Lin Miao almost spat out. "This... won’t be mine, will it?"
[There shouldn’t be a second person having surgery at the same time here. If you’re uncomfortable, you can have it retrieved.]
[Retrieve. In the future, don’t retain the players’ cybernetic modification remains either... never mind, leave theirs with me.]
Lin Miao chose retrieval without hesitation. This thing looked scary as hell, and the way it was arranged so naturally made him feel like the skeleton might suddenly move and say something cheeky.
Maybe he could sell it to them as a high-priced souvenir, or make it into a specimen for museum exhibits and charge admission, which wasn’t out of the question.
The mechanical arm originally used for surgery started using tweezers to pick the bones and toss them into the modification chamber like disassembling building blocks.
Lin Miao couldn’t help but feel like the mechanical arm’s movements and system response carried a trace of regret that its work wasn’t understood.
Lin Miao watched until the mechanical arm threw all the bones into the modification chamber and dissolved into a part of the biomass before leaving, but he figured he wouldn’t sleep well tonight.
And as he drove towards Night City, the return of four newbie... players triggered another heated discussion on the official forum since the picture book updated alongside their exploration.
Although the map hadn’t expanded, several pictures were added, all taken by W of the four Wildmen building Office Type 1, and players posting the pictures on the forum were all mocking their awful construction skills.
[Silver Hair Natural Curl: @madao, they’re fixing your place, patching up the slum fits a homeless guy like you so well, really thoughtful, why not give them a good review?]
[Westlake Aquatic Giant: Damn, shut up, if you’ve got the skills, come fix it in the game! It’s already impressive we fixed this much in a day, okay?]
[Brother Dao: Frankly, even my dog’s place is better than this.]
[madao: @Brother Dao, sir, do you need another dog at home?]
[It’s a Wig Not Gui: What, dogs can use computers now? A major human crisis!]
But despite the banter, the game screenshots taken by W sparked a lot of discussion, though doubts persisted,
[New Style Chicken Lousy Warrior: By the way, why does the game’s content differ so much from the trailer? Where’s the city? Why are we still in the mountains?]
[Frankly Speaking: Relax, pre-order Brother Sheng, Shape Empty, Enchanting Demon 2, and Sunglasses 2, I’m used to it. I want to write ’TRAGIC’ with my blood on every developer’s legs!]
[Assassin Can’t Be Brother Ni: The city map probably hasn’t opened yet. On the edge of the town, you can see a particularly large city in the distance, and the town’s ads seem to call it Night City.]
Soon, a game content reveal post by [Westlake Aquatic Giant] was pushed to the top by players.
[Shocking! Players turn out to be androids, the first NPC we met, his unknown past, and multiple systems! Taste! Prosthetics and body modifications!!!]
[Westlake Aquatic Giant: After entering the game today, this NPC/GM gave us a task to build the office, I worked very hard, but while sweating, I also checked for game-related information around, and then I found that NPC’s diary in the player’s spawn basement!]
[The diary roughly said that in that world, consecutive nuclear and biochemical wars caused frequent catastrophes, severely deteriorating the environment, and the players’ creator, a nameless doctor, was born in that era. Later, because of this doctor’s biological expertise, he was recruited by a biotech company, though the diary doesn’t detail which company’s name.]
[In short, this company wanted to restore the cloning technology lost in cyberspace in 2023, so they put the doctor at the research helm. Although the doctor developed android technology, he didn’t want to hand it over as a tool for war, so he destroyed all servers and labs containing the technology, escaped with five androids, but the doctor was also fatally shot at the end, and the NPC leading us is the only one alive.]
[Androids originally had no minds, but later learned emotions through interactions with the doctor. The doctor stored a vast amount of technical data in his head, and together with the other four androids, he seized company resources. After all four companions died, he finally reproduced equipment capable of creating androids, which is our players’ identity!]
[Neckless Potato: You dog, I knew you were slacking off while fixing the house! No wonder halfway through you were nowhere to be seen.]
[New Style Chicken Lousy Warrior: Androids develop minds and emotions from the creator’s death, embarking on a path to fight the company and this world, which is definitely a cyberpunk-rich background story. And a reasonable identity can give players a strong sense of immersion, avoiding thousands of saviors and sidekicks crouching together, which would be too far-fetched.]
[Wildman Punch: And prosthetics. Today while building the house, the NPC went out and killed some wild creatures called Night Wanderers. They drop equipment like mechanical arms and legs, and it seems there may also be lungs, which might be stuff we can use in the future.]