[{"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-928":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},1152769,1495,"Chapter 922 - 201: Howling Gale (Part 5)","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-928",928,"\u003Cp>The drones started as just a few scattered ones, but quickly became overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The European Barrier holds all public machine control rights, but lacks control over company machines—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ironically, although the company had the highest control and ownership of machines, network commands never surpassed physical command permissions, unless the company held a gun to their heads preventing them from using it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But clearly, the company remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God... Was that the support you called for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elliot swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Munemasa fell silent: Their plan was to use factory blueprints to lay a path inside with coolant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer, the drones in the sky were just being dumped indiscriminately, and the reason for this random dumping was that Munemasa realized such a dropping was already oversaturated, making it unnecessary to calculate for maximum efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sevens was also shocked, but quickly snapped back: \"...Although we don’t really know what’s happening, it seems like we don’t even need protective suits...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: Surprising move, are you planning to keep watching?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: I advise you to put on protective suits, find a set in the factory, the radiation levels inside have already gone off the charts.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Munemasa: It would be best to wear the radiation protection industrial mecha, if those mechas are still in place.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Protective suits are only useful in high radiation zones of a normally operating nuclear plant; typically in this world, industry workers face an annual radiation dose around 100mSv, a very delicate number—those lucky enough can work for decades and die of old age, while the unlucky ones suffer from radiation sickness to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, now the core radiation of the plant undoubtedly exceeds 10,000mSv per hour, which means standing unprotected inside for a few minutes would burn the skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even regular protective suits can’t withstand such a dose of radiation; only special radiation-resistant materials possibly provide protection, though these materials are usually so heavy that humans can’t carry them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the IEC factory is indeed very advanced, and there are radiation protection industrial mechas inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just stepping into the factory, Elliot and his team felt a rusty taste in their throats—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They quickly found the room where the mechas were parked; the outer wall of the room had been blown open, with some remnants of human and mechanical parts inside. The mechas were toppled, but thankfully some were still connected to workstations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The radiation had damaged the external signal sources, meaning these mechas were all locked now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this type of hardware lock isn’t impossible to open for those black market merchants, let alone for Munemasa; unlocking the mecha’s hardware was as easy as eating and drinking water for humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you have to come along?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This remark was directed at Alina; he really didn’t want Alina to come, but now they couldn’t afford to argue, so he had to let her tag along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Elliot spoke, he connected to the mecha and unlocked the hardware locks of three mechas; the half-toppled mechs restarted operation, kneeling down to open the cockpit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The employer is onboard, how can a bodyguard not come? And can you guys even drive the mecha?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alina said, stepping into the mecha one step ahead of Elliot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I can unlock it, I can use it... Sevens, can you manage?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out Elliot found that Sevens had also entered a mecha, the whole process without any nonsense, appearing very professional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And soon, Elliot realized how foolish his confidence was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His former work involved neural metallurgy, which required controlling a Metallurgical Workshop, not operating industrial mechas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, controlling industrial mechas was very dangerous compared to other professions, because firstly, the workplaces of mechas were usually dangerous themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, industrial mechas often required a \"deep\" connection to the human body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Welcome to use the special operations mecha]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Manufacturer: Jilafa Industry (IEC custom version)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current status: Offline]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Checking operator preparation status, receiving work instructions...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Switched work mode to: Emergency rescue operation.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Initiating emergency operation protocol.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Elliot entered the mecha and felt the interface aligning with the Brain-Computer Interface, he felt a torrent of liquid suddenly pouring into the mech!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, countless needles pierced his skin, and he even felt that some very long needles penetrated into some of his internal organs and glands!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And indeed it was so!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The liquid pouring in was meant to wash away the radioactive dust on his body surface and then expel it, while the injected liquid was a pre-injected cocktail of drugs to prevent the body from absorbing radioactive elements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These included potassium iodide to prevent the thyroid from absorbing radioactive iodine, drugs to speed up the expulsion of radioactive elements from the intestines and urinary tract, etc., covering all endocrine organs and circulatory systems, directly injected into target organs specifically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a very painful process: because Elliot and his group didn’t have pre-treatment, some orally administrable drugs had to be injected all at once through the mech’s internal system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, once familiar, this is just a slightly painful process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the speed of the mech standing up, Alina appeared almost unaffected, Sevens slower, and Elliot was the slowest...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the pain was making Elliot lost control, he was coming to his senses when the ceiling cracked open!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A giant stone block came crashing towards Elliot’s head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone block smashed onto Alina, and even the huge industrial mecha was only able to be pounded to its knees—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if a human were to endure this, they’d be smashed into pulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the mech holding the stone slab, Elliot suddenly felt dazed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at Foxstone, the person who raised the shield for him is already dead...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Alina: Haha! I told you couldn’t stand it! If I hadn’t come along, you’d be a pancake already!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Elliot: Everyone has a first time...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sevens: Move faster, no one knows if there’ll be a second phase for this power plant as time goes on.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nearly half-ton industrial mecha slowly stood up, and the three mechas together pushed away the stone block pressing down on them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearing barricades blocking the road, stepping over the corpses and fragments on the ground, finding themselves in the hell of radiation and high temperatures...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elliot truly imagined the scenes from Foxstone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, he was much calmer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Carl...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crown rotates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Advisor: Bravo.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Advisor: Collaboration efficiency, initiative, and courage have all improved significantly, even beyond our imagination.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Advisor: Events are developing in the least probable but most dramatic direction; the scale, consciousness, and unity of the workers joining the action have exceeded standard model predictions.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Advisor: Haha, it seems this movement has exceeded our expectations, reaching another plan’s standard...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Advisor: But we’re curious, how did they do it?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Advisor: Perhaps our database and model need updating, this is an unprecedented transformation.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Advisor: Abandoning nearly a century of \"harmony,\" \"prosperity,\" and \"stability\"...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Advisor: This is a true enlightenment towards brightness...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Advisor: Observe, learn, and then evolve.]\u003C\u002Fp>",1161,"2026-06-03T12:33:37.970Z","2026-06-03T12:33:42.667Z",1,"novelbin.me","e430d87162731d706c8b1e5d4865d975d0ab85fe37adf04a2e1488bb9532f5f1","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-929","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-927",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]