Chapter 2 Profession Panel, Transfer to Mechanic

"This is..."

Su Yu held his breath, his eyes revealing an uncontainable shock!

[The Profession System has been bound]

[The Profession Panel has been unlocked]

[Reading current host ability values for assessment, assessment complete...]

As the final message appeared.

The virtual screen in front of Su Yu flickered as if refreshing, then three new entries emerged.

[The skills the host currently possesses are]

[Level 1 Basic Martial Arts: Eligible for Foundation Profession - Fighter]

[Level 3 Basic Gun Mastery: Eligible for Foundation Profession - Gunsmith]

[Level 4 Basic Mechanical Repair: Eligible for Foundation Profession - Mechanic]

[Please choose the profession you are prepared to take]

"Is this... my golden finger?"

Su Yu took a deep breath, staring intently at the profession panel in front of him, his mind racing.

"What is the main function of this system, and what impact does it have after taking a profession?"

"Ding! The function of this system is designed to assist the host in improving skills related to the chosen profession and ultimately achieve the highest professional accomplishments. After taking a profession, the host can gain corresponding professional experience points from daily work and life, enhancing profession level and skill level."

"Enhancing skill level allows the host to achieve greater work efficiency; enhancing profession level unlocks the core skills corresponding to the profession and higher-tier profession transfer permissions. Additionally..."

"Furthermore, after reaching the max level of a foundation profession and meeting certain conditions, one can transfer to a first-tier profession."

"For example: Mechanic (primary) + Gunsmith + unknown condition = first-tier profession Battlefield Mechanic."

...

Su Yu's pupils contracted instantly.

On the virtual screen, a line of small characters continued to appear.

"With each profession level upgrade, the host's physical qualities will be enhanced to different degrees, depending on the type of profession upgrade!"

Physical qualities enhancement!

For this alone, Su Yu had no more hesitations.

His gaze instantly fell on the three profession options currently available to him.

The profession Fighter, needless to say, would provide significant improvements to physical qualities, particularly disease resistance, which would be the best defense against his current radiation disease.

As for Gunsmith, after taking the profession, it should offer certain damage bonuses in firearm use, similar to Fighter, both being combat professions.

Although the physical qualities enhancement might be slightly inferior to Fighter, it should not be too far behind.

But then there's Mechanic.

The corresponding skills are all related to mechanical repair, clearly an auxiliary profession.

The physical qualities enhancement from profession level upgrade might not be significant.

After a brief contemplation, Su Yu decisively chose Mechanic.

The reason was simple.

He cannot gain much experience from daily life by choosing Fighter or Gunsmith.

True.

He could choose to join an expedition team or a hunting squad.

But given his current weak and sickly physique, taking on highly dangerous tasks with every expedition or hunt possibly losing a few members.

Su Yu thought he would likely die in the hands of Radiation Beasts or rogue guild members before he could enhance his profession level and cure his radiation disease with a strong physique.

On the other hand, Mechanic, being an auxiliary profession, might offer lesser physical enhancement compared to the other two but was safer and more stable.

There are also more channels to acquire experience!

Moreover, compared to Gunsmith and Fighter, Su Yu preferred Mechanic as his first foundation profession!

However, Su Yu still kept a lookout.

"After taking a foundation profession, how can I take another foundation profession?"

"Once the current foundation profession reaches max level, you can transfer to the next foundation profession. The max level for foundation professions is level ten."

Upon confirming this.

Su Yu had no more hesitations and directly said, "I choose to take the profession, Mechanic!"

"Ding!"

"Congratulations to the host for successfully taking the profession, your current profession is: Mechanic (Level 1: 0/1000)."

"Congratulations to the host for successfully awakening the core ability: Mechanical Affinity (Level 1), which allows for clearer perception of mechanical creations and faster learning efficiency in mechanical knowledge..."

As the system prompt tone faded.

Su Yu felt as though some kind of restraint in his mind had quietly unlocked.

Although it hadn't been tested, he inexplicably felt that his memory and comprehension abilities had quietly increased.

Also, a surge of power appeared within him, making his energy more abundant!

However, compared to the improvement in memory and comprehension, there was only a slight increase in energy.

But even so.

As the profession took effect.

Su Yu still delightedly discovered that a large patch of necrotic tissue on his right arm, caused by radiation sickness, had receded a bit!

Accordingly.

The fatigue he felt upon waking had also eased considerably.

This back and forth.

At the least, it granted him another month!

"To reach the next level, requires one thousand experience points?"

Su Yu looked at the experience bar needed for the Mechanic profession upgrade, rubbing his hands together, excitement filled his eyes!

"Nuonuo, get ready to work!"

Upon Su Yu's call.

In the corner near the wall, a charging, robot that looked like Wall-E from an animated movie in Su Yu's previous life, had display screen representing its eyes suddenly light up.

"Roger, commencing work, commencing work!"

The monotonous electronic voice repeated, and the little robot named Nuonuo meekly followed Su Yu, helping to hand over parts, dismantle weapons, working efficiently as usual.

However, Su Yu's efficiency greatly improved!

And, with the completion of each firearm repair, Su Yu could hear the system's prompt tone.

[You have completed the repair of an improvised firearm (simple), repair difficulty rating: simple, you have gained five Mechanic profession experience points, and ten Basic Mechanical Repair skill points]

[You have completed the repair of a...]

Soon, half a day's time passed.

Su Yu delightedly found that he had completed the workload that originally took him a full day!

Moreover, with the successful repair of the last firearm, Su Yu's Basic Mechanical Repair skill also successfully leveled up.

Instantly, numerous mechanical repair knowledge emerged in Su Yu's mind.

Some were what he had learned from his mentor, and some were brand new knowledge he had never been exposed to, all quickly memorized under the core ability [Mechanical Affinity], meticulously recalling and quickly understanding this knowledge.

Moments later.

When Su Yu reopened his eyes, his gaze was no longer on the assembled or recovered firearms but on the bottom of the repair shop's counter.

There, lay numerous parts, along with quite a few badly damaged mechanical creations from the era of civilization.

Some parts and creations were left by the mentor, others were what Su Yu retained after completing repair tasks and submitting them to the management.

He walked up, rummaging through the counter briefly, then stood up with two weapons in his arms.

One Chain Saw.

Another, a lead-gray dual-range shotgun.

This was among Su Yu's mentor's collection, but like other collections, the core mechanism of this dual-range shotgun had long since decayed.

It had gathered dust under the counter for many years, but now, Su Yu felt he could try restoring it.