Lin Miao, after placing the sleeping Lucy on the couch in the reception room on the second floor of the office, first went to the basement to put down the five newly acquired modification pods. With the expansion to 15 pods, the basement became a bit cramped.
In the future, when the number of players increases, this small town might need to be renovated again.
When he returned to the second floor, Lucy was still asleep, and Lin Miao felt that she was in a deeper sleep than Gloria, not knowing what caused it.
Level: Level 5→Level 6
Occupation: Office Administrator
Skills: [Firearms Mastery LV1][Basic Fighting LV4]
The attribute amplification seems small, but Lin Miao specifically asked the system, and normally the maximum value for human attributes is 10.
Normally, a value of 4-5 is above average, 6 is excellent, 8 is roughly T1 level for humans, and 9 or 10 is the human limit.
Beyond this, one must rely on cyber enhancements, but currently, player cyber enhancements are LeSotho, not even reaching 1 point amplification, so it’s not reflected in the attributes.
The initial body attribute values for players can be said to be an already excellent template. If a person grew up in this world’s environment without relying on cyber enhancements, reaching even one attribute at 6 would be considered lucky to survive to adulthood healthy.
Most likely, they would develop some illness due to environmental pollution, affecting bodily functions.
Lin Miao even asked the system about examples of legendary figures on Night City’s mercenary rankings.
Such as the much-talked-about Johnny Silverhand
The system’s response was different from the rumors of Johnny Silverhand battling Adam the Hammer for three hundred rounds.
Johnny Silverhand is weak.
Even with his iconic prosthetic limb, his body and intelligence are only 7, and none of the other attributes exceed 8, in a fight he would be instantly defeated by Hammer with 18 in body attribute.
Literally instantly defeated.
Only one person has broken this limit.
The hacking guru, Bartmos.
Others’ values are at 10, so he is probably at that level.
Bartmos’ 10, is because the maximum is 10, if the value system is expanded, his intelligence is probably 12, coupled with cyber external devices spiking to 20, 20 is still just the limit of the value chart, not his own limit.
What kind of concept is this?
It can be basically understood as the literal Cyber God.
No one can surpass him in hacking; even fifty years after his death, no one has.
This is not an exaggerated metaphor, but a statement.
The firewalls of all companies in cyberspace are riddled with loopholes in front of him, no matter how many hackers you sent to attack him they would eventually fail, even AI couldn’t make it.
Huang Ban, the European Community, and Military Science’s top-secret databases are like a backyard to Bartmos as long as they’re not physically isolated.
He comes and goes as he pleases.
The first to surf the net with his real name.
That’s why Huang Ban chose the most direct tactic.
Attacking physically, hitting your physical location.
In retaliation, he blasted the Old Net, forcing everyone to shiver within Maria’s Wall.
And Lin Miao has no intention of developing in the hacker direction.
Crossing the river without taking shoes off.
Wear pants as big as your butt.
He tried, but he couldn’t understand hacking codes at all.
If everyone has their natural attribute values,
then Lin Miao’s hacking talent is probably zero, possibly even negative.
Luckily, he doesn’t really need hacking talent; he can just find Lucy.
Today was a good day for Lin Miao; not only did he truly bring Lucy into the team, adding a hacker mentor to the team, but he also completed the main line.
Plus, he saved up 20 lottery tickets over recent days.
"Hmm... maybe I can try my luck in the Intermediate Card Pool."
The Basic Card Pool is ridiculously varied, with everything from equipment to blueprints, guns and food, seeds and mushrooms. It’s practically a department store.
But it has quite a few good things; it’s just unclear what can be drawn from the Intermediate Card Pool as the prize descriptions are very vague.
Lin Miao remembers his initial food voucher seemed to be one of the products from the Intermediate Card Pool.
If he really drew chicken, it wouldn’t be a loss; it could at least fetch some money.
[Directional Plasma Emitter]
Lin Miao blinked. This card didn’t explode into gold light or SSR, so it’s uncertain if it’s good, and its tier isn’t clear in the card pool. It could be similar to the old pistol he drew earlier, just bottom-tier stuff, so he took out the physical item to have a look.
But once he took it out, Lin Miao felt a heavy weight in his hand, nearly dropping it.
Goodness, this gun must weigh at least forty KG, almost the same as Lucy.
Over eighty centimeters long, all-metal gray, it looks like a rectangular metal box.
The middle part of the gun is for magazine loading, the front of the rear stock features an ammo counter, three shots per magazine, with three magazines provided in total.
Reading the introduction, it uses plasma ammo constrained by strong magnetic fields, with a core temperature of up to a hundred thousand degrees, fired by electromagnetic acceleration, powered by solid-state batteries that can be recharged.
Unfortunately, the plasma dissipates rapidly due to high-density atmospheric cooling after leaving the muzzle, so its range is very short, just a few dozen meters, losing power over distance, with a blast range of about ten meters, making it an anti-armor weapon intended for infantry, with the risk of self-harm if not careful.