Our entrance to the Versalife rear entrance is down in the Canal Road tunnel, but I also want to find out why Tong mentioned that Versalife scientist. Near the Canal Road entrance is a bar called the Old China Hand. Head there instead.
Go left when you come out of the tunnel (you’re near the Tonnochi Road canals) to find the entrance.
When you enter the bar this fellow comes running up and gives you some blueprints for the Versalife building that your brother had requested—another benefit of playing as a female, as he would have mistaken you for Paul, resulting in needing to speak repeatedly to him to obtain the blueprints. He also has wares to sell at highly inflated prices.
Talk to the barman repeatedly about Maggie and Hong Kong crime before stealing 25c from behind the bar then slipping through the door behind the bar.
Go through anothe door in the SE corner of the supply room to emerge in the freezer room. Climb the boxes and enter the vents via the grates near the ducting above. Head West and earn 50 skill points.
Follow the ducting over the canals to this maintenance passage. Tong did say you should be prepared for a dive! Head down into the water, and head left (West) at the botton, having taken note of the inaccessbile supply crate behind some pipes at the shaft’s bottom.
You emerge in a pool with 2 baby Karkians. Dash past them to some pipes at the far end, as they can still do serious damage.
Here you’ll find the scientist. His journal explains that he was carrying Karkian eggs that hatched after he was trapped by the tunnel’s collapse. He’s carrying a biocell and an augmentation upgrade.
If you’re having difficulty evading the Karkians as you return, a couple of tranq darts should deal with them. Head back East. Your exit to the shaft is here on the right. If you’re feeling adventurous you can keep going to find a laser mod and earn 10 skill points beneath the hard-to-access collapsed tunne. 2 more Karkian swim back and forth there, so I decide it’s not worth the effort.
Head back to the Old China Hand’s freezer, but this time take the door to the West, out into the canals.
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Through the tunnel on the left you can go for another dive into a hidden passage to find two rebreathers.
At the end of the tunnel, head North to emerge near here. The large barge on the left has some explosive ammo, accessed via a hatch on top of the boat, but the boat’s interior is radioactive—best avoided—so head for the other one to the East.
Gain acces via a short pier on the left of the barge.
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Speak to the woman for some background on the Canal Road tunnel collapse. She has wares to sell, but I think they’re expensive. Go down some steps to find some supply crates and a datacube suggesting there’s a repair bot nearby. The crate behind the stairs contains a datacube. Go back upstairs and look to the barge’s prow. The lantern above the cardboard box can be "activated" to reveal a hidden hatch behind the box—avoid being seen by the owner of the boat, or she’ll set the dog on you. Enter for 30 skill points and a repair bot. The locked box contains credits.
Climb up to the prow and see this doorway across the canal. Head in to find tranq darts in a breakable box.
Upstairs there a crate with a medikit. Talk to the guy here about crime in Hong Kong, then head up a ladder, on the right here, back up to near Tonnochi Road.
Head back to the Canal Road entrance. You can climb the building on the left to reach a prod charger in the lower balcony behind the Canal Road sign, and a biocell and 50c in the lower apartment on the left. Head to Canal Road.
Follow the road round to the North. The police barricades are gone so
you can get to this door and receive 50 skill points. Enter the code 55655
on the keypad to open it.
Inside the locked grate is easily dealt with using the Dragon’s Tooth sword. Jump in.
At the bottom of the well climb up the pipes to reach the open grate.
Just inside is a datacube with the code 768. Daedalus radios in to inform you that you’ll find a
Universal Constructor here (in case you missed his earlier earlier
email) and wants you to destroy it. He gives you the code 525 which we found
elsewhere.
Use the code 768 on the keypad to open the doors on the left. The hatch on the left
leads to an elevator to the Level 1 labs or a corridor guarded by an MJ12
commando and military bot. Head right quietly to avoid alerting the patrols above.
Swipe this scramble grenade as Tong radios in to tell you to find a computer console. At the end ignore the keypad, just press a button to lower the ramp. Go down the ramp and go right (beneath a camera) and then up a short flight of steps.
Once again ignore the keypad, but hack the console to disable 3 cameras. You can raise the ramp here too giving access to the lower level. However, that way lies an EMP laser field. To each side of the door ahead in this shot are metal grates. Break the one to the right of the door.
It leads to a vent. Head on in for 50 skill points.
You emerge here. Wait until the patrolling commando’s back is turned before activating Speed Enhancement in order to drop down silently.
Knock out the scientist in front of the PC and hide her in the room on the right.
In that room hack the security console. Activate the Special Options to Open the Nanotech Containment Pods and Raise the Cascade Shutdown Console. Disable 3 cameras. There are 2 datacubes here, but you’ve seen them both: here and here. There is an EMP grenade on top of the cabinet, and a multitool on the upper shelf next to the security console if you’re interested.
Login to the scientists PC using the root credentials MChow/DAMOCLES. Upload the Virus Schematics and open the UC Chamber. Tong radios in
to say he’s received it.
When the patrolling commando heads North, slip quietly South. There’s a ladder in this alcove leading to a gantry. Daedalus radios in to say you’ve found the Universal Constructor.
Far below is Maggie Chow. A single tranq dart will prevent her being troublesome later.
Inside the central column are 3 augmentation canisters: Speed Enhancement/Run Silent, Aqualung/Environmental Resistance, and Power Recirculation/Synthetic Heart, along with an upgrade canister. The ladder to the North leads to a medbot for the installations.
I upgrade Speed Enhancement and Aqualung, and install Power Recirculation. This latter augmentation reduces the energy requirements of all your other augmentations, and can be left on permanently. Upgrade it to Tech 2.
Enter the code 525 on the keypad to shutdown the reactor.
It explodes fairly violently. Daedalus informs you that you’ve halted production of the Gray Death virus. 2 spider bots have been released—EMP grenades will deal with them.
Don a hazmat suit and drop through one of the hatches that have opened in the well of the floor. In the SW corner below is an open pipe to go through. Tong radios in to say that Gray Death stockpiles have been loaded on a Superfreighter previously owned by Stanton Dowd, who Tong associates with the Illuminati.
As you leave the pipe watch for a baby Karkian in another pipe to your left. Collect darts from the floor and a floating body, and evade the Karkian before heading to the very end of the pipe it was in.
You eventually come out in this room. You can jump from the top of one of the pipes ahead to the floor on the right. Don’t forget to deactivate your hazmat suit.
Pick up a multitool before heading into the exit passageway, and climbing some broken girders into a pipe at the end.
You come out here. Jump into the canal and head for the small pier near the boat. Follow the passageway, then climb a nearby ladder.
You eventually reach the upper paths near Tonnochi Road.
Before heading to see Tong, you have an invitation to meet the Dragon Heads at the Lucky Money. Find them upstairs at the bar, and listen in from a short distance to learn there is a German-speaking man looking for you. Speak to the triad leaders in turn and they engage in a little competitive wine appreciation. Head back to the Luminous Path compound.
Inside you’ll find your brother, Paul. Speak to him before heading into the control room to find Tracer Tong.
Speak with Tong repeatedly to learn more about the Illuminati and Daedalus. He wants you to go to New York to find Stanton Dowd and hopefully learn its exact destination. He also mentions a German-speaking augmented UNATCO agent looking for you.
Head downstairs to the infirmary, where you’ll find Jaime Reyes. Speak with him and he gives you an augmentation upgrade canister. Heal at the nearby medical bot, and recharge at the repair bot if you need to.
Head to the courtyard where Jock is waiting to take you back to Hell’s Kitchen.