Players Invade Cyberpunk

Chapter 1173 - 380: An Unsolved Puzzle, an Inexplicable Question (Part 3)

The Exchange Coupon still doesn’t believe that group of cyber lunatics will behave.The Vortex Gang isn’t like other gangs that were cleaned out or absorbed by players; although they lost quite a few people, because of the previous situation with Huang Ban, players held back the most with them, so their industries remain relatively intact.

Moreover, the Vortex Gang’s unpredictability is even stronger. Although Lin Miao installed regulators for them at low prices to reduce the incidence rate, their habits can’t be changed. So, after the Dog Town incident ended, most of the lower-level conflicts erupted in the Watson District.

The Exchange Coupon swung on a hook lock, fighting their way to the Death Dance Bar, and with a floating leap, they kicked in the window of Brick’s location on the second floor.

The shattered glass immediately drew the attention of the Vortex Gang members active here. Compared to before, the Vortex Gang members, who were exhausted from work, were no longer likely to come to the bar late at night and drink themselves into oblivion, considering they had work the next day.

Days with hope and days without hope are two different attitudes towards life.

When they gathered around and found out it was that bat freak again, the Vortex Gang members, who were aggressively approaching with guns, immediately turned their annoyance to their faces, with little hostility.

"It’s you guys, a bunch of lunatics. Do you have nothing better to do late at night?"

"Can’t you use the front door? I just fixed this window yesterday!"

"By the Machine God, which bat comes visiting today?"

The Exchange Coupon didn’t care much about the Vortex Gang members’ accusations, but their actions and words made the Exchange Coupon vigilant.

The Vortex Gang in his memory wasn’t so easygoing, nor were their words... polite.

Brick, sitting on the sofa, raised his hand to let his boys lower their guns.

"The visitor is a guest, speak nicely to them."

He looked at the unexpected visitor.

"Would you like to have a drink? How about some brandy?"

The reply from the other party made the Exchange Coupon feel more bizarre. Narrowing his eyes, he tried to discern something from the Vortex Gang members in front of him.

"You’ve been very quiet this past week; several smuggling arms channels at the ports have been put on hold by you. Can you tell me what trick you’re playing?"

"Don’t say that; we’ve reformed. Recently, our Vortex Gang is considering transforming into a compliant and legal industry. Those gray area things are no longer within our future considerations."

"By the way, I recently want to partner with your company’s food factory, open a branch in the Watson District to improve meals for our gang members and surrounding residents. Could you tell Boss Lin for me?"

Brick was very polite, polite to a point completely unlike a character a Vortex Gang member should have.

Ruthlessness, impatience, combativeness, and mania were the Vortex Gang in the Exchange Coupon’s memory.

The Exchange Coupon scanned the area, observing the peaceful money-making attitude of the Vortex Gang, the sense of bizarre stood out more noticeably.

He whispered a warning:

"Better be this way, don’t let me find out you’re up to something, or you know the consequences."

Then, the Exchange Coupon chose to leave.

Despite his sudden visit, threat, and departure, Brick and the Vortex Gang members showed no anger but settled down quickly, starting to clean up the window shards kicked apart by the Exchange Coupon.

"Ah..."

After the Exchange Coupon left, Brick finally sighed, turned, and shouted to the gang members.

"Brothers, we must strive! To reform! Be someone useful to society, not just a bunch of lunatics who only know how to smash and grab!"

His slogan was not considered lunacy by the gang members; instead, it resonated with them.

The slogan was shouted so loud and powerfully, one might think they stumbled into some training class.

The Exchange Coupon, seeing this scene through a hidden surveillance camera, felt even more bizarre.

Afterwards, he ran through several accident-prone locations continuously, without any incident.

No murders.

No robberies.

No thefts.

The ragged homeless people on the streets disappeared.

The usual drunkards on the streets were few tonight, and even if drunk, they didn’t heavily vomit and urinate everywhere but staggered home instead.

Even those clubs...

That’s the most terrifying thing.

Apart from bars and clubs controlled by Horizon Corporation, all sex dolls, and hostesses paused their SEX services, either signing up for work training at Horizon Corporation or seeking other jobs.

The whole Night City carried a heavy sense of incongruity.

To the Exchange Coupon, it felt like everyone in this city of sin had turned over a new leaf overnight.

No.

Not overnight.

There was clearly a gradual process; it’s just that previously the impact was smaller or too covert which led to Exchange Coupon not noticing the anomaly occurring in Night City.

After his brain spun rapidly for tens of seconds.

The Exchange Coupon decisively chose:

"Brother’s Eye, compare the situation I upload on the official forum, search for suspected content."

He’s never had Batman’s brain, no matter how realistic the COS, it can’t become real.

[Brother’s Eye: Relevant content found — [The Blue Phantom appears every three hours] poster — Assassin can’t possibly be Brother Ni]

Although the current total number of players is just over two thousand, the community content production volume far exceeds other games with tens of millions of players. Reservation numbers have long been running towards ten digits.

Casually post a game-related topic online, and within less than ten minutes, it might reach a hundred floors, easily surpassing a thousand within a day.

The related post by Brother Ni has quite a few floors, but due to content being too mysterious, intertwining some not-so-good urban legends and superstitions, it doesn’t have many believers, most reply with a fun mindset.

"Ye Corporation... lama... Four-handed Divine Statue... electromagnetic waves... brainwashing..."

A series of discoveries made Exchange Coupon involuntarily link the content to his own findings.

But... could this be?

This is illogical.

What’s the other party’s motive?