Seeing these pistols, Li Pan became interested. Night Walker gadgets are, of course, all military fine products from JYHAD EQUIPMENT, the Holy War Gear. Even though the company wouldn't put out their top-shelf goods, the performance of a Level 4 military weapon was already quite exceptional.
Speaking of firearms these days, although the designs and models of various big brands from Celestial companies vary and are too numerous to detail, the common types roughly fall into three categories and four attributes.
The three categories are projectile, technical, and intelligent; the four attributes are electromagnetic, thermal, kinetic, and explosive.
Attributes can be understood as damage types, really. There are more than just these four types, of course. If you're willing to spend the money, you can customize anything, even specialized bio-heads designed for guaranteed lethal strikes at the genetic level. But those kinds of tailored ammunition are only accessible to laboratories and large companies. As for the market, especially the black market, it's these four types of mass-produced ammunition that most users purchase. They have the highest sales volume and are the cheapest.
Projectile weapons are the most classic forms of human firearms, compatible with various types of ammunition for different damage types, ballistic assistance, Cyber Eye aiming, chip computing—its versatility has been technologically enhanced to perfection. Naturally, there are downsides. It requires enough skillfulness; how much power it unfolds is all about how you fit your accessories, choose your gear, how many bullets you've fed at the shooting range, and if you have that little bit of touch.
Technical weapons are generally referred to as experimental charge equipment, different from conventional firearms. It's more appropriate to call it a 'weapon launcher' component for a Prosthetic Body, because these weapons generally need to be used in conjunction with specially tailored prosthetic devices. Even the entire system requires the installation of specialized coordination software packages. Take for example, handheld Laser Cannons that must frequently emit special electromagnetic pulses, plasma, and ultra-high energy rays. Although their power is comparable to that of humanoid ship cannons, they also require a portable controlled fusion reactor to supply the weapon with energy.
Intelligent weapons are even simpler; they can't really be considered guns anymore. They're almost like robotic vacuum cleaners. You just turn on the safety, authorize the firing, and the Intelligent Assistance System handles everything for you. The downside is that smart bullets are too damn expensive. Each bullet is a micro-intelligent drone, and normal people simply can't afford to use them. Plus, they're always tracked online, and they can cripple you but are not designed to kill.
This isn't because the system values the safety of citizens' lives too much; it's mainly because everyone has debt nowadays. Shoot someone dead, oh great, you've had your fun, but who's going to pay the debts?
So, Li Pan chose a Level 4 Holy War Gear pistol, the 'Black Kite 91'. It's a large-caliber hunting handgun, black, thick, and huge—exactly the type that gangsters and hoodlums love. Probably could kill a person with the butt of the pistol even without bullets.
The feature of this handgun is exactly its immense size and power, capable of adapting to a variety of custom bullet specifications. However, due to its heavy recoil, ballistic coordination equipment is required to control it. Using it on people is somewhat overkill, but for blasting monsters, it's quite excellent.
K didn't make any further comments. Seeing that Li Pan had made his choice, he nodded, packed up the gear, and walked out onto the balcony.
"The room charge is paid, take your time leaving."
After saying that, she leaped from the fortieth floor.
Wow, eat and run, how decisive and cool.
But why leave? She did say that the room charge was paid.
So, Li Pan mooched in the five-star hotel for the night.
Damn, not paying with your own money, now that's comfortable!
The bed is both soft and fragrant, yay!
No more weird dreams like last night, yay!
No need to rush for the subway, sleeping in until daylight, yay!
And when he opened his eyes upon waking.
"Citizen Li Pan, account cash balance $6127.95, current loan repayment due $3379.38. Total debt $30XXXX.XX.
Your next debt payment is scheduled for settlement on the 15th of this month, with three days remaining before the payment date. Please ensure your account has sufficient balance."
Not going bankrupt this month! Yay!
In the morning, room service delivered a free couple's breakfast! Yay!
Li Pan happily ate for two.
Actually, the hotel stay for one night might cost more than five thousand already, right? Is it too little?
Well, it's not exactly right to calculate that way since the tax office is strict these days. You make $2500 a month, sell some blood and earn ten grand? Tax evasion! They definitely won't believe it and might even think you've done some dirty financial transaction and definitely would want to audit your accounts, demanding back taxes, which really might not be worth it.
Ah, forget it,
After all, this kind of one-night stand, a dewy relationship, mutually beneficial, happening once a month, doesn't matter.
So the new day of punching in and slacking off began.
There was a board meeting in two days, and Li Fan had just toured offices outside of the technical department yesterday. It was about time to check out some of the outsourced warehouses. Although the system didn't indicate any problems, other than Warehouse No. 7 having serious damage, it's still necessary to make a formal visit and sign in on-site.
Li Pan then started to study how to efficiently visit several dozen warehouses using the subway.
Because the routes were drawn out so blatantly on the Night City subway map, Mr007 noticed what Li Pan was up to and raised a sign asking,
'Do you want me to drive you there?'
Li Pan stared at it, forcing himself to calm down before asking with a trembling voice,