Dark Welfare Institute

After the surgery, PP boss left, thanking everyone profusely, a silly grin spreading across his face as he walked away.

"This boss is not only handsome, but also kind-hearted. He didn't even charge me. Could it be that he's taken a liking to me? Ugh, I can't let my imagination run wild. He's just an NPC..."

Seeing that the two seemed to have something to say, Baozi coughed and said, "Well, boss, you two are busy. I'll go to the front of the shop."

"Don't rush, put this knife in the glass case."

With a wave of his hand, the senior engineer saw a long, rectangular package suddenly spring out from the corner of the wall. He reached out and grabbed it, then lifted the cloth covering the package to reveal a very eerie samurai sword. Three small metal snakes on the hilt hissed.

The moment the knife was drawn, the two players broke out in a cold sweat, as if they were in a snake pit surrounded by dangerous venomous snakes.

Baozi took the knife with trembling hands. He glanced at its attributes and his eyes turned red.

"Holy crap, a top-tier weapon of excellent quality, and it's even a smart knife!! Boss, how much does this thing cost!?"

"Just set a price that no one can afford."

"No, wouldn't it be easy for such a treasure to be stolen if left outside?" Baozi said nervously. This Hanging Neck Street is prone to fights, and leaving it here feels quite unsafe.

"The store has an early warning system, and the glass cases are bulletproof, so it's fine."

"No, I'm worried I won't be able to resist doing it."

The senior engineer glanced at the other person and sneered, "You think I'm unprepared? Look at what's on your head, it's a big prey mark."

"Ahem, boss, I'm leaving."

Baozi, who had let the Baozi out of the bag, quickly slipped away.

On that rainy night, the man carrying a knife but no umbrella had his eyes almost glued to the knife.

As a hobbyist who loves tools for committing crimes, Umbrella Bro likes all kinds of weapons, especially knives!

"That's a mission reward," the senior engineer said casually. "I can give it to you once you complete the final mission."

Umbrella Bro took a deep breath, his face practically screaming "liver!"

"What should I do next?"

"Go to this address," the senior engineer handed over a slip of paper. This was the assassination alliance's contact point in the City That Never Sleeps, and every assassin knew it, including those who betrayed the organization, such as Miyamoto Sanzo.

"I'll give you a month to become a mid-level assassin. After that, I'll contact you again to explain the next stage of your mission."

After thinking for a moment, the senior engineer created a "difficult" level task and sent it over.

As for the reward, let's give the other party a killer makeover package.

"If you can't complete the task within a month, you don't need to come see me."

The senior engineer had a serious, businesslike expression.

He glanced at the man carrying a knife but no umbrella on a rainy night, his expression hardening. He immediately realized that this mission was far from simple.

"I see!"

After the other party left, the senior engineer handed the shop over to Baozi and casually assigned him the task of watching the shop.

Looking at the other person's beaming face, which was beaming with joy at receiving a temporary assignment, the senior engineer couldn't help but click his tongue twice.

It's easier to deal with newbies in the early stages, unlike in the later stages when everyone seems to be taking revenge on society.

The senior engineer walked for fifteen minutes to reach the welfare home, but this time, instead of standing far away on the perimeter, he went directly to the entrance.

"Hello, is Gao Yuanyuan off work yet? I'm here to pick her up."

The security guard stared blankly at the senior engineer; his dim, yellowish eyes clearly indicated that he had been working late into the night for many years.

Who are you looking for?

"Gao Yuanyuan".

"High what?"

"Gao Yuanyuan".

"Yuan what?"

The senior engineer flashed a bright smile, and the next moment, the Virtual Invasion was activated, directly drilling into the other party's mind.

It's so laggy!

If a normal person's brain is like a Windows 7 operating system, then this security guard's brain is like Windows 97, which would be incredibly slow by today's standards.

The senior engineer quickly understood why the other party had blocked the way. The body hormones of these security guards had been stimulated with drugs. Simply put, they would be extremely excited when they were on duty, but once they got off work, they would experience various withdrawal symptoms, just like an addict who had to stop taking the drug.

Workers at this level clearly come from large corporations.

How could someone like that be working as a gatekeeper at an ordinary welfare home?

As the senior engineer walked by, every security guard who made eye contact with him stared blankly, like a puppet on a string.

This is the most buggy aspect of Cyber Hacker: no matter how high the level of your cybernetics or how powerful your modified firepower, if you can't stop the hacking, then those weapons and people will become the objects of the hacker's manipulation.

This is why every advanced modder has an Electronic Barrier.

As the senior engineer walked through, the entire welfare home was completely silent. It was a place about the size of an elementary school, and it should have been the noisiest time of day, yet there wasn't a sound.

The senior engineer walked to a place that resembled a teaching building.

A middle-aged woman blocked the senior engineer's way.

"You must be Yuanyuan's brother?"

The dean laughed. Her smile was strange. Her facial muscles were very healthy, but her expression was like that of the lowest grade implanted skin on the market. It was very creepy, like a poorly made robot showing emotions. It was a perfect example of the uncanny valley effect.

"Hello, Dean."

The senior engineer was also smiling. Inside his clothes, the colony quickly covered most of his body, and at the same time, the reactor in his chest began to operate.

Each energy jet nozzle created a gap.

"Yuanyuan is teaching the children right now, would you like to go inside and wait?"

The senior engineer glanced behind the other person. Although it was dusk, the other person's back seemed to be shrouded in a layer of night, making it difficult to see clearly.

The brain of data, Virtual Invasion, the eye of reality.

With the three spying skills activated simultaneously, the teaching building in front of them disappeared, replaced by a terrifying data turbulence, which connected with other turbulence to form a huge maze.

A data maze!?

Data mazes are a dangerous phenomenon existing in deep and low-level web layers.

If data nodes symbolize order in cyberspace, then the maze symbolizes chaos.

No matter how powerful the AI or how skilled the hacker, once they enter the maze, they can't guarantee survival.

"Damn it, it was the right decision not to come in before. What bastard built this thing in the orphanage? Even the firewalls of big corporations aren't this good."

The senior engineer forced a smile and said, "It's alright, I'll just wait here."

"Don't be so polite, please come in."

The dean tried to pull the other person away, but after taking only two steps, her figure suddenly froze. She felt as if a prehistoric beast was coldly staring at her, and if she made any move, she would be killed instantly.

"This person is incredibly strong!"

The dean never expected that Gao Yuanyuan's adopted brother would actually be a dangerous cyborg.

The two remained locked in a stalemate.

This stalemate continued until Gao Yuanyuan happily walked downstairs, waving back upstairs as she went.

"I'm leaving now. Little Flower, remember to finish your meal. Big Tiger, remember not to bully Little Flower or steal her meat..."

Gao Yuanyuan's eyes lit up when she saw the senior engineer outside the stairs. She jumped over in three quick steps, her smile radiant.

Why did you come to pick me up today?

"It's not just on my way; I came specifically to pick you up."

Gao Yuanyuan rolled her eyes, her face slightly flushed, and punched him lightly. Then she said to the dean, "Dean, this is my brother, his name is Engineer Gao."

"Yes, we just chatted for a while," the dean said with a stiff smile.

"Then we're leaving."

"Be careful on the road."

The senior engineer smiled at her and gave her a hunter's mark.

However, after taking only a few steps, the senior engineer's face darkened. He turned around and saw that the female dean had disappeared without a trace, and his hunter's mark had also been lost.

"Beep beep beep—"

[You have triggered a special mission: Dark Welfare Home - AI Experiment Subject]

[You keenly noticed the problem with the orphanage. In the Mechanical City, there are no purely welfare institutions, only purely experimental projects, and behind these experimental projects, there must be a high-level force.]

[Mission Objective Selection: Escape/Destroy/Report]

Every choice you make will have unpredictable consequences.

As the night deepened, the senior engineer quietly closed the door, watching the girl sleeping peacefully.

After thinking for a moment, the senior engineer placed one hand on the door.

The next moment, countless pieces of flesh and blood gushed out from his palms, covering the door, the walls, and then enveloping the entire house.

In this way, she would know whatever her adopted sister did.

He went downstairs to his shop, took out his communicator, and made a call.

Soon, the projection of a boy with kidney deficiency appeared.

"Who is it so late at night? Can't a person get any sleep?" Ah Hong complained.

The senior engineer looked him up and down, especially noticing the dark circles under his eyes.

"Have you been working very hard lately?"

Ah Hong perked up and chuckled, "What's so special about the fan club's motion-sensing simulator? It can't compare to the human body sensing module I developed myself. To be honest, wow—I know, fine, I won't tell you."

While rubbing his buttocks, Ah Hong muttered, "I should never have installed the stun gun. I thought it would be a lifesaver in bed, but it turns out to be a weapon of domestic violence."

"So, what do you want from me?"

"I'd like to order a batch of hacking plugins from you; I need them urgently."

Ah Hong's expression changed, filled with surprise and doubt.

"You're not Cyber Hacker, what do you need this for?"

Without wasting words, the senior engineer launched the Virtual Invasion directly. The next moment, Ahong's image turned into a large number of green light spots. Although this intrusion was quickly neutralized by an intrusion of the same type, the astonishment on Ahong's face could not be hidden when he returned to human form.

"So you've really become a competitor? Where's your cybersecurity implantation device?"

The senior engineer frowned. "Stop talking nonsense, it's a hacker plugin!"

"What's in it for me?"

"Do you want to know what happened on the cyber network that day?"

"Anything else?"

"I won't report you to Adorno's agency."

"Deal!" Ah Hong quickly agreed.

After hanging up the phone, the senior engineer thought for a moment, then turned on the cybernetic device. This welfare home was really a bit strange.

He needs to find another helper.

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