Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 269 31. Top Floor
On the second day after the prosthetic transformation was completed, Carl, who had packed up his things and was ready to move, was just about to move his box full of weapons. V, who had stayed at his place the night before, hurried over and moved his things for him.

"Karl, let me take care of the moving today. Didn't Old Wei tell you not to exercise too much these two days?"

"I feel fine. Moving something is not exercise."

Although he said so, Carl had no intention of reaching out to take the weapons back from V as he saw V pick up a box full of weapons.

He is still a little bit uncomfortable with the way his legs feel now.

The new prosthesis that Carl installed at Lao Wei's place yesterday is called "Reinforced Tendon".

Strengthens tendons: Biomechanical connective tissue that provides support to the leg muscles.

This prosthesis will not replace the original flesh and bones, but will act as a support to assist the original flesh and blood, so Carl did not feel any emptiness in his legs.

If we were to describe the feeling that this transformation brought to Carl, it would probably be that his legs were extra strong. In contrast, the door that he couldn't open with his feet before could now be easily kicked open. Another thing is that
Carl jumped slightly on the spot, feeling his legs were quite light.

But that’s not all.

Carl remembered that Lao Wei had said that when the tendon is installed, it will be equipped with an air turbine. The principle of this turbine is similar to that of the ram air turbine of an airplane. It uses the airflow when jumping up to drive the operation. It stores enough compressed air in it, and then when necessary, the user who jumps in the air can launch a compressed air downwards, and use the reaction force to perform a double jump. (There is no official explanation, so I can only write it according to the general principle.)
Although Carl is not very proficient in the double jump because he has just installed it not long ago, he has already called the owner of the Mewtwo store to ask him to pay attention to Mewtwo. When the time comes, he can learn how to use it from Mewtwo.

After feeling the movement, Carl asked about V's prosthetics: "Come to think of it, you said I had a prosthetic. Didn't you also have one? V, how do you feel about it? Can you adapt to it? If not, ask Oliver and Jack to come over and move it?"

"I'm in good health."

V held the weapon box in one hand and took the box of pots and pans from the side with the other hand, stacking the two boxes together. "It's better to say that I've never felt so good. I feel full of strength."

"I installed Krenzikov, intelligent control, and Sian Westin all at once, and there are no major problems. You are exaggerating."

Carl was amazed at V's performance, although he didn't know if he could also hold so much in one breath.

"If you want to say it's really exaggerated, it was the prosthesis I disassembled originally. I didn't expect that so much sand had entered the key parts inside, and it had aged so badly. Thinking about it carefully, I have to admire how I used that kind of operating system in the past."

Listening to V's answer, Carl recalled the bloody scene when the box was dismantled, with gravel coagulating in the black blood. He felt that this was indeed a bit too exaggerated.

This guy V has that kind of prosthesis, but there is nothing wrong with it. It really makes people doubt the adaptability of his prosthesis. Is it because his body has gotten used to it?

However, Carl still has a reminder for V, who seems to be fine now:
"The Sian Westin you installed is the latest operating system developed by military technology. If you are not used to it, you must tell us immediately and we will go to Lao Wei to help you remove it. Let someone who has never installed Sian Westin use the latest cutting-edge technology right from the start. Now that I think about it, I should have persuaded you with Lao Wei and let you try other things first."

V didn't care about Carl's words. It was probably because he was a simple-minded wanderer. V's answer made Carl speechless: "The latest model means the best. The best things must be the most adaptable. There's nothing to worry about."

"The Wanderer Tribe should have taught you this, right? Or have you never learned this? Don't you understand that some research and developments are made to enhance certain aspects at the expense of other aspects?"

This guy V really dares to put anything on his body.

Carl said, looking at V's expression, he knew that his words were not heard by him at all. There is one more daring person in the team. This team is almost becoming a reckless team. Anyway, if something goes wrong, now with the modified Hera and the hovercraft, V can be quickly sent to Old V.

Carl followed V, who was holding a stack of boxes, out of the door. In his hand, he held a whole bag of frozen food that he had just taken out of the refrigerator. He looked back at the house on the fourth floor that had been with him for almost four months.

The inside of the house now looks exactly the same as it did four months ago. It is waiting and welcoming the next tenant of Night City to enter.

Just like Night City, it always stands there. Even if it has suffered a blow, it is always there, waiting for generations of people to come and go, witnessing generations of legends or glory, or the end. No matter what, it is here.

Coming and going, but still the same?

But people are already taking steps forward.

Going towards a higher place.

While waiting with V in the elevator that had been repaired during the trip to the Badlands, Carl watched the light of the elevator going down continuously, then looked at the buildings in the distance that kept disappearing from his sight as he rose, and he suddenly thought of this sentence.

Idiots always like to climb mountains.

He didn't know where he remembered this sentence from, but it left a deep impression on him and he couldn't forget it.

So why do idiots like to climb mountains?

Maybe it's just because
High above, standing on that mountain over there, be it.

So high and mighty.

The elevator reached the top floor.

This floor has its own exclusive floor elevator and related elevators that are blocked off, but because they have not yet been put into use, the public elevator can still reach this floor.

The elevator door opened.

Greeting Carl and V were the busy Jack, Oliver, and T-BUG.

They all arrived earlier than Carl and V, and at this time, they were busy preparing for their future home.

'Home?'

Thinking of this word in his mind, Karl walked out of the elevator and stepped onto the top floor as several people who looked over greeted him.

(End of this chapter)