Three hundred meters underground, in the “Abyss Mine,” miner Links drags his busted “Anvil-III” prosthetic through life. A mining disaster three years ago took his right arm and his father, leaving him with only a meager compensation payment from Triumph Group and questions with no answers. A sudden cave-in buries him alive, but in his desperate hour he accidentally touches the remains of an ancient prosthetic. A ghost-blue core activates the [Abyss Synchronization System], transforming his broken limb into a weapon capable of devouring other prosthetics, analyzing blueprints, and scanning terrain.
To survive, he uses the System to take down Butcher, the Rust Gang’s leader, who blocks his way. But this draws the attention of Royce, Triumph Group’s security chief, who sends forces to hunt him down. After meeting Old Ghost, a former chief prosthetics designer, Links learns that his father’s death is tied to the “Overlord Protocol,” which controls every prosthetic in the city, and that the System’s host conceals an even greater secret.
From scavenging the junkyard to upgrade his prosthetic, to teaming up with the exiled mercenary Ling to infiltrate a company warehouse, to laying traps and striking back against an elite Cleaner squad, Links walks a razor’s edge at every turn. When his prosthetic devours military-grade modules and unlocks thermal imaging and high-voltage shocks, his goal is no longer simply to survive. Now he intends to expose the company’s dark secrets, destroy the AI Overlord’s control, and bring the neon lights of Night City down into the lightless abyss.
