[{"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-702":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},1152493,1495,"Chapter 696 - 667 Positive Strength (4)","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-702",702,"\u003Cp>minutes after the Thermo-baric Bomb explosion in Dog Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night City trembles in corporate mobilization, first a Nuclear Bomb, then a Thermo-baric Bomb, though both explosions occurred away from the urban area, they weren’t that far—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you live high enough, you can see the battlefield with the naked eye!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people of Night City don’t know what’s happening on the battlefield, they only see companies brazenly occupying every street, every strategic point, deploying armored vehicles, drones, mechas, and floating cars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But actually, everything is quietly changing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far out at sea, the Kujira is invaded by the Black Wall due to Lille’s self-destruction, and Arasaka Tower’s network resources have to allocate a portion for urgent rebooting of the Kujira—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This data-heavy remote communication requires occupying a large number of signal transceivers, instantly causing the temporary alliance network signal of the company to greatly weaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This situation also makes already suspicious companies develop a mutual hatred, and the already fragile chain of trust begins to teeter!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the time Military Technology and others raise questions, Military Technology’s network also encounters issues!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lark’s counterattack strike almost affects the entire city’s Military Technology combat machines, these metal lumps suddenly start hitting their own people on the road!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden issues of two large military companies make inter-company collaboration a joke, they resort back to previously isolated fighting styles, and now everyone wants to ensure that in this grand mission of capture, they can grab the largest share of benefits...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it’s Arasaka Group or Military Technology, they are all upping the ante!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upping the ante will lead to rear vulnerabilities, after all, who would have thought that on such a brutal night, more unknown small players would stand against the companies?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few hot-headed youths, a few Mackinaw Mammoths, without robust combat skills, but with cars whose performance explodes—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Performance-exploding cars are tearing apart the blockade lines set by Arasaka Group in the city!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rampaging Mackinaw Mammoth in Haywood runs wildly, drones are deployed in the sky as methods are exhausted, yet completely unable to break through Mackinaw’s defense!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ninjas, drones, robots, armored vehicles, these units chase behind those Mackinaws like a bunch of tailgaters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this car really that amazing?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone is about to break through their blockade line, and looks like they’re charging towards Arasaka Tower...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn again Mackinaw!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This situation shocks Arasaka Group awake—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally just meant for show, the guy suddenly receives orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Arasaka Central Command: Adam Hammer, immediately return to defend Arasaka Tower.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Arasaka Central Command: Five unregistered armored pickups are heading toward Arasaka Tower.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This metal lump has been stationary for half an hour, suddenly showing some interest upon receiving this command:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For so many years, he’s been working as a bodyguard beside Arasaka Yorinobu...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s rarely been any truly interesting work for him to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now what appears in his visual interface looks quite interesting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone again... wants to attack Arasaka Tower?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Adam Hammer: On the way.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are awesome! I’m gonna charge Arasaka Tower!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Acido’s head is completely hyped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He admits he trembled when he heard about attacking Arasaka Tower, but now, he just feels this is the way to do it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one responds to Acido’s excited shout, David’s team is under full pressure:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Acido’s brothers are useless except for being brave. Apart from one-time crash attacks, they’re just taking hits, effective output is all from their team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, these Mackinaw cars look like they’re storming through, but actually, they’re continuously taking hits. If replaced with other cars, they’d be blown to scrap on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And such a makeshift team can make the company dogs chase after them, is it Arasaka becoming garbage?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s exactly why David believes Lille did not completely send them to their deaths:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of Arasaka Company’s troops have been dispatched to Taiping State, the troops in the city look imposing, but the elite are not here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They can charge through!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>David holds the raccoon dog, firing a shot to take out the driver of the pursuing armored vehicle—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding this top-level tech sniper rifle, he feels incredibly capable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t be distracted! There’s still Arasaka Mecha ahead! Pila! Rebecca!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the cargo compartment, Pila and Rebecca throw out the heavy machine guns that have run out of bullets, replacing them with cannons dragged out from the enclosed cargo hold below them by Man—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s the barrel of an Electromagnetic Gun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They plan to use it to take down the Arasaka Mecha blocking the way ahead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pila simply fixes the barrel on the car, Lucy and Qi Wei provide software control, Man directly aligns with the cannon, while Dolly controls the trigger—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Done!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The electromagnetic gun instantly penetrates two Arasaka Mechas on the road, thoroughly blasting through their fuel tanks, flames rise!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re getting closer and closer to Arasaka Tower!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’ve broken through the first line of defense in Company Square!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the group could celebrate, the heavy sound of floating cars whizzing over the sky almost shreds their eardrums:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They look into the sky, their excited expressions freezing on their faces—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What they see is a real humanoid machine hanging on the side of a Scorpion-tailed Lion Floating Car, all its weapons unfolded!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of rockets precisely locked onto the Mackinaw, a round of large-scale explosions completely envelops the raiding convoy in flames!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explosions are almost unable to break through Mackinaw’s outer armor, but under Adam Hammer’s control, most missiles hit the underside of the vehicle, the intense explosions causing violent shakes and bounces in the vehicle, making the newbies inside feel like their world is spinning...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car bounces out of the smoke and dust, on one of the cars, Valentino underlings following Acido didn’t even get to say Adam Hammer’s name, that Death God jumps onto their car!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam Hammer’s hand completely braces the body armor, a powerful High Explosive Armor-Piercing Bullet loaded at zero distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same thing he did three times in an instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only David saw how this massive killing machine moved: he looks bulky, but moves with agility like a gymnast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s Si Anweisitan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, three Mackinaw Mammoths have their shells pierced by armor-piercing bullets, the drivers inside all perish in the explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the outside, the breach is only at the spot hit by the armor-piercing bullet, but the temperature and fragments generated by the explosion have already turned the interior into Hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam Hammer...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night City’s most terrifying mercenary, Night City’s... legend maker, and also the gravedigger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>David hurriedly steadies his mind, perks the raccoon dog again at the window, but Adam Hammer doesn’t stop to give him a chance to aim:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This killing machine moves at unimaginable speed in the air, David leans out the car window, but even if he uses all his strength to aim, Hammer completely blocks his aiming angle, heading straight for the car roof!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hammer stomps on the roof, raising his weapon faster even than David—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re just a...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before finishing, Hammer suddenly shifts attention behind him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of explosive boosters echoes along the street, a Samurai Sword pierces through the smoke-filled night, stabbing at Hammer with equally astonishing speed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The holder of the Samurai Sword: Maeda Takeshi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four kanji engraved on the Samurai Sword gleam under the firelight:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unparalleled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Monster, die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1226,"2026-06-03T12:33:34.348Z","2026-06-03T12:33:41.179Z",1,"novelbin.me","dc6f606cb96b9739842576a36ff0a0a8735b023497f47fd757f0ab815387c925","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-703","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-701",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]