But the problem is, besides players, no other mercenaries are willing to come here to take jobs.
Because whether you’re famous or not, you have to start with the most menial tasks.
Like scavenging for materials in the junkyard, escorting cargo to the Evil Land, standing guard for a bar, or in the town of Stone Ridge Mountain...
How could those mercenaries handle tasks specifically for a certain company?
And these are already F+ grade missions.
When the expert led Li De to the back hall to register him, looking at the pile of tasks like
Help John Deere on Martin Luther King Street 707 fix the bathroom drain (50 Eurodollars)
Help Amir Sap find his lost family portrait (50 Eurodollars)
Old Zhang from the BBQ shop needs a driver to transport a batch of synthetic meat (50 Eurodollars)
Adcardo needs a guide in the Watson District (100 Eurodollars)
What the hell are these tasks?
Is this Santo Domingo’s neighborhood committee?
Since players settled on East Road of the Republic in north Santo Domingo, this place, squeezed between the Tiger Claws and Sixth Street Gang, has seen bloodshed among the local gangs, and within less than half a month, various gangs have either fled or quit.
There’s no making a living anymore.
Whether you’re making or dealing drugs, meeting these people means getting beaten up, stripped down to your clothes.
Even if you hide in the sewers, they’ll dig you out.
If you fight back too fiercely, or have a high bounty on your head, they’ll even kill you on the spot, snap a picture to claim the bounty, then drag your body away, and you’ll vanish from the face of the earth.
And this group doesn’t respect anyone, whether it’s the Sixth Street Gang or Tiger Claws, they’ll take care of any troublemakers.
The locals got smart too; if you dare to make trouble, they’ll chip in to put a bounty on your head.
Then you’ll find a bunch of people trailing you everywhere, just waiting for you to break the law so they can beat you to death.
Eventually, under Wagako and Military Science’s constraints, even the two big gangs didn’t bother anymore.
This chaotic place became a playground for players, a notorious forbidden zone for gangsters.
And stability leads to development.
Originally it was thought these newcomers would demand protection fees, manufacture drugs, kill—doing what previous gangs did.
But surprisingly, they were easygoing, didn’t cause trouble, and would frequently ask if you needed help.
The only downside is after they visit your home, they’ll look around and ask questions.
Players’ attempts to find side quests piqued local curiosity and liking, leading them to hire these strangers to do trivial tasks others wouldn’t bother with.
Some players, who don’t like fighting or shooting, gladly used their real-life skills to solve NPC problems.
Earning some cash while building up NPC goodwill.
The stable environment led vendors to develop around the bars, forming a street food alley where players splurged before logging off.
Vendors seized the chance to collaborate with players enthusiastic about mixing drinks at bars, asking them to concoct the bar’s popular drink bases.
Both sides hit it off, and lifestyle players found a way to make money.
In this chaotic Night City, an area of rare order emerged.
But this gave Li De a headache.
What kind of bizarre organization is this?
A group always helping neighbors solve problems is precisely locating him, a New America intelligence agent?
Ridiculous. (Chaoyang District People—brackets laughing)
There must be some hidden secret!
Li De’s sharp agent instincts told him, this bar must be hiding a shocking conspiracy, and the bar owner might be a high-level executive of some big company.
It’s highly likely Horizon Corporation plans to shake things up in Night City; finding Li De means it could be related to New America, maybe even Dogtown or Huang Ban.
Regardless, as an intelligence agent, even a reserve agent, he has a responsibility and obligation to unearth the mastermind behind this!
After a moment’s thought, Li De decided to quit his manual labor job during the day to make time to investigate Horizon Corporation.
As for Dino’s bar, he wouldn’t visit again; getting found there means its security is compromised, and he needs a new identity.
But money is tight, and going completely undercover isn’t feasible, so Li De looked at that string of lowest F-grade tasks on the mission hall screen.
The most dangerous place is the safest place; this company would never suspect Solomon Li De is right in their bar, taking up jobs...
"How do I pick up a task from here?"
Li De asked the local mercenary next to him, thinking he looked like a good hand.
The expert was stunned, thinking this big guy should be taking big jobs at a big bar like Afterlife.
Why is he interested in an F-grade task?
There’s a reason for this anomaly.
After pondering for a while, the expert said,
"After registering, just select the task you want on this terminal, and swipe your fingerprint to get the relevant task information."
"But be cautious, you need to wear a small camera during the task to record it entirely in case of unexpected trouble."
"It’s free, but you’ll have to pay if you break it."
Li De felt some gratitude towards this enthusiastic mercenary.
Then he looked at the terminal and finally chose the least conspicuous delivery task.