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He only knew that peace seemed to be maintained by weapons—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was wary of those holding the power to destroy the world, living cautiously within a balance, enjoying a dream that was bound to shatter...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, these were Lille’s thoughts after understanding this technology; before, he thought:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since everyone could sit down and talk now, he also needed to strive to lay a foundation for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He once thought it was something prepared for peace, but ultimately that idea was just self-deception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, at least he could use these weapons to protect them before everything was destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the cyberpunk world, the most formidable ballistic weapon is the EU’s orbital mass projector, with incredibly high accuracy. Its projectiles can strike targets at speeds between Mach 8 and 24 as needed, causing devastating impacts near the point of strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this speed, with the ballistic weapon technology Lille was familiar with, didn’t even need to be launched from the Moon to achieve!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the late stages of the war, every intercontinental ballistic missile they launched could fly at speeds of up to Mach 24, and he launched thousands of such missiles!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This crudely-built nuclear missile would ultimately hit the Kujira at speeds between Mach 6 and 10, with specific values depending on operational conditions—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even at the lowest value of Mach 6, with the missile flying in bizarre maneuvering trajectories under AI control, the Kujira had less than a single-digit interception rate after disconnecting from Arasaka Tower!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The premise was: Lille would be on this missile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an AI, he had no way to resist his instincts, but he could convince himself: he could escape, at least there’s a chance to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That chance was a place David attacked: the server named \"Divine Chariot\" beneath the Arasaka Tower—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This server housed the most advanced research on soul killers within Arasaka Tower, storing a vast amount of digital souls Arasaka was researching, and also the most unique digital soul. In terms of specifications, it was absolutely the world’s top server!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using this server and Arasaka’s communication antenna, Lille had a good chance to upload his data into this server after the nuclear missile broke through the interception net and use Arasaka’s facilities to escape into the network—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And also hope to evade the pursuit of the Black Wall...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment David connected to the Divine Chariot, the biggest secret of Arasaka Tower, the asset Arasaka Saburo valued most in Night City, was unveiled from its hidden firewall. Through their antenna, the network was exposed to the air!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They seem to be retreating!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack shook off the drones in his hand, oil splattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After V slashed down a Military Technology soldier, she slipped to Chimera’s side:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw the NCPD outsourced pawns shouting and killing while carrying Netherworld Dog’s military equipment outside...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When fighting or killing someone, she was extremely sensitive to her opponent’s moments of relaxation, details of disadvantage, and the end point symbolizing final victory. To her, those moments were as conspicuous as Lille’s smug expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on the battlefield?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only knew she was on a killing spree!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for when it would end? She didn’t know, she even thought the company could never be completely taken out, they would eventually run away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did the company retreat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted her head, instinctively looking towards Company Square, only to see Arasaka Tower already spewing fire, and the lights of other companies dimmed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They... won?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thought had no real sense, winning a war for the first time wasn’t like winning a fight, where you could hear the opponent’s wailing and screaming, hear the sound of bones breaking, the sound of entrails bursting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sergeant had only one leg left, Brick’s two arm armored plates were all knocked off, with large areas of exposed body cables, smeared with blood and unknown fluids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jostar was carrying a case with his mom inside...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like everyone else, his heart echoed with a voice even they couldn’t believe:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They... won!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The company dogs scurried with their tails between their legs, company buildings were dark, and only they were left on the streets...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They won!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The company dogs ran away!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy shit, we took down the company!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The company’s collapsed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Which company...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Idiot! I said the company collapsed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack gave V a hard pat, his face full of joy:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We... we won! V, we took down the company dogs... not just any company dog, the company itself, we... we nailed them, Cao Fei!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can go home now! We can go on vacation, enjoy life, we can... we can... we’re truly big shots now!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V remained silent for a while, a loud noise came from behind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up, saw a missile... or a rocket, she couldn’t tell, but she saw something like that soaring skyward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tail flames were dazzlingly bright, leaving a long trail of light above Dog Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if the fireworks were making up for this victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A floating car arrived from the Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[V: Lille? Are you in the car?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The missile flew towards the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The company began to withdraw troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Arasaka Group and Military Technology began to pull out from Taiping State.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people, like those NCPD outsourced gangs, might think everything was over—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, they felt they witnessed something utterly absurd: the company... the company capitulated?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But others didn’t: like Meredith Stout, the old captain, Mr. Hans, Fiona, Sherman...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were educated, had worked for companies, they understood more about the company’s horrors, actually feared the company more, and understood... the company’s methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The company would not capitulate, retreating only indicated one thing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They believed some sort of mass destruction weapon was going to be deployed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the first thing they saw wasn’t the company’s warplanes crossing the sky, but a small missile with a dazzlingly bright exhaust blazing out of Dog Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A missile?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t know how many would land on Dog Town shortly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just didn’t know, today there would be no such result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille was flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the cheering crowd, saw the worried Night City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Utilizing Arasaka Tower’s equipment, he saw this city, the place he fought for a year:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was really filthy and stinky, chaotic and messy, but he met lots of people here, started another life here, here...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He changed this city like a street kid, and now it was filled with his traces:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unjust feared him, the brutal were terrified of him, the arrogant despised him, the underprivileged worshiped him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a legend, and the only one: he turned the city into him, rather than letting the city change him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cyberspace was fading, getting farther and farther away from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he saw further away from the Evil Land and Saint Domingo, where it was poor and barren, filled only with murky sewage, stinky air, a barren wasteland of nothingness...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothingness, yet it’s absolutely the freest place on earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by crossing the Evil Land can one reach the beyond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Night City’s network faded, he seemed to see a long transport route from Night City to Mexico.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he occupied a piece of Cyberspace by himself, the distance between him and Night City’s network had become a cyber desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This small piece of Cyberspace was composed of missile sensors and controllers...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The winds, trajectory, velocity, he could sense every slight change, his consciousness merged with the missile, breaking through towards the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t see anything anymore, only complex ballistic calculations were left, yet he seemed to see Atlanta...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of beginnings, that was the place where the world began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The missile reached its highest point and began to plummet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he found V’s voice from the database.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[V: Lille?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such complex emotions, perceived through negative energy, stirred his sensors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille suddenly remembered he had another job besides calculating trajectories:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul reshaping.\u003C\u002Fp>",1340,"2026-06-03T12:33:34.348Z","2026-06-03T12:33:41.179Z",1,"novelbin.me","0f70f36ae40b1b31663fd2fa27f00c6f0126c8db89c34fb56f01843b9f7e1a28","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-707","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-551",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]