[{"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-687":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},1152678,1495,"Chapter 681 - 652 For Whom?","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-687",687,"\u003Cp>Bang—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After firing a round of mini bombs, Jack had taken the shield again. Lille’s wheelchair had already turned into a lightweight model; although it was still heavy, it was much better than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wheelchair hit the ground with a thud. In the darkness, lights flickered, and damaged circuits buzzed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rushing into the basement, the temperature around them dropped sharply. The oxygen content in the air was significantly lower than outside, but without the interference of thick smoke, V immediately caught the familiar scent:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smell of Lille’s burnt brain mixed with the scent of burning machinery, making him look like a scrapped robot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene, V’s heart missed a beat:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like he was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wheelchair’s light came on, but it was for V. Lille’s biological eye and prosthetic eye were both damaged; in fact, his senses were reduced to a heightened sensitivity for sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep moving forward; these lines are on the surface. The Black Wall can already affect this area, but we can’t find what we need here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A completely mechanized, broken voice squeezed out of the wheelchair, accompanied by a distinctly non-human tone, like a voiceless phonograph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound was so creepy that it made V shiver: \"Your voice...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Black Wall has locked onto me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But isn’t the Black Wall supposed to attack only AIs?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Theoretically, yes. But it seems like Network Watch has found a way to make it target me, or they’ve found some way to expand its attack range...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe helping them against the Soul Killer gave Arasaka leverage, and now, Network Watch is using it against me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now we know why Network Watch is so obsessed with the Soul Killer. There’s more to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Network Watch, Arasaka? Those damn bastards! We worked for them, battled Arasaka for them, and now they’re teaming up to screw us?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They paid us, and we did the work... Companies don’t operate on sentiment. This is no joke this time: Military Technology, Arasaka, Network Watch...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V kicked the stuck wheel of the wheelchair, making it move smoothly, pushing Lille forward in the dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t sound very confident?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honestly...\" Lille sighed, \"Back in Atlanta, when Notte was chasing us, I thought we had no chance, but then we have the famous V with us, after all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V felt flattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, looking at Lille covered in sparks, she couldn’t be happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille continued, \"This time... honestly, I don’t have much faith in the gangs either. The corporations are too powerful. Even though I’ve done everything I could, betrayal remains a very likely... possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought the Vortex Gang would be the first to betray, then the Valentinos, the Tiger Claw Gang, and the Six Street Gang...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Vortex Gang turned out to be the most solidly standing in Dog Town.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you think the reason is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know.\" Lille shook his head, \"No one can control the world, and I’m past the age of having such fantasies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every time you say that, you sound so old.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I am... very experienced.\" Lille said, hacking into the elevator door in front of him and looking up at V, \"But it’s been a long time since I felt this thrill. I have to say, you really reignited my passion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V felt a bit awkward, trying to guess what Lille meant while moving toward the circuit breaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Quite unlike you, Little Li Zi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The armored door to Little Beidou opened, revealing a shattered office to the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Beidou was a massive underground research facility with a maze-like layout. Most rooms stored high-spec servers and generators, with cables tangled and sparks flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the door opened, Lille’s brow furrowed slightly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone was inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive black man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V’s expression instantly turned ice-cold, pushing the wheelchair forward slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m Riddle.\" Behind the man was a hastily constructed defensive line, equipped with heavy machine guns, rifles, hand grenades, pistols... all the necessary gear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only low-tech weapons, not the high-tech drones or mechas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So your target is indeed here, but you won’t win this battle with what’s here:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All corporations have blocked the communication frequency, and in half an hour, the troops will be fully deployed, grinding your people to dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once you and those audacious terrorists are dead, the corporations will conduct a joint investigation on everyone connected to you, everything related...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"V.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zzz—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mantis Blade shot out instantly, stabbing into the heating tank behind Lille!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Riddle’s brow furrowed, his posture tightening, as he quietly moved towards the nearby cover...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Have you heard of a type of ideological terrorist in Europe? You’re at that level now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone connected to you will die—your prosthetic eye doctor, your friends, family, friends’ families, friends of friends, everyone who helped you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-hot Mantis Blade pulled out from the heating tank, glowing like a Light Saber in the dim basement!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should consider those people and join New America!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough talking!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V suddenly burst forward, slicing through nearby steel bars and wires with the Mantis Blade, sending a shower of bright sparks flying. The high-voltage wires and heated bars shot out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Riddle wasn’t slow either, immediately diving behind cover. Hand grenades and bullets fired simultaneously!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every grenade was deflected by V, and every bullet missed. Even though he knew the exaggerated combat abilities of these three main terrorists, Riddle still felt the touch of death:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was their combat ability after being on the defensive for so long!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Landmines hidden in the floor exploded instantly, forcing V to change direction, taking cover while dodging Riddle’s shots and looking for an opportunity to strike back!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the battle, V’s abilities nearly crushed the agent from New America. But Lille didn’t understand how he got in or how he planted so many landmines and weapons here—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying on combat experience and the advantage of the terrain, he actually held off V’s attacks in this open space and fought back and forth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille wasn’t surprised: V’s condition was also very poor, with severe damage from the shock waves caused by the stabilization rounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack, with his lizard prosthetics making up most of his body, withstood the impact while rapidly self-repairing, but V didn’t have that luxury!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, however, Lille could only trust V to win—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, V still had a good chance of winning; it just required time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille maneuvered the wheelchair slowly forward. Riddle was forced back by V, opening the path, watching helplessly as Lille rolled past his defenses—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wheelchair even lifted off the ground, clearing the barriers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Riddle was once again forced to detonate explosives, creating distance from V, sprinting towards a machine gun: \"Burger King! Join New America; it’s the only way to protect the people around you! Even if not for you—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille didn’t even look at him, saying, \"Sometimes I tell myself it’s for others, or for the world, but I’m clear about my own motives:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s all for myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mantis Blade pierced through the flames. Riddle’s pupils contracted sharply, watching as the heavy machine gun he just grabbed was cut in half!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-hot blade sliced through his combat suit, cutting through flesh, aiming straight for his head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You bastard—\" V endured the shockwaves and heat from the explosions, \"You talk too much!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy machine gun exploded again!\u003C\u002Fp>",1234,"2026-06-03T12:33:34.019Z","2026-06-03T12:33:40.482Z",1,"novelbin.me","d97116976a07544419ca096e6c27c247b3d97b8153bdd2affd0b6ee11e93b5f3","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-688","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-686",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]