Players Invade Cyberpunk

When others scan you, there will be a bounty amount listed under your record.

If players link to the NCPD database and scan the Tiger Claw gang, they would be shocked to find that these people's criminal records are endless.

Kidnapping, first-degree murder, burglary, smuggling, damaging corporate property...

When players see that amount of money, their expressions shift, growing increasingly dangerous.

Hayden Carson felt like he had done something hugely wrong, something with irreparable consequences.

But in fact, he just pitied these people, wanting them to die a bit more comfortably with some money to their names.

Brother Ni licked his dry lips while holding the two money chips, staring at the man in front of him.

"Sheriff... you mean, these criminals all have bounties on them?"

Hayden Carson's Adam's apple bobbed, a chill running through his body.

"That depends on whether anyone has posted a bounty in NCPD's bounty system."

But most of the time, it's useless. With such meager amounts, who would bother? They usually vanish without a trace.

And mostly, the killers don't dare to claim them. Claiming would log you into the NCPD's database, which anyone can access. The claimant's identity would soon be discovered by the gang, and then killed.

It's not much money, so there's no need to bother at all.

Over time, that money naturally went into the NCPD officers' pockets.

The players behind him were already smiling, and Brother Ni was still probing, asking

"So if we encounter something similar in the future... how do we determine if the person has a bounty on them?"

"And, how do we claim the bounty if so? Do we have to bring their heads to claim... or...?"

What the hell?

You guys still think there's a future?

Are you dreaming?

You might not even see the sun tomorrow.

But out of politeness, Hayden Carson took out a chip.

"No need to cut heads off. This can connect to our NCPD database. After connecting, scanning the person will show the bounty."

"After taking down the target, just upload their identity information and system recognition code. We'll review it and credit your account directly."

This thing isn't valuable on the black market; basically, anyone with some power has one. Even this chip the sheriff has is a seized one.

Brother Ni took the three chips, and the players' eyes were almost on fire.

They still regretted before that killing in the city didn't easily drop the opponent's cybergear. Now they can directly drop coins.

The fuse is burning! The fuse is burning!

After finally bidding farewell to these guys, Hayden Carson watched their backs as they left and swallowed hard.

These people... don't seem as clean as their records suggest.

He shook his head. What does this have to do with their NCPD? If these guys have the skills, they might as well let them fight the Tiger Claw gang dog-eat-dog.

Soon enough, the Tiger Claw gang would come to pick them up, and he needed to well prepare his wording to keep the police station clean from this affair.

Then he brushed the matter aside.

Turning back to his workstation, he picked up the recent smuggling cases to check the peculiar points.

For some reason, the quantity of goods smuggled by the Night Wanderer had sharply declined during this period. They seemed to have been seriously hit by military technology, unable to recover.

...

Big Shot: "Damn, this game is really hiding stuff. It actually hid the bounty system inside the police station. If we hadn't gotten caught, we wouldn't have known."

The players who came out of the police station were practically ecstatic.

Brother Ni: "Maybe it's a tutorial. Brother Dao and their group triggered a mission, got into a conflict with the Tiger Claws, and pleaded for help, leading us into the police station to activate the bounty mission. I must say, this mission design is really clever, seamlessly integrating into the game world without feeling forced."

And on the side, Potato was also looking eager to go.

"Hurry up and see how much money there is. I'm getting impatient, haha."

This was the first time the players had seen a money chip; previously, they either found cash or electronic currency issued by the mission system.

At these words, Brother Ni also picked up a chip and inserted it into the slot at the back of his neck.

Players each had a separate account; there was no such thing as restarting with a new account if your reputation went bad, so they valued their face highly and weren't worried about teammates embezzling the money.

Brother Ni reported a number.

"2795."

"???"

Lin Miao looked at his account and found an unexpected sum of money, full of confusion.

A few seconds later, another sum appeared.

"3742."

He checked carefully and finally figured out what had happened during that time.

Not only were the players caught in the police station, but they obtained some bounty money.

In reality, the accounts he opened for the players were all virtual. Although there was money on the accounts, all of it essentially existed with him. It would only transfer out when there was a transaction with the outside world.

But to Lin Miao, having only six to seven thousand in profits from dealing with the Tiger Claw gang was indeed a bit minimal.

However, it was a different story for the players.

They sent out seventeen people this time, all present except for Mantou and Pandora.

Everyone earned about 350 euro coins, which was like a day's wage from hard labor!

Calculating a thirty-minute fight, ten hours of playtime amounts to twenty rounds!

A day's worth would be 7000!

If the city was full of Tiger Claws to sweep through, wouldn't that be a goldmine?

Just kidding, where would there be so many Tiger Claws for the players to kill.

With this practice, the ten thousand members, and over a hundred thousand related personnel of the Tiger Claw gang, wouldn't even last the players a month to wipe out.

However, Lin Miao didn't continue to worry about the players' matters. Let them split the money on their own.

This incident wasn't that big or that small.

Lin Miao had very little open contact with the players; only people like Adcardo and Old Captain were aware of it.

But to the vast majority of people, including those mentioned, Lin Miao was simply the middleman and Mercenary for the players. Calling him a company dog was only because they wore the same uniforms in previous operations.

Now that the uniforms were all worn out, players were wearing regular clothes, and Lin Miao hadn't issued new ones yet, so who could tell?

Besides, have you ever seen company dogs acting like this?

You've never heard of Mercenaries causing trouble to settle scores with the middleman.

As for the Tiger Claw gang?

As long as it doesn't affect Lin Miao's business, that's fine.