[{"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-460":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},1151601,1495,"Chapter 460 - 432: Brain Demon (Part 5)","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-460",460,"\u003Cp>The underground passage was not exactly narrow, but it was definitely not wide either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the floor was cluttered with tools, generators, and cables; robotic and human limbs lay scattered about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pit that had just been dug out was clearly more cramped than a normal passageway, supported by several load-bearing columns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifty centimeters in diameter, made of special reinforced concrete, it could bear a weight exceeding 300 tons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure retreated rapidly to dodge a lethal sheet of metal flying towards him and then there was nowhere left to retreat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panic showed in his Prosthetic Eye:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within his field of vision, a gigantic fist was advancing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Advancing! Just like a rocket!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every step of the Power Armor was a powerful thrust forward, making the ground indent like modeling clay, while the jet thrusters on the elbows and calves worked in sync, their tail flames as bright as the sun in his enhanced night vision!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the fist radiated a red-hot glow, reminiscent of a rocket’s hull heated by air friction...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a rocket!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warm airflow tore through the air with a howling roar, getting ever closer—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thunderous strike!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-hot searing knuckles smashed viciously onto the thick load-bearing column.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, Lille read from the machine that it had released approximately seventy thousand joules of kinetic energy, the impact occurring within an extremely short amount of time, with an impact depth of about 0.1 meter, which, converted into tons...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Equated to a 71.3-ton-force direct hit on that load-bearing column.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Full Body Prosthetics Transformation had endowed the victim with unmatched mobility and agility; his reaction speed allowed him to avoid being struck directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the terror of the gauntlet brushing past him struck right at his heart...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full 23 tons of force was released right by his ear; the airflow and noise momentarily overtook everything in his world, and what he saw pierced straight through his mental defenses—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such immense force, focused on the load-bearing column, turned the abstract concept of force into something tangible at that moment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 30-centimeter deep crater appeared on the surface, the force penetrated the concrete, transmitting directly to the steel reinforcement, and the thick column bent slightly, the outermost rebar burst forth from the wall like snapped straw!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwave turned into a solid entity with the dust, and the entire pit vibrated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining cracks spread rapidly along the column, the supposedly indestructible load-bearing column creaked, bending slowly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of monster was this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, a question arose in his mind: Why, although his heel was up against the front of the wall, was he able to see the whole process of energy dispersion from the side of the column?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A severed head fell to the ground, and he saw his own heels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turns out his head had come off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen went black as V’s Mantis Blade pierced through the brain stem and swiftly retracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gauntlet emitted the sound of steam being released, and Jack drew back his fist—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heated, glowing part would forever remain inside the concrete. The weapon storage compartment popped out spare parts, two Octopus Arms quickly snatched the components, then replaced the parts on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seventy thousand joules of impact... slight anomalies in the components, reduce the output a little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy footsteps began again; V brandished her Mantis Blade behind Jack—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One slip, and she would seize the opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like a Whac-A-Mole game: Jack might not be as fast as a mole, but he could smash through the entire floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible mole was hard to hit, but a panicked one needed just one strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Octopus Arms changed tools and started cutting off more parts from the enemy...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few more corpses, he would have a clear read on the data of this kind of Prosthetics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Interesting.\" Blue light flickered in Lille’s eyes, \"Advanced Skill Chips can turn anyone into a top-tier assassin...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Little Octopus: Interesting (•̀.̫•́)✧, big bro, let me read it.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do we do? What do we do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no earthquakes in Night City, but this underground tunnel was shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Slaughterhouse gang members hidden in the shadows were at a loss: What’s happening? Is that thing not a person, but a goddamn bulldozer?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did the ambush fail? Why has the scene turned into a terrifying duel arena, why...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boss of the Slaughterhouse, Irakli, already felt his brain seizing up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why are they always dying?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exaggeratedly powerful weapons scattered throughout the corridor, along with sheet metal, generators, ceilings, steel reinforcements...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These debris were thrown by the large figure with deadly speed, as if tossing stones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Slaughterhouse liked to cut open victims with blades slowly, but this big guy, he was like a butcher!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only it wasn’t humans he was slaughtering, but the entire underground space, and the trash he hurled was his cleaver!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With enough force to dismantle the building space, his relentless, carpet-like advance completely overpowered their stealth equipment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Agility and cunning were crushed breathless by absolute strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss! Maybe we... we should run!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a loud crash coming from around the corner, Irakli was brought back by his subordinate’s call as his cybernetic head mechanically turned...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Run? Run your mom, look around, how can we run?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Irakli pointed around: There were tunnels everywhere, leading to the surface...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only knew the one path to Eren Street!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for these things dug by the Brain Demon Gang, how would they know where the exit is?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a long straight knife sprung from Irakli’s arm and stabbed into the wall beside his subordinate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re not running! Fight! Turn off all restrictions on your skill chips!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah? But we...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turn! Them! Off!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Irakli’s head suddenly emitted a puff of smoke, his eyes locking onto his subordinate like an Evil Ghost...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the subordinate’s eyes, the boss’s eyes suddenly showed a double image, and these double images were trembling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prosthetics, originally used for covert operations, emitted abnormal noises and the body overheated...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then everything returned to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of the corridor, the subordinate caught a glimpse of a huge figure smashing through a wall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his angle, he saw his attacked comrade leap high, sticking to the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But behind that big guy was a very discordant shadow, seemingly a blade sliding rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the comrade managed to secure himself to the ceiling, that discordant shadow reached right there, blade meeting flesh, invisibility failing, and then the blade pierced through the body and skull, leaving behind a corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corridor was long, but also short—long in that the remaining ten comrades were all here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were outfitted with the most advanced Full Body Cyborgs, quick and lethal, and also stealthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But also short: It seemed the giant bulldozer needed only a few seconds to level the place, chopping them all into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power Armor with turbo jets, blaze of guns, and fists subtly glowing cast the shadows of three figures on the corridor walls, floor, and ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them kept pressing forward with a relentless posture in the lead, another changed position each time the light flickered, and the last one...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just kept picking things up from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every punch shook the corridor, each swipe of a blade brought down a corpse...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every step taken was not rushed, but unstoppable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corridor was too short, so short that in just a moment, all the remaining men were dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Survival was key, even if it meant going berserk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The subordinate suddenly unlocked all prosthetic restraints, the skill chip in his head breached the behavioral safety limits, electric currents stung his nerves, and his body moved on its own without any command!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it moved fast!\u003C\u002Fp>",1307,"2026-06-03T12:33:12.910Z","2026-06-03T12:33:19.802Z",1,"novelbin.me","10a0b45ef605b67d5bb70f2ee3a434a64b1cc5cb0d737f24b1665ca6d3b1047c","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-461","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-459",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]