13: Found human traces, V!

Time: October 16, 2075. Location: Night City, Badlands.

Fang Yun's goal was to go to Night City.

However, since leaving the Shelter, Fang Yun had driven over ten kilometers away from the rock formations by the time the sun was setting, but he hadn't even seen a hint of Night City.

Fang Yun estimated that there were likely two reasons for this situation.

The first possible reason: the place he had transmigrated to, although still within the range of the Badlands district, was probably very far from Night City. Therefore, even if he drove over ten kilometers, he couldn't see Night City.

The second possible reason: he was driving in the wrong direction.

Looking at the monotonous Badlands landscape outside the car window, Fang Yun couldn't help but wonder if he was really driving in the wrong direction.

"Damn it, I didn't really go in the wrong direction, did I?"

"How big was Night City again?"

"Before transmigrating, I think I watched a video. The video said that besides the Badlands district, the remaining districts of Night City had a total area of about 100 square kilometers, and if the Badlands were included, the area could reach 10,000 square kilometers."

"That is to say, the maximum diameter of the Badlands could even be as long as 100 kilometers?!"

"I shouldn't be that unlucky, needing to drive 100 kilometers just to find out if I'm going in the wrong direction, right?"

Thinking that he might have to drive a considerable distance in vain, Fang Yun couldn't help but smack his lips:

"That would be too messed up."

"..."

Under the silent stillness, the vehicle continued to roar.

After driving the "thunder" for a while longer, Fang Yun suddenly slowed down.

Then, Fang Yun took a deep breath, raised a hand to pinch his temples, and eased the headache he was feeling.

"Phew—. It's tough."

"I'll slow down and drive for a while first to see the situation. If I still don't see any signs of human activity, I'll change direction."

"Maybe I can get to Night City quickly by changing direction."

After muttering to himself without much hope, Fang Yun decided to temporarily continue driving the "thunder" for a while longer.

Speeding across the wasteland of the Badlands, Fang Yun felt the rhythmic bumps while adjusting the "thunder"'s car radio with his right hand.

Even though Fang Yun was trying hard to adjust the receiving frequency, the sound coming from the car radio remained unchanged.

Fang Yun said somewhat puzzled:

"I've adjusted this radio to several channels, but how come I can't receive any programs? Is it possible that there's no signal at all nearby?"

"Whether it's Night City channels or channels set up by Wanderers or Nightwalkers, at least give me some noise. I've been adjusting channels for a long time, and it's all white noise. There's no static noise from receiving a signal at all."

After adjusting a few more channels and finding there was still no signal, Fang Yun had to temporarily give up the idea of searching for human traces through radio signals.

"The 'thunder''s car radio can theoretically receive any signal within a ten-kilometer radius. As long as the signal is not shielded by Upper Level technical means."

"In the Badlands, there are almost no forces with Upper Level technical means."

"This also means that, up to now, there is still no one within a ten-kilometer radius centered on the 'thunder'."

Fang Yun placed both hands on the steering wheel, looked at the unchanging scenery outside the car window, and complained:

"Tsk. The Badlands in the game were desolate enough, but I didn't expect the real Badlands to be even more sparsely populated than the Badlands in the game."

Driving in the Badlands doesn't require much driving skill.

After going over a few gentle slopes, Fang Yun felt a bit bored. Suddenly, he remembered something:

"I haven't checked my personal panel since I got my body modified, have I?"

Thinking of this, Fang Yun immediately said:

"Tong Zi, open the personal panel. I want to see what my current data is like."

"I have already undergone body modification, so the various data on the personal panel should change significantly."

"Ding! Detecting the influence of <Module: cyberpunk 1.0>, the host's personal panel is now in an updatable state. Do you want to update?"

Fang Yun was slightly surprised, then said:

"Okay, update it. I want to see what the personal panel looks like after the update."

"Ding! The host's personal panel is updating."

"10%...20%...50%...90%...99%...100%."

"Ding! The host's personal panel update is complete!"

"After the update, the host's personal panel is now composed of 7 sub-panels: 'Personal Information', 'Classic Window', 'Plugin Modules', 'Combat Information', 'Skill Growth', 'Attribute Growth', and 'Cyberware Information'."

"The personal panel has been automatically opened for the host."

"The host's current personal panel is as follows:"

【Personal Panel·Personal Information Sub-panel】

【True Name】：Fang Yun

【Name】：Fang Yun

【Identity】：Block Person

【Gender】：Psychological Male

【Introduction】：A transmigrator from Earth in a certain world to the cyberpunk 2077 world, the builder of the Mantle Tower.

【Background】：Owner of the underground block Shelter in the Badlands district, owner of the underground block base in the Badlands district, a cyberware modified person with full Fifth Order zero-error cyberware.

【Personal Panel·Classic Window Sub-panel】

【Level】：1232

【Accumulated Level】：12672

【Experience】：123155/123200

【Accumulated Experience】：3029612800

【Street Cred】：Level 0

【Accumulated Street Cred】：Level 0

【Skin】：Fang Yun (in use), Steve

【Image Display Slot】：Fang Yun

【Crafting Grid】：3×3

【Inventory Slots】：9×4 (Items: omitted)

【Quick Item Slots】：9×1 (Items: omitted)

【Armor Slots】：Leather Helmet (Head), Leather Chestplate (Chest), Leather Gloves (Hands), Leather Leggings (Legs), Leather Boots (Feet)

【Clothing Slots】：Head (Empty), Face (Empty), Outerwear (Empty), Undershirt (Empty), Pants (Empty), Shoes (Empty); Outfit (Empty)

【Primary Weapon Slots】：First Primary Weapon Slot (Empty), Second Primary Weapon Slot (Empty), Third Primary Weapon Slot (Empty)

【Secondary Weapon Slots】：Empty

【Placement Distance】：100 meters

【Placement Speed】：100 items/second

【Personal Panel·Plugin Modules Sub-panel】

【Owned Plugins】：＜Plugin: True Damage and True Drop 1.0＞ (Permanently loaded)

【Owned Modules】：＜Module: Teleportation Gate 1.0 (Easy Edition 1.0: Player Head Specialized Version 1.0)＞ (Permanently loaded), ＜Module: Auto Item Picker 1.0 (Easy Edition 1.0)＞ (Permanently loaded), ＜Module: Infinite Hopper 1.0 (Easy Edition 1.0)＞ (Permanently loaded), ＜Module: cyberpunk 1.0＞ (Permanently loaded)

【Personal Panel·Combat Information Sub-panel】

【Health Points】：2000 (rounded, same below)

【Health Point Recovery Rate】：100

【Health Point Recovery Multiplier】：1.5

【Hunger】：100/100

【Saturation】：20

【Oxygen】：1000 seconds

【Attack Power】：10

【Attack Speed】：10 times/second

【Critical Hit Chance】：250％

【Critical Hit Damage】：150％

【Weak Point Damage】：50％

【Tenacity】：100

【Armor Value】：100

【Defense】：1000

【Damage Reduction Chance】：50％

【Damage Reduction Value】：1000

【Resistances】：Kinetic 20％, Explosive 20％, Burning 150％, Thermal 150％, Electrical 100％, Toxic 100％

【Movement Speed】：100 meters/second

【Stealth】：150％

【RAM】：100 units

【RAM Recovery Rate in Combat】：5 units/second

【Puppets】：Legendary Immortal ×10 (omitted)

【Puppet Upload Distance】：1000 meters

【Personal Panel·Skill Growth Sub-panel】

【Headhunter】：Level 0

【Headhunter Bonus】：None

【Hacker】：Level 0

【Hacker Bonus】：None

【Ninja】：Level 0

【Ninja Bonus】：None

【Solo】：Level 0

【Solo Bonus】：None

【Engineering】：Level 0

【Engineering Bonus】：None

【Personal Panel·Attribute Growth Sub-panel】

【Body】：20

【Strength/Carry Capacity】：Strength 500kg/Carry Capacity 3000kg

【Reflexes】：20

【Reaction Speed】：20 milliseconds

【Technical Ability】：20

【Technical Mastery】：Extremely Upper Level Fifth Order

【Intelligence】：20

【Multitasking】：Three tasks simultaneously

【Cool】：20

【Composure】：Fifth Order

【Personal Panel·Cyberware Information Sub-panel】

【Cyberware Capacity】：1000

【Cyberware Affinity】：150％

【Installed Cyberware】：Omitted

Fang Yun looked through the information on each sub-panel one by one, and carefully understood the information for each entry on each sub-panel.

After quite a while, Fang Yun finally got a general understanding of this personal panel update.

Fang Yun took several deep breaths to let his brain detach from the complex information and return to an idle state with zero memory usage.

Then, Fang Yun couldn't help but exclaim to the System:

"I didn't expect this personal panel update to be so complex!"

"Just getting a general understanding of what each entry on the updated personal panel means took a lot of my brainpower."

"Although as a Block Person, I will never truly be tired, I will still have the 'feeling' of mental exhaustion."

"A little tired."

Speaking of this, Fang Yun suddenly had an idea and asked the System:

"Tong Zi, if there are any more updates in the future, can you put the relevant information directly into my brain?"

"Ding! Answering the host, yes."

"From now on, for all future updates, unless otherwise specifically stated, information related to the update will be transmitted to the host's consciousness at a certain speed."

"Within the scope allowed by the host's current system authority, as long as the host has a need, this System will do its best to satisfy the host's need."

As soon as Fang Yun heard the System say this, he knew it was time for his familiar praising session.

"As expected of you, Tong Zi. You are the best Tong Zi in this world."

While saying this, Fang Yun silently gave the System a thumbs-up in his heart.

"Ding! Thank you for the host's praise."

After praising the System a few more times, Fang Yun finally stopped.

"With my current combat power, suppressing Night City is arguably effortless."

"Even if I have to fight against all the world's top-tier cyberware modified people simultaneously, I won't be intimidated either."

"I've been laying low for a year, it's time to surface and make a splash."

Fang Yun smiled slightly and said:

"Now, it's time to send others down to lay low."

Just as Fang Yun was imagining how he should send Adam Smasher down to the Nether to lay low, the radio station in the "thunder" suddenly emitted static noise.

"Sizzle... sizzle sizzle..."

"Damn it! It's Nightwalkers! Valentine, hold on, I'm speeding up!"

"Nightwalkers?! Damn it! Haven't we tried to avoid the Nightwalkers' activity range as much as possible? Where did these Nightwalkers come from?!"

"I don't know either! But now is not the time to say these things. I'll drive to avoid their shooting. Valentine, put the goods away and then find an opportunity to kill their driver!"

"Shit! Okay! I hope our little broken car can withstand the Nightwalkers' shooting."

"Bang! Bang bang!"

"Sizzle... sizzle..."

"Oh ho~! Brothers, look what we found, two unlucky guys from the Buckle Family! Let them see how powerful we are!"

"Oh~! Shoot! Shoot!" ×6

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Listening to the sound coming from the car radio, Fang Yun immediately snapped out of his reverie, then said, both happy and surprised:

"Holy crap, I found people! Holy crap, Valentine!"