Chapter Summaries

Lucy questioned Lier about the moon, while David and Lucy reconsidered their plans to leave Night City. After Lier and the Animals destroyed the Voodoo Boys and set off a signal at the Bati Hotel, the convoy headed for Dogtown.

• Lier explained to Lucy that the moon depended on Earth and was no isolated refuge, and he paid her 5,000 eddies to report to Network Watch without mentioning him.
• David celebrated being closer to affording a lunar ticket, while Lucy and Kiwi discussed the moon’s uncertain conditions and Night City’s false promises.
• Lier explained to V and Jackie that the European Union’s lunar colonies were intended to support control of Earth and the Near-Earth Orbital System.
• Lier and the Animals cleared out a Voodoo Boys warehouse, then Lier electrocuted Brigitte while Placide and the surviving gang members remained captured.
• The Voodoo Boys’ hoarded equipment activated at the Bati Hotel, and the convoy left Night City for Dogtown.

The corporations struggled to piece together intelligence about Burger King after the nuclear blast, finding that missing data and withheld information made the gang’s motives impossible to determine. At the Bati Hotel, Susan Forester found the Voodoo Boys dead and rogue-AI traces, while Songbird warned that Burger King might have sold the AI and said she would join Susan in Dogtown.

• The corporations compiled conflicting profiles of Big Man, King, and Burger, but gaps in their intelligence left Burger King’s activities difficult to assess.
• Susan Forester led a Militech squad to the Bati Hotel and found the Voodoo Boys dead, with Brigitte still connected to a netrunner’s chair.
• Songbird warned Susan that the interfaces showed traces of a rogue AI and suggested Burger King might have sold its captured AI to the Voodoo Boys.
• Susan stopped the net agents from touching the interfaces and requested an experienced netrunner to assist with the investigation.
• Songbird said she would enter Dogtown with Susan and reported that Saburo Arasaka might have contacted President Myers.

Lier arranged with Mr. Hands to enter Dogtown with the Animals under the cover of a military-equipment resale business, despite the radiation from a nuclear blast and Hansen’s heightened security. After finding the stadium’s side entrance heavily guarded by combat mechs and drones, Lier decided to use the Flathead and keep the operation low-key.

• Mr. Hands questioned whether Lier was really Burger King, and Lier asked him to arrange passage into Dogtown for the Animals.
• Lier, V, and Jackie approached Dogtown and found its checkpoint guarded by soldiers, drones, and Cerberus mechs.
• The Animals passed through the checkpoint using visas and a cover identity as military-equipment resellers.
• Lier led V and Jackie toward a back entrance beside EBM Stadium, but they found the parking lot occupied by armored vehicles and active mechs.
• Muramasa offered to shut down the defenses, but Lier refused and proposed using the Flathead while his people brought in equipment.

After the Voodoo Boys were wiped out, Ryan appointed Jefferson Peralez deputy mayor and announced Night City's renewed takeover and redevelopment of Pacific State. Ryan worried about the weakening balance between Arasaka and Militech, while armed convoys moved to seize the Voodoo Boys' former territory.

• News of the Voodoo Boys' destruction spread as Lier and his companions reached Dogtown, prompting renewed attention to Pacific State's development.
• Ryan announced that Peralez would replace the ill Holt as deputy mayor, surprising reporters and political observers.
• Ryan declared that Night City would resume the Pacific State development plan, restore municipal control, establish security and public services, and pursue those responsible for the Zero Point explosion.
• Peralez told Ryan that Militech was asking about the Voodoo Boys, and Ryan advised him to keep the corporation guessing and offer contracts.
• Ryan considered how Arasaka's decline threatened Night City's economy and strategic security, and wondered whether he would have to submit to Arasaka to preserve the city's balance of power.
• As locals hid, a large convoy of Mackinaws seized former Voodoo Boys strongholds across Pacific State.

Lier, V, and Jackie infiltrated EBM Stadium and explored its enormous underground parking facility while Lier hacked its systems. They reached a transfer point as Lier searched for the power lines connected to Hellhound’s crashed nuclear-powered airship.

• Lier used the Flathead to hack the combat network, hiding the group from the guards’ sensors so they could enter EBM Stadium.
• Lier explained that Sixth Street and other gangs could help develop Pacific State, but Night City still needed a lasting source of security.
• Lier restored power to EBM Stadium’s vehicle lift and led V and Jackie into its vast multilevel underground parking facility.
• Lier began tracing the power grid and Hellhound’s added systems toward the crashed airship at the stadium’s center.
• V caught Lier when he nearly fell from the lift, then teased him as the group continued across the transfer point.

Lier used the Sandevistan and hacked traffic controls to survive Bullseye’s attack during a high-speed chase, while Matt and Skye tried to keep John alive. The chase ended when Anthony rammed Bullseye’s van with a dump truck, and Lier received 1,000 Tech Points.

• Bullseye attacked the fleeing vehicle with steel toothpicks, wounding Matt and leaving John with a toothpick lodged in his throat.
• Lier activated the Sandevistan, dodged Bullseye’s attacks, and told Anthony to ram the pursuing van.
• Matt barely dodged Bullseye’s repeated throws while Skye urged John to stay calm and helped him breathe.
• Lier hacked the traffic lights to clear a route and arranged for a dump truck to meet Bullseye’s van.
• Anthony slammed the dump truck into Bullseye’s van, crushing it beneath the truck and dragging it down the road.
• Lier received 1,000 Tech Points for using traffic control to bring a dump truck into position.

Nine fire dragons and nine silver dragons spread purple spiritual mist across Yunjian Prefecture, drawing the attention of disciples at Rising Dragon Abyss. The chapter then shifts among several disconnected scenes, including confrontations, a battle, and personal exchanges.

• Nine fire dragons and nine silver dragons filled the sky with purple mist that fell as rain across Yunjian Prefecture.
• Chu Li decided what to do next, and Feng Che returned to him and the others.
• Cheng Yang confronted a sharp-faced elder and released blood-red slaughter energy.
• A guard threatened to crush Xu Quan’s skull after Chen Ting gave a signal.
• Liu Xiangze killed Giant Lizard Helian Cheng and kicked its head aside.

Elliot faced an agent's scrutiny after a sudden power outage, while several separate encounters unfolded elsewhere. Yiyi witnessed vampires being burned by the River of Forgetfulness, escorted souls approached an eerie village, and seven swords trembled in a central formation.

• Elliot told the agent that the power had suddenly gone out and accidentally kicked a tool near the hidden helmet.
• The head elder confirmed that Ning'er was alive but said that her whereabouts were unknown.
• The woman of the Ula-Nara clan begged Yinzhen to rescind his imperial decree and punish Lady Li more leniently.
• Lu Ming asked Liu Lifan whether he had heard anything about Zhou Yueyin over the years.
• Yiyi watched vampires suffer in the River of Forgetfulness, and the escorted souls later approached an eerie village.
• Abbot Liaokong bowed and Ye Guyun nodded while Sima Kong remained furious and the seven longswords in the central formation trembled.

Long Qingchen provoked Heaven-Burning Asura, Zhang Yang accepted an invitation to a cold-drink shop, and Minghe returned during a dangerous moment. Li Xu sought a way to make Life-Reaping Ghost Yamen retreat without killing him, while Qian Ying remained unsure how his attributes had changed.

• Long Qingchen wanted to kill Heaven-Burning Asura because he found him displeasing, leaving Heaven-Burning Asura furious.
• Zhang Yang agreed to visit a cold-drink shop with Sister Chao and told Xue Zhendong to wait in the car.
• Xu Yiming said he would eventually leave and could not remain a woman's chauffeur forever.
• Minghe returned at a dangerous moment after Wuchang had heard that he was away on a secret mission.
• Li Xu identified several ways to kill Life-Reaping Ghost Yamen but could not find a quick way to defeat him and make him willingly retreat.
• Qian Ying still had not checked how his mental power and other attributes had changed after leaving the alternate dimension.

The Burger King Crime Syndicate vanished from Night City after confronting regular corporate troops head-on. Dogtown disappeared with it, and Kurt Hansen was reported killed in the explosion blamed on the syndicate.

• The Burger King Crime Syndicate confronted the regular corporate troops head-on and then vanished from Night City.
• Dogtown vanished after serving as the heart of the battlefield, and Militech officer Kurt Hansen died in the explosion.
• The armed terrorists who had previously swaggered about also disappeared.

Jiang Tianhao explained the Greenwater Alliance's holdings, Ying Zheng threatened the Titan Empire, and Qiao Yun received a sect summons. Lian Rou watched a laboratory entrance, fearing that Sheng Ying would be killed inside and unable to rescue her.

• Jiang Tianhao told Lin Miaomiao that the Greenwater Alliance had four battle stars stationed at its major trading markets in the Milky Way Galaxy.
• Akrit approached a site littered with blood and other remains of childbirth.
• Ying Zheng threatened to torture his captive's siblings and erase the Titan Empire from the universe.
• Qiao Yun told Xie Nanping that the sect had summoned him to Central Peak for a discussion and tossed him the jade slip.
• Qiao Yun examined five cultivators and recognized that all were at the Foundation Establishment stage.
• Lian Rou watched the laboratory entrance from the shadows and feared that Sheng Ying's killing of the guards had been exposed.

Elliot criticized European Union media for mocking Night City and complained that a ticket had undermined his efforts to avoid debt. Elsewhere, Ye Fei restrained and revived a man, and the crown prince warned Princess Changle to stop causing trouble.

• Elliot complained that European Union media mocked Night City to portray European Union laws and living conditions favorably.
• Elliot said he had avoided loans by living in cheap housing and using outdated cyberware, but a ticket had jeopardized those efforts.
• Ye Fei took a man to his master's bamboo courtyard, tied him to a chair, and revived him.
• The crown prince secretly sent Princess Changle a warning that he could not always protect her.
• Dongxian Shilang sent Chu Mingyu and Yaoer Weikang with over a thousand troops to track the person who had killed an expert in Tanzhou.

Johnny questioned reports of the Kujira's sinking and Saburo Arasaka's death, becoming interested in present-day Night City. Elsewhere, Ji Xinyue achieved her aim, Han Yi raised a possibility involving the Netherworld, and Guo Nianfei returned Ling Xue'er to the Willis Hotel.

• Johnny asked whether the Kujira had really been sunk and reacted to Saburo Arasaka being killed by his son.
• Two Japanese soldiers fixed their bayonets and stabbed a bull in the chest.
• Ji Xinyue achieved her aim and rose from Murong Qian's arms.
• Han Yi suggested that the Netherworld might be allowed to establish a foothold.
• Meng Qi noticed that it was growing dark and bid Lu Xin farewell.
• Guo Nianfei vowed to repay every slight, took Ling Xue'er back to the Willis Hotel, and had An'an keep her company.

Lier had mastered cross-dimensional information transmission without obtaining the complete Cybertron space bridge technology. He still needed more energy to maintain stable signals and attempt to transfer energy and matter.

• Lier mastered transmitting information across dimensions.
• Lier used incomplete Cybertron space bridge technology for cross-dimensional positioning and information transmission.
• Lier faced the challenge of finding enough energy for continuous signals and transfers of energy and matter.

Johnny was shocked by the Pilot's speed in the Manufactury after the Pilot shot an enemy dead. He recalled heavily mechanized fighters such as Adam Smasher and Shaiyituonai while trying to understand what he had seen.

• The Pilot shot an enemy dead in the Manufactury.
• The Pilot slid even faster after the kill, leaving Johnny astonished that the fighter was a person.
• Johnny recalled Adam Smasher and Shaiyituonai as fighters who had replaced almost their entire bodies with machinery.

BT-7274 asked who was contacting him, and Lier identified a way to communicate through the magnetic crane arm. Lier planned to encode electromagnetic pulses using Morse code.

• BT-7274 asked who was contacting him.
• Lier identified BT's current state as a dedicated communication line despite not knowing the world's usual protocols.
• Lier planned to program the magnetic crane arm's electromagnetic field changes into Morse code pulses.

An enemy Pilot advanced through a factory while IMC troops reported malfunctions and an escaped Titan. Elsewhere, Wuxia discovered where the fourth map had ended up, and Zhang Zixing repelled Daoist Duobao's attack before later mourning losses on Golden Ao Island.

• IMC Soldier A reported that the factory was clearing a maintenance passage for the enemy Pilot.
• IMC Soldier B requested backup under fire, and IMC Soldier C reported attacks on their troops and the Titan's escape.
• Helian Nuo woke in better spirits and placed the sleeping Mysterious Tortoise on a tree trunk.
• Wuxia realized that the pair of cloud-patterned Vermilion Bird Zun containing the fourth map had ended up in Great Jin's imperial palace.
• Zhang Zixing used the Flame-Illuminating Banner from Earth to block the golden flood dragons released by Daoist Duobao.
• Zhang Zixing visited Golden Ao Island and apologized to the four surviving Heavenly Lords for casualties he believed could have been avoided.

Jackie killed several Ghost Warriors and gave his allies an opening to counterattack. The account then shifted among disconnected confrontations and encounters, ending with Chen Guo'er slapping Lee Chao to the ground.

• Jackie killed several Ghost Warriors with a backhand attack and eased the pressure on his allies.
• Mechanical Girl faced an approaching armored man with a large slash across her chest, while Leng the Angel shouted that they had entered a trap.
• Qilin fired her gun to keep the area around Rose clear.
• Yan Yunchen concluded that the inner disciples had attacked Zong Wuxiang because he wanted all the valuables for himself.
• Yan Yunchen encountered ten primordial black holes in the Wasteland Secret Realm.
• Chen Guo'er slapped Lee Chao to the ground, leaving him clutching his cheek and shouting.

Jackie narrowly escaped the grim reaper when the Explosive Spider's blast stopped its advance. BT then broke through the training ground wall and kicked the grim reaper away.

• The Explosive Spider exploded just before the grim reaper could catch Jackie.
• The directional blast struck the grim reaper head-on and engulfed it in flames.
• BT burst through the wall of the unlocked training ground and sent the grim reaper flying with a kick.

BT slammed Ash against a wall after Ash and Jackie deliberately made a mistake while Lier's support approached. Lier urged them to keep moving because The Manufactury was self-destructing and its robots and biological weapons had been released.

• BT slammed Ash against a wall.
• Ash and Jackie deliberately made the mistake while Lier's support was on its way.
• Lier ordered them to pick up the pace.
• Lier reported that he could not stop The Manufactury from self-destructing and that its robots and biological weapons had all been released.