[{"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-305":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},1151796,1495,"Chapter 305 - 284: The Deeply Affectionate Big Brother","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-305",305,"\u003Cp>[Mysterious Hero: I’ll make a list for you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time Rain, Kinetic Energy Submachine Gun, 20 units]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[DS1 Pulse, Kinetic Energy Submachine Gun, 20 units]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Crusher, Kinetic Energy Shotgun, 5 units]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Jade Sound, Kinetic Energy Pistol, 30 units]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[RT-46 Storm, Technic Pistol, 10 units]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[F-58 Dian Type Submachine Gun, Smart Submachine Gun, 3 units, Note: Includes bullets]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[FG-X Fragmentation Hand Grenade, two boxes]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[X-22 Flash Bomb, two boxes]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note: All are military-grade firearms]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Brick: What’s with the ancient ’Jade Sound’? The rest isn’t bad, I’ll take them.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Brick: What about the good stuff you mentioned? I could find these in the pockets of homeless people on the street! Only the Storm is slightly interesting, can we get something practical!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides the Jade Sound, he wants it all, give me a price.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheson was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille told him to clear out the stock, thinking it was a joke. After all, Kantao, the military technocrat, surpassed him by far, leaving no reason to buy from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once he spoke, everything was sold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately quoted a price: \"200,000. Damn, did I just catch a fat sheep?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fat, quite fat, but you’d better not know who it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said that, Lille turned to the eager Roshan: \"What else do you have?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mysterious Hero: 220,000.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Brick: That’s expensive, buddy. I’m not ignorant of the market.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mysterious Hero: Wait till the whole town knows you’re desperate to buy arms, then this price will seem very reasonable. I promise not to increase it.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mysterious Hero: I have more items.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Brick: Alright, continue.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roshan rubbed her hands together and announced her inventory to Lille as if reciting a menu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her stock mainly consisted of assault rifles, with the remainder being various heavy machine guns for use on fixed turrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille waved his hand upon hearing about the heavy machine guns, signaling Roshan to keep these good items for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wild Split, Kinetic Energy Assault Rifle, 7 units]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[D5 Copperband Snake, Kinetic Energy Assault Rifle, 7 units]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Nine Tails, Kinetic Energy Assault Rifle, 7 units]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[D5 Rattlesnake, Smart Assault Rifle, 12 units]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mysterious Hero: Flat rate of 120,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Brick: I’ll take all of these. I only have one request, deliver them to me now!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Brick: If you deliver late, you can only sell these to the underworld!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mysterious Hero: Deal]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille nodded to his people: \"It’s a deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Awesome!\" Cheson rubbed his hands, \"Big brother, sixty percent of this is a tribute...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t want this.\" Lille shook his head. \"Keep the money, but I have one requirement: you can’t raise the prices later on, I’ll handle the negotiations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheson and Roshan looked at each other, their eyes full of shock—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a great boss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did he help with the sale but also didn’t take a penny!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little did they know, Lille of course didn’t need their money since he already received \"subsidies\" from Jefferson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a bit of maneuvering, the whole operation amounted to mayoral candidate Perares and council member subsidizing Lille’s business development privately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsidized businesses and industries have a crushing advantage over their peers in the same sphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly, he could monopolize the supply chain for the Vortex Gang’s inner conflicts with this advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What industries he could drive and what benefits he could gain depended entirely on Lille’s imagination and operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille stood up and said to Roshan, \"Bring over your heavy machine guns and fixed turrets. Deliver them to the Adkaduo stronghold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve bought the goods, and I’ll handle this batch for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roshan nodded, moved. Initially, she feared Lille might not let her sell such heavy firepower!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turns out the boss was paying out of his own pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about delivery?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll deliver it ourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even handle delivery!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two arms dealers were so touched they were almost in tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night City is a harsh place, cold and impersonal. As two entrepreneurial business talents, only they knew how deeply this city had hurt them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only after joining Lille that they felt the warmth of Night City...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Cheson’s nose turned sour, and he went straight to grasp Lille’s hand: \"Big brother! As long as you don’t mind, I’ll be your dog from now on...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roshan hesitated slightly, thinking to herself: Since there’s already a dog, I guess I have to be a cat then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille stepped back letting Cheson grasp air, \"Scram, stop buttering me up all the time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I were you, I’d hurry up and get more stuff over here, we won’t have to worry about selling for a while,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing, he turned around and headed to the lounge to call V and Jack to set off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he walked, he sent a message to Pan’an at Adkaduo:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Burger King: Bring the tribe’s junk car over.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Pan’an: What’s up? Something big happening?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Burger King: Kind of, I’ve got a trade-in event here. We can swap the cars for Mackinaws—this time for free.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Pan’an: Damn, really? The old guys will be fighting to sign up.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Burger King: Get them to drive over here quick.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watson North District.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Northern District was once the most prosperous industrial area of Watson District, but it has now become a forgotten place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the earthquake and the arrival of Arasaka, most businesses in the area went bankrupt, and Night City was unable to revitalize it. The unemployed could only find a spot to lie down and sleep, getting by day by day—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those less fortunate might find themselves waking up after one sleep in a shabby and filthy prosthetics clinic, possibly with someone else’s first and second sexual organs or other strange prosthetics attached to their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vortex Gang relished in such deeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roar of engines startled the homeless huddled in dark corners. They lifted their heads in terror and saw several combat vans engaged in a gunfight on the nearly deserted street!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young, strong Vortex Gang member held a vicious shotgun in one hand, continuously pulling the trigger. Using his modified magnetic voice, he shouted so loudly, drowning out the engine noise and making sure the whole street heard:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Royce is a fuckin’ dick!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rocket launched from a car chasing behind him, but the guy didn’t panic, aimed at the person shouldering the rocket launcher, and blew his head off with a shot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the car was definitely not going to escape getting hit now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rear of the car was struck by the rocket, exploding instantly and flipping the car, causing the van to spin out of control and then tip over!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young guy immediately activated his Si Anweisitan and jumped out of the car. His modified soles skidded on the ground as he struggled to maintain his balance, watching the car slide towards the sidewalk, then burst into flames again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire lit up the pursuers as the young man made a massive jump to hide behind the wall on the roadside, grabbing magazines from the tactical harness across his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pursuing vans immediately surrounded the cover, with the leader of the Vortex Gang bellowing from inside the car: \"Are we being too nice to you?! Come out and get fucked, make it easy on yourself, or we’ll drag you back and turn you into a toilet! Just like your fucking brothers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rage surged in the young man’s heart as he focused intently on their footsteps after getting out of the car—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, he desperately sent messages to his boss, Brick!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ellis: Where the fuck have you been! Haven’t you come back yet?!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Brick: On my way!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive Bimong Armored Vehicle drifted around the corner and then charged straight over!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ellis’s eyes paused as he saw the vehicle emblazoned with ’Military Technology,’ then he beamed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Brick: See the new ride I snagged! Fucking baller, huh?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ellis: Badass!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding Vortex Gang members poured out their firepower hopelessly, but the bullets could only dent the Bimong at best!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All they could do was watch the vehicle plow through!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better run!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bimong Armored Vehicle recklessly smashed into them, scattering all the surrounding cars like a bulldozer crushing them into a pile!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bimong Armored Vehicle, pinned down by overturned cars, came to a halt, and Brick jumped out, quickly taking down several rookies laid out on the ground!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A line of minions hopped out of the vehicle like dumplings being dropped into soup, guns blazing, pushing back the surrounded thugs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brick looked towards Ellis, both the big brother and the little brother seeing the emotion in each other’s red prosthetic eyes—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The big brother moved that the little brother hadn’t abandoned him, the little brother touched that the big brother hadn’t forced him to serve under the despised Royce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brick slapped the side of the van: \"Boys, time to work!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just finished slapping the van when a rocket hit the cargo hold, making a dull thud—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an armor-piercing rocket. The warhead directly pierced the Bimong Armored Vehicle’s reactive armor, and then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brick’s expression drastically changed as he dove to the ground!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bimong Armored Vehicle, along with a few minions inside, perished in a fiery explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aaaaah—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Brick minion, covered in flames, leaped out of the fire and then was knocked down by bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at both sides of the street, more cars arrived, the rockets having been fired from inside those vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brick suddenly stood up, ducking next to Ellis: \"Fuck, do we still have this stuff in our inventory?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ellis’s face turned a steely blue: \"What don’t you know about our inventory? Now we’re totally fucked!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1608,"2026-06-03T12:33:12.909Z","2026-06-03T12:33:19.803Z",1,"novelbin.me","b6c1a0b75433c2b2fb0aa69cab8dfb4fb245b924014c75314de30ec5fddcde73","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-306","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-304",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]