Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 272 Organizing the backpack, Li You’s ability system

"Arasaka?"

A name came out of Mann's mouth that surprised Li You.

"Exactly!" Mann nodded heavily, "It depends on whether you have the courage, newcomer!"

Li You thought for a while this time. When it comes to Arasaka, the local emperor of Night City, it is no longer the time to show off oneself. You have to understand the details of the commission and evaluate the subsequent impact.

After a while, he asked his first question: "Why are you looking for me for such a big job?"

"Hey, I didn't expect this to be your biggest concern. You're really cautious." Mann pulled his sunglasses down, revealing his blue pupils.

"Why do you think that is?"

Li You went through the things he had done and the connections he had established in Night City in his mind, and finally guessed: "...introduced by a middleman?"

"...Hahahaha!" Mann laughed, "My guess is pretty accurate!"

"That's what happened. As I just said, the middleman Mr. Faraday has a big job to deal with Arasaka. I can't tell you the details yet, but he said that just a few of us are not enough, so we need to find a few more reliable people. teammates!"

"Although I was originally not interested in a novice like you, after reading the information, I found that you happened to be the guy Sasha and Rebecca mentioned, so I asked you to come and meet.

System, add some points!

I just tore up two full-attribute skill books!

"So that means it's not time to reveal the answer yet?" Li You asked.

Mann looked over with bright eyes: "And you are one of the alternatives provided by Mr. Faraday."

"I originally thought that if I felt dissatisfied after reading it, I could just give him something and get rid of it."

After this, Li You was busy organizing his power system.

"This is really..." Li You gave a slightly helpless smile and shook his head slightly.

At the same time, he also carefully studied the props that he had only briefly read the item descriptions before, trying to discover their true uses, and indeed made some discoveries.

Upon hearing his promise, Sasha's eyes lit up and a smile appeared on her face. Although Rebecca on the side had no obvious expression, she also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hahaha, okay! That's it!"

To be honest, he didn't really want to go and fuck Arasaka right now. Apart from anything else, he didn't even complete the small goal he had set before to sort out his ability system. Now he went to find trouble for one of the biggest local gangsters in Night City, which was a bit hasty.

As he spoke, Mann glanced at Sasha, only to find that Sasha didn't notice his eyes at all, and couldn't help but chuckle.

But he didn't know whether this commission was due to the butterfly effect caused by his arrival.

"I see, it makes sense." Li You pondered for a moment.

For Mann's team, perhaps a well-deserved death would be an ending more in line with their expectations, rather than being saved by his intervention.

Was it a manslaughter during a dispute with other mercenaries, was he killed after angering a gang, or was he killed by the footsteps of a behemoth like the company and died worthlessly on the roadside? no one knows.

Li You turned his head slightly and looked at Sasha next to him. The little girl was looking at him expectantly, but after noticing his gaze, she quickly turned her head to the side.

……

Rebecca, who noticed this scene, had a vein on her forehead and gave Li You a middle finger from an angle that Sasha couldn't see.

"Well, for now, it's just a meeting to blend things together." Mann took a sip of wine. "If you are interested, I will tell you when we officially convene. If not, you can leave now."

Li You: "???"

"Huh?" Li You looked at her, "What is it?"

On the way, Ai Ji suddenly stopped him: "Li You, please lend me something when you get back."

There was no way, the Mann team was sitting in front of him, especially Sasha and Rebecca.

At the same time, Li You also discovered that it was really time to take out the wooden mailbox in Tianji Province. He still had to write a few letters and send something.

He counted all the props and stored them in categories so that they could be easily taken out when needed.

Li You: "...Okay."

By the way, Aggie actually wrote a letter to Claire and Kara.

He reviewed his own attributes, and after counting equipment bonuses, the current five attributes were: strength 24, agility 21, intelligence 19, perception 17, and spirit 21.

As for leaks? Mann only said that he was going to kill Arasaka without revealing a single word of the specifics. In the bars where the mercenaries gathered, there were countless drunks shouting "Fuck Arasaka" every day. He didn't even want to leak the secret. use.

"I see, then it looks like I passed the interview." Li You didn't find it strange at all. They wanted to go to Arasaka, so it was normal to meet in advance to try out.

Aggie glanced at him and said expressionlessly: "That wooden mailbox that can send letters across the world. I want to write a letter to Claire and Carla, and you are not allowed to read it."

In addition, he repeatedly tested the enhancement options that had been unlocked long ago but had never been used, and planned the weapons that needed to be enhanced.

He saved Sasha himself, and Rebecca also helped him open up connections with middlemen. No matter what happened, Li You would never be able to watch them plunge into a dangerous place and remain indifferent.

After all, the world line has changed since he rescued Sasha. If he doesn't go this time, will something happen to the Mann team?

Li You didn't want to save all these people and work as mercenaries in Night City. To put it harshly, they would die sooner or later. The only difference may be whose hands he died in.

Mann slapped the table with his big hand: "It will take a few days for us to prepare here. We will contact you when the time comes. If you have any trouble during this period, you can also come to us! You know who to contact."

Li You: "..."

So he responded decisively: "Okay, I'll join. Contact me when the time comes."

…not enough!

After the discussion was settled, Mann said that their team still needed to discuss some things, so Li You left the bar room and walked back along the riverside road.

but…

whatever.

Li You was busy until noon the next day, and finally got a rough idea of ​​everything. But after having a quick lunch with Sasha and Rebecca, he immediately drove non-stop to Stoneridge Mountain in the Badlands.

——In the afternoon, outside the abandoned bar in Stoneridge Mountain.

Four sentient night demons, dressed in night-ghost costumes and holding various firearms, stood neatly at the door of the bar, waiting for Li You's "inspection."

In the underground cave, the first batch of twelve night demons have been fully formed and will be born soon.

At that time, it will also be the time for the core of the Night Demon's lair to be upgraded again.

At the same time, Li You happened to have some ideas that he needed to try, so he came to the deserted Shiji Mountain. They were the only ones here, and together with the night demons, it was the best experimental venue.

Regarding the four sentient night demons, Li You simply looked at their respective situations, and then sent them out, asking them to find ways to repair the equipment in the substation and restore power to the area.

These four sentient night demons are all transformed from night ghosts. In other words, their predecessors are all criminals among homeless people, so they all have knowledge in this area. It is not a big problem to simply repair the substation. It's just that they currently lack tools, so they still have to find a way.

The night demons left, and Li You waved his hand and released a two-meter-tall puppet.

This is a humanoid puppet with gray-white skin, covered with a pair of close-fitting dark golden armor, but its face only has a pair of deep eyes and no other organs.

This puppet is also a new thing Li You just tried.

The method is very simple. First, the body is a miniature bronze giant, then put Midas' golden armor on it, and then put the Eye of Medusa into its eye socket, and it will automatically change.

[Faceless Puppet (Unfinished)]

[Item description: A humanoid puppet composed of objects with specific properties. It can understand the simplest instructions and actions, but requires manual replenishment of energy. It is currently in a incomplete state and more functions have not been unlocked. 】

These props with ancient Greek characteristics could actually be spliced ​​together. This was something Li You didn't expect. He just felt a vague resonance when holding them.

But the puppet was still incomplete and needed more parts. The lion skin belt is usable, but it is not as useless as the other props. Li You is a little reluctant to part with it.

So he put away his belt and took out other similar props to try.

"This won't work, this won't work either... huh? This will work!"

When Li You took a look, the one that resonated with him turned out to be the White Ape Suit obtained from the Sekiro World - the piece of equipment that greatly added to his dark history. If it weren't for trying, Li You might never have taken it out.

Just in time to use it as a sacrifice.

After adding the White Ape suit, the puppet is further improved, and the prompt shows that it currently only lacks one core.

But for this core, Li You rummaged through his backpack and couldn't find any suitable props.

So, Li You only tried to let the puppet move the bricks and put it away. If you get something similar to the core in the future, try it again.

This puppet is Li You's biggest additional discovery and is worth looking forward to. It's not like there aren't any others, but he has tried them before, but they were of no great use. At most, he just remembered some forgotten props and planned to use them.

For example, the piece of cyan jade held by Aiji on the side - Thunder Magatama. If this thing is used properly, Aggie can generate electricity... and make thunder just like him.

However, the specific control seems to be quite difficult, and Aiji hasn't figured it out yet.

This also made Li You have to sigh that Yi Xin's talent in this area is really strong. He almost understood how to use it as soon as he got the Thunder Magatama.

In addition to props, Li You mainly studies various system function coupons and skill books.

So far, he has accumulated a large amount of coupons and two system books.

Just talking about function coupons, there are weapon selection coupons, weapon upgrade coupons, weapon characteristic enchantment coupons, unlimited durability customization coupons, and two unlimited ammunition customization coupons.

The system books are self-selected attribute skill books and general experience books.

Because these function coupons are related to weapons, Li You put it down for the time being and read the book first.

The self-selected attribute skill book can increase any attribute by 2 points, and the general experience book can increase the proficiency of any skill by 500.

Li You stopped hiding it and focused his two attributes on agility.

Although we haven't encountered them yet, in the cyberpunk world, enemies equipped with advanced Sianweistan should be one of the biggest threats. Therefore, Li You chose to strengthen agility attributes that are closely related to speed, reaction ability, etc.

As for the general experience book, he chose to add it to driving, which also took into account the needs of this world. Moreover, the other skills currently have no obvious improvement effect after adding them.

At this point, Li You's personal attributes have become: strength 26, agility 25, intelligence 21, perception 19, and spirit 23.

In addition to his perception exceeding 20, with such attribute values, he can finally shout:

"——I don't want to be a human being anymore!!"

Of course, even so, with his physical strength alone, he has not reached the level of being able to tear apart a tank with his hands. He has to rely on weapons to fight.

So naturally, Li You looked at the equipment enhancement options.

As mentioned before, this option costs achievement points to complete, and the price is ridiculously expensive.

But today, Li You's accumulated achievement points have exceeded the 46300 mark, with a total of points. It is no problem to at least simply strengthen one or two weapons first.

He originally wanted to give priority to the anti-material sniper rifle or hand cannon X, but the reply he received earlier from Rupert, a famous gunsmith in the extinction world, made him change his mind.

Among the letters Li You sent last night, one was to Rupert, and his reply was one of the fastest.

In the letter, Li You asked him if he could build or modify the firearms if he had the design drawings and materials for future firearms.

After Rupert read his description and a handful of "Unity" sent as a sample, he wrote back with a positive reply.

"Yes, as long as you have the drawings and time."

In that case, Li You still plans to push back the enhancement of firearms. Including those function coupons, they will be used together when the time comes.

So now, what he is strengthening is none other than his most important weapon at the moment, the katana Thunder Light Moon Shadow.

[Thunder Moon Shadow (Enhancement Level 0)]

[Enhance level 1: 1000 achievement points. 】

[Enhance level 2: 1600 achievement points. 】

[Enhance level 3: 2500 achievement points. 】

[Enhance level 4: 3400 achievement points. 】

[Enhanced Level 5:...]

Although the achievement points are still quite rich, Li You doesn't plan to use them all at the moment, so he only strengthened it to level 4 for the time being, spending 8500 achievement points.

This is not a huge sum. Judging from the price, the small amount is roughly equivalent to ten draws in a row at one and a half times. Even a small world with all its achievements may not be able to collect so much.

But the effect is also very obvious.

[Thunder Moon Shadow (Enhancement Level 4)]

Li You tried the +4 favorite sword, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the system's enhancement was really all-round enhancement.

Not only has Thunder Moon Shadow's strength and sharpness been greatly improved, it can now cut steel and iron without much force and is difficult to bend and wear. More importantly, its carrying capacity for energy and Sakura Dragon Thunder has also been increased. A very significant improvement.

Now if Li You uses Thunder Moon Shadow to perform sword skills or releases Sakura Dragon Thunder, the consumption will be reduced by more than 40% compared to before it was strengthened!

In combat, this can already affect a lot of things.

Li You tried the knife again before putting it into the sheath with satisfaction.

As for the rest, he has not yet received a reply to several of his other letters, so some plans are not in a rush to be implemented for the time being.

For example, the plan to feed Yuzu the G virus sample and "amber" in his hand.

Li You always kept these two heavyweight props in his hand, but he was afraid of causing any adverse reactions, so he didn't let Yuzi use them.

Yesterday, Li You wrote a letter back to the Biochemical World, and one of the recipients was Louis. He also sent a tissue sample of Yuzu and asked Louis to help analyze it to see if his idea was feasible.

Today, Louis is working as a researcher in the special department of Trasever, which is controlled by Kara. He has sufficient resources and equipment at hand, and he does not have to worry about his research being used into biological and chemical weapons.

So Louis is very happy every day - this is what he told Li You earlier when exchanging letters.

Li You also trusts his ability in this area, so as long as he replies that there is no problem, he plans to let Yuzi use these two props to strengthen it again.

Of course, in addition to these letters, Li You also left behind letters of greetings to other companions and comrades-in-arms, but Claire and Carla never replied...it was clear that Aggie had received the letters.

What, Aggie said something bad about me in her letter?

Shaking away the faint worries in his heart, Li You looked at his system panel and finally felt that the previous mess had been sorted out.

At just the right time, Li You completed his final inspection, and before closing the panel, he saw a new prompt light up.

[The core of the living night devil's lair, the level is improved. 】

"Is it finally here?"

【Night Devil's Lair (Small Scale)】

[Item introduction: A low-level lair that can breed a small number of night demons for you. 】

[Overview of lair attributes]

[Core level: Level 3 (can breed 18 night demons at the same time). 】

[Hatching speed: level 3 (breeding and hatching time: 32 hours). 】

[Hatchable species]

[Ordinary night devil (both speed and agility, basic intelligence, afraid of ultraviolet light). 】

[Secondary night devils (subordinate types of night devils, there are different types, low intelligence, can only obey simple orders, and have certain resistance to ultraviolet rays). 】

[Perception Night Demon (has both speed and agility, is not afraid of ultraviolet rays, needs to be transformed with a living humanoid creature, and the intelligence after transformation remains the same as the mother body.)]

[Lair Defense: Primary Acid Cannon. 】

[Special functions: Night Demon transformation, energy absorption, Queen's protection. 】

[Lair core experience value: (506/1000)]

[Nest energy reserve: (213/3000)]

【Function Menu】

[Breeding Night Demons: Breeding Night Demons through the nest, the time required is related to the core level, and it needs to be in an area rich in nutrients, or artificially provide food. 】

[Energy Absorption (Elementary): The evolved core of the nest can absorb and store more forms of energy, and corresponding energy-absorbing organs need to be generated. 】

[Night Demon Transformation: The lair can transform living humanoid creatures into sentient night demons, which have the ability not to be afraid of ultraviolet rays. After the transformation is completed, some memories can be retained, and the intelligence remains the same as that of the mother body. 】

[Queen's Protection: When the Night Demon Queen is near the lair, the nest's core experience acquisition speed is increased, the Night Demon's breeding speed is increased, and the core energy consumption is reduced. 】

[Other functions have not been unlocked yet. 】

[Fixed feature: Night demons hatched in the core of the lair have the ability to spread viruses, but when leaving this world, all night demons and the viruses they spread will be forcibly cleared. 】

Li You immediately saw the difference.

The first is of course the increase in hatching speed and quantity, making the efficiency much higher than before.

Then there is the new function, which can now hatch creatures called "secondary night demons". Li You asked Ai Ji to confirm it before he realized that it turned out that different types of specialized troops could be hatched.

The crushers, thugs, screamers, etc. that have been seen in Harlan City can now be reproduced in the lair in the form of secondary night demons, allowing them to focus on their own specialties so that they can fight in groups. Use more force.

"This is really going to be the insect nest route." Li You sighed inwardly.

At present, the only thing that can stop him is the limitation of incubation time.

Oh, originally there was still energy, but now, the emergence of the special function of energy absorption has overcome most of this difficulty.

This function is just like its name. After generating specific energy-absorbing organs, it can convert energy forms that are originally unusable into energy that can be absorbed and stored, such as electricity.

Compared with this new feature, the additional defense mechanism of the acid cannon is just the icing on the cake.

Of course, the conversion efficiency of the currently generated energy-absorbing organs is still quite low, and almost ninety-five percent of the energy is wasted. But starting from scratch is the most critical step.

Seeing this, Li You has understood that the most suitable task for Ai Ji is not to go to the front line to fight and kill, but to stay in the rear and grow slowly, and when the army comes together, he will drown the enemy with the Night Demon Sea.

The most fatal flaw in the current Night Demon Sea tactics is only one thing - top combat power.

Ai Ji's own combat power is not strong enough. Once the Night Demon's lair is exposed, he cannot withstand the enemy's beheading tactics.

So obviously, Li You has to play this role.

He rubbed Lei Guang Yueying's scabbard at his waist and figured everything out.

From a purely utilitarian point of view, Aggie should no longer waste time following him around, but stay in the lair 24 hours a day to exercise his mental strength.

With the increase of the Queen's protection, the formation of the Night Demon Sea can be accelerated again.

This idea was indeed very tempting, but Li You just exhaled and threw it away. But he still remembered what Aggie said.

Li You turned around and looked at Ai Ji, who was playing with thunder magatama in one hand and writing a reply to Claire with a pen in the other hand, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

"That's fine now."

(End of this chapter)