Mercer finished speaking, and Kyoko nodded, stood up, and said, "Hmm."
Seeing that she was still somewhat troubled, Mercer couldn't say much more, and could only let her slowly digest it herself.
Watching Kyoko leave, Mercer turned around and went to sleep; he would rest for at most three hours before getting up to work in the lab.
At the moment, Mercer truly didn't have any extra energy to worry about everyone's mental health.
In the coming period, he not only had to focus his career center on the development of the ctOS system, but also wanted to quickly crack the Soulkiller Program.
Only by cracking the Soulkiller Program could he conduct technical experiments on consciousness transfer using Relic after acquiring the cloning machine in biotechnology.
Mercer didn't plan to use the Soulkiller Program to copy his personality and transfer a backup; to him, that would be no different than living as a clone. Arasaka Saburo might accept being revived in such a form, but Mercer absolutely did not want to live like that.
So, what he needed was not a backup of his soul, nor a simple copy-transfer of his consciousness data, but a complete upload of his consciousness—this difference is significant.
For example, Ultraman essentially uploaded his consciousness and allowed it to detach from the body, rather than copy it. To achieve this, one must have a very deep understanding of the Soulkiller Program.
Moreover, Mercer had a lot of work to do, such as further developing the Relic Chip, studying a heap of courses from biotechnology, and developing new equipment and prosthetics...
Thinking about the multitude of tasks in front of him, Mercer couldn't help but sigh.
But fortunately—he never suffered from insomnia.
As soon as his head hit the pillow, whenever he thought about resting, his brain seemed to have a timed reboot button; when pressed, it would enter a very deep sleep until the designated time.
...
Regrettably, even if Mercer wanted to settle down, commissions never wait.
Early the next day, Mercer received a commission that he had to go and handle immediately.
The one sending the commission wasn't someone else but Mr. Hans, who had probably been secretly watching him in Dog Town.
[Hans: A, good morning.]
[A: I guess there's work to do.]
[Hans: Correct, to be precise, there are several commissions that need you to handle quickly.]
Mercer sighed; it seemed he had to work diligently for Hans to repay favors. But it's fine; he had just spent all the money at home and needed to earn some for the brothers to use.
[A: Send them all over, and I'll get them done quickly.]
[Hans: I knew you were a straightforward person. Alright, all the commission details have been sent over.]
Mercer opened the email on his computer and looked through it.
The first commission was simple, so Mercer straightforwardly edited a small program similar to Spider Murphy's and directly sent it to the team's chat group, letting everyone handle it themselves.
[Hans' Dog Town Commission: Heavy Heart Club Network Upgrade]
[Task Objective: The club Hans is at has suffered multiple anonymous hacking and network attacks, which made Mr. Hans very dissatisfied. He hopes to replace with a stronger ICE program, including system updates for the security system.]
[Task Reward: 50,000 Euros (consider it private work, anyone willing to make a trip can go, I can provide new ICE programs and security systems, install them on-site and the money is yours.)]
Looking at the few lines he posted in the chat group, Mercer suddenly found it amusing, as if he had turned into an NPC in a game.
Maybe later on, he can gather various commissions and directly post them, and whoever wants to take them can directly grab them from the program?
Someone quickly replied in the chat group.
[Qiwei: I can go, but I need a bodyguard; Dog Town is a bit dangerous.]
[Rebecca: Let me! Let me!]
[V: Forget it, Rebecca; don't let them stop you at the club entrance, barring entry.]
[Rebecca: Damn! Who dares to stop me, I'll blast their head off with a shot!]
[Pira: That's Hans' turf, don't cause trouble for Mercer.]
[Rebecca: (bloodthirsty emoji) Fine! Then I'm not going! Whoever wants to go can do so!]
[V: I'll go! Are we leaving now?]
[Qiwei: A?]
Mercer smiled and directly took out the security system and ICE program he had previously researched for his server, and sent them to Qiwei.
These two programs are currently in their initial version, and Mercer plans to conduct multiple updates and iterations, maybe even overhaul them entirely.
So giving them to Hans wasn't an issue; their effectiveness would be outstanding, even if it's the Voodoo Gang or Internet Supervision experts, they wouldn't easily defeat his ICE.
The second commission, Mercer looked at it and directly threw it into the chat group.
[Hans' Dog Town Commission: Cleaner Fish Overgrowth]
[Task Location: In the abandoned building not far from our home.
Task Objective: The chaotic Dog Town has bred a large number of Cleaner Fish, which has made life miserable for the town's residents. We need to teach them a lesson, clean things up a bit, and let them know that locals can't be easily messed with.
There are approximately 15-25 Cleaner Fish in the stronghold, specific security facilities are unknown.
Commission Reward: 150,000 Euros, along with all their equipment and gear.
A's remark: I won't step in to handle folks like Cleaner Fish, you can assemble a team to deal with them. Feel free to choose weapons and gear from the warehouse, quick and decisive action, then move all valuable items from their base.