[{"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-525":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},1152366,1495,"Chapter 525 - 496: Humanization","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-525",525,"\u003Cp>Si Anweisitan replaced biochemical stimuli with electrical stimulation, bypassing the neurotransmitter conduction process by directly stimulating neural regions with electric currents, allowing human reaction speeds to surpass theoretical limits, which are determined by the speed of neurotransmitter transmission within the human body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But merely having superhuman reaction speeds was not enough. As the reception of signals became faster, the transmission of action signals had to speed up as well, and the body’s strength had to support high-speed movement, so people needed Combat Prosthetics, implantable Prosthetics, and more modifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more modifications there were, the easier it was for brain nerves to become confused. Even without considering psychological issues, when the electrodes stimulated the currents and the prosthetic electrolytes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And all of this was no problem for a wandering AI: it was mechanical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What determined a robot’s speed of movement were purely mechanical factors like processor speed, mechanical response speed, and sensor response time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All parameters were clearly visible, all limits were calculated by the processor, all parts...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and reached the limits seen by Munemasa—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans sometimes awe us by pushing a module within their equipment to unleash power beyond the norm, showing combat prowess far above their peers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the AI was always in that awe-inspiring position!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Munemasa was born to design weapons, and when it grasped a weapon...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weapon truly came to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only 11% of the original body construction left in Munemasa, and intense impacts, high temperatures would cause mild deformation to the machine, pressing these original body parts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as Munemasa took over this body, within the remaining 11%, electrical currents directly scorched some of the body parts essential for humans, such as the spinal cord and peripheral nerves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the electricity flowed, biological tissues were burned, passively recast into conductive fibers under the pressure of mechanical components, sensory demodulators completely transformed, and information no longer needed a Cyber Modulator to be converted into signals understandable by the human brain...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but rather pure electrical signals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Munemasa looked at the building where the Vortex Gang was based. He saw Jostar carrying a massive iron coffin. Among the details, he suddenly understood why the presence of the Vortex Gang had not triggered any anomalies in the miniature transmitter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Brain Demon Gang’s mainframe had been taken by them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All battlefield data entered his mind; as he formulated tactics, strange memories flooded into the memory zone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Arasaka’s training facility, a faceless person was teaching them what they called \"Ninjutsu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The more complex the task, the harder it is for a person to handle everything at once; launch multi-dimensional attacks when necessary, and any one of them can be your main target.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Centaur Mecha raised its arm, and Munemasa’s humanoid frame stood on the arm, spikes popping out of his feet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, take out the weak ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All present turned towards this side following Jostar’s loud shout, but they saw only the Centaur Robot trembling violently, its arm quiveringly lifted by motors on the verge of collapse, followed by an explosion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arm was fired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those quick to react would describe the firing of the arm like this:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This damn thing wasn’t a mechanical arm at all, but a three-meter long multi-stage rocket!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jostar’s eyes were unbelievably sharp. While others thought this was just the Centaur Robot’s dying struggle, he was sure there was a person on the arm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanical hand’s multiple joints exploded in flames one after another, accelerating the arm to an exaggerated speed, covering nearly 1500 meters in 2 seconds, striking the rooftop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vortex Gang, nestled in the factory building, only had time to curse as they barely lifted their feet from their footholds—this thing smashed straight into the building!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arm pierced through the factory roof, broke through the main beams, and smashed deeply into a steel pillar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attack seemed extremely precise—the entire roof crumbled in the impact, collapsing completely around the point of impact!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jostar ran for his life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That thing was coming for him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mother frantically shouted at him to run, and he chose to listen to his mother!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing on the arm, the powerful built-in gyroscope in Munemasa’s Prosthetics worked to its limit, instantly changing direction as the arm was about to hit the roof, but correspondingly, the core temperature of this Prosthetics also rapidly rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Munemasa’s left hand ejected a built-in tool hammer, and his left hand pulled a string of rockets from the arm of the Centaur Robot. His strong mechanical legs forcefully launched him toward the dumbfaced members of the Vortex Gang—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Munemasa leaped towards them, they could clearly sense the danger, but this speed left no time for reaction!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the guys’ heads exploded on the spot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of the force from blasting the Vortex Gang member, Munemasa rushed to the next launching pad. The latter raised a hand, popping a handgun out of his arm ready to counterattack, but was directly blasted in the face by a rocket!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden incident made everyone look towards the rooftop where the Vortex Gang was located, and Brick too realized what had happened, but this time he was wearing heavy equipment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power armor he wore seemed light among similar equipment, yet the total weight exceeded 300 kilograms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the rooftop collapsed, he could only focus on maintaining his balance as he crashed into the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this catastrophic collapse, Munemasa’s movements were coherent and rapid; members of the Vortex Gang who were lucky could still manage to pose a counterattack, the unlucky ones could only helplessly watch as Munemasa walked over their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every attack was impeccably precise; he would use his kick to explode a head when he didn’t need to use his fist, he would use his fist when a rocket wasn’t necessary, and each rocket explosion provided him with propulsion to move through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, genuine Prosthetics included high-performance movement components and even featured various tools such as arc welders, nail guns, and high-temperature cutting blades. In an instant, it wasn’t just rooftops crashing down, but an array of parts, either tossed onto the streets or smashing to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Vortex Gang, they felt like they were always just a bit too slow in every action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A little slower in raising their hands, slower in striking, even the hardness of their armor, and their running speed, all were just a bit too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From being struck to complete collapse, the rooftop had disintegrated physically across five seconds; the Vortex Gang was left in tatters!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, heat generated during the operation of the Prosthetics was accumulated by the heat pumps into the dagger on his lower leg. With enough temperature, Munemasa continued to charge forward, pulling the hot dagger from his leg as it even distorted the air around!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jostar, feeling the chain explosions and screaming behind him, had every motor and synthetic muscle fiber working at its limit—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Help!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jostar leapt from the rooftop in a flying dive, just as Jack reached underneath to catch him and his mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, V blocked Munemasa’s attack with her Mantis Blade on the rooftop, and the two even managed to carry out two tentative attacks in a zero-gravity state—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V blocked Munemasa’s blade, deflecting it upwards and then extended her right hand’s Mantis Blade, trying to strike him with the help of the ejection and the force of her swinging arm, but a piece of component directly sprang from Munemasa’s shoulder and knocked her blade away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fragment ejected from Munemasa’s shoulder appeared externally like some sort of armor, designed with multiple layers linked together to ensure protection and flexibility; thereby, the armor was thin and elongated, like a throwing knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the placement was just too tricky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V controlled the force of her arm; next, the thrusters on her legs slightly adjusted her head’s position as her blade swung close to Munemasa’s chest, the armor plate nearly scraping her face...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The encounter ended, and V used the dodging momentum to retreat a bit and flipped mid-air, landing steadily on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Munemasa stood on the broken street lamp watching her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V’s expression was a bit grave, and Jack too sensed something amiss—there was the smell of burnt synthetic skin in the air, and hair was floating past V’s ear...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Munemasa was faster than her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not just a little faster, knowing that Munemasa had already completed several aerial strikes on the Vortex Gang even before clashing with her, and the last strike was completely reactionary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V was still figuring out her next move when a black and red mosaic suddenly flashed before her; Little Octopus came out and shattered the blur with one swipe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a fleeing AI like Munemasa, any electric contact was extremely dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now it’s a bit challenging...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive explosion occurred where the Centaur Mecha stood, completely engulfing the surrounding Tiger Claw Gang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get in the car!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Mai’s voice brought V back to her senses, Jack carrying Jostar leapt over the wall directly, a tentacle extended from the car. V immediately shot out Spider Silk, grabbing the Octopus Arm to vault towards Munemasa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she vaulted, V finally took the opportunity to look towards the explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Centaur Mecha burst from the flames, directly tearing a member of the Tiger Claw Gang in half, and threw an arm towards Munemasa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Munemasa caught the arm, swiftly dismantled the parts he needed, welded them, and directly connected the arm to the circuit at his shoulder, instantly creating a third arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Round three.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light Centaur Mecha broke from the encirclement of the Tiger Claw Gang, Munemasa hitched a ride, took a lower body from the robot’s hand, disassembled the parts, meanwhile rushing towards Mackinaw at high speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His wireless network was intercepted by those controlled miniature radio frequency devices, and even just to survive, he had to take down the Brain Demon Gang’s mainframe, regain control, and possibly leverage the network to migrate to another domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the last stretch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was determined to win this race.\u003C\u002Fp>",1685,"2026-06-03T12:33:29.771Z","2026-06-03T12:33:38.261Z",1,"novelbin.me","5a7030adb965b52d91e2ce811b772645dce4c8f6c8d348bbdad2e6a87487ed4a","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-526","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-524",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]