Butchering Hunters (Part Two)

After landing, the senior engineer patted the elephant's rump, and the little girl from the Cable Tribe led the cannon elephant, which had transformed into an armored monster, away.

The senior engineer pulled up a chair, sat down, picked up the water bottle on the table, and gulped it down in one go.

"Why do you look so tired?" Huang Yuanli asked curiously.

"If you were to perform rejection surgeries on a hundred bio-modified individuals and then modify the machinery of over two hundred mechanical beasts within three days, you would be exhausted."

However, when the senior engineer saw the six-figure experience, he felt that all the hard work was worthwhile.

Almost without hesitation, he applied his experience to his new deputy position.

[You have upgraded your Biologist skill to level 2, Perception +1]

[You have upgraded your Biologist skill to level 3, Intelligence +1]

[You have upgraded the Biologist to level 4, Intelligence +1, Perception +1]

[You have upgraded your Biologist skill to level 5, gaining +1 Intelligence and +1 Perception, and acquiring the ability Biological Observation.]

Biological observation: A deeper understanding of the various forms of organisms, able to see differences even in the same posture.

[You have upgraded Zoology to level 2]

[You have upgraded Zoology to level 3]

[You have upgraded Zoology to level 5]

You have upgraded [Botany] to level 2.

You have upgraded [Botany] to level 5.

Okay, six figures of experience have suddenly dwindled to only fifty thousand.

Temporarily suppressing the idea of evolving a 'biologist' into a 'biologist', the senior engineer took out another syringe and injected himself with it.

A warm current emanated from my body.

[You used [Enhanced Genome], Strength +1, Agility +1, Perception +1]

Having a biology mentor like Dai Bin prepare this basic enhancement fluid is a waste of his talents, but the results are indeed quite good.

The senior engineer thought for a moment, then waved towards the window. Old Wilder's daughter rushed in excitedly almost without hesitation.

"You've been watching it for several days now, how do you feel about it?"

"A miracle."

Nonsense, I specifically upgraded my [Human Body Modification Surgery] skill to level 10 in order to perform these 300+ surgeries.

Human Body Modification Surgery (Profession) lv10: Expert-level surgical skills; your surgical plans are impeccable.

"If it were you, could you handle it?" the senior engineer asked.

Most mechanical hunters aren't so lucky as to have their bodies surgically modified by prosthetic doctors. The places where they do these modifications are these small prosthetic workshops, and the modifiers are human repairmen like Little Wild. Because of this, their success rate is extremely low; they either end up covered in blood or spraying gasoline.

Therefore, the cybernetic modification workshop is also known as the mechanical hunter's shampoo shop, where mechanical hunters who come here always leave something behind.

Human repairmen like Little Wilder represent the initial profession of a prosthetic doctor, but what they lack is systematic learning of prosthetic doctor knowledge.

He is a self-taught player.

Heryl hesitated for a moment, then said, "I've been looking at it for several days, it should be fine."

According to old Wilder, this tomboy was a locally renowned modifier; and the senior engineer could tell that the tomboy had a strong obsession with human modification.

After all, not everyone can stay by the window for days on end.

According to the father's perspective, young people need to be given more opportunities to develop their skills; according to the capitalists, they are a valuable source of labor.

"Then the rest of the surgery is in your hands. I'll give you the surgical plan and information later."

Hurley's spirits lifted; she knew her chance had come!

"I won't let you down, Master!"

"I'm not your mentor," the senior engineer glanced at him, "But if you do well, I can teach you more."

"Yes!!"

The senior engineer could finally be a hands-off manager, and everyone else scattered when they saw this, except for Lao Qian, who eagerly came over.

"Boss, my old buddies—"

"What? Didn't I ask Lao Han to help them recover their strength?"

The "Nuclear Fission Humanoid Biological Modification Program" is essentially about transforming humans into "mutant radiation beasts".

Only these veteran hunters can do this, because they are among the few who survive the rejection and have already acquired the foundation to inject radiation energy.

This approach allows them to regain their peak strength in a short period of time.

An experienced hunter's "prime" is around level 25, and biological hunters are better suited to hunting radiated beasts than mechanical hunters.

"Yes, they asked me to inquire when they will officially deal with the beast tide; they can't wait."

The senior engineer breathed a sigh of relief, "Almost there, almost there, once everyone arrives."

I'll change jobs while I'm at it.

The three Legion hackers arrived late. They were the darlings of the security forces and among the few Cyber Hacker in the radiation zone. Their numbers were even fewer than those of the prosthetic doctors.

After all, although this is a rural area, it has a huge market for prosthetic body modification, but for Cyber Hacker, this is a standard no-network zone.

The leader of the hackers was Bai Yong, the guy who remotely hacked into the senior engineer but was outmaneuvered by the engineer using a "sub-body".

"Welcome."

An electronic screen flipped down, revealing the face of mechanic Huang Wen.

"Your electronic brain was deliberately damaged?" Bai Yong asked curiously. In this desolate place, Cyber Hacker are rare, and it's even rarer to see a living person hacked into.

Huang Wen didn't want to answer such a sad question, so he changed the subject, "I've already prepared the equipment for you."

The senior engineer created a temporary body for Huang Wen using a "quadruped robot." This "human-headed dog" body made him move slowly, but fortunately, the location wasn't far, right in the gas station.

There were a large number of motion-sensing devices, VR devices, and some online devices on display.

"These equipment will be airdropped into the battlefield, but because electronic signals are cut off during the beast horde, you will need to remotely infiltrate and manipulate them using simulated signals."

Bai Yong breathed a sigh of relief. This kind of operation is not difficult for Cyber Hacker, as long as it doesn't involve hacking into the head of a B-level radioactive beast.

During the last invasion, two of our colleagues had their heads blown off by the monster's backlash.

The computing power of a Class B radioactive beast is comparable to that of some corporate mainframes.

"But what's the use of all this equipment?"

"To put it simply, it's about creating a super maze that covers the beast tide."

"Because of these haptic devices, the tactile feel of this maze will be very realistic, and some will even be particularly realistic due to the shared tactile sensation."

Bai Yong took the design drawings and examined them carefully. The more she looked, the stranger her expression became. Was the person who designed this online mode really serious?

This looks exactly like a virtual version of the "Sea and Sky Banquet".

"But what is the purpose of doing this?" Bai Yong asked, puzzled.

The beast tide is created by the mutated energy surge from the radiated beasts. Even if the radiated beasts are thrown into chaos in this way, the beast tide is still the same beast tide. The surge of energy will not stop because of the chaos caused by the beasts, and it may even increase to a higher level.

"The goal is to divert traffic."

"Separating low-level beasts from B-level beasts will prevent us from being affected by other radiated beasts when carrying out decapitation tactics."

"Your target is also a Class B beast!?"

Bai Yong was stunned. As a participant in the last "Operation Severed Arm", he deeply understood the price that had to be paid to kill a B-level beast. Even the beast tide defense line was almost breached because of this plan.

Huang Wen shook his head, and the quadruped robot's body turned around to rotate the electronic screen.

He said with some pride, even a touch of arrogance:

"Believe me, our methods are ten times more advanced than theirs."

After receiving the message from the senior engineer, Lao Qian eagerly went to find his old buddies.

In a bathroom, the old men lay lazily in the scalding hot water, radiating intense heat.

They saw Old Qian and said with smiles:

"Old Qian, come soak in the water!"

"Yes, you're the only one missing."

"Would you like a back rub?"

Old Qian quickly stripped naked and soaked in the water. Miraculously, most of the deformed bones and metal particles on his body disappeared.

However, as he soaked in the bath, a faint sense of pressure emanated from his body.

This feeling is very similar to that of a high-level radiated beast.

These dozen or so old guys were soaking in a highly concentrated radiation solution that could kill cells, and various dangerous auras emanated from them, making them look like a dozen humanoid monsters.

Old Qian relayed the senior engineer's reply to the group, but to his surprise, the group of old guys didn't shout excitedly, had any heated discussions, or even boast about themselves; they just seemed relieved.

"What's with those expressions?" Old Qian asked curiously. Such 'humility' is a disgrace to our reputation as the 'Elderly Villain Squad'.

"It'll only take five minutes anyway," Old Cha chuckled self-deprecatingly.

"Something is better than nothing," another old man shrugged, looking detached from worldly affairs.

Finally, an old man suddenly slammed his fist on the water's surface, his eyes bloodshot, and said:

"Why didn't that brat come sooner? If he had come earlier, we wouldn't be in this mess. He healed those little brats, so why are we only allowed five minutes to fight!"

Old Qian fell silent. Years of human deformities had left most of their vital organs half-dead and unable to withstand high-intensity modifications. The limit was that they could only maintain their 'peak state' for five minutes through the injection of radiation power.

"Yeah, why are you so late?" Old Qian murmured.

The senior engineer was unaware that a group of old guys were wallowing in self-pity; he was preparing for the final modifications to the first stage of the project.

The most difficult part of the carbon-based + mechanical approach is actually the modification.

This is not just a matter of skill, but also a matter of luck.

Because you never know whether your mechanical/biological rejection rate will suddenly spike to an exaggerated number after this modification.

You can save others from physical abnormalities, but if you go wrong on the tightrope you're walking, you might as well be buried.