[{"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-720":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},1152524,1495,"Chapter 714 - 686: Crumbling Apart (6)","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-720",720,"\u003Cp>At an altitude of over ten thousand meters, the roar of supersonic maneuvers sounded like thunder...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right beside Lille, countless missiles narrowly missed him and instantly exploded!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanical body endured unimaginable forces, constantly switching between weightlessness and overloading, the massive load making even this prosthetic made of cutting-edge alloy creak—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This creaking sound transmitted through the sensors within his body to the central processor, the huge computational load bringing Lille back to the tension of a flesh-and-blood body:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even Si Anweisitan can make a person reach, or even slightly approach, the speed needed for combat at supersonic levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now, he is genuinely engaged in aerial combat against dozens of supersonic fighters at over Mach 3!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pilots of these fighters are restricted by the frail bodies of carbon-based life, and although the fighters can nearly match Lille’s speed, their reactions cannot keep up at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Explosions raged beside Lille as he abruptly shut down all thrusters, bearing the forces of the air, almost crushing his body—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such extreme operations, such extreme maneuverability, made it impossible for the pursuers to counter or react!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Octopus Arm closely attached to his body spread a claw, and a spiked bullet shot out, relying solely on the difference in relative speed to pierce the glass of the Quinjet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Squelch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiked bullet instantly pierced through the pilot’s head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cabin turbulence and head injury caused the aircraft to lose control, descending straight down at a speed of Mach 3!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lille, who had decelerated, faced considerable trouble too—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several missiles exceeding speeds of Mach 4 followed closely behind; Lille had to launch the engines at full speed to dodge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The missiles missed Lille, but the explosion undeniably affected him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Pilot: Suspected hit target, observing...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t the first time these Quinjets thought they hit Lille...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille flew out of the fireball from the explosion, launching a missile from his body, which exploded as it scraped past the cockpit of a pursuing Quinjet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Pilot 02: Damn! What the hell is this! He’s still moving! Continue pursuit!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Command Center: Eagle 02, watch your route...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Pilot 01: He can’t keep flying like this forever.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Pilot 03: He’s flown almost all over Mei Country... I’m locked—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille broke away from the Quinjet hit, with a trace of anxiety appearing in his mechanical consciousness:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, from Houston to Washington, then across Mei Country straight to New York, he had flown over two thousand kilometers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy of the ark reactor is almost infinite...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s just a metaphor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Houston to Washington, two Space Airships were destroyed, but Lille was also locked by dozens of Quinjets—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These fighters were just slightly slower than him, but the missiles weren’t slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To counter and continue acting amid the dense pursuit, his metal limbs were struggling to hold up, and energy consumption far exceeded what Tony had envisioned...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even the Mark 2 Armor in the \"Iron Man\" movies wouldn’t be able to battle so many fighters simultaneously!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille thought of this, speeding out of the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky before him no longer had anything to obscure his vision; 12 Quinjets flew out from the clouds to surround him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were still 41 Quinjets behind, and 12 more came from the front, instantly locking him with hundreds of air-to-air missiles...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quinjets can’t be too fast, but missiles have no speed limit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chroni Titanium is very hard, and the metals Tony used to create parts are absolutely laboratory-grade aerospace materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the vast sky, Lille felt it was so narrow—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dense tail flames of rockets swept across the sky from all directions, this wall of death rushing in, the missiles in his eyes becoming countless tiny points of light...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille pushed all the equipment in his body to their limits!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His speed, his computational ability, his structural hardness... all reached their peak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tiny form found a sliver of space among the pursuing missiles, and Lille flashed past, rushing towards the sky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of air-to-air missiles followed closely; this spectacular scene seemed to compose a bonfire of death at over ten thousand meters high in the sky:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille was the sacrifice meant to burn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to shake off those missiles!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sizzle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Discordant sounds were captured by the sensors:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the continuously running central processor finally overheated, the body that bore immense power finally let out a mournful cry...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t shake them off!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dazzling explosion, forming a pattern like the sword of a Heavenly God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The operators of the Quinjets finally breathed a sigh of relief: they hit the target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The violent explosion enveloped Lille, high temperatures, shock waves, and metal fragments hitting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This formidable body maintained a speed of nearly Mach 4, fighting over two thousand kilometers, performing miracle after miracle at over ten thousand meters altitude, destroying two Space Airships and numerous Quinjets...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But bullets will always run out, and the strength of the body has its limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under super-high temperatures, Lille didn’t know how long he was unconscious, but when he rebooted all systems, he had already fallen out of the explosion fireball, plunging towards the ground!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second wave of attacks from the Quinjets was about to launch...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could even see a Quinjet ready to fire a missile stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that Quinjet exploded!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More air-to-air missiles broke through the cloud layer, forcing back the Quinjets that had locked onto Lille!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Raptor Fighter group pierced through the clouds, pursuing the Quinjets trapped in a passive position into high altitude—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Natasha: This is Mei Country Air Force, I’m Natasha, genius, can you still start up?!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoo—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille completed the restart, slightly adjusted his posture, just landing on a Raptor Fighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His armor already had obvious deformities, the structure sparking, and the thruster’s flame looked strange, occasionally sparking with electrical discharge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: You guys are too slow.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Natasha: You need to leave here.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille’s equipment showed evident damage, even his head revealed part of the mechanical structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entrance ticket to this battlefield is Mach 3 flight speed; once that is met, other numbers matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lille’s real state was far worse than it looked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ammunition was depleted, energy insufficient, even computing speed showed noticeable delays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille didn’t speak, Natasha continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Natasha: The President is safe, the army is reorganizing, you’ve achieved your goal: Ellis wanted to seize a nation, but now he can only get half of Mei Country.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Natasha: However, it’s impossible to claim victory today.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: I know, I’m just setting coordinates.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Natasha: Not Zhuya City?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: No... Going there now would only lead to being hunted to death.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: I’ll go to Latovia.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of the chaos, Lille planned to escape to Latovia, not the well-known second stronghold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raptor Fighters began descending to the cloud-dense lower air space, those Quinjets dragged into the chaotic battle continued tracking—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when Natasha flew out of the cloud layer, they found the metal man had disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fighters continued flying towards the national borders, the Quinjets losing their target could only choose to report the tracks of this Raptor Fighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Unstable energy is about to erupt.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Countdown: ?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You will be granted a new opportunity.]\u003C\u002Fp>",1203,"2026-06-03T12:33:34.348Z","2026-06-03T12:33:41.179Z",1,"novelbin.me","bc99a98ea1d811ef5f0082f433069e434e49b1c6d4229e900c4838591d89e083","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-564","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-719",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]