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Is This Really A Game? - Chapter 157

Published at 19th of May 2023 05:54:27 AM


Chapter 157

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Elm District.

At the edge of the concrete wall covered with vines and bullet holes, there was a cracking sound.

Before the snow wolf lying on the ground gnawing on the dead body could react, it was nailed hard to a tree trunk by a throwing spear.

Holding a mechanical compound bow, Tomorrow stepped forward and checked the prey, which was already dead. When he next saw the short spear piercing the tree trunk, he couldn't help but smashed his tongue.

"This is too awesome!"

The trunk was as thick as a thigh.

If he was asked to shoot with an arrow, he wouldn't be able to shoot through it without charging his power.

No, even with 80% of the power stored, it would be enough, unless it is replaced with an arrow made of pure steel.

Gale looked at his right hand, his face was full of dumbness, and he muttered to himself.

"...Is it that strong?"

"Brother Gale."

"What."

"Wipe your ass with the other hand in the future."

"Get out!"

Gale stepped forward and pulled out the throwing spear, but only half of it was pulled out, and the other half was left behind the trunk.

As for the mutated snow wolf, there was no need to look at it at all, it was definitely dead and couldn't die anymore.

Tomorrow: "The strength of your right hand is at least 30 points. I feel that it is enough to wear steel plates. Broaden your thinking, not just throwing spears, throwing knives, throwing arrows, stones and bricks... Damn, I suddenly feel that Bunny's strength system is completely a pit, and he can hang it with a mechanical arm."

"Not necessarily," Gale shook his head and said, "I remember Brother Light said in the group a long time ago that at the stage of the 10th level of the genetic sequence, the strength system should unlock exclusive skills. Otherwise, compared with the mechanical It's tasteless."

The power system is okay, the big deal is to install a mechanical arm, and the alien system players are really uncomfortable. They are born with debuffs that are not good at operating complex machinery, let alone the poor intelligence attribute.

If you can't use skills to make up for this shortcoming in the later stage, the heterogeneous system is completely useless. Gale reckons that there will definitely be new changes after level ten.

"That's right," Tomorrow nodded, "I remember when you said that, the boss of the Bloody Hand clan... almost broke through before he died."

"Yeah, and... I feel that this mechanical prosthetic body should have a certain need for intelligence attributes." Looking at the half-cut short spear in his hand, Gale thought thoughtfully, "I don't feel it when I use it normally. But if the output power is increased, there will be a slight dizziness... I am not sure what causes this phenomenon, and I have not seen a similar description on the official website."

Tomorrow touched his chin with interest, and suddenly said.

"Speaking of which, what is the power supply of your robotic arm?"

Gale froze for a moment and said.

"I don't know, but there is a charging port here."

With that said, Gale lifted up his sleeves and showed the hole on his arm.

Tomorrow stared at it for a while and said.

"There's more than one hole, there's one on the forearm, and one on the shoulder...I don't think all of them are charging ports."

Gale: "What else do you think?"

Tomorrow: "Look at the opening on the shoulder. The two bars on the outside are obviously fixed card slots. I guess they are used to connect the nerve interface of the externally implanted plug-in. Maybe we can install an another arm in the future?"

Gale: "..."

Another arm is fine.

Dr. Octopus? It seems that it is not impossible.

However, in reality, he doesn't have a third arm. If the non-existent arm is installed, how should he use it...etc.

Gale suddenly raised his head, looked at Tomorrow and said.

"Do you still remember the description on the intelligence department on the official website? I remember it said that the attributes of the intelligence department will affect the operation and access number of neural access devices."

Tomorrow nodded.

"I was thinking about this question just now. Maybe mechanical transformation is the correct way to play the fighting profession of the intelligence department. If the store opens the purchase of implanted prostheses in the future, maybe the spring of the intelligence department will come!"

The spring of the Intellectual Department.

Gale suddenly burst into tears.

It always feels like I have been waiting for a long time, and this can be regarded as making him wait.

Tomorrow: "But you have to be careful. My mechanical bow can be retrieved anyway if I drop it. If you die...even if your arm can be retrieved, I feel that putting it back is not enough."

Gale held his right arm and said calmly.

"Don't panic, I will take care of my unicorn arm."

Amused by this guy's sullen expression, Tomorrow said with a smile: "That really needs to be taken care of. By the way, you'd better not go to the forum to pretend to be aggressive for a while."

"... Why?"

Looking at Gale who obviously planned to go to the forum to show off, Tomorrow sighed quietly.

"Brother, do you know how many serious injuries were made up last night? I estimate that out of the 117, at least a quarter."

A mechanical arm! Not to mention those players who were replaced.

A player like him who suffered a slight injury and couldn't get up and down, just put on a bandage, was almost envious of the little Emperor's luck!

Thinking of those players clamoring for a knife cut, the usually calm Gale was also nervous.

"Then I'll make up a story later..."

"It's better like this," Tomorrow nodded, "You just say, you saved their leader's life, and this robot arm is your life in exchange. This reason is better than going to the ground and waking up. It’s better to pretend to be low-key.”

Gale nodded quickly.

"Okay, it's up to you! If someone asks that, I'll say it."

...

Boulder City.

A vertical take-off and landing plane crossed the towering concrete wall, crossed the outer urban area, and landed on the tarmac of the outer building in the inner city.

With three teammates, Justin jumped off the stationary plane, walked towards the officer who was waiting on the edge of the tarmac, and gave a military salute.

"Report to the officer, the mission failed, the other party refused to hand over the prisoners of war, and refused to start further negotiations on the issue of ransom."

The middle-aged man with the appearance of a military officer nodded without blaming them.

"Okay, I see, you go down first."

"Yes."

We must be very careful when dealing with the disputes between the legion and the enterprise. If the legion is angered, the war may spread to Spring City.

It is also troublesome to provoke a company. Although they are far away, it is unrealistic to send troops directly, but as long as the other party raises the regional risk rating and tightens its own bank's loan support for trade routes, it will immediately let the businessmen who come here from the east coast If the team is half small, it will cost hundreds of millions of chips in a year.

No matter who wins in the end, they will go there. It would be best if the prisoners of war could be bought as a favor.

It doesn't matter if the peacemaker doesn't work out, at least try it out, when the envoys from either side come to ask, they will have an answer.
...

Outside the outpost, the heavy snow stopped for a while.

Yugin, carrying a hunting bow, walked all the way, and finally saw the outline of the south gate. It's just that what puzzled him was that he always felt that there were a lot fewer people here today than usual.

Are they all busy?

The guard at the gate recognized his face and let him go after a routine check of the pass.

The chimneys in the industrial area were still floating, and the sound of beating metal wafted from the half-covered factory building from time to time. It seemed that there should be someone inside.

Yugin didn't stay in the industrial area to the south for too long, so he went straight to the main building of the nursing home.

There was a room with a sign there. Yugin didn't know what was written on the sign. He only knew that it was a bank and also where his sister worked.

This job is very easy. Most players with VMs have already used electronic payments, and only newcomers will use metal coins.

When she is free, Yuki holds a book and sits at the wooden table by the door and reads it.

When he arrived at the door of the bank, Yugin finally heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Yuki sitting at the wooden table reading a book, and his heart was relieved.

"Yuki, are you okay?"

"Brother?" Yuki looked up at the second brother standing at the door in surprise, put down the book in his hand, and asked curiously, "Why are you here?"

Yugin smiled and said, "It's not that I'm worried about you! Last night, there was a big beam of light in the north. Brother, sister-in-law, parents and I were all very worried about you, so I came to see you for them."

Yuki: "I'm fine. I saw that very bright light last night. It's quite far away from here. It doesn't affect anything."

"I'm relieved that you're fine!" Looking at his sister who was safe and sound, Yugin said happily, "Remember to eat more meat, you can only grow taller by eating meat."

Yuki shook her head like a rattle.

"I can't eat too much, I will grow meat if you eat too much."

Yugin: "It's better to grow some meat!"

Yuki: "Not good!"

The little girl is good at everything, but she is too stubborn. Yugin has never won against her in terms of arguing since he can remember, so he sighed and stopped arguing with her.

"Forget it, you don't understand, I won't argue with you... Speaking of what is your book, is it good?"

Yuki raised the corners of his lips slightly, looked at his Illiterate brother, and said showing off.

"This book is what Big Brother Lucius give me! Yuki is learning two languages ​​now!"

Yugin, who was fiddling with the books, said dumbfounded.

"Huh? So much? How can this be?"

Yuki proudly said: "No way, Yuki is very smart! Brother Lucius said, as long as I study hard, I will be rewarded with candy."

Yugin looked envious.

It's not that I envy my sister who has books to read.

Sugar.

He also wants to eat...

...

Seeing that his sister is doing well here, even looking much better than when she was at home, the little worry in Yugin's heart disappeared.

I planned to say hello to Brother Lucius before leaving, but unfortunately, Brother Lucius was not there. The old man in charge of the warehouse said that he seemed to have gone to the north, and it was only a few minutes ago.

Thinking of the nuclear explosion in the north last night, Yugin couldn't help feeling a little worried, and hoped that the place where Brother Lucius was going would not be too dangerous.

Every year, there are one or two unlucky guys in Beit Street who get sick from radiation, and because they can't afford expensive radiation suppressants, they can only lie in the hospital bed and wait to die.

And compared to the radiation itself, those alien species attracted by the radiation will be more dangerous, and the probability of breeding dangerous species will be much higher than in other places.

Anyway, may he live long. In this ruined world, there are very few people who are as kind as Big Brother Lucius!

...

"Ah Choo."

Lucius who was sitting on the light truck suddenly sneezed without warning, and Sumeria who was sitting beside him took a look at him.

"Have a cold?"

"No, it's probably because someone is missing me."

Originally, he said it casually, but he didn't know what kind of nerves the guy sitting next to him had, so she gave him a sudden look.

"Who, who wants to miss you, don't be sentimental."

Lucius: "...?"

What the hell?

While talking, the truck drove up to the Pioneer.

Lucius jumped out of the car and gave the lame Boss Sumeria a hand.

After getting off the truck, Sumeria glanced left and right, looked at the huge steel platform and crawlers, and then at the production workshop next to it, which was constantly rumbling, and said in a low voice.

"Speaking of which, what did you bring me here for? Is there a new job? I want to state in advance that I don't want to be too far away from the shelter, and I don't want to live outside..."

Hey? You guys are picky.

Lucius: "Okay, it's decided, I'll throw you outside for two days."

Hearing that he had really changed jobs, Sumeria murmured with a bitter look on his face.

"Hey... If you have any opinion on me, tell me, can I change it?"

Lucius glanced at her without saying a word, and led her directly to the elevator of the Pioneer. A woman in white winter clothing had been waiting there for a long time, smiling at the two of them.

Her name is Wandy, and she is a medical staff member of the logistics department of the Pioneer. She is good at research on surgical operations and prosthetic implants.

Walking in front of her, Lucius went straight to the point.

"Doctor Wandy, this is your cripple patient, I leave her to you."

Amused by the title of the cripple, Dr. Wandy looked at him with a smile and said.

"Please rest assured that our technology is professional."

"Well, don't let her die."

"!! Wait, what the hell," Sumeria was confused by the conversation, her face turned pale, and she took a step back nervously, "You, what are you going to do to me?"

After all, Wandy couldn't hold it back, and burst out laughing. After glancing at Lucius complainingly, she then looked at her patient and said.

"Your boss is joking with you. He bought a mechanical prosthesis for you, and I will install it for you in a while. Please rest assured that prosthetic implant surgery is a very mature technology here, and the probability of accidents is less than 1%, and even if an accident occurs, the risk is completely controllable.”

Implant a prosthesis?

Operation?

Sumeria was stunned.

After a while, she looked at Lucius in disbelief.

"You……"

Knowing what she wanted to say, and also knowing that this vulgar guy couldn't say any good thank you words, Lucius waved his hand indifferently, indicating that she could stop.

"If you thank you, there is no need, just work hard and repay me."

After leaving this sentence, he walked towards the action camp, where the players were still waiting for him to arrange work.

Looking at Lucius's leaving back, Sumeria was slightly taken aback, her mood gradually filled with complicated emotions.

Implant prosthesis...

That must be expensive. Still expensive at least in Boulder.

She has seen several times in the shop window. Some powerful implanted prosthetic bodies are even comparable to a bionic human with elementary intelligence. rise.

Generally speaking, only powerful mercenaries or private armed forces raised by the big boss have the opportunity to use that expensive equipment.

To be honest, after seeing her legs like that, she has basically given up any hope for the future. Even if Lucius once told her that if she behaved well, he would give her a leg, she never took it seriously, it was just a pie painted on the wall.

After all, it was worth tens of thousands of chips.

How could it be used on someone like me...

Not to mention that the guy spoke to herself in a joking tone.

"Do you need me to wait for you for a while?" Walking to her side, Dr. Wandy said softly, "Anyway, you are the only one left for today's surgery."

Pulling up her collar to hide her red ears from the cold, Sumeria grabbed the crutch stuck in the snow again, turned her head to look at the elevator and whispered.

"No need……"

"let's go."





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