What will the world become in 2077?
Imagine how cool it can be:
Neon lights, Holographic projection , floating speed... dazzled.
human-computer interconnection, implanted prosthetic limbs, artificial intelligence ... to the world and satisfy all desires.
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What if you are just an inconspicuous little character in the future world?
Fantasy to change fate with the help of technology?
is not impossible.
But with a greater chance you will be from ordinary people in the ordinary world.
eventually becomes.
Cyberpunk: The Edge Walker
An adult animation derived from the world's popular game IP "Cyberpunk 2077", tells only the various experiences of the young David in the cyber world. Produced by
Netfei , it explodes as soon as it appears.
Douban scores 9.3 high scores, IMDb
adult elements such as thriller, crime, pornography and violence have been derived with the support of mechanically ship new version .
What is even more surprising is.
It tells an old-fashioned truth, cool enough, and terrifying enough.
Behind the curiosity vision, it truly explores the essence of the term "cyberpunk".
of course higher, faster and stronger in the future.
But.
Will you be happier?
01
Cyber Wanderer David decided to become stronger
Cyber World, Night City.
On a rainy evening, several policemen were chatting.
Suddenly, the person who jumped out of nowhere did not say a word, pointed at one of the unlucky policemen in the head and shot it.
headshot scene, plasma like high-pressure water gun shattered the glass on all sides, gushing out, violent aesthetics to the extreme.
You can even see that this shot made the car stagger in place. (This is very cyber)
Other police officers were either blown in half or were dismembered from head to toe...
Indiscriminate killing carnival.
This is not the most exciting one.
After solving the conspicuous few, this guy suddenly accelerated his movement speed and transformed into several clones, so as to cover up the remaining policemen present. (The color and scene are also very cyber-blog)
is so cool that , is so cool that is so cool.
But then, the body's electric power was invaded by the terrorist mobile team that arrived in time, burned the system, and completely subdued.
This guy is a soldier James. The military-level prosthetic body he installed: Sian Westan, which is the source of this unconventional speed movement ability.
Not only do you feel good, but also David, the male protagonist who enjoys this memory.
James just two hours after he died, these wonderful memories in his mind were "drained while it was hot" and made into a super dream for sale to others. Who doesn’t want such a great function?
But dreams are just dreams, return to reality.
David, who was born in a slum, is a weak boy. Although he looks arrogant, his thin body is not resistant to beating at all.
was embarrassed by the classmate's rude words and wanted to teach others a lesson, but he couldn't even hold the other person's palm.
was also mocked:
Where did you come from the bargain? Free chip?
Then, David suffered the first beating in his life, from the Kuibang 400 series chip. It is the prosthetic model of the opponent and the essence of the kung fu chip.
has no choice, equipment suppresses , it cannot be compared.
But the first thing David did when he came to the classroom the next day was to avenge yesterday. Does this move of
look familiar?
△ The wound behind it is still bloody
That's right, David installed Sian Westan, and as he wished, he became a self who longed for a strong dream.
let out this anger.
At the same time, David was dropped out of school because he beat the son of the director of the college, who was the rude classmate.
Fortunately, David, who had nowhere to go, was attracted by a mercenary team led by Mann and played for it.
This team is full of talents, with the backbone and big brother Mann; there are also hackers Qiwei and Lucy, who can hack into other people's systems at any time to steal information; there are also cute loli who paralyze the enemy, each of them has extraordinary skills.
The first time David made a big money that he couldn't even imagine.
When we approach this, it is a story about dreams coming true : David at the bottom became stronger through technology and got rid of poverty.
Yes, Cyber World provides opportunities for everyone with technology.
Losers in society can buy super dreams and enter their ideal world again and again.
Broken limbs can be replaced by robotic arms, and you no longer have to worry about physical disabilities, and you can even become a doctor.
All people's desires, including physical desires, are satisfied whether they have money or not.
This is the fascinating and dizzying place in the world of cyber.
Advanced technology has become a necessary element in the composition of society.
The wanderer has become a strong man, and finally it is no longer a fairy tale.
02
really became stronger, it was not simple
David, who joined the mercenary organization, found a place to use it, although he made a lot of money.
is always a marginal walker.
What is the edge walker?
first refers to social status .
Before becoming cyberpunk, he lived in the slum of Night City. Every time I go out to school, I have to walk up a few steps and then jump out of the garbage dump and leave.
Where David lives is a garbage dump.
At the doorstep of the house, there is a homeless vagabond lying down everywhere;
On the way to the subway station, gun crime is common;
vomited dirt poured directly from the second floor...smashed on another person's head...
Sir captured a detail.
is silent but powerful than all the above narratives.
Episode 1 David walked out of the house and covered the dazzling sunshine with his hands.
That's a David who is used to being unable to bask in the sun, like a dark and damp cockroach nest.
The organization he later joined was actually doing things that could not be brought to the table for the Party A who was inconvenient to show up, such as stealing company secrets and collecting data, which would inevitably kill people.
In fact, it is the two top forces in Night City - Arasaka Company and the chess pieces and minions that fight against military technology.
David has always been on the edge of society, whether before or after joining the organization.
David's teammates once summarized the edge traveler in this sentence:
Are not cyberpunks all
escaped some kind of shameful life escapees
or dream builders who lost themselves with distant ambitions?
Whether these cyberpunks are avoiding life or actively embracing and setting lofty ambitions.
in the end all pointed to the same end point:
Lost yourself, the escapee. People like
are the most suitable way to be foreign mercenaries: they refer to wherever they are.
Accept the task, succeed in the task, get a commission to celebrate drinking; then take the task, succeed in the task, get a commission to celebrate drinking...
moves forward like a machine, forming a closed loop.
This is the fulcrum that cyberpunk can gather.
has also become the destination.
Mann, before becoming a leader, he is a boy who is eager to become stronger. He became stronger, but the price of becoming stronger made him suspicious and confused.
Qi Wei has always believed that "don't believe in anyone in the cyber world" is the way to survive, and she thinks she is sober and cold.
but eventually died in the cyber world trusting villains. This is especially obvious for David.
In the opening, such a picture has appeared many times: the protagonist David is flowing and mapped onto the silhouette by various other things, traffic, changing cities, and other characters' bodies...
quickly flows and maps onto the silhouette.
The superposition of figures is not just a display method of multiple exposures.
is also a subtle footnote to the character's destiny.
What David projected is always a mission that does not belong to him.
In other words, he stands on the edge of his life.
Entering Arasaka Academy to study, it is my mother who expects David to stand at the top of Arasaka Tower. That is one of the largest companies in Cyber.
After Mann's death, David became the boss and shouldered the entire team, carrying Mann's expectations.
When he fell before his death, what he was thinking about was about realizing Lucy's dream of landing on the moon.
Give yourself to others.
contains all the last or required choices like a container, but never itself.
He is a lost person.
The edge walker organization accepted the task of the middleman and kidnapped the high-level Tanaka of Arasaka Company. Tanaka tried every means to tempt David to let him go, but all failed.
He couldn't help but ask: "David, what do you really want in your heart?"
David let out a light "ah" as if he woke up, and then asked himself repeatedly: What do I want? Of course he didn't answer it.
was interrupted by the call.
Tanaka's words woke up David. But, David obviously didn't think about this problem.
Maybe, I can't give the answer even if I think about it.
Overlapping interference of other people's will.
makes David unable to see his true self clearly.
Naturally, it cannot really become stronger.
But enlarge your vision to the entire cyber world, isn’t this the way to return to the edge walker fateful .
Can't find the nothingness and meaninglessness of your own place in life.
is not just because of the opposite people.
More because, there is an unshakable behemoth.
03
David finally became a marginal walker
Back to the beginning, why did David install Sianweistan's prosthetic?
He lives with his mother, and his life is barely maintained by his mother. However, an unprovoked street melee caused my mother to be seriously injured, and the trauma team that rushed to rescue did not provide timely rescue.
Because, it is not the customer they serve.
was sent to the hospital, and my mother could only accept the cheapest package of medical treatment.
or even visiting patients must be considered as the service measured by money.
Can't I see her?
doesn't work, the cheapest package does not include visiting
This is a cyber world where technology is everywhere, but and money are highly bundled with .
Use a washing machine and you need to invest coins; as you can see, medical care will also provide different services according to membership level; even the terrorist mobile team that eliminates violence does not fully follow the social convention to perform tasks.
The ashes of the poor are only given as drinks in vending machines and fall out automatically.
David takes the subway to go to school every day, and this end of the subway is his home. And on the other end, there is a clean, beautiful and glamorous world.
The bright glass of the office building reflects colorful light, and beautiful creatures float in the sky.
is completely different from color to temperament, the upper and lower worlds.
This is also very cyber.
Mother hopes that David will always be in the world on the other end, so she worked hard to support her family and send him to Arasaka Academy under the name of Arasaka Company, hoping to graduate and join Arasaka Company and become an upper-class person.
But in school, David was bullied because of poverty. After the news of my mother's death came to school, the classmate sent a sarcasm:
Everyone has their own way of life
Deviating from that path will not bring happiness
You should learn from your mother's death
This is from the upper level, and the warning of the struggle of the lower level: the cows and horses at the bottom should stay in their original position honestly.
This stimulation made David decide to install Sian Westan. Although the acquisition of this super-powered prosthetic body was stolen by my mother when she was transporting James' body and intending to sell it to support her family.
This is David's first rebellion against the fucking world .
When the prosthetic doctor reminds David that Sian Westan may erode the brain and become a Cyberman.
David did not hesitate, the desire for revenge had overwhelmed the physical pain and harm.
Do you still remember the murderer James at the beginning? He is a Cyberman, whose mind cannot keep up with the powerful prosthetic body, and he is eventually retaliated by the prosthetic body and becomes a murderer, and dies from fighting violence with violence.
Yes, the prosthetic has side effects.
James died of side effects, and Mann also died of Cyber psychosis.
technology is like a double-edged sword.
When abused uncontrollably, it is also grabbing people's rationality as the price.
This is a very old-fashioned truth.
But when it is covered with the veil of desire , the warning becomes a useless rambler.
David did not have side effects because of Sian Westan, he was lucky. His super strong tolerance for the prosthetic body made him become a big guy as he wished.
△ After David installed the prosthetic body (Figure 2) (Figure 3) compared with
As more and more prosthetic bodies have increased, David certainly has had side effects, but he has long been on the road of having to become stronger.
At the same time, David was so clear about his fate: either death or madness, just like all cyber madmen.
So, has David become a Cyberman?
At least in the last second before his death, he still has his rationality.
He is not completely crazy, but it is not completely normal.
instead, it is a mixture of mechanical body and flesh, wandering permanently on the edge of consciousness and unable to look back.
At this moment, he became a real marginal walker.
has no way of coming and no place to go.
Before this, he completed what he should do with his last thought: stand at the top of the Arasaka Tower that his mother expected and protect Lucy.
Then, use your prosthetic body to buy time for the remaining teammates.
The wandering child in the world of cyber.
eventually failed to become a strong man.
Back to the beginning.
The stinky boy David is poor, in comparison, he cares about his homework. He was also indifferent to his classmates' sarcasm, and he could not go to school to work and reduce the burden. Where did something wrong with
?
The ultimate thinking of human beings is once again trapped in a loop.
When desire and capital build a high wall of technology as they wish.
But you are still separated from this wall.
Maybe.
This is the future of Cyber.
possible, this is the magical reality.
The picture in this article comes from the network
Editor assistant: Yimou Bu emo
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