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The aircraft attacking in the sky suddenly encountered an assault, and two engines were scrapped on the spot under the detonation of rockets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The high temperature from the explosion even ignited the operating engines, causing a secondary explosion that directly sent the aircraft tumbling towards the edge of the ring-shaped core!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Jack jumped from the crashed plane, the IMC realized that the most unlikely and most feared judgment in their hearts had come true:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pilot isn’t dead! And he also destroyed their aircraft!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aircraft smashed into the ground, erupting into another explosion. As the entire body disintegrated in the explosion and ceased moving, Jack suddenly realized that the wreckage of this aircraft seemed exactly like the one he’d seen in the future...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Identical!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elusive Pilot directly destroyed their aircraft, making the IMC soldiers fear, but their professionalism made them quickly regain composure:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[IMC Soldier: Aircraft down! Aircraft down! We need more support!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[General Mad: Aircraft is on its way... what’s going on, there’s no Titan on site, how did he manage that?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[IMC Soldier: I don’t know, I don’t know! The aircraft’s gunfire clearly covered his position, but he suddenly appeared above the aircraft!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[IMC Soldier: Requesting more support!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[General Mad: Security robots are about to be deployed, hold on...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Jack saw General Mad’s face, he would definitely exclaim and then shoot his head off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this general was the guy he saw just now in the lecture hall, the one who declared the bombing of Hamoni Star, the guy who stated on the podium that taking the lives of 40 million people was a necessary action for the future of humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>General Mad felt very confused: a Pilot, without even a Titan, can shoot down an aircraft?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But overthinking wouldn’t help, other aircraft would arrive on the scene in less than five minutes, even if the IMC’s ground forces and those mercenaries were useless, he still had a large number of security robots in the security building that could be deployed, easily holding on for 5 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Beep——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Alert, security network under attack, a hacker is assaulting the control system.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Misfortunes never come alone, General Mad instantly experienced the feelings of those soldiers: it was simply maddening!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The security robots removing from the maintenance bay didn’t even take their first step before falling into malfunction mode, a flood of meaningless information overwhelmed their processors, security AI couldn’t defeat Lille despite trying desperately!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Limping security robots obviously couldn’t become combat forces, General Mad suddenly realized something was terribly wrong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[IMC Internal Security: There’s another Pilot, he’s attacking our database!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Screech——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Communication was disrupted, this was the last complete message Mad received.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing that the situation was gradually getting out of control, Mad immediately made a decision, placing his hand on his temple and pressing a button on the console in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Initiate the experimental small-scale self-destruct, the risk of power supply for this command is high, please evacuate personnel still inside the institute immediately.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even though the self-destruct command was issued, Mad did not proceed to issue the evacuation...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor was this self-destruct command a public one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, others aren’t on the ground facility—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The self-destruct explosion will completely destroy the facility, all he needs to do is deploy troops to recover the Holy Chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though this would result in a significant loss of funds and information, it’s much better than letting the rebels obtain information or even the Holy Chest itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the people in the facility... protecting the Holy Chest is their mission, where are soldiers that don’t sacrifice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Self-destruct countdown initiated, reactor activated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The loud roar seemed incredibly abrupt even within the chaos of battle, but on such a high-pressure battlefield, as long as the artillery didn’t stop, it was difficult for soldiers to spare a moment to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was different for Lille, Lille clearly heard the loud noise coming from outside the window, and he would absolutely not miss this detail!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What has been activated?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Major Anderson: The data knife is in, I hope you got the result you wanted.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Major Anderson: I’m heading towards your floor.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The data knife in this world possessed specifications far surpassed those of the chips and hacking voltages in the Cyberpunk World, and Anderson’s insertion position was excellent, he plugged it directly in the control room!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more core a module being directly attacked, the more difficult the system’s response would be, not to mention that this knife was directly inserted into the central database!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire control room was surrounded by corpses, Anderson was also stained with blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lille connected to the database, hacking in, he indeed obtained the information he wanted: a large amount of data about the Holy Chest and the time-space folding weapon tests based on it appeared in his mind, although some information he still couldn’t understand, but this was a very good start!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ironhide: ...The signal’s not very good, but the data is excellent, the adjusted reference frame allows us to correlate last time’s Space Bridge operational numbers with certain numbers in this data...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ironhide: Hold on, we’re about to have answers!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rocket hit the wall above Jack’s head, after the round of explosions, he returned to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Able to catch his breath, Jack shouted to Lille: \"Still not done!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One last time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concrete block above Lille was already on the brink of collapsing, with two octopus arms already stripped of the destruction robot’s external power supply tube, their claws firmly dug into the wall, ready to claw down the cut part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Molten concrete flowed and dripped, just needing one more time, less than half a minute of cutting would suffice to sever the last reinforced rebar and alloy plate, then Lille could take the arm band in Anderson’s hand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The laser activated, concrete fragments flew, the reinforced metal inside shattered under the high temperature, emitting a screeching sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A question also rose in Lille’s mind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anderson, in the current timeline, was obviously already dead, but in the past, Anderson was rushing towards him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if he obtained both arm bands simultaneously?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the last rebar was cut by Lille, the final connection of the concrete block to other building structures was also severed, octopus claws broke through fragments, reaching directly through the hole to grab Anderson when the high energy laser’s power triggered the already distorted time-space, switching Lille to the past!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this very switch, Lille completely occupied the control system of the experimental facility,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, Lille also discovered a very troubling message:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Experimental self-destruct device activated, countdown: 30 seconds]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Normal self-destruct procedure for the experimental facility has been activated, self-destruction will commence from]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ (This warning was hidden, hidden command from: General Mad) ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning message from 30 seconds ago.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just switched back to the past, Lille’s heart was filled with horror: in the original work, the reason this facility was destroyed was that the exposed Anderson adopted a forceful approach and engaged in battle with the IMC guards, ultimately triggering the Holy Chest’s detonation...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the current timeline, because Lille’s continuous offensives quickly disarmed the facility’s only security, even the nearest mercenary Titan and aircraft couldn’t be mobilized in time, General Mad adjusted his strategy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chose to directly trigger a small-scale detonation of the Holy Chest, to completely quell the unrest here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future Lille’s view, the concrete block was already severed, and that wristband would fall into his octopus claw in less than a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this second, he switched back to the past, where in the past, there should have been a whole ceiling in front of him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that whole ceiling, in his eyes, just happened to be missing a part, the part he just cut off!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the hole, Lille saw Anderson, struck by an explosion’s shockwave, uncontrollably fall towards the hole...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just maintaining his posture as he was stuck in the concrete ceiling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Colonel Anderson gradually descended, his entire carcass exposed below the ceiling, one arm hung down, but the other arm clung to his body, naturally staying with the leg above the ceiling, which meant beyond the floor upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the octopus arm touched the wristband in his hand—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously in the future and the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time stopped at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ironhide: Lille, the Space Bridge model has been adjusted...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ironhide: Our data shows you are in a maximally volatile time-space state, are you okay?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: ...I’m fine, any findings?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ironhide: Yes, take a look at this...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ironhide: We know how to transfer matter and energy across time and space.]\u003C\u002Fp>",1505,"2026-06-03T12:33:36.383Z","2026-06-03T12:33:42.158Z",1,"novelbin.me","fb20890e78c9635b7351a5b6b5308f6dbdae79a66b437246ec96917a7b8a90e0","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-808","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-806",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]