[{"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-379":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},1151870,1495,"Chapter 379 - 351: Battle","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-379",379,"\u003Cp>The sergeant looked at the faces filled with reverence below and felt great: It had been a long time since he felt this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood the problems with the Six Street Gang himself, and sometimes when others said they were criminals doing evil under the guise of law, it wasn’t entirely wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as he had told V, he didn’t have many choices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stuff he got for the event, except for the alcohol, all the synthetic meat was provided at a low cost, otherwise, he wouldn’t have had enough money to organize such a charity event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After downing a can of beer, the sergeant slammed the can onto the ground, raised his revolver, and fired into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang, bang, bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, you’ve eaten, you’ve enjoyed, now let’s get moving – the shooting contest starts now. The rules are simple, drink a can before shooting, and whoever hits enough targets in 30 seconds advances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the prize, it’s this shiny advanced weapon in my hand... Alright, who wants to go first?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sergeant announced the rules, the crowd below got even more excited: many of them couldn’t even hold a gun steady, but as long as they participated, they’d get a free can of beer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with the alcohol in their system, they’d still get to fire a couple of shots. What could be better in this world? Who wouldn’t participate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drunken crowd started to gather around the field, the targets were all kinds of strange things, including big headshots of Hot and even the flag of Japan –\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted to use Arasaka Saburo or Arasaka Group symbols, but printing those was too likely to attract agents from the Arasaka Group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With dizzy heads, people aimed at the targets, their guns shaking in their hands, and the drizzling sound of gunfire echoed in the night, mixed with frenzied rock music, pushing the atmosphere to a climax...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V looked at the heated atmosphere over there, finished his last can of beer, took out his gun, and walked towards the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don’t the three of us have a shooting contest too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Saint Domingo, a mercenary squad of 14 people was tasked with controlling the Six Street Gang and the Saint Domingo area; 8 were Lone Wolves, and the remaining 6 came from two different squads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were supposed to attack the Six Street Gang’s operations from different directions at different times, while also collecting protection fees from the local residents and pushing the various goods offered by their employers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now the situation had changed, and they chose to concentrate their efforts in one act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reasons, they all accepted the command of a technical expert –\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This technical expert was now observing from a high-rise in the Scenic Area with an ultra-high magnification telescope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, he had hired 54 Night City poor souls at a very low price to use electronic surveillance glasses on the outermost parts of Saint Domingo to provide visibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These views were calculated in real time to create a near-seamless surveillance perspective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why he did this...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the field of view, 14 mercenaries infiltrated from different directions, managing to avoid most of the Six Street Gang’s outer patrols.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just after entering two blocks away from Woodhaven Street, he saw the cameras start to rotate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coordination between the Six Street Gang and the street cameras was almost flawless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Authentic: 03, back off, you’ve been spotted. 04-07, disable the cameras. 08, 09, there are network interfaces nearby, move quickly.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, Mr. Authentic chose to estimate and exploit the opponent’s surveillance network gaps in this primitive way, implementing gradual infiltration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The advantage was that it wasn’t easy to wipe them out all at once; the mercenaries might be pinned down by the gang’s bullets, but their superior individual combat skills could slowly chip away at the established security network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The downside was... as soon as the first camera was shot out, the person behind the Six Street Gang’s security would immediately know they were coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a \"non-contact\" arithmetic contest, the best way to utilize the mercenaries’ individual skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man named Authentic held a beautiful handcrafted revolver in his hand, toying with it as he gave orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poof!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several cameras exploded in succession, and the Six Street Gang on the streets started running wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille raised an eyebrow and quickly understood the opponent’s strategy – if it were him, he’d choose to floor it straight to the sergeant with V and Jack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for a team... this indeed was a relatively moderate method to maximize everyone’s combat capability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only slightly odd thing was that Lille wasn’t quite sure what kind of information technology support the opponent was using for coordination and command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be purely by naked eye observation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was possible, but that method would require extremely high computational skills and algorithms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they had such ability, they would do better becoming a programmer in a company rather than a mercenary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lucy: I have data anomalies, a hacker has intruded.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Qi Wei: Same here.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille was even more surprised: the likelihood of the opponent using an independent information system was higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With two hackers entering the network and engaging the enemy, the areas they fought in would be flooded with abnormal currents and commands used for network warfare, causing unavoidable issues like precision decrease and signal instability in the communication system and network devices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This intrusion only caused minor disruption, as the opponents immediately withdrew upon the hackers’ counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They intended only to do general interference, avoiding deep offensive and defensive engagement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By disabling cameras and disrupting network surveillance, they bought time for the saboteurs to hide again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Repeating this cycle, if Lille kept a large-scale patrol force and lacked electronic surveillance in some areas, security gaps could appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such a scenario, he could only increase the manpower proportion within the defense area to compensate for the electronic system’s unreliability –\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he had to compress the defended space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he decisively changed the defense strategy:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Six Street Gang, systematically pull back.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effect of the retreat was remarkable: the average distance from the nearest patrol to a sabotaged camera shortened rapidly from 700 meters to about 300 meters, greatly increasing the probability of capturing the intruders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both commanders instantly reached a tacit mutual understanding:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both sides’ strategies were extremely common, and it all came down to the combatants’ skills now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by probabilities, the first firefight would occur very soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Six Street Gang Veteran Forrest: I’ve got them! Floor it and get ready to fire!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The music from the Six Street Gang’s event could be heard for miles!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The streets were empty – with the Six Street Gang in trouble and Saint Domingo getting chaotic, everyone feared for their safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom –\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fully armed sportscar, the Celestial Quartz, sped down the street, its roaring engine seemingly vibrating the glass!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car raced to the end of the street, not slowing even at the corners!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment of the turn, the driver finally swung the steering wheel wildly, the tires leaving long skid marks on the ground, the screeching sound echoing through the street –\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forrest sat in the passenger seat, stimulants fully releasing in his body with the drift, his Prosthetic Eye in Si Anweisitan mode locked onto the left side...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the car head swung around the corner, his eyes focused on the walls, streets, and any potential hiding spots...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he forgot, his head was always exposed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone observed from outside, they’d see a man leaping high from the wall just as the car rounded the corner, landing precisely on top of the car when Forrest’s side tilted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In midair, the man gripped his submachine gun with both hands, firing as he carved through the air, bullets raining down like a storm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magazine held sixty bullets, and the man fired continuously from his jump into the air until he slid across the ground!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two loud explosions, the tires burst, and the drifting car completely lost control, flipping sideways due to the blowout, rolling uncontrollably...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the car came to a stop, the man had emptied his magazine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the second car was already rushing from the end of the street, and this time he couldn’t dodge –\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Man, Rebecca, Pila, and Dolly all leaned out the car windows, each armed with submachine guns and shotguns, some even dual-wielding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who had just put on an incredible display suddenly went pale:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His movements were swift, and he had a skill chip that could automatically detect gunfire and assist in dodging bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in this situation, on an empty street, with four people wielding seven guns, how could he dodge them all?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big gun! Wuhu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1479,"2026-06-03T12:33:12.909Z","2026-06-03T12:33:19.803Z",1,"novelbin.me","621a0b1f87266a63cacec5a49ebb937fd6c9cddcf40b88d017c7a3f692f77c5b","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-380","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-378",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]