Chapter 1: Reborn Back in Cyberpunk 2076
"Is it finally burned to ashes..."
"My head hurts..."
Tang Yu covered his head and reopened his eyes with difficulty.
He had just been at the scene of a nuclear explosion.
I found that all the fierce battles and battles around me were swallowed up and disappeared by an extremely dazzling white light.
The air, the sound, and the picture were all suffocated.
"Johnny, bastard..."
"What a job..."
"After all, I succeeded in blowing up Arasaka Tower with a nuclear bomb..."
"Huh?!"
Tang Yu sensed that something seemed to be wrong.
He hurriedly spread his hands in front of his eyes and looked at the palms and backs of his hands repeatedly.
The ballistic co-processors and smart connections that had already been installed are gone.
Instead, there were a pair of ordinary white palms.
He hurriedly unbuttoned the cuffs of his shirt and rolled up the left and right cuffs.
The Legendary Mantis Knife also can't pop out its arms at will.
He looked around with a slight puzzlement.
I don't know when, I was sitting in a business car driving on the highway.
Soon.
Tang Yu raised his eyes.
From the electronic screen of the seat in front of you, you see a sign that you can never forget.
One line extends upwards to three branches.
Each of the three branches has three blocks at the top.
Arasaka!
Tang Yu suddenly woke up when he saw this sign.
Hurriedly looked out the car window.
The vehicle is moving smoothly on the viaduct.
Not far from both sides are all kinds of high-rise buildings.
Countless neon projections and billboards are attached to it.
You can even see floating cars passing between buildings.
Unreal and blurry.
Familiar and unfamiliar.
The bustling sight of Night City only existed in the depths of his mind.
Because.
He had teamed up with Arasaka Yorinobu.
Hanako Arasaka, a rival who is under house arrest for the company's inheritance.
In the end, he helped Arasaka Yoshinobu to seize the highest control of Arasaka Company.
With the death of Saburo Arasaka, the Fifth Company War was launched.
Overnight.
The major capital companies such as Military Technology and Kangtao in Night City were all dragged into the quagmire of war.
A century war burned most of the city of night to ashes.
However.
Even if Night City is burned to ashes.
Arasaka Tower is still standing.
Saburo Arasaka returns to the world through a digital soul.
Collaborate with Arasaka Kako to regain control of the Arasaka Group.
Arasaka Yoritobu is the only surviving son of Arasaka Saburo.
It has become a container for Saburo Arasaka's re-entry into the world!
Thereupon.
Tang Yu had to gather Johnny Silverhand, Rogge and other Night City legends again.
Kill the Arasaka Tower again.
With a nuclear bomb to end all the saga.
Think of everything that happened.
Companions who are working hard together.
Eventually, they were all buried in the ashes of Night City.
It's true.
Meaning! Difficult! Flat!
Tang Yu took a deep breath and straightened his cuffs.
Take the portable communicator out of the lining pocket and put it on your left eye.
The design of the portable communicator resembles a combination of a single lens and a headset.
It is a prototype of communication equipment produced by Arasaka.
Specially prepared for employees of companies that have not yet undergone prosthetic implant modifications.
Tang Yu leaned back against the leather seat and began to check the relevant information.
【Tang Yu】
[Date and time: 2076/6/14;11:42]
[Employee number: NC770416]
[Employee level: M9]
[Department position: Deputy Director of the Counterintelligence Division]
[Message Reminder: Arthur Jenkins is waiting for you in the office // Return to Arasaka Tower immediately after the mission from the border to report]
...
In 2076?
Tang Yu immediately understood.
"It seems that I was reborn and went back to the past"
"I'm still a company dog working at Arasaka Company"
"I remember that I have just returned from a mission at the border, ready to undergo full-body prosthetic implantation."
"I also met Jack Wells, who was a mercenary at the border"
"This guy saved my life"
"But I didn't..."
Tang Yu's brows furrowed, his fists clenched.
The scene of attending the funeral of his good brother Jack is still vivid.
Now I am reborn.
But the whirlpool of Night City still draws everyone into it.
The outlook remains bleak.
Because by next year.
Tang Yu's boss.
That is, Arthur Jenkins, the head of the counterintelligence department of the Arasaka group.
It will be done by Abernazin, the director of special operations of the Arasaka Group.
And Tang Yu himself will be expelled from the Arasaka company.
Tang Yu, who is unemployed and has nowhere to go, teamed up with Jack to start a cyberpunk.
Run to the Arasaka Tower to steal the Relic chip and release Johnny's Silver Hand.
I also met a female V who was on the streets.
Straightened the bent girl Judy.
Embark on a life-and-death chase with the wanderer Panang in the wilderness.
And this legendary career in Night City.
Eventually, it came to an abrupt end with the outbreak of the Fifth Corporate War.
Saburo Arasaka's digital soul returns to the world.
Arasaka Yoshinobu became the new container of Saburo Arasaka's digital soul.
Even in the last moments.
Johnny blows up Arasaka Tower with a nuclear bomb.
But Tang Yu still had too many regrets and unwillingness in his heart, but he was still blocked in his heart.
Unable to resolve.
Digital souls?
Mikoshi?
Suddenly.
Tang Yu was not completely convinced that he had been reborn now.
If he had been at some point.
Soul Killer technology has been used by the Arasaka Corporation.
Consciousness is uploaded to the digitization of the shrine.
Then the so-called rebirth now is very likely to be a trap set by Arasaka for himself.
There is only one reliable evidence that can confirm whether or not it is actually reborn.
It's the system properties panel he carried with him when he first crossed over.
Tang Yu is a time-traveler from the earth.
It's also a secret he's always kept.
No one but himself knows about it.
This is also the secret that Tang Yu was able to become a legend in Night City in just a few years.
Tang Yu tried to return to normalcy and not let others see anything abnormal.
Evoke the system properties panel in mind.
【Properties Panel】
[Name: Tang Yu]
[Level: 1]
[Body: 3]
[reaction: 3]
[Intelligence: 3]
[Technique: 3]
[Calm: 3]
[Attribute Points: 7]
"The system properties panel really exists!"
"Now I can be sure that I am truly reborn!"
"The attribute point configuration is the same as when it was first crossed"
At this time.
Tang Yu found that the system properties panel suddenly updated automatically.
【Ding! Host respawn detected]
【Ding! The detection channel host has not undergone prosthetic implantation and cyberization]
【Ding! The system attribute polygon has been automatically updated]
【Properties Panel】
[Name: Tang Yu]
[Life Points: 0] (Details)
[Fusion ability: None] (Details)
Tang Yu didn't expect the system to be updated.
He remembered that he had just traveled to Night City in his previous life.
The attribute panel carried is the same one in the game Cyberpunk 2077.
Full count to upgrade to the 50th level cap.
At that time, he opted for a more secure hacker stream.
Because he knows better than anyone the chaos of Night City and the darkness of Arasaka.
I want to be a top hacker who hides behind the scenes and controls everything.
Dismantle the enemy nation of Arasaka in cyberspace.
Things didn't turn out as he hoped.
And the Arasaka Group also launched a fierce counterattack.
For the last hope.
Tang Yu can only join forces with Arasaka Laixuan.
Unleash the Fifth Corporate War.
However.
Tang Yu still underestimated the company's dominance in this world.
The Fifth Corporate War failed to bring down Arasaka completely.
And Johnny, who was reshaped, chose to nuke Arsakata again.
At last.
Himself was buried in the ashes of Night City.
"This ending is really cyberpunk..."
Tang Yu's gaze couldn't help but fall out of the window.
Forests of steel rise in layers, with neon lights stretching into the sky.
It seems to tell itself everywhere.
"Welcome to Night City!"