[Infinite Overload: You can isolate the mental pressure caused by installing Cyberware and install various Cyberware without limit.]
Being immune to the pressure of installing Cyberware is truly an invincible ability in the Cyberpunk worldview, on the same level as [Virus Adaptor].
"However, System, I have something to ask you."
The abilities rewarded from the two worlds are not universal. If Asa perfectly integrates the T-Virus, what will happen to the virus in the Cyberpunk world?
And if the Cyberware installed in the Cyberpunk world is immune to mental pressure, will it recur when returning to the Resident Evil world?
He was curious.
[World change detected, opening equipment interface.]
[2077 World Equipment Slot opened.]
A mannequin diagram from a cyberpunk game appeared before Asa eyes, with each part adjustable and zoomable according to his will.
The page was very familiar, almost identical to the one in the game.
"The 2077 world has an equipment slot, so does the Resident Evil world have one too?"
Asa immediately began an experiment, and the scenery inside the apartment instantly turned black and white.
A white underground research base; he had returned to the Resident Evil world once again.
[Automatically switched to Bio-Equipment Slot.]
Vastly different from the mannequin equipment slot in the 2077 world, the Bio-Equipment Slot featured a giant DNA double helix structure. Where Asa gaze focused, blank equipment slots appeared one after another.
It seemed that various biological archetypes were needed for equipment.
[The materials that can be equipped differ for each world. The host can switch equipment slots at any time. Attribute points, skills, etc., will not change due to the switching of equipment slots.]
The system provided an explanation.
After a while, Asa gradually understood everything.
Simply put, the various pathogens in the Resident Evil world are equipment. After perfectly merging with a pathogen, the increase in basic attributes will not change due to switching equipment slots.
The same goes for the boosts provided by Cyberware. Regardless of the type of equipment, the boost is only applied once; trying to step on your left foot with your right to fly to the sky is impossible.
(For those who don't understand, just think of it as the stacking of basic values in a simultaneous transmigration story.)
Asa could also use 2077's Cyberware in the Resident Evil world, but the [Go With the Flow] talent would automatically convert into [Virus Adaptor].
After understanding clearly, Asa felt it was quite convenient. Each world had a different worldview, and he didn't want to appear in the Resident Evil world covered in Cyberware; that would be too conspicuous.
This kind of plug-and-play was quite good.
In the 2077 world, it was still 2073, in the city of Atlanta, which was only briefly mentioned in the game.
Asa identity was an employee of Kang Tao in a certain major eastern country. After getting tired of the 007 work schedule, he flew to Atlanta on a visa-free entry in a fit of rage.
Just as the broadcast said.
"Come to Atlanta, find a happy life."
After settling his identification and renting a cheap apartment, Asa had twenty thousand Eurodollars left in his Money Chip, which was more than enough to live for a year if he spent sparingly.
But Asa wasn't really here to enjoy himself.
The Resident Evil world was indeed full of crises, but the treasures within were also countless.
Not to mention the various viruses that could be merged, the fact that the monsters there could provide Asa with experience points was enough to make him take the risk.
Getting stronger by killing monsters and getting stronger like a superman—Asa wanted to grasp both and excel in both.
Having sorted out the current situation, Asa began to take action.
Asa immediately turned on the computer and found the locations of the most legitimate local Ripperdoc Clinics and weapon shops.
Searching for shops on the city's local area network was quite convenient. Enter the keywords, and the first one pops up. After all, people could no longer surf on the globally connected Old Net.
Ever since the legendary netrunner Bartmoss crashed the Net, this was how everyone did it.
Therefore, access to information in this world was extremely narrow. Asa wanted to check the situation in Night City, but found he had no access rights at all. People in this city didn't care how those on the West Coast were living.
Finding the locations of the Ripperdoc Clinic and the weapon shop, he walked out of the apartment. The dirty, run-down corridors and foul-mouthed crowds he remembered from the game did not appear.
People were rushing to and fro, the stream of traffic was orderly, and dazzling, colorful holographic films lit up the skyscrapers.
This was Atlanta, a high-tech city under the NUSA.
Gang wars? Scavengers harvesting kidneys?
It's not that they didn't exist, but you wouldn't see them on the streets.
All residents had to obey the management of corporations and the federal government. Surveillance cameras were everywhere on street corners and roads. If the police didn't arrive at the scene within three minutes of a crime, it was considered a failure.
Safety—Asa truly felt it.
Spending 0.5 Eurodollars to take the city subway, the people around him were cold and distant.
Most people were first surprised by Asa appearance, but after discovering he didn't have any Cyberware, they labeled him an "out-of-touch" old-timer.
And then, there was no 'and then'.
They still had work to do.
Busy, tired, yet poor—this was the life of the common people in Atlanta.
Asa didn't communicate with anyone along the way until he reached the Ripperdoc Clinic in the city center.
There were no independent Ripperdoc Clinics in Atlanta; all clinics either belonged to a corporation or were simply run by the NUSA government.
In one of the endings a few years later, the clinic run by Viktor, who was like family to the protagonist V, would also be acquired by Zetatech.
Coincidentally, the place Asa went to this time was a Zetatech Ripperdoc Clinic.
"Welcome!"
The attendant, whose body was covered in a layer of silver metallic skin, smiled sweetly. She first brought out a connector, but after seeing no signs of cybernetic modification on Asa, she switched to a form without changing her expression.
"Sir, if it's your first time undergoing cybernetic modification, you need to show your identification."
Asa liked to do things by the book.
After filling out the identification, checking for physical defects, and determining suitability for cybernetic modification, and once several steps were completed, Asa finally sat on the recliner and explained his needs to the Ripperdoc.