[{"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-363":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},1151854,1495,"Chapter 363 - 335: Make a Bet","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-363",363,"\u003Cp>When V opened her eyes again, the Super Dream hadn’t ended yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of ancient, unchanging waves still filled her ears, but unlike during the day, the seabirds had vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening her eyes, the stars were densely scattered, the Milky Way stretching across the sky. Away from the city, the night was even deeper, watching the sea, the stars flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her field of vision, there were no pop-ups, no occasional sound of electricity, no vibrations from the running prosthetics...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guess... only a virtual world can achieve this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A feeling of loneliness surged, V stared blankly at the starry sky, and suddenly realized she seemed to have lost her ability to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the real world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V turned her head in surprise, only to find Lille was also in Super Dream!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wrong—Because she saw Lille, she suddenly felt a sense of confusion about reality!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Super Dream was too pure, too real!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did you find this? If this is real, then where are we?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Somalia, in Africa’s waters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sounds familiar... Orbit Airspace’s territory?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille glanced helplessly at V. In this era, the value of geography in her little head was just to recognize which company’s territory it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lille could only continue along her line of thinking, \"Yes, Orbit Airspace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It so happened that the place Lille chose to set up his base was also in the Mount Kilimanjaro region, where Orbit Airspace had built its largest launch base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying that, V looked up at the sky, silent, then suddenly burst out with a curse:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, Orbit Airspace is hogging such a good spot without shitting on it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To be precise, Orbit Airspace is in the mountains, a bit different from the sea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like Evil Land?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Much better than Evil Land, next time I’ll find you some mountain area belts, Super Dream is ending soon, get ready to exit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm...\" V got up and stretched lazily, \"Fell asleep again, your Super Dreams are weirder one than the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, could you get some of those... Soviet Union discs? Just curious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not at the moment.\" Lille shrugged, \"But I’ll get you some when I have a chance. Have you ever seen snow?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I heard it’s just ice falling from the sky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll let you see it when I have the chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long sound rang, and both their senses began to detach from Super Dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening her eyes again... there really is no pain without comparison, every corner of Night City seemed to be filled with a strange smell of engine oil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this lighting... except for the rich district, it seemed like 70% of the lights in other areas were flickering, which was extremely uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, they were in Jimmy’s warehouse, a place that had been seized by the Burger King squad. Previously his workshop, now it was his prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V frowned and sniffed, \"Wait a minute, I seem to remember that it’s best not to watch Super Dream for more than 30 minutes, I think these last few times I watched...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They were 24 hours each, no need to look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re trying to kill me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille retorted irritably, \"I’m not trying to kill you, but it seems like your brain isn’t listening to you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had just taken off their headbands when they heard a somewhat disgusting voice, \"That kind of Super Dream isn’t for learning, it’s just unexciting trash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You should try mine, 10 minutes is enough to let you experience the ultimate thrill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This disgusting voice was exactly that of Jimmy Heisaku, the Black Super Dream dealer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man was bruised and swollen, tied to the wall; if not for his unmistakable addiction-driven squalor and the uncontrollable madness in his eyes, Lille might have thought he was still calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, his addiction had kicked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intense Super Dreams provide strong stimulation to the nerves, and constantly applying this kind of stimulation over the years raises the neural sensitivity threshold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It manifests as apathy toward everything in daily life, if there is a lack of stimulation for a long time, it shifts from calm to depressive, and finally to frenzied, with his mind full of calls for stimulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yoshida was a firsthand Super Dream editor, and good Super Dream editors always choose to experience the original themselves, then selectively edit, replace, or delete some unnecessary messy thoughts to enhance the emotions they want the experiencer to feel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After doing this for years, one becomes a bit neurotic, not to mention the fact he edited those cyberpsychosis films.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille looked at him, \"Honestly, I just wanted to get some goods from you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jimmy’s facade instantly crumbled—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you should have just said that! Do you know what I’ve been through these days!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>days, a whole 30 days!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially, he still cared about how much money he had lost, but now, all he could think was: please give me some stimulation to make me feel alive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By his side, David’s gang and Jack marveled—they still remembered the day they kidnapped this guy, how composed and pretentious he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems people like him should be locked up tightly for a few days, to let him experience withdrawal symptoms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But suddenly, David felt Lucy watching him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just remembered, didn’t you used to watch this all the time? No wonder you seemed like a top-notch dimwit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>David turned away awkwardly and continued to listen to the boss speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille opened a bottle of Dumb Monkey and took a big swig.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V quietly watched Lille drink the beverage—something miraculous happened; Lille didn’t choke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time she tried Lille’s home Super Dream, every synthetic drink she tasted afterward felt strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille had no reaction at all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After setting down her drink, Lille said, \"But from what I know, you grabbing poor saps to stuff them with discs and military prosthetics isn’t great.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are the ones who like to watch it, like you...\" Jimmy paused, \"like you all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, among those present, both Lille and V had military-grade spinal prosthetics, and David also had one that was nearly military-grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Jack’s superhuman strength was the talk of the mercenary circles; no one knew what kind of prosthetics he used, but it was definitely not ordinary stuff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lastly, even Man, who was slightly less skilled, had both arms as pure prosthetics, one of which was equipped with a Bullet Launcher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bullet Launcher was actually military-grade, just not of the highest tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having the power to crush humans like insects is a fundamental prerequisite for cyberpsychosis, according to Jimmy’s experience; at least...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least three cyberpsychos would emerge, others he couldn’t say, but these three Burger King-brain lovers were definitely going to snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not right, it was a bit upside down, it should be that Burger King likes them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille raised an eyebrow, and the mechanical arm at her waist slapped Jimmy, \"I did not come here to waste words with you, are you listening or not?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not, someone else will do the Super Dream editing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am listening...\" Jimmy squeezed out a grin and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smiling on the face, but inside...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jimmy really felt wronged. Indeed, people had brought him similar disks for editing, but he didn’t care for them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the cyberpsychos, maybe they watched some intense stuff before getting their prosthetics, but what’s that to do with him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all their own choice!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, were these three brain-dead? Just beating him up over this small matter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Appeasing them, Jimmy said, \"So we’re good now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille actually felt no remorse about this at all: Are you kidding, you want me to buy Black Superdream with money? Wouldn’t that be illegal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the boss, he couldn’t condone such twisted practices, just warn him off doing anything outrageous, while also checking the content of his disks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We do have a matter, hand over all your Black Superdream originals for my review, and let’s see if you’re telling the truth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joy sparkled in Jimmy’s eyes, his excitement for something fun reigniting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turns out, you like watching Black Superdream too! And the originals at that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it doesn’t matter if nobody is forced to act in Black Superdream; in his view, one day Lille would explode with rage, he couldn’t imagine the day all these people were gone and how hot his Black Superdream would sell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he obsequiously said, \"That’s easy to handle, I still have 11 original disks in my warehouse, all top-sellers...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bring them all up, I’ll take a look now, I’m short on time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille’s decisiveness stunned everyone, including the two Soviets in Jimmy’s cubicle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Superdream, well, it was not absent in their area as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As top mercenaries, sustaining their combat effectiveness for so long naturally involved restraining themselves from indulging in highly neurologically damaging leisure activities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>disks, Black Superdream originals, to watch here? All of them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People in Night City are that intense?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t believe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>JImmy’s electronic lock snapped open, and shaking off his previous listlessness and fear, he quickly walked towards the safe next to the studio desk—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The best stuff, kept in the best safe, Arasaka special made, only a unique boss like you could experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to prevent the other bosses from thinking there’s a virus inside, I must clear the air: these original disks are highly intense...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What may happen, I can’t really say.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While unlocking it, he flattered Lille, seemingly afraid the boss would have second thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every cyberpsycho believes they are unique and absolutely won’t go insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, no one escapes this curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He handed over the Super Dream Disk with respect to Lille—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his excitement, he blurted out his inner thoughts:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s see how long Night City’s toughest boss can last against these disks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille glanced at the delusional guy, suddenly saying, \"How much money do you have in your pocket? Do you want to make a bet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1665,"2026-06-03T12:33:12.909Z","2026-06-03T12:33:19.803Z",1,"novelbin.me","59e1270db472ef2bb0ad626fe90bab7eb3588ac691dfa972c708500a41776eb6","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-364","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-362",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]