Chapter 13 Strict

Joseph, a boy from the inner city, joined the team with two pendants from the outer city he picked up on the road, which made the place lively.

After a simple probing exchange, Tao Yu's initial impression of Joseph was not bad.

This guy seems a little arrogant, but as long as you say something nice and flatter him, it's easy to get a lot of information out of him.

He is a very expressive person who also likes to be praised.

But flattery can't be too direct, it needs to be the kind that touches the other person's itchy parts without leaving any traces.

Zhang Wei also wanted to take pictures, but he was far inferior to Tao Yu who was once a social animal.

For example, Tao Yu obliquely praised his mechanical prosthesis and talked about his third brother's condition, his words full of longing.

This immediately attracted Joseph’s gushing

"People in the inner city are also different. Like me, although I am not at the bottom, my family is only middle-class. Fortunately, my talent is not compromised. [Machine Affinity] has reached C+."

Joseph showed off his talent. Although it seemed that C+ was not as high as B, the talent of [Mechanical Affinity] itself was much stronger than dynamic vision.

This is especially true when Joseph has the money to equip himself with equipment and modifications!

"Ah? Brother Joseph is just a middle-class person? How is this possible?"

Tao Yu's shocked expression impressed Joseph greatly. Then, while continuing to chew the snake meat, he patted Tao Yu's shoulder with his good hand and said vaguely.

"Brother Tao, you have been living in the outer city, and your horizons are still a bit low. Since you are so talented and have the opportunity to enter the inner city, I will give you literacy in advance."

When he said this, he paused for a moment, and then saw Tao Yu's shining eyes.

"In the outer city, the upper limit of the ordinary human body is almost your ceiling. Any kind of mechanical prosthesis or alien implant can easily break the upper limit of your outer city."

"Yes, my Uncle Tiger used to have the ultimate strength of the human body and the talent of [Prejudgment Eye]. Later, his hand was broken. He was appreciated by a noble and given a mechanical prosthetic limb, and his strength suddenly increased instead of decreasing."

Tao Yu pulled out another comparison at the right time.

"Haha, it turned out to be him. I took a special look when I came here. His prosthetic limbs are pretty good for the outer city. He must have been eliminated by someone from the inner city. His body shape is more suitable."

After saying this, Joseph paused for a moment, and then continued with a little amusement.

“But compared to the one I customized, it’s incomparable in terms of functionality and optimization potential.”

But fortunately, he didn't get carried away. He remembered what he was talking about this time, so he paused for a moment and said seriously.

“Mechanical and allogeneic implants actually encounter improvement bottlenecks because they are too limited by materials and implants.

"Although I advocate the supremacy of machinery, in the later stage, whether it is alloplastic implantation or the development of the human body's own potential, it will not be worse than machinery."

Speaking of which, he glanced at Tao Yu again

"It's just that you people from the outer city don't have this kind of talent and channels."

After hearing this, Tao Yu digested it in his heart and understood a little bit of the outline.

"I heard from Brother Joseph before that the python fangs may have skills, and I have absorbed several of them. How should I complete them?"

Although Tao Yu's skills have been acquired, he is very concerned about some of the information in what Joseph said before.

The information I can get from my parents is limited. Although Uncle Hu definitely knows more, he didn't have time to pester him with questions before. It would be good to have someone more knowledgeable here to complete the information.

"Don't think about it. I've absorbed one of these before. The information is quite messy. I need at least twenty or thirty."

While talking, Joseph also took out several snake teeth from his arms, which made Tao Yu stunned. This guy didn't absorb the wishing items immediately? It seems like you really have plenty of money in your pocket.

And it seems that other people are not as good at sorting out information about wish items as I am. It should be because they are immune to mental damage, so they use less than half of the items to spell out the skills.

"If the number is enough, there is some value in combining it into a set. After all, it is a new skill in the new development area. Otherwise, it is better to completely block the information and purely absorb it as a will."

"Why? I absorb it directly. Are there any hidden dangers?"

Tao Yu took advantage of the situation and asked.

Glancing at Tao Yu, Joseph was not stingy at all.

"There are indeed some hidden dangers. You should know that no matter whether it is the outer city, inner city, or even the floating city, crazy people will appear occasionally."

Hearing this, Tao Yu couldn't help but fell silent for a while. The sixth sister who was in front of Tao Yu and was similar in age to him. She had taken good care of him when she was a child. However, she went crazy a year ago and was executed by the security team.

"It seems that you have encountered this situation."

Joseph glanced at Tao Yu's expression and didn't care.

"If you come into contact with the remnants of the gray mist or don't enter the abyss for a long time, you may accumulate madness. In addition to absorbing these wishes information."

Speaking of this, Joseph seemed to be a little emotional.

"But generally speaking, as long as everyone's mental condition does not have any major problems, they also have the ability to repair themselves. It doesn't matter if you only absorbed a few. You will be fine in a few days."

"Thanks."

Tao Yu's thank you was much more sincere than the previous nonsense.

Joseph didn't care about Tao Yu's thanks. While eating the snake meat, he took out a piece of cloth to wipe his robotic arm, and clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.

"Okay, since we are forming a team, we must also have team rules. Let me break down the order now.

"Chen Guan has the highest priority, followed by Wall, then Zhang Wei, and Brother Tao is second to me. If someone new comes in to take a look, Chen Guan will give Zhang Wei your shotgun."

Joseph said calmly, and after hearing the sequence in his mouth, Tao Yu vaguely understood the meaning in his heart.

Although it is not stated explicitly, and theoretically they have not officially entered yet, this is essentially a cannon fodder sequence!

Chen Guan was a thin man about 1.7 meters tall and owned a double-barreled shotgun. His face turned pale after hearing Joseph's words.

"Master Joseph, I am not physically gifted. He obviously has endurance and is more suitable..."

"It's none of my business, I'm just informing, not discussing."

Joseph's expression was cold, completely different from the attitude he had when talking to Tao Yu!

Wall is a relatively muscular white man who also owns an assault rifle and has a lot of equipment on him.

At this time, he first handed the assault rifle in his hand to Zhang Wei, then grabbed Chen Guan's shotgun and kicked him to the ground, giving him a fierce look and saying

"How dare you contradict Lord Joseph?"

Zhang Wei looked at the assault rifle in his hand and opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything, he just held it tightly.

He had no firearms skills and no practice, but even so, this gun still gave him a sense of security far greater than that of the steel pipe!

The most important thing is that with this gun, at least he doesn't have to go to the front every time.

Although he has been leading the way very smoothly, if there is a choice, who would really want to be a meat detective...

Tao Yu looked at the scene in front of him and didn't say much, nor did he say that he had an extra pistol to give to the other party.

What if a guy who may have resentment in his heart takes a pistol and shoots someone illegally?

To put it bluntly, even the strongest Joseph would probably be cold if he was shot in the head.

Glancing at Joseph again to make sure that there was no mechanical unit plugged into his head, Tao Yu also confirmed the thought in his heart.

Talent cannot determine everything. If a child from the inner city or even the floating city really awakens some useless talent, and just relies on his willpower to accumulate skills and body transformation, his achievements will far exceed those of the outer city's combat talents. who.

but!

In the bitter outer city, talent can be regarded as the only channel for advancement. Talent determines everything!

Joseph's relatively pleasant attitude towards himself was also due to his [Dynamic Vision] (B)!

Otherwise, you are not qualified to flatter...

And just after the team integration issues were 'smoothly' resolved, and after Joseph gained the favor of Tao Yu and Zhang Wei at the same time, he threw out two sealed test tubes filled with white powder.

"then."

After the two of them took it, Joseph casually said

"Use it when you are nervous, in a bad mood, can't sleep, or have any pain. The effect is great. These two are given to you. The number should be enough for you for half a month."

Tao Yu subconsciously took the test tube and was stunned for a moment, but then his eyes became deep and he just smiled and said

"Thank you, Brother Joseph. I seem to have heard of this miracle medicine. It's called 'Happiness', right? It's a pity that my family is too poor..."

Zhang Wei next to him was also full of surprises.

"My uncle likes 'Happiness' very much. I'm afraid this tube requires at least two hundred units of willpower, right? And it's hard to buy!"

As Zhang Wei spoke, there was still a slightly nostalgic expression on his face, and his mouth moved unconsciously.

When I was a child, I almost had a fever. My aunt used half a fingernail to control her condition.

Although it was a vague memory from when I was about to have a fever and it was very far back in time, I don’t know why I still remember this thing so vividly and deeply.

"Haha, it's good that you know, but don't do too much at the beginning, lest you get used to it."

When Joseph saw the expressions of the two men, he also laughed out loud.

"This is a gift to you. If you need it in the future, you will have to earn it yourself."

"Thanks."

Tao Yu had a smile on her face and stretched out her hand as if she was about to open it, but immediately paused and asked hesitantly.

"Brother Joseph, I've seen people look drunk when using this. Will it make me inaccurate?"

As he spoke, he reached out and touched the assault rifle he hung.

The surrounding scenes gradually slowed down, and the blood pumping by the heart could be clearly felt.

Everything seemed to slow down.

But as he entered [Bullet Time], Tao Yu's heart sank as he discovered something that he had not seen clearly before.

There was no trace of blood vessels at all under the skin on Joseph’s forehead and face, and except for his eyebrows and eyelashes, there was no hair on his face!

Looking along the mechanical area connecting the opponent's shoulder and neck, after moving his fingers, Tao Yu took the initiative to exit [Bullet Time] again, with the curious expression still on his face.

And Joseph, who was smiling all the time, suddenly felt a chill on his scalp. Looking at the opponent's assault rifle and the one Zhang Wei had recently acquired, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He was silent for a moment, as if he thought of something not good. .

Then he showed a cheerful expression again and waved his hands casually.

"Indeed, it will be a bit uncomfortable, especially for newcomers. You can wait until you are in trouble. Now you don't have to take risks in the abyss fragments..."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Joseph, I will definitely repay you."

Tao Yu thanked him with a smile, but she felt more and more depressed when she saw Joseph's bright smile.

I thought he was just a kid from the inner city who liked to be flattered and was not a bad person.

But I didn't expect that it was all fake. A social animal in the previous life was almost deceived by a guy who was just 18 years old. Tao Yu also felt the darkness of this world again.

He didn't provoke anything, just because he had a little talent, he got this kind of "free" kindness.

"You deserve to die..."

Tao Yu couldn't help but murmur in his heart...