Refitting

"Jack, can I ask you a question?" AA seemed a little nervous.

"I like women, the absolutely pure kind."

"No, no, I just wanted to ask how much reward you guys usually earn for a commission like this?"

"Taipai and I each get 10@."

After hearing Sun Jack's explanation, AA's mouth dropped open in surprise. "You can earn this much money! No wonder you can eat Organic Food for breakfast."

Hearing the envy in her voice, Sun Jack smiled slightly and continued eating his Late Night Snack. However, he suddenly stopped, realizing the hidden meaning behind AA's question. "You want to be a Mercenary? I advise you not to."

"Don't just see the Wolf eating meat and not see the Wolf getting beaten. We put our lives on the line doing this job, we could die at any moment."

"I don't plan on doing this kind of work for long either. Once we save enough money, Taipai and I will quit."

"With these 3@, you should be much better off. Take this opportunity to find another stable job," Sun Jack advised AA.

AA stopped her chopsticks, her head hanging low. "But... can I really find another job? I've been looking... for a very, very long time... they all rejected me..."

Sun Jack gently hugged her. He didn't know how to advise her in this situation, as even he couldn't find a job when he tried.

AA looked up at Sun Jack. "I'm not useless, you know. I had a Master's degree in Engineering when I was in school."

"In school, my grades were always first!" AA said, full of pride.

"With such good grades, why can't you find a job now?"

The light in AA's eyes quickly faded. "Yeah, I don't know either. Why can't I find a job even with good grades in school? Isn't studying supposed to be for finding a job?"

Job hunting seemed to have become a psychological shadow for AA. Whenever it was brought up, she'd get depressed. Sun Jack decided to change the subject.

"Master's in Engineering? Can you hand-craft a Nuclear Bomb?" Sun Jack asked jokingly, taking a sip of water from the table.

"Yes!" AA's "yes" almost made Sun Jack choke to death.

"As long as I'm given enough Nuclear Material, I can calculate the critical point of nuclear fission. In fact, I completed this as homework in school."

"Times have changed, old man," Taipai said sarcastically from the wall.

Sun Jack quickly understood. He, the old man, was out of touch. In his era, nuclear weapons were the pinnacle of technology. But in this high-tech age, making a Nuclear Bomb had become student homework.

Of course, many people knew how to make a Nuclear Bomb, but Nuclear Fuel was strictly regulated by companies.

"But even with that said, you still can't be a Mercenary. We kill at most one or two people, we don't need a Nuclear Bomb for that."

Hearing this, AA seemed truly disheartened. She lowered her head and sighed deeply.

Looking at her small head, Sun Jack suddenly thought of something. "If you're an engineer, can you modify my prosthetic body so it doesn't connect to the internet and can only be triggered manually?"

AA's eyes instantly lit up again, "Change it to pure mechanical? Of course I can, it's too simple!"

"Oh? Really? Then help me change it, I'll pay you by the hour." Today's events made Sun Jack realize that some things aren't better the smarter they are. If it gets hacked, the best cybernetic limb is just scrap metal.

Of course, he could also do what others did and enhance his Nervous System's Firewall, increasing the difficulty of intrusion.

But where would this end? Playing an Arms Race with others, his meager funds wouldn't be enough. It would be better to just change it to a pure mechanical state.

"Okay! I'll go back and get my tools right now!" AA excitedly stood up.

"It's the middle of the night, are you going out to find death? Sleep first, we'll talk tomorrow." Sun Jack let out a satisfied burp and put the leftovers back in the refrigerator.

When Sun Jack returned to his room, he saw AA covering her head with a blanket, laughing "Kukuku".

It seemed she was particularly happy to be able to apply what she had learned.

Full of food and drink, Sun Jack had a very Satisfying Sleep In. When he woke up again, it was already 9 AM.

He pushed open the door and found only a neatly folded blanket on the Sofa. AA was gone.

"Taipai, where is she?"

"She went out early this morning, said she was going to get her tools and wanted to modify your cybernetic limb."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock at the door. "Jack! Taipai! I'm back!"

When the door opened, Sun Jack saw AA carrying a large bag, with an old pair of Goggles slung crookedly on her head.

She was smiling happily, her eyes shining. Sun Jack found AA much prettier now than when he first met her.

"Sigh, why would anyone have this kind of Sexual Preference?" Unable to understand, Sun Jack opened the door and let AA in.

He watched as she impatiently opened the bag, revealing a mess of various metal tools. "Jack, quickly take off your Prosthetic Limb for me! I'll modify it for you."

Looking at her young face, Sun Jack felt a bit worried, "Are you sure you can do it? Don't break it."

"Of course I can, and besides, it's not that difficult."

AA grabbed Sun Jack's Prosthetic Limb with both hands. The next moment, her expression changed instantly, becoming extremely focused.

She quickly took out various tools from her pocket and removed Sun Jack's Prosthetic Limb at lightning speed.

Watching her skilled movements, Sun Jack couldn't help but believe her words. "Where did you learn these skills?"

"School."

"You're so poor, yet you still had money for school?"

"I borrowed a Student Loan, and I've been paying it back since I left school."

Hearing this, Sun Jack suddenly understood something. "When you applied, you said you were in debt. Is this that debt?"

"No, it's the principal and interest for childbirth and upbringing. I wasn't naturally born; I came from a Fertility Factory. That's why I told you earlier I didn't have any family."

"Birth... birth what? Fertility Factory?" Sun Jack was shocked.

As he quickly searched using the system, the official website of Fertility Factory Co., Ltd. popped up on his screen. The babies on the interface were smiling extremely happily.

According to the official website, as technology has become more advanced in recent years, everyone has their own new forms of entertainment and is unwilling to downgrade their consumption to have children. Consequently, the birth rate in the Metropolis has been continuously declining.

If this continues, the Metropolis will have fewer and fewer people, eventually disappearing completely.

To save the Metropolis's declining birth rate, uphold the noble ideal of liberating women from the pressure of childbirth, and ensure the staffing needs of major companies, Fertility Factory has begun to shoulder the social responsibility of raising children using Artificial Uterus technology.

Looking at the various righteous slogans on the website, Sun Jack was amused.

"They've cut the leeks so much they won't grow anymore, so they've decided to grow them themselves."