Metropolis

"Don't worry, if anyone saw me, they'd just think I was a human with extensive cybernetic modifications," Taipai said, sounding much more optimistic than Sun Jack.

"Besides, in Metropolis, countless people come and go every day. No one pays attention to us."

"As for the traces on the space station, the impact of the landing, and the rough search by the mercenaries afterward, they've already erased them for us."

"I hope so." In this unfamiliar place, he could only take it one step at a time.

He didn't know if it was the mercenaries or the company's actions, but Sun Jack felt a constant illusion that someone was trying to kill him.

"Speaking of which, there should be normal people in this world, right? It's not like everyone in the world has gone crazy and I'm the only normal one?" he thought to himself.

As Sun Jack was lost in his thoughts, Song 6PUS's voice interrupted him. "Look, we've arrived at Metropolis."

Sun Jack followed his electronic cigarette and saw, in the distance of the gray skyline, a bright splash of color piercing through the dimness outside the window.

"Metropolis?" As Sun Jack felt himself sit up, the mechanical stretcher beneath him automatically moved towards the window, allowing him a clearer view.

As the spaceship approached rapidly, a dazzling, three-dimensional neon city soon appeared before Sun Jack.

Skyscrapers stood shoulder to shoulder, interspersed with brightly lit entertainment districts. Various spacecraft weaved through dazzling neon billboards and giant holographic projections, with traffic flowing like a river in the sky and on the ground.

All the advertisements were lifelike and constantly changing. There seemed to be no restrictions here. Guns, sex – all the explicit advertisements Sun Jack could and couldn't imagine were broadcast freely on every street.

Sun Jack understood some of the advertisements, but he couldn't comprehend their content.

"Gluttony Enhanced Stomach, allowing you to enjoy everything, devour everything. Whether it's lava or nuclear waste, you can taste it all."

"Red Mud Small Stove 8 Youth ProminiMax is now available! Powerful and cheap, made with safe polymer material 3D printed gun body, non-toxic at the entrance. Red Mud Small Stove, the only choice for children's weapons."

The pedestrians on the street wore all sorts of strange clothing, and data cables and metal prosthetics were everywhere, even more exaggerated than Taipai's.

The continuous rain and mist cast a hazy filter over everything. Looking at everything before him, Sun Jack felt a sense of unreality, as if he were in a dream.

"Is this Metropolis?" Sun Jack's eyes widened to their maximum, staring intently at everything outside the window. All of this was in stark contrast to his own experiences, as if they were completely different worlds.

By the time the spaceship slowly landed, Sun Jack and Song 6PUS's injuries had completely healed. Song 6PUS's severed arm had even been fitted with a spare medical prosthetic.

As the hovercar door opened, the bright world outside suddenly came alive with sound. Sun Jack, suddenly appearing in this extremely unfamiliar world, felt a sense of awkwardness, not knowing where to put his hands. Everything was very strange to him.

"Hahaha! Bro! Let's go! Let's have a blast together!" Song 6, unable to contain his smile, casually walked to a nearby car, raised his mechanical arm, and smashed the glass with force.

Then, he pulled a data cable from his cybernetic wrist and plugged it directly into the socket in the steering wheel. With a click, the car started.

Smash the glass, plug in the data cable. Pull the door open. The series of actions was fluid and natural. It was clear this wasn't the first time he'd done this.

"Uh... that doesn't seem to be your car, does it?"

"What do you mean D him D, if it's in my hands, it's mine!! Let's go! Get in the car!"

As Sun Jack and Taipai got into the car, Song 6 immediately floored the accelerator and launched.

Song 6 drove without any regard for traffic rules, opening the convertible mode and speeding against traffic. The wind rushing in made Sun Jack's hair and scalp constantly lean back, and the rain hitting his face stung.

In the end, he even stood up, stepped on the steering wheel, raised his hands, and cheered to the entire city. "Freedom City! Woo!! Fuck me! Come on! Old Man is alive and back again! Hahaha!!"

The entire city's near light pollution of GG sounds was mixed with faint gunshots, as if welcoming his shouts.

"Fuck! Get down here quickly! Are you crazy or on drugs?" Sun Jack punched him and pulled him back into the driver's seat.

"Hahaha! Of course, what do you think I'm smoking now?"

Just then, Sun Jack's peripheral vision caught sight of someone standing on a rooftop ahead, behind a hovering GG, doing something. "There's someone there!"

"Nothing, just jumping off a building." As soon as he finished speaking, the person in the distance leaped.

Song 6PUS, with an e-cigarette in his mouth, whistled towards them, "Oh! Dude, you're awesome! Do a flip!!" As he spoke, he turned on the Live Stream again.

The person jumping off the building seemed to have heard him, struggling to do a flip in mid-air, and then gave them the middle finger.

"Bang!" The person smashed directly not far in front of the car, their entire head splitting open like a watermelon, instantly shattering into pieces, white and red splattering everywhere.

Song 6 paid no attention, as if it were a trivial matter. With a step on the accelerator, the car ran directly over the corpse, the tires leaving two deep tracks of flesh and blood in the rainwater.

"My God, what's going on with this city?" While Sun Jack was still stunned by what had just happened, the car stopped in front of a towering building. The very top of the building was still exhaling white smoke, accompanied by the gasps of men and women.

Song 6PUS hooked his arm around Sun Jack's neck and walked in. The lewd sounds instantly replaced the GG, filling Sun Jack's ears.

Before Sun Jack could get a clear look at the building's interior, he heard Song 6 speak. "Where are the whores! Old Man wants to whore!!"

In a transparent champagne glass, one person tall, not far away, a Catgirl wearing a miniskirt and luminous stockings sat up from the wine.

Then, dripping wet, she swayed her tail, her high heels clicking like a cat's paws as she walked towards them with a smile, calling out sweetly, "The whore is here~~"

"Come and lick him! This is my brother! The kind you'd risk your life for!"

The Catgirl, with a cloying sweet scent, came close. She danced around Sun Jack, swaying her body against his, whispering sweet nothings into his ear.

The next moment, she lightly bit her lower lip, her chest thrusting forward. She spread her legs towards Sun Jack, and a pinkish stream shot out, illuminating Sun Jack's mouth, which was agape in shock, and his trembling pupils. "It... it can still glow?"

Song 6PUS put his arm around his neck and, over the surrounding noise, shouted loudly into Sun Jack's ear, "Brother! Welcome to Freedom City!!"