[{"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-167":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},1151658,1495,"Chapter 167 - 151: The Boss of Night City","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-167",167,"\u003Cp>\"7 units—why so many! Find cover!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sol was getting pretty frantic—Pan’an wasn’t a newbie. How could she let the drones catch up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now wasn’t the time to lecture her. The priority was to take down the pursuing drones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Military drones were deadly combat units, especially on flat terrain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With their impressive mobility and lethal rapid-fire machine guns, these drones were a nightmare for most mercenaries—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven Griffin drones could wipe out most Wanderer convoys and mercenaries in Evil Land!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sol ducked behind cover as a raccoon dog gunshot rang out. The bullet left a jagged trail through the air, scattering light in odd patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a distance of several hundred meters, a single shot had obliterated a Griffin drone. Sol looked at Jack, who had fired the shot, and gave him a thumbs-up. \"Nice shot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, one inspiring shot couldn’t halt the assault. After all, these were drones, not humans. A single shot wouldn’t scare them off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Griffin drones sped towards the camp, Pan’an watching helplessly from the car as they swooped overhead. In a panic, she slammed on the brakes and, before the car even stopped, let go of the steering wheel, leaping into the back seat to grab a rocket launcher!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car jolted violently as it hit the ground, almost flipping over, but Pan’an quickly righted herself and stabilized the steering wheel—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she poked the rocket launcher out the window!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground-to-air missile locked onto its target and hit it squarely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack smacked his lips, \"Gotta hand it to the Bright Family; they’re loaded. Even got ground-to-air missiles...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was the only one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having taken those hits, the remaining five drones suddenly dispersed, weaving through the air, making it hard to aim at them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some Wanderers at the camp ran to the machine gun turret, firing wildly, but with little effect!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others with rifles and shotguns struggled even more to hit the fast-approaching drones, which returned fire amidst the barrage of bullets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bullets whizzed by, the accuracy low but the density high, hitting the gunner immediately!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hail of bullets didn’t just hit the gunner but also left deep marks on the trailer behind him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An alarm bell rang in Jack’s mind—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille was still in surgery!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The firepower of these drones was dense but not precise. The Wanderers’ trailer definitely couldn’t withstand the drones’ mini-guns!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack shouted at Sol, \"Where’s your hacker?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s on it! Hang tight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Sol could respond, a tough woman in sunglasses was already fiddling with her display screen in a corner, trying to hack in—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... it was challenging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are many scenarios in hacking. In the city, networks are everywhere, intertwined with wireless and wired networks, managed uniformly by the Jing Yuan-Grab curves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the wasteland, it’s different, especially with drones that usually use fixed signal transmitters for wireless connections and remote control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there isn’t an interface, you’ll have to use a similar wireless signal transmitter to first connect to the same frequency, then compare protocols at the network layer and hunt for vulnerabilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... it was quite difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another round of drones fired. Jack repositioned and fired a shot—but Griffin was too fast and high!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sunlight messed with his vision. The drone’s rapid movements were hard to target!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he aimed and fired, Jack almost got hit by a bullet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you hurry up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leave it to her; she’ll get it done!\" Sol yelled back as he fired. \"She’s our best hacker. Did tech support for Military Technology. If she can’t do it, we’re screwed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol felt immense pressure!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was indeed a specialist in hacking military tech, having served with Military Technology during the Unification War!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But precisely because she was in the Unification War, she knew just how deadly these drones were!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, if Griffin managed to follow Pan’an, it almost guaranteed someone nearby was controlling these machines—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they weren’t taken out too, the Tribe would remain at risk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wireless frequency bands used by Griffin drones constantly changed. Unless the user was also adept in hacking and communication tech, these frequency shifts had to be systematic, automatic—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to grasp this pattern, her brain had to work faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew every wasted second increased the Tribe’s danger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she decisively swallowed a neural enhancement pharmaceutical!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her nerves sparked with activity, thinking faster, Carol quickly inputted the captured frequency shifts into her monitoring screen—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frequency band changes were fully visualized. She had to use fitting methods to derive a mathematical model for these changes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there would certainly be unfitted portions—only if the distortion rate stayed within the drone’s tech limits could stable command transmission and a potential hack succeed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fitting algorithm was a process demanding computational power, fundamental mathematical knowledge, and a lightning-fast stroke of insight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol’s body temperature rose quickly. She reclined in her hacker chair, skin connected to the cooling system—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One try, two tries, three tries....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All failures!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack hit a Griffin drone on its side. The raccoon dog’s powerful impact penetrated the drone, but it wasn’t enough to stop it immediately!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drone spun wildly from the bullet’s kinetic force, the engines going haywire, tumbling towards the central tower of the Wanderer Camp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That spot housed the solar panels powering the camp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crash—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A solar panel got hit, the massive battery panel started shaking—then fell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was heading straight for Carol’s workspace!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mierda!!\" Jack cursed, dropping the raccoon dog and rushing towards the workspace!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The precarious battery panel crashed down, plunging the Adkaduo Camp into despair!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sparks flew as the panel smashed through tents and trailers, raising a cloud of dust!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Es terrible (This is terrible)...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dire scene Adkaduo anticipated didn’t occur. Carol wasn’t crushed to bits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack, like Atlas bearing the weight of the world, was bracing against the fallen solar panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His arms were wide open, holding up the nearly ten-meter-wide panel—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The panel itself wasn’t very dense, but its size and the fall from over ten meters made the impact severe for Jack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The panel was almost pressing into his chest, held up solely by his strong, gorilla-like arms—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But clearly, Jack’s legs were straining, trembling violently, joints even appearing deformed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Adkaduo were awestruck, but the Griffin drones weren’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A drone took aim at Jack, about to fire—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol snapped out of her shock but still hadn’t completed the first stage of the hack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, her network showed a slew of errors, as if someone had seized control of all the camp’s facilities while she focused on the drones...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol’s face fell into despair...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next second, she noticed the drones in the sky sparking and smoking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not just one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several drones sparked and smoked in succession, powerlessly crashing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rattle—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the surgical trailer door burst open, Jack simultaneously lowering the solar panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V emerged boldly from inside, shouldering a raccoon dog, and said to Jack and the others, \"Someone’s controlling the drones nearby. If we rush, we can catch them in the act.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Adkaduo snapped to their senses, engines roaring to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the hacker chair suddenly losing power and the recent shock, Carol stared blankly at the surgical trailer—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille stepped through the door, shaking off his coat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emergency override, connecting to the network. You did good, Carol; without those few seconds, it would’ve been much tougher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1234,"2026-06-03T12:33:12.909Z","2026-06-03T12:33:19.802Z",1,"novelbin.me","9be4d9b3063b50a8283cce80dedbd3bd8b3c0bce87cbc1476dad0894ec10e406","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-168","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-166",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]