For the players, the game content of this version has become scarce in its final stages. The battle elements have reached their lowest ebb since the server opened, with hardly anyone daring to cause trouble in Night City.

The freedom of movement for a large number of players has essentially come close to martial law, exerting strong suppression on gangs and gray areas.

At the same time, the large number of job vacancies in Taiping Continent has provided an outlet for the idle personnel in Night City. With the assistance of behavior chips and AI, even those lacking work experience can quickly get started after a few days of training, and it doesn't matter if they are functionally illiterate.

The efficiency of mechanical + prosthetic engineering is so high that it even makes Tokyo University on the other side break out in a sweat.

These workers may not have high work motivation, and might not even be considered skilled workers, but with the assistance of mature technical industries, the construction speed is still astonishingly fast.

It's no wonder that large corporations never care about the protests and lives of the grassroots workers. For them, these workers' protests are not important at all; enterprises only need someone present to exert considerable productivity.

Striking is useless, as a large unemployed population keeps the positions in high-intensity competition, so there are always people willing to do the job.

It's estimated that it will take less than half a year to complete the construction of Mary's Wall, approximately two hundred square kilometers of the Sea Area Plan, and then start the drainage work.

If this were in the real world, everyone would probably think that the person who came up with this plan, just to build a tourist area, was crazy and that it would be impossible to complete. However, over here, it's entirely feasible.

As the players marvel, there are still many things to do. Besides participating in this large-scale project that may span several versions, there's also the new version's pre-launch content.

Whether it's the hints of new maps for experts, the new professions from Yoshida Saki, or the railway network frequently appearing in Night City news, along with player mercenary company pages being added but not yet open for hiring missions, all of these can spark lengthy discussions on the official website.

And the closest thing to the players is undoubtedly the new profession teaser at Stone Ridge Mountain.

The new NPC Anne Hathaway has already conducted a preliminary diagnosis on Yoshida Saki. In the digitized brain domain, a human motion model and memory storage area have been established, and there's no longer any impact on daily life and memory.

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

Anne looked in some surprise at Yoshida Saki, who volunteered. This frail girl, who had just escaped from hell and endured torture and pain, made a decision that even left Anne shocked.

Yoshida Saki heard about her digital brain mutation and brain-controlled mechanical equipment from somewhere, even though neither Anne nor Lin Miao had any intention of experimenting on her. Yet now, she voluntarily stepped forward to apply to participate in the experiment.

"You can now apply for administrative education at Horizon Corporation. With their capabilities, even if you do nothing, you can still live well in the future…"

"I know all of this…"

Yoshida Saki lowered her head, tightly clutching the hem of her hospital gown, her fingers turning pale.

"Everyone here is very, very good people, and no one has mentioned money to me. But I also understand that they must have spent a lot of money and effort to save me, and I don't know how to repay Agent and the others…"

She mustered her courage, raised her head to look at Anne, her timid words filled with bravery.

"Please experiment on me."

"I know that Agent and the others have greater, more important things to do, and they need to save countless people like me. So even if I can only help them a little, that's all I can do."

"You…"

Anne recognized Yoshida Saki, but Yoshida Saki didn't know that the female doctor in front of her was one of those who operated on her earlier.

It was precisely because Anne had seen Yoshida Saki's files that she was astonished by the earth-shattering changes that occurred in such a short period.

Clearly, she had hit rock bottom at the time, having lost all hope in life. Calling her a walking corpse wouldn't have been an overstatement…

Anne also thought about those people. After coming here, she learned that saving people was not part of these people's mission. The Horizon Mercenaries risked complete annihilation and mission failure to rescue them.

Maybe these people have something that Night City is gradually losing, something very precious…

"I will apply to the higher-ups for you."

Without any intermediary, the complex administrative tasks were handed over to AI and network hackers, and the institution's efficiency was astonishingly fast.

In just 20 minutes, Yoshida Saki's request to participate in the experiment was approved by Lin Miao.

[All experiments will be conducted with Yoshida Saki's life safety as a priority, and halted immediately if any risks are detected.]

Lin Miao had no shortage of people volunteering for the experiments. By posting an announcement, volunteers lined up from Santo Domingo to Taiping Continent, but Yoshida Saki's determination wasn't just excellent promotional material; it was also a model for everyone's future.

The experiment progressed quickly because Yoshida Saki's digitized brain domain was already in a development state, eliminating the need for much preliminary work, which saved a lot of time.

By the third day, they were able to start testing on controlling specialized mechanical equipment.

In the battle of Dog Town, aside from military supplies, the design blueprints of Hellhound robots also fell into the hands of the players. Although they were unable to smelt the same high-strength alloys, and related design work was still ongoing, piecing together the battlefield's leftover parts into a dozen units was still feasible.