Chapter 67 - Your Name is on This Brick! Aren't You Going to Move It?
Two trucks drove into the vacant lot inside the factory, and the players who got out excitedly looked around at everything.
In their vision, this factory already belongs to Horizon Corporation, with the faint green outline typical of the offices at the borders appearing.
Although it looks ragged and deserted here, with the infrastructure around still rough, it is far better than the Stone Ridge Mountain town a month and a half ago. At least in the city, there are commercial shops, power supplies, and drainage systems around, definitely much better than the Evil Land.
Lin Miao opened his arms and walked towards the players, smiling.
"Comrades, welcome to our new home, the Horizon Corporation's first factory. This will become our first stop in Night City and is the result of your hard work recently."
However, he was just expressing his feelings symbolically, hugging a couple of people meaningfully, but he still underestimated the players' enthusiasm.
"Hooray!"
This group of people directly surged forward, knocked Lin Miao down, lifted him up, and tossed him into the air repeatedly. His weight of over a hundred kilograms was no problem for the players until quite some time had passed before they finally let him down.
The players were, of course, excited, this is the city, and its modeling complexity and AI diversity far outstrip the environment of several hundred people in the Evil Land. They have lost count of how many times their jaws dropped along the way due to the game's precision, not to mention that Lin Miao even managed to acquire a piece of land here!
Doesn't that mean they could stay permanently without having to drive far every time to get into the city as they discussed before?
The most important thing is that this place is a blank slate, which means just like Stone Ridge Mountain town, it can have construction and even management systems!
New profession systems
New maps
New organizations, monster types, NPCs, cybernetic enhancements, equipment
How thrilling is that?
Speaking of which, besides Bun and Pandora, none of the other players have chosen a profession yet; each one harbors their own intentions, wanting to test the waters of the new version first before deciding. If one accidentally falls into the sewer, there's really no place to cry.
Lucy and Gloria were also standing aside, watching Lin Miao being tossed repeatedly by the players with a slight smile.
The two of them personally witnessed Lin Miao a month ago still struggling for the development of several players' equipment, now surprisingly able to lease a factory as a base. The speed of development is indeed rapid, with a bit of emotion in their hearts.
They just wonder how far this group of people can go.
After finally managing to stop the enthusiastic players, Lin Miao tidied his clothes after being released and then pulled Lucy and Gloria to the front of the players and said.
"You completed your previous missions well, not only completing the trade but also avoiding conflict outbreak. I believe you have gained a preliminary understanding of Night City through this event, which will help you quickly adapt to life here."
"But before that, we still need to complete the construction of the base, and I hereby announce that the main person in charge of this base is Lucy, who is also your hacker mentor, so I won't make additional introductions."
"And this is Gloria Martinez. I believe she has made a brief self-introduction, but I still want to emphasize that she is the friend in Night City I mentioned before. A great portion of the cybernetic enhancements on you is thanks to her. She helped us through the toughest period."
"Meanwhile, she is also the first employee of our office and will help the base with some matters in the future, but her main work is not here, so she won't reside permanently. If you have medical needs, you can ask her for help, of course, for a fee."
Lin Miao couldn't possibly move the modification capsule into the city; there are way too many eyes here, not to mention that the city base will not only have player activity, Lin Miao will also recruit many locals. If the news leaks, it would be disastrous.
Therefore, at this time, where Gloria is at ERO is the best choice.
On one hand, let the players support her performance; on the other hand, let her provide city medical services to the players. Once the two companies merge in the future, ERO can directly become the medical department of the office.
"As long as you buy health insurance from Gloria, then whenever you get hurt in the city needing treatment, you can send a help message to Gloria at any time, and she will immediately arrange for rescue services."
The connecting request of the system is not covered by regular electromagnetic signals; it seems to use the internet from another world to transmit messages, even the signal jammers commonly used by mercenaries are ineffective.
That means no matter where you get hurt, Gloria can accurately receive the players' alarms and body conditions, then call ERO's ambulance.
As for money issues, they're even less of a concern. Every penny thrown at ERO now will be repaid by the company with tenfold compensation in the future.
"Of course, Gloria will occasionally issue tasks to you, and in the future, she might even provide high-level cybernetic enhancements for sale and installation."
The advantage of the Trauma Team lies in advanced medical levels, the ability to always arrive at the scene for rescue in a timely manner, and the fierce firepower to remove threat personnel.
Now, guess whether your Trauma Team's sky car arrives faster, or the players who discover a red exclamation mark on their mini-map run faster?
If you dare to snatch our business, we will ditch you along with your car.
The most important thing is that Lin Miao's lovely players don't require bereavement compensation when they die!