"Physical potential...20?"
"Reaction potential 20?!"
"Composure 16."
"Intelligence...6."
Old Wei finished speaking, and V was stunned for a moment before looking at Mercer: "How are these values calculated? What level is 21?"
"It means you indeed have the potential to match, or even surpass Adam's Hammer."
Dr. Victor was amazed, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Mercer, however, slowly said, "6."
"What?" V was startled, then realized, her face turned bright red.
Mercer wore a mask, so V couldn't see his expression, but from his trembling body, it was clear — he was about to burst out laughing.
"Ah hahaha! Intelligence 6, hahaha!"
Mercer finally couldn't hold back and burst into laughter, while V angrily clenched her fists: "No! No, no, no! There must be something wrong with the machine! At 20 points, I've heard people say it's maxed out, right?
The machine must be inaccurate... Dr. Victor, test again!"
Victor was caught between laughter and tears; it was the first time someone had doubted his machine's efficacy.
"There won't be a problem, V." Victor said gently: "Your physical quality is excellent, and intelligence attribute doesn't fully represent you... I mean, it doesn't fully represent your IQ.
This attribute mainly refers to the computing power your brain can provide for programs, which is more important for hackers, and for ordinary people, measuring intelligence at 3 is normal."
"What about him? How much did he score?" V asked, full of disbelief.
"Oh, it'd be better if you don't know the specific values, for fear of making you feel inferior." After Mercer said this, V angrily turned her head away, refusing to speak further.
Qiwei asked, still confused: "Isn't this score... 20 points, a bit too high?"
"Indeed, it's very high." Victor sighed deeply: "This is also my first time measuring this value, and from the data, it almost matched Mercer's, reaching the max value my machine can test.
Mercer, the only reason your data is slightly lower is that my machine actually uses 21 to represent surpassing the limit, and compared to you, V is not far off; she just hasn't reached that extreme value yet.
Strictly speaking, 20 points is the upper limit my machine can measure, which is generally considered... the human limit."
He glanced at Qiwei, then spoke in a long tone: "Let's put it this way: if my machine hadn't had the company's backdoor deleted, the company's phone would be ringing now."
Qiwei remained silent, looking at Mercer and V quietly.
V, hearing this, got excited again: "So, am I really a genius?"
"Yes, you are indeed a genius."
Victor spoke truthfully: "Although before installing the prosthetics, you might have only felt slightly stronger and quicker in reaction...
But once you install prosthetics that can harness your physical potential, you will soon discover the substantial gap between you and others.
Let me put it this way: if someone with a physical potential of 10 were to install the same Sianwistan as you, he might use it one or two times, only for three or four seconds each time, and then end up with nosebleeds, weakness, dizziness.
And you might easily endure for seven or eight seconds, take a breath, continue, and go back and forth four or five times at most, you'd only end up extremely tired.
Moreover, with something like the Sianwistan prosthetic, although described as 'slowing down time,' it actually accelerates your body's capability.
Ordinary people might only run about twenty meters in the slowed-down second, but you could sprint at nearly thirty or forty meters per second under stimulation.
Or consider the Gorilla Arm; even with a full-arm modification, the average person might lift three or four hundred kilograms with one arm at most, but you could achieve astonishing seven or eight hundred kilograms, supported by your own physical attributes.
And that is far from exhausting your body's potential."
At this point, Old Wei shook his head in amazement but then looked seriously at V and said, "But, I definitely do not recommend you turn yourself into a machine-covered being like Adam's Hammer."
He turned his head to look at Mercer, and this sentence was also directed at him: "Even though the Gorilla Arm essentially just enhances your muscles with more Muscle Enhancement Modules, if you replace your body with machinery like Adam's Hammer...
It means your physical potential doesn't matter anymore; your body's strength relies solely on the machines you're equipped with.
Mercer, for a hacker like you, what matters most is your brain, but for a physical genius like V, it's better to maximize her inherent body qualities and aim for that path in modifications.
Better to cover your body with muscle enhancements than casually replace all flesh with artificial components, and don't replace her arms with those common Gorilla Arms.
Doing so could potentially cause permanent damage to the physical potential of her arms."
Mercer nodded, understanding: "I know, the best approach is to use various enhancement components, avoiding those full-replacement mechanical parts."
"But... if there really are some strong components, replacing them is necessary." Victor shifted the topic, saying: "In some aspects, humans are still too fragile, such as joint cartilage or Achilles tendons."
"With her physical potential, after installing muscle enhancements, if she doesn't replace similar prosthetics, her original parts will soon wear out, resulting in Achilles tears, ACL tears, and such sports injuries.