The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 204 - 145 [42]

Chapter 204: Chapter 145 [42]

"The hidden plot has finally arrived!"

Zhou Yuan asked, "What’s up with your friend?"

As he spoke, he sprayed Will the Beastman with a mist, eliminating his mechanical transformation abnormality.

Weiwei watched as the steel color on Will’s hand quickly faded away, and her voice was filled with excitement and anticipation: "Her name is Yi. She’s been my friend since childhood. Two years ago, she was infected with the cybernetic plague and turned into a completely mechanical life form. All her emotions were stripped away, and she became as cold, rational, and even a bit terrifying as a robot.

If you can cure her, I can give you money."

"Yi?" Zhou Yuan pondered for a moment. It seemed there was no NPC by this name in the guide for the Night City dungeon.

"Where does she live? What does her family do?" Will inquired.

"She lives in the North Oak Area. Her family is in the medical drugs business. I can take you there."

At that moment, there was a knock on the door.

"I’m fucking back!" Jiang Wuming’s voice called out.

"Ah..." Weiwei jumped in fright when she saw Jiang Wuming walk in, her face filled with confusion and shock. Last night, she had clearly seen Jiang Wuming get shot in the head. How could he be completely unharmed now?

"Uncle, are you a clone?"

"First, call me brother."

Jiang Wuming corrected her and then added after a pause, "Second, I am indeed a clone. Have you ever heard of the Phoenix Project? I have prepared thousands of clone bodies. As soon as one dies, consciousness is transferred, and I am reborn infinitely."

"Impossible." Weiwei’s face was full of disbelief. "Remote consciousness transfer technology hasn’t been cracked. Every clone should have its own independent consciousness."

"What do you know, kid? Creation Company cracked this technology a long time ago, but it’s still classified. There’s another similar project called Guardian of Your Soul, which can store a person’s consciousness, or soul, in a small biological chip. As long as the chip is activated, the stored consciousness is transmitted to the body," Jiang Wuming explained.

This Night City dungeon came from the game "Cyberpunk 2077". The relic chip he mentioned, a product of the Guardian of Your Soul project, was the beginning of the game’s main storyline.

In reality, Creation Company was just Huangban Company under a different name. Huangban Tower was renamed Star Tower. This game world, after all, had been significantly modified.

"How do you know all this?!"

Weiwei was stunned, then quickly realized she had lost her composure and hurriedly explained, "These must be top secrets of Creation Company. Are you a hacker?"

"I’m more powerful than a hacker," Jiang Wuming said smugly, enjoying teasing the kid.

Zhou Yuan squinted his eyes. Weiwei’s reaction seemed off just now, almost like... she knew about these projects.

Could she be the daughter of a high-ranking employee at Creation Company? But how could such core secrets be accessible to a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old girl?

Huo Yan Luo, Bai Lang, and Will were all savvy individuals and naturally noticed something was amiss. It was impossible for there to be no hidden agendas with such reactions.

The group exchanged glances and decided to check it out.

Time was quite ample.

For the Demon King to seize the divine power within the princess, he had to wait for the once-in-a-century blood moon night and perform the ritual under the crimson moonlight.

The next blood moon night was a month away. Within a month, they’d have ample time, even if they spent it eating hotpot and singing along the way.

·

Led by Weiwei, the group arrived in the North Oak Area. This was a wealthy district in Night City, beautifully landscaped with abundant greenery, dotted with villas. Each villa had guards at the entrance and drones patrolling around the clock.

"Miss Weiwei, you’re finally back!"

In front of the villa gate, two burly men in black suits greeted Weiwei with joyful expressions.

The floating letters above their heads shocked Zhou Yuan.

[LV55·Gate Guard A]

[LV56·Gate Guard B]

The gate guards were over level fifty!

Outrageous!

At such a level, they’d be bosses in other areas!

"This place runs deep..." Zhou Yuan frowned inwardly. Usually, the rich couldn’t afford bodyguards of this caliber.

[A luxurious villa that an average person couldn’t afford in three hundred lifetimes. Be careful what you say inside. A wrong move could lead to disaster, but you might also gain a powerful ally depending on your performance.]

The Eyes of Identification’s tip was intriguing. Could the power within this villa be an ally?

Then, the system automatically generated a task.

[Event detected, generating task...]

[Task name: "Night City Legend"]

[Task objective: Clear the Night City dungeon by any means.]

[Task reward 1: Experience Points * 2000]

[Task reward 2: Star Coins * 7000]

[Task reward 3: Rare Quality Skill Scroll * 1]

"Clear the dungeon by any means?" Zhou Yuan was stunned. This task objective was incredibly broad.

In the game, to clear the Night City dungeon, the standard was to defeat the Steel and Flesh Beast and destroy the super AI controlling Night City.

But if there were no restrictions on the method, the potential strategies were endless. For example, the most straightforward and brutal way would be to use a nuke to blow up Night City, which could also count as clearing.

However, Zhou Yuan didn’t have access to a nuke... In a sense, this method was even more challenging than following the normal procedure.

"They’re friends of mine who can cure the cybernetic plague," Weiwei explained, pointing to the group behind her.