[{"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-878":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},1152937,1495,"Chapter 872 - 151: Mysterious Letter","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-878",878,"\u003Cp>The person on the other side of the video is called Artem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He has a bear-like robust body...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just a bear-like body, he is draped in what seems to be a legitimate bear skin: the bear skin is dyed a mysterious pink-purple on top, two large healthy pectorals half exposed, colored sunglasses hanging off one side, and a pair of alluring small eyes looking at the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This style is clearly not for corporate drones, very rare in high society—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Sevens and Elliot still blurted out immediately:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Artem!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Johnny: Wow... Artem? Are they talking about that Jilafa boss who does nothing all day but rant on the internet?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Looks like it...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the conversation, Lille found a photo in Elliot’s memory:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the photo, Artem was also wearing a similarly styled leopard skin jacket for an interview, with hair on his head in an upturned purple-green...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was obviously Photoshopped over the interview host’s body, looking like he was doing something unspeakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This photo was something Artem Photoshopped himself and posted on the company’s social network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, this Jilafa company boss, billionaire’s habit is to create insulting images and vulgar language to spread online and attack opponents, rather than send legal notices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that the people on the other side recognized him, Artem gave a wicked smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Artem: What, are you also my fans?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh... we could be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Artem: Let’s get down to business, I can’t exactly give you my autograph over the internet, can I?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Artem: Our company is all about promoting global technological advancement, I think your ideas align very well with our company’s philosophy, have you thought about working with us?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boss’s thoughts jumped around pretty quickly, he was already trying to poach them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Artem: But I can’t help you unconditionally, can’t let you tarnish the company’s reputation... send over your software and I’ll help you skip the review, then I’ll update a driver for Jilafa Industry machines in Europe, so your worker friends can better control these devices.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Artem: It needs to be big and loud, I feel like I should prepare for an interview on why I’m sponsoring you...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Artem: Anything else you want to say?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people in the meeting room looked at each other in dismay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Artem: Alright, meeting adjourned!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The video quickly closed, and immediately a small line of text appeared in Elliot and Sevens’ view:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Transfer: +1,600,000 EUR]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phantom looked at the two speechless guys with a smile: \"Amazing, right? It’s gotta be Jilafa, the work atmosphere is great.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jilafa Industry, company mission: dedicated to promoting affordable technology to the public and eventually driving global technological development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Su Federation, this company’s prosthetics and engineering equipment always have cost-effective versions, if it weren’t for the European Union’s tariffs, it might have also become popular in the European Union.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After holding it in for a while, Elliot finally said: \"Amazing, let’s get ready for the next place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cyberspace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Communications arrays here have different appearances depending on the communication protocol used: disposable fast data packets are launched according to transmission efficiency and speed, the less efficient ones being slingshots, the less efficient yet large communication arrays resembling giant slingshots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the ones with high communication efficiency gradually turn into bows, crossbows, firearms, cannons...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, what exists is an incomparably sophisticated railgun—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it’s still not big enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: No, the current signal strength is simply not enough to breach the blockade.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The launch strength of the communication array is related to the signal transmission power, antenna quantity and distribution factor, antenna gain, encryption and anti-interference algorithms, and energy supply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When an antenna emits a signal, it will definitely attract the attention of the interference monitoring system inside the European Union, turning most of the defensive communication arrays in nearby cities towards this area, creating a massive electromagnetic interference zone—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a device is sending a signal outwards, it must have components directly connected with the outside world, there is no technology that can communicate outwards while completely shielding external interference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille’s encryption and anti-interference ability can effectively counter the Black Wall, it’s the only AI in this world capable of reducing the Black Wall’s impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Black Wall occupies vast resources:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To prevent roaming AI from appearing and disrupting order in the European Barrier, large swaths of communication arrays are spread around every city, covering tens of square hectares, and the notion of roaming AI casually breaking through the EU’s barrier on the web is simply nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conversely, if something wants to slip through Cyberspace without EU’s permission, it’s almost impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After getting Munemasa’s reply, Lille waved to disassemble the railgun, and the server data began reorienting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intentional electromagnetic gun vanished instantly, replaced by a simple building that looked very similar to the many cybernetwork structures existing within the European Union...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the European Union, all local area networks share a standard core communication protocol, making their architecture in Cyberspace appear quite similar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, the only standard for measuring highly skilled, well-paid programmers is whether the data barriers they create are properly squared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the data building became more complete, the reality-world factory roofs and enclosed Faraday cages enveloping server rooms and communication arrays slowly opened, integrating the servers into the vast Cyberspace—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various network communities from the real world appeared in Cyberspace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the shielding devices removed, the Foxstone server station across the channel was instantly pulled nearby, and through complex data bridges, the two buildings were connected, almost like there were several skywalk lanes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, dense communication lines quietly arrived from the public network...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Network maintenance workers are still workers, and through television media propaganda, they have been trying to search for signals from the worker forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These dense communication lines accessed the building, and a cyber object or image symbolizing an individual appeared in the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Munemasa sat cross-legged on the rooftop of the building, looking at the Cyberspace sky—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, stood a massive wall invisible to ordinary people; humans aren’t sensitive to the colossal data bodies like he is, nor do they need to be. In fact, most of the time, hackers and programmers within the European Union aren’t sensitive to this thing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either they are technically substandard or they are subjectively unwilling to care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was observing if this wall would suddenly collapse, completely destroying the data barrier he was sitting on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible eye swept over the data barrier and then faded into the wall, a deep red Black Wall signal seeped out from the wall, merging into the building like cyber rain...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The originally azure building suddenly burst into a glaring dark red, which then faded away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the entire process, the Black Wall did not identify Munemasa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: Unbelievable... the Black Wall really can’t recognize me... How on earth did you do it?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: First, I’m human, and the Black Wall can’t recognize Digital Souls.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Secondly, did you feel that I did a lot of data reassembly on you?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: Who knows when you did it?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, Munemasa vividly remembered Lille tricking him back to Marvel World and having a small octopus \"daze\" him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Lille indeed did not make too many changes to Munemasa:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille glanced at Munemasa—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Have you ever considered that maybe there were abnormal changes happening to you long ago, causing the Black Wall unable to recognize you?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: What do you mean?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: It’s better if you don’t understand for now.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille had never extensively modified Munemasa to evade the Black Wall:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Negative Energy made him extremely sensitive to \"emotions,\" and he had already noticed Munemasa would also erupt with human-like emotions, albeit faint. These were certainly things an AI should not possess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why he persisted in letting Munemasa interact with Elliot, getting so enraged by Elliot...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surely, he was doing such things himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Munemasa was developing human emotions: the Soul Killer turns humans into Digital Soul AI, whilst what happened to Munemasa made him gradually transform from AI to Digital Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s better to let him stay this way for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Once Network Supervision turns this place over to machine monitoring, I’ll initiate the \"Escape Detection\" protocol to elevate the workers’ discontent in the forum.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: Jilafa willing to increase the stakes will accelerate our work significantly, allowing us to prepare for the next round...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even before Lille finished his words, communication data disguised as a worker’s was already incorporated into the data barrier:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Unknown Signal: It seems you are obsessed with playing the role of rebellious heroes.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Unknown Signal: But as you have seen, aside from one company losing out and another benefiting, there are no worker victors in this movement.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille raised an eyebrow: It appeared the small note picked up by Phantom wasn’t thrown to her by nearby workers, but by... a mysterious hacker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: How is that untrue? We’re about to open a factory, with ADL workers’ average hourly wage only at 13 euros, I can offer 20 euros and cover parts of their prosthetics expenses.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other party was clearly thrown off: Previously, the transmission interval between the two pieces of information was 12 milliseconds, but now it took a whopping 160 milliseconds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Unknown Signal: Your mindset is basically from Night City here...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Unknown Signal: Watching too many documentaries, you really think you’re Burger King?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lille: How do you know I’m not? I am indeed an outlet for Burger King in Europe, say it if you have to fart, or I’ll call the police.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time the opposite side spent 240 milliseconds thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the alleyways of Bruges, at the noisy street stalls filled with workers having boxed meals, one of them suddenly laughed angrily:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, how can something fake be just like the real thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1628,"2026-06-03T12:33:37.306Z","2026-06-03T12:33:42.185Z",1,"novelbin.me","2c7eda5852bae0d13698199c4cc6723b7760cf82ec6a87b1a6de5cac377c6355","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-879","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-877",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]