After a burst of white light, an extra item appeared on Lin Yuan's fishing rod: a bottle with a blue brain icon pasted onto it.
Its description naturally appeared before his eyes.
[RAM Jolt]
[Origin: Cyberpunk 2077]
[Category: Consumable]
[Effect: One of the consumables hackers may use. After drinking it, the user's maximum RAM capacity increases.]
Lin Yuan did not bother reading the long string of notes underneath.
Then he immediately added Cyberpunk 2077 to his personal blacklist of bonded worlds.
God damn it, 2077!
If he were still alive, he would absolutely have accepted this thing with a grin.
Hacking, RAM, all that stuff—it sounded cool as hell. Sure, maybe its versatility was a bit lacking, but collecting a whole set of it still wouldn't be a loss, right?
Maybe later he could even do the classic chat-group thing: head over to 2077 and run missions with David. Then he could glare at the enemy with both eyes and bam—overwhelm a whole crowd with sheer domineering aura. Never mind whether it was actually strong or not. Just tell him whether it looked cool.
But the problem was that he was a dead man right now, so what use was this thing to him?
What was he supposed to install cyberware into—his phylactery?
He wasn't a lich!
"In the end, there are just too few things dead people can actually use…"
Staring at the bottle hanging from the rod, Lin Yuan couldn't help thinking that to himself.
Among cyberpunk-type worlds, Carmen's City would probably suit him better…
After all, the City genuinely had a whole pile of mind-over-matter forces.
As for Jonathan's side… that would depend on the version. If the timeline had updated to the Stand era, then there should probably be things there that he could use.
And Arknights—there were even more things there that could interact with souls.
The only awkward part was that Lin Yuan wasn't sure he could afford another round of using his cheat. He probably didn't have that much lifespan left.
Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly noticed a prompt from the chat group in front of him.
[High-energy response detected.]
[RAM Jolt, produced in the Cyberpunk 2077 world.]
[After analysis, the products of this world are mostly technological creations and possess relatively high levels of technology-side energy. They have a strong supplementary effect on the chat group's energy supply. During reclamation, a certain degree of premium buyback will be applied.]
[Reclaim?]
Sorry. I was wrong. I'll never run my mouth again.
Lin Yuan looked at his fishing rod, then at the bottle on it, then at his bonded worlds…
The hatred in his eyes for 2077 vanished, leaving behind only a burning lust for money.
I wronged you!
So it wasn't that dead people couldn't use these things—it was that selling them to the chat group was way more cost-effective. Now he finally knew where points were supposed to come from.
At the start of any game, anything that speeds up your economic growth is absolutely part of the core logic, got it?
From now on, there is only one sun in my heart: Night City!
"Reclaim it! Reclaim it!"
[Reclamation in progress… Technology-side energy has been absorbed and fully converted into points for return.]
[You have obtained 21 points.]
Though it was a somewhat awkward number, after gnawing through the footnote-like essay below, Lin Yuan more or less understood where those points came from.
Simply put, this chat group was like a half-built base, and points were its energy supply. Right now, the only part still functioning in that base was the conversion device.
As for how to repair the other modules? Simple: power them.
As long as he fed junk into the conversion device, it could directly produce the most versatile form of energy: points.
After that, functions like check-ins and missions could gradually be repaired.
Check-ins were like building solar panels—after that, the chat group would finally be able to make money on its own.
Missions were like building a radio tower—after that, it could receive requests from other worlds, and the chat group could start taking contractor work. Complete the client's demands, and they'd get paid the final balance.
Now he understood.
And besides that, as the most universal form of energy, points could naturally also be used to perform enhancement procedures on group members.
In simple terms, that meant the functions for redeeming abilities and strengthening abilities.
Of course, there were conversion rates involved. If it was energy from a more metaphysical source being turned into points, then there would be some loss. The most efficient source was a purely technology-based world like 2077.
Looking at his fishing rod, Lin Yuan felt as though he could see the road to wealth and prosperity opening before him.
Because points could be converted into soul power.
And right now, what the Primordial River was grinding away at was exactly Lin Yuan's soul power…
Which meant that points could extend Lin Yuan's lifespan!
[1 point may be exchanged for 1 hour of lifespan.]
It looked like a small amount, but if you actually did the math, he had spent three hours fishing up that thing.
A guaranteed profit.
Death had retreated a little farther away.
But Lin Yuan did not immediately exchange the points. Instead, he kept reading downward…
[Main Quest Issued: Function Unlock]
[Most of the chat group's functions are currently abandoned, but they may be repaired by spending points.]
[The nearest function currently available for repair: Group Check-In]
[After a total of 100 points has been spent by all group members, this quest may be completed.]
[AAA Urban Female Ghost:] Hm? Why did this suddenly appear… @Lord of the Pure White Throne, was this your doing?
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] Yeah. I managed to earn a few points on my side.
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] You can think of it simply like this: after I help people on your end, I can establish contact with your worlds, then fish things up from those worlds. And basically everything I catch can be exchanged for points.
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] Pretty lucky, really. The first world I connected to happened to be David's kind of place… things from his world sell for a lot more.
[Let Night City Burn:] Ah, was I actually able to help? If so, then that's really great…
Looks like the system had recognized that he'd started obtaining points.
Lin Yuan let out a breath inwardly. Then he thought for a moment and began typing again.
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] Also, after putting together the clues we currently have, I've thought things through a bit.
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] Once we unlock a certain number of functions, we may be able to use this chat group—and enough points—to achieve resurrection.
[Founder of the Golden Spirit:] Resurrection… I am not actually in a great hurry for such a thing. But I will do my utmost to help everyone.
Seeing Jonathan's words, Lin Yuan recalled how his story ended, and his expression immediately turned a little strange.
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] Ahem. Jonathan Joestar, right? I think maybe… you should hurry up a little.
[Founder of the Golden Spirit:] ?
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] Remember what I said earlier? I know a fair bit about all of your worlds. Or rather, I more or less understand the course of your lives.
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] @Founder of the Golden Spirit, did you know that Dio never actually died?
[Founder of the Golden Spirit:] ?
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] When the ship exploded, you thought he'd perished with you, right? But that bastard got into a coffin, stole your body, pulled off a Street Fighter move, slept on the bottom of the sea for over a hundred years, and then got hauled back up by fishermen.
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] And after coming back to life, he kept tormenting your descendants the whole time. Using your body, with his head on top of it.
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] So… maybe you should be a little more urgent after all?
[Founder of the Golden Spirit:] ?
[Founder of the Golden Spirit:] ???
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