Seeing the black-haired girl approaching, the people suddenly beca silent.
"Ms. Luo is here too." They closed their mouths, fearing that the girl might hear their offensive language.
"Luo, why are you here?" Che looked at the approaching girl.
His sister had always been obsessed with creating gas and enjoyed the quiet, so why would she co to such a sweaty place?
The black-haired girl lowered her head, not saying a word. Her fingers rapidly tapped on the ga console, with incredible speed. The pixelated figure hopped from one obstacle to another, skillfully avoiding all traps with high agility.
Accompanied by the ga console’s "WIN!" the girl raised her head.
"Look," she said to Che, holding up her ga console, "I’m not weak anymore."
"Uh... Yeah. Not weak anymore, not at all," Che scratched his head helplessly, not understanding her aning, "Are you also going to Caius Tower? It’s too dangerous, and we’re going to kill Dr. Acto, we’re sure to encounter the most dangerous blockades..."
"I’m going," Luo said, "I must go."
She tucked away the ga console and gently placed her hand on the thin sword at her waist. Ice blue electricity flowed along the blade, the sword shimred like a dazzling piece of snow.
Che only asked casually. His sister had always been decisive and never depended on others.
If the battle group wanted to penetrate Central City, they couldn’t just barge in; the battle robots of the City of asurent were like at grinders, storming in head-first was akin to a suicide mission.
However, the "Dream Making" corporation was about to begin their once-every-five-years Caius Tower selection. Those who participated and beca the final winner could safely enter Central City, a rule set by the Dawn System that could not be changed. Even if the winner was a battle group, the Dawn System had to let them in, holding its nose.
"The Dawn System isn’t as terrifying as it seems," Che emphasized to his brothers. "We all have Dawn chips implanted, but they only serve a monitoring function, asuring our emotions from aspects such as heartbeat and blood flow, yet they cannot know our true thoughts and minding. They can listen in on the plans we speak, but they cannot directly annihilate us — the only force it can wield is when it determines we are criminals, summoning biochanical robots to exterminate us. This gives us an opportunity to exploit."
"Exactly," the vice-captain, Daville, added. "Everyone, do not worry, once we go deep into the City of asurent, as long as we keep our emotions stable, do not commit cris, or violate public order, the Dawn System has no right to exterminate us."
As an organization opposed to the City of asurent, the battle group was adept at dealing with the Dawn System.
They operated on the fringes of the City of asurent, accepting those with unaccepted inferior personas, forming the basic combat force, and scavenging resources from the danger zones to strengthen themselves.
And as leaders of the battle group, a few were Type Two personas: they were responsible for infiltrating the interior of the City of asurent, dealing in arms.
After instructing the battle group mbers, Che sat down with Luo in a small room behind the tavern.
"The selection for Caius Tower starts in four days. I heard that recently many people have co wanting to reach the core technology of the City of asurent, even so wanting to communicate with the Dawn System," Che poured a glass of milk for Luo:
"...They are all a bunch of sycophants."
His expression was sowhat indignant.
After all, his father had died due to the persecution of the Dawn System.
"Mhm," Luo silently drank the milk.
"In a few days, the battle group’s Type Two persona squad is making a trip into the City of asurent to trade pre-war equipnt; do you want to co with us?" Che asked.
"Yes," said Luo, "I’ve manufactured a batch of emotion stabilizers."
Che’s eyes brightened—Luo had really helped greatly.
The emotion stabilizers could stabilize their moods, ensuring their safety. Even if they were sold directly to traders, they could make a substantial profit.
"Luo, you’re so eager to go... is it because the person you’re looking for has arrived?" Che said.
"Hmm," Luo looked at him.
Her eyes, pitch-black, were clear and clean.
As if they had never changed.
...
[Replica Activation - Day Three]
"Click."
As a white light shone, Su Ming’an picked up the shotgun in his hand.
Its form resembled a miniaturized assault rifle, and when all 20 rounds were fired, it brought about extre destructive power, capable of blasting large holes in concrete walls.
The gun was purple with a layer of fluorescent glow, its special effects were very cool, making it obvious at a glance that this was an exceptionally powerful weapon.
The categorization of special effects in the world ga was very distinct; those weapons with chaotic, shimring, gold-dragon effects were certainly high-quality weapons.
After Su Ming’an’s Level 10 "chanics" skill had modified it, the attributes of the shotgun beca frightening.
...
[Honor Hunter (Purple Grade):
Attack Power: 25~35
Durability: 15/15
Magazine Capacity: 20/20
Equipnt Requirent: Basic Gunmanship lv.1
Special Skill [Piercing Shot]: Instantly fires all bullets, causing high-level piercing AOE effect to enemies in front. When an enemy’s physical defense is below 40 points, it will cause a body explosion effect. Cooldown ti one minute.
Special Attributes [Heart of Soul Hunting]: Inflicts an additional 200% damage to special category targets.]
...
The attack power increased to 25-35 points, already explosive figures for a shotgun.
Inflicting double damage to special category targets was the major highlight. Whether it was the Soul Clan of Pulaya or the legendary Ghosts, Blood Clan, etc., all qualified as special category targets. Double damage was enough to plunge them into utter despair.
So far, both of Su Ming’an’s Purple Grade firearms had been personally modified by him. In the Ninth World, where gun combat was highly regarded, these would be exceedingly effective.
"Phew..."
On the table in front of Su Ming’an, there was a pile of discarded tal scraps and dust.
These past two days, indeed, he had been too happy to think of ho. In the Central City laboratory, there were many high-end chanical props, and the tal resources that didn’t cost anything were inexhaustible. He experienced the feel of being a top player in a private server ga.
With a single gesture, countless precious tals were delivered. When he asked the AI Xike, it could imdiately provide him with the most precious knowledge related to the Ruined World.
He didn’t need to gather resources himself, nor did he need to leave the door, as his gentle and charming assistant Treya kept bringing him batches of chanical scrolls and materials to refine his experience bar.
"chanics", "Biochemistry", "Artificial Intelligence"... The experience bars in these three areas soared like a rocket.
After upgrading "chanics" to the maximum Level 10, the second skill tree "Biochemistry" that he had opened was also now leveled up to 7.
Wandering Night Walk and Cage of Honor had been modified to their pinnacle, and he had also made 30 bullets as reserves. Besides that, there was a surprising addition...
"ow~"
A sleek, shiny black cat appeared at his summons. Its lively chanical eyes fixed on him.
After upgrading Biochemistry to level 7, Su Ming’an had successfully transford this once-useless black cat.
...
[Black Jade Fla Tail Cat (Growth: Blue) (Unnad)
Level: lv.10
HP: 800
MP: 200
Type: Support
Talent Skills:
Hide: Blends into shadows, making it hard to be discovered by enemies.
Gather Spoils: Automatically collects loot, accessing hard-to-reach clues for players.
Charm Halo: When sitting on the player’s shoulders, it provides half a level of charm.]
...
The cat, originally a physical attack type, had been transford by him into a support type suited for collecting bodies. Its original Claw Strike skill had vanished, replaced by three passive skills.
During large-scale lees, Su Ming’an couldn’t search each body for loot. At such tis, the black cat proved essential. Being an agile creature, it was fast and stealthy. It also prevented so opportunistic players from stealing belongings while Su Ming’an was searching the bodies.
As for the "Charm Halo," it played a pivotal role in an era).
It pushed Su Ming’an’s Charm Value from S to SS.
Su Ming’an had never heard of anyone achieving SS in charm before, the highest was S grade. Such highly charming players navigated between major factions, received embraces from all sides, even opened NPC harems, and were pampered by various NPCs from start to finish, enjoying physical and psychological ’great satisfaction’.
This mode was called "Tuan Chong Style Play," reminiscent of plots where soone, cherished by eight elder brothers, incites endless envy from others.
Of course, Su Ming’an could play this way too, but he lacked the ti.
If a matter could be resolved with a Spatial Vibration, why resort to exploiting his sex appeal?
He had heard of a Pulaya instance where an S-ranked charr had all Soul Hunt squad leaders and Soul Clan squad leaders wrapped around their finger, juggling multiple relationships, amidst ongoing battles between races, ethical dramas, and separations – like a lodrama fit for a soap opera.
Though this charm influence was ultimately limited, only seducing so less determined squad leaders, the spectacle was indeed bizarre.
If Su Ming’an were to do this... he dared not think about it. He definitely didn’t want to beco a pampered princess.
"Ding Dong!"
A system prompt chid in.
[You are the first player in the world ga to reach SS level charm, would you like to broadcast it?]
"Broadcast," said Su Ming’an.
...
[Congratulations Player (Su Ming’an)! You have beco the first player to reach SS level charm in the world ga!]
[Congratulations Player (Su Ming’an)...]
...
The system announcent repeated three tis, heard by everyone in all parallel instances.
A player’s charm is also effective on other players, and Noel’s affinity cos from his A charm level.
Upon hearing that Su Ming’an had pushed his charm to SS, all high-end players gasped.
"Should I hurry up and change my approach to prevent being seduced by him?" joked the top-ranked player Angelica to Noel.
"Changing your approach might not even keep you safe," Noel muttered, looking at a corpse strewn with surgical cuts, ignoring her.
...
"—Where did the Number One Player enhance his charm value? Now that City of asurent is under martial law, filled with outsiders coming for the Caius Tower, where could he find such an opportunity?" whispered mbers from the Remote Control Army Guild like Rimu Sheng and Fang Yuanyi.
"The tracking compass shows he’s in our parallel instance, his location might be..." a cute girl wearing boxing gloves lifted her head, looking toward Central City: "...there."
...
Currently facing a criminal, unable to utter a single word, the "Psychological Counselor" Lv Shu heard the system broadcast and gazed towards the core area.
"Why aren’t you coming out..." Lv Shu dryly talked to himself. He had been waiting for Su Ming’an for an entire three days.
A follower unable to locate the player they were supposed to follow, he considered himself the most unfortunate follower.
...
Su Ming’an opened his panel, gaining a new honor and skill.
[Honor Gained (Star of Charm): Your charm makes the world unable to resist, including the affectionate Boss Bunny, who cries itself to sleep over you every night, wondering when will you spare it a glance?]
[Passive Skill Gained (Missionary Halo) (Gold Level): Your words beco incredibly persuasive. When you communicate over long periods, others are easily swayed by you.]
[Gained Honor Points: 40.]
...
Su Ming’an nad the black cat Black Fla.
His first instinct was to na it "Little Black," but realizing it matched Lv Shu’s naming standards, he decided against it.
He let Black Fla peacefully rest on his shoulder as a mascot, tidying up the gun parts.
According to Xike, the Dawn System was unaware that the Doctor had the password to shut it down. Once it found out, within its range of authority, it would do everything possible to erase him.
He had spent these three days cooped up in the lab, improving his firearms. Until the selection for Caius Tower ended, a Perfect Pass would not happen; it would only erge after the world storyline completely concluded.
Before the selection at Caius Tower, it was a safe period. He could comfortably accumulate strength in preparation for the grand battle with Dawn.
He moved his wheelchair, heading towards the room where the Dawn System was located.
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