[{"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-260":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},1151751,1495,"Chapter 260 - 241: Black Wall and Soul Killer (Sorry, my computer broke today)","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-260",260,"\u003Cp>In cyberspace, the network monitoring on the battleship captured a data link and took out the huge cannon behind it, firing at the sky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shell, as if drawn by a force, smashed toward the direction that seemed like the background noise of cyberspace to others!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A certain phantom flickered, and a massive data block plummeted—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Arasaka Tower, many hackers couldn’t withstand this kind of attack, and were forcibly logged out from the network, flipping over and crashing to the ground!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lights throughout Company Square flickered imperceptibly, but this was just the beginning!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Baka yarō (bastard)! Cut the link! The coordinates of the Divine Chariot cannot be exposed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ve already been exposed! The target is still alive, and the acquisition of the digital persona information is very low!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Idiots, initiate data hideout! The Divine Chariot is more important!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suit-clad man in charge of giving orders gritted his teeth, \"Completely cut off data communication for hideout, let the action department deal with that damn... moron!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The network monitor Dragon Hunter, holding the data, fired a shot; the data stream in his hand began to dissipate uncontrollably, crashing to the ground and into the complex cyberspace of Night City—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small aircraft flew out from the battleship, carrying the data block back to the ship in a way that defied reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He observed the complex terrain and sent a message to central control:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dragon Hunter: The Emperor’s evasion techniques are strong, requesting more computing power to implement wide-area lockdown before the target alters the feature code.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dragon Hunter: Residual data has been obtained, currently uploading.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Network Monitor Night City Central Control: Request approved, computing power increased to 20000 CCUs.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Network Monitor Night City Central Control: Current computing power has reached mission limit, please be aware of the impact on the local network environment.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be mindful of the impact?\" The Dragon Hunter stepped on the deck of the battleship, plugging the data stream into it before it completely dissipated, \"Mind this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the battleship solidified, some sort of large sonar emerged from the bottom, and a sound reverberated—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exaggerated ripples spread through the digital Night City, shaking the entire cyberspace!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his eyes, several bright red nodes were marked within the complex digital Night City!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battleship’s missile bay opened in full, and sharp harpoons sprang forth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the real world, a massive power outage occurred in numerous apartment buildings!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire street of Westbrook lit up with exploding lights, and even the running of prosthetics was affected, as many pedestrians found that their Prosthetic Eyes went temporarily blind for a moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in those dark streets, some lights and televisions were unnaturally bright...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The harpoons impaled the nodes, and those fading red data streams became visible once again—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The network monitor slammed the cannon onto the battleship, and what was once a simple hand-held gun warped instantly into a ship-mounted missile bay!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several missiles launched simultaneously!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cyberspace thundered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, the missiles did not all smash in the same direction; a few even hit civilian data barriers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, several companies and civilian buildings suffered collateral damage with flickering lights and dead machines—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Network Monitor Night City Central Control: Dragon Hunter, please be aware of the network environment impact.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tch... True to form, Arasaka, you’re really good at hiding and seeking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attack could not continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This operation used the H8 Skyscraper as a springboard to launch an assault, and to have inflicted actual damage to that never-fully-seen facility was already a tremendous success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mission Report: The Emperor has retreated back to his palace, and the intercepted Data Block has been uploaded.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Now beginning to deal with the controlled AI weaponry.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dragon Hunter: How’s the honey pot situation?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blais: The Skyscraper is stable, the Emperor has abandoned that part of the program.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dragon Hunter: That’s hard to say... According to what we just intercepted, they might implement a physical retrieval.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dragon Hunter: Good job this time, this is our first capture of the Soul... this thing’s operational code.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dragon Hunter: This is a significant achievement, and it gives us a chance to test some experimental technology.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dragon Hunter: I hope that AI isn’t too much like him yet.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blais: I have confidence in the people I’ve brought in.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dragon Hunter: Speaking of which, before I go, I want to ask you, what do you think about the plan?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blais: It’s great, with this, we won’t have to deal with those damn AIs messing things up again... wait, the Voodoo Gang is at it again.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dragon Hunter: I’ll help you with the experiment.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blais: Thanks.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Access Request: BW——TA-003]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Type: Upgrade Module Function Test]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Authorization Granted.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sample Loaded.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In cyberspace, the Dragon Hunter looked at the dilapidated appearance of the H8 skyscraper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that this was just an Arasaka facade, and in fact, the building had been completely hidden within a nearly independent space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Arasaka’s unique cloaking ability that had conducted this kind of attack over the past few decades—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This very dangerous attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The victims would be locked in a space with the Soul Killer, and no one knew what they would experience, but the outcome was always the same: every person attacked had died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s what they thought, until recently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon Hunter pulled above cyberspace—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A simplistic black and red data block appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cyber form drastically shrank as a result, to the size of an ordinary person—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This program, it consumed an extraordinary amount of computational power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to current intelligence, Soul Killer would indiscriminately attack both the infrastructure in the subnet and hackers, and of course, the Dragon Hunter wouldn’t possibly go head-to-head with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cyber surveillance had their own research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s all down to your luck now... what’s your name? Burger King?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black and red block smashed into the data ruins...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole space was instantaneously stained the same color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the space, Lille sat on Little Octopus’s head, the Soul Killer in front of him had gradually changed from a vortex to something that looked very much like Little Octopus...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An octopus, or more precisely, a human-faced octopus—should it be called Brother Octopus?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille found no way to deal with this Brother Octopus Soul Killer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of the Soul Killer’s own learning speed, any attack by Lille led to a transformation of its form, rendering the attack lock ineffective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a method that could attack it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was to lock onto the open ports on Lille’s own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to be honest, Lille didn’t believe he could outlast an AI in cyberspace...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Little Octopus crawled all over it, it actually started looking more like an octopus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in the next moment, something unexpected happened!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Into the chaotic space created by the Soul Killer, a harsher, sharper, and more brutal color forced itself in...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As this black and red program flow squeezed in, the Soul Killer began to be attacked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lille was very familiar with this color, very familiar with this sensation...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only ever experienced a similar color on one thing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Wall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Soul Killer stopped operating, disintegrating bit by bit under the encroachment of the Black Wall...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille felt a chill run down his spine!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he was trapped in the same subnet with the two most terrifying cyber weapons in the world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the space spiraled out of control, Lille received an incomplete message:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...: sdgh..B.\u002FDon’t move...don’t panic...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he dare to move!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Black Wall’s erosion intensified, Brother Octopus began to disintegrate, and Lille noticed the Black Wall’s tendrils starting to reach out towards him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Octopus rapidly shrank, trembling in fear on Lille’s body...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Little Octopus: Big brother...I’m so scared...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Don’t panic...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille had a bad feeling—not about himself, but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Wall stopped in front of Lille, piercing into his arm and the tip of his nose...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds passed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Octopus in front of Lille was smashed to pieces by the Black Wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wall ceased functioning and collapsed, leaving nothing but a wreck—absolutely unreadable data scattered around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille was now able to exit cyberspace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dragon Hunter: Welcome back to the real world.]\u003C\u002Fp>",1368,"2026-06-03T12:33:12.909Z","2026-06-03T12:33:19.802Z",1,"novelbin.me","2bf37208bc8857b68802d5b39d1c80079cae0bba89352818cc66061a4e6642e1","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-261","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-259",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]