Players Invade Cyberpunk-Chapter 667 - 215: Plotting for Taiping Continent

"What the hell, this water plant is insanely large."

Wildman stood on the mountain peak and looked down. Tanks, water pipes, filtration systems, aeration, and purification pools... stretched endlessly. The neatly arranged water purification facilities gave off a sense of comfort.

According to the construction plans, the entire complex covered an area of 120 hectares. It purified 1.9 million tons of water daily, with 500,000 tons processed for drinking after secondary treatment, while the remaining 1.4 million tons could be used as industrial and domestic water. Without considering backup power, the plant could self-sustain all its electricity needs through a Shiva electrolytic cell and incineration power generation, with even some surplus.

The water supply could meet the daily needs of a district in Night City, supporting a population of a million. The initial investment exceeded 50 million Orokin, thanks to the high industrial efficiency, leading to low prices for many industrial products.

Theoretically, this might be the largest wastewater treatment plant in North America. After all, no other company in the United States seems to be doing this.

What excited the players most, besides the near-completion of the plant, were the obelisks at the entrance engraved with their names. To passersby, those mismatched words might appear as the impromptu work of an abstract artist.

The idea that they were names of a group of people would be unfathomable. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Brother Ni: "The fact that we managed to build all this in a month is the most unbelievable. With this skill, you could earn 300 a day working on any construction site."

Brother Ni found it particularly strange why these special constructions could be rapidly built by some method, but regular structures had to be built slowly.

Offices being outposts were understandable; even dorms with nothing special were quickly built. Why wasn't it the same for the more critical factories?

Potato: "Steady as The Flash delivers food, Superman moves bricks to achieve financial freedom."

Wildman looked around and noticed someone was missing.

"Right, where's Brother Xun? Hasn't he been talking for ages about wanting to start an aquaculture farm in the Otherworld? Now that there's water, when does he plan to submit his application?"

"Forget it, I'm afraid he'll lose his pants."

Potato seized the chance to poke fun.

"An aquaculture farm, right? People can buy artificial meat for dozens of times cheaper than real meat, who'd buy his hairy crabs?"

"Hey, don't dismiss it so quickly, really don't."

Brother Ni egged on with a grin.

"At first, I thought it was hopeless too, but now that you mention it, I see potential."

"But speaking of which, I remember Brother Xun said he took on a mentor's task and went ahead to submit it."

Potato: "What? He's eating alone this time?"

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No matter their real-life identities, in the game, everyone was just a player, especially in "Future Horizon," a game where you couldn't use money to skip content. There was no pay-to-win, thriving depends purely on personal skill and luck.

Some real-life experiences inadvertently provided players with a helping hand in such a realistic game setting.

Like residents finding the Medical Department, and Pandora finding the hacker style.

The Truth Department and the Titan were locked in a staring contest at the newly constructed office's entrance of the water plant.

Titan: "What are you staring at? I have a task."

The Truth Department smirked: "What a coincidence, I have a task too."

"I picked a task personally issued by Gloria."

"What a coincidence, so did I."

"..."

"..."

The two stood at the doorway, their gazes clashed provocatively, and their steps started to slowly circle around each other in the limited space of the entrance.

Step by step, their faces drew closer until they were about to touch, when the office door was pushed open from the inside.

Gloria, inside, could hardly hold it in any longer, feeling like this group of people could go crazy for any reason at any time. Cyber psychosis wasn't this frequent.

"Alright, you two stop acting crazy at the door; I have serious matters to discuss with you."

Though many players in this version opened their shops or companies, in reality, they weren't good at management nor understood finance. Most work was entrusted directly to W, and they only managed the business direction.

Titan and the Truth Department were among the few players mentioned to have some experience in this area in their backstories.

As for the others...

Gloria thought it prudent to avoid a repeat of last year's Taiping Continent disaster.

Like forcibly contaminating all of Night City's drinking water supplies with sewage, forcing everyone to buy Horizon Corporation's drinking water to get by or something.

"Hmph~~"

The increasingly intense tension between the two finally subsided, as they exchanged a cold snort and walked into the office.

If the doorway hadn't been wide enough, the two might have shoved each other around, seeing who could squeeze in first.

Titan spoke first.

"Mentor, I heard you have a task for me?"

The Truth Department quickly added.

"It's for both of us, don't you think of sneaking away."

"Umm...."

Gloria remained composed.

"Yes, I need your help with some business matters."

When it came to players, Lin Miao always maintained absolute trust. She would tell them whatever she could reveal if they wanted to know.

After she laid out all the information she had, Titan and the Truth Department immediately raised their hands eagerly.

"Me, me, me!"

The scene was reminiscent of elementary school kids jostling to answer a question from the teacher.

"Why don't you go first?"

Gloria was more familiar with Titan. She remembered this person was present during the Six Street Gang trade.