[{"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-793":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},1152834,1495,"Chapter 787 - 66: Babbling Elliot (Part 2)","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-793",793,"\u003Cp>\"But do you guys know, I actually resent some media people on the EU network who have to mock Night City every day, highlighting how righteous the EU laws are and how good life is here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elliot spat: \"Do I not know if life is good or not? I live in the cheapest housing, use the crappiest prosthetics, and systems that are several generations outdated, just to avoid being in debt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, with one fine, I have to stay like this for a year to pay it off!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those EU officials... tsk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elevator kept descending, and a sleek floating car glided by in the air, looking somewhat out of place in this intensely industrialized city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the two rich and handsome network supervisors striding breezily into a cramped and rundown workers’ dormitory, it appeared just as incongruous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those EU civil servants who come to ’gain experience’ just sit in floating cars every day, eating, drinking, chatting, all while watching us work our asses off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Elliot glanced at the city center, where a building stood that wasn’t nearly as tall as the workers’ apartment buildings, but with a lot more design flair compared to the concrete blocks of the apartments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imposing, beautiful, and spacious with lots of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as Elliot said this, Johnny and Lille in his head knew this guy... was filled with envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elevator reached the ground floor, no longer able to see the stylish building through the skyscrapers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elliot stepped out of the elevator onto the muddy floor: The EU had corresponding plans for the urban landscape, with drones cleaning every street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the ground in front of the workers’ dormitory was forever coated in mud that couldn’t be washed away because countless workers came and went every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foxstone is the EU’s border, the very periphery of the EU, furthest from all that prosperity;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the workers’ dormitory is the outermost area of Foxstone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He silently stared at the ground: \"Do you guys think I’m too... too conflicted?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Johnny: Yeah, you’re pretty conflicted, who asked you?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Indeed, I asked you to read the news, not to share your opinions.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: Chaotic logic, unclear goals, aimless thinking. It seems your intelligence is a bit low, but your courage makes up for it; otherwise, your probability of encountering me in this life should be almost zero.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elliot blushed on the spot, his face turning pig-liver red again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made the big mistake of liking to pour out his feelings to people... or things he hadn’t known for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After delivering a lengthy soliloquy, the indifference of the listener left him wanting to crawl into the mud with embarrassment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would understand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: But it’s okay, stick with me, and you’ll have a chance to shine.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Oh, by the way, are there any coworkers who like to babble on like you?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I don’t know.\" Elliot’s pig-liver color had just faded before flaring up again, \"Who talks about this every day? Aren’t they afraid of being grabbed for a chat by visiting civil servants?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do I do now? Do we buy tickets and go find little Matt?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Do you have the money to buy tickets?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Secondly... if you go to buy tickets now, you’d be caught as soon as you reach the airport...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Go to work, I need a bit more time to plan the next steps.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ugh, even with three remarkable minds in my head, I still have to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Really wish I could win 500,000 euros.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille had two reasons for wanting him to work: One, the EU’s control over this region is far stronger than any organization in Night City, grabbing a gun and going is unrealistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering the all-encompassing surveillance on Elliot’s system and residence, and even suspecting that the \"black market-acquired\" mysterious VPN helmet was deliberately left by network supervision, Lille reasonably suspected that the EU might have a behavioral prediction system for citizens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kind of like the ctOS he used in Marvel World, or Hydra’s Zola program.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the past, there was V and Jack, now there’s no one who can fight; grabbing a gun might just get him killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time for this brief return is up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The dimensional rift is being repaired, cross-dimensional activity will soon close.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: But aside from work, there’s indeed something else you can do.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: You said you’re interested in technology and want to learn real skills not controlled by the EU?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: We can teach you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elliot’s eyes lit up upon hearing this!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of employees of Network Supervision questioning him, he was a trembling coward, ranting freely but ultimately obedient, even secretly envying them...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who wouldn’t want an easy, respectable, high-paying, and powerful job?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who wouldn’t want to be an object of envy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in these... AI’s eyes, network supervision agents seemed like a bunch of immature fools, brainless, being played around——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching those agents’ every move through surveillance, it felt... just awesome!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe when they watched through surveillance, it felt like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t become a... a \"noble\" in this life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he really loved that feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to learn!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Great.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: It’s up to you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Munemasa was full of CPU-level doubts:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: Weren’t you going to take this stupid fat guy along? Why am I the one teaching him?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Just think of it as taking on another disciple, I have other work to do, very, very important work.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Don’t try to access external networks before I reboot, let this guy do it instead.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Munemasa’s CPU confusion didn’t lessen at all, it only increased, but Lille didn’t give him the chance to ask further questions and immediately went into dormancy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Irked enough, Munemasa wanted to go into overdrive and directly attack Foxstone’s information hub!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Lille’s voice gone silent, so too did Johnny’s, leaving Munemasa with only the eager Elliot to converse with:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to learn, I want to learn!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: Learn... sigh, go ahead and learn.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: Why are you so excited?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course I’m excited!\" Elliot fiercely pumped his fist, \"Master... I have a question. You said that helmet might’ve been given to me by network supervision, so does that mean they wanted me to escape on purpose?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why? They’re clearly the ones who love control the most...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: Ahem.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: I don’t get that stuff, don’t ask me about your social engineering matters, I only teach you tech content.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, oh... okay, okay, forgot Master, you’re AI. Human affairs, indeed complex, we humans can’t even figure it out...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elliot began to mutter again, and Munemasa, sensing this overly eager guy’s excitement and enthusiasm, suddenly recalled his last disciple...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His last disciple wasn’t this talkative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon learning they could learn these... these \"skills,\" they got extremely excited...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: Hey, why do you want to learn this stuff?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, for freedom and truth!\" Elliot said decisively, \"Things not obtained by oneself couldn’t be freedom, truths not obtained by oneself are even harder to verify!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to obtain freedom and truth myself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: Heh... you sure talk a good game.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flashes of his last \"disciple\" answering this question crossed his mind, and Masamune wasn’t as clear and definite with his answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking now, maybe this fat guy and Masamune might have some similarities?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: Hope your intelligence is as high as his.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: Einstein.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Munemasa opened with a joke for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>",1247,"2026-06-03T12:33:36.099Z","2026-06-03T12:33:42.185Z",1,"novelbin.me","d9c0f876418f5dbaa5c1ec0f476863b336be83860ece7d8659bdd65974a87c8d","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-794","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-792",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]