Though they say it’s an internet surveillance design, it’s actually only level three, which equates to blue gear, similar to what Lucy has on now.
"First, talk about your plan. I need to think about it."
"Does Taiping Continent have a dungeon like the one in Watson District? Staying in places for long, I feel I’m turning into a rat."
Potato feels that after staying in the sewers for so long, his body is carrying that uniquely damp stench.
But Taiping Continent has one good thing; its infrastructure is incomplete. Many places lack water and electricity, and the sewers are the same.
Often, sewage blocks the sewers, with no water to flush it out, and certainly no sewer cleaners to unclog it; once blocked, it’s blocked.
Therefore, when players explore those places, even if their sense of smell is blocked, the visual impact is still significant for them.
Wildman: "Brother Ni says he got confidential intel from Master, likely one of the Voodoo Gang’s bases, he’s on his way, but..."
Though Wildman isn’t very intelligent, he has figured some things out.
"I feel like Voodoo Gang shouldn’t have such a presence."
He analyzed: "Look, the large dungeon in Watson District represents Euro-American urban legends with high-ranking cults. The cultists there are well-known people from Night City, potentially including individuals from various major companies. Voodoo Gang is a small group that can’t even leave Taiping Continent, with only over a thousand ordinary people. If we confront them directly, we’re not afraid."
"Looking at it objectively, this group doesn’t seem capable of being the enemy in a large dungeon."
The Big Boss pondered, "Is it possible that it’s a preliminary mission? For instance, after defeating Voodoo Gang, someone suddenly appears saying Voodoo Gang was merely their pawn, and they are the final BOSS."
Wildman: "That’s possible, but it may also be that Voodoo Gang is just like Sixth Street Gang or Tiger Claw Gang, merely regional forces, and we’ve yet to find the real hidden dungeon."
The siren has found some information, but it hasn’t spread yet, so Wildman’s squad isn’t aware.
The squad waited in place for a while, and Brother Ni finally arrived late.
He waved an old poster, gasping for air.
"Found the place. It’s at the maglev train station, and I also checked the construction site from back then, it’s about half an hour’s walk from here."
Taiping Continent has many construction sites. To make sure there’s no mistake, before descending, Brother Ni searched the area and confirmed the general direction before marking a point on the map and entering the sewer. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by novel·fiɾe·net
However, the path ahead was still shrouded in the fog of war, not scanned by Bear-bee drones to upload terrain data, so the four players cautiously explored forward.
During this period, players have found many crime dens underground in Taiping Continent. Due to priority, they haven’t taken action yet, fearing they’d alert the enemy. They’re planning to deal with Voodoo Gang, the entry to Dog Town, and the secret dungeon first, and then no one will escape.
Master’s intel is indeed reliable. Comparing the upper and lower maps, Brother Ni quickly found the vicinity of his marked location, but the connection between the sewer and metro tunnel was already blown up, and the entrance was completely blocked by debris, making passage impossible.
Potato: "What do we do? Did we come to the wrong place?"
Brother Ni: "I don’t think we came to the wrong place; we actually came to the right one. Normally, who would blow up a sewer? It must be to keep their nest a secret, so that’s why the relevant passage was blown up, just like how Mongolian Toplaner found a place covered with rubble last time."
The Big Boss: "Then what now? Dig through?"
Wildman: "No, no, digging would be too loud and surely get us discovered. We need another way, plus we are too few in number, even if we dig through we can’t beat Voodoo Gang members."
Brother Ni: "Remember those hackers? Without Pandora, we’d be wiped out instantly; Voodoo Gang is full of these mechanical freaks."
Potato: "Then why don’t we blow this place up? Just bury them all underneath."
The Big Boss: "Stupid Huang Xudong, after burying them, will you dig for gear? Besides, this is a city sewer, okay? Reinforced concrete! Without a professional demolition engineer, you won’t know where to plant the explosives."
Potato was about to curse back but... a sudden inspiration flashed through his mind, though he couldn’t quite grasp it.
It was Wildman who spoke: "Alright, let’s go back and call for help, then everyone come up with a plan to take down the Voodoo Gang."
PS: The Blaise Mossley we met at the cinema was a fake. The real Blaise Mossley was killed by Placid when trading with the Voodoo Gang, who were sent by Michelle with the codename Blindman. He’s black, and after you complete Twin Flowers and save Aveline, you can see his body on a rooftop in Taiping Continent, and even his badge. The one we saw was his boss, and it’s also possible he’s an AI like Blue Eyes. He was the one who leaked the relic chip to the Voodoo Gang and instructed Lai Xuan to steal the chip.
But the birth of V was not the idea of the Internet Supervisor; they simply wanted to eliminate the Voodoo Gang and perhaps find Ote.
In other words, the birth of the game’s protagonist V was the inevitable result of manipulation behind the scenes.
Including Neptune, when rescuing Brigitte, the Voodoo Gang NPC lying in bed nearby, he’s actually an Internet Supervisor agent. The evidence is that if you kill Blaise Mossley, when the virus uploads and burns all the network agents, Neptune also dies with them. But if you help the Internet Supervisor, he survives.