Early the next morning, Bai Xing set out from home and took the subway to the Afterlife Bar.

It is said to be a subway, but it is actually an empty rail that shuttles between the tall buildings in the city.

To be honest, the scenery up here is very good, especially at night. Bai Xing has sat there several times before and was deeply attracted by this picture.

The colorful neon lights complement each other, the huge holographic goldfish swims in the square, and when passing under a certain overpass, the cherry blossom tree suddenly opens up from the darkness and comes into view.

The city of night, the city that never sleeps.

Of course, this is only for an outsider like Shirahoshi.

Those who have lived in Night City all their lives have long been numb to this scene.

The people who take the subway in Night City are all ordinary people who are too ordinary to be ordinary and just want to survive and get through the day.

Normally, Bai Xing would definitely be looking at the outside world intently, because he also has his charm during the day.

But today is different.

What Sasha said to him yesterday bothered him. After returning home, he kept collecting information on this aspect on the computer.

He only saw a lot, a lot of tragedy.

Bai Xing leaned on the armrest, thinking wildly in his mind.

Nightwalkers...Adecado...Six Street Gang...Scavengers...Corporate Dogs...Cyberpsychosis...What am I doing out today...

His proud stand-in ability allowed him to overcome many difficulties, but it could not tell him what exactly cyberpsychosis is and how to solve it.

Ah, by the way, the reason why I came out today is that Mann sent him a message saying that there is a new person joining today, who was introduced by Qi Wei.

Suddenly, a breeze blew by, carrying a pleasant fragrance.

Bai Xing raised his head subconsciously.

He saw a rainbow, icy blue transitioning to pink, and the hanging strands of hair completed the remaining colors.

It was a girl wearing a hacker tights who kept walking among the crowd.

She would occasionally stop and wait next to some people. After a few seconds, the chip slot on the person's neck flashed green, and then a chip popped out and was grabbed by the girl's delicate hands, and she immediately looked for the next target.

"The one who stole the chip..."

Bai Xing looked at it twice and then withdrew his gaze. Everyone has their own way of making a living, and he couldn't say anything.

Ding--

The station has arrived.

After getting off the subway, Bai Xing jogged all the way to the private room reserved in advance.

"Yo, you're here."

Mann and others were already drinking inside, and when they saw Bai Xing coming over, they asked him to sit down.

"Hey, didn't you say there was a new person joining? Where are the new people?"

Bai Xing looked around and found that there were no more people, and there was even one missing Qi Wei.

"Qiwei said she would bring new people over soon. After all, she introduced them. I guess something is wrong now, right?"

This wait is an hour.

It wasn't until an hour later that Qiwei appeared at the door of the private room.

"Sorry, I'm late." Qiwei said, "Lucy, come in."

Walking through the door was a familiar figure.

Bai Xing was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that this was the girl who stole the chip he had seen on the subway.

"Hello everyone, my name is Lucy and I am a hacker by profession. Please take good care of me from now on."

"Welcome, Lucy." Sasha said with a smile.

Rebecca, who was next to her, also raised her glass and said, "Okay, a new person has joined!"

After a short welcome meeting, everyone left happily.

"Hey! Your name is Bai Xing, right?"

Bai Xing, who had left the next life, was walking on the street when he suddenly heard a voice calling him.

When he looked up, he saw the girl named Lucy leaning against the wall on the street.

"It's you, is something wrong?"

"I just want to ask you, do you know me?" Lucy said, "Why were you stunned for a moment when I came in just now."

"do not know."

Bai Xing shook his head and said, "That's just because I saw you stealing chips when I took the subway in the morning."

"I didn't know you before this." After saying that, Bai Xing left.

"What a strange person..." Lucy narrowed her eyes and looked at the background of Bai Xing's departure.

The girl has been avoiding certain sights since she was a child. After escaping from that hell, she has been on the run to this day, for fear of being discovered and recaptured.

Recalling that place, the girl's delicate body couldn't help but tremble with fear.

At this moment, Lucy suddenly noticed a commotion on the road ahead, and the crowd rushed here and fled in the opposite direction like crazy.

"What happened?"

She stopped a woman with a frightened expression and asked.

"Ahead! There's a cyberpsychosis ahead!"

The woman screamed, broke away from her hand and continued to run away without looking back.

Lucy remembered that the white star was heading in the direction of the turmoil.

"What's going to happen to him?"

The girl thought this, but she also turned away from this neighborhood. In the City of Night, being alone is the first priority.

Besides, she wasn't familiar with these people yet.

And in the center of the turmoil——

A woman was sitting on the ground with her head lowered, her legs splayed at both sides, and her hands hanging down. She was only wearing a dress, which was also full of holes, revealing a large area of ​​fair skin.

If it weren't for this purgatory-like background, this would be a pretty beautiful scene.

Several police cars surrounded the woman in the middle. There was a river of blood on the ground, filled with square pieces of cut meat. The pistols and bullet casings falling on the ground proved that at least someone had fought hard here.

"Hey! Boy! Are you scared?"

A voice woke up Bai Xing, who was immersed in his own world. He followed the sound and saw a man with a slight beard.

He was wearing an NCPD police uniform, holding a pistol in both hands and sitting crouched behind the police car. Seeing Bai Xing approaching, he quickly said:

"There is cyberpsychosis here! Go back quickly! Don't worry, the terrorist mobile team will be here soon. We will take care of everything. You quickly find a safe place to hide!"

After saying that, as if to reassure Bai Xing, he showed an honest smile.

But, his smile will be fixed here forever.

A silver-white blade tip suddenly broke out from his forehead, red blood slowly flowed down, and then——

Pfft——

The blade suddenly moved upward, tearing apart various muscle tissues and even the skull without any effort.

The man's head slowly opened to both sides like petals, and blood spattered for a while.

The bright red, warm liquid sprayed on Bai Xing's face, causing him to blink subconsciously.

At some point, the woman sitting on the ground came to the police car. Her legs turned into animal-like recurved joints, and her arms were fully opened, with two sharp mantis knives extending from them.

A "swish" sound!

The woman raised her hand and stabbed straight into Bai Xing's face!

Fortunately, Shirahoshi reacted quickly, or rather his stand-in reacted quickly, swiping his right hand across the afterimage and grabbing the blade directly in his hand.

A stinging sensation came, and wisps of blood dripped from the seams in Bai Xing's palm to the ground.

He raised his left hand and punched the woman in the face.

The right side of the woman's face suddenly shrank, and at the same time some mechanical fragments flew out, and half of her face fell off piece by piece, revealing the electronic structure inside.

"Abu...Abu...Mulis..."

The woman's mouth opened and closed unconsciously, uttering some inexplicable and meaningless murmurs.

at this time--

A red laser suddenly shot down from above, forming a rectangular square array, and then a powerful force came!

Bai Xing had never received such a heavy blow. He felt as if he had been run over by a heavy truck. All the muscles in his body no longer obeyed his orders, and he could only be pinned to the ground by this force.

Of course, the woman opposite him was not spared either. She was also lying on the ground unable to move.
To be continued...