[{"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-537":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},1152378,1495,"Chapter 537 - 508 Foolish Deeds","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-537",537,"\u003Cp>Jefferson 388, the ground vehicle most favored by corporate executives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the luxury was saved for floating cars; ground vehicles, for most people, only valued safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five-ton, low-profile limousine driving on the deserted street was quite conspicuous, and Haywood was a... well-informed place for the Valentinos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car’s noise stood out at night. If there was no news, residents and the gang kids on either side of the street would just assume that another big shot was out on a routine relaxation trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the car, Ryan’s consciousness was completely taken over. His personal link was connected to some hacking device, which kept trying to crack the storage in Ryan’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The driver’s actions were clean and efficient, wearing protective goggles that hid his expression completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His destination was a nightclub called Red Queen’s Race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Information passed through the hacking device in the back seat, wrapped in Ryan’s cyber signal, and was sent intermittently to his assistant, the deputy mayor currently on vacation at Arasaka Group’s medical facility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hot would always arrange \"relaxation\" trips for Ryan. This signal would inevitably be intercepted by Arasaka, thus exposing Ryan’s itinerary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assuming Ryan was overly frightened and assuming Ryan went incognito for another secret pleasure trip on a chaotic day like today, this was the perfect time to strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The masterminds knew that if Arasaka saw an opportunity to take out Ryan, they would act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what they didn’t anticipate was that just after entering Red Queen’s Race, the gangs in Night City were once again on the move, and the car was racing down the empty streets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conspiracy had already begun to turn. No matter what, Ryan had to die with dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Military Technology Building, the special task force that thought their mission was over suddenly went back into work mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speeding down the road, Lille received a communication from Military Technology—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stott, the Valley Region isn’t included in tonight’s agreement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lille, so you used Perares’ credentials to enter the mayor’s office.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stott, I don’t understand what you’re talking about. The Valley Region is more than just Ryan’s office; it’s an important area.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stott, listen, you’ve already won. The company has never been this lenient with a mercenary or gang leader.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stott, you said you were dead, then go rest. Both the company and the city have business to discuss with you tomorrow morning, and by next week you’ll be at Dog Town, where you’ll get what you want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stott, don’t do anything stupid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Click—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Military Technology Building, Stott’s face looked grim:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He cut off the communication.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floating car idling on the rooftop immediately activated—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sending people on the scene was too late, and although the armored vehicle was fast, it wasn’t that fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Special circumstances required special actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beep beep—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wail of NCPD sirens suddenly echoed from around the city!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cops, dormant for a while, immediately sprang into action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"NCPD Dispatcher, all NCPD employees and outsourced members, please note, suspects have been spotted near the Valley Region.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"NCPD Dispatcher, the Terrorist Mobile Team is preparing to take over this area, all units be ready to cooperate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaver in the police car was completely stunned because along with the dispatcher assigning tasks over the communication channel, he also received the target photo—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the armored pickup that was supposed to stay at Afterlife!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People called that thing Mackinaw, but no one could confuse it with a normal Mackinaw!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was Burger King suddenly acting crazy? He had just behaved well moments ago!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chh—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"File transfer in progress... \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reaver, what are you doing? This is the Valley Region! It’s not in our agreement!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reaver, the Terrorist Mobile Team will be deploying here soon!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lille, it’s hard to explain, but buy me some time, Ryan’s been kidnapped.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reaver, are you fucking kidding me? The car came out of the office, Arasaka already checked it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lille, not kidding, I sent you a data packet. Upload it to the NCPD network. The company wants Ryan dead; many companies want Ryan dead, and under suspicious circumstances.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reaver, you now... \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lille, upload it. I really fear the Terrorist Mobile Team will beat me to a pulp, help me out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lille, last thing—Mrs. Perares is in my hands. NCPD better restrain themselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaver slammed his hand on the steering wheel, startling the old Han in the passenger seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great, one moment we’re making big money, soon to be respectable people, big shots, and the next, we’re kidnapping a councilman’s wife.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V looked at Elizabeth, who was tightly bound in the back seat—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman had been injected with a strong sedative, and her internal prosthetics were shut down by Lille, putting her in a deep coma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when they were about to step into high society, the next second, they kidnapped the person who planned to bridge their way up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One moment, they reached a friendly cooperation with the company and the police...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, all floating cars were deployed, armored vehicles set out in full force, drones covered the sky, a genuine city-wide manhunt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Lille’s view, the path stitched together by the Valentinos’ intelligence appeared in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his mind, Reaver finally chose to help Lille, now able to access NCPD’s data!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the police combat network couldn’t reverse hack the Terrorist Mobile Team’s combat network, it could still greatly help a seasoned hacker physically breach the Terrorist Mobile Team’s office—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First enter the NCPD office, then get a maintenance worker’s authorized number, and finally enter the office...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What came next was a test of skill, and luckily, the cyber agents had plenty of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blais, I’ve got the data. What do you want to do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lille, of course, make them crash.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All Lille needed was a bit of time. As long as Ryan was confirmed alive, both the company’s and NCPD’s pursuit could be called off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blais, have you thought about it? Ryan might already be dead, and they could just be setting you up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lille, that’s possible, but until we see the scene, we will never know the truth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blais, so the best option for you is to turn and walk away. If I were you... \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lille, which is why you’ll always be kept in the dark.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That hit home for Blais.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he was a diligent company employee, with a decent salary and social status. He could travel the world on business trips, see different sights, and stay in the same expensive hotels...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he would never know if there were truly kids of gold in his homeland, or how many of those he captured...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were just led down a path of no return by someone’s prank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blais was about to ask what Lille planned next, but now he felt that question had no meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers tapped on the terminal, data was altered, networks were masked, and the NCPD and Terrorist Mobile Team would be sent on a wild goose chase...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blais, I still don’t understand. Even if Ryan is dead, Perares... \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lille, you still don’t get it. Just start thinking about how you’re going to explain these few minutes of absence to the company.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chh—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surveillance feeds of the drones in the air were disrupted, and Mackinaw’s route deviated in the network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the electronic devices, this hard-to-ignore pickup would disappear for a moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire city’s police received the wrong information!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Terrorist Mobile Team in the air deployed in the opposite direction, while the lesser-modified ground policemen were filled with confusion:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mackinaw’s engine roared loud enough to be heard for blocks, but why was the Terrorist Mobile Team heading in the wrong direction?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The company was indeed undercurrents of movement, but they weren’t suited for large-scale troop deployment in the Valley Region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, they sent a small-scale...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a private floating car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sleek, round Benzo civilian floating car zoomed through the air, flying directly towards this direction!\u003C\u002Fp>",1330,"2026-06-03T12:33:29.771Z","2026-06-03T12:33:38.261Z",1,"novelbin.me","c55dc74561ac4de898469d5262e5e787c951a321eca0793f8fdc38d43c363468","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-538","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-536",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]