Mr. G

Before the release of the groundbreaking holographic online game "Cyber World," players were incredibly excited. Regardless of their preferred game genre, everyone held immense expectations for it.

"The Elder Sai has arrived, and the heavens will be clear! The Elder Sai has arrived, and the Blue Star will be peaceful!"

As it turned out, "Cyber World," a truly epoch-making masterpiece, did not disappoint its players. Its excellent quality, outstanding combat system, diverse civilization types, and grand worldview captivated countless players. Even in the late stages of the game, players remained incredibly enthusiastic.

Why wouldn't they be? Being turned into a tin can and injected with artificial dopamine daily for bio-electricity, it's hard not to be excited.

The reason Gao Gong didn't end up as a tin can, and even became the leader of a burgeoning Level 6 civilization, participating in the final storyline against the three great calamities, was due to an inexplicable transmigration. Otherwise, he'd still be on the path to becoming a guide.

Being such a cautious individual, he felt compelled to introduce himself first.

Gao Gong, originally Gao Gong, was an unemployed youth and a hardcore anime fan. He was a master doujin artist, whose exceptional human anatomy depiction skills in unclothed scenes even surpassed most original authors. He was nicknamed the "Fulfilling Tentacle Monster," "Wife Connoisseur," and "Cougar Killer." In the hearts of countless doujin fans, he was the long-awaited "SP leader."

To seek inspiration and keep up with the times, this individual resolutely decided to join the game, searching for new directions among the myriad of intelligent species.

As the saying goes, "A mountain doesn't need to be high; it's famous if it has a peak. Water doesn't need to be deep; it's fine if it's not human."

"Universal Love, then High Attack!"

With such a grand dream, Gao Gong, whose in-game name was "Mr.G," entered the Cyber World, becoming an ordinary doujin player.

"Cyber World" boasted tens of thousands of races and professions, belonging to different types of technological civilization trees, scattered like stars across the corners of the universe. According to their civilization types, they could be divided into four major categories.

Mechanical World, Carbon-based Sequence, Energy Nation, Information Undersea

These were the Mechanical, Carbon-based, Energy, and Information civilization systems.

Ji Lie Star belonged to the sphere of influence of a certain mechanical civilization. Its primary inhabitants were carbon-based humans, in a post-apocalyptic style, possessing basic professions from the Mechanical, Carbon-based, and Information systems.

Among them, Mechanical Augmenter, Prosthetic Body Security, and Mechanical Body Knight belonged to the Mechanical system.

Bionic Human (basic template), Colony Body Soldier, and Beastified Soldier belonged to the Carbon-based system.

Neural Coder belonged to the Information system.

Gao Gong, with his lofty ideals, naturally wasn't like the average vulgar player. He didn't choose the "one patch, one god" Mechanical system, nor the "superman in every patch" Carbon-based system. Instead, he opted for the relatively niche Neural Coder, essentially a cyberpunk hacker.

What followed was a series of major and minor plot events. At the very last moment before Ji Lie Star was consumed by a planet-destroying weapon, he completed the main quest, secured a ticket to an extraterrestrial colony, and then completed his Tier 2 job transfer, completely abandoning his physical body and self-programming to become a main AI.

If the experiences of the first stage were somewhat similar to other players, then Gao Gong's subsequent journey was a complete descent into self-indulgence.

While others leveled up by fighting monsters, he was creating avatars. While others roamed the stars, he was developing the "Sugar Mommy's Patronage" Type I virtual companion. While others pursued mechanical ascension, he was researching custom-made anime girl figurines. While others participated in various interstellar wars, with starships and cannonballs flying, he was developing a large-scale cross-racial virtual online dating platform. While others were being hunted by advanced civilizations, he had successfully broken the reproductive barrier between "carbon-based species" and "information beings," achieving a one-stop service for virtual girlfriends, digital wives, and data descendants. (Even anime wives could have children.) While others became interstellar calamities, he had already created countless fantasy realms for otaku across the galaxy.

When players, as a "special race," were listed as interstellar disasters and hunted across the universe, he was already a honored guest among the six Level 9 civilizations.

In the late game, he was revered by believers on various planets as—

Lord of Figurines, Doujin Wholesaler, High-Level Haptic Experience Vendor, Reproductive System Modifier, Mentor of the Heart, Lifelong Ally of all Galactic Otaku, and the Supreme Master of Virtual Experiences.

He was also recognized by the Civilization Council as the Level 6 Virtual Civilization Leader, the Lord of Hyper-Connection of the Hyper-Experience Nation—Mr. G!

But even with his strength, in his current state with only ten drops of blood left, he couldn't unleash a burst of power!

His limbs grew colder, his consciousness increasingly blurred, and the sound of tires turning seemed to fade further away.

Gao Gong was desperately trying to figure out a way to escape!

Beep beep beep—

[Mission: Desperate Dash] Difficulty: Normal Mission Briefing: As an excellent Mechanical Hunter, you encountered a sudden battle that ended in your death. Was it truly an accident? The most pressing matter now is how to save your own skin. Mission Objectives: Return to the Black Rose Gas Station Bar alive or find the Black Rose. Mission Reward: EXP +1500, A Dog's Life.

A mission flashed on the game panel. Gao Gong glanced at it, and the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.

"A dog's life." This new system was quite cheeky.

However, this triggered mission offered no help whatsoever to Gao Gong's current state. Even with the added 1500 EXP, it wouldn't be enough to level up his main profession, "Mechanical Augmenter."

Wait!

Gao Gong's gaze suddenly fixed on a status bar.

Sub-Profession: Factory Worker Lv4 (You were a child laborer in a human augmentation factory, but ambition drove you down another path.)

In "Cyber World," players had two profession systems: main professions and sub-professions. Players could only have one main profession, but theoretically, they could have countless sub-professions. Within planetary civilizations, the level cap for main professions was Level 30, and for sub-professions, it was Level 20.

But don't underestimate sub-professions or treat them as mere crafting professions in a typical game.

Main professions underwent a job transfer every ten levels. Not only did the profession level need to reach its maximum, but the physical body also required deep augmentation. As the direction of augmentation varied, so did the development path of the profession.

Success in augmentation, potential soars; failure in augmentation, worse than dogs.

The direction of the main profession's augmentation is determined by the sub-profession.

Unlike the main profession, which has a class change every ten levels, the sub-profession changes every five levels. Gao Gong's sub-profession, Factory Worker, was at the cusp of a class change.

NPCs without system templates could only close their eyes and wait for death, while NPCs with system templates could naturally show off their skills!

As Gao Gong's thoughts moved, all the experience accumulated by the original host (not quest rewards) was invested into the sub-profession.

[Factory Worker upgraded to Lv5, Repair Success Rate +3%]

[Factory Worker upgraded to Factory No. 4 Junior Worker, Strength +1, Endurance +1, gained 1 attribute point]

[『Basic Maintenance』 upgraded to 『Basic Mechanical Repair』]

Basic Mechanical Repair: Can perform a certain degree of adjustment and upgrading for low-level machinery, and replace parts.

[You have learned the knowledge of [Industrial Materials Science]]

[You have learned the knowledge of [Mechanical Augmentation]]

As the class change occurred, a large amount of mechanical knowledge and prosthetic body augmentation images were poured into his mind like a divine revelation.

The five main attributes: Strength, Agility, Endurance, Intelligence, and Perception. Each point increases life by 5, but the emphasis of each attribute differs.

Strength is reflected in muscle explosive power and muscle density.

Agility focuses on aerobic and anaerobic metabolism.

Endurance is reflected in the strength of the respiratory system. Intelligence is the information processing efficiency of the brain.

Perception is the length and breadth of the nervous system.

Gao Gong added the single attribute point to Perception with almost no hesitation.

Instantly, his blurry consciousness became exceptionally clear, and a warm current surged from all parts of his body.

Nausea, intense pain, fatigue, itching, and other negative statuses washed over him. Gao Gong gritted his teeth fiercely, his jaw muscles tightening, swallowing the screams that were about to escape his lips.

But at the same time, sensory information such as sound, visual signals, taste, temperature, and vibrations also surged in like a bursting dam.

Health: 25/115 (Body severely injured) (Mechanical body critically damaged)

The physical body returned from the 'near-death' state to 'severely injured'.

Gao Gong continued to 'play dead', his head bowed and pinned to the back of the chair, but his eyes emitted a chilling light.

His palm, however, quietly reached for the military dagger, slowly, inch by inch, drawing the dagger out.

Then—he plunged it in again!

[You lost 2 Health]

[You lost 3 Health]

[You lost 1 Health]

[You lost 3 Health]

[You have entered the Bleeding status, Strength -2, all damage taken increased by 10%]

[You are performing Mechanical Repair on yourself]

The tip of the knife re-entered the wound from another angle, the fresh red flesh peeling back like two crossed smiling faces.

Gao Gong was covered in sweat, painstakingly and carefully manipulating the handle, as if stirring something.

He was performing a temporary version of mechanical repair on himself.

A mortal body cannot unleash its potential, but a mechanical motor can be overloaded.

Sizzle Sizzle

The rotation of the miniature motors inside his body began to speed up.

Trucks transporting minerals were driven away one after another. The wounded lying on the ground were continuously killed, and a few bodies were also eyed by soldiers and dragged away.

These people's fate was to be turned into vegetative states, steeped in low-grade nutrient fluid. Once the cloned bodies of the artificial soldiers suffered irreparable injuries, they would be retrieved, their heads cut off, and electronic brain transplant surgery would be performed.

Fewer and fewer artificial soldiers remained.

Four were left: one by the vehicle, one to the west, and two to the north. The one by the vehicle was leaning against the doorway, smoking. The two to the north stood on higher ground, aiming their guns and looking out. The one to the west was saying something into the intercom.

"Unit 201, aren't you leaving?" shouted the artificial soldier to the north.

"Let me finish this cigarette. I found a good implant."

"Oh? Really? Male or female."

"Does it matter?"

"True enough."

"Hope to see you as a beautiful woman next time we meet."

The laughter was rough and dry, like metal grinding, sending shivers down one's spine.

The cigarette butt hit the ground, and the half-destroyed car door was violently yanked open.

A normal adult male has 5 in all five main attributes, while an artificial soldier has 9. Without augmentation, the cloned bodies of artificial soldiers have already reached the upper limit of normal humans.

However—

"Where is he?"