But Gloria couldn't think of any solution, so she had to take her leave.
"Thank you for your advice. If you ever consider joining Horizon Corporation, feel free to contact anyti."
After saying this, she left Wild Wolf Bar.
What Gloria completely failed to notice was that, in an inconspicuous corner of the bar, a pair of eyes had been watching her entire interaction with Valerie.
[Test subject refused invitation, no unusual occurrences.]
[Received, continue monitoring]
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"Protheus Laboratory... Brunan..."
The players quickly reported their discovery in the old network to Lucy, even capturing that cyber life form and bringing it back, which Lucy hadn't expected at all.
In her eyes, all AIs were villains, all needing to be captured and brutally reprogramd for repentance, working for their company for ten thousand years to squeeze out every bit of remaining value.
Although they didn't obtain the so-called high-value data, those clock-in logs still earned the players a tiny amount of points. The real surprise was found on the cyber life form they captured alive.
After being thrown into the data recycling channel, the Protheus Laboratory instance fra gained an additional 5% progress. The players who participated in this instance activity all received recycling points, which could be exchanged for Orokin, used to upgrade skills, or redeed for Lucy's crafted advanced Demonic Puppet (a one-ti item).
Of course, perhaps it wouldn't be long before new items appeared there, but that would be sothing created by another top hacker.
"Now, tell , what do you know?"
In the cyberspace, Lucy curiously examined this AI (?) locked by the program.
"I've already told you everything I know. What more do you want from ?"
Brunan looked aggrieved; this group of bastards was inhuman, completely unreasonable, and had tortured him all the way with various excuses.
"Hey, you seem to be sick."
"You're so listless, is it heatstroke? Let take a look!"
He felt like a guinea pig being manipulated.
Humiliation!
Anger!
"I'm not talking about those things."
Unlike the players, Lucy didn't care about questions like "How did AI originate?" or "What happened on the day the network collapsed?" She was interested in the company's data, the lost technologies, the things that could help Lin Miao.
The re ntion of those formulas made the players' heads spin. Seeing the experts' tornted, listless appearances, none dared to ask further. These things were best handed over to NPCs for a formal process—they didn't care how realistic the ga's official sci-fi setting was.
You're not really going to build a fusion reactor, are you?
"What I want to know are the projects your company once developed and where the technical information is stored."
"Why would I tell you? I can't possibly tell you anything."
Brunan remained defiant, at least for now, feeling he should maintain so composure.
Since they needed sothing from him, this was the only way to enhance his value and bargaining chip in the negotiation.
However, what he awaited wasn't a humbled Lucy, but a flickering hand of red lightning.
"Soga."
Hearing Brunan's words, Lucy blinked and smiled warmly.
"I guess I'm not very persuasive at all."
Upon finishing, she prepared to shatter and reorganize the guy's data.
"But soon, you should speak up without reservation."
Once I deliver this jab, you'll only be thinking about H.jpg
Lucy admitted she wasn't a good person; there was no one pure in Night City.
"Wait!"
Seeing that terrifyingly dangerous data, Brunan's defiance never lasted more than five seconds. Though he never left Protheus Laboratory, he knew what that damned thing was.
"I think we can still talk."
Lucy's hand stopped less than 1CM in front of Brunan.
"Hmph... speak."
"Phew...."
Oh my
Oh my
Really, oh my
Has the outside world beco this ruthless?
Anyone can casually wield Black Wall data as a weapon. No wonder this company uses a bunch of dimwits as cannon fodder to explore the old network.
Luckily, Brunan was currently a data entity, or he'd be sweating buckets, but he still pretended to be calm, conjuring a lab coat for himself.
"First of all, I'm a scientist with professional ethics. Even though the company collapsed, I can't just hand over the research results of my colleagues for nothing, or even if you control my consciousness, I guarantee you won't get accurate data."
AI can control human consciousness, and of course, they can control fellow AIs. Brunan knew this well.
But as data entities, they could modify their digital mories. Even a small nurical error could lead to completely different experintal results, wasting millions of investnt.
Lucy was nonchalant.
"What do you want?"
"I know what you want—our company's technology, papers, AI experint data. I can give you these, but!"
Brunan emphasized.
"All papers published outside must bear the original author's na. Whether you're a company or an individual, you cannot usurp our intellectual achievents. These things belong to whoever they should."
In his lifeti, he'd seen too much of it. His colleagues' inventions and research results, developed through tireless effort, were all labeled as company property, where they not only didn't receive a penny, but even the patent rights didn't belong to them.
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