[{"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-558":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},1152511,1495,"Chapter 554 - 525 Thunder Company’s Risk Control","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-558",558,"\u003Cp>Thunder Power Company is a long-established American car company, committed to the mid-range car market, forming a duopoly with the Eastern-based Celestial Company in the mid-range car sector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in the prolonged competition, Celestial always focused on the development of mid-range sedans, while Thunder Power started researching functional vehicles, such as pickups and off-road vehicles, and faced severe setbacks in this area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Thunder Mclaren was a failure in their product development, not because the car’s performance was inadequate, but because its positioning was unclear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mclaren was durable, powerful, and had excellent control, but the problem was that city dwellers wouldn’t drive such a huge toy that easily bumps into things if one is not careful, and Wanderers could rarely afford it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—until a swaggering Mclaren burst through the gates of Night City Company Square, bombarded those buildings with an electromagnetic pulse, wrecked several Scorpion-tailed Lion Floating Cars, and still came out unscathed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It directly catapulted Thunder Power Company’s market value from 40 billion Euros to 80 billion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sudden wealth was baffling and exhilarating—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Thunder Power Company wasn’t a naive business entity; instead, several decades of painful experiences due to unclear product positioning made them extremely cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So cautious that they came up with \"Mclaren concept stocks,\" a rather abstract idea, which genuine investors would buy into, while those looking for quick money would dive into the concept stocks—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Investors are that easy to deceive, especially when this concept stock soared from 2 Euros per share at market open to 5 Euros in a single day, turning it into a pure gamble!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, many investors even came to admire Mclaren’s tactics, and as Mclaren genuinely began selling in Night City and introduced some interesting new technologies, it eventually stabilized around a market value of roughly 80 billion, even having the potential to break through the 90 billion barrier towards the 100 billion mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there was definitely some speculation involved, but not as much as with the Mclaren concept stocks, which was also the effect Thunder Power Company hoped to achieve: risk control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the concept stocks... from an initial 1 billion to skyrocketing past 60 billion Euros after the Extreme Metal Race ended, some even used it for money laundering!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The European Securities Agency didn’t care about this, leading to unprecedented inflation of the stock, making it the most lucrative dark horse in the American market this year!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People trading in Euros was a good thing as long as it wasn’t too excessive; Europe really didn’t care about it, figuring that any chaos would be New America’s problem to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the downside of a financial collapse; America in this world was effectively hijacked by four major internal agencies at the beginning of the 21st century, pulling off the biggest corruption and fraud case by fabricating data and deceiving the world, leading to the complete crash of the US Dollar. Today, the US dollar in New America is still just a piece of paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The European Union didn’t care how many American criminals were using their Euros to commit crimes outside of Europe, just that they were using Euros in their transactions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, it’s no wonder Thunder Power Company dared to promote such an obviously fraudulent, potentially fraudulent concept stock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now things were different, Mclaren... or rather, the armored vehicle defined as Mclaren, didn’t just win in the Extreme Metal Race in Night City, which caused several city districts to be bombarded with electromagnetic pulses...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also detonated a nuclear bomb!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The largest shareholder, Thunder Power Company, absolutely couldn’t cover this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were just a car manufacturing company, a mid-range car company at that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were suspected of harboring nuclear weapons, they would have to face the hostility of those keenly sensitive military service companies!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Military Technology, Arasaka Group... these damn companies treated nuclear missiles like grenades during corporate wars!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their little Thunder Power Company, which had to spend a significant amount of money every year to these companies for security services, if they accidentally caused a misunderstanding—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just one nuclear bomb could end the company!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are levels among companies; those who make big pickups just couldn’t compete with real military contractors, and they didn’t want to either!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saint Domingo, Mclaren’s main dealership in Night City, Sherman lay on the couch, giving up on thinking—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Thunder Power Company System Notification: According to Article 42 of the Employee Management Code, you have been terminated, thank you for your contributions to the company’s development.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[According to Article 18 of the Financial Management Regulations, your salary account has been frozen by Thunder Power Company]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[According to Article 12 of the Employee Benefits Agreement, Article 5.7 of the Employment Contract, all unpaid loans have been transferred to your private account]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The housing provided by Thunder Power Company will be reclaimed; please vacate within 24 hours]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[According to Article 7.4 of the Prosthetic Body Usage Agreement, Article 2 of the Network Security Agreement (Network Surveillance 2075 Revision), all network services provided by registered companies have been completely shut down]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your prosthetics have been locked]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Company vehicle usage rights have been revoked]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Legal aid services have been canceled...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, he had lost everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not quite everything—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[According to the Special Stock Transfer Agreement, Thunder Power Company has transferred Mclaren concept stocks (Code: MKNC).]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Transfer amount: 40,000,000 shares]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current market value: 18 billion Euros]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Legal Notice: According to Article 15 of the Security Transfer Agreement, you will bear all legal and financial responsibilities associated with Mackinaw concept stocks.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was this big pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Captain sat opposite him, and the two acquaintances, after this period of cooperation, got even closer. Even the widely experienced Old Captain didn’t know what to do now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherman stared at the ceiling, where the lights were connected to the recently replaced backup circuit, and workers were busy repairing the circuits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"... Let’s go on a trip tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Captain glanced at his morose colleague, \"Sure, that’s convenient. Just scatter your ashes into the sky, and the wind will blow you to Mexico.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherman picked up his murky beer, took a gulp, and burped:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Burp—screw this... What do we do now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherman was a bit... confused, honestly, all of Burger King’s partners were a bit confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had thought they could rise to the upper class with the boss, but instead, the boss had become an international fugitive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Illegally possessing nuclear weapons, attacking politicians in Night City, harboring roaming AI, and multiple major crimes during extreme metal processing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, it was mainly the first three, the latter just made Lille a notorious criminal in Night City, but the first three were enough to make him an international fugitive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To put it accurately... an international criminal organization, and even a crime syndicate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The engine sound of the Bimong armored vehicle, heavy and distinctive, anyone dealing with the company could recognize this noise immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was foreseeable that military technology, Arasaka, network surveillance, NCPD, and even those slightly unrelated companies would start to probe—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This probing was quite aggressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The circuit in the room that had just been restored burst again, all the workers froze, and the chief maintenance technician, scared, said to the Old Captain with a trembling voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, we’ve been breached...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s fine. It’s probably just network surveillance or Arasaka checking things out, no big problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The technician’s brain halted, and they all stopped their work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The names of these companies didn’t quite seem to fit with \"no big problem,\" did they?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherman laughed, \"You really have a way with words. I’d better give away all the stocks I’m holding to report myself safe, considering I’m now unemployed too...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Zzzt—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[OCT domain enables security mode.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Captain and Sherman were both startled at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the signal came from a special band: that was the domain set up by Burger King alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing was supposed to collapse along with the nuclear electromagnetic pulse!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, the signal was only from a special switch used to encrypt network information—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The OCT domain was divided into two parts, one was the encrypted information flow conducted through a cross-dimensional information exchange channel, typically containing keys and communication protocols.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other part was each world using its own resources to build a normal information network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called security mode, was the communication channel directly used by the cross-dimensional information exchange machine!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This switch, when placed on a person allowed network access, was a type of wireless cyber modulator. Just by structure, it was completely indistinguishable from a regular cyber modulator, maybe just seemed slightly different in design from those produced by major manufacturers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was impossible to tell that the signal came from another world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Old Captain and Sherman were both dumbfounded because they too had discovered where the signal was coming from—a physically offline wireless cyber modulator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wireless cyber modulator that hadn’t undergone de-modulation but was still receiving signals!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without time to think it over, Lille just sent Sherman a message:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Burger King: This is the opportunity you were looking for—the chance to climb up.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Burger King: Are you going to be a corporate dog all your life, or will you shamelessly seize this opportunity, even though they might kill you the next second?]\u003C\u002Fp>",1553,"2026-06-03T12:33:32.470Z","2026-06-03T12:33:39.371Z",1,"novelbin.me","d226ce6a73d989cbe91643b631d17d6f85047bc9f17aa62001b5b14281ced9fb","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-713","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-712",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]