Infinity, progressing from Arasaka

This marked the end of the Cold War, the near collapse of the Soviet Union, and the tearing apart of American society, which formally split the country.

The EU had the last laugh, and old Europe once again became the center of the world.

1999-2005:

Hong Kong has been placed under martial law due to riots.

The "Second Korean War" broke out when South Korea claimed that its airspace had been invaded by North Korea. Although it resulted in countless deaths and injuries, South Korea ultimately won a Pyrrhic victory and unified the North and South into a democratic country. There are rumors that all of this was planned by the Arasaka Group (don't ask me why, it's outrageous, but that's what the original work is).

Early 21st century:

Takashi Arasaka (the eldest son of Saburo Arasaka), the third-generation head of the Arasaka family, married a Japanese-American woman. In 2008, they had their only fourth-generation member of the Arasaka family, Saburo Arasaka's granddaughter.

To show respect for his third stepmother, Michiko, he named his daughter Arasaka Michiko.

2000:

The "Wasting Plague" broke out.

An unknown bacterium infected people in the United States and Europe, causing intestinal disorders that led to a constant feeling of hunger and constant eating, but ultimately resulting in death from starvation.

It is worth noting that there were first cases of the "wasteful plague" as early as 1999, but the US authorities controlled by the "Big Four" ignored the problem, which led to the US not really discovering the situation until 2000. In addition, the convenience of transportation allowed the infection to spread rapidly to various places, resulting in Japan having 1400 million deaths before the invention of a vaccine.

2001:

The establishment of a global satellite network led to the formation of The NET, enabling people worldwide to freely access the internet, control bio-engineered bodies, project their consciousness into computers, connect their neural networks to the computer network, and create a truly interactive virtual world.

A coup occurred in Britain, and the constitutional monarchy collapsed.

Australia was renamed the Republic of Australia, but Western Australia did not recognize the new government and therefore gained independence with the assistance of the Arasaka Group.

Militech Arms International, the company that would later become Arasaka Group’s biggest rival, was formed through the reorganization of its predecessor company.

2002:

The "Food Crash" occurred, with crops all over the world being attacked by a new virus, but the United States survived by developing anti-virus measures.

For better business interests, SovOil, a petroleum industry company, declared independence from the Soviet Union.

2003-2010:

The Second Central American War broke out.

Johnny Silverhand also enlisted and participated in the war, full of ambition and volunteering to defend his country. However, he witnessed the corruption of the authorities, which led him to desert and sparked his idea of ​​overthrowing the system.

The "Big Four" planned to reorganize because of this war, but suffered a crushing defeat.

2004-2005:

In 2004, cloning technology successfully replicated biological tissues;

The CIA and the U.S. Army completed the reform of the "Big Four";

The EU underwent reforms due to a major scandal, which also led to the inclusion of more European countries.

In the same year, the "First Corporate War" broke out.

European Commercial Machines (EBM) planned to acquire the bankrupt Transworld Airlines, but the latter did not want to sign the contract and instead discussed a merger with Orbital Air.

Upon discovering this, EBM hired terrorists to sabotage the negotiations. However, after learning that EBM was behind it, Orbital Aerospace also hired Zetatech to launch a hacking attack, thus beginning a major battle that lasted until EBM's CEO was captured.

This incident led to a situation where many companies would hire different professional firms to wage all-out wars in order to compete for resources and business vision.

The company's actual possession of national-level military power has begun to expand.

2005:

Cybermodem, an advanced bio-mechanical prosthetic limb capable of being connected and equipped with different devices, was invented; after the unification of North and South Korea, the United Republic of Korea was formed, and General I Ryong Yon was elected as its leader, but he was soon killed in a bombing.

2006:

The birth of the first human clone led to artificial organs becoming a new business.

2007-2009:

The Second Corporate War broke out.

The reason is that CHOOH2, a new fuel to replace oil, is currently licensed to two oil companies, Petrochem and SovOil, for manufacturing.

However, SovOil owns undeveloped oil fields in Siberia, so Pedro Petrochemical decided to share its superior extraction technology in exchange for a portion of the oil fields.

However, when the cooperation was finalized, Suspot Petrochemical claimed to have developed better technology and canceled the alliance. This angered Pedro Petrochemical, so both sides used their connections to send troops from many Pacific nations to fight in the South China Sea. In the end, at a heavy cost, Suspot Petrochemical won and gained control of the mining rights in the South China Sea, but also began to compensate the countries that fought for it for their losses.

However, the more significant loss was that the oceans were polluted as the primary targets of the attacks were both sides' oil refineries, and no life was seen in the oceans of the combat zone until 2020.

2007-2010:

The Maoist Loyalist Cabal's arrival in Hong Kong and their subsequent massacres of non-Chinese and Hong Kong dissidents prompted Arasaka's company to begin collaborating with Hong Kong triads to form a resistance army against the North.

Large companies from other countries have also intervened to prevent the expansion of certain mainland ideologies.

2008:

Greece attempted to annex Cyprus but failed.

The new U.S. government is undergoing reorganization.

2012:

The COVID-19 outbreak in Chicago has resulted in 1700 deaths.

Nanotechnology breakthroughs have ushered in a new era;

The irreversible deterioration of the natural climate, coupled with the severe drought in Spain, led to conflicts over water resources. Fortunately, the EU prevented these conflicts from escalating into large-scale corporate wars, keeping them as small-scale conflicts.

Johnny Silverhand, the rock singer of the band Samurai, instigated the Arasaka riot in Night City, resulting in 17 deaths. This is the deadliest case of deliberate sabotage and violence by a rock singer to date.

2013:

The story of Cyberpunk 2013 begins with the death of Hirohito Showa, followed by the ascension of Emperor Shinhwa.

An Eastern country goes to war with an African country;

In Night City, a brilliant female hacker named Otto Cunningham, under the tutelage of ITS Corporation, developed a brand-new technology that could extract a person's consciousness from their body and transfer it into cyberspace.

Otto Cunningham thoroughly researched the concept and discovered that the matrix allowed people to exist in computers in the form of electronic consciousness.

Later, based on this technology, she developed a technique that could imprison a person's consciousness in a fixed subnet space—the Soul Killer.

2014:

The IG (Ihara-Grubb) transform algorithm, abbreviated as IGTA, was released on the Internet in September.

This is a core algorithm for the network experience that uses data to simulate distances in the real world, thus allowing the data to outline cyberspace; legendary hacker Rache Bartmoss implanted a computer virus called RABIDS into this new framework.

As law and order deteriorated in Night City, gangs began fighting each other, leading to the Metal Wars.

A team from Seimei Crafts Co., Ltd. in Japan has successfully completed a fourth-stage human clone with neural development and activity.

Xinhua Emperor was stripped of his power by the Arasaka Group;

Poland broke away from the Vatican and established its own church.

2015:

Under Arasaka's manipulation, Japan withdrew from the European Economic Community (EEC) and established its own economic zone and currency.

2016:

The O Neill One orbital colony has been completed;

Technologies such as cyberware are beginning to be made available to the public;

The Arasaka Group discovered a large vein of rare metals underground at its training facility in South Africa. Local warlords claimed ownership of these rare metals, but the Arasaka Group completely ignored these claims, which led to several clashes between the Arasaka garrison and local armed forces.

At the age of 21, Yoriyuki Arakawa graduated from the University of Tokyo. His father, Saburo Arakawa, took him to his private office and told him in detail about the Arakawa Group. After witnessing how ugly the Arakawa Group was, Yoriyuki fell silent and disappeared from the Arakawa home after the banquet that evening.

2016-2017:

The Third Corporate War has broken out.

The two sides in the conflict are Merrill Asukaga & Finch, an investment and financial information company jointly owned by Japanese, American and Italian investors, and the Rothstein Foundation.

In an attempt to counter independent investors, the investment financial information company used the Rothman Foundation as leverage, only to then notify the prosecutor's office to launch a related fraud investigation.

Dissatisfied, the Rothman Foundation hired hackers and arms companies, which led to information and physical warfare in order to destroy the enemy's investment facilities.

This war was fought almost entirely online.

2017:

The first self-aware replicant was created;

Regarding the discovery of abundant resources by the Arasaka Group in a certain part of Africa, the military technology provided a large amount of military aid to various armed forces in Africa free of charge under the pretext of establishing friendly relations with the local people. In the following period, they instigated the local residents to drive away the Arasaka, but failed. The Arasaka successfully repelled all attacks.

The Thames floodwall was destroyed, and London was flooded.

The seven groups of "wanderers" have each established their own countries, which are called "Seven Nations".

2018:

Europe began to see many countries annexing and clashing, but at the same time they also passed the Human Replication Act.

2020:

The story of Cyberpunk 2020 begins with Chicago undergoing reconstruction;

A large number of young biker gangs have appeared on the streets of Japan, calling themselves the "Steel Dragons" and vowing to expose the crimes of the Arasaka Group and completely destroy it. The leader of this biker gang is Arasaka Yorinobu, who disappeared four years ago.

The rivalry between the two largest super-giant corporations on Earth, military technology companies and Arasaka Corporation, is intensifying, making a global armed war inevitable.

Johnny Silverhand has finished his concert and is taking a walk with his girlfriend, Ott Cunningham.

At this moment, agents from Arasaka suddenly attacked them, seriously injuring Johnny Silverhand and kidnapping Ultra. After the attack, Johnny Silverhand, who survived by chance, learned that it was Arasaka's agent who did it and vowed to make Arasaka pay the price.

2021-2023: