"Hmm, don't compare yourself to Mercer and V, their stats aren't really a valid reference..."
Victor said casually, "Let me put it this way, for an ordinary person, most of their stats won't exceed 8 points.
6-8 is already considered acceptable.
8-10 is an excellent level among ordinary people.
10-12, that's basically the kind of stats you'd see in outstanding mercenaries or street fighters."
He smiled at Qiwei and said, "If you plan on becoming a mercenary, with your intelligence attributes, as long as you focus on honing your skills and have the right equipment,
you could definitely become an excellent hacker in Night City.
The attribute evaluations of network technicians in many major companies generally see someone as promising at twelve or thirteen points, while higher evaluations, like fourteen or more, could directly land you in the company's talent database.
If you don't believe me, ask Mercer, he knows more about these things."
Mercer nodded at the words, "Pretty much, at Arasaka, if you're found to have attributes greater than 10 points before the age of ten, you'd be sent for training uniformly.
12-14 points after graduation could directly get you hired as a formal employee.
Anything higher, they'd generally send you to special projects or special training, which is quite troublesome to talk about, but basically, you'd directly enter specialized departments like the Counterintelligence Department after graduation."
Mercer felt that the average level of the little hackers participating in the Star Plan was around 14-16, because anything lower, the technical skill wouldn't be enough to mess around on the old net, and anything higher, being a mining card would be too wasteful.
In other words, Qiwei was indeed a genius among ordinary people.
"Hmm... your body isn't in great shape, though your potential value isn't bad, you don't look very healthy."
Old Wei evaluated Qiwei.
Qiwei nodded silently, without explaining the reason.
And Mercer merely said, "She's had a pretty tough past."
"I can see that, you didn't mess around with prosthetic doctors... suffered a lot of injuries... but luckily didn't install any fancy prosthetics, you've had some of your skin replaced?
Some bones were replaced too."
Victor said.
Qiwei, with a calm expression, lowered her head and said softly, "Some injured areas couldn't be treated due to lack of money, so I had to use cheap materials."
During the time she became a Sex Doll, shop employees would forcibly require those whose appearance did not meet standards to undergo surgery, forcing them to undergo cosmetic surgery, adjust their figure, and even inject some drugs.
Because Qiwei was naturally beautiful, she escaped a disaster, but she suffered more as a result, because while prosthetics could be replaced if broken, what about her?
Whenever her bones were broken, a part would be replaced, if her skin was torn, a part of it would be replaced.
"Hmm..." Victor, with his rich experience, could see her ordeal just from some body metrics.
He wasn't in the habit of pointing out people's pain, he merely said, "I'll replace and fix all the damaged parts, even the artificial skin will be replaced with better ones, making you feel as if you were never injured.
For the rest, just take a good rest for a while, you should recover, after all, most hackers are not in very healthy condition."
Qiwei said nothing, she hated surgeries—she had seen some sisters who went up the operating table and soon went crazy after coming down.
And some sisters, because they had garbage prosthetics installed, their bodies felt constantly uncomfortable, they coughed up blood, and even had surgery sites fester, unable to open their eyes, unable to open their mouths...
She had seen a lot, a lot of it.
Those broken Sex Dolls rarely lived for more than a month before being treated as trash or repaired until they wore out.
But Qiwei glanced at Mercer beside her and unexpectedly felt calm in her heart at that moment, so she softly said, "Alright, I'll listen to you, doctor."
"I'll be right here, don't worry." Mercer comforted her.
Qiwei smiled and then relaxedly lay down in the chair.
"What are you planning to replace the Network Access Vault with?"
Victor started preparing for the surgery.
"As long as it keeps up with the version, is it the Internet Supervision version? What's the model here?"
Mercer asked curiously.
Victor said, "The commercial version of Internet Supervision generally doesn't match up to their special agent versions, the Ripple 3 from Four-Phase Transfer, the 2nd model from Raven Microcontrol, Military Science's 'Parallel Line' 3 model are all nice.
In another year or two, they should update these versions.
But if you ask me, just choose whichever, Network Access Vaults update quickly, no matter which one you choose, it'll be outdated in a few years.
The Arasaka Mk2 you're using is also good, once Mk3 is out, switch to Mk3, you won't need an upgrade for two or three years, and since the new version is coming out, the clear-out sales for the old version makes the price cheaper as well."
"How much is the MK2?" Qiwei suddenly asked.
"With the internal clearance sale price, it's just twenty-seven thousand." As Victor finished speaking, Qiwei nodded and looked at Mercer.
Mercer thought for a moment and said, "What about Military Science's Parallel Line 3 model?"
"That one is a bit more expensive, thirty-six thousand, mainly because it was released not too long ago, with performance similar to the upcoming Arasaka Mk3."
After Old Wei finished, Mercer said, "Then use the Parallel Line 3, the ten-thousand-dollar difference isn't worth saving on.
Change her Prosthetic Eye to Qilu Company's 'Oracle', no need to add plugins, the built-in electronic scanning is sufficient."
Qiwei could only nod, thinking that since Mercer was still using Mk2 herself, she felt... some way unknown within.