Chapter 808 Time flies

 Time flies like an arrow, and time flies like a shuttle.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

 When the girl opened her eyes again, she saw the familiar ceiling.

 “Good morning, Your Majesty the Inquisitor.”

As the sound rang out, D saw a purple-haired girl with a side ponytail tied on the right side of her hair standing there, watching him quietly.

 “Um…Good morning, Lumière.”

As he spoke, D yawned, then sat up and began to change clothes.

 Sixty years have passed since that conversation with Regina.

These sixty years have not been too difficult for D. In the first twenty years, she has been leading the army of Night City to expand its territory, repel those electronic demons, and take back the lost cities of mankind. Then he used it as a base to develop and successfully defeated ten powerful electronic demons known as the Ten Disaster Heroes. Under the leadership of D, humanity, which was on the verge of extinction, once again stood up and relied on the demon summoning program called "PERSONA" to defeat the army of electronic demons that posed a threat to the human world.

 As for those cyber lunatics? Well... D had no intention of sending troops to fight, but just let them fend for themselves. In fact, as D expected, most of the cyber lunatics perished directly without support for a few years. This is actually normal, because the cybermaniac is only mentally disordered, but he is still a living person and needs to eat, drink, and repair his prosthetic body. However, a mentally disturbed lunatic full of gender aggression would obviously not be able to survive for too long without food.

Therefore, D’s approach is to put aside the cities full of cyber lunatics, and then concentrate on dealing with the electronic demons. When the electronic demons are dealt with and turned around, those cyber lunatics will either die of thirst, starvation or infection - after all They are just madmen, not zombies, and the virus is still effective on them.

 So you see, there is no need to fight, just collect the corpse.

 Then.........D died.

Well, at least that’s what the world thinks.

The reason is very simple. When D led an army to attack the Supreme Disaster Hero, one of the Ten Disaster Heroes, the opponent showed great power, so D had to die with the opponent... Well, that's how others saw it.

Of course, this is not the case for D. In fact, this is just a play she plays.

  The reason why D acted like this was very simple. After killing the top ten culprits, she discovered that the **** culprit hadn’t appeared yet!

Just kidding, generally speaking, after defeating the Four Heavenly Kings in this situation, isn't it time for the final BOSS to appear in person?

In the end, your final boss actually got cold feet and didn't play according to the routine?

There was no other way, so D had an idea and staged an END in which the supreme disaster hero tried to drag himself into the water before he died, and then they both went on the road. In order to use this method to deceive the final BOSS and make him become careless and die.

As for how D knew that the boss was not dead in the end, it was too simple - the task was still pending and not yet completed!

Originally, D thought that once he knew he was dead, the BOSS behind the scenes would immediately come out to cause trouble. However, he didn’t expect that this girl got the essence of it, and it never appeared after that.

 So D is also angry, isn’t he just Gou? Let's see who is more stubborn.

So another forty years passed.

Of course, there have been a lot of changes in these forty years.

The first is technology. Due to the impact of the Doomsday, the network that humans originally relied on completely collapsed. However, due to the emergence of the demon summoning program, a brand new network based on the electronic world was developed. Regarding implants, humans are also Once bitten by a snake, people are afraid of well ropes for ten years. Now a law has been issued that prohibits the installation of implants unless they are people with physical diseases.

In the past, this order might not have been well implemented. After all, many people had denounced the dangers of implants in the past, but there were still many people who changed their clothes. After all, implants are very convenient and can be installed in just a moment. Become stronger. This is one of the reasons why implants in the past eventually became an everyday household item in thousands of households.

Just like a gun, if everyone else has a gun and you don’t have a gun, wouldn’t you be the one who suffers? So even if you don’t like it, you still have to be talented.

 But now, there is no need to worry about this problem, because the people who originally relied on implants to gain combat effectiveness have been eliminated from the stage of history, and another group of people have replaced them.

 Demon Summoner.

That's right, now the Demon Summoner has replaced the original implanted Superman like Adam's Hammer and has become the new top existence of the pyramid. After all, for electronic demons, ordinary human attack methods have no effect on them, so those prosthetics are naturally eliminated from the array of weapons and return to their original value as medical supplies.

Of course, becoming a demon summoner is not an easy task. When D was originally designed, it was designed that those things that looked like mobile phones were actually special demon summoners. Only those who have passed the certification can activate the demon summoning program and then sign a contract with the electronic demons to drive them.

Secondly, electronic demons themselves also have their own likes and dislikes. In other words, if ordinary people want to sign a contract with them, it depends on whether they are willing or not. If they are not willing, they will catch you.

So there is still some danger in signing a contract with an electronic demon, rather than just throwing the Master Ball when you see one in the grass like Pokémon.

More importantly, in principle, a person can only control one electronic demon, so once you sign a contract, it is basically impossible to contract with other electronic demons. So it depends on your appearance. If you summon a very powerful electronic demon at the beginning, it will naturally go sideways.

 But if you summon a weak chicken - well, well, in most cases, you will be bound to this weak chicken for life.

Of course, no matter how weak the electronic demon is, it is still stronger than a human being.

The current situation in the world is that the electronic demon army that appeared during the Doomsday and once ravaged the earth has been almost wiped out with the elimination of the Ten Disaster Heroes. Most of the cyber lunatics in large and medium-sized cities have basically died and returned to human hands. A new generation has also been born, and unlike their ancestors who were covered in implants, they have regained their original human posture.

However, this does not mean that there is no danger in this world. Too many humans died during the Doomsday. Even if these survivors can live again now, it will probably take one or two generations before they can barely restore a certain number of people. At least so far, human beings are still in a situation where there are too many monks and too many monks. Many organizations and forces can choose a city as their home and start to reproduce again. In those abandoned cities that have been completely abandoned, or that humans have not been able to take care of for at least a hundred years, electronic demons are still raging, and there are even reports of remaining cyber lunatics coming and going. Of course, for humans who have also mastered the power now, Those remaining electronic demons no longer pose much of a threat to them.

 So this is a bit similar to the continent of Faerun - it is safe where human civilization is located, but when you step into the inaccessible wilderness, jungle or abandoned city, be prepared to face the attacks of random monsters such as electronic demons.

In terms of international relations, mankind is currently in a state similar to a global alliance, and the formation of this state is also related to D-she leads the army of Night City to attack electronic demons everywhere and take back the local city. But it is impossible for these cities to run away, and it is impossible for Night City to send so many people to occupy a city - a modern metropolis can easily accommodate millions of people, and you can send tens of thousands of people there. It's sprinkle water.

 So usually in this case, they will let the local residents come back to manage the city, and then sign an alliance with Night City to provide Night City with the supplies, personnel and equipment they can provide in exchange for Night City's protection.

 This eventually formed a global alliance system centered on Night City.

Of course, this system is still running normally, but there are already some differences. Some independent cities don't like to be interfered and controlled too deeply by Night City and want to break away from this system, but it is unlikely to be possible in a short time. It can be done, but it may not be possible in the future.

But...well, it's none of D's business.

 She is dead after all.

At the technological level, human beings have also made other developments. Perhaps the impact of the Doomsday was so far-reaching that human technology has once again embarked on the stupid and dark steam road - transforming from cyberpunk to steampunk. .

 At least in this way, you should no longer worry about the interference of the network to electronic products... Well, probably?

 During these decades, D naturally stayed away from Night City and wandered around, especially in places where she was not known. Basically, she will live in each place for ten years and then move - anyway, the current household registration level in this world is not perfect, so moving is easy for D.

Basically, wherever he goes, D will open a firm - mainly responsible for investigating or mediating disputes between electronic demons and humans.

 Just as D lamented to Regina before, electronic demons have been completely integrated into human life. They will use their abilities to serve humans, and humans will ensure that their existence does not threaten themselves.

For example, after the Doomsday, human beings will be in a state where there are more men than women. It is not enough for everyone to reproduce and live, so naturally there will be no place to vent the fire. What to do at this time?

 Hey, the nightmare family has come out.

These nightmares will open restaurants like Yunding or Big Bird in human cities, and then attract young men to enter, and then let them have a boundless dream. In this way, the man is satisfied, and the nightmare successfully obtains male essence through these dreams to maintain his existence. It can be described as a win-win situation where everyone is happy.

 It has become the norm in most cities for electronic demons to live together with humans, so it is natural that there will be friction between the two sides. There are even cases where electronic demons kill people. Since the number of humans is still limited, there are not enough manpower to maintain law and order, so some mercenaries or detectives will be hired to help solve the problem.

These mercenaries and detectives are basically veterans of D's previous war of recovery. Only they are qualified to possess demon summoners and demon summoning programs, and they have rich combat experience and can deal with electronic demons who have violated the law.

In addition, there is another change, and that is about robots.

There are currently too few human beings, so automation and robots are a must. Before, everyone might have thought twice about it, but now, the world is a bit broken - anyway, my network has exploded. AI is everywhere on the streets, and we are not afraid of AI uprising robots. So we started research on robots again, and divided them into work-type robots and home-type robots. The former is mainly responsible for various factory operations with three heads and six arms, while the latter is mainly responsible for various factory operations. Responsible for driving or taking care of others like a servant, serving as a secretary-like occupation.

Of course, the latter naturally has to look like humans.

This is how Lumière was created. After the humanoid robot technology in this world matured, D specially ordered a Lumière robot, and then used his own terminal to transmit Lumière into it. , which can be regarded as allowing Lumière in this world to have a body.

 As for whether someone may have evil intentions towards the robot, D is not worried.

Just kidding, Ryumi Lier's current height is 1.4 meters, and he weighs nearly 200 kilograms. It is all iron pimples. Most people can't hug the princess.

 Those who have ideas about this are real warriors. It would be more practical to go to the Nightmare Restaurant.

 After Lumière has a body, it will be much easier to assist D. After all, D is better at fighting with force and not good at thinking and guessing. On the contrary, Lumière is very good at this. Lumiel also expressed that she was used to this - when she and Eclair were partnering before, she was responsible for using the brain and Eclair was responsible for the hands.

 It’s the same now, Lumiere is responsible for using the brain, and D is responsible for the hands.

Of course, to the outside world, Lumière is just a work robot that serves as D’s assistant.

D originally thought that forty years would be difficult, but she didn’t expect that forty years would pass by in such a flash. Since D doesn’t age, she usually looks at other people’s situations. If the people around her start to get older, then she should get out of the way - at least for now, D thinks that her mood is still very relaxed, and it is not as difficult as she imagined after staying in this world for forty years. and dissatisfaction.

However, it’s better to kill that idiot as soon as possible.

 “By the way, Lumiel, do you have any commissions today?”

 After changing clothes and washing up, D walked out of the bedroom and asked.

  “There is a message, which seems to be a commission from a guest.”

"Okay, I get it now."

 (End of this chapter)