[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer":3,"chapter-cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-1057":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Cyberpunk: Cross-dimensional Science and Engineering",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1152898,1495,"Chapter 1051 - 92: The Most Important Mission","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-1057",1057,"\u003Cp>The most luxurious, gigantic, and magnificent structure in human history was dismantled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an unprecedented super demolition project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>David held Lucy’s hand, above them, Barley and three Titans clung to the remnants of the Crystal Palace used for positioning, with all their power released at the critical moment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaping boundlessly into deep space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This momentum, compared to a complete Crystal Palace, wasn’t particularly fatal, but it was better than nothing. They didn’t have many resources at hand, the ships provided sustained propulsion, and they should also provide some fine-tuning vectors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why they were clinging to the wreckage, it was because they would serve as an illusion of the normally operating Crystal Palace, acting as a server in the orbital position, sending signals to Tycho Colony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s terrifying—for astronauts, extravehicular activity is always a thrilling operation, even with ropes and safety measures it takes a long time to get used to, let alone this \"space bungee\" with no safety measures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone believed Lille could bring them back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Brick: Wuhu—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another structure burst into flames, the madmen of the Vortex Gang were the last gang leaders to leave, though they appeared nonchalant, it’s false to say they’re not scared...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding Lucy’s hand, gazing through the fully open wall at the universe, the young couple was genuinely frightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lucy: This is crazy... with just one calculation error, one mistake, we’ll never go back...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[David: In that case, we’ll only have to grow old and die in space together.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucy looked at David speechlessly, though he had already proven himself a mature man in his actions, why did he still seem goofy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[David: Would you be willing...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lucy: If I wasn’t willing, why would I be here... It’s almost time.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fiery explosion bloomed in deep space, turning into an otherworldly flower impossible on Earth, in the airless universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two held each other, draped in parts for disguise, rushing towards the universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[David: I mean, would you marry me?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lucy: ! At a time like this, what are you saying...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching as their companions drifted farther away, Mann and his team began preparing to disengage, and seeing the little brother like this, he happily grabbed Dolly’s hand, running towards their predetermined position amidst the flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone partnered up, making Rebecca, Qi Wei, and Pila a bit perplexed. They shrugged and rushed into space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only in the Crystal Palace’s antenna and control room, consisting of the database’s main body, Bansa and a group of surviving High Knights were dumbfounded at this scene:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had only heard from later works about how the first generation of High Knights freed the High Knights:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every day, the first generation of High Knights would skim and hold back a portion of supplies, but the heavily surveilled European Union soon discovered anomalies, began interrogations and tortures, trying to find out the truth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But no matter how cruel the torture, no one betrayed the group, they wouldn’t until death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some were put by the European Space Agency into a confined survival box and thrown into space, unable to move a muscle through prosthetics and fixing technology, enduring decades of solitude in the universe, a torment no one could accept, yet they willingly kept the secret.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps even today some of the first generation High Knights still drift in space; I believe many of them remain conscious, wanting to see the moment we achieve victory, liberating everyone, and witnessing the arrival of dawn...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Using these materials, they made rudimentary space bikes, projected biological energy waste to move in space, without prophets, without predictions, heading towards an unknown...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a grand and melancholic feast that was, a feast heading toward death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How should humanity overcome boundless fear?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The answer is for you to write, but you have a great example.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just like the recorded feast heading towards death, everyone leaving the space station was so decisive...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone believed in something so deeply that they could conquer the deepest fears of the universe—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bansa recited the elders’ maxims.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Bansa: We are not born in space, so we are Space Children...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Bansa: The rich are born rich, we are born High Knights because we overcame the fear the universe brings us...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Knights raised their heads in unison to look at the broken dome glass, through which they saw a towering figure standing on a ship dragging the Crystal Palace—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were actually foolish enough to work for the European Space Agency...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, this was a fight to the death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The raid squad reached the orbital position and in space, delivered the equipment used to project electromagnetic wave signals, including light, to the model position. Simply put, they used several points and devices to create the illusion of the Crystal Palace and started transmitting messages to Tycho Colony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille decrypted at the Crystal Palace’s position 34 minutes before, sending signals at the normal Crystal Palace’s orbital position, solving all communication problems—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The European Space Agency was right, this was an infiltration not even Bartmos could achieve in his lifetime, not even hundreds or thousands of Bartmoses could complete it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not something an individual could accomplish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille infiltrated the complete Crystal Palace database, whether it be the key tables or the world’s most core confidential data, it was all in his hands. The information sent to Tycho Colony received a response, proving the infiltration was successful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Signal reception complete.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Crystal Palace responds: Bombing procedure halted, colony alert level reduced, entering resource control mode, awaiting manual data verification.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Jack: mano, it’s time for the final assault, right?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille nodded, the spaceship’s thrusters halted, and the mechanical arm retracted from the remnants of the Crystal Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Jack: That’s good, I’m going crazy waiting here... This feeling is really... unsettling...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the electrostatic adsorption devices on their feet, the three were outside the spaceship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack sat there, shook his head, and walked into the cabin—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he saw Lille and V still standing on the hull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Jack: What’s wrong with you? Why are you both standing outside?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille sighed inwardly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Jack, you’re going home.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack froze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His HUD displayed his digital modeling, with several red indicators stabbing painfully into his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Jack: mano, what is this crap, what are you saying...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Your body has reached its limit, don’t forget the pressure you endured the two years I wasn’t around, your cell activity and strength have suffered irreversible damage, and this space battle is a huge strain on your body.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Jack: But I... didn’t you already fix me?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: That’s irreversible damage, Lizard Serum isn’t some miraculous cure-all, or rather, unless you turn someone completely into a lizard, the limits remain human limits.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Plus, the Night City fight exposed you to a lot of radiation, if you continue, you might face organ failure.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Jack: But we, aren’t we a team? We...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s emotions became slightly agitated towards the end; he couldn’t believe Lille was sending him home like this!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t believe that at the final moment of this battle, his best friend, his best partner, was telling him to return home!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of, instead of...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: It’s precisely because we are a team that I’m giving you the most important mission.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Jack: Cut the crap! What mission could be more important than blowing up corporate dogs at the Tycho Colony? You guys are trying to abandon me; you can’t do this! V, speak up—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: The most important mission isn’t killing the enemy, it’s going home!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille held down Jack’s body as he started to bolt—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s previous invincible brute strength didn’t work!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not just because Lille’s steel body is also immensely powerful, but because Lille had already begun reducing the effects of the Lizard Berserk component.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Lille’s words left him stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Listen, brother, remember the first time I met Mrs. Wales? She asked me to promise that I could ensure Haywood’s child, the sunny big boy, would go home, instead of dying miserably in the street like his father, leaving behind a fatherless son and a widow!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Think of Misty, do you know what she wants? Does she want a hero who slaughters corporate dogs? Does she want to kill all the corporate dogs in the world? She just wants to stay in the house you’ll return to, waiting for you to come back!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: You’ve seen the emotions those guys have shown us along the way. Did they really want to immerse themselves in slaughter and crime for meaning from the start? Do you think anyone is born destined to wield a gun?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Look at that planet, see the ongoing riots, everyone—gangs, unions, citizens... they just believe in me, believe I can truly create the future they want, the home they hope to return to.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: They believe they can see that world.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s eyes trembled slightly; he wanted to refute, but he couldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, no one is born a psycho, killer, sadist—at least not at this moment, not here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille patted Jack on the shoulder:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: I can precisely calculate their trajectories during this time, but over time, they’re still human, and minor initial errors can make subsequent position predictions unreliable. In other words, if we let them float here till we return, they’ll be long lost.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: I’ve made many promises and accepted many commissions for us, and the Burger King big sales never fails nor breaks a word.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Remember to write it down in your little notebook once it’s done.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack laughed bitterly, in a low, hoarse voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Jack: Damn it, really can’t out-talk you, otherwise I wouldn’t have been tricked onto this pirate ship in the first place.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Jack: Then promise me, you must come back.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille smiled softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Nonsense, I’m not a suicide infantryman; you can’t expect me to blow myself up on the Moon?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: This is an important commission, keep your spirits up, don’t lose your name.]\u003C\u002Fp>",1660,"2026-06-03T12:33:52.191Z","2026-06-03T12:33:57.931Z",1,"novelbin.me","c2614bd7c18c84a87eb5b53eae586f5e9890a8f91d11ff2017dc0441a45f690a","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-1058","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-1056",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]