[{"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-184":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},1151675,1495,"Chapter 184 - 168: Great Victory at Stone Ridge Mountain (2)","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-184",184,"\u003Cp>\"We’re screwed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nash irritably yanked off what was left of his pants, as if they were holding him back, not caring that he was now stark naked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drug-induced euphoria kept hammering his nerves, his whole being trapped in a confusing mix of excitement, frustration, and fear—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost like a lunatic, but among the Night Wandering Ghosts, he was just a bit off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bowen—they’re coming! Their firepower is strong, they wiped out my men in an instant!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not at all looking like they’re short on supplies—I thought the Military Technology unit had come to clean us up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bowen?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vehicle sped along the abandoned highway toward Stone Ridge Mountain, heading for an abandoned tunnel, where Nash and his remaining crew had gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The incomplete road was full of potholes and bumps, with plenty of concrete barriers scattered around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drugged-up, Nash just floored the gas pedal, frantically trying to contact his boss Bowen—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no response!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vehicle slammed into a concrete barrier, skidding and spinning sideways, hitting another barrier, then flipping through the air!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of the tunnel, in the abandoned construction site, a Night Wandering Ghost soldier lay slumped in his chair, one eye half-shut—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sentry woke up with a start at the noise, clutching his gun as he looked toward the tunnel entrance—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell... Acrobatics? Drugged out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re the one that’s drugged out—get everyone up!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nash, naked from the waist down, got up from the ground and almost blew his sentry’s head off with a shot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sentry ducked and then shouted at the top of his lungs, \"Enemies!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he shouted, a rocket hit the house behind him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cave shook violently, huge boulders falling and scaring the Night Wandering Ghosts out of their minds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two machine gun pickups and two Ragnar armored vehicles quickly moved into position, showering the cave with bullets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nash, clutching his head, activated Si Anweisitan, but the hail of bullets was too intense for him to dodge completely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some bullets were deflected by his Subdermal Armor, but others hit unprotected spots—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with his high-end Si Anweisitan, he barely managed to get out of the bullet storm, while the minions who just pulled out their guns were instantly mowed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, blood and guts flew everywhere!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Night Wandering Ghosts were maniacs, but not idiots. They took cover behind buildings, trembling in fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille gave the order, \"Disembark—explosives aren’t suitable inside the cave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Navi and his crew disembarked from the armored vehicle, the ground now littered with blood and chunks of flesh every few steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This massacre-style attack left everyone feeling a bit nauseous—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Cedric showed no signs of discomfort, coldly saying, \"These bastards deserve to die, keep your guns tight, and make sure every single one of them is dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young soldiers gulped—they had never seen Cedric like this before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if he was well-acquainted with such scenes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They advanced slowly, hearing no cries of pain, as everyone they shot had become corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, they could hear the heavy, trembling breaths of the Night Wandering Ghosts hiding behind cover and inside buildings—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cedric signaled Navi with his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Navi gestured to his men, and a few Ajax-toting young soldiers quietly surrounded the buildings—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he raised his Sadara and pulled the trigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The armor-piercing bullet easily pierced through the building’s metal wall, bursting into a bloom of blood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Night Wandering Ghosts inside were startled, instinctively rising to fight back—only to be disintegrated by the Ajax’s barrage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Man’s team also disembarked—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their moves were much quicker, taking out the sniper in the control room in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn...this place reeks,\" Rebecca pinched her nose, cringing, \"If it weren’t for the gunfire, I wouldn’t even know how bad it could smell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pila loaded his shotgun, \"Maybe the bullets turned them into minced meat, making it smell this bad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These freaks use some synthetic blood, smells awful, really makes me want to interrogate them and find out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Wei plugged into the control room’s connection—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got network info, this place is quite big.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>West Tuan slowly drove into the tunnel, moving deeper in—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was indeed a large place, the construction site embedded within the mountain, only a small part of the buildings visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Night Wandering Ghosts hid in these buildings, too scared to show their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear had broken their already fragile collective ties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The compliant ones had already become minced meat in the first wave of gunfire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining ones were defiant, ignoring Nash’s orders on the channel, waiting for someone else to take the lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Occasionally, someone couldn’t bear the fear and tried to fight back, but all they got was a bullet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille processed all the surveillance footage in an instant, uploading the positions of the Night Wandering Ghosts to the combat channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the last one—Nash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy was quick, constantly running further in, either he had lost his mind, or was looking for backup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the tunnel had an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille saw him get hit, but he was still quick, scrambling on all fours in a desperate, ugly crawl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille disembarked, reloading Yinglong, V right behind him, and Jack appeared on the edge of the two-story building, giving a thumbs-up to indicate the area was cleared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Nash was hiding at the end of the tunnel, moving stealthily among the construction machinery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nash—I see you, you’re worth a lot to the NCPD.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"NCPD? Screw you, I’m working for Military Technology now, the company won’t let you go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you Night Wandering Ghosts always joke like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The raccoon dog fired a shot, blasting through the equipment, the bullet piercing through the bulldozer to hit Nash’s Subdermal Armor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bullet lodged in Nash’s body, its immense kinetic energy knocking him out of cover!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he came out of hiding, Nash saw Lille lifting his gun—the smart bullets almost formed a line, targeting the places he’d already been hit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Si Anweisitan activated, Nash raised his hands to shield himself from the bullets, struggling to move back—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forgetting he was at a construction site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it was an abandoned one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the crane behind him moved, and the suspended cement block crashed down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust and debris flew up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nash’s head sparked with electricity, a mix of blood, electrolyte, and synthetic blood poured out, reeking horribly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head was partly blown off, his jaw dislocated, the whole body trembling as he used his last bit of strength:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please spare me... I know where Bowen is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille pinched his nose, \"You think your boss isn’t answering you because of what? Pathetic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Electrolyte leaked out from his blown-out Prosthetic Eye, Nash twitched a few times, and fell silent completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille looked at the Achilles Rifle soaked in blood on the ground, frowning, then pulled out a Prosthetic Doctor’s glove from his pocket and picked it up, before gesturing to Jack standing in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jack—this one’s for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good stuff, I’m not lying, just a bit dirty—would I lie to you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright... Is this the ’good stuff’ you mentioned?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold on, just hold on, it’s not time for that yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack, grimacing, took the gun and ran to the car—it might actually be nice after a wash?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the sentry outside the cave reported:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sol: \"Military Technology, they’ve got armored vehicles, and drones, a whole tactical squad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille: \"Good news—don’t make me teach you what to do, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sol: \"...Maybe we don’t need a direct clash... Pan’an, what are you doing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pan’an: \"Open fire!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1266,"2026-06-03T12:33:12.909Z","2026-06-03T12:33:19.802Z",1,"novelbin.me","70d7a9e77a250dc9b0cdf128f1195520b6ce264e85610c48467587ff1981573c","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-185","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-183",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]