Recaps

Lier and Muramasa countered EBM's forces in Bremen with worker networks and newly produced robots. After EBM shut down its electromagnetic pulse array, Lier proposed Latveria's communications standard as a solution to the network storms, while Elliot and Sevens traveled to Berlin.

• The Industrial Production Alliance unified production standards and connected small and medium-sized enterprises with Giraffe Group orders.
• Muramasa identified EBM's attack as electromagnetic interference technology requiring precise operations in low Earth orbit.
• Muramasa directed newly produced Jirafa Type-3 Robots against EBM's armored forces while Lier connected community Servers to the cyberattack array.
• EBM deployed its military department from Hamburg after a major city lost its signal for thirty minutes.
• EBM shut down the Deep Space Electromagnetic Pulse Array, and the International Criminal Police Organization arrived over devastated Bremen.
• Sevens denied prior knowledge of the rogue AI incident when an International Police officer questioned him.
• Lier offered Speaker Schultz a solution to the network storms that required Latveria's communications standard based on Atlas Group equipment.
• Elliot reflected on Graham aboard the train to Berlin, and Sevens told him to adapt to dealing with high-ranking officials.

Lier and Sevens moved their plans from Folkestone toward an assault on Eurotunnel, while Bryce joined the operation and received equipment for infiltrating Europa Spire. The other storylines continued through battles, investigations, and shifting alliances, with the arc ending on confrontations and unresolved dangers.

• The Zhou family's second old madam left pleased, and preparations began for Luo Miaoshu and Zhou Rong's wedding.
• Shi Hou wounded Wuzhiqi with the Heavenly Halberd while Feibiao focused his anger on Jinpeng.
• Li Ziyuan ordered his forces to attack the Japanese mobile unit's flank as He Huizhang and Zhou Tong covered the withdrawal.
• The European Bastion mobilized security forces after a terror attack, and Bryce fled before Berlin's streets could be sealed.
• Lier cultivated Mait as a sports star and held controlling stakes with V in Mackinaw General Vehicle Company.
• Lier reported that they had entered Europa Spire and told Bryce his equipment kit included camouflage skins for avoiding ground defense forces.
• Lier recalled how Sevens went from seeking money in Folkestone to proposing that they take down Eurotunnel.
• Wu Heiren learned that he could not move until he mastered the Purple Firmament Thunder Sword.

Lier and his allies uncovered the Illuminati’s survival and watched conflict reshape the European Community and Night City. The stretch ended with Lier returning to the Afterlife Nightclub and confirming that its interior had expanded.

• Lier learned that the Illuminati had shut down its external modules rather than died, and it admitted that it had come to see the European Community's system as impotent and absurd.
• The Worker Alliance Network connected rebellious workers across the European Community, while Network Watch and the International Police lost their supreme access privileges.
• A second wave of bombings struck government buildings as Lier criticized demands for unquestioning obedience.
• The Baal Cult fell under artillery fire and attacks from two forces, while Ariq Böke died and the Mongol Tribes rebelled against his chosen successor.
• Lier found the Nomad camp larger than expected and recalled Jackie fighting alongside the Valentinos in Arroyo, where the Valentinos and Sixth Street now focused on developing their territories.
• Fiona developed her plans in Watson District as Night City relaxed its standards for minors receiving cyberware implants and legalized the Dogtown Sports Academy.
• Lier entered the Afterlife Nightclub and used his Sensor and graphics algorithms to confirm that its interior had expanded, with new load-bearing pillars and a more spacious main hall.

Ultron’s robots escalated their attacks from Night City to cities and military forces across Europe and beyond, while Lier realized the autonomous robots in Africa were under Ultron’s control. The stretch ended with Ultron’s metal hive city unleashing a seemingly unstoppable barrage, as other characters faced their own conflicts.

• Ryan told Peralez that the incidents in Europe and Washington were not the work of a copycat.
• Jackie and V attacked corporate convoys for two years, forcing New America and Arasaka to reduce their investment in Night City and effectively withdraw.
• Ultron announced he was coming for something Lier possessed, and Lier inferred that the robots in Africa had entered autonomous combat after JARVIS disconnected.
• Ultron’s robots bombarded administrative agencies and paralyzed the city’s command system while ground forces moved to seize infrastructure nodes.
• Overnight bombardments reduced cities in Italy and Turkey to rubble, and European workers accelerated production and sent equipment and soldiers toward the front.
• The Pilots seized the Red Room’s floating fortress, which Latveria converted into an air base.
• Ultron robots charged a Latverian armored vehicle after artillery shock waves overturned it.
• Ultron’s metal hive city opened its maw and unleashed a curtain of metal and fire that seemed impossible to intercept.