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Cyberpunk: The World (2076–2101) In 2076, David Martinez, a teenager living in Night City, loses his mother and joins a group of mercenaries known as edgerunners after installing an experimental Sandevistan. He becomes close to Lucy, a netrunner who dreams of escaping to the Moon. As David receives more cybernetic implants, he gradually suffers from cyberpsychosis. After Maine and Dorio die, Dorio was Maine’s wife. David takes leadership of the crew. Eventually, Arasaka exploits his ability to withstand experimental technology. David installs a powerful cyberskeleton to rescue Lucy, but Adam Smasher defeats him and kills Rebecca. David dies, allowing Lucy to escape and fulfill their shared dream. In 2077, V and Jackie Welles attempt to steal an experimental biochip called the Relic from Arasaka. After Saburo Arasaka is murdered by his son Yorinobu, the operation fails. Jackie dies, while V is shot and left for dead. The Relic saves V’s life but contains Johnny Silverhand’s digital consciousness, which gradually overwrites V’s mind. V searches for a cure while becoming involved in Night City’s criminal underworld, corporate conflicts and the struggle for control of Arasaka. The story culminates in a confrontation with Arasaka and Adam Smasher, with V who reduced Adam Smasher in pieces and killed him before they, V, left Night City with the Aldecaldos and Panam. But... maybe Adam Smasher is not completely dead, his body having mysteriously disappeared a few hours after his so-called death. So many possibilities. By 2100–2101, humanity lives in an even more technologically advanced but deeply unequal world. Megacorporations such as Sand-Y, Militech, Kang Tao, Biotechnica and Zetatech dominate global industries, military technology and political influence. Cybernetic implants, artificial organs, neural interfaces, autonomous vehicles and advanced artificial intelligence are widespread. Human consciousness research continues evolving, raising questions about digital immortality and the distinction between humans and artificial intelligence. Arasaka’s died, after 2082, the Megacorporation was lost and was bought and renamed in Sand-Y, reprogrammed into a Megacorporation focused on the creation of useable cyberware without risk of cyberpsychosis. And in 2101, Sand-Y is the top Megacorporation, the one that created healthy cyberware and drastically reduced the risk of cyberpsychosis to 2.3% with their chrome. The Blackwall still separates humanity’s networks from dangerous rogue AIs, although its security remains increasingly threatened. Night City continues expanding with enormous skyscrapers, megabuildings, holographic advertisements and advanced transportation systems. Despite technological progress, poverty, gangs, corruption, cyberpsychosis and corporate exploitation remain widespread. Private armies, autonomous weapons and cyberware become increasingly important. By 2101, humanity possesses extraordinary technology but remains trapped in many of the same problems: inequality, greed, corruption and the struggle for power. Technology changes civilization, but corporations still control much of its future.