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It's almost definitely a break with the series in that you likely won't be able to import your save file, which always was a core feature of the series. There are also other lore details that don't add up here, which have already been explained. There could've been many ways to progress the story but I don't see how that is possible here. It's most likely a soft reboot.
Some games do allow you to import saves from older games that have swapped the MC. They just take the choices you made in the story arc and use that to create conditions for the world you’re now in. But it’s a rare occasion from what I know.
It could work the same way as the three origin stories in CP77: each ending from The Witcher 3 leading to a separate intro story with a time skip before the main game begins.
I guess that could be possible though I doubt it. The 3 origin stories in Cyberpunk were extremely shallow and didn't add anything to the story. I don't see why they would go for it again when it didn't work out last time.