"Trainee security patrol officer Lila, your body has recovered, please leave the recuperation chamber."
Lila woke up, she opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was the transparent recuperation pod glass cover. On the built-in monitor, her physical condition was marked as healthy in green. What she had experienced was not a dream, she had not returned to the first world.
A nurse came in and helped Lila open the nursing tub, then removed the IV line on her hand and the bandage on her head.
"You can leave now, take a rest for the next few days, and do not engage in strenuous exercise," the nurse said kindly, "Remember to submit the training exemption application to your squad leader, or your attendance wages will be deducted."
"Okay."Lila quickly nodded, drawing on the instincts of a pauper.
You can't forget about attendance wages, such an important matter.
Lila straightened up, her feet touching the cold metal floor, and stretched her limbs.
Lila woke up rested in the healing chamber. She took a few steps and saw her reflection in the shiny metal walls.
Lila has long black hair in the first world, and in the second world her basic appearance is similar to the first world, but her long hair has become a practical, short-cropped hairstyle. Lila's skin tone is somewhat pale, and her build is rather slim, giving her a somewhat fragile appearance at first glance.
There are no visible external injuries, the wounds have healed completely.
She stood in the room, at a loss for what to do.
Because she did not know where she should go, she did not even know where she was. The world was completely unfamiliar to her.
Lila guessed that she was at the headquarters of the Investigation Department, from Dr. Huang's brief remarks, it can be known that there is a different group and department within the Investigation Department, Dr. Huang's badge shows that he is the director of the medical office, so Lila may have undergone surgery and treatment at a place like the Investigation Department's medical center.
Lila learned from the identity settings on the game panel that she belongs to the "Field Operations Group Seventh Squad".
She could not hesitate any longer, she had to move forward.
Lila adjusted her mood and walked up to the metal door.
The metal door automatically opened, revealing a corridor behind it with flashing indicator lights, and the corridor was empty.
Lila stepped into the hallway, and a cold mechanical voice suddenly appeared in her ears.
"Trainee security patrol officer Lila, your squad leader Xue of the seventh squad has notified you to report to his office, please follow the green indicator lights."
The row of indicator lights in the corridor turned green, guiding Lila's way.
Lila observed her surroundings quietly and noticed the surveillance cameras mounted on the walls were pointing towards her.
She paused for a moment, walked forward according to the green signal light, and the camera also changed angle with her footsteps. When Lila reached the intersection, the signal light on the right-hand channel flashed at the right time, reminding her to turn right.
Traversing the long corridor, Lila suddenly saw two people approaching from the opposite direction. One of the men had an emergency bandage wrapped around his arm, with traces of blood seeping through, but he appeared to be not severely injured and was able to walk with clarity. The other person, however, surprised Lila. He was supporting the injured man, and Lila could clearly see that his right arm had a rigid, metallic gray sheen... he was equipped with a mechanical arm.
Cyberpunk world, people will modify their own bodies, the mechanical prostheses after modification can greatly facilitate people's work and life. Mechanically modified people are very common, and natural people without any modification are in the minority.
Lila is now a cyborg, although her appearance doesn't show it, she has an indestructible metal skull.
The two men walking towards her did not seem to recognize Lila, and they did not react when they saw her.
Lila pondered for a moment, and decided to take a risk and initiate a conversation.
"What's the matter?" She did not use any title, as if she had just happened to run into a colleague and exchanged greetings.
Fortunately, the two people across from him also treated Lila as a normal colleague coming to exchange pleasantries, and the injured man grumbled, "What else could it be? The port has been bombed again."
Those sons of turtles are totally off their rockers. When I'm healed, I'll grab a gun and blast them all to kingdom come!
"Wait for the minister's unified command before taking action, don't go to your death." The man with the mechanical right arm spoke in a cold tone.
They walked away cursing and swearing.
The port has exploded again?
Lila took a glance at their backs, lost in thought as she followed the green signal light.
Two minutes later, Lila stopped in front of a metal door with the words "Seventh Field Team Office - Xue" written on it.
The door opened, Lila calmed her heartbeat and walked in.
A circular table came into view, and on the floating holographic screen projected from it was dense text. A man wearing a gray-blue uniform stood in front of the screen, without turning around, and said to Lila, "Sit."
Lila looked around the room, pulled a wheeled chair from under the circular long table, and sat down.
The man turned around and looked at Lila, saying: "You've worked hard. I'm giving you three days off, and you don't have to go to the training room during those three days."
"Thank you, captain." said Lila.
The man in front of her seems to be her direct superior, Captain Xue of the Seventh Squad. For now, he appears to be a good captain who cares for his subordinates, and has even proactively approved her leave request.
"You don't need to thank me. I didn't protect the team members well, and I bear some responsibility for that," Xue said as he rubbed his brow. "Before you go back to rest, you need to go to the criminal investigation division to give a statement, and tell them about what happened."
Details of the attack.
Here she comes. Lila started to feel nervous, and her palms were slightly sweaty.
As a transmigrator, not inheriting any memories of the original body is a huge hidden danger, she truly knows nothing.
Before she entered the second world, she was worrying about living expenses, but after she entered the second world, the things that made her anxious were completely different, and what she needed to consider was survival.
"Captain... I..."Lila hesitated.
"What's wrong?" Xue asked patiently.
"I don't remember the attack very clearly," Lila said sincerely, "It seems like there are many things I can't remember clearly, and I can't recall them even after thinking about it carefully."
Xue frowned, "What do you remember?"
"I remember my identity, the seventh squad security guard intern." Lila carefully observed Xue's expression.
As expected, Xue's brow furrowed even more.
He glanced at Lila and said, "Adam, contact the medical office and have them send a doctor to examine Lila."
The cold mechanical voice appeared: "Your instructions have been conveyed."
Adam? Is that the cold, mechanical voice of Adam?
Is Adam the name of a super artificial intelligence?
Lila sat on the chair, Xue silently observed her and asked, "Do you really not remember anything?"
"I really don't remember." Lila shook her head, "What happened at the time?"
"Only you know what happened. Xue knocked on the desk, "You caught up with the suspect who was setting up an explosive device at the port, but when we arrived, you were lying on the ground with a head wound, and the suspect had escaped."
"Lila, we need you to recall the physical characteristics of the suspect, as this is crucial for our subsequent actions," he said in a serious tone.
"I will do my best."
Adam said: "The doctor is outside, shall we let him in?"
"Let him in." Xue said.
The metal door opened silently, and Dr. Huang, an old acquaintance of Lila's, came in sweating profusely, pushing medical equipment: "Xue, what's going on? I just finished a surgery and rushed here immediately."
Lila has lost her memory, it may be a consequence of brain trauma. Please examine her. Xue looked at Dr. Huang.
Dr. Huang looked at Lila with a hint of surprise: "Amnesia?"
He quickly took out a device that resembled a scanner and placed it on Lila's head. A faint blue beam scanned her from head to toe.
Dr. Huang took out a monitor and looked at the data on it, muttering: "The anesthetic may cause temporary amnesia, but the problem is obviously not in this area, and a rough check does not reveal anything. Security guard Lila probably needs to come back to the medical center with me, and I will give her a detailed and comprehensive physical examination."
"Yeah, let's go now." Xue said.
"Rise, Lila," Dr. Huang nodded to Lila.
Lila stood up from the chair, "Thank you, doctor."
"No trouble, it's my duty." Dr. Huang said, "Xue, the results are out, I'll report to you immediately."
Lila walked silently down the corridor with Dr. Huang. Dr. Huang spoke wearily, "The port explosion case had many casualties, several people received mechanical limb transplants, and a few had synthetic internal organs replaced. I performed five or six surgeries today and haven't slept a wink."
"Lila, you are indeed lucky." Dr. Huang sighed, "There were a few who couldn't be saved, you're so young, and you managed to pull through. Sigh, when will the gangs in Heihai City be cleared out? They're stirring up trouble every other day, and this time they even wanted to blow up the economic lifeline of Heihai City, the port."
This Dr. Huang is quite an actor...if it weren't for Lila knowing his true identity as a double agent, she would have thought this benevolent-looking doctor was very dedicated and concerned for the country and the people.
He inadvertently revealed some things to Lila, and Lila accepted them all and kept them in mind.
If this were a game, every line of NPC dialogue could be enormously helpful for completing the game.
After arriving at the medical room, Dr. Huang pressed a button on his wristwatch, and the lights in the medical room dimmed.
"Adam is ubiquitous, and we need to use devices to avoid its surveillance in order to communicate freely, otherwise it may eavesdrop on us." Dr. Huang put away his benevolent appearance, "I didn't expect your strategy to be to feign amnesia...but it's surprisingly effective."
He spoke to Lila outside like an elder to a junior, and in places where there was no Adam present, his demeanor towards Lila was one of respect. Lila is a core member of Mechanical Dawn, and her rank is higher than his.
Dr. Huang is a two-faced person.
Lila unconsciously touched her pocket, the silver wristband communicator and data chip that Dr. Huang had given her were in her pocket, she suspected that only that silver hand
The bracelet also carries similar functions, and using it correctly can block the monitoring of the artificial intelligence Adam.
"Can you forge a medical examination report for me?" Lila asked directly.
"Of course," Dr. Huang said with a smile, "that's why I brought you to the medical room."
Half an hour later, the forged medical examination report was ready.
Lila walked out of the medical room with the physical examination report and returned to Xue's office.
Xue stared at Lila's medical examination report several times, with his gaze fixed on the last line of the disease suggestion column: "Proper rest helps with the recovery of memory."
"Go back," he sighed, saying helplessly, "if there are signs of memory recovery, come and report to me immediately, your vacation is still three days."
"Understood, Captain."
When she walked out of Xue's office, she felt as if a heavy weight had been lifted off her chest.
Lila broke out in a thin layer of cold sweat.
She knew that she had passed the first hurdle, and had preserved herself without arousing the suspicion of others, and the challenges that followed would only be more difficult.
This is a world where technology is highly developed and extraordinary powers also exist.
Task triggered.
A luminous screen that only Lila can see has suddenly appeared.
"【Task Description】: Heihai City, a city with simple and pure folk customs, is an important port city of the Federation and also a stronghold of numerous gang forces. Now Heihai City is shrouded in conspiracy, and the unknown claws are reaching out to it. You need to investigate this conspiracy thoroughly."
"You can choose to accept the task, or you can choose to reject the task."
Refusing may reduce your risk by a fraction, but accepting may lead to unexpected bountiful harvests.
"【Task Content】: Investigate the Heihai City port explosion case."
Lila remembered the sixth piece of advice she had firmly kept in mind before entering the game.
Everything comes at a price.
The gifts of fate always have a hidden price tag, to obtain them, one must bear the risks.
Lila is a wayseeker navigating the Second World, and an explorer of the New World. She faces both peril and opportunity.
The crossroads of destiny are at your feet now.
Lila chose to accept the task.
"You have accepted the task."
"【Task Progress】:0%"
