CHAPTER 96: CHAPTER 29: WHERE IS THE HORSE OF THE PLAN?_3

Moreover, the military uniform No-Mouth Lolita is quite eye-catching.

And when Pandora explained her transformation word by word, everyone went crazy!

Hidden profession!!!

Brother Dao: I want to change my profession! Can I still become a hacker now?

Brother Ni: Damn! We haven’t even touched an active skill till now, and you’ve suddenly got five? What’s this professional discrimination?

Potato: Brother Xun, didn’t you graduate with a computer science degree? Why not give it a try?

Giant: Bullshit, a true man just goes for real knives and guns, I wouldn’t stoop to using hacker tricks.

Wildman: I always said she spends her free time tapping away at the computer, turns out she was handling hidden tasks! Planner! I hate you for life!

The silver-haired Natural Curl thought all the noise was meaningless, picking at his earwax as he said

"Such an impressive hidden profession must have significant restrictions, not everyone can do it. Cooks have cooking talents, kings have kingly talents, think about it, planners aren’t genuinely stupid."

And the lousy warrior chimed in too: "Right, a cyberpunk world without hackers would be odd. But as far as I know, every related work shows that becoming a hacker requires excellent computer skills and a very fragile body, usually killed with one shot."

When the players swarmed Lin Miao, asking about hidden professions, Lin Miao shut them up with money

"Ah~ you’re talking about hackers. It’s pretty easy. Basic deep-dive interface 8000, basic hacker chair 25000, computation assist mainframe 40000 per unit, neuron cooling system upgrade 60000, memory, external disk, RAM upgrade, biological conductors, tyrosine injectors... anyone want to give it a try? I can pull some strings to get you a set."

Though Lin Miao has no connections, the players have no money either.

The players were stunned. According to Lin Miao, a complete set costs at least three to four hundred thousand.

Even Lin Miao himself didn’t have that kind of money for a full set. Most wild hackers only have a deep-dive interface, and the fancier ones have their own hacker chair. The last two items are mainly company exclusives and even more expensive if tailored.

The few who were clamoring to change professions immediately went quiet.

Expensive things have their reasons.

Lin Miao also knows it’s not just hackers; to reach the pinnacle in any profession means showering money around.

Even the facial prosthesis transformation for Genting sex dolls costs several tens of thousands, and don’t think Tiger Claw Gang’s alterations are any good.

This money isn’t free—one time with a low-tier Genting sex doll costs 500. Theoretically, you’d have to serve over a thousand customers to buy your way out of Genting.

Of course, that’s just theoretically; you’d still need money for prosthesis maintenance and healthcare, and in fact, no one has ever bought their freedom after selling themselves to Genting.

Instead, you might have sold a thousand times only to find you’re broke and still owe Tiger Claw Gang a couple thousand.

So, the majority of sex dolls end with being played to death and then dumped to scavengers.

So, the players looked at their guns and felt balanced psychologically.

Late-stage professions? Mostly just four-legged money-guzzlers.

I’m not bitter, really, not bitter at all (crying cat face).

Players’ enthusiasm fades as quickly as it arrives; after a few giggles and chit-chatting around Pandora, they quickly went back to their business.

After all, tomorrow’s tasks are the important ones, while building a hacker is a far-off thing; Pandora might even be counting on other players to chip in for cultivating a hacker.

Otherwise, could you expect this handful of people to earn, scavenge, and gather money for these equipment themselves?

The silver-haired Natural Curl sought Brother Ni to craft a handy long sword, as a martial arts coach, he could provide insights on the balance of weaponry, though he still wouldn’t fork out cash to buy a crossbow from Brother Ni.

Red Barrel and the other six were noisily practicing shooting at the range. Compared to the initial crazed misses and blind shooting, their [Basic Firearms Mastery] skills collectively advanced to LV2, showing at least some accuracy now.

Aside from Pandora and Potato, Natural Curl also had special skills. His [Basic Sword Mastery] and [Basic Fighting] skills were practically jumping to higher levels with his eyes shut, reaching LV3 in just a couple of days.

And that didn’t reflect his true ability; as he’s been practicing shooting this whole time, hardly touching swords, only sparring with other players. This means his sword and fighting skills are at least heading above LV3 towards professional levels.

Meanwhile, Lin Miao seized the moment while players were busy preparing for battles, getting ready to claim rewards for completing two side missions, plus two days’ salary, making a total of twelve draws.

[Medical Box]

[Compressed Food Box]

[Level III Bulletproof Vest]

[Rifle Flash Suppressor]

[Scrap Recycling Separator Furnace]

[100 Water Purification Tablets]

[Employee Contract *1]

[Shiva’s Superbug Storage Tank]

[Future Horizon - Molten Bone Marrow]

[Biomass Extractor]

Good news, this time no old handguns, and the stuff seems okay. Bad news, the remaining two are canned packs. This time it’s Scad Fish + Braised Pork with Preserved Vegetables.

What the F! 雷楼某!

Lin Miao knew the basic card pool is unfathomably deep, but this is over the top; how many kinds of stuff are in it?

You can even draw something like fungi, is it edible?

Don’t tell me I’m supposed to put together a full Chinese banquet?

In any case, there are some new items this time.

[Molten Bone Marrow]

[Transform red marrow and yellow marrow in bones, enhancing stem cell differentiation into red blood cells, platelets, lymphocytes, etc., resulting in amplified immunity, blood production capacity, oxygen level, and wound healing capacity]

He took another look at the description of this new prosthesis, suspiciously asking

[This won’t just kill me, right? Like oxygen toxicity, hypertension, leukemia?]

[The prosthesis is part of the body modification organization, regulated by the central nervous system, with differentiation cells gradually increasing limits along with body modification progress]

[PS: Host’s energy consumption will also rise accordingly]

Got it, you’re providing all this food to keep me from starving, right? Thanks for that, cheers.