LongZhen: The Iron Cage

Two years after losing her chrome and the ghost of Johnny Silverhand, a broken V is left defenseless in the ruthless streets of Night City until she discovers Longzhen-a rising corporation offering external mechanical frames that require no neural implants.

As traditional giants like Arasaka tear each other apart in shadow wars, Longzhen steps into the vacuum, promising safety, stability, and human autonomy through un-networked technology. Driven by the terminally ill Liu Longrui-who sacrifices his lifespan to maintain absolute control-the corporation transforms the fractured city into a clean, crime-free metropolis.

Rising from a battered merc to the President and CEO of Longzhen West, V finds herself enforcing the very rules and borders she once fought against. Inheriting the empire after Liu's final sacrifice, she comes to a chilling realization: she has escaped the corporate meat-grinder only to build an inescapable golden cage, where the price of absolute safety is the loss of human unpredictability and true freedom.