refusing.

Source code cleaning is a method second only to data enlightenment.

As long as the other party doesn't have bad intentions, this is definitely a good way to boost attributes.

[You have been cleansed by the source code 'Red Dream', Intelligence +1]

[You have been cleansed by the source code 'Red Dream', Intelligence +1]

[You have been cleansed by the source code 'Red Dream', Intelligence +1]

[You have been cleansed by the source code 'Red Dream', Intelligence +1]

In the real-life Red Dream Club, Sister Ji, dressed as a bunny girl, is standing idly in front of the bar.

Sister Ji is quite beautiful. If she didn't post lewd pictures, she would definitely be a goddess. Unfortunately, she revealed her true nature as a female hooligan as soon as she opened her mouth.

"I don't know when I'll ever finish playing this crappy single-player game," Sister Ji glanced at her almost max-level commoner class and yawned without any regard for her image.

"Giving tasks to others is never as good as doing them yourself. But what am I going to do about changing jobs? I can't really become a professional bartender, can I?"

"Boss, give me a drink."

"Why don't you ask someone else?" Sister Ji said impatiently. Since she became a professional bartender, she rarely offered to mix drinks anymore, since people didn't come to her to drink anyway.

"I've heard you make the best cocktails."

When Sister Ji looked up, she saw a handsome 95-point guy with a wild style sitting down opposite her, staring straight at her with his wild eyes.

Holy crap, what a handsome guy!!

Based on Sister Ji's experience of being involved in prostitution for more than half a month, this handsome guy is definitely an original import, not someone who has had a face mask installed or skin altered.

Being so close to the other person, Sister Ji's heart skipped a beat.

"Handsome, no, sir, what would you like to drink?"

Sister Ji's attitude made a 180-degree turn; she stood up straight and spoke with a gentle, tender tone.

"Cherry blossom wine".

"Okay, please wait a moment."

"What's your name, sir?"

The handsome man didn't answer, but just smiled and looked at the other person. "You don't know my name, but I know yours. You're called Sister Ji, right?"

"Ah, this—"

"I know you very well."

The handsome guy across from her leaned in, and Sister Ji blushed and her heart raced; even the social energy chip seemed to have lost its effectiveness.

However, the handsome guy simply wiped his mouth with a tissue.

The two of them started chatting casually.

[Ding, your source code 'Red Dream' has been cleaned. Intelligence +15 points]

The senior engineer downed the cherry blossom wine in one gulp, then reached out and gently patted the other person's hand.

We will meet again! We definitely will!

It wasn't until the wildly handsome guy left that Sister Ji came to her senses, suddenly shuddered, and quickly went online to post on the forum.

"I ran into a super handsome guy today, so handsome it made my head spin."

"Any big shots in the doujinshi world, or talented individuals in the 3D section? I'm offering a hefty sum for a single doujinshi!!"

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