Players Invade Cyberpunk-Chapter 815 - 263: This Is No Ordinary Gang—A Heavy Blow Is Needed (Part 2)

"Starting today, no cars are allowed to leave here, and no one is allowed to work for Horizon Corporation!"

Bang! 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

A driver who had just clashed with the Sixth Street Gang was captured and had his head blown off with a shot.

"From now on, if we see Horizon Corporation's cars on the street, no matter who you are, you'll end up like this company dog!"

Watching their colleague die before their eyes, the workers' faces turned red with suppressed anger, each clenching their fists, but none dared to stand up.

Horizon Corporation's mercenary reputation is formidable, but the workers are not mercenaries; they fear death.

Seeing them like this, the gang members, averaging around twenty years old, laughed casually, indifferent.

They don't care what Horizon Corporation does; they only believe they're doing the right thing. To them, company dogs are no good, even if these company dogs might have recently been their neighbors.

At this moment, a subordinate ran over hurriedly to shout to the leader.

"They're coming! They're coming! Someone's coming!"

Clearly, it's just a few 'bystanders' attracted by gunshots, but it made the leader feel like facing a formidable enemy.

"Go! Go! Go!"

Seven or eight cars quickly sped away, leaving behind a mess and a stench.

The Sixth Street Gang left, but the workers couldn't feel happy. Growing up on this land, they know the gang isn't joking; the body of their colleague on the ground is the best proof.

"Why...?"

Unable to bear the blow, a female driver squatted on the ground, covering her face and sobbing in grievance.

They never offended these gangs; their work was for the good of all Night City people, yet now they found themselves under gang attack.

All hopes for a better life seem to have turned into bubbles.

And this place wasn't the only one under attack.

A garbage truck already on the road in the Kabuki District was intercepted by Tiger Claw gang members, and the driver was dragged off the truck.

By the time nearby players received the alert and arrived, the garbage truck had been doused in gasoline and set on fire, and the driver was stabbed multiple times and hung on a streetlight, with white cloth written in the driver's blood in Japanese.

[Horizon Corporation must die!]

[Long live Tiger Claw Gang!] and similar phrases.

Some vendors daring enough to stock Horizon purified water had their stalls overturned, with mineral water dumped onto the ground by gang members. Worse, some were forced to drink dozens of bottles, causing them to burst and die.

The dark side of Night City, gradually repressed by Horizon Corporation in the past half year, exploded completely, wildly retaliating against anything related to Horizon.

That day, seven Horizon employees died from retaliation, twenty-one were injured, four cars were destroyed, and city operations had to be temporarily halted.

Though players captured some gang members, it was useless; they were mere young cannon fodder deliberately thrown out.

Gang leaders rouse them with a few words and drugs, making these hot-blooded youths do whatever they're told, without considering consequences.

Even some employees' homes on the street were invaded by gang members for beatings and life-threatening actions.

Upon hearing this the next morning, players swarmed to trouble those gangs.

But the gangs were prepared, having already relocated or abandoned hideouts, leaving only irrelevant cannon fodder, causing no significant loss.

As for legal industries, players couldn't get in to vandalize or kill.

As a result, the turmoil spread across the city, making workers fearful and unwilling to work, impacting many players' gaming experiences.

For the first time, players felt the limits of their violence against these slippery gangs.

In Night City districts, the perpetually chaotic Taiping Continent seemed less troubled, mainly because local major gangs were either already eradicated, while Cleaner was targeted by players and now insignificant, and Animal Gang... these Steroid Star People were unqualified to participate, mainly because they're not bright, prone to messing things up.

"Isn't this unbelievable? Damn, it's disgusting, our great Rome."

Jing Luo, wearing a mohawk helmet, was truly furious now; if they hadn't run fast enough from the red marks, a driver delivering materials for the ice room might have been captured and beaten by the Vortex Gang.

But when several Vortex Gang members saw someone chasing, they immediately ran like crazy, caught up to only one.

"Now I understand why they fought gang crime all those years."

Tearful, Jing Luo threw the Vortex Gang corpse to the street side, waiting for NCPD to come collect the body.

Previously, they thought these gangs were just experience targets for farming, but when those gang members turned against Horizon Corporation employees who had expanded to a certain scale, the level of disgust was worse than dealing with Huang Ban.

"Initially, there was some goodwill towards these gangsters, but now it's all gone. I feel like it's a sign for a next big quest."

The cops who arrived, looking at the Vortex Gang corpse, frowned.

"Dispose of the body."

"Eh... Aren't we handing it over to NCPD?"

Jing Luo, still furious, found it strange; although Horizon Corporation was now paying the bounty, they lacked authority to detain external offenders.

The cop shook his head.

"During times like this, you can't trust those officers; it's likely they're involved."

He understood black-and-white collusion all too well; such large-scale conflict must be premeditated, and NCPD might have received notifications.

Officers with a conscience mostly followed the Taiping Continent branch now; NCPD can no longer be trusted.