Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 37 Mechanical Ascension [Please continue reading]

Good news! Lin Yue selected the [Mechanical Ascension] and [Veteran Punk] specializations and also saw the prosthetic body capacity.

Bad news: the prosthetic body's capacity has reached its limit, which is very dangerous.

Lin Yue stayed with Pila and Rebecca for a day and a night, then returned to his old house at the Long Beach stockpile to rest.

While we're at it, let's think about how to handle the issue of prosthetic body capacity later on.

Fortunately, Lin Yue, this homebody, knew how to take care of himself in his previous life.

I tidied up the house a bit, threw the trash out the window, and did some laundry—dogtown is somewhat isolated from the outside world, but the washing machines still cost money, which is really annoying.

After all, generators are a necessity in Dogtown, and this building is only able to connect to a generator because of these coins.

Lin Yue took out a coin from his pocket and put it in, and then he noticed the bloodstained gloves.

As the washing machine spun, Lin Yue took out the gloves, now stained brown with blood, and felt somewhat dazed.

Sino.

Lin Yue had never understood one thing: why his panel recognized the person Cyno. Logically speaking, Cyno should be an unknown soldier of the Netherhounds—well, just a minor officer like a squad leader. Moreover, Lin Yue did not have any story about this person in the overall world view in his mind.

He had always thought this information was something the panel was showing him to remind him that he had a cheat code, but now, looking at these gloves...

The information on the panel was still visible in Lin Yue's eyes.

[Zilfe Sano]

[Affiliation: Dogtown - Deceased]

【Favourability: 50】

If you let him go, he will let you go too.

Lin Yue understood. Whether it was Hansen saying that this guy confessed to selling information, or that he didn't draw his gun while in the car and let Sino escape, it was like a cycle, with each leaving the other a way out.

Sino could have dragged more people down with him, but he didn't.

Although his act of selling out Hansen for money almost led to Lin Yue's death at Hansen's hands, this is the dog-dead Night City, the messy Dogtown, where everyone only cares about self-preservation and no one is willing to compromise for others.

Everyone lives with a clear conscience, so there's nothing to complain about. When they die, they'll just lie there with their crotches facing the sky and yell "Damn it!" to see if they can get a place in line at the gates of heaven.

Lin Yue rubbed the glove, then finally tossed it into the washing machine.

The material is quite good, wear-resistant and non-slip, take it and use it.

Lin Yue made himself a cup of instant coffee and heated up a taco while eating and checking the capacity of his prosthetic body.

My current prosthetic bodies include:

[Face]: Type 1 Prosthetic Eye of the Asura (White)
The gorilla arm in the [arm] position is purple.

[Hand Prosthetic] Position Ballistic Coprocessor - Green.

[Skeleton] Synaptic signal optimization component at location - Blue, Titanium skeleton - Green.

[Skin System] Location: Subcutaneous Armor (Blue), Pain Editor (White).

Green: A biological monitor for the location of the circulatory system.

As for the frontal cortex, operating system, nervous system, and legs, they haven't had time to be installed or updated yet.

Lin Yue tapped his finger on the table in deep thought. His biggest worry right now wasn't the parts that hadn't been fitted with prosthetics yet or how to find better prosthetics, but rather that the current prosthetic capacity was almost at the red mark, and he dared not think about any of that anymore!
Lin Yue didn't know what would happen if the red line was crossed.

It's not as simple as the camera turning red in a game; Lin Keyue didn't dare to try anything unpredictable.

The 30 points of favorability Lin Yue obtained from Pila have allowed him to unlock the technical specialty and unlock the Mechanical Ascension specialty node.

The so-called Mechanical Ascension: Level 1 can enhance all prosthetic attributes by 10%, and Level 2 will reduce the space occupied by the epidermal and skeletal prosthetic systems by a full 20%!

"How could it be full? I didn't install anything too powerful..."

Although Lin Yue's math skills are average, he has no problem calculating the capacity of prosthetic bodies.

Even so, after combining the current usage of the prosthetic body with his expertise, he still couldn't figure it out after a long time.

and many more……

Could it be that this is the only capacity I have?
Once this terrible idea took root, it couldn't be stopped.

Lin Yue let out a deep breath. Everyone thought they were special, but little did they know that everyone was just an ordinary person. But it wasn't hopeless. First, at least once his skill points increased, he could allocate points to other skill nodes to increase the prosthetic body's capacity, allowing for more complete brain development—

Secondly, the current prosthetic bodies are too inadequate. As long as they can meet the requirements of the "veteran punk" group, the prosthetic body capacity should increase.

It seems we need to make more money to replace the prosthetic bodies in large quantities, provided that we replace or upgrade the prosthetic bodies with poor attributes to make them better.

Finally, there's Lin Yue's thinking about the prosthetics in his head, such as the frontal cortex, where a prosthetic must be installed.

Others might need to think about it, but Lin Yue still remembered the last time biotechnology hackers, including the scene where V instantly killed the other side.

If you don't have a "self-ICE" mindset, hackers can easily control you.

"You should be able to find out about ICE travel options at Dogtown Stadium."

Lin Yue casually pulled the bedding off the sofa. Even with the prevalence of cybernetic modifications these days, it's impossible to stay awake all the time, especially after tinkering with parts day and night for 48 hours at Pila's place.

The brain has the ability to make you obey it.

My eyelids feel heavy.

The dream from Old Vie resurfaced; it was still that tall tower, still those same people.

……

[Incoming caller: Unknown]

Lin Yue felt dizzy and disoriented. When he realized the call was to Lin's number, he got up, rubbed his face to clear his head, and then answered the phone.

Lin Yue's voice on the phone was a deep, middle-aged voice, specially made by V.

"Is he a middleman in Dogtown?"

"Hmm." Lin Yue fumbled for a cigarette. "The new guy, Hanz, is on leave."

"Quite the boast—I've heard there's a new guy in Dogtown, all high and mighty, even the Cleaners are furious..."

"Get to the point," Lin Yue interrupted her.

"I'm from the Animal Gang, my name is [Angie]."

Lin Yue's head was spinning. He only knew that the name was familiar. After all, he had done a lot of research on this game before his reincarnation. The sheer amount of information always made him forget some of the details.

"Hmm, the Animal Gang? Don't you guys always settle things with your fists? When have you ever needed someone else to settle things for you?"

Angie scoffed on the other end, "I'm not mindlessly injecting hormones into my body. Let me put it this way, I want to manage the accounts and do business for these big guys, and I need your help."

"Our Animal Gang controls 90% of the boxing clubs in Night City, and we also control the boxing betting business. But the Animal Gang members can withstand the effects of hormones, which most boxers can't do."

"Someone's preventing me from making a living in Dogtown, so I need you to take care of one of the Animal Gang members—and incidentally, help me smuggle a batch of prosthetics into Dogtown. You've got connections everywhere, right?"

Lin Yue nodded. "Yes, ma'am. If the price is fair, I can find a mercenary to help you sort it out."

"Hmm, the price is 30% of the loan commission for this batch of prosthetic bodies, totaling... 140,000, including the commission you get for using your connections. How about it, Mr. Rin?"

Lin Yue had always thought that the Animal Gang, like their physique, were probably all muscle and brains, but the woman in front of him was a shrewd businesswoman.

"Okay, I'll handle the sourcing channels and the manpower. Just send me the target information—"

"I'll arrange everything."

Angie didn't waste any words, "Okay, get this done for me. I'll still look for you to do business with Dogtown underground boxing in the future."

Lin Yue was stunned when 140,000 yuan immediately entered Lin's account, but he still replied in a calm tone, "I'm sure you've contacted Hanz for such a large deal, but I'm a good person, so you trust me and I trust you."

Angie replied from the other end:

"Then...we'd like to have a pleasant collaboration?"
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【机械飞升】：技术专长9点技术能力解锁。等级1：义体词条效果＋10%，等级2：表皮系统和骨骼-20%义体占用容量。

[Veteran Punk]: Unlocked in the same way as above. For each attribute of 9 or higher, cybernetic capacity increases by 4.

[Self-ICE]: Frontal cortex prosthetic. An anti-electronic system that protects the cyber implant from malicious vulnerabilities. Requirement: Intelligence 10.

【Angelica】: Full name Angelica Veran, a character in the Dogville side story (Where to Go in Life), is a business-minded member of the Animals group, not a muscle fanatic.

(Technical expertise diagrams and prosthetic body illustrations for each location are below)~
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