Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Knowledge is divided into three levels: Profession, Core, and Civilization.

Among them, Professional Knowledge goes without saying, it is the inherent product of every profession.

And Civilization Knowledge is similarly the core of civilization, the product of all Professional Knowledge Chains fully stacked.

Only Core Knowledge is quite different.

It is neither like Professional Knowledge, the foundation of a profession, nor like Civilization Knowledge, the core of civilization. It is a deeply excavated product within the civilization system.

Compared to Professional Knowledge, it is more complex, involves more professions, and its uses are more extensive.

A Cyber Algorithm, such a hacker’s core secret, being called Core Knowledge, is completely appropriate.

Gao Gong also didn’t expect that his cheap little sister would bring him such a surprise.

This little one, could she possibly have the potential of a Rich Lady?

In the future, when I want to restore the techniques of my past life, do I not need to operate myself, just need to hold onto someone powerful?

”Big brother, what are you thinking about?” Gao Yuanyuan asked curiously.

”I’m thinking about how I can become closer to you.”

Gao Yuanyuan nodded innocently and said, ”Then big brother, if you come up with something, you must tell me. I will definitely help you.”

...

The reason the algorithm is the core of Cyber Hackers is that having one’s own algorithm allows one to create their own hacking skills.

Gao Gong found a few blank chips from the drawer and, without sleeping, began coding through the night.

As the sky brightened, two hacking skills were produced.

Secondary Infection: Causes a small amount of virus intrusion to the target, and this skill effect can spread to all targets within 10 meters and propagate a second time, with an infection limit: 5 times.

Note: This skill effect can be combined with other hacking skills.

High-speed Cracking: Deconstructs targets like Electronic Defense Walls, with a deconstruction speed ten times that of Virtual Invasion, causing infective cracking on integrated/distributed Electronic Defense Walls.

One is an AOE skill of Black Stream, the other is a method targeting firewalls.

Even in hacker circles, these two chips are hard-to-come-by goods.

”Boss, I’m here to work!”

I Love Eating Buns entered with a bun in his mouth, happily pushing open the door.

”Come in.”

Gao Gong said without lifting his head, the skin and flesh on the inside of his forearm automatically parted, revealing two rows of chip slots, into which he inserted two chips. Instantly, a torrent of data surged into his Neural System, and Gao Gong involuntarily exuded an aura of Advanced life form, bioelectric currents crackling within a three-meter radius.

In Baozi’s eyes, the boss suddenly turned into some huge monster, with six pairs of wings blocking out the sky, a gigantic metal head, a barrel-thick tail, sharp claws, and a writhing prosthetic mecha.

Although the feeling was fleeting, Baozi sweated profusely in an instant, in a trance for a long while before regaining his composure, looking in awe at the unconcerned boss sipping tea.

This NPC is definitely not simple!

”Boss, I have my men ready.”

Baozi approached mysteriously and handed over a note filled with names.

”Should I call them over for you to see?”

”No need, I trust you.”

With a ’ding’, Baozi heard the sound of mission completion and was overjoyed.

”Boss, what should we do in the next phase?”

Gao Gong thought for a moment and handed over another mission.

[Mission Part Two: Guerrilla Warfare in the Outer City District]

Difficulty: Difficult-

Mission Brief: A great war between the Evil Gang and Welfare Gang is imminent. Mr. G needs you to delay the peripheral members of the Welfare Gang. This is both a test and a reward.

Mission Objectives:

Kill one peripheral member of the Welfare Gang, Experience +200 points

Kill one ordinary gang member, Experience +500 points

Kill one Elite of the Welfare Gang, Experience +2000 points

Kill one Double Flower Red Staff, Experience +10000 points

Kill the leader of the Welfare Gang, Gao Jin, Experience +100000 points

Mission Reward 1: One human modification per person, the level of modification is related to mission contribution.

Mission Reward 2: Mission contribution can enhance Mr. G’s favor, which can lead to skill inheritance, equipment rewards, or priority in the next link of the mission chain.

Baozi was both happy and worried, happy that even in the second phase, the mission rewards were so generous, worried that the level of favor actually determined mission priority.

Does this mean that if I perform poorly during the mission, I might fall out of favor?

Whoa, this won’t do!

Looking at the pitiful 100 points of favor on his panel, Baozi gritted his teeth, ”Boss, I want to buy equipment!”

”Sure, I’ll give you a 30% discount.”

Watching Baozi spend his last penny, Gao Gong nodded in satisfaction. Without spending money, how can you become stronger?

In all fairness, Gao Gong is truly good to the players.

For the same level missions, Gao Gong gives players 2 to 3 times the rewards of other NPCs, and this is all from his own Alliance Experience.

Gao Gong has no intention of treating players like cattle.

In the later stages, players naturally become part of the same alliance as him.

Unless he wants to keep living like an NPC as in his past life.

But this clearly is not possible.

So Gao Gong wished the players would become stronger immediately.

But as everyone knows, what is easiest to obtain is often not cherished.

After all, players are always eager to try when they see a health bar, so he must ensure this growth remains within his control.

Baozi was unaware of this, but amidst his excitement, he was somewhat touched.

’The boss actually trusts me so much, giving me such an important mission, without thinking of intervening at all. A warrior will die for a confidant—if the boss gets blown up in the future, I’ll definitely burn more incense to commemorate him!’

It’s a good thing Gao Gong wasn’t aware of his thoughts, otherwise the favorability would drop faster than his personality.

As for trust, huh, do they not know that a manager account can create small accounts?

He had already infiltrated the ranks of the people.

Shortly after Baozi left, the Bodhisattva Man arrived.

”Give this to your boss.”

The Bodhisattva Man was momentarily stunned, took the helmet, and left without another word.

Gao Gong touched his chin and pressed a hidden button in the modification room.

The door closed, the ground flipped, and various prosthetic body plugins and firearm plugins automatically slid into hidden mechanisms.

Gao Gong took out a sheet of paper and wrote four words—

Pause Business.

Suddenly, Gao Gong squinted, with a scene reflected in his eyes.

Among the red rain, a short-haired girl wielding a short blade was being surrounded by a gang of members.

’Tsk, fighting and still reporting location, it’s real-time karma, girl.’

Gao Gong walked to the door, opened an umbrella, and leisurely headed towards Red Rain Street.

...

Seafood Restaurant, on the Dragon Head chair, sat a bulky figure.

Gao Jin toyed with the ’Anti-Interference Helmet’, looking at Miss Sakura.

”How is it, any issues?”

Miss Sakura shook her head silently, and said, ”Aside from the intricate design, the whole equipment looks very simple, there’s no issue.”

”Could it be invaded by a virus?”

”You can install an electronic defense wall on each helmet, the current market price for a decent electronic defense wall is about 100,000 mechanic tokens.”

If I had that much money, why would I still be in this gang business!!

Gao Jin forcibly resisted the urge to roll his eyes, feigning a hearty laugh, and said, ”As the Dragon Head, how could I not trust the Second Marshal, Miss Sakura, I’m troubling you with this, I need a hundred of these helmets.”

Miss Sakura silently nodded, her mechanical finger twined around the helmet, her entire person drifted away like a phantom.

As the other party left, Gao Jin’s expression sank, and he waved his hand, with the Bodhisattva Man quickly approaching.

”Regarding those old folks I asked you to find, how many have you located?”

”Three have been confirmed, and the time to act has been agreed upon. They are Elder Xuu from the Sub-human Continent, Lady Red Dream, and Boss Hongg from 24K Golden Diamond Security.”

”Each of these old foxes is cunning, not entirely safe.”

Gao Jin paced back and forth, gritting his teeth, saying, ”Go tell Kobayashi Hideyuki that I agree to his terms, but the condition is that when I attack the Evil Gang, he must contribute!”

”The Kobayashi Clan’s conditions are quite harsh!” the Bodhisattva Man hurriedly said.

”Harsh is better than deadly!”

There are no gangs in the Sub-human Continent, only clans and various family forces.

These family forces are split into two factions, the indigenous faction and the foreign faction. The feud between the two has a long history, even dating back to the second mechanized war, when many mainlanders crossed the ocean to this former Island Country, competing for food with the locals.

Among them, the Kobayashi Clan is a standout among the indigenous families.

And Kobayashi Hideyuki is the first heir of the Kobayashi Clan, a very skilled mechanical blade fighter.

”By the way, does that guy have any enemies? An enemy of an enemy is a friend.”

The Bodhisattva Man hesitated, and said, ”I investigated for a while and discovered a potentially false rumor in the underworld.”

”What rumor?”

”The Deep Net Weaver is investigating White Paper Fan.”

”Deep Net Weaver!?”

Gao Jin furrowed his brows. The Deep Net Weaver, one of the top three gangs in the Nightless City, is rumored that every member of the gang is AI, a standard non-human gang.

Why would such a top gang be involved with him?

”You, go to the Saint Domingo District, and inform those Spiders that we’re dealing with him, quick and back!”

The Bodhisattva Man nodded forcefully.

...

Elsewhere, Red Leaf Street

The rain falling was like blood droplets, Xiao Yu felt every part of his body aching, and the number of heads lopped off by his short blade was uncertain.

Yet the Frontal Gang’s knife fighters continued their relentless assault, with a piece missing from their foreheads, the frontal part, making it look as if punched inward.

Without the frontal lobe, they’ve become tireless, murderous street machines.

Even more terrifying was their number.

From street end to street end, a dense cluster of figures, looking out, were there four hundred, five hundred, or even more?

The Frontal Gang, the largest gang in the Nightless City!

And this human wave tactic was precisely the nemesis of burst-type players like Xiao Yu.