[{"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-591":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},1152582,1495,"Chapter 585 - 556: Legend Comes Home (Using a short break today, so one update)","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-591",591,"\u003Cp>The Barti Hotel was quite decent, at least it looked pretty impressive from the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once the people who used to gather here were evicted, the view around the building became quite expansive, one side facing the beach and one side perched above a road, with the other two sides encircled by roads and the opposite derelict buildings across the entire street, the inhabitants being either members of the Voodoo Gang or locals who were closely associated with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun was blazing, and the people of Taiping State were all avoiding this place, any movement became very noticeable in this environment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Physically, it was off-limits to outsiders, and on the network, who knows how many security devices the Voodoo Gang had placed inside and outside the building, theoretically it was safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But people often slip up on things they’re good at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Voodoo Gang excelled in network technology, even the network surveillance couldn’t handle them for a while, and they were confident, very confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the sun, Matt swallowed his saliva as he looked at the distant Barti Hotel with trepidation in his heart. Every time he had passed by locals of Taiping State before, he would be extremely cautious, but today he was too nervous—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to enter that zone forbidden to all but the Voodoo Gang, alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Voodoo Gang’s wireless network hadn’t been restored, which made sense, given that if the defense servers were not fixed before reopening the network, they’d be highly susceptible to attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, they might have already restored some, using low-profile channels for simple communication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Low-profile communication meant that the channel could only handle a limited amount of information and the security threshold of the server was low, making it difficult to launch a lethal attack in this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So physically directly accessing the intranet was the most useful method—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surveillance van could support Lille’s physical entry into the Voodoo Gang’s intranet, the issue was the Animal Gang was just too conspicuous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among a group of starving, shabbily dressed, muscle-atrophied homeless, within a group of paupers with junk prosthetics patched onto their bodies, a slick, muscular group like the Animal Gang stood out too much, even crowds would avoid those people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, Jack was very conspicuous; anyone could tell this hulking figure was a professional mercenary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille was now in a semi-disabled state, and V’s condition could only be said to be okay. It wasn’t impossible to make her do this task, but the key was her cyber modulator was also broken, and her personal link was unusable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the only option left was Matt, this kid of just over 10 years old—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved through the crowd as the sunlight became increasingly fierce. A few of them saw him, a little kid wandering alone on the streets as if soulless, and had crooked thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he was small, Scavengers liked kids who looked clean-cut like him; healthy organs sold well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man with thieving eyes pretended nonchalantly as he threw his drink into the trash and got up, heading toward Matt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distance between them got closer and closer, the crowd was dense, and Matt was completely unaware of the danger approaching...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trafficker licked his lips: \"Sell this kid to the Scavenger, and tonight I’ll have some good stuff to indulge in...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Move!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A knife suddenly sprang out from the crowd, silently stabbing into his lung!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood splattered softly, and the man’s eyes widened in terror—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the knife had already shredded his lung, and no air could be pumped to make a sound through his throat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disturbance was minimal, but Matt was so close to the assassination that he came to his senses and slowed his pace as he saw what was happening:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V casually held the corpse from behind, walking towards the deserted bushes like old friends embracing, and tossed the body in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Focus, think about the reward, 1000 Euro.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matt swallowed, and his pace returned to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Euro!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was no small sum, and for him right now, it was a huge amount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Matt: I want to confirm again, any interface will do, right?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Yes, that’s confirmed, but I suggest you don’t do anything, you just need to tell those from the Voodoo Gang that you saw some suspicious people, that’s all.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 10-year-old Matt maintained a normal walking speed, and all the complicated thoughts in his mind disappeared at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Euro—he had been wandering for several months, this was the first time he had the opportunity to earn money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Money was important; it wasn’t time to be scared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he quickened his pace, becoming conspicuous in the slow-moving crowd, and suddenly dashed out of the crowd, entering the firebreak established by the notorious reputation of the Voodoo Gang, stepping into a place where no one dared to enter—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, he felt as if he could sense, could imagine that lethal weapons were already aimed at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have information! Don’t shoot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Battey Hotel, Dexter clutched his severed arm, dripping with sweat, gasping for air as he said to Brigitte in front of him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck... it was you guys who wanted to take this job...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, but you didn’t say the gig was related to corporations like the Ye Group or NetWatch, and that motherfucker was a nuclear bomb!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brigitte felt her head was about to explode, as the contract Dexter gave them was easy to understand: previous dealings had gone smoothly, and now he needed to transport some people, some equipment, and some goods into the city. He needed the Voodoo Gang to help him forge nautical data and jam Night City’s maritime detection systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The job was difficult, because the customs data for Night City was directly stored in City Hall. If they wanted to tamper with it, they had to hack into City Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s true that NCPD wouldn’t care about them, but the indifferent relationship between Taiping State and Night City was based on an unusual tacit understanding, with both sides implicitly agreeing not to overstep their bounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, there was a risk, but Dexter’s reward was too tempting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Military-grade network equipment of dubious origin, some of which was ninety-nine percent new and just unboxed—exactly what they needed at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meddling with the Black Wall under the watch of NetWatch was a fool’s errand, frankly speaking; they were like cockroaches to NetWatch—annoying and harmful, but once exposed, they could be squashed in mere minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This equipment could provide them with a better working environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, they took the job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they didn’t expect that this job would not stop within the bounds of mutual understanding. That damn race dragged in almost all the major gangs of Night City, along with many giant corporations, and it all spiraled out of control!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ye Group was already paralyzed, and the nuclear EMP caught the Voodoo Gang hackers who were still peeking into the Cyberspace off guard, giving them no chance to pull out or erase their traces online...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Terrorist Mobile Team and NCPD could very well consider them suspects!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brigitte was in a rush: Cockroaches indeed have great tenacity, but that doesn’t mean they couldn’t all be wiped out if someone sprays insecticide in the house without restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At times like this, it was necessary to band together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, finding the person who commissioned them first, to understand the whole ins and outs of this mess, like why there was a nuclear bomb involved, why the Ye Group was attacked in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And most importantly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly was that Burger King thing about! It seemed to have landed in Taiping State!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door was opened by subordinates, and Placid burst out in anger, \"I said no entry!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person who barged in trembled with fright, even stepping back, but still mustered the courage to say, \"A kid said he saw some weird people at the beach, and something seemed to have crashed down there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air in the room seemed to freeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The legend of the Burger King was already somewhat horrifying for Night City: a mysterious cyberpsycho duo, rumored to fancy hamburgers, and with each hamburger they consumed, an unfortunate soul would lose their life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Valentino was the first to witness their prowess, so they offered up a total of 666 alloy burgers, which led to them toppling the Aloroy industrial area, slaughtering 666 people\";\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Wanderer awakened the dormant Burger King in Evil Land, presenting the demon with a gigantic cheeseburger added with human flesh, resulting in the cooks storming into Company Square and slaughtering the Biotechnology executives\";\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Chaotic Blade Association once had an opportunity to appease the evil wasteland cook, but they refused, so they were massacred to near extinction in Evil Land\";\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The deputy commissioner of NCPD and the Phoenix Nightclub colluded to corner people, and those driven beyond endurance made human flesh burgers in their homes to hire Jotaro to administer justice, which led to the brutal massacre of the Tiger Claw Gang in the entire building; Jotaro died an unnatural death\";\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whenever someone in Night City bites into a burger, somewhere in the city, a heinous and brutal massacre occurs, so we should ban burgers\"...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too preposterous, too ludicrous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Voodoo Gang had once scoffed at these tales: they had their own legends, but they had to admit that the protagonists and contents of these stories were quite macabre...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the nuclear bomb exploded, until the Ye Group went offline that very night, with executives dying mysteriously en masse...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, just the aftermath of this \"nuclear burger\" had thrown them into disarray, and the Voodoo Gang began to suspect:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turns out that there’s some truth to the legends!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people were indeed cyber lunatics!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were pure psychopaths: they ignored the chance to make money and gain status, only killing whomever they wanted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it meant setting off a nuclear bomb, they’d do it if they felt like it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, nearly 12 hours after the nuclear explosion, someone claimed to have seen them land in Taiping State...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To say they were not scared would be a lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ranyon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brigitte slapped the dazed Dexter and, before he could react, inserted a chip into his brain interface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You come forward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1723,"2026-06-03T12:33:32.470Z","2026-06-03T12:33:39.371Z",1,"novelbin.me","4324bc600231de7407fee7ee32bd146271b5836e0759094ecd79eb47d82ad063","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-592","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-590",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]