Chapter Eighteen: Remy, Statistics, Hacker!
Taking out the Hunter’s card, he uploaded all the on-site information and received a notification that the bounty was completed. The reward needed to be claimed either at the waste processing plant or from the hunter machines scattered throughout the city. The remaining raiders’ bodies could be taken for recycling, though Su Cheng kept the useful parts for himself.
Just as he was about to check his points, a tall woman suddenly leapt down from the stone bridge. She had sharp brown cropped hair and wore a striking red leather outfit paired with high heels. Her legs were red prosthetics, and a mask concealed her face, hiding her features. Beneath her low-cut top, a large expanse of pale skin was exposed, accentuating her ample figure in an almost exaggerated way.
Su Cheng immediately raised his gun. “The bounty’s already done.”
Although his gun was out of bullets, one never knew.
The woman raised her hands calmly, her chest armor blinking once. “Are you new? There’s an unspoken rule among hunters—not to attack each other.”
Su Cheng slowly lowered his gun but kept a particle-cutting long knife ready in his hand.
The other party was a hunter as well.
He didn’t believe in such rules, especially ones that weren’t written.
“My codename is Remy,” the woman said with a smile as she lowered her hands, “Holding them up is tiring anyway.”
She rubbed her shoulders, causing her chest to press forward even more provocatively. “I’m a mid-level hunter, just one simple task away from leveling up. Didn’t expect you to beat me to it. Looks like I’ll have to move on. What’s your name?”
“You don’t need to know.”
Su Cheng slung his gun behind his back, gathered the raiders’ bodies from the ground, and prepared to leave on his bike.
Remy watched his retreating figure, licking her lips seductively. “Ignoring me completely? Interesting. Hope we meet again.”
She smiled enticingly, flexed her prosthetic legs slightly, and leapt back onto the stone bridge.
Su Cheng stripped all the prosthetics off the raiders and gathered them together.
Only one set was an E-grade mechanical prosthetic; the rest were mechanical hydraulic types.
No wonder the bounty reward was so low.
These people were too weak.
Opening his Hunter’s card, he checked his points:
Hunter Codename: Shadow
Points: 30
Hunter Level: Beginner
Information Access Level: Beginner
Item Purchase Level: Beginner
Points Needed for Upgrade: 100
He actually had 30 points! This bounty only gave 5 points, but the previous wealthy client’s bounty had rewarded him 25!
After putting away the card, he searched the base carefully and found five beginner energy packs.
After packing everything into a box, Su Cheng rode his motorcycle to deliver it home.
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Then he went to the waste processing plant to claim his rewards and the beginner nutrient solution for the day.
“Still working today?” No Brain asked, looking at Su Cheng as he returned from the plant, pointing to the clock on the door.
Su Cheng glanced up.
“17:18.”
“No, tomorrow then.”
The sky was gradually darkening.
He had to meet that woman again at eight.
No need to change clothes.
He gathered all the submachine guns and pistols together. Although he didn’t like using them, his rifle was out of ammo.
He could only upgrade them by fusion.
After the fusion upgrade, he took out all his current belongings and inventoried them.
Guns: one B-model kinetic pistol, one electromagnetic kinetic rifle, one E-model energy pistol, and the newly upgraded D-model kinetic pistol and D-model kinetic submachine gun.
Prosthetics: one B-model combat prosthetic, one C-model and one E-model mechanical prosthetic, and a D-model mechanical prosthetic missing the right leg.
Also, a particle-cutting long knife, a high-frequency cutting long knife, four bottles of advanced enhancement liquid, and one bottle of beginner nutrient solution.
He still had plenty of money—from previous nutrient sales and funds transferred by Zhu Shan’er—with a current balance of 3,946 alliance credits.
In just three short days, he had accumulated so many high-level items.
Most importantly, his body had been perfectly optimized twenty times and enhanced seven times!
Without the Dimension’s Eye, he wouldn’t have dared to dream of this.
Fusion upgrading was progressing rapidly, but he remained unsatisfied.
“Should I use my hunter identity to buy enough nutrient solution all at once?”
Su Cheng furrowed his brows, pondering.
Buying 600 bottles of inferior nutrient solution at once as ‘Shadow’ would allow him to fuse upgrade into 18 bottles of D-model enhancement drugs, one basic enhancement liquid, and one advanced nutrient solution.
He would only need about five more enhancements to advance further!
Tomorrow, then.
Besides, even with a hunter identity, he would certainly attract attention. Better to plan carefully.
He sorted everything neatly and made a sheath for the particle-cutting long knife from alloy.
The time had reached early evening.
The sky was completely dark.
“You still going on the date or not? If not, we’ll play Big Head Mode. I’ve figured out how to play—it’s all about perfect dodges!”
No Brain shook his head while playing games.
“Stop playing and read more books. Strive to be someone useful to society, like me!”
Su Cheng walked over and grabbed the controller. “Just one game with you. One.”
“You’re a jerk! Saying read books, what’s wrong with you?”
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“I died again! It’s almost 7:30. Hurry and give me the controller, newbie. Go on your date!”
“Who even enjoys this game?”
Su Cheng put down the controller, picked up the B-model kinetic pistol, and sheathed the particle-cutting long knife at his waist. With the sheath, the striking red blade was no longer visible.
“Let’s go.”
He didn’t ride his bike. Pulling his coat’s hood low, he briskly walked through the streets.
“Another dark, moonless night.”
Looking up at the pitch-black sky, the radiation layer, like yellow dust, made even the sun barely visible.
So at night, the stars couldn’t be seen at all.
A gust of wind blew through, carrying a hint of the coming winter’s chill.
Homeless people on the roadside tightened their clothes. They wouldn’t survive the winter.
Despite many empty houses, without money for heating, they would still perish.
Su Cheng stopped before a building with a distinctly vintage design.
A few scattered lights shone inside, and there were two or three street stalls nearby.
The people around fell silent upon seeing Su Cheng, all eyes fixed on him.
He ignored them and climbed the stairs straight to the rooftop.
The building had no elevator, only stairs, five floors in total.
The hallway lights flickered dimly.
Reaching the rooftop, his chip immediately notified him of an incoming call.
“You’ve really changed tonight. Your disguise’s better than when you were hunting wild dogs. By the way, you’ve got two tailers behind you.”
“I know.”
Su Cheng had long noticed two sets of footsteps behind him.
“Where are you?”
“Take care of them first.”
Su Cheng turned to see two ragged men with the lowest-grade mechanical hydraulic prosthetics approaching, each holding a dagger.
“Hand over the money…”
Before they could finish, the black shadow suddenly appeared before them.
A flash of red light, and both men collapsed.
“Hmm, not bad. So ruthless and direct. Unbelievable.”
Su Cheng frowned and scanned the surroundings.
“Don’t bother looking. I’m not there.”
He said coldly, “Who exactly are you? What do you want?”
“Why so fierce? I’m a hacker.”
“I want to cooperate with you.”
“To show my sincerity, I’ll let you see what I look like.”
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