[{"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-781":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},1152822,1495,"Chapter 775 - 55 Selling Animal World Discs","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-781",781,"\u003Cp>The story begins in Atlanta, from the awakening of Lille in a broken body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But whether it’s Munemasa or Johnny, the people here or the AI are only familiar with him as a person, but unfamiliar with his experiences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This young man who woke up from selling a kidney made his way to Night City, and in the end blew up an Arasaka aircraft carrier, shattering the company’s military lockdown...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounds like a dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The story is told from two perspectives: one for Johnny and Munemasa, and the other for Lille’s first entry into Cyberspace, first encounter with black guns, first honest attempt to load the Jing Yuan-Brage Protocol, and finally to the direct confrontation with the Black Wall and the company’s network forces...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The communication between AI is simple, Lille directly transmitted the operation records of that time, although not complete, it was enough to make Wu Yin feast his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...Wait...you said you’re human?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille nodded happily, warming his two flipper feet on the flames—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing, on the hardware side, has unlocked a certain high-frequency operation permission for the hardware he is using now; if he needed, he could put his hands entirely in the fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he doesn’t need to for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I used to be a proper human, but now... I guess after I abandoned the physical body and... consciousness, I should redefine my existence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy of the spark source did not arrive in this world, but Lille can clearly feel his \"soul\" connected to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because the explosive energy was too low, the technology was not mature enough, energy and material transfer were completely infeasible, only a certain amount of information transfer and synchronization was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally... from a time perspective, Lille just released a lot of information, but only a second passed in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flame jumped slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Oh...what a story, it was quite satisfying to read.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Do you want to see penguin mating?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\" Johnny was stunned for a moment, \"What’s the point of watching this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But that’s all I have...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cough cough, let’s skip that for now...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to see it, I can tell you how other little animals mate...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previous sentence was said by Lille, the latter by Johnny, and suddenly Wu Yin said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[There are other little animals?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Plenty!\" Johnny happily hugged his two flippers, but couldn’t lift them due to his big belly, sticking them to his belly, \"You can even watch humans... I can tell you a few.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Not humans... I’ll help you block this computer grid, it feels a bit too anthropomorphic, like a human.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille was worried about having trouble controlling Johnny in Cyberspace, but Wu Yin suddenly found a way to shut Johnny down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling relieved that he wouldn’t inexplicably emit Johnny’s bizarre thoughts to the outside world, he breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Johnny, he felt quite uncomfortable: In other worlds, being muzzled was because it was Lille’s body, he accepted that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why in this world, clearly his own \"body\", does he also get muzzled with a cyber muzzle?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally returning to his own world, finally returning to his own \"body\", clearly two joys, why would it turn out like this...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more bizarre, what does \"like a human\" mean? Is it praise or criticism?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Thanks, you can also cure cyber... computer mental illness?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The campfire dimmed a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes, I’ve seen too many of such compatriots, and handled too many.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[At first, this situation was rare, I’ve only seen it in an AI forced to flee after its company went bankrupt.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Later, ever since the virus marked as rabies spread, most AI had problems, when I received them back here, they would even attack me.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I don’t like that trait, and most infected AI have difficulty communicating, I haven’t heard stories other than network battles for a long, long time...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I don’t like it, but these days, there are not many normal AIs left, and they don’t often come to me.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But I like your story: although you said you used to be human, the data records you presented were quite marvelous, I never thought humans view Cyberspace like that.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Recognizing networks, writing scripts, building their entities, constructing castles never seen before...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Are human days so colorful?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Johnny really wanted to speak, but he couldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Munemasa said what he wanted to say: \"Just him like this, the vast majority of humans doing things like him, would have long... perished.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ah... a short but splendid life?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The vast majority of humans can only perform super simple repeated tasks, trust me, you won’t find interest in their lives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Munemasa spoke, he looked at his penguin form: \"...Probably not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Cyberspace fell into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Yin repeatedly read the \"story\" he got from Lille—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He has been lonely for too long, with no friendly AI, not even penguins close to extinction due to glaciers melting, ocean pollution, and global ecological deterioration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having new visitors, he’s quite happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These AI, from the perspective of most humans, are strong and deadly, someone as vast as Wu Yin is even more so:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If equipped with suitable information attack and defense equipment, and he possesses a certain aggressiveness, his threat level would absolutely make Network Supervision frantic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the more he interacted, the more Lille felt: these AI often seem to have a child-like simplicity in their thinking, from a human perspective...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world of AI is far simpler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the speechless Johnny thought so: there’s a feeling of \"the more people he meets, the more he likes AI\"...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But both he and Lille are humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans can’t stay here forever, watching penguins mate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Lille spoke up: \"We need to leave here. The story I told you hasn’t reached its ending yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Indeed.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know how we can leave here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, network transmission has two methods, simply put, wired and wireless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The internet is structured in a composite manner and is very advanced, but this very advancement makes wireless transmission extremely dangerous after the old network collapse:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old network is filled with various wandering AIs that have been rabidly transformed by the virus released by Bartmos, becoming highly aggressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They occupy various equipment, from military factories, combat robots, military vehicles, and military signal warfare equipment to civilian products, constantly searching, interfering, intruding, and destroying anything they want to ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of spatial distance, any electromagnetic wave transmission can be interfered with, not to mention how difficult it is to send signals from Antarctica.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if this problem is solved, Lille still has to face a very familiar issue...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human society’s equipment is mostly under the protection of the Black Wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the Black Wall from inside it and invading it from outside aren’t even in the same league.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for wired transmission...those cables were likely cut when AI turned against humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Counting on humans to maintain the undersea cables connecting other continents to Antarctica is less reliable than hoping Johnny can fly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rational judgment suggests being completely trapped in Antarctica is highly probable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There can only be hope for other operational methods by Inifinite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inifinite fell silent, the campfire in the cyber camp flickered in the cold wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille’s mind raced: he had already reached the first trade with Inifinite, new demands should be spurred by new benefits to pique AI’s interest, which is computer psychology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the empty Antarctic glacier, he suddenly thought of an idea:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inifinite has been lonely for too long, not only because AIs generally became rabid, but visitors were nearly nil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also because his favorite penguins are on the brink of extinction...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily he muted Johnny just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...if you’re willing to help me, I can tell you more stories, have you seen... European bison?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hmm?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A large terrestrial mammal that walks on four legs, with horns on its head, measuring 220 to 300 centimeters in length as adults, with a long tail, and fluffy fur...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I’ve heard a little bit.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille’s heart moved: where did an Antarctic AI hear about European bison?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for other AIs, when the world’s first AI was born, European bison on Earth were already extinct...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it might actually work?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And brown bears, they enjoy strolling in woodlands, if some foolish guy approaches, they’ll act indifferent as they slowly draw near to hunt...and oh, they sleep through the entire winter...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then there are otters, imperial eagles, lynxes...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Lille could feel the temperature rising: evidently, Inifinite was activating processors to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s very excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I want to see!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I can’t show you now, unless I can get back.\" Lille spread his fins, \"Besides... if you let me return, I’ll let you see thriving penguin flocks again next time I come back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you’re interested, I can also show you what the Arctic, Earth’s other pole, is like.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Arctic? Impossible! The Arctic melted long ago!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s definitely possible, I assure you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cyber glacier is drifting, ocean currents flow slowly beneath the ice, phantasmal penguins appear on the glacier...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s clear that Inifinite genuinely loves penguins...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This left Johnny stunned: is he selling Animal Planet DVDs here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Goodness, I’ve heard of people selling stimulating Super Dreams, but never heard of anyone selling Animal Planet Super Dreams, and damn, it’s to AI!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I must admit... it’s actually quite impressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After what seemed like a full two seconds, Inifinite slowly responded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hmm... it’s quite an irresistible offer, though my calculations tell me you have a 99.999999999...% chance of deceiving me.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But what led you here is an event that cannot be calculated after all.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[There is indeed a method to get you to human society...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Do you know about the Illuminati?]\u003C\u002Fp>",1623,"2026-06-03T12:33:36.099Z","2026-06-03T12:33:42.185Z",1,"novelbin.me","e0a881ce16fa61c3fa00362eab7ecc5aab924fd237a1b3473c40f5d4d363a8ba","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-782","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-780",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]