Chapter 2 Cyberpunk
Author: Shangyao Yuchen’s Home
The sky gradually darkens.
Neon tubes emitting colorful lights spread throughout the city.
The light illuminates the tall buildings that stand quietly in the darkness and are scattered all over the city.
Several sightseeing airships were flying slowly in the sky, and another one was landing slowly nearby.
Under the high-rise buildings, there are piles of garbage, hungover drunkards vomiting through the railings, and gangsters with colorful hair extorting passers-by.
This is troublesome.
Yao Luo hid in the shadow of the corner.
If it were that kind of ancient world, he could fool a few believers; but in this technologically advanced world, would anyone really believe in metaphysics?
On the wall-mounted TV set by the roadside, two hosts started their program.
(Male host) Why do hundreds of vending machines scream in the middle of the night? Why are men's underwear frequently stolen in shopping malls? Why do innocent women walking on the road suddenly fall into coma?
Who is responsible for the serial cyber hacker victimization case? What is hidden? Is behind all this the distortion of human nature or the loss of morality?
Welcome to today's "Red Lips Never Stop", oh no, it's "Border News". Did I say it right this time, dear Juliet?
(Female host) I heard that you hosted a late-night program called "Never Stop"?
(Male host) [laughs twice] What we are broadcasting now is a serious program, not an adult topic. Juliet, if this continues, our news program will be banned.
(Hostress) Let's begin, dear Romeo.
Yao Luo shook his head and walked past the wall-mounted TV.
He doesn't care about TV news. His primary purpose now is to deceive the first believer.
Passing by a dark alley, he saw a drunken homeless man at the end of the alley.
Maybe this situation is easier to fool?
In the confused eyes of the homeless man, Yao Luo walked up to the homeless man squatting on the ground.
"Hey, brother, have you been having a bad time lately?"
As Yao Luo spoke, he looked at the pile of broken glass bottles surrounding the homeless man.
The tramp ignored Yao Luo, just drank the last sip of wine, and then threw the empty bottle into the air with all his strength.
Snap!
The empty wine bottle fell to the ground and shattered, glass stubble flying everywhere.
"You...what do you want to do?" The homeless man was so drunk that he could not speak clearly.
"To tell you the truth, I am a god," Yao Luo looked at the homeless man and said, "As long as you believe in me, I will give you a lot of help."
The homeless man laughed so much that he spat out a mouthful of wine and kicked the black garbage bag next to him with his feet wearing tattered shoes.
He frowned and kicked hard.
Underneath the many trash bags that had been kicked away, there was a human leg.
"Oh, I remembered," the homeless man shook his head, "Look, this is my friend. He was sleeping under the garbage dump a few days ago. He also said that he was a god and wanted to suck some of the blood of the company dog to get nutrients.
…He’s dead anyway.”
He laughed hoarsely twice: "There are two more places here, one is for me. If you want it, the other one is yours."
Yao Luo strongly suspected that the homeless man in front of him had a mental illness.
Lying next to a corpse that was starting to stink, I looked very happy.
Is it possible to deceive a mentally ill person?
"You can make some changes, as long as I help you," Yao Luo said, "I just need a little faith. Anyway, no money, just a little faith."
The homeless man opened his hand towards him.
"What do you mean?" Yao Luo asked.
"You don't want money, but I do!" the homeless man said confidently, "I can drink two more bottles of wine before I die, it's worth it!"
Yao Luo's eyes twitched.
He gave up on saving this man who gave up hope in life, drank and waited for death.
After all, he is not a nanny.
Yao Luo walked out of the alley and grabbed two hamburgers from the vending machine on the side of the road with almost no power.
Pure synthetic meat, pure synthetic starch, pure synthetic vegetable leaves, the ingredient list is clearly written.
"With the lowest price, we will give you a real meat-like experience! The glory of the giant spirit, the highest quality!"
The vending machine chirped in a cheerful voice.
Walking back to the alley, Yao Luo threw it away.
A sturdy burger was thrown to the feet of the homeless man squatting on the ground.
"It can help you live one more day." Yao Luo said, taking a bite of the burger in his hand.
It tastes really bad. It is said to be synthetic meat, but in fact it has no meaty taste at all.
The tramp laughed wildly: "You are still a good person, it's so funny! If I were a woman, I would take off your clothes right now!"
Yao Luo remained silent.
He doesn't want to argue with mental patients.
With a thought in his heart, Yao Luo felt a trace of power of faith coming from the homeless man.
"It's rare that I can meet a good person before I die." The homeless man took out a box from the garbage bag. After opening it, there was a clean card inside. "An anonymous rent card, from a company dog trash can."
What you get inside is enough for you to live in the suburbs for a year."
"This card can be exchanged for a lot of money, right? It's enough to change your current situation."
But the homeless man said: "I don't need it. I have no regrets."
He moved his wrist, supported his chin, and suddenly moved his entire palm sideways, revealing the mechanical barrel underneath.
"Son of a bitch world, goodbye!"
"Hello!"
Bang!
The homeless man's head exploded.
A strange mechanical eye rolled to Yao Luo's feet.
Yao Luo opened his mouth wide, and the synthetic burger in his hand rolled to the ground.
What kind of weird world is this?
He came to the wall-mounted TV and kept collecting information.
In this world, at least in this city called "Djinn City", Djinn Glory Company controls everything.
In a city of 600,000 people, there are actually 200,000 illegal households, all of which have lost their citizenship due to some illegal behavior. The funny thing is that whether it is legal or not is defined by the company people.
Only company people are the most noble. Others are not even human beings. They are at most some kind of tools. They have to be sucked of blood and value from birth.
Therefore, company people are always called "company dogs."
In Giant Spirit City, only by becoming a member of the company can you have life security.
The technology here is quite advanced, and various combat prosthetics and auxiliary prosthetics emerge in endlessly; however, when seeing the decadent people, Yao Luo felt something was very wrong.
"Spreading faith in a place like this? No wonder the senior gods would run away with buckets." Yao Luo sighed.
This is simply a hellish difficulty. Dogs shake their heads just looking at it.
He began to prepare to use his divine power to make a bucket, take what he could, and wander into the universe like the previous gods.
"Speaking of which, how do you use divine power to make a barrel?"
Yao Luo used very weak divine power, and his soul floated to a very far away place.
…
blue star.
On the "Do you understand" mobile app, a strange question suddenly appeared: I am a god, how can I use my divine power to create a barrel?
Netizens responded generously.
[Netizen A] How long have you had this symptom? Is it serious? You can consult a psychiatrist for help.
[Netizen B] How to make a bucket from bamboo: It is very simple to make a bucket from bamboo (please click for video)
[Netizen C] Can I have a serious question? Why do I always get pushed to such fairy questions in this software?
…
Not helpful at all.
Yao Luo came to his senses.
Wait, he can actually connect to Blue Star's network?
Chapter completed!