[{"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-565":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},1152529,1495,"Chapter 559 - 530: Regrouping","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-565",565,"\u003Cp>\"Ha ha, you’re really something, scamming fools with trash!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lille had been cobbling that thing together, V had seen it too. Once they got in the car, she couldn’t help but laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not a scam, that’s the essence of sales. There’s still something genuine in there, plus, they’ve got nothing better to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continuing to wait for the Network Supervision Committee was actually an option for the Wild Man King, but an organized gang is like a factory in motion—every second it’s not running, it’s losing money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contract spirit is indeed important, but in the current situation, with the Network Supervision Committee completely out of contact, Lille had fired up their device again—the high-tech communication vehicle hadn’t started burning yet...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should, most likely, be coming from the Network Supervision Committee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the guy had money too, who cared who he was working for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone knocked on the doors and windows. Lille opened a window: \"What’s up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just confirming one last time, you’re sent by the Network Supervision Committee, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Close enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Close enough...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The thing about ’close enough’ is, no one from the Network Supervision Committee will accuse you of breaking the contract spirit for this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s good.\" The Wild Man King walked away from the window, \"These days, if you want to make it big, you’ve got to talk about contract spirit... Damn, that mega-bomb was really something. Wonder which company went nuts again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to know the details of the job, tell me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now...\" Lille thought for a moment, \"First off, I need to find someone, a hacker named Dante. I’d bet that if he’s a hacker, there might be traces of him in the Voodoo Gang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Voodoo Gang controlled the few pieces of information equipment in Taiping State. If there was any shake-up on the net, they’d likely have a record.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Qian Chuan, the Dante who had previously investigated Hot was now trapped by the Soul Killer. Lille needed to confirm one thing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this Dante the same Dante who’d been trapped by the Soul Killer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was the same person, the same body, then it meant the Dante currently active was actually a human... replaced by the Soul Killer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would help Lille figure out what tricks Arasaka might have played.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wild Man King nodded, showing he understood completely:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it, we should storm the Voodoo Gang, and I suggest we go now—they’re probably busy fixing equipment at this moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Another day, not today. Right now, their stronghold is probably at its most heavily defended. We attack when their equipment and databases are mostly back online.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it, we strike when they’re most relaxed—not to mention when their gear is back to peak performance. They do have serious net tech, are you sure this isn’t like picking up sesame seeds but losing watermelons?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little bro, this is the least problematic issue of the entire plan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Lille needed a little time, as the three of them were not in great shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack, even though he had eaten a lot and had won the arm wrestling contest against the Wild Man King by a hair, was actually operating on his last leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lizard Fury component had filtered too much Lizard Serum, and the Biological Filter would soon fail—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, signs of failure were already showing. Lille could see significant changes in Jack’s neck muscles, which also helped Jack become the most resilient meat shield of the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have to understand he took the most explosions, not to mention the final stretch of hand-pressing the core at full throttle. Another person, even with enough strength, would at the least have suffered a concussion. Without the Lizard Serum enhancement, he would’ve likely passed out by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only, Jack was a warrior after all. His mental control during combat was stronger, so he wouldn’t completely lose control due to a slight filter failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, his gorilla arm was totally trashed. Without the immense power from the Lizard Serum to drive the now powerless Prosthetics, he would have been disabled by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next up was V, whose body was riddled with high-tech gadgets, like the Reality Distortion Swastika.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Electromagnetic Pulse from the nuclear explosion dealt limited damage to the devices inside a human body, but it surely wasn’t negligible, especially troublesome for a gadget like the Swastika.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All needed to be checked and repaired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lastly, there was Lille...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tumor proliferation was the most significant issue. The Lizard Serum counteracted his cells’ rapid mortality but also increased the cell division rate, significantly raising the chances of cancer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, such rapid regeneration was actually depleting the potential of his cells. When the telomeres in his cells completely decayed from too many divisions, his life would practically be reaching its end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention that most of the components in his body had basically all failed, and he had even resorted to using a tablet computer, using a child as a relay to process information...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, Matt had now become Lille’s humanoid Cyber Modulator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Brother Kid didn’t dare to speak now, \"The Voodoo Gang was mysterious, just scarier in the rumors; but the Animal Gang was different, all fucking muscle hunks!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he actually quite liked the Animal Gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also indirectly showed that these three big brothers who had taken him hostage, these three big brothers who had descended from the heavens...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These three big brothers who had flown out of a nuclear blast, were indeed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Definitely not ordinary!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matt sat upright in his seat and suddenly blurted out, \"You guys... are you guys the ’Burger King fucks over little nobodies’?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three people in the car simultaneously stiffened in their actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille looked at Matt weirdly, \"You... uh... where did you hear this name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s all the rage at school! Uh, it started with that big thing at Company Square... Holy shit, I was just at home then, and I saw the Scorpion-tailed Lion crash into the building next door!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We...\" Lille shook his head, \"No, that name’s too crude; we are... we are the ’Burger King deals with idiots’ big shots.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow!\" Matt leapt up from his seat with a whoosh, his head banging hard against the car roof, \"It’s really you guys!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sit down!\" V glared at Matt with annoyance, looking in a bad mood, \"Don’t freak out like a goddamn spaz.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aye aye, boss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matt sat back down on his seat, his prior state of terrified trembling shifting to a self-imposed trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille glanced at the kid and held back what he wanted to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget it, better to have some quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s call it a day,\" Lille said to V, \"Take a break, I’ll have the Animal Gang bring something over, then we’ll do a simple overhaul.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And then?\" V reclined her seat and put her legs up on the dashboard, \"I mean, after we deal with the Voodoo Gang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re going into Dog Town.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard only fugitives or real big shots go there; which one are we?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The latter kind, but I need to make some preparations; Sherman left behind stocks worth about 18 billion euros...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille glanced at V, \"The old V would have been so loud hearing that number, the Animal Gang outside the Great Empire Mall could hear it, sure enough, she’s already asleep.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intensity and duration of tonight’s fight was indeed unprecedented, crumbling into sleep after safety was also normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their clothes were all tattered, and Jack looked as if he was only left with some short shorts, with his upper body practically bare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t care about these things and just found a bunk to lie down on—he was way too tired, mentally exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V’s clothes were also clearly not intact, full of holes; those jeans looked like ragged cloth, and with her feet up, those rags slid down under the force of gravity, bunching up near her knees, fully exposing two artificially skinned and partially damaged Subdermal Armor-clad calves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clothes were also ragged, the tattered fabric barely covering the body, but no particularly titillating scenes emerged because V’s body was all scars, a mix of Synthetic Prosthetic Lubricant and blood covering the wounds, giving the impression more of a machine than... a somewhat exposed human body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet indeed, it was a machine of quite perfect proportions, only the deformed Subdermal Armor slightly detracted from its beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille then got busy with a knife, shaving off all the burnt Subdermal Armor, and V continued to sleep soundly throughout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after the distorted armor was removed, she seemed to sleep even sweeter, even starting to talk in her sleep:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm... The Floating Car is really nice... Lille, I want that one!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s out cold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille covered her with his Hacker jacket, the material specially provided by Network Supervision Committee was indeed good, just slightly singed and perfect as a blanket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the two who were already asleep and continued with the cybernetic adjustments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint hum of electric motors buzzed, mingling with the soft snores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People looked up at the gradually setting moon, realizing that this hard night was finally coming to an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun was about to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Cross-dimensional consciousness transfer completed.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Technology Points deducted: 500]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current Technology Points: 21500]\u003C\u002Fp>",1552,"2026-06-03T12:33:32.470Z","2026-06-03T12:33:39.371Z",1,"novelbin.me","47bdca12895b4a4f9dd0b852e0fe9e8f9eb8ed3d68f6b9bf3386f136e5067cd6","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-724","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-723",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]