The Hacker's Gun
Inside a military transport plane, Xiao Huang cheerfully put his arm around the senior engineer's shoulder and laughed loudly, "Come on, don't be shy, have fun, we have plenty of time anyway."
Inside the cabin, there were steel pipes and beautiful android women dressed as flight attendants. To the accompaniment of deep jazz music, their eyes were captivating, and their graceful figures resembled giant white pythons. I wondered if it was just my imagination, but the more they twisted, the less clothing they wore.
The senior engineer, with his professional eye, said, "This is an S-shaped service robot, right? The vivid dance moves clearly show that short-term muscle memory has been injected, otherwise it wouldn't be so flexible. And those eyes, let me see, is it bionic simulation or neural circuit modification? Oh, it's neural circuit modification. This neural circuit must be from a modified female celebrity with the 'most charming smile,' right? Did you pay her the copyright fee?"
Xiao Huang's expression gradually stiffened.
Next, the senior engineer evaluated the flight attendant robot's skin, hands, feet, and chest from a professional perspective, analyzing its materials, practical functions, and potential for expansion.
If perverts had levels, the senior engineer would undoubtedly be the ceiling. He has penetrated beyond the surface, moving from the face, chest, and legs to the microscopic level.
Power consumption, materials, internal structure, tactile feedback—these are just some of the hidden flaws of these service robots that the senior engineer pointed out one by one. In particular, when Xiao Huang learned that the designers had not done a good job of internal design in order to highlight the robot's S-shaped body, there was a 14% chance that prolonged use would cause the third limb to break, and even the red wine in his hand would not taste good.
After all the robots were driven away, Xiao Huang said with some admiration, "Brother Gao, you know so much. How did you learn all this?"
The senior engineer gave a thumbs up, his white teeth flashing as he smiled. "Nothing special, just practice makes perfect."
The maid legion that once dominated the universe was created by him personally, and the combat power of the maid legion successfully refuted the rumor that virtual civilizations could not be fought.
Xiao Huang prostrated himself in admiration.
Since the flight attendant robot wasn't working, Xiao Huang didn't treat the senior engineer like an outsider. He put on the helmet, went into the virtual machine, and started sculpting the girl's face.
Indeed, the world of anime and manga is the ultimate destination.
The senior engineer walked to the window and watched the spacecraft gradually pass through the atmosphere. Looking down, the blue planet appeared in the field of vision. Due to the war, the seven main continents of the civilized era were pierced by space-based weapons. What remained were small landmasses scattered throughout the planet.
After removing the concept of nations, the mother city divided the entire planet into 24 districts for better governance.
The 9-3 Guanzhong area where the senior engineer is currently located is the third section of the ninth district.
Within this region, there are five island-area blocks, with the Guanzhong area being the third.
"Tsk tsk, it really is true that being healthy makes you feel light and carefree."
The senior engineer withdrew his gaze and happily opened the task panel. After the 'symbiote' modification, most of the human body's systems had returned to normal, which meant that he could finally use the rewards he had obtained from the beast tide.
"Let me see, nearly two million experience points, I really don't know how to spend them."
With a thought, he invested 150,000 experience points, and all the intermediate workers, senior prosthetic doctors, and biologists in Factory No. 3 reached the maximum level.
Among them, the intermediate worker in Factory No. 3 is a third-tier job (level 15), while the latter two are second-tier jobs (level 10).
The three fully qualified positions granted the senior engineer a total of 5 points of Strength, 7 points of Perception, and 4 points of Intelligence.
[Your health has increased by 60 points, currently standing at 1537 points]
[Your consciousness +14 points, currently 143 points]
[Your stamina +32 points, currently at 600 points]
At the same time, the job change quests for all three professions were also triggered.
[Job Change Quest: Advanced Upgrade]
Task details:
1: Trade/plunder/steal ten exclusive modification blueprints for prosthetic surgeons.
2: Perform a Level 2 mechanical civilization modification on yourself (armor/AI/energy).
3: Conduct a large-scale prosthetic experiment.
[Job Change Quest: Gene Hybrid]
Task details:
1: Own your own gene bank
2: Five gene mixtures were identified.
3: Conduct a large-scale biological experiment
"Well--"
The senior engineer was certain that, at least in the low-level map of Iron Sand Desert, it would be very difficult for him to complete the job advancement for these two professions. There were ten exclusive blueprints, and there weren't even ten cybernetic doctors in this radiation zone.
As for gene hybrids, they are a key project for biotech companies.
Of these, only two large-scale experiments are possible, but even those are very difficult to accomplish.
NPCs are not players; NPCs only have one life. The senior engineer doesn't want to become the kind of villainous boss who drives everyone to rebellion.
We still need to focus on the players.
On the contrary, the three career transitions in the factory gave the senior engineer hope of completing his career.
[Job Change Quest: Machine Ecosystem]
Task details:
A machine jungle that understands your thoughts and feelings, an intimate and super-human machine experience that maximizes the interaction between humans and machines.
Is it the goal of a laboratory, the choice of a company, or a truly unmanned factory?
Below the task details, there is no option for completion or non-completion; there is only a completion status.
Over 60% is considered a success, and failing is considered a failure.
It really is a riddle-solving mission.
Generally speaking, the higher the level of the secondary job, the higher the probability of getting the Riddler quest.
These types of tasks don't have a specific goal, but rather give you plenty of freedom.
For example, in a "machine ecosystem," you can buy or build a large unmanned factory, enter a cutting-edge physical industry, or occupy a high-end AI data processing center, where tens of thousands of processors serve you.
In short, you can do anything related to the "machine ecosystem," but whether it gets approved is not up to you.
In the previous life, it was generally impossible for a single player to complete this on their own. Even if a large number of people were mobilized to make this thing, the probability of failure was not small.
The end of a secondary profession is a "professional knowledge chain." If this thing were so easy to obtain, then so many players wouldn't be unable to form a faction.
However, for the senior engineer, this is the only task that could possibly be completed on this map.
The reason is simple: the new oasis is a blank slate, and the exclusive buildings of the 'Mechanical Hunter' faction, as well as the production and modification of various hunter modules, are also part of the 'machine ecosystem'.
Most importantly, he didn't even need to lift a finger; all he had to do was fawn over Director Du, and the factory's rich women would solve all his problems.
Perfect!
The main profession cannot be upgraded for the time being because the upgrades have not kept up.
The rest are skill points, specialization points, and chances to win prizes.
After thinking for a moment, the senior engineer decided to first upgrade "Precision Shooting" to level 10, and then invest one specialization point.
Finally, the elite-level "shooting" option is now available.
[You have upgraded 'Precision Shot' to level 10]
[Precision Shooting upgraded to level 10 (max), entering skill advancement mode. Please select your expert skill: Advanced Gunfighting, Medium Energy Weapon Mastery, or Hacker Gunner.]
Among these, advanced gunfighting is a must-have for melee gunners, as its burst damage is terrifying.
Energy gun mastery is the skill of wielding energy weapons. Reaching the master level allows you to fire an Italian cannon, or rather, an Italian energy cannon.
As for hacker gunners, they don't target normal people, but rather Cyber Hacker, AI, biomimetic viruses, and all sorts of strange life forms in the cyber network.
The senior engineer hesitated between the second and third options, but ultimately chose "hacker gunner".
The reason is simple: planetary civilizations don't have that many powerful energy weapons to play with. Even the "Spindle-Shaped Mayfly Gun" only has a limited duration of 100 hours.
However, its biggest weakness lies in the network aspect.
[You selected the expert skill: Hacker Gunslinger]
Hacker Gunner: A ranger in the cyber network, an assassin in the information city, an enemy of the Matrix
Once your skills reach the 'expert' level, the amount of experience you consume will no longer be in the tens of thousands, but in the units of 50,000.
However, once players reach this level, they generally stop using experience points to upgrade their skills and instead spend their time searching for hidden quests and grinding for skill points.
Fortunately, the senior engineer has a total of 11 skill points, which is just enough to upgrade the "hacker gunner".
The hacker gunner, upgraded to level 10, gains four additional status effects.
The Brain of Data: By following the flow of sensory signals, you can perceive targets at the data level.
Hacker's Gun: A weapon capable of attacking AI, bio-inspired viruses, and system-level threats.
Programming bullets: You can extract a piece of programming language, load it into your own magazine, and its power depends on your programming skills.
Virus Sniper Bullet: You can insert data viruses into sniper bullets and fire them into a certain type of system.
A mysterious feeling arose in my mind, like that of a bald programmer, with all sorts of code replacing the hair roots and flashing incessantly in the cerebral cortex.
In the eyes of senior engineers, the cabin, windows, and cockpit "disappear" from time to time, replaced by a large amount of green data: flight data, pipeline data, engine data, and data from various functional modules.
He turned to look at Xiao Huang, who had transformed into a data person, with data from various parts of his body constantly surfacing, especially on the virtual machine where the data was fluctuating intensely.
The senior engineer stretched out his palm, and in the next moment, countless numerical symbols emerged from his palm, finally condensing into a black and white pistol. The gun body was white, and the grip was black, with a design somewhat resembling the Desert Eagle.
The senior engineer glanced at the "hacker's gun" in his hand and pointed it at the other person's head without hesitation.
At this moment, Xiao Huang was looking at his own long, straight black hair, which he had painstakingly styled with a sneer, with a disdainful look in his eyes, a small black mole under his right eye, a high nose bridge, and the few thin clothes he was wearing.
"Hehe, let me help you take off your clothes, hehe."
The next moment, the long, straight black head exploded on the spot, blood splattering everywhere, and the ejected, bloody, mangled jaw went straight for Xiao Huang.
A world of extremes.
"Oh my god!"
Being hit so closely at such close range, Xiao Huang's eyes rolled back and he fainted.
The senior engineer nodded, quite satisfied with the effect of the hacker gun.
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