[{"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-115":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},1151506,1495,"Chapter 115 - 107: Commission: Shadow of the Colossus (Part 1)_2","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-115",115,"\u003Cp>Hector: Thank you for everything you’ve done for us, I’ll do my best to seize the opportunity for you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hector: And thank you for securing this opportunity for me, I’m a coward, I can’t bear to see them die miserably because of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hector: Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hector: The red ochre is waiting for your command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille finished reading the message from Hector — it was clear that Hector was no longer in charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a contradictory person, Lille could feel it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He longed for a worthwhile self-destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille sighed and looked at those present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Man, your target is the Black Antelope Automobile Company, depart immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dolly looked worried, turning to Man, \"After all this, we’re still continuing...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Man had already completely dismantled the forearm equipped with the bullet launcher, now he could be considered disabled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, his remaining arm was not just for show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille looked at Man, who angrily slammed the table, \"Of course we continue! We’ve come this far just to give Sasha closure—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time it’s not just about money, if you want to back out, then back out, but I won’t!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Man was the kind of person who got really intense, fitting Lille’s imagination of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Give him a thread to hold on to, and he won’t let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s obsession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rebecca, Pila, and Dolly, needless to say — they were Sasha’s teammates as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only unstable factor was Qi Wei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn’t say anything, making her presence quite low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lille still focused on her: \"Your hacker may not have this in mind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... ah, do I have a choice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille had long brought them close to his data barrier; it monitored the inside too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t have the opportunity to contact the middleman, at least not for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Wei still asked, \"I have only one question, how much money can we make?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille looked at Man, \"The reward Faraday promised, I don’t want a cent of it, you guys split it among yourselves. Aside from that money, I can still pull out 100,000 euros for you guys here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My only request is that you complete this mission under my name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille didn’t know about Faraday’s reward — he had never asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If mercenaries wanted to know the reward first or get paid first, it could be discussed, but Lille really hadn’t asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the 90,000, it came from Mendoza and Barnes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two had pooled together 400,000 euros, not a lot but not a little, either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lot, if you just look at the 400,000 figure, sure it’s a lot, but the problem is, this 400,000 is somewhat insufficient to buy the ’Nightingale Plan’ kind of secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter, Lille didn’t care about the 400,000 either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a de facto middleman and coordinator, he had already cleared most obstacles, paving a good path for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After deducting the money to be used to purchase Delamain’s services and various upcoming components, what Lille could give to Man’s team was 100,000 euros.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille had been quite generous to them — according to the rules of Night City, middlemen and mercenaries split the account seventy-thirty, they would only get thirty thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So for Man and the other mercenaries, it was still a very attractive figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Man’s team was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did that mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he disavowing the benefits but taking all the drawbacks on his head?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No data barrier is invulnerable, and nobody could guarantee it wouldn’t be breached; was Burger King mad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll explain the details later, now let’s discuss your operational route.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille handed the carefully prepared separation chip to Man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Antelope Automobile Company, located on the eastern edge of Night City, almost outside the city, a rather remote corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The company advertised the use of fully automated vehicle assembly technology, so there were almost no workers there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It now seemed that it wasn’t because they used automation technology, but that the place was originally a Biotechnology server for storing the Nightingale Project data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to Morton’s project manager and his cunning style, they now had account information for all employees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All they needed to do was find a place to enter this stuff, and they could take control of the factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difficulty lay in how to breach the Black Antelope Automobile Company’s defenses—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s even an Arasaka Mecha there?!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voices of Rebecca and Pila were so shrill that Lille felt a bit of numbness in his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arasaka Mecha—this was also the reason Arasaka would not leave any evidence that they were surreptitiously targeting Biotechnology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Super Corporations, although there is significant antagonism between some companies, such as Military Technology and Arasaka, there still exists cooperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Arasaka would buy Military Technology’s Bimong Armored Vehicles, and Military Technology would consider Arasaka’s Mecha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When there’s no excuse, everyone still has to adhere to international law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is even more the case with Biotechnology, as to ensure that the top private military companies do not deliberately target them, appropriate cross-purchases are necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the security of Biotechnology is mainly composed of personnel and equipment from Military Technology, they still choose some Arasaka equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if it were leaked that Arasaka was covertly investigating itself, this purchase order, of course, would have to fall on another company—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Arasaka both wanted to figure out what Military Science wanted to obtain from Biotechnology and was afraid that any exposure would affect themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille dug at his ears and said to the loud little girl:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t yell so loud—doesn’t your team also have a hacker? All the control commands and instructions for that Mecha are in the chip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The account information for the workers in the park is still useful. Connect to the local network and you can hack it, you even don’t need to face its ICE.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top method for hacking: unplugging the network cable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And an even top-notch method, plug in the network cable, enter the username and password—your Mecha looks nice, now it’s mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contrary to its terrifying appearance and combat capability, the fully automated Arasaka Mecha usually deeply integrates into the subnet, which makes it prone to hacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also this war machine’s only drawback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You make it sound so simple...\" Qi Wei said, wearing a mask, her complete facial expression unseen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was clear she was under a lot of stress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, Lille had already prepared all the tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The internal structure of Black Antelope Automobile Company, the composition of the security personnel, even the employee accounts—not just one employee account, but all the worker accounts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, this hack should be straightforward, the key is in finding the local network interface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... just thinking about the Arasaka Mecha made it hard to think straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille continued: \"Listen, you will also have a team of Wanderers for support, I made some connections outside, they all have good gear, at least the frontal combat will be no problem, get me in there, understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Man nodded: \"It’s a tough job, but since you’re willing to take on all subsequent issues, we will definitely succeed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good—One last thing.\" Lille tapped the table, \"And it’s the most important thing, do you still remember who issued this commission?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Man was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who issued the commission?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theoretically, it was Faraday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since they boarded the subway, they had followed Lille’s instructions and had not communicated with Faraday again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this still be considered working for Faraday?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tentatively said: \"...Faraday?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille smiled and nodded: \"Exactly, the entire commission was issued by Faraday, the objective is to investigate the Nightingale Project and the relationship between the Nightingale Project and Military Technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We accepted the commission at the Nightclub, then the communicator was damaged in battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, we could no longer contact Faraday, then we accepted commissions from the journalists Mendoza and Barnes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, we are dedicated mercenaries; no matter the situation, we decided to continue with the mission—understood?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Man’s head was spinning, and not just his, everyone there felt somewhat dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Qi Wei sensed a hint of a conspiracy: Burger King’s goal was definitely not just any commission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Understood, but how are we going to get out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille pointed towards the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Delamain Armored Taxi slowly appeared at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A 50,000 Euro premium service, the destination is near Black Antelope Automobile Company, once you get in, there’s no turning back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1400,"2026-06-03T12:33:12.909Z","2026-06-03T12:33:19.802Z",1,"novelbin.me","69ae9d8d31cb125fa3de54dc4199e7132f9f5ff383683456ef6dd33152c0a180","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-116","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-114",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]