[{"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-254":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},1151745,1495,"Chapter 254 - 235: Much Drama","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-254",254,"\u003Cp>Not far from the Westbrook blockade area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An NCPD police car was parked by the roadside, flashing its lights, but the officer sat on a stone bench not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His prosthetic eye locked onto the battle on the overpass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...after adding half a month’s worth of shifts, with three months of overdue overtime pay, they still have the nerve to ask us to work extra hours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rookie cop standing next to him had a more solemn expression, utterly shocked by the explosions and flames he saw there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his first month with the NCPD.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything he had experienced tonight seemed too fantastical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, did you see those things that are spreading around the station right now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I saw them, so what?\" the officer said unfazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it’s true...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it’s true? It probably is, which is why we got moved over here. No more skyscraper duty, no triple overtime pay... whoever wants to muddle through can go ahead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rookie was profoundly shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The officer stood up and saw the Tiger Claw Gang’s vehicles being pushed off:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good job! Damn it, I’ve been sick of those dumbasses from the Tiger Claw Gang for a while now, acting all high and mighty. If I wasn’t a cop...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, ’cop’ seems like a derogatory term... derogatory towards us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The officer looked at the rookie and repeated, \"If I wasn’t a cop.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then he stopped short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t say what followed—if he wasn’t a cop, he would just go work in a factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you kidding me? The people tearing it up on the overpass don’t even look human, so could he do that kind of work if he wasn’t a cop?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the helicopter was about to arrive...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if those three people really had superhuman abilities, how would they break through the aerial and ground blockade?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With helicopters in the sky and the ground blockade line even utilizing Arasaka Mecha, it’s not something that brute force could break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alas, even heroes face twilight...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish the sentence, there was a sudden explosion on the bridge followed by a loud noise!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The officer and the rookie both turned their heads—and then both of their mouths fell open:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plane’s machine guns fired, orange-yellow bullets flying through the air like meteorites...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what shocked them was Mackinaw!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mackinaw was flying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The machine gun fire grazed the armor of Mackinaw, sparking out bursts of sparks, bursting like fireworks in the air—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the car and helicopter rapidly approached each other, an even more incredible event occurred:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they passed each other, the helicopter suddenly shook, and the fall of the car seemed to slow down...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if the car had bitten the helicopter!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The helicopter, bitten, tilted its body and crashed toward Westbrook, while Mackinaw maintained its speed, its nose slightly turned, making a short yet earth-shattering arc through the air!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Towards...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Towards the two of them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The helicopter, spinning out of control, smashed into the overpass, bursting into flames!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mackinaw landed on its side and, under the effect of inertia, tumbled and slid...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, it came sliding toward them in a sideways flip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The officer and the rookie turned pale, their legs heavy as if filled with lead. They wanted to run but didn’t know where to run, completely at a loss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss——————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mackinaw straightened out, sparks hitting both officers in the face, the air filled with the smell of incompletely burned fuel, the black smoke blackening the interface of their prosthetic eyes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were just a bit away, and Mackinaw would have collided with the police car, would have touched the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two cops were sweating profusely, motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About a second later, Mackinaw honked its horn—beep beep beep beep beep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a road rage driver blocked in traffic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two officers looked ahead of Mackinaw; it was their car blocking the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rookie was still stiff, and the officer, as if waking from a dream, immediately moved the car from the roadside using the police car’s wireless central control—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even having to cram it into a pile of trash because the road was too narrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mackinaw revved its engine, hissing as if nodding in acknowledgment, and then leisurely drove off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[NCPD Operator: NCPD... suspect... suspect...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[NCPD Officer: Suspect has taken down a helicopter! Repeat, suspect has taken down a helicopter!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[NCPD Officer: Suspect has broken through the elevated blockade!!!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My hand!! My hand ah, my pecs ah!! My abs ah!!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack screamed like a pig being slaughtered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The damage was indeed quite severe. The force at the moment of pulling down the helicopter could tear a person in half, and even an average cyborg couldn’t withstand it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jack was no ordinary guy. Lizard muscle fibers were extremely durable in such situations. A slight muscle tear was no issue at all; it was his Boxing King’s Arm that was a bit overloaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was also due to Jack’s excellent sense of rhythm. Under those circumstances, for every second longer he pulled, the tension increased dramatically to a level hard for carbon-based life forms to endure and could even interfere with Mackinaw’s flight trajectory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the results, Jack had achieved his task perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough with the screaming, it’s not severed. I’ll adjust it for you. Your physical damage can be healed with some food intake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille opened up the Gorilla Arm for a quick inspection, then lay back in the access chair to enter Cyberspace and survey the network environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn that feels good!\" While Jack was busy yelling, V was still savoring the sensation of flying, chattering away like a machine gun, \"That was f*cking awesome, the car really flew! When will Mackinaw release a Floating Car?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder what it feels like to sit in a Floating Car. Wait... we seem to have ridden one before...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You think it’s possible? Lille? LILLE! I’m talking to you! Can you whip up a Floating Car for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille disconnected, saying with a dark face, \"Stop yelling, we don’t have one now! Drive! We must take down Jotaro today!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, alright—so we’re just charging in like this? The streets are swarming with cops! What about the car after we storm in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about the cops, what about them? Charge in, park the car downstairs when it’s time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was indeed a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not a big one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they got to the location, they could leave the car for a while. If worst came to worst, they could just leave the car in NCPD’s custody for a little while and pick it up after the job was done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the car was still operational, aside from its durability, it wasn’t much different from a regular Mackinaw now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just park it downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V frowned, \"Park downstairs? You’re a real joker. Come up with another plan! I don’t want NCPD touching my precious Mackinaw!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille reluctantly said, \"Your precious Mackinaw? You were the one who complained about this car the most!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t care. Find another way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine...\" Lille glanced at the quiet streets, \"Then let’s park here, switch gear, and approach the skyscraper from the elevated floors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That I can do—are there automatic defense systems in the car, something that blasts anybody who gets close with a shot?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We don’t have that! Turn into the alley at the next intersection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right, isn’t our car a bit conspicuous now? Wouldn’t someone report us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car drove on the deserted streets, but the lack of people here was because no fool would wander into an area heavily cordoned by NCPD for a stroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, pushing forward might introduce new challenges. Westbrook was thriving, and the fact that people had stayed away from this place following such a big incident indicated the gravity of the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outer armor of the Mackinaw was battered and tattered from the machine gun fire, making it obvious to anyone that this was no ordinary vehicle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, the car does have a stealth mode—have to say, the company’s customization service is pretty good, though Thunder Power is just a second-tier car manufacturer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car slowed down and the damaged armor began to fall off, soon littering the ground with hot pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stripped of the large armor pieces, the Legend Mackinaw suddenly seemed to transform into an ordinary Mackinaw, heading toward the alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three got out of the car, which then deployed a double-layer concealed cover on top. The outer layer was Optical Camouflage, automatically generating a visual cover by reading the surrounding scenery from the car’s Crystal Ball; underneath was an electromagnetic shield to avoid detection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were pretty much top-spec equipment—Thunder Power really valued this experimental car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Parked next to a pile of trash, it was almost impossible to see that there was a car there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V affectionately patted the car’s cloak, which flickered with the Optical Camouflage, \"Little Mackinaw, you stay here for now, sis will take you for an upgrade after the job is done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\" Lille slapped V impatiently, \"Can you cut the drama and extend your arm? I need to adjust the electromagnetic adhesion component!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh.\" V looked at Jack, who was still fussing over whether his Gorilla Arm was busted, continuously feeling it, \"Jack, cut the drama! Come adjust your gear!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille took the tool handed over by the mechanical arm and noticed the mechanical arms stopped in front of him, lowering slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if a little dog had come up to him and then lowered its head slightly, looking up at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A twitch formed at the corner of his mouth, and Lille said, \"What are you doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[µÈÐ: What are they doing?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know. Some kind of initiation ritual, I guess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Õß: Get me in on that (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille showed an exasperated expression and patted the mechanical hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V just caught this moment, her face showing amusement, \"Why are you being so dramatic, too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1669,"2026-06-03T12:33:12.909Z","2026-06-03T12:33:19.802Z",1,"novelbin.me","34112ed5ed5e897f2467d06ab7911e95d30ae2d16e92ee96b743b1e1fbe2afe6","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-255","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-253",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]