Chapter 17: Reckoning

Out of secrecy and the need to protect yourself.

Victor placed his clinic in the basement of a closed alley.

If you don't have an acquaintance, even if you walk by, you won't notice that there is a street prosthetic clinic here.

Street prosthetic doctors have never been a legal profession in Liberty City's laws.

Medical centers and hospitals have always hated these street prosthetic doctors.

These street doctors, who hold rudimentary instruments and rely on a certain metaphysics to cure them, have taken away a lot of customers by virtue of their low prices.

Many people are obviously rich, but out of cost-effective considerations, they choose street prosthetic doctors.

Mega-corporations also hate these street prosthetic doctors.

These prosthetic doctors paid a low fee to meet the needs of the poor ghosts.

Let them stop working as hard.

They had to have money to maintain their prosthetic limbs, and if they had cyberpsychosis, they had to buy medicine to cure them.

If only there were no cheap prosthetic doctors.

The poor devils will not complain about sixteen hours of work.

Because as long as they stop, they won't be able to pay that long medical bill.

The Liberty City government also hates street prosthetic doctors.

The reason is that these bastards don't pay taxes.

It is the duty of every citizen to pay taxes.

Even a homeless man should pay taxes to Liberty City for every breath of air he breathes, every ray of sunlight he rays on.

Those police officers sometimes carry out raids on street prosthetic doctors.

Of course, the corruption of police officers in Liberty City is well known.

In most cases, it is possible to avoid disaster.

Prosthetic doctor Victor is cautious by nature and always feels that it is good to be careful.

In general, we only accept customers who have been introduced by acquaintances.

In this way, he reduced the risk of being detected and allowed him to operate steadily.

Unlike other prosthetic doctors, they are always forced to change places.

The grounds of the clinic are clean.

The ventilation duct makes a sound under the agitation of the fan blades, and the slightly fishy air pours into the clinic along the air vent, replacing the dull air.

Machines dedicated to prosthetic surgery are placed in an orderly manner, and the indicator lights are flashing to indicate that they are on standby.

The walls around it are lined with various enclosed mechanical prosthetics.

Robotic palms, robotic wrists, robotic arms, electronic prosthetic eyes, electronic hearts, implanted chips, etc.

All parts of the human body have corresponding mechanical prosthetic replacements.

On the wall, there is even a sleek, shiny electronic brain.

According to Victor's introduction, this is an electronic brain left over from the glorious era of mankind, with a neural network system far beyond the human brain.

It was something left by his father's father.

As for how it came about, no one knows.

In Victor's heart, this electronic brain is equivalent to some kind of family heirloom.

It's just on display here, not for sale.

David was lying on an operating chair.

Victor, wearing special eyepieces, was examining him.

Bai Qi sat on a chair next to him, watching all this curiously.

He'd seen a lot of gang members with implanted prosthetics.

But he had never seen the implantation of a prosthesis.

He was in a coma when he was implanted with an electronic prosthetic eye, and naturally it was impossible to see the process.

"The nerve connections are all severed, which is a nuisance." Victor observed for a while and shook his head, "This operation may take a long time, you two should go and rest first." ”

"I won't fall asleep when I wake up, I'll just watch here. And those people may still be looking for us, and they can't let their guard down. ”

Qin Zheng rejected Victor's proposal, and then looked at Bai Qi.

"You go to sleep first."

"I want to stay here too."

"You need sleep, tomorrow we may have something to do!! You don't want to be kicked out of the car by me because you are sleepy!! ”

Qin Zheng's words made Bai Qi speechless, so he could only stand up and leave the clinic.

Upstairs, Misty found him a place to rest.

After sending Bai Qi away, Qin Zheng casually pulled a chair over and sat directly on the side.

Victor looked intently at the smooth incision.

Set out to repair David's robotic arm.

He put on his gloves and used ultrasound to probe the nerve structures, ready to connect them.

The ultrasonic data is returned to a multi-angle display on the side, on which the complex mechanical structure is revealed.

Victor operated while looking at the image on the display.

Once the inspection is complete, the repair begins.

A soft, ring-shaped nerve connector descends from the side.

Under Victor's guidance, David placed his severed arm into the ring, and another severed arm was also placed in it by Victor.

With a clicking sound, a number of miniature robotic arms grew out and operated according to the instructions entered by Victor.

A progress bar appears on the display.

At the same time, there are also words and numbers scrolling together.

Reconnecting the neural cables of the robotic arm is an extremely draining, repetitive task.

The slightest carelessness can cause various problems with the robotic arm.

Victor spent three hours.

It was late at night when Qin Zheng and the others came.

By the time the last hair-thin nerve was connected, it was already dawn.

Once the nerves were connected, the mechanical bones and shells were welded, and the treatment was completed.

"Even if the repair technology is good, its performance will not be restored to the previous one, I will install a regulator for you, in that case, it can effectively reduce the problem of hand tremor caused by nerve connection."

When the work was done, Victor, who had taken off his eyepieces, stretched his tired waist.

"A mechanical arm has 350,000 credits, and I can't afford to change it."

David looked helpless.

In pursuit of performance, the mechanical prosthetics on his body are all brand new.

It's not second-hand goods in exchange.

In order to get this mechanical prosthetic.

He and Qin Zheng went on missions every day.

The money saved is used to exchange it for a prosthetic leg.

It's not like Qin Zhengquan spends money on women.

In order to become a new generation legend of Liberty City, David has really invested in blood.

"Now we have to go to the black fat man to settle the account, he doesn't pay attention to the rules, so we don't need to talk about it."

After confirming that David's robotic arm is connected.

Qin Zheng went to wake up Bai Qi.

Misty, who got up, was also busy.

I'm going to get them something to eat.

Naturally, it's not a delicacy.

It's all cheap carb bars.

It is the most commonly used fast breakfast for the people at the bottom of the St. Ann's district.

The taste is very bland, but it provides the energy needed for the day.

Misty puts the carb rod in a bowl, adds water, puts it in the heater, and sets the time.

The heater buzzed, and the indicator light flashed.

Misty turned around and went back to other things.

She took out some ant beef that she hadn't eaten last night and sliced it.

Wait for the timer to beep and put in the thinly sliced ant beef.

Another sealed bottle was opened.

The bottle contained a white nutrient solution secreted by the worms.

This nutrient solution is also known as worm milk.

The protein content is high and the taste is good.

If it weren't for the lack of choice, Qin Zheng would rarely drink these things.

He had seen the production process of worm milk.

It can only be described as spicy eyes.

A group of five or six meters long, white and chubby worms, were milked by intelligent machinery in the breeding factory.

The picture is extremely impactful.

Once you see it, you'll never forget it.

Those worms are all the product of genetic modification.

The glorious age of mankind was too crazy.

The population is growing at an extremely fast rate.

In order to ensure the supply of food.

Those scientists have genetically edited a large number of animals.

Naturally, the tenacious insects are also favored by humans.

Modify the genetic sequence of the cockroach to make it a raw material for protein blocks.

The genes of the green worm and the cow are mixed to make them eat all kinds of waste, which is converted into high-yielding, high-quality meat and milk.

Misty simply heats up the carb bar, pours the worm milk into the cup, and finishes the breakfast.

After the carbohydrate rod was heated, it absorbed water and expanded, turned into a breadstick, and placed it on the table, and Qin Zheng and the others each found a place to sit.

"Are you going to find the fat black man?"

Misty, who had just sat down, saw Qin Zheng under his coat and put on a worn-out body armor, and knew what they were going to do today.