Chapter 48: Chapter 46: The Great Biological Era Heist Plan (Please Follow)

The conversation ended, and Lille hurried home in such a rush that Matt thought maybe the kid was rushing to write a will.

Since the system had already deducted an hour of Points, he decided to check on the construction of Bloom Company’s security system along the way.

By then, the room that had been emptied in the apartment was already filled with computers and hardware.

Warehouse manager John carefully placed the items according to the areas defined by Lille, which kept things from getting too chaotic, with Anthony also helping out.

When Lille returned, he just saw Skye fiddling with the main circuit breaker—

"Boss!" Skye immediately stood at attention, "All the equipment is in place, do you want to restart the circuit breaker yourself?"

"No need, I trust you—this is also your first home. Go ahead and start it up."

Skye hesitated for a moment: "This is my home?"

"No kidding." Lille waved his hand, but his following thought was in his mind:

If this weren’t your home, how could I trick you into working for me?

As an employee, Skye had good adaptability and execution skills.

When Lille was on the Cyberpunk World side, simple tasks could only be done here, the problem of lacking a deputy escalated.

But these words stirred waves in young Skye’s heart, she turned around and pulled down the circuit breaker.

"You said it—John, Anthony, hang up the business sign!"

The three of them, one standing by the circuit breaker and two hoisting up the sign, looked quite comical.

With a click, the electricity flowed.

[Detected that the host has established the first research institute]

[Name: Bloom Company]

[Responsible Person: Skye (Daisy Johnson)]

[Specializes in: Information Engineering, Network Security]

[Potential Training Direction: Xenobiology]

[Research institute is now bound to the system, please lock the current research project]

[After locking the research project, research personnel’s creativity will be highly focused on this direction, can consume Technology Points to inspire the supervisor across dimensions]

[According to the state of the research institute, current available options: ctOS system (from Watch Dogs World)]

[Encourage the supervisor to explore more projects to unlock new options.]

Lille raised an eyebrow—external plugins updated.

ctOS is a great company project, it’s an ultra-informational central operating system that smartens up the city and connects to the system for strategic planning, providing operating efficiency.

More importantly, this project isn’t only a software project; it also includes upgrades in the hardware domain.

If it really could be accomplished and widely promoted...money wouldn’t be an issue in the short term.

[Research project locked: ctOS]

[After completing the research, the laboratory will lock the type, providing cross-dimensional data transmission links]

Lille approached Skye, full of enthusiasm, and patted her on the back, "So from now on, you’re the director of the company, work hard. First, handle the NYPD project, and then... I have some technology here, take it and have a look."

Having said that, Lille leaned over by his dedicated computer.

The computer was equipped with a multitude of hard disks and a special port—for quietly connecting a personal link.

Lille was transferring data from the year 2077—a concept for an old antiquarian chip design.

The textbook from Arasaka Academy showcased a design flaw in an antiquated network access chip, leading to it being destroyed by hackers online and causing the implanters’ nerves to be fried.

However, this network access chip was ancient in the world of 2077, whereas in 2011 it was considered an advanced architecture.

Actually, if not for the chip being implanted in the human body, this flaw wouldn’t really be considered a flaw.

To save trouble, Lille directly released the finished chip’s design, learning could take its time, but making money had to be quick.

"What is this, a central processor design based on a new architecture...?!"

Skye focused on the stuff Lille was rapidly uploading to the server, her eyes widened!

After glancing at it, she tentatively said, "Boss, although I might not be as smart as you, I’m not a fool..."

"I know you’re not, I’ll write a business plan for you, find someone—Anthony, do you want to be a corporate executive?"

A baffled Anthony pointed at his own face: "Me?"

"Yes, you. For now, I need you to communicate with people as before following what I’ve written; starting today, you’re the executive assistant."

While talking, Lille checked the time: "In any case, the next steps for the company require effort from everyone. I will spend a few days planning.

Skye, you first work on the technology at hand. John, you lead the team on-site—Skye will direct remotely.

Anthony, you handle communications with the police and property owners. Don’t be nervous; stay clear-headed, and if you don’t understand something..."

Skye raised her hand to interrupt: "Ask me—I got it. You plan to keep me tied to this cabin, which will forever be my home?"

Lille shrugged: "You can arrange your own holidays, but the technologies you want to learn are right here, both hardware and software."

Skye muttered softly, "Fine, fine, if it weren’t for the room and board..."

Having arranged everything, Lille clapped his hands: "Alright, ladies and gentlemen, you are now Bloom Company employees. I look forward to your performance."

The three people in the office felt like they were in a dream; a drop-out girl and two unemployed workers.

But Lille didn’t have time to do much ideological work with them and turned around to leave the room.

Leaving the three exchanging glances.

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The 21st century is the century of biology.

However, students graduating with a degree in biological engineering do not necessarily secure good jobs. Conversely, those with a biology degree who also understand programming do quite well, extremely well in fact.

If, in addition to this, they also specialize in hardware development, by 2077, they remain the top predators for related offers.

However, by 2077, such a diploma would have cost above 3 million euros in educational expenses. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Biotechnology possesses a kind of DNA splicing device, the workings of which are unclear, but they use that gadget to cultivate crops that can be used to extract Alcohol 2.

And Biotechnology has vast wheat farms in Night City, and... also an undisclosed human experiment program.

Lille reached out and pulled down the window blinds, creating a large blank space on the wall, then stepped onto the treadmill—

This was a means to enhance physical exercise.

As he ran, Lille envisioned a strategy on the blinds.

A large title appeared in his view: The Great Biological Era Heist.

Firstly, the target was the DNA splicing device—but that gadget was in Orbital City.

In 2077, the vast majority of the company’s industrial production was up in Orbital City, a safe and boring giant factory.

As the top of the company’s food chain, Biotechnology was somewhat different—they had their own orbital space station for production.

A core device like the DNA splicing device would certainly not be in Night City.

He must find a way to lure that gadget over.

The blinds showed both Orbital City and Night City with Lille drawing a line between them, then marking it with a question mark.

In one scenario, the company might risk bringing the gadget down, and that is if the work required it.

From a social engineering perspective, Lille had to kidnap a Biotechnology executive born in Night City and create a situation so severe that bringing down a machine seemed the best solution.

The head of Biotechnology... Lille remembered that in 2077, it was a woman named Joanne Koch.

And as for something that could be sensationalized—they were conducting human experiments on the Wanderer family in Evil Land.

Potentially useful—Lille marked this with a question mark after the two lines, more information was still needed.

Then came the safeguards.

Stealing from Biotechnology was not just about stealing from Biotechnology.

Because early in the development of Biotechnology, in order to survive without being destroyed by the two major energy corporations: Soviet World Petrochemical Group and Petrochemical Group, they voluntarily relinquished the production technique of Alcohol 2.

Now this kind of energy was monopolized by the three corporations, and even though Lille simply wanted to treat an illness, it would undoubtedly stir up a huge commotion.

Thus, Lille wrote two names next to Biotechnology: Su Petrochemical and Petrochemical Group.

Running and stroking his chin, Lille thought: The situation was clear, if he didn’t take some protective measures, a united push by the three giants would leave him clueless about his own demise.

Do not think that in Night City, the commonplace killing of corporate employees by street thugs means the companies are helpless.

In the history of 2077, there were no shortage of massacres and wars in the city, those were the moments when corporations truly showed their fangs.

He needed a scapegoat, and besides, after stealing the device and sorting the data, he still had to help them return it, pretending nothing happened.

The name that surfaced in Lille’s mind was Arasaka.

If these three companies were to trace the device’s whereabouts, they would inevitably send troops to Night City, something Arasaka would not want to see.

But the combined pressure from the Soviet Union and New America was too much for Arasaka to bear, which gave Lille an opening: he could rely on the impatient Arasaka to return the item.

So... with someone else taking the blame for returning the item, who would take the blame for stealing it?

The answer could be anyone, as long as it wasn’t Lille—

Lille marked this spot with a red question mark, then drew a line cutting it in the middle.

The place marked by the stage was his security firewall, which must isolate any physical or cyber means that might trace back to him.

There was no need to mention that the operation must be kept secret and confusing, but in 2077, any of your actions would almost certainly leave traces in cyberspace.

So from a cyber perspective... he needed a cyber data barrier to cover as much of the data residue in Cyberspace as possible.

Lille suddenly thought of his own cheat.

The data barrier was built using a combination of real network equipment layouts and data structure designs in Cyberspace—a fortress within Cyberspace.

It was used to protect private information, and the wealthy were using it.

But fundamentally, as long as it existed in the network, there could never be a 100% unbreachable fortress.

Unless there was no information on the network to begin with.

Something that doesn’t exist cannot be breached, Lille could take a step back and make the barrier imperfect.

Lille shifted his gaze to his own system—

"After research is completed, the lab will lock the type, providing a cross-dimensional data transfer link."

He could try dismantling part of the barrier and placing it in another dimension, then using it for data transfer when needed.

A cross-dimensional key—a little shocker for the Cyberpunk natives.

He would start by tackling the cyber data barrier.

"Phew—" Lille let out a long breath and stepped off the treadmill.

Just then, Father sent a message:

"Lille, the client wants to thank you personally, she’s at the Wild Wolf Bar, sending off her daughter, drop by if you have time."