Chapter 123: The Afterlife

The Vortex Gang, active in the Watson District of Night City and the North of the City Industrial Region (NID).

The blind obsession with prosthetics and cyber modifications, easily recognizable from the gruesome face plates and ferocious optical implants, are also standard elements for this gang.

In addition to the Vortex Gang, Night City is also home to several other gangs, the Tigerpaws, the Scavengers, and the Animal Gang......

Even if the corporations that have mastered the power of capital control the world, these products of the old generation are still as pure in this world as the epiphysis.

David's mother, like David, died in the Animal Gang's attack on the company's employees.

These gangs are not only unfriendly to the company, but even more unfriendly to the general public.

This is one of the characteristics of Night City, chaotic but orderly, inclusive of everyone, but also dragging everyone full of people into the abyss

"Boy, look at your paralysis, that is, you, have you figured out how to compensate!"

didn't see the expected reaction, and the four big men of the Vortex Gang viciously confronted Xu Qingshan.

They didn't care about their companion lying on the ground twitching, and even wished that she would die right away so they could get more money.

They have no mercy for their companions, and in their eyes, there is only naked greed.

The guy in front of him is dressed a lot, although he doesn't know why he didn't pretend to be prosthetic, but from his temperament and the automatic equipment next to him, it can be seen that this guy must not belong to the kind of person who has no money to pretend prosthetics.

"I'm annoyed by going out with so many things."

Sighing, Xu Qingshan was a little helpless.

Could it be that it is not appropriate to go out today, why are they all this kind of people one by one, are normal people rare species? It seems that the plan to deal with Night City's 'pests' is also going to be put on the table.

"I'm talking to you, you're numb"

Bang~*4

Didn't give them a chance to talk nonsense, Xu Qingshan treated them equally, and gave them the same pain, although it was not fatal, but the punishment would accompany them for a lifetime, and the current convulsions on the ground were just appetizers.

"Five minutes past seven, five minutes wasted. It's still early, and there's still time to stroll around. ”

Looking at the watch, there is still plenty of time.

Turning to leave, this time there was no moth, Xu Qingshan let his senses shuttle through the Night City, and saw a city that claimed to be a dream that could be seen.

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"Afterlife?"

Looking up at the name of the nightclub in front of him, Xu Qingshan's eyes were quite strange.

He really walked casually, but, inexplicably, he went to the most famous nightclub in this night city.

Maybe...... It's inexplicably attractive here, well, it's actually a lot of people here, and he's attracted by a few strange people.

For marginal walkers at all stages, this is their mass target.

Whether it's a date with a contact, throwing away a package, or just having a drink, there's always something to come.

It's also one of Night City's most famous information stations.

When Virgin V first comes in, Jack Wells excitedly lists the legendary mercenaries and middlemen who haunt the area.

And in the foreground, the legends are all leaving the wine in Claire that bears their name.

"It's all here, let's go in and sit down."

After a moment of thought, Xu Qingshan stepped into this legendary nightclub.

The boss of the Afterlife is called Rogge, a former good friend of Johnny Silverhand, who together they built a small nuclear bomb to blow up the Arasaka building fifty years ago.

But now, she's not as 'crazy' as she used to be.

Now the most powerful middleman in Night City, owning and operating the afterlife.

Cyberpunk icon, former mercenary, world modifier.

Ever since she became a leading figure among the Edgewalkers decades ago, she has been living a quiet life in Night City.

But even though she's retired, her influence in Night City is still as strong as it was back then.

As he walked, Xu Qingshan recalled the information about the afterlife.

"I remember that the first knife in Cyberpunk 2077 started from here."

Jack Wales, the protagonist V's best friend, and V came here after taking on the task of stealing the biochip of Arasaka's grandfather Yoritomu Arsaka, and by the way, they 'prepared' a drink at Claire's.

is like an old general on the stage, with flags planted behind him.

If nothing else, an accident happened, and in that mission Jack died, and so did V.

If it weren't for the fact that V is the protagonist controlled by the player to come to the wave of resurrection, otherwise it would have been sent.

"And David, it was here that he took over the task of 'Faraday' and sent it."

Maybe this is fate, the edge walkers will always gather in the next life, and those who can't become Chuangqi disappear silently, and those who become legends leave their own formulas.

Like, a glass of David Martinez.

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"First time?"

"Hmm."

In front of the bar, Xu Qingshan saw Carlisle again.

Maybe it's because this is a world called "Cyberpunk Edgerunner", which looks more feminine than Claire in "Cyberpunk 2077".

However, when he thought that she was him before, Xu Qingshan felt that the world was really 'beautiful'.

At the same time, he also had to feel the power of sex reassignment surgery in this world, if he didn't know in advance, ordinary people wouldn't have found out even if they played it.

It is also Xu Qingshan who is an immortal cultivator, plus he also knows the plot, otherwise he would not be able to recognize the peculiarity of this Claire.

"Have a drink?"

didn't care about Xu Qingshan's identity, Claire said with a smile.

It's really rare for the company's employees to come to the 'afterlife', and they don't have any prosthetics like themselves, so it seems that the identity should be very uneasy.

This dress alone is not simple.

'Is my dress really expensive?' Look at my clothes one by one to know that they are either rich or expensive? ’

The Vortex Gang thought so before, and now Claire said the same, Xu Qingshan couldn't help but flip through the information about this dress in his own mind.

"Old-fashioned tequila + pepper + beer."

While flipping through the memories in his mind, Xu Qingshan casually ordered a cup.

He is still very proficient in dual-use, and he usually accompanies the girl in Qingshan to play games or watch dramas, he often walks around the memories in his mind, and sometimes it is normal to use three things.

'Found it, um~ it's really expensive. ’

With a sentence in his mind, Xu Qingshan found the information about the clothes, it is indeed quite expensive, and it feels like it is comparable to an ordinary prosthetic, and he is worthy of being the young master of a big family.

"I didn't see it, you're the one who knows how to order Johnny Silverhand, and today you're the first."

Hearing Xu Qingshan's recipe, Claire looked at Xu Qingshan with interest as she spoke, there were really a lot of unexpected things today.

"Actually, it's nothing, I just want to try it."

If he could, Xu Qingshan actually wanted to order a 'Jack Wales', or......

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