Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

”That guy Tamil is all geared up to show off in front of you.”

Watching Tamil single-handedly spar with Gao Jin, Daisila chuckled, having no intention to intervene.

Gao Gong smiled and asked:

”How many people are at your level now?”

Ordinary Hunters can implant the Hunter Module after level 20, but to wield it with perfect mastery, nearing level 30, requires considerable effort.

Daisila recalled for a moment and blurted out a number.

”Over 70, so many?”

The number was a bit beyond Gao Gong’s expectations, considering he had only left the desert for just over a month.

Daisila shook her head and gave a cold smile, ”For that, we have to thank the Mechanical Committee.”

The factory’s Mechanical Committee acts as a production representative for various enterprises, indifferent to the life and death of desert natives. They care about increasing the factory’s production efficiency and output.

And the ’Energy Annihilation Agent’ Gao Gong provided gave them just such an opportunity.

Mass production and release of the agent, then more production and more releases.

In danger zones previously inaccessible, especially within the Energy Mine District, numerous emerging factories sprung up.

Then, the Hunter community stumbled upon an embarrassing situation—they were unemployed.

Without low-level Radiation Beasts to build the base food chain, high-level Radiation Beasts had already fled.

The remaining Mechanical Hunters were stunned, left with two choices: switch careers or head to the near sea to hunt Marine Radiation Beasts.

Diving into the sea, biting the bullet, wasn’t out of the question.

But the problem was, even if they wanted to go to sea, they had no boats—their kind of Beast Hunting Ship must be specially made, with a hull and sides strong enough to withstand impact comparable to missile attacks.

The regional force, ’Mechanical Hunters,’ naturally had no boats.

But Gao Gong had connections.

Through cooperation with the Public Security Corps, Mechanical Hunters provided manpower and the Security Corps provided ships, making for a very happy collaboration between the two forces.

What could they say, surrender then? The rumored Advanced Hunter transformation might be true or not, but in any case, it’s better than starving.

The transformation is even more addictive than going to sea; no one refuses the enhancement of power. Once you try it, there’s no turning back. In just a month, ’Mechanical Hunters’ had gathered ninety percent of the strong Hunters in the desert.

”I see.”

Gao Gong grinned, ”Since everyone’s working so hard, I can’t be idle.”

He walked up to the rooftop, faint bioelectric currents began to circle around him, his hand grasping the air, a faint glow brewing in his palm: red, blue, white, purple—each color representing the aura of a different Radiation Beast.

In the next moment, a terrifying Radiant Field instantly covered the entire abandoned construction site.

Two lines of notifications flooded the system panels of all players—

[You are blessed by the Radiant Field, all attributes +20%]

[Enemies affected by the Radiant Field, all attributes -30%, Additional State, Radiation Beast Fear]

Radiation Beast Fear: In the eyes of the enemy, every combatant turns into a horrific monster

”Monster? Like those beaten up by Ultraman?”

The Red Flower Demon quipped, flicking out Whiteboard wolf claws, attacking a gang member.

However, in the eyes of the gang member, a 3 or 4-meter tall Steel Reaper with blood-red eyes lunged at him.

All players began to notice that these NPCs became much easier to deal with, they might even turn and run in sheer terror when you charge at them.

”I’m really that strong!!”

Watching the gang members constantly influenced by the Radiant Field, Gao Gong snickered, ”In Nightless City, there are two kinds of people you can’t offend: a Prosthetic Doctor and a Cyber Hacker. And you offended both.”

”Don’t you know, without an introduction, never go to a Prosthetic Doctor for surgery? Do you really think I’m running a shop openly just to serve the public?”

Gao Gong snapped his fingers, and the next moment, every gang member present, whom he had transformed, froze, their expressions turning ferocious as granulation squeezed out from their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses.

’Co-evolution Seed’: Under the influence of this seed, your Mechanical Body and Organism cooperate more harmoniously, immersing you into a special system of co-evolution.

Gao Gong indeed hadn’t tampered with these ’patients’’ prosthetic bodies.

He merely implanted a ’Evolution Seed’ into every Transformer.

After so many days of brewing, the seed had already infiltrated every cell.

This was originally the Knight Order’s secret technique.

But under the influence of the Fusion Route, it quickly became a skill of Gao Gong’s.

”Ah, that sweet taste.”

Gao Gong took a deep breath, the crimson tattoos on his body gleaming, flesh spores blossoming repeatedly.

Among the present, a third of the gang members had undergone transformation.

Their prosthetic bodies remained intact, but their bodies began to wither.

[Your top-tier Biological Plugin - Crimson Empress enters unsealing stage, 1%, 2%...5%...15%...30%...90%...]

[Reached 100%, Crimson Empress Bloodline unsealed]

[Your Reproductive System transformation +3%]

The patterns on Gao Gong’s body disappeared, but one of his eyes turned red, contrasting dramatically with the white Eye of Truth.

Fortunately, it would only change color when activated.

Otherwise, Gao Gong would have to wear colored contact lenses to leave the house.

[Prosthetic Doctor job transition task - Third item - Successful large-scale prosthetic experiment]

[Your job transition task is complete, Rewards: Agility +2, Endurance +2, Intelligence +2, Perception +2]

[Please choose your employment direction from the following four advanced professions—Mechanical Department Transformation Maniac/Brain Medicine Master/Radiation Department Mutant Massage Therapist/Research Department Geneticist]

Of these four advanced professions, the Mechanical Department Transformation Maniac aims at full-body transformation—whether purely mechanical, bionic, organ transplant, or substitute, in short, modify!

In the eyes of a Transformation Maniac, if you still have original parts, then you’re sick, and sickness needs to be excised, needs surgery!

The Medicine Master leans towards support, and their treatment target is not the Primordial People, but Clones, Modified Humans, Robots, Bionic Men, specializing in various special psychoses, including but not limited to cyber psychosis, virtual personality disorder, mechanical phantom limb, mimicry mutation, logic virus infection, etc. Their professional skill is [Emotion Castration], so when you leave the hospital feeling clear-headed, you’ll never know if you’re truly back to normal.

The Mutant Massage Therapist is oriented towards biological body transformation, adept at using various Radiation Powers to stimulate diseased human organs, forcibly ’ripening’ them. The professional skill [Radiation Massage] uses radioactive materials to ’enhance’ the human body.

In the eyes of a Massage Therapist, mutated monsters are the future templates for humanity. The famous Mutant Massage Therapist, Heinkes, has a classic saying—Ugly is Beautiful.

As for the Geneticist, it is the most normal of the four advanced professions, a jack-of-all-trades and master of none. Moreover, this advanced profession often requires the aid of various large-scale medical apparatuses, so it’s mostly employed by big corporations.

Gao Gong hesitated between Transformation Maniac and Mutant Massage Therapist.

Considering that the Mechanical Split Star is a Cyber Test Field of the Mechanical Civilization where obtaining Advanced Mechanical Blueprints is relatively easy, he decisively chose the Massage Therapist.

A male massage therapist, and a mutant one!

Strangely, it feels perfectly suited to him.

[Selection complete, you are now a Radiation Department Mutant Massage Therapist, Personality -10, Street Reputation +1000, Species Intimidation +100, Title acquired, Chaotic Mutation Follower]——

Chaotic Mutation Follower: You will incur fear and disgust from lower-level species, but become a mentor to power believers. Infection, mutation, deformity, evolution, God created man on the sixth day, you will mutate man into gods on the seventh day.

[You gain Professional Specialization, Non-human Form Surgical Transformation, Species Adaptability +10%, Transformation Success Rate +15%, Abnormal Transformation Success Rate +30%, your modifications will add abnormal functions to the human body]

[You have comprehended Advanced Knowledge [Mutated Gene Map]]

[You have comprehended Advanced Knowledge [Radiation Energy]]

[You have comprehended Advanced Knowledge [Species Packaging]]

Worth mentioning, when all the professional knowledge of the Prosthetic Doctor is illuminated, it forms a Professional Knowledge Chain.

This Professional Knowledge Chain is called ’Life Technology.’

And this ’Life Technology’ is one of the six Knowledge Chains of the Level 2 Civilization ’Brain Domain Civilization.’

Only then did Gao Gong let out a sigh of relief.

”Finally wrapped up this darn job transition!”

Gao Gong directed his gaze towards where Gao Jin was.

”Now, just need to settle with you!”