The light rail train was just a few stops away from Jiang Heng's residence, and he also withdrew his wandering thoughts.
Creak~
With a gentle sound, the train doors opened, and passengers boarded and disembarked. Just then, a white figure caught Jiang Heng's attention.
It was a girl with white hair, wearing a black one-piece suit with a very short white half-jacket over it.
"Lucy!"
Jiang Heng was secretly surprised. This girl was none other than Lucy, the female protagonist of the game-derived animation "Edgerunners".
He never imagined that he would not only encounter the six members of the Maelstrom gang today but also Lucy.
Why Lucy didn't go to the Afterlife nightclub with the rest of the Maelstrom gang, Jiang Heng guessed that it was probably because Lucy hadn't met Kiwi yet, so she wasn't recommended to join the Maelstrom gang.
According to a side quest in the game about "Edgerunners", the protagonist David was killed about a year before the game's storyline started, meaning David should have died in 2076.
Calculating the time that passed in the animation's plot, Lucy probably joined the Maelstrom gang in 2074-2075.
Now, it was early May 2074, and Lucy should still be alone, possibly having only recently arrived in Night City.
When he first transmigrated, Jiang Heng found it boring that this world was only 2074, as there was still some time before the animation and game storylines started.
However, a month later, Jiang Heng no longer felt this way because he found that the system's transfer opportunities were extremely difficult to obtain. He had frantically done missions for a whole month but hadn't gotten a single transfer opportunity.
The system's transfer opportunities were expressed in the form of a charging bar. Once the energy bar was full, a transfer opportunity would automatically be obtained. To fill the energy bar, Jiang Heng needed to kill or do missions.
Jiang Heng couldn't believe it - he had done twenty missions in a month, and the energy bar was only half full.
It was truly a scam!
...
Perhaps because Jiang Heng's gaze was too obvious and stayed on Lucy for too long, Lucy noticed something shortly after boarding the train. She turned to look at Jiang Heng, who wasn't far from her. Their eyes met in the air.
Seeing this, Jiang Heng's lips curled into a slight smile. He then turned his head away and stopped looking at Lucy, turning his gaze back to the window.
He didn't plan to approach her and strike up a conversation because he didn't have a good reason to do so.
However, Jiang Heng's actions made Lucy curious: This man is so strange.
Looking at Jiang Heng, Lucy's eyes flickered with light. She was using her cybernetic eye to scan Jiang Heng's appearance. However, this scan shocked Lucy. The man was a native body without any cybernetic implants!
Lucy's astonishment was the same as Kiwi's earlier. They both couldn't believe it - in this era, there were still people who didn't even install any cybernetic implants?
If Jiang Heng was a Buddhist monk, it would be understandable, but clearly, he wasn't.
Unable to figure it out, Lucy didn't dwell on it too much. She had her own business to attend to on the train.
Ignoring Jiang Heng, Lucy withdrew her thoughts and began to secretly observe the passengers in the train carriage.
It was now midnight, and most of the people on the train were those who went out to enjoy the nightlife or those who worked late.
Those overworked people were extremely exhausted and drowsy - they were Lucy's targets.
Soon, the doors closed, and the train started moving again.
Because the train used magnetic levitation technology, it was very quiet and smooth, and the tired passengers quickly began to close their eyes and rest.
Just then, Lucy moved. She walked between the carriages, reaching a company employee. With a simple wave of her hand, the chip inserted in the employee's ear slot automatically flew out.
After discreetly stealing someone's chip, Lucy went to another person and repeated the same trick.
During her time in Night City, Lucy had been making a living by using this method - stealing other people's used chips and selling them.
Her targets were always corporate dogs because only employees working in companies had chips that were valuable.
Unknowingly, Lucy had reached a spot not far from Jiang Heng. She effortlessly stole another person's chip and was about to put it back in her bag.
Slap!
However, at that moment, Lucy felt someone grab her hand. Her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly turned her head to see the strange man smiling at her.
"What are you doing?" Lucy asked, pretending to be calm.
Jiang Heng didn't answer but pulled Lucy towards the connection between the carriages with a strong tug.
ps: New book, looking for everything. Also, if you want to see any games, you can mention them in the comments. The author will play them in advance to familiarize himself with them if he hasn't played them before.