[{"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-278":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},1151769,1495,"Chapter 278 - 259: Messed with the Wrong Person","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-278",278,"\u003Cp>Gwen was chased by the Death Warrior, her heart racing with urgency!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had no way to deal with this iron lump, not only was its strength ridiculously large, but it could also emit some kind of very lethal shockwave from its palms!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The street gangs were still not dealt with yet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that thing about \"wearing him down\" was what kind of ghost!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another car was hurled towards Gwen. In Gwen’s superhuman perception, the Death Warrior threw the car just to obscure her vision while, in reality, the missile ports on its body opened again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All missiles were launched, but Gwen noticed that these missiles were even less accurate than before, appearing lethal, but all exploding at a safe distance away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even one missile went through the flames and crashed onto the floor...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somewhat eerie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spider mask squinting, the Death Warrior had now completely switched to melee mode and charged straight at her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanical body sprinted like a rocket, the mechanical structure in the Death Warrior’s arms rapidly transformed, finally assembling into a long blade!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breaking through the explosive heatwave, the blade thrust forward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen dodged aside, watching as the blade passed just in front of her nose, her spider sense intensely warning her—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The danger was coming from the Death Warrior’s knee!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knee’s mechanical structure had stored a preposterous amount of energy, a substance emitting a red light and giving off an extremely high temperature was launched by the propulsion device!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand degrees plasma mass streaked past Gwen’s clothes, merely scraping by, yet burned black marks on her white bodysuit—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zzzt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint sound of electricity chimed in sync, but the Death Warrior’s knee faltered to retract after launch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could only awkwardly punch with a strange appearance. However, this malfunctioning structure seemed to have even more problems with exertion, and his knee trembled before he could even swing a punch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen stomped on the Death Warrior’s knee and exerted force suddenly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The alloy knee knelt on the ground, making a circle of cracks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen jumped back, seeming to understand what was happening a bit...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up and saw new content coincidentally form on the billboard above: \"Get beat up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Get beat up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Get beat up!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen took a deep breath and patted herself down—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she kicked at the kneeling Death Warrior, but nowhere near as fast as the Death Warrior’s punching speed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white figure was struck away, Gwen’s head buzzing as she struggled to her feet after hitting the ground...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I’m hit so hard, such a powerful robot... so stupid...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the time it took to crawl up from being knocked down, Gwen glanced at the nearby Governor—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene there wasn’t quite the gang slaughterhouse she imagined...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those gunmen holding their weapons were continuously retreating, and there was a man behind cover shooting so they couldn’t lift their heads, the Governor then took the chance to run over and grant them a baby-like sleep...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you didn’t know better, you’d think these two were the real murderers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So... something about this assassination attempt felt off, didn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Death Warrior made a big jump, slamming Knee Strike into the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon enough, poor Gwen was thrown out by him again, hitting the ground and looking pitiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Death Warrior System Warning: High-temperature plasma ejector malfunction]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Death Warrior System Warning: Knee joint load bearing component malfunction]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[System Warning...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of pop-ups appeared on the Death Warrior’s control window, as well as on Harren’s control console.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mood lifted with the pop-up of red error boxes, then relaxed a bit as Spider Woman was kicked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes! That’s it! Did you see that? This is the Death Warrior! The modernized super soldier!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harren cheered, punching into the air, while nervously watching Colonel Rollins behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter, without saying a word, just nodded slightly, \"Not bad, although there were some problems, overall the performance is good, don’t forget your target is Frank Castle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This sort of thing, just deal with this annoying Spider Woman and it’s handled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the impact of this event...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, I’ve mentioned it already.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rollins gestured for Harren not to always fuss over this issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Information security and control, how could they possibly let a whippersnapper take charge?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What ctOS system, do they really think they’re dealing with amateurs?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conversation here was observed by nearby surveillance equipment and transmitted to a military base on the other side of the continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, Dr. Zola, who had been completely transformed into an electronic lifeform, resided within the servers of an entire bunker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of these servers were new, some were old, just like him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old man of over a hundred years, yet surviving in the form of top-notch technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything had gone smoothly except for the sudden arrival of Spider Woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system called ctOS didn’t detect his invasion, and the girl named Skye could only be considered a technically proficient but ordinary Hacker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such detailed, physical-level operations could only be controlled and perceived by him, the electronic lifeform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the beginning, he was extremely cautious: the hacking incident with the Vulture Battle Suit had made him quite wary, but now it seemed it was only because the Hacker at that time knew there was an enemy and implemented a more targeted attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a more delicate attack isn’t something humans can observe through computers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zola had used the insignificant currents in the lines to lay out electronic viruses early on, and launched an attack as soon as the assault began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the Death Warrior appeared, the viruses activated simultaneously. The data architecture of ctOS was shattered by fierce data flows, hardly maintaining operation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, Zola had left some possibility for data recovery, but once they recovered the data, they would find a scene quite different from reality:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this new scene, the Death Warrior would be considered a hero who stopped the gangsters, while Frank and the Governor would be unexpectedly killed by the gangsters!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This could attack the youngster named Lille from multiple angles—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, he must already be overwhelmed by the system collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>NYPD and their talk of public safety, law, justice, protecting the weak...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in his view, it was all incredibly naive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn’t it be good to join Hydra in ruling the world with this technology?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a small startup, do they really think they’re something special because they have a little ability?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let you talk about law, let you speak up for the poor, let you protect the weak, let you live in peace, now Hydra will take care of you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the experience from last time, Zola didn’t connect to the Death Warrior’s system, instead letting this big guy partly take over the ctOS system to provide real-time battle data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The security of the Death Warrior was handled by a software firewall set up by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... the part of Zola that simulated human algorithms felt somewhat uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter what, the situation indeed favored them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the probes installed by Colonel Rollins, the visual feedback device on the console showed that the white-clad Spider Woman could no longer stop the advance of the Death Warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Death Warrior advanced step by step, encountering yet another unexpected situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The agents they sent over...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were dead all over the ground!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zola was somewhat flabbergasted: although they lost World War II, it was Germany that lost, what did it have to do with them, Hydra?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their agents were supposed to be the best in the world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Death Warrior advanced step by step, the bullets hitting his body causing almost no damage, only producing a clangorous sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with just a few moves of this killing machine... the matter would end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahh!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor from behind the cover furiously smashed at the Death Warrior, but if the bullets were useless, what difference would his punches make, even if they were stronger than a normal person’s?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then this punch... also went wrong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The punch hit the mechanical body with a dull sound, and the Death Warrior fell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sudden development stunned everyone, and suddenly, a loud noise came from the small room controlling the Death Warrior—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zola had no time to deal with those matters anymore!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in his perception, in that world composed of electrical signals, a change he couldn’t understand was also happening simultaneously!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls were blasted open!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of security personnel wearing tactical masks and gear flooded in, Harren screamed in place!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rollins, after all, was a militarily experienced man, turned to draw his gun, but the intruders got the drop on him with a shot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martin shot Rollins in the abdomen, saw him trying to resist, and added two more shots to his legs!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah... I’m goddamn...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martin kicked Rollins fiercely in the face, knocking him out cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What you are doesn’t matter, what matters is you’ve messed with the wrong people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martin straightened his clothes, pulled out his phone, and reported the good news to Lille: \"There are indeed people, one creepy suit guy and another... equally creepy suit guy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1533,"2026-06-03T12:33:12.909Z","2026-06-03T12:33:19.802Z",1,"novelbin.me","9240ec9ec54762abe923111eb3935996921e903407fd25c6552cf218e1c05e01","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-279","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-277",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]