Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 85: Chapter 76: Mechanical Module Replication

In the game ”Cyber Realm”, the maximum level for a sub-profession is Level 20, while the maximum level for professional knowledge is Level 10.

Among them, Level 5 is a quantitative change, and Level 10 is a qualitative change.

Each time a professional knowledge point reaches the maximum level, a ’Knowledge Trait’ will be illuminated.

The function of this ’Knowledge Trait’ is not only applicable to that professional system but can also be used in other professions.

It is equivalent to an auxiliary skill.

Among them, Industrial Materials Science illuminates ’Transforming Waste into Treasure’, while Mechanical Transformation illuminates ’Enhanced Transformation’.

This is the preparation that Gao Gong made for the ’Mechanical Hunter Exclusive Module’.

The combat power of the basic profession ’Mechanical Hunter’ is actually very strong, after all, it’s not every profession that can take a chainsaw knife and risk life against Mechanical Beasts.

But its upper limit is actually not high, at most not exceeding Level 20, and there is no fixed standard for ’Mechanical Hunting Transformation’, with a very low fault tolerance rate; one failure and it cannot reach full level.

Most Mechanical Hunters do not reach this level.

In this field, the formidable Mechanical Hunters all have the support of auxiliary professions.

For instance, Huang Wen was previously a Mechanical Engineer, Miyamoto Sanzang an Assassin, Daisila had family-inherited Mechanical Combat Skill, and Gray-Eyed Adrian was a Turing Sect follower.

They all used auxiliary professions to broaden the path of the Mechanical Hunter.

Yet this kind of enhancement is destined to be individualistic and not universal.

After all, not every Mechanical Hunter is a Mechanic, Assassin, or fanatic believer.

What Gao Gong did, however, was not to build a small path but to construct a big bridge.

And the combination of ’Transforming Waste into Treasure’ and ’Enhanced Transformation’ will produce a very formidable effect.

Called ’Mechanical Module Imitation’.

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After completing the job change, Gao Gong bid farewell to logistics staff Xuu Tong and once again entered the state of crafting ’Transformation Components’.

With the enhancement of two ’Traits’, Gao Gong was overflowing with inspiration, coming up with intricate designs effortlessly, and soon completed two ’Transformation Components’.

Three-dimensional Maneuvering Device

Tearing Palm Device

Among them, the Three-dimensional Maneuvering Device resembles four sheaths hung at the waist. Both ends of the ’sheaths’ have ejection ports, and the telescopic device uses a ’High-Pressure Hydraulic Catapult’, doubling the launch efficiency of a rocket launcher, while the hooks utilize a more powerful ’Advanced Mechanical Claw’, featuring both ’Electric Drill’ and ’Electric Hammer’ modes. The traction device shifted from a single-molecule line to fifty combined into a single-molecule rope, entirely abandoning the stealth effect in favor of more powerful traction.

Most importantly, this ’Three-dimensional Maneuvering Device’ has a reinforcing skin-tight clothing in line with human ergonomics, made of bulletproof underwear and the coarse tendons of a certain C-Level Radiation Beast.

This effectively prevents parts of the body from tearing due to enormous traction.

This also upgraded its effective range from the initial 100 meters to 1,000 meters, with a maximum range reaching 3,000 meters.

Name: Three-dimensional Maneuvering Device

Category: Mechanical Hunter Exclusive Equipment

Quality: Fine+

Weight: 20kg

Operating Mode: Manual Operation

Auxiliary Module: Sky Hunting Mode

Note: This is a broader range, higher operation demand mechanical tentacle

It possesses ’Elite’ grade hook skill, and within ten minutes, Gao Gong fully adapted to it.

At this moment, in the temporary operating room, Gao Gong hovered mid-air, constantly ’instant teleporting’, enormous explosive sounds akin to missile launches kept echoing, with every booming roar, the shadow of ropes flashed through mid-air, as Gao Gong changed positions out of thin air.

On both walls, lots of fist-sized holes appeared out of nowhere.

Gao Gong suddenly appeared in front of a wall, gently pushing his palm against it, the wall covered by his palm as if it had received a blast from a ’decade of internal power’, directly punching a three-centimeter-thick palm print.

Name: Tearing Microcomputer*2

Category: Mechanical Boxing Gloves

Quality: Fine+

Weight: 3.7kg

Basic Attributes: DPS:325 Attack Power:65 Attack Speed:5 attacks/second Attack Range:0.5 meters

Add-on Mode: Tearing Mode

Plugin Slot: Split Tiger (+32% tearing damage)

Note: A kind of electric saw glove entirely manufactured for tearing defense

Compared with the previous version, this version is more agile, akin to a fingerless glove, with holes full on the back of the hand.

And when the palm was reversed, on top of the palm, it was full of densely packed micro saw blade gears.

The material of the gears is ’Super Alloy’, which the braided girl used her authority to buy.

This equipment, paired with ’Bloodthirsty Hooked Leg’, even if the other party has several layers of armor, Gao Gong believes he can perform a ’Black Tiger Heart Stealing’ attack.

[Two Transformation Components, Task Two Completed]

Compared with the ’No. 3 Factory Intermediate Worker’, the job transition for the ’Senior Prosthetic Doctor’ is evidently harder.

Fortunately, with the accumulation of professional knowledge, Gao Gong successfully completed two pieces.

Only the last one, ’Conduct a Prosthetic Experiment’, is left, and Gao Gong had long asked Professor Han to design a bionic plan.

The experimental material is exactly that ’Sub-Body’.

Just as Gao Gong prepared to perform the final task, the Electronic Prosthetic Eye and VR Special Effects Machine simultaneously lit up.

Hacked again.

The scene before me suddenly transformed, the room expanded, turning into a command center, with electronic data turning into human forms, appearing around Gao Gong.

”Lone Wolf, fight me!”

As soon as ’Black God’ saw Gao Gong, he roared loudly towards him.

Gao Gong looked him up and down and found that his eyes were filled with yellow blood vessels; his face, neck, and hands were all covered with metal blots, especially the skin connecting with the ’components’, which had completely decayed.

Many mechanical components on his body seemed to have gained a life of their own, rotating spontaneously.

This was a standard case of ’cyber psychosis’: neural system disorder where mechanical components turned into phantom limbs, and further down the line, the mechanical body would become completely uncontrollable.

Heavy metal poisoning + cyber psychosis

This guy was beyond saving.

Gao Gong saw an old acquaintance and laughed, ”Old Man Miyamoto, you’re not dead?”

Miyamoto Sanzang glanced at Gao Gong and coldly snorted:

”You’ve fallen, Lone Wolf. Beasts walk alone; cattle and sheep flock together.”

Gao Gong was a bit puzzled.

In the end, in this virtual command center, more than thirty people logged in, with the lowest rank being a major, and there were only five Mechanical Hunters; aside from Miyamoto and Black Chimpanzee, there were only two others left.

Old-established hunter Crawler who survived against all odds and was reborn.

And another one, clad in pure white mecha, with no gap exposed, appeared strange.

’Authentic mecha, not an exoskeleton, is that the captain of the Symbiotic Squad?’

The biggest difference between mechas and exoskeletons is that mechas can fly, while exoskeletons cannot.

Looking at the energy jets on the other party’s thighs, waist, and back, Gao Gong was sure that the other party’s backing was extravagantly rich.

Because a combat mecha equipped with a flight system is standard equipment for a Level 2 civilization.

Not to mention a rural place like the desert, you can’t even find it in Mechanical City; to buy one, you’d have to go to the Mother City.

While Gao Gong was observing the two of them, Crawler and the white mecha fellow were also silently observing him.

There was no other reason; currently, on the hunting leaderboard, the only ones who could compete for first place were the three of them.

And among the three of them, Gao Gong’s style was the quirkiest.

At first, he was a Lone Wolf, suddenly turned into an assassin.

When everyone considered this guy the young version of ’Miyamoto Sanzang’, he transformed again, becoming a Berserker.

When they assumed Gao Gong, as a top warrior, would be on the front lines, he retreated again, changed identities, and became the leader of a new force, hiding behind the scenes, reorganizing a group to farm points.

This guy posed too provocatively, with too many positions, it was hard not to be wary.

The last one to ’log in’ was Demon Mountain Major General, now clad in heavy exoskeletons, armed with at least a dozen automatic weapons. His three-meter-tall frame was twice as tall as everyone else, and coupled with yellow-black external armor, he looked like an armored tiger come to life, ferociously fierce.

’This guy’s level should be 30, right, a reconstructed body warrior of the Legion camp, a purely violent profession, and an elite template. His counterpart should be a Great Knight of the Knight Order.’

Reconstructed body warriors are the 3rd transformation version of body warriors, and as a legion profession, they are super capable in combat. Even mechanical hunters of the same level are no match.

The only downside is that it heavily relies on legion technology, with a highly exclusive body modification, meaning that choosing this profession is basically equivalent to being ’bound’ to a camp.

The eyes of Demon Mountain swept around and finally landed on Gao Gong, his expression eased slightly, and he said, ”The 56th defense zone did well; it seems biological transformation really has potential.”

Gao Gong rubbed his nose, just about to say something, when a lieutenant colonel immediately stood tall to report.

”Reporting to General, the first batch of biological warriors has already entered the mass production phase, and it is expected to be put to the test in frontline combat tomorrow.”

Demon Mountain was stunned for a moment, looked at Gao Gong, then at the lieutenant colonel.

”What’s Geville up to? Wasn’t this your responsibility?”

”Reporting to the General, thanks to Mr. Gao for providing the biological transformation data, we have two biological factories, both producing modified warriors.”

Demon Mountain, strong but not foolish, grunted a few times and directly changed the subject.

”The primary purpose of this gathering is to prepare for the second phase of the pre-war planning.”

As soon as Demon Mountain finished speaking, a ’grid map’ appeared before everyone’s eyes.

Each grid was a defense zone, and colors marked them clearly.

Red meant danger zones, indicating that the defense line could be overrun by radiation beasts at any moment.

Yellow represented intense areas, meaning parties were still engaged in combat; most areas on the ’grid map’ were covered in yellow, suggesting everyone favored this color.

There were also a few green areas, only two or three, indicating that the beast tide had been effectively contained in these zones.

The defense zone where Gao Gong was located shone bright green, as though it wore a giant green hat of forgiveness.

Gao Gong flicked the ’green hat’, and next moment, a string of data popped up.

The data changed so fast, just like the streaming room of a top hostess; Gao Gong only got to glance at the number in the bottom left corner: 5.51 million.

If he remembers correctly, the previous score seemed to be 3 million.

His efficiency for the day was 500,000.

These guys farmed 1.5 million in half a day.

Calculating like this, it was three times his rate.

No wonder this bald quasi-general held him in high regard, the reason was clear.

’The combat unit did well.’

Though fifty people seemed like quite a lot, in other places, many defense zones had 200 or 300 soldiers defending them.

Yet, they weren’t as ’green’ as this one.