From ship girl to machine god

When Jade Bird upgraded its hull, Mann and others did not immediately take Vislow's business card to the location he provided to make purchases.

In a bar frequented by the cyberpunk team, a group of people were sitting in a box and discussing what they needed to purchase.

For the Cyberpunk team, this equipment upgrade is an important matter and deserves careful and careful discussion.

The reason why they don't discuss it in the next life is just because they are more familiar with this bar.

Before they were qualified to enter the next life, they had always used this bar as their base, so relatively speaking, they were indeed more accustomed and familiar with it, and it was also closer to their respective residences.

Although the afterlife is a place where identity and class can be better demonstrated, for today's cyberpunk team, they are not used to the atmosphere of the afterlife.

"The boss has transferred 15 euros from a previous commission to his account. Let's talk about how to spend this money and how much to spend on upgrading equipment." Mann spoke first. Although Jade Bird is now their boss, In normal times, Mann still plays the role of captain.

"What's there to say? Of course, I spent it all to buy equipment and prosthetics!" Rebecca, the grumpy lolita, was the first to speak. She really had a temper that couldn't hold back her words: "Although I don't really want to work for the company, But the commission the boss received is a big job. We can’t do this job without upgrading our equipment and prosthetics, right?

I don’t want to be taken away by the boss again this time, so I want to put on the strongest and best prosthetic body!I have already thought about it, ballistic co-processor, visual cortex support, adrenaline enhancement parts, titanium alloy skeleton, synaptic signal optimization parts, I have wanted to install these for a long time! "

Obviously, for Rebecca, a grumpy lolita, she has already made plans and plans for upgrading her prosthetic body.

And after saying this, Rebecca seemed to have remembered something and smiled wildly: "That company dog ​​is from military technology, right? Does that mean we can buy Sianweinstein from military technology? I can't always I want to pretend to be that! Teleportation is so cool!”

"Rebecca, the boss forbids you to install too many prosthetics before you reach adulthood. Have you forgotten?" Pyrrha on the side had to remind her sister that her body, which is not yet fully developed, cannot carry so much. Prosthetic implantation: "Your nervous system is not fully developed yet. Implanting so many prosthetics will have a high chance of becoming a cyberpsychosis. I don't want to have a sister who goes crazy every day, although you are already crazy enough now." That’s it.”

"What are you talking about? Believe it or not, I will shoot you in the head!" Hearing that her brother had shattered her dream again, Rebecca took out her pistol angrily and pressed it against Pyrrha's chin. on, physically shutting him up.

When brother and sister Pyrrha and Rebecca were engaged in daily fighting, Mann spoke up to stop Rebecca's nonsense: "Okay Rebecca, Pyrrha is right, you really can't pretend too much righteousness at this age. Your body won’t be able to bear it.”

"But without the support of the prosthetic body, I..." Rebecca let go of Pyrrha. She wanted to argue, but she couldn't give any reason that could convince Mann.

Evaluated by Blue Bird as the most collective-minded member of the team, Rebecca was eager to equip herself with so many prosthetics for one purpose, which was to improve her combat effectiveness and make up for the team's shortcomings.

Rebecca knew very clearly that she was just a little girl who hadn't grown up yet. Not only had her body not grown up enough to be able to bear those powerful prosthetics, she couldn't even carry powerful firearms.

Although Rebecca's strength has improved a lot after the special training given by Blue Bird to the entire Cyberpunk team, she still knows that she can only use women's pistols with small recoil or customized weapons.

Small recoil naturally means that the power of the firearm is small. After all, even in the 21st century, the main source of kinetic energy of firearms is the conversion of chemical energy into kinetic energy, or a small amount of electromagnetic force.

If you want to control these powerful weapons, your arms must bear the huge recoil force and have enough strength to stabilize the firearm.

Although no one else in the group disliked Rebecca, Rebecca, who relied heavily on the group to some extent, developed a strong self-dislike.

She longs for herself to be able to display qualified combat effectiveness and become a member of the team who is qualified for her position, rather than being a burden to be taken care of.

Her strong self-esteem does not allow her to become the shortcomings and weaknesses of the team, and this is why in the original animation, after Pila died, she would wear a gorilla arm that was completely unsuitable for her and serve as the firepower of the team.

Rebecca didn't say this to anyone else. Except for Bluebird who saw through her at a glance with the time traveler's prophetic perspective, others in the team just thought Rebecca was a child and liked these cool-looking things. Just a powerful prosthetic body.

However, with Bluebird's order and the restraint and dissuasion of her brother Pila, Rebecca's mentality was not that unbalanced. After Mann's words, she only became irritable for a while before giving up her persistence.

At this point, the rest of the team began to discuss which prosthetics to install.

Mann himself is easy to deal with. He is already equipped with a large number of combat prosthetics, some of which were installed when he was in the army. Their performance and power are not bad. They just need to be upgraded and updated.

The only thing that needs to be taken care of is the projectile launching system in his hand.

After encountering the Blue Bird, Mann increasingly felt that this weapon that he was very satisfied with before was now a little less powerful.

This time, perhaps we should look for a new prosthetic body from Military Technology that can meet combat needs.

After all, this thing is relatively common and common. Most companies involved in the military industry have such prosthetics for sale, but their performance varies.

Just like the Mantis Knife, Arasaka, Military Technology, and Biotechnology all produce it, but each company has a different focus, so you need to choose and buy according to actual needs.

"I think the first thing we need to purchase is weapons. We don't have to worry so much about prosthetics." Although Dorio doesn't talk much at ordinary times, she is the only one in the team who can effectively persuade Mann: "For example, Aja from Military Technology Achilles, Achilles, these are the ones we should purchase.”

As a hacker in the team, Sasha hesitated and said, "Captain, I want to install all the hacker prosthetics this time and use hacker glasses to access them. I'm really worried." It’s hard to make much difference.”

What Sasha was talking about was a problem she had been facing. As a hacker, not having a set of professional implants really restricted her performance.

But a set of hacker implants of slightly better quality would cost tens of thousands of euros. Sasha wouldn't dare to say this if he didn't make enough money from this one deal.

Chapter 35 Thin Dog·Shadow Dies Twice

Two weeks of preparation time is sufficient from any perspective. After all, the time between the first time V saw Johnny Silverhand in his apartment and the time he killed Arasaka Tower was only a few months.

During these two weeks, the members of the Cyberpunk team stopped taking jobs and spent all their time and energy on improving themselves.

After everyone discussed the share of 15 euros, each person divided [-] euros as a share, and the remaining money was used to purchase prosthetics and weapons for equipment upgrades according to their own needs.

The one who spends the most money is undoubtedly Sasha. After all, as a hacker, she has to install a lot of implants. A good hacker access chamber is even more ridiculously expensive. Even the entry-level model costs [-]. Thousands of euros.

So almost a third of the money was spent on Sasha.

As a result, she has become the most valuable person in the Cyberpunk team. Her prosthetic body is worth more than ten times the lifetime income of an ordinary resident of Night City.

However, this did not affect other people's costume changes.

Relying on the connections provided by Wislow, they successfully purchased a batch of third-generation prosthetics produced by military technology. Although each piece cost several thousand euros, they still had money to buy new guns after everyone purchased them.

(The third generation of prosthetics corresponds to the blue equipment in the game, the purple equipment is the fourth generation, and the orange equipment is the fifth generation)

Currently, most of the popular prosthetics on the market are second-generation prostheses, which are relatively cheap and have a wide range of functions. The pistons and hydraulic systems of the early-generation prostheses have been replaced with artificial muscles to improve strength and precision. Among them, there are already bionic skins. high-end goods.

The third generation of prosthetics was born in the "Cold War" period after the Fourth Corporate War. It is more like a product of the arms race. Lighter and more durable carbon fiber and ceramic polymer materials replaced the original bulky metal.

As for the better fourth generation, it is already considered the latest and best prosthetic body on the market. It is mainly used by company executives and agents, including enhanced neural processors, hacking equipment, higher-level cyber prosthetic eyes, Stress Analyzer gives them a stronger competitive advantage.

The fourth-generation prosthetic body covered with the best quality "real skin" is basically a symbol of corporate executives and upper-class life.

Although another top cyber prosthetic body is not inferior in technology, it is designed so that it can be recognized by the naked eye in appearance.

This gave birth to neo-kitsch, a style that is very popular among some "social elites" such as the second generation of rich people, super dream stars, singers, celebrities, etc.

Mann and the others used mostly second-generation prosthetics in the past. In the original animation plot, they relied on David's mother as a scavenger to obtain some relatively good-quality third- and fourth-generation prosthetics.

For example, Sean Westan, who created David's legendary life, is a fourth-generation prosthetic body that came from a company agent.

The higher-end fifth generation is a real rarity, with only a handful circulating in the market, and most of them are laboratory products that are still in the experimental stage and cannot be considered finalized products at all.

But it has to be said that the power of the fifth-generation prosthetic body completely exceeds the limits of the fourth-generation prosthetic body, and it is a completely crushing new generation product.

Just like when Adam Hammer finally faced David, even the fourth-generation Sean Westan was as slow as a turtle in front of him.

However, compared to the burden of the fourth-generation prosthetic body on the human body, the burden of the fifth-generation prosthetic body can really kill people.

Only guys like V Zhentian, a cybertronian psychopath, and Adam Hammer, who have no flesh left in their bodies, dare to insert a lot of them into their bodies. Ordinary people may become cyberpsychotic if one inserts them into their bodies.

Therefore, even if it is just a third-generation prosthetic body, for the Cyberpunk team, it is a shotgun exchange, and the combat power has been greatly improved.

Especially since the cyberpunk team didn't have much money before. Although they all had prosthetics, they didn't have many costumes and weren't properly matched.

After all, they are all a group of street mercenaries, and even second-generation prosthetics basically cannot afford new ones. In the game, it is not an exception that the whole body of prosthetics combined is larger than Johnny Silverhand.

As for second-hand prosthetics, there is no such thing as adaptation. A better prosthetic doctor may be able to make adjustments for you to make them more comfortable to use.

But that kind of craftsmanship is not that reliable, just pretend to be immortal and call it a day.

There are a lot of prosthetic bodies produced by various manufacturers that can be put together and still spin. This is equivalent to disassembling a few parts from Sogou and Lao Ren's previous handheld consoles, and then assembling them into a spinning device. stuff.

From this point of view, Brother Zhi Tou's craftsmanship is indeed awesome. He can use all kinds of junk to equip those low-level sex dolls and gangsters, and still ensure normal operation. It is already very awesome.

But in general, most of the prosthetic doctors in Night City who dare to open their own shops have only a few.

Although the prosthetic doctor Mann and the others encountered this time was not very good at his craftsmanship, it was a big job, and Mann and the others replaced everything they could with products from a company called Military Technology. , generally speaking, the coordination between various prosthetics is relatively easy to do.

In addition, they are all products of the same company and have common operating systems and compatibility, which undoubtedly greatly reduces the mental burden.

Generally speaking, after this update, everyone's combat effectiveness has at least doubled.

Coupled with the kinetic firearms produced by military technology purchased together, which are considered good products among mercenary groups, the cyberpunk team's combat effectiveness has suddenly increased, reaching the level of being considered an elite group in the next life.

If you include the military technology Beamon that has not yet been modified, the Cyberpunk team's equipment level can be ranked high in Night City, even if they don't count the Blue Bird.

So this also made everyone in the Cyberpunk team feel a little complacent, feeling that they were completely different from before. Even Rebecca felt that she could challenge the Blue Bird.

Although they were able to get where they are today by working with Jade Bird, the experience of being put down instantly when they first met really hurt their self-esteem.

Although they don't think about betraying Jade Bird, or being dissatisfied with her or anything, whether it is Mann, Rebecca, or everyone in the team, they are still eager to challenge Jade Bird again to get back some Self-respect, even if you can't win this time, don't lose so ugly.

However, when they went to the car repair shop to pick up the military technology Behemoth sent for modification at the best time, Jade Bird, who also came to see the car, commented at the first sight when he saw them: "It's flashy." , flashy.”

At the moment when everyone was unconvinced, Qingniao once again hacked the personal ICE specially installed by all of them in the blink of an eye, and controlled all their prosthetic bodies.

Of course, Blue Bird did this not to attack them, but to start rewriting the operating systems of their prosthetics and personal terminals the moment the invasion was completed.

Chapter 36 Handheld Ion Emitter

"Military technology's prosthetics use their own operating system. Although the versions sold to the market have always claimed that there are no system vulnerabilities or backdoors, in fact they can turn off these prosthetics through the Internet at any time if they wish." Blue Bird View Looking at everyone in the Cyberpunk team who turned blue again, she explained why she did this.

As a hacker, Sasha reacted and asked Jade Bird in surprise: "So boss, you directly rewrote the operating systems of these prosthetics and blocked these backdoors and loopholes? But how is this possible? No hacker can do it At this point, even the wandering AI other than Heiqiang..."

"Those rogue AIs can do this. Some rogue AIs were transformed from hackers who were trapped on the network when the old network collapsed. Their terror is beyond your imagination." Blue Bird looked at Sasha and warned her.

Although Sasha is indeed a very talented hacker, she has not been a hacker for a long time in the real sense. She has only taught herself some techniques, lacking systematic guidance, and the most important thing... a meal can make her remember of beating.

Counting this time, although Qingniao hacked everyone's personal terminals twice in front of her without her even being able to fight back, the opponent was too powerful for her to feel.

In other words, Jade Bird won too cleanly, so Sasha could only know that she was strong, but not how strong she really was.

It's like being hit by a dump truck feels the same as being hit by a train. You can't feel the difference between the train and the dump truck, as well as the essential difference between yourself and the two.

For ordinary hackers, they will experience various opponents and events as they continue to grow, and they will also accumulate experience bit by bit, turning from novices into veterans.

Sasha just lacks such a growth process.

Jade Bird lightly rewritten everyone's prosthetic operating system, and then continued: "If you know more about the company, you will know that although those company dogs have high-end prosthetics provided by the company, these prosthetics are not useful to the company. You can turn them all off by raising your hand.

Behind the seemingly generous welfare package is absolute control, which is not only the meat bones given to the dogs, but also the collars and chains that firmly tie them to the hands. "

Jade Bird's words made everyone in Mann's team look a little more ugly. It could be said that their faces turned black.

Not only were they instantly killed by Blue Bird again, but they also got a taste of the dark side of the company, which suddenly made them feel bad.

When the grumpy Rebecca was glad that she didn't have so many prosthetic bodies, but was furious because the prosthetic bodies she had already installed could be controlled by the company, Jade Bird handed a box to her.

"This is for you. Don't pay too much attention to the tricks the company has done. Your level is too low, and you don't have enough interest entanglements with the company. They won't use those backdoors to remotely shut down your prosthetics. ." Blue Bird's expression was very casual, as if he was saying not to take himself too seriously.

And this undoubtedly stimulated everyone's self-esteem even more.

However, this group of people themselves are from the lowest level, and they do not think too highly of themselves, so they can adjust their mentality relatively quickly.

And for them, compared to the mess that happened to the company, being instantly killed by the Blue Bird again was the biggest blow to them.

As for Rebecca, the irritable lolita, after cursing and opening the box given to her by Blue Bird, she showed a stunned expression: "What is this? Is it really for me?"