Demonstration City No. 1, Building AA-001, 100th floor, Walter Company.
The newly renovated office area was filled with a not-so-pleasant smell. Everything was brand new, and the company's huge LOGO was still wrapped in a layer of plastic film.
The building where Walter Company is located is also very new. Although Building AA-001 is numbered very early, because the universal formwork buildings in the entire demonstration city use new construction technology, the construction group responsible for the construction started from the buildings with lower numbers.
Team.
Building AA-001 is the last giant building completed in the entire Demonstration City No. 1. The entire building is one thousand meters high and is the fourth tallest building in the world.
But compared with other megastructures ranked on this list, the existence of AA-001 Building is just like its name, which seems so out of place and practical.
It has no unique architectural concept, nor is it given any special significance. It is neither to commemorate anyone nor to imply anything. The only purpose of its construction is to provide sufficient space for use.
If someone takes aerial photography from Demonstration City No. 1 (of course this is not allowed), they will find that the appearance and structure of Building AA-001 is similar to that of AA-002, AA-003... and all the surrounding buildings.
Things are exactly the same.
The only difference is that it is taller, and its construction cost nearly one billion federal dollars, 600,000 cubic meters of concrete, and 100,000 tons of metal materials.
The entire demonstration city is a monster made entirely of man-made materials. This monster has almost drained the federal government of its last drop of blood.
For this project, the capital power controlled by the Adventers spent all their energy on this. They spent a huge price to lobby various departments, bribe the officials who needed to be bribed, and finally convinced the federal government——
If they want to restore the authority of the big government, they need a trump card that is completely controlled by the federal government, and such a replicable, cross-era giant city that fully considers centralization is the only choice.
Mikkelsen has long known that the No. 1 Demonstration City project is inextricably linked to the Adventers, but the entire corporate federation has huge interests here.
It can be said that in the past ten years, this project has supported half of the federal economic growth point, and no one can touch its bad luck.
Just like Night City back then, the existence of Demonstration City No. 1 is like a sponge, absorbing the population of the surrounding areas and even the entire federation.
With the main building of Demonstration City No. 1 fully completed, the major powerful institutions of the federal government are also moving here, along with major giant companies and a large number of emerging companies in the capital market.
According to incomplete statistics, the population of Model City No. 1 has exceeded six million. According to calculations by Zhuosuan Network Services Company, these populations only fill less than a quarter of the entire city.
Many buildings numbered after AG are in a closed state, and the energy distribution center can directly close these areas to save money.
This city, which has been given great significance by the federal government and claims to make the Federation great again, was finally confirmed to be activated today.
The current commander-in-chief of the Federation and a group of senior officials symbolically activated the city's energy center in the presence of numerous media.
This is a show that the people don’t care about, capital doesn’t care about, and the only leader who is certified to participate and has invested his heart and acting skills has no idea that the start button he just pressed is just a set of neon lights and small devices with matching sound effects.
switch.
The real energy core was quietly put into use three years ago, providing energy supply for many facilities hidden underground.
Building AA-001 has a total of 290 floors. The federal government originally planned to completely occupy this building to demonstrate its authority.
But they soon discovered that if they really planned to do this, throwing everyone from the W Palace, the Octagon and several other real power departments here, they would not be able to fill the space on the fifty floor.
In the end, they only occupied the ninetieth floor at the top as a symbol of their rights in Demonstration City No. 1.
It's just a symbol. The leaders and people in charge who had the real power when the ambitious government decided to start this project have long since been replaced by a new generation. The latecomers are just following the inertia of capital and moving forward.
But even so, Building AA-001 has become the hottest location in the entire demonstration city, and the ownership of each floor requires countless capital and political games to decide.
And Walter Company, a little-known little player with less than forty-eight hours of registration, has so grandly occupied the entire tenth floor from the 95th to the 105th floor.
This has attracted cautious attention from many forces. People now only know that the registered business scope of Walter Company includes dozens of projects in biotechnology, media, publishing, etc.
This is also the normal state of modern enterprises. All enterprises want to become the next wasteland, the next military technology giant, and do not want to limit themselves to a certain industry.
"The node tasks must continue to advance. The company has invested a lot of resources. Every hour wasted is an unbearable loss for us." Kathy Walter looked at the huge LOGO with a satisfied smile on his lips, but his tone was still stern.
In front of her, there were only a dozen or so people in the huge conference room, sitting loosely at a distance from each other.
Karkarf was one of them. He was looking at his tablet in a daze, and the woman on the stage talked nonsense for two minutes without getting to the point.
"Walter Company will officially begin to guide the project of becoming a superhuman star." Cai Xi raised his voice: "But due to the losses of body warehouses in various places during this period, we must transfer some bodies from the polar warehouses to support the development of various places.
or use.”
The audience remembered the sparse applause. Two-thirds of these pioneers have lost their commonly used bodies. For players, this is equivalent to having their accounts stolen. They are now in a state of reopening the land with alt accounts.
Kathy Walter is actually also a victim. The body she used to use before is hidden in the Lily Sanatorium in Night City.
Counting the original abilities of the body, the body carried a total of six abilities, which had reached the limit of genetic endurance.
But now, the functional body she uses has only four abilities, all of which are at the initial level, and its combat effectiveness has been severely reduced.
But compared to those "crooked melons and cracked dates" below the stage, she is already lucky. Many pioneers who can't find a common body can only use what they have.
From what Cai Xi saw, there were rough men over forty years old with beards and beer bellies. From time to time, they would raise their orchid fingers and look at themselves in a small mirror, showing an expression as if they wanted to commit suicide.
"I must remind you that during the time you were away, Tangji's small team showed a very high level of information warfare." Karkarv said: "Even if I used the living matrix, I didn't catch him.
's tail."
"If you frequently interact with polar warehouses, maybe one day attacks on body warehouses in various places will appear there." Karkarv made an explosion sound effect: "With the help of the space jumper, they want to
It’s very convenient to go anywhere, and it will definitely be faster than us.”
"Thank you very much for the reminder, but this is something that the pioneers need to consider. You just need to do a good job in handing over information." Kathy Walter didn't even look at Karcalf. The reason why she allowed him to sit here
, just for the convenience of asking about the situation.
As for questioning her decision-making? Karcalf is not even a pioneer, he is not qualified.
In order to climb to where she is today, Kathy spent half a century stepping on countless people's heads before she could stand up. She did not allow people with lower status than herself to question herself.
Karcalf shrugged and remained silent, feeling that he had fulfilled his obligation.
"I know that those naturalized people have been dealt a heavy blow during this period. In addition to the node tasks, we must re-establish prestige in front of the naturalized people as soon as possible." Kaixi finally got to the point, and Tang Ji's photo appeared on the giant screen.
On the screen.
Kacalf glanced at it and felt a little regretful that it was not the photo that appeared on the cover of Time Magazine.
"Tang Ji, a native from Night City, everyone here should know something about him." Kaixi's voice was no longer as crisp as before, and seemed a little hesitant: "He can cause certain harm to us through soul connection.
.”
There was a burst of noise from the pioneers in the conference room. Apparently some people were not satisfied with this vague explanation. They heard different information from various channels, but Kathy Walter's words obviously concealed some facts.
At this time, Kathy Walter picked up the phone, and several messages came from it. They were messages from the liaison responsible for information communication between the two worlds.
Just now, the newcomers sent by Kaixi to test Tang Ji suffered casualties. Three pioneers who had not passed their internship period had died. The cause of death was brain death.
Kathy put down her phone calmly. She knew that this news would definitely have an impact on the Trail Blazers. She planned to postpone the announcement of the news to maintain morale.
After all, Tang Ji only has one special case, and he is not even a super human. After satisfying the soul committee's research desire, it only takes one attack to completely eliminate him.
Anyway, the pioneer profession has one of the highest casualty rates in their era. Although fatal cases are rare, they do happen once or twice from time to time.
As long as she does it well, no one will notice her little tricks, and the contribution of the Soul Committee is extremely precious.
...
...
Tang Ji rode an electric motorcycle stolen from the old man and shuttled under the neon lights of Night City. He was rushing to another location being watched by bounty hunters.
In addition to the great harvest they made the first time, Tang Ji and his team members went out twice more, but without success.
Once, it was the wrong target. The group was gang members who came to Night City to 'purchase goods', but they were patronized by Tang Ji.
Tang Ji confirmed this after he killed the last person without waiting for the list to be refreshed. The strong man from the Bear Gang who came to contact him didn't even dare to fart, he just took a few photos and slipped away.
As for how they planned to explain it to their partners, Tang Ji was not interested at all.
As for whether the other group of people were pioneers, Tang Ji would never have the chance to know. There were six people in that group, two of whom were confirmed to be superhumans.
But they discovered the tracker midway, and after a fierce exchange of fire with the mercenary team, they were outnumbered and annihilated.
Tang Ji couldn't blame the group of mercenaries. No one could guarantee that casualties would be controlled in a firefight. Anyone who wanted to do this would basically end up in their grave.
At present, the destination that Tang Ji is rushing to is one of the only two results left today. The bounty hunter responsible for following him is a middle-aged lone wolf. His part-time private detective style is more cautious. Behind the group, there are almost six people.
Still not found after hours.
Another target being tracked is from the Valentino gang. They have discovered a group of suspicious outsiders and are looking for a place to stay.
Tang Ji sent his team to take over there. With Anthony in charge and Soult as high-end military support, they could deal with most accidents.
"It's right in front, so we can come to the motel again." Tang Ji's contact person leaned on the car on the roadside and waved to him: "They opened rooms 202 and 223. There are four people in total, two men and two women. They must be
It is not a relationship between husband and wife or a couple."
The bounty hunter looked at Tang Ji's motorcycle: "If you ride this thing, they can spot you two hundred meters away. The two rooms are door-to-door. If someone is watching, there will be no blind spots in the south and north.
"
"You know that very well?" Tang Ji felt a similar aura from the other party. He abandoned the car on the side of the road and got into his car directly: "Why don't you take me there."
"Usually, I'm only responsible for finding people and following them. I rarely do such dangerous work." The bounty hunter also got into the car: "But I heard that you are very generous with your actions. Maybe I can make an exception."
"Bring me close enough so that you don't have to participate in the battle. Give me an extra ten thousand." Tang Ji sorted out his equipment.
Because he was acting alone, he brought two long guns, the Prelude, an extra short gun, and double the amount of tactical equipment.
"Twenty thousand!" The bounty hunter started the car: "I have stayed in that store twice. I can help you draw the interior structure diagram. I also know which street to go to. We can't be seen in the room they live in."
"Deal." Tang Ji checked his combat weapons, not caring about money at all.
His only motivation for making money is for Tang Anran. His own need for money is almost negligible. Most of the time, his expenditure on weapons is lower than the additional income during operations.
For example, the unlucky compound traders from before were very generous and left Tang Ji a full 1.5 million in cash, and Tang Ji didn't mind helping them spend the money in more meaningful ways.
"I will turn into Lion Alley from Prince William Road. There is a low wall. You can climb over it and then come back to the hotel. Counting from the east side, the fourth window is broken and cannot be locked." The bounty hunter introduced in detail.
Following the route, my colleague didn't stop and quickly sketched the floor plan of the building on an old newspaper: "You can go in from there, and then you'll be on your own."
Tang Ji took a look at the sketch with simple but clear lines and felt that his money was not wasted.
