[{"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-921":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},1152762,1495,"Chapter 915 - 194: The Bell Rings (Supplement)","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-921",921,"\u003Cp>Matt is a sports star in Night City. Lille originally nurtured this sports star, hoping he could take the Human Lizard Cyborg and other Night City industries out of the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mackinaw General Vehicles Company is a local industry in Night City, co-owned by Lille and V Holdings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey... Jack, do you think Matt will really not get sliced up by Europeans when he goes to the European Union?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside Night City, in the barren land of North America’s wasteland, the crownless king of Adkaduo’s caravan is traveling through the desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The huge trailer towed by a truck is the Wanderers’ house—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the house, V leans against sitting next to the compartment, holding a lighter repeatedly igniting and extinguishing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also in the compartment, not alone, Mrs. Wales and Misty are each busy with their own things: the former is cooking, while the latter is watching the person in the Life Support Chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Vic’s dialogue box appeared in front of V.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Victor: V, Jack still needs some time. The Lizard Serum will overdraw the body’s potential, and even Jack is almost at his limit.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Victor: Matt carries significant commercial value, so the Europeans won’t mess around.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V put away the lighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there were cigarettes on the table, she never learned to smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Victor: V, let’s call off your plan. Attacking Washington is basically courting death! I can’t watch you go to your death alone, and neither will Lille...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough, old Vic, even though I’m not as smart as him, I’ve learned something. If Military Technology really possesses the same technology as EBM, once they launch the satellite and re-establish the Space Army, Night City is finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not for him, it’s just... for all of us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Vic was silenced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V certainly got smarter than before. No matter what, the logic she used to brush off Old Vic was flawless:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This world is like this—when you climb step by step, trying to reach a broader world with your people, you’ll always find someone blocking your path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Earth is only so big.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once upon a time, V thought Night City was immense, and places like Atlanta, New America, Europe, and even the entire Earth were even larger. But now it seemed, Earth was incredibly small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after Lille was gone did she begin to understand why Lille did these things, even when his life was at risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let Jack rest here, I’ll go alone...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as V stood up, Jack in the Life Support Chamber opened his eyes. Though exhaustion was written across his face, it was still clear he was trying hard to smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earlier noise was him knocking on the glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He traced on the glass: \"I’m going too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the compartment, only the sound of vehicles moving remained, Mrs. Wales and Misty both looked at their son and lover—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They certainly did not want Jack to take any more risks, but they couldn’t say it out loud, so they could only look at V:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V couldn’t stand such a gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, a piece of news broke the silence in the room: the TV on the roof was connected to a signal, flickering a few times before lighting up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Friends in Night City, welcome to Your Business I Care About, the latest news: An automobile bomb attack occurred in Berlin, and our sports star Matt’s floating car was attacked by unknown forces and crashed!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A villain’s \"Weiler\" vehicle exploded in Berlin, and Herrera’s stock price fluctuated immediately...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The sports star Matt Ken’s Mackinaw Floating Shadow vehicle happened to pass the incident area, affected by an unknown cyberattack...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After the incident, Mackinaw Company’s stock price plummeted, but 30 minutes later, sports star Matt Ken and his father Mr. Ken were found safely landing in different areas of Berlin...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The vehicle wreckage was discovered crashed at Berlin Station, the frame largely intact. Automobile experts say they might not have been injured even if they were in the car...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lark: I have reached out to Matt, they are both fine...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lark: But he said something feels off, I sense he doesn’t dare say much on European Union’s territory, something’s wrong.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something’s wrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V increasingly felt that something indeed was wrong: how could their group, setting Lille aside, which represented the pinnacle of Night City, suddenly be involved in a world-class event upon arrival?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She even had a strange thought—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since the Old Net’s collapse, world-class cases seldom occurred, the mercenary industry had declined, it wasn’t until Lille appeared that the fight two years ago was finally triggered...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these two years, although friction big and small continued, which one was world-class?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But recently, the European Union had plenty of major incidents! And they were all converging towards Matt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come to think of it, it seemed like their first shocking appearance already signaled the death knell to the corporate dogs in Night City...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the previous Black Dog incident, including this attack, too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Arasaka Yorinobu’s claim more reliable—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>V’s gaze grew firmer: \"I need to go to Washington, I can’t let Miles deploy the Space Army!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mackinaw Floating Shadow streaked across the sky like a fireball, the drone having no braking measures, with several shattering on impact due to failing to dodge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orderly sky turned chaotic until the car crashed through the station’s roof!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Terror attack! Run!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick black smoke filled the entire station, and the chaotic crowd had neither the time nor courage to rush in for a closer look:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Berlin, not Night City! Few would risk their lives for first-hand news, everyone was petrified by the sight of this crash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nobody saw Bryce climb out of the smoke-filled car with difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This damn car sure is tough, no wonder it passed Night City quality check, damn it... Lille, you heartless bastard...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disorganized crowd failed to notice Bryce limping, staggering out of the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby surveillance and the power grid ceased operation due to the vehicular crash, leaving him to quickly disguise himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cursed Lille under his breath and joined the crowd in shouting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Terror attack! Run!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the streets of Old East Germany, bodies scattered around the car bomb, terrified people fled in all directions, but a worker stood frozen, staring blankly at the sky:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just wanted to bomb the jerk in the car to boost ratings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he hadn’t expected that car in the sky would make such a commotion, nearly crashing into the New Berlin District.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if the car hadn’t crashed the station and actually charged into the New Berlin District, he was sure heavy firepower would take it down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, there must be other comrades, others who won’t bow down...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’ll definitely catch the attention of the ones above, damn IEC, damn European Union, damn... aristocrats...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worker melted into the crowd, casually disposing of the detonator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone picked up the detonator and verified the hardware equipment and code inside, it would certainly link to a person:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harlin Eck.\u003C\u002Fp>",1179,"2026-06-03T12:33:37.970Z","2026-06-03T12:33:42.667Z",1,"novelbin.me","06601708613d7c6760c15afc02ab8fb693d8a91b0e54efd660170781978be6f3","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-922","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-920",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]