[{"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-46":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},1151487,1495,"Chapter 46 - 44 Professor Connor (Seeking continuous reading~)","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-46",46,"\u003Cp>Empire University and Arasaka Academy were not the same style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the feeling of being designed from birth, Empire University felt much more genuine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in 2011, such a top-tier university held a high status in society, not only producing a large number of talents in various fields but also engaging in scientific research, making it truly \"adult.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surroundings were more spacious, predominantly parks, making it relatively less oppressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, although the air in New York wasn’t that great, it was still much fresher than in Night City...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the bio-monitor displayed a small line of text —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The lead content in your blood has slightly increased, please be aware of air pollution.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, it was the sweet taste of leaded gasoline, no big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seemed more promising and freer, but the technological gap was real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing Lille looking around, Matt then felt that this young boss actually seemed like a young person —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he had no idea what Lille was thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matt smiled and said, \"Do you want to go to school?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The school days...\" Lille paused, changing his phrasing, \"might be one of the most beautiful times I can imagine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, Lille was talking about the past, his previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he wasn’t the nostalgic type; his current life was also colorful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille looked at Matt in surprise, \"It seems like Lawyer Murdock has some exceptional skills and doesn’t plan to hide them, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t forget, Matt was blind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he see Lille looking around? Of course, it was because he wasn’t strictly blind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matt kept smiling and adjusted his glasses, \"We should count as having a life-and-death relationship, right? You seem quite extraordinary too; I guess we share more than just being splashed by dangerous chemicals.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems I can’t deny that,\" Lille shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need to deny it. You’re different from me; your talents are superior. Everyone would envy your mind; I can see such a future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really? I think your talent is also enviable,\" Lille paused, \"I’m not talking about the physical kind, but the mental.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matt stopped in surprise, \"I didn’t know you had such a keen eye for observation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two walked around the school in slight silence, then Matt suddenly asked, \"I have a question. Actually, with this issue...maybe you could solve it by yourself. Cameras, circuits...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, you could handle those guys alone, am I right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Bullseye get crushed into pieces and the car accident afterward, Matt didn’t think Lille needed to mobilize the residents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could have eliminated Bullseye alone, even taken out Kingpin, done many things without anyone knowing, quietly solving the problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Iron Man singlehandedly slaughtering terrorists, no words needed, just action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille laughed, \"Like a superhero?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An odd choice of words...but yes, like a superhero. You could stand up and solve everything by yourself, but you didn’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And then, whenever something goes wrong, people pray: ’Please, let a superhero save me!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille shook his head while speaking, \"I want them to stand up, just like now. Maybe they can’t be ruthless or earn a lot of money, lack knowledge, even...lack courage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they have to get moving. They don’t dare to fight back against thugs, but they can send the courageous John to the hospital;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They don’t have money or houses, but they can save their landlord, Mr. Rigordo, who takes care of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the East, there’s a term, ’Blue Sky Lord,’ initially used to show respect, but it gradually changed in meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When their home is robbed, they pray for a Blue Sky Lord to help punish the thief; when they are beaten, they drag their wounded body and beg the Blue Sky Lord to see justice;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When their family is killed...they kowtow to death on the steps, asking the Blue Sky Lord to bring justice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matt thoughtfully said, \"It sounds like...you’re worried they’ll always depend on you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes — in this world, those with great ability should bear more responsibility, but it doesn’t mean you are a waste yourself, hiding in a hole waiting for the crisis to pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, when you only know how to cover your eyes, plug your ears, and hide in a hole, that’s the real disaster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But...what can they do? You can’t always need a passerby to send you to the hospital, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille grinned, \"That’s why — capitalism poisons society, but currency is a great sociological invention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They can do the work they are good at, pay me, I excel at what they don’t. Isn’t currency meant to facilitate such exchanges?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matt’s expression became odd, \"Sounds like politicians justifying the system.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, if you think carefully, you’ll find that such social division indeed provides an environment where people can do what they are good at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, if I want to do research, I’d have to learn to farm, build houses...by the time I’m done, I’d be seventy or eighty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Talent, huh...people good at something don’t always like it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So...\" Lille pointed to his head, \"Actually, as researchers, what we should truly trade with these laborers is the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using better technology, we can bring about a future where fewer people need to do grunt work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or, everyone genuinely hopes to trade with others for a better future, not superficial money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter is being beguiled by tools, forgetting why they started.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, rather than being a person, it’s more like being a personified...bank card?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening, Matt didn’t speak for a long time — it was a perspective he had never considered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly thought of his father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His father was a bare-knuckle boxer. As a child, he often saw his father worry, hoping to earn more money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he knew his father didn’t really love money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Matt felt a moment of clarity, smiled, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve thought a lot, but I agree with your view on superheroes; people indeed need to learn to change their situation through effort, not prayer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You should attend philosophy classes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on — quickly introduce this professor to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had arrived at the lab door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Matt just smiled without speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, a man’s voice came from behind Lille, \"You spoke very well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille turned around and saw a blonde middle-aged man with glasses, looking at him with appreciative eyes — although there seemed to be some...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Complexity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nice to meet you — Lawyer Murdock, this must be Mr. Lee, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matt turned around and nodded, \"Yes, Lille, this is Professor Kurt Conners. Hello, Professor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the professor had been following them all along?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering Matt’s keen senses, he must have noticed the professor following them...hopefully, he hadn’t overheard anything sensitive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh...nice to meet you, Professor Conners. Sorry—I mean, this meeting feels a bit sudden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They shook hands, and Conners smiled while adjusting his glasses, \"I’m the one who should apologize. I heard you and Lawyer Murdock discussing something, couldn’t help but lighten my steps to listen in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, let’s go inside — just as you said, I also hope to give patients tormented by illness a future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille noticed Professor Conners’ empty right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>",1192,"2026-06-03T12:33:12.630Z","2026-06-03T12:33:19.524Z",1,"novelbin.me","b79997afc5376587d5b4ab7508079a20286cbed3768b56724255f1753a83471e","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-47","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-45",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]