Chapter 619: The moral standard is still too high
The result of this card draw made Xia Yu a little restless, especially after he had Ikaros, he could now destroy the world without any problem.
But he is not a demon king who wants to destroy the world. That is not his goal. He just wants to change the world.
Although he was already invincible with Ikaros, he still needed a plan if he wanted to minimize the damage.
Of course, the damage does not refer to him, but to the world.
Corporate war is world war. Why can nuclear bombs become peace bombs? It is because under nuclear bombs, all beings are equal. Even those in power far away in the command room cannot withstand the explosion of a nuclear bomb.
For the sake of their own lives and property, those in power will certainly not use this weapon of mass destruction at will, but if it comes to a life-and-death situation, they will definitely press the launch switch hysterically.
Since I can't live, you can't live either.
By then, large numbers of ordinary people will buy into this, and when war breaks out, ordinary people will always be the ones who suffer the most.
If I hadn't drawn the final card, I would have been able to accept a huge loss in order to cure the stubborn disease, but now that I have drawn Ikaros, perhaps I can unify the world at the fastest speed with the lowest cost.
"Tsk, my damn empathy."
Xia Yu let out a light sigh. If he could be a little more ruthless and ignore other ordinary people, he could summon Ikaros right now to bombard the entire world and quickly unify the Earth with violence.
Anyone who dares to resist will be taught a lesson by Apollo.
But if you want to minimize casualties, violence is not the best option. Breaking through the network is the best solution.
"It's a pity it was Ikaros and not Nymph. If it was her, I wouldn't have to worry about all this now." Xia Yu murmured with some regret.
Nymph is also an omnipotent angel, but she is different from the "Queen of the Sky" Ikaros. Nymph is an omnipotent angel for electronic warfare, model β.
As an all-purpose angel for electronic warfare, Nymph has little melee ability, but she has superb hacking skills, rich emotions, and strong computing ability. Her main weapons are ultrasonic vibration particles and particle interference systems. She has the ability to invade and interfere with all objects (including humans), and is equipped with an invisible anti-cognitive system and ultrasonic attack equipment.
If we have Nymph, we can directly invade the network level and paralyze the launch equipment of all companies, making it impossible for them to launch nuclear bombs.
Even if there are extinction weapons more powerful than nuclear bombs, they still need network control and launch. This world does not have extraordinary powers, nor is it a fantasy world where personal strength overrides that of the country. The decapitation tactic is still feasible in this world.
As long as we control the lifeline of the companies that have the power to start a world war and make them lose the ability to fight to the death, all problems will be solved.
Thinking about this, Xia Yu sighed: "Obviously, Ikaros can circle the earth in a hundred minutes, and can completely destroy all companies before others can react. Obviously, this is the fastest solution. Tsk, it's all because of my high moral standards."
This one-size-fits-all approach is quick and efficient, but the problems that come with it can also cause a lot of trouble. The biggest problem is who will take over the company's legacy. If it is abandoned, it would be a waste and unwise.
Therefore, the company cannot be completely eradicated, but Xia Yu is not worried. Even if most of the guys in the company are arrogant and ruthless, there will always be a few guys with genetic mutations.
The most typical example is Arasaka Yorinobu, the son of Arasaka Saburo. As the second son of Arasaka Saburo and the center of the vortex of power, Arasaka Yorinobu was at the top of the human race since birth.
But he is not the kind of second-generation rich man who acts arrogantly. He sympathizes with the unfair fate of the poor, hates his father's aggressive capitalist rule, and extremely despises Saburo Arasaka, the militaristic old man.
When he was young and hot-headed, he broke with Saburo Arasaka in his hometown of Tokyo and founded the rebellious biker Steel Dragon, which was almost a high-end version of Johnny Silverhand.
At that time, he led all the bikers in Tokyo to violently resist Arasaka, but unfortunately he was crushed to ashes by the company's godlike power.
After crawling out of the ashes, Arasaka Yorinobu realized his own youthfulness and immaturity, and knew that his previous childish actions would not be able to undermine the company's rule, so he chose to disintegrate from within and destroy Arasaka, which had become so powerful that it was deformed.
Being born in a humble family is not a disgrace! Only a man who can bend and stretch is a real man!
For the sake of his ideals, Arasaka Yorinobu lowered his proud head and submitted to his family, just to change the deformed company in his eyes from within.
After returning to his family, Lai Xuan plans to provoke all major companies to launch a devastating fifth corporate war to completely destroy all companies that control the fate of human freedom.
To this end, he even killed his father himself to strengthen his determination.
In the solar ending of the game, Lai Xuan achieved his goal.
Compared to Johnny Silverhand's way of venting his anger by turning his broken body into fire, Arasaka Yorinobu's ideals and choices are more worthy of admiration.
It's just that he was unlucky. Lai Xuan was the only one in Night City who didn't know V's phone number. Otherwise, with V Zhentian, would he still be afraid that his ideal could not be achieved?
Recalling this, Xia Yu couldn't help but shaking his head. Thinking so much at once made his head hurt a little. Maybe his brain was about to grow out.
He is not a scumbag like Johnny Silverhand who is irresponsible after having fun. He has carefully considered what the world will be like after the destruction of his company.
He had even considered the ending of "final producer" before, but that would be no different from the company, so he didn't consider it.
"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time."
Xia Yu muttered softly and withdrew his thoughts. It was too early to think about these things now. Besides, he already had so many highly intelligent characters, why did he have to think about it alone?
Now let's send some people to handsome Jack first. After all, the ten consecutive draws with great luck make almost every character useful this time.
With so many talents, plus an artificial intelligence, it should be possible to slowly infiltrate the networks of all companies in Night City.
It's a pity that he doesn't trust "Ultra", the Internet God of this world, otherwise he could cooperate with him.
When Ultra was a human, he could perhaps be trusted, but now that he has become a roaming AI, it is unclear whether Ultra still has humanity.
Just as Xia Yu was about to change into Ghost Walker and set off, he suddenly paused and couldn't help but glance at the female character on the card.
"Um……"
He doesn't want to install two iron kidneys or a big steel cannon, he prefers the original ones.
Or try to exercise.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu changed into a set of light clothes and prepared to go for a night run. After the exercise, he would change into Ghost Walker and go find handsome Jack.
After leaving the apartment, Xia Yu took a deep breath and started his long-awaited exercise.
The "night" of Night City is the "night" of the city that never sleeps. Here, the difference between day and night is not much, and both are sparkling with charming colors.
The brilliance of neon lights illuminates the darkness, but also hides the filthiness in the darkness. All the five senses receive are the false pretenses given by capital, without a trace of truth.
"Tsk, the light pollution and noise pollution are too serious."
After running for a distance, Xia Yu felt his eyes a little sore and the nerves in his ears a little tired.
If he had known this, he should have worn earplugs and sunglasses when running, but it would seem even weirder to run with sunglasses at night.
In order to ensure that his night run went smoothly, Xia Yu had to force himself to concentrate and focus only on running.
After running for a while, the noise in his ears gradually decreased, and the light pollution in front of him was not as serious as at the beginning. He came to the seawall a little further away from the city.
You can smell the wet and salty sea water here. Even in 2076, humans still haven't conquered the ocean. Even though humans can colonize outer space, they still can't understand their own little piece of land.
The sea is still mysterious, but the pollution is much more serious.
Looking around, all kinds of non-degradable garbage are piled up near the seawall, and plastics and silicone are everywhere. This is still the visible area, and no one knows how much there is in the invisible areas.
The only thing to be thankful for is that the air here has not been polluted and the only thing you can smell is the unique smell of sea water.
Xia Yu, who was slightly out of breath, gradually changed from sprinting to jogging, and then from jogging to brisk walking, until he stopped completely.
He stopped and stood in front of the seawall railing, looking at the waves in the distance and relieving his sore muscles.
"I didn't expect I could run so well."
Xia Yu sighed. If it were in the past, he would have run so far that his eyes would have turned black and his limbs would have become weak. But now he could still stand, which showed that his endurance was not bad.
He did not rely on prosthetics, but purely on his own physical fitness.
After silently enjoying the sea breeze for a while, Xia Yu suddenly pointed to the sea and sighed with a sad face: "On the other side of the sea... there are enemies!"
After playing the game and finally understanding the plot, Xia Yu suddenly raised his fists and shouted to the sky: "I am the God of this new world! Get ready to welcome God's rule!"
“Phew, that feels great!”
After venting all his emotions, Xia Yu felt much better. When he was about to start running again, he suddenly heard a greeting in his ears.
"Ahem, Xia Yu, good evening."
“…”
Hearing the greeting, Xia Yu paused and turned back stiffly, seeing a man and a woman, both of whom he happened to know.
"David, when did you get here?"
Xia Yu gave a slightly stiff smile, his toes couldn't help but curl up. He should have looked around to see if anyone was shouting.
Seeing Xia Yu like this, David seemed to understand that this greeting came at the wrong time, but since he had already called him, it would seem even more disrespectful to pretend not to see it now.
"What is that..."
David scratched his head, his eyes evasive: "Just when you pointed to the sea and said that there were enemies on the other side of the sea."
"Uh, Xia Yu, why do you look like you want to kill someone to silence them?"
"Isn't this like..."
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come over to say hello."
David hurriedly lowered his head and admitted his mistake. Seeing this, Xia Yu took a deep breath and thought, as long as I am not embarrassed, then others will be embarrassed.
Anyway, he is thick-skinned and doesn't care.
Xia Yu suppressed his thoughts and changed the subject, asking, "Why are you here? And you're running with a beautiful girl at night. Have you finally come to your senses?"
It was Lucy who was accompanying David, but according to his own personality, he did not know Lucy in his current identity, so he asked this question.
Tsk, if this were in the world of "Lord of Mysteries", the Faceless Man's potion would definitely be digested as soon as it entered his mouth.
Hearing Xia Yu's teasing, David shook his head shyly: "It's not what you think, we are just friends."
But after he finished speaking, he secretly glanced at Lucy again. Seeing that Lucy did not refute, David was a little disappointed again.
Poor Tom, he was at her mercy.
Although David was slightly disappointed by Lucy's acquiescence, he quickly cheered up and introduced: "This is Lucy, the senior of my team, who is currently guiding me."
"This is Xia Yu, my only friend at Arasaka Academy and also my best friend."
With David's introduction, Lucy and Xia Yu greeted each other and got to know each other.
"By the way, Xia Yu, I sent you so many emails, why didn't you reply to me?"
After the two of them got to know each other, David suddenly asked, which made Xia Yu stunned, "Did David send him an email?"
When he opened the virtual world, he saw that it was really there, but he had muted the volume so he didn't notice it at all.
"I was afraid of disturbing you in class, so I didn't call you and just sent you an email. But you didn't respond after I sent the email. If I hadn't been reminded, I would have thought you had blacklisted me." David laughed.
Although David said a lot, Xia Yu only paid attention to one word.
Attend class!
By the way, he is still a student!
The last time he went out with V and Jack, he had completely forgotten about this matter when he came back!
Now that I think about it, he must have been absent for almost two weeks.
“…”
It’s better not to take this class!
"That's because I've been busy lately, so I didn't notice it." Xia Yu laughed. He was indeed busy lately, but he was not busy with studying.
"By the way, Xia Yu, when are you free? My mother has recovered, and she wants to invite you to dinner as a thank you and return the money to you, but I haven't been able to contact you, so it has been delayed until now."
David looked at Xia Yu and said that he had actually gone to Arasaka Academy to look for Xia Yu, but since he never met him every time, he had to give up.
"Eat? No hurry, no hurry."
Xia Yu shook his head. He didn't even have time to go to class, let alone eat.
"Okay then, let me know when you have time."
Hearing Xia Yu's refusal, David stopped forcing her, and the two chatted for a while before parting ways.
David and Lucy continued their night run, while Xia Yu continued to rest in the sea breeze.
"So, the world isn't so rotten after all."
Looking at the unchanging sea, Xia Yu sighed.
It is because of the existence of ordinary people like David who still have good intentions that he did not choose to start a war with violence, but instead wanted to minimize the impact.
If the world is pitch black, then ordinary people with good intentions are like fireflies in the darkness. Fireflies cannot dispel the darkness, but against the backdrop of darkness, they appear more dazzling and valuable.
"Let's run a little longer."
