Chapter 43: Learning and living well (Part 2)
"Well done, Lil. Now Melissa's daughter can rest in peace. The money has been sent and the deal is settled."
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Hearing the news, Lille was stunned for a moment, and then he discovered that there were unread messages in his message bar--
It was given to him by the priest. At that time, he was concentrating on studying and did not pay attention to it.
It turned out that the message contained detailed information about the commission: The Sixth Street Gang planned to take over the Valley area, so they found someone to set up a shooting range on the border of the area to scare people.
As a result, he accidentally beat to death a passing girl. It is said that the girl died in the Sixth Street Gang's jurisdiction——
Because most of the body fell on the bridge.
This jurisdiction is not a designated area. Night City has separately legislated the Sixth Street Gang's activity area, so as long as it does not exceed the limit, the NCPD will turn a blind eye.
But her mother didn't think so. A middle-aged woman who ran a food stall sold iron to scrape together enough commission money and asked the priest to seek justice for her.
After reading the news, Lille fell into silence
"I made such a serious mistake. I opened fire without even looking at the commission in detail. Fortunately, this guy is not an important person."
As for the final reward, it was pretty much what Lille guessed, 2,000 euros, and the three of them divided it as they pleased.
This job is quite easy to do. Originally, Pritt was just over the line. He was dead when he died. He even did a favor to the NCPD, and it didn't even count as murder.
It seems that the priest is quite kind. Maybe he doesn't know Lille's background and plans to make friends with him.
Thinking this way, the movements of his hands did not slow down at all.
Three hapless members of the Sixth Street Gang. Now it was time to call them criminals, and they were torn apart by Leal's hands.
The prosthetics they wear are relatively basic: bionic prostheses, brain-computer interfaces, and second-hand prosthetic eyes on the black market, many of which are even of unknown origin.
The cyberpunk world is flooded with prosthetics, yes—but most of them are products from small companies, or even things put together by gangs themselves.
Take prosthetic eyes as an example. The largest manufacturer is Qilushi Optical, and there are also many other manufacturers of prosthetic eyes specially prepared for the poor.
For example, what is being dismantled in Lille now is produced by an unknown black workshop.
The Qilu Si type 2 used by Lear has a 30x optical zoom function as its most basic function, and also has the most advanced AI recognition and scanning functions.
For Lille, it's a bargain, costing just a few thousand euros.
For this guy who is currently lying on the operating table, he has to go without food or drink for two months before he can afford it.
Not to mention that some wealthy people also install prosthetics on their pets. Although I don’t know what the significance is, prosthetics on pets are generally much more expensive than these inferior products.
"Sometimes people are worse than dogs, but you deserve it."
The kid in front of me is not dead yet. If the person dies, the prosthetic body will be locked and completely inoperable.
So he can't die yet. Lille needs to take apart their prosthetic bodies and practice the knowledge points learned today.
In addition, he also downloaded a tutorial on writing puppets from a hacker website, and planned to write several commonly used puppets based on the prosthetic heating puppets.
For example, the prosthetic body malfunctions and the prosthetic eye restarts.
The bastard from the Sixth Street Gang had a look of horror on his face - Leal had dismantled his vocal system and cut off his central nervous system, but he didn't kill him!
He could only feel that his body was cut open inch by inch, and then an inexplicable demon was implanted, activated, and put back again!
His prosthetic eyes were turned off and on again, and his body was always full of nausea and vomiting.
It’s a double torture, both physically and mentally!
After a while, the brainwave monitoring equipment next to Lear began to beep - this meant that the monitoring subject's mind had fallen into chaos!
It has become a cyberpsychosis!
The prosthetic body rioted in all directions, but it was of no use.
After all, cyberpsychosis is still essentially a disease, and it does not mean that every psychosis can kill everyone.
"Okay, I'll give you a good time." Lear picked up the jade ring at hand and gave it to this guy.
"Next, oh, you are the target of the mission. It can be seen that you are indeed a small boss, with a homemade palm plug-in
Yes, it's amazing. "
Pritt fell into despair - this madman couldn't even remember his name!
[First completion of practical golem: prosthetic body failure writing]
[Completed for the first time the Practical Golem: Prosthetic Eye restart writing]
[First time performing prosthetic disassembly surgery]
[First time performing prosthetic implant surgery]
[You have mastered practical technology: prosthetic technology (proficient)]
[Note: You have learned to functionally rewrite common prosthetics, but only to a fledgling level]
[You have mastered practical technology: network hacking technology (proficient)]
[Note: You have learned how to upload golems skillfully and try to write some simple golems]
[Technology Points +700]
[Current technology points: 2365]
One night's hard work paid off, and it was the biggest point income in a while.
Lille's new prosthetic body weighs 1,700g in total for the lungs and synthetic lung lobes, and the accessory heart weighs 125g.
The network access compartment and the smart link on the palm add up to 60g.
In addition, in order to avoid having to wear thick clothes all the time, Lille asked Lao Wei to install a concealing skin prosthetic "Ruskin" on him.
This thing is similar to skin, in terms of appearance, touch and even thermal conductivity, and is used to cover up the appearance of prosthetics.
It was originally invented in the early days of the prosthetic wave to reduce the resistance of implant recipients.
But today, cyber perverts can even throw big steel cannons out of their pants, so there is no need to resist.
The artificial skin mainly covers the spine and the exposed Sianwistan, and weighs 100g.
Converted into technology points, a total of 1985 points, Lille directly chose to convert them into himself in another world to avoid sudden death.
[The cross-dimensional binding of the implanted prosthetic body has been completed, technology point-1985]
[Current science and technology points: 350]
Lear looked at the time, 6 a.m., which was still early.
At this moment, the murderers in front of them have been separated from their human bodies. On one side are washed prosthetics that can still be used after being sold to black doctors, and on the other side are corpses.
In other places, it would be more troublesome to dispose of corpses, but this is Night City, and Night City's garbage collectors have extensive experience in handling this situation.
After all, these three people have rewards in the NCPD database.
Lille stuffed the three guys into black plastic bags and threw them into the garbage. Everything was natural and normal. No one asked him: Why does the black garbage bag look a little red?
Could it be a serial killer?
Such a strange problem.
Living in Night City means learning not to look for trouble, otherwise any psycho who pisses around may pull out a gun and kill you.
Lear was lying on the bed, quietly waiting for the progress of another world.
[Tip: If you need to carry out detailed and responsible thinking and communication work, you need to deduct technology points for on-site communication]
[10 o'clock is an hour, if it is less than one hour, it will be calculated as one hour. 】
Lear was secretly stingy, but he had no choice. Without understanding where Connors' research had gone, there would be no way to discuss the next step.
[The car stopped in front of the Imperial University, and the students coming and going were filled with youthful atmosphere]
[Here are the best colleges in New York City, and the places most likely to heal your body]
[Would you choose to communicate on the spot? 】
[Opening up on-site communication channels, science and technology points-10]
Lille chose to communicate on the spot and sat next to the computer, ready to look up information at any time.
