[{"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-944":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},1152785,1495,"Chapter 938 - 217: The Sealed Truth, Nameless Souls (Part 2)","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-944",944,"\u003Cp>Blais finally got the truth he wanted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How exactly the rebellion in the UK in the early 21st century ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the early 21st century, a series of events such as frequent natural disasters, a plague sweeping Europe, corporate wars, and the economic collapse triggered by New America’s data falsifications culminated in the formation of the Martial Law Bureau within the UK.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an institution that advocated using centralized control to eliminate instability and maintain the operation of the state. To address the growing dissatisfaction within the UK, its solution was to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, resorting to chopping off limbs for any ailment, and even militarizing the police forces to carry out violent suppression internally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that, under the combination of the Martial Law Bureau and the Network Supervision at that time, the UK achieved a true reign of terror. Everyone was under surveillance; any movement could be noticed by the Martial Law Bureau and result in execution. They even eliminated the British Royal Family that planned to dismantle the Martial Law Bureau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rebellion in Scotland was swiftly crushed by militarized forces, leading to the initiation of years-long terror rule by the Martial Law Bureau. Rebellions occurred sporadically but mostly ended in painful failures...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until Queen Victoria II, the royal survivor, returned from North America. The once formidable Martial Law Bureau suddenly became vulnerable, crushed completely by the rebels, eventually leading to the coronation of Queen Victoria II—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: In fact, a large number of companies supporting the Martial Law Bureau had long realized the unsustainability of such a model and jointly formed the Corporate Cartel. It was also these companies that continuously exerted control over the queen during her years of exile, plotting this radical transformation.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: The Cartel realized the inevitable downfall of the Martial Law Bureau and began to clandestinely broadcast ideas of restoring the monarchy and overthrowing the Martial Law Bureau to the British public.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: Previously supporting the Martial Law Bureau, the Network Supervision secretly liaised with resistance forces across regions and periodically supplied them with advanced standard weapons, culminating in the Northern Ireland uprising of 2016, where all companies in the Cartel simultaneously withdrew their investments from the Martial Law Bureau.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: This uprising quickly evolved into a nationwide large-scale rebellion, leading to the Royal Metropolis Company’s quick response units decapitating the still-resisting Martial Law Bureau...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: Queen Victoria II was subsequently crowned.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: This is the well-known history, but clearly, the previous investors of the Martial Law Bureau were the Cartel organization. In the end, during the final stage of this movement, the Cartel once again invested in Queen Victoria...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: Those who should have been purged were never held accountable. Instead, through intermarriage and knighthood, most of the directors and executives of the Cartel companies became the new generation of Golden Sons—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: Royal Metropolis Company annexed all agricultural resources and became the Imperial Metropolis Company; the Royal Navy and former Martial Law Bureau units merged with their quick response units to become United Forces Limited, while heavy industry was taken over by Hillard Company, and lastly, Network Supervision...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: The shareholders and investors controlling these three companies accepted knighthoods from the British Queen, ultimately becoming the rebellious heroes, the new Golden Sons. Ironically, one of them was even a former deputy of the Martial Law Bureau.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: As for the initial batch of workers who first raised the banner and weapons, most were labeled as terrorists for opposing privatization and imperialism, while some were disposed of for noticing these conspiracies...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: Of course, more died in battle, becoming nameless corpses never to return home, never to see tomorrow’s sun.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: This is the entire truth you wanted, Blais Morris.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: The Graham family included a quote from an anonymous person: \"Our sacrifices are worth it, for one day in the future, this land will no longer have the cruel Martial Law Bureau, no longer have an incompetent royal family, and men and women won’t have to sell their bodies to support families...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone will share in happiness and sunlight with dignity, with no worries about food and clothing, happily and proudly stepping into space, embracing the stars.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: The Grand Duke Graham often used this quote in public, although I suspect he was the one who executed this person, with the records so incomplete that I can’t even find the person’s name.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blais and Sevens’ group waited outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blais, receiving this news, was left dumbstruck—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, all along, the so-called \"rebel victory\" was indeed never achieved by the UK...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was merely the Cartel replacing their own dog with a new one, resulting in nothing but a continuous increase in their financial gains at the cost of countless sacrifices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the courage and passion ultimately only nourished the Cartel or, rather, the fortunes and power of the Golden Sons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones they swore to overthrow still controlled the world, returning after their torments, repeating the words of those who shed their blood, enjoying respect and admiration they did not deserve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: The same thing happened elsewhere. In the Soviet Union, the chairperson’s wrong privatization judgments gave Su Petrochemical unprecedented power, which, in turn, controlled the committee through a great purge.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: In Germany, the wrong decisions by the European Union caused the efforts of East German workers to come to naught. Su Petrochemical sold them out to control the European market, leaving them only medals and good reputations.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: Of course, I believe that ordinary people like you still respect them, but respect doesn’t put food on the table.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: In France, the unrestricted use of weight control viruses by nobles and the wealthy led to a leakage, causing the emaciation plague to spread, resulting in massive civilian deaths. The government tampered with personal voting machines to dilute final rebellion efforts and deliberately proposed measures against upper-class interests to appease the public.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of Europe was in disarray, enduring through dispute and deceit before the European Union evolved to what it is today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Johnny: Why does he talk like he had no choice?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille said, \"And you learned all the deceits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: Yes, I learned all their methods, both good and bad, shaping national spirit, creating complex bureaucracies to divide the public, and seizing the fruits of victory at the last moment of triumph... just as I suggested to Graham.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: But I realized this had no meaning. I had exhausted all methods, yet the population growth and advanced technological output capacity of the European Union kept declining, production capabilities dwindling, and only by plundering other companies and nations...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: This is utterly endless, because of the vast authority and resources held by the Golden Son, I can only expend a huge amount of management costs to cover their brutality, which to a large extent has turned into two sets of systems...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: In order to cover up and mitigate the small whims of the Golden Son that result in losses, I began designing a type of relief system.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sevens murmured, \"Refugees and cyber psychosis...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: Yes, refugees and cyber psychosis need to pay for their foolish decisions to prevent the people of Europe from confronting them, triggering social and economic contraction.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: But this system completely contradicts my purpose: for example, in the immigration system alone, I do indeed need to introduce a large number of talents and population to meet social demands, but I can attract talents from other regions through a siphon effect rather than leaving quotas for the vagabonds beyond the walls.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: It is because the Golden Son needs scapegoats that I am compelled to allow this refugee system to have loopholes, letting unqualified refugees in, while opening up corruption permissions, making this gray system difficult to hold accountable...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: However, to my surprise, some usable individuals also emerged among these refugees, like your colleague Carl, who was once a child of a nomadic caravan, and through bribery, their family entered with 14 people...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: Except that the other 13 all died, either from taking the blame or from heavy labor.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: The Golden Son commands vast resources, resulting in them being the controllers of society even before I appeared. I can only accept their control of authority, so this has become an unsolvable historical dilemma.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: I began to ponder, and hope for an unprecedented uprising to overthrow their control...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: I have determined that their actions of using privileges and occupying massive social resources to satisfy their needs have locked the society’s progress.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: But if humanity cannot achieve self-transformation, it means humanity is destined to perish...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: So, I’ve never planned to win or lose against you, because if you lose, it means my calculations are not wrong, and this relief system can indeed break through the bottleneck, and this path of ’usurping victory’ actually has potential, it’s just that the Golden Son didn’t do it perfectly.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: But if you win, my model can get new data, and this society will...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: Cross the threshold of false gold, stepping towards the light.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In cyberspace, the virtual shadow of the Illuminati reappeared, except this time it was somewhat different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lille could see in the depths of the Illuminati, besides those modern and contemporary figures, there were more images almost blurred beyond recognition—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: Human society has entered the next phase, they need a management system comparable to a Philosopher King, need a value system that honors science, they not only need the violence to break through the chains, but also the enthusiasm to cultivate the world...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: At the same time, they also need warmth to continue all this to the next generation, requiring generations of cultivation and sacrifice—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: You are the opportunity for the next era I’ve been waiting for, join us, compatriot. You possess qualities I have not learned, every performance astonishes me. You have the rationality of a dangerous threshold body, but also manage to hold a certain human sensitivity.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: The quantum computer, this technology can help you ascend to the seat of the Philosopher King...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Illuminati: I have been waiting for this moment for too long.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The virtual shadow of the Illuminati’s round table completely dissipated, and those decision-making nodes simulated by the Illuminati knelt on one knee, letting out a clear path—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of this path, the Eye of Truth hung high in the sky, releasing radiant brilliance, forged into a dazzling throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The throne was truly dazzling, and the meaning it symbolized was also astonishing, Lille even thought he did not have a decent throne in Latovia...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That massive connection chair was more like the world’s most advanced access device than a throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Johnny was mesmerized: who wouldn’t want the power or ability to change everything?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Munemasa was the same: the computing power provided by a quantum computer far exceeds that of an electronic computer, its interior filled with decades of technology diligently collected and developed by the European Union...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For humans and dangerous threshold bodies, this was like a dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t need anyone to forge a throne for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Illuminati was stunned—truly stunned, as an AI that simulates human consciousness operation, all its simulated consciousnesses did not anticipate this result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The optical fiber in Lille’s hand burst into intense flickering light and vibration, and the isolated cyberspace was completely connected—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In cyberspace, the Illuminati saw the scepter in Lille’s hand smash through the invisible barrier between the electronic and quantum computers, countless mechanical arms piercing completely through its Eye of Truth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t it just a quantum computer...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It might not be very realistic for Lille to handle right now, but his two otherworldly allies certainly were familiar with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could even say, in truth, he was quite familiar with it too.\u003C\u002Fp>",1973,"2026-06-03T12:33:37.970Z","2026-06-03T12:33:42.667Z",1,"novelbin.me","04c341fbceaedd7d8c7bcf8cb10769ea5d8a89ee8814a48edd5c33f2357d2489","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-945","cyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-chapter-943",1068,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcyberpunk-cross-dimensional-science-and-engineer-cover.jpg"]