Sky-cracking Rider

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Boom! Boom!~

Three directional anti-infantry mines detonated in succession, unleashing a horrific crossfire effect. The high-speed lethal steel balls completely covered the area where fourteen lean but extraordinarily agile mutants were located, leaving no blind spots. The billowing smoke mixed with the shockwave-tossed soil and gravel turned the entire hillside into a roiling cloud of dust that lingered for a long time.

This was already the seventy-first wave of mutants that Chen Fei had encountered, resulting in a considerable depletion of his hand grenades and anti-infantry mines.

But since Spring Field Defense was footing the bill, he didn't need to save money on their behalf.

In fact, to have eliminated so many mutants using just hand grenades and anti-infantry mines, almost without a single miss, was a rather cost-effective deal.

System: Ding! Recapture Aircrew Base 130 within 48 hours, reward: Energy Points +1000!

Yo!

The Dog System wasn't playing dead anymore.

And it seemed to have suddenly developed a conscience, giving quite a generous amount of Energy Points for this mission—actually granting 1000 Energy Points.

But...

Chen Fei gazed at the slowly dispersing smoke in front of him, falling into contemplation.

The Dog System was truly dog-like, ineffective when it should work, but always reliable when it shouldn't, and it was adept at issuing tricky missions.

Conscience was something to be fed to a dog, wasn't it?

So there was a conspiracy here.

"Chirp!"

Little Bird swooped down from the sky, landing on Chen Fei's shoulder, carefully casting a Magic Shield in front of him to block the oncoming dust.

The flying type mutants were completely outmatched by Xiao Jiu, like encountering their nemesis. A flash of the death-bringing laser beam was all it took to instantly snuff out their lives, with no exceptions.

Once airborne, none could escape.

The smoke gradually cleared, revealing a field strewn with corpses.

The "Dragon General" Tactical Armor swiftly retracted from his body, merging with his skin.

Chen Fei took out his mobile phone and dialed a number.

"Hey! Old Zuo, that job at 130, you'll have to pay extra!"

On the other end of the line, Zuo Gengming was utterly confused; why would he suddenly demand more money out of nowhere?

He probed, "Mr. Chen, have you run into some kind of urgent situation?"

Zuo Gengming was with Chen Fei's support team, watching his annihilation of the mutants from multiple angles through several reconnaissance drones.

"Spot a mutant→Find the mutant→Eliminate the mutant", an efficient and ruthless process. It had been going so smoothly that it boosted the confidence of the people at Spring Field Defense.

At least they could be certain that the person they had paid a hefty price to hire was handling the mutants with ease. Recapturing Aircrew Base 130 should be no problem; just keep killing until it's done.

Expendables like hand grenades and directional anti-infantry mines weren't a concern at all.

Chen Fei quickly caught on and said, "Urgent situation? No, nothing urgent. It's just that there's a big BOSS inside Aircrew Base 130 that's tough to deal with. But don't worry, I promised to sort it out within two days, and I will. It won't delay the recapture of Aircrew Base 130."

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1000 Energy Points meant that this battle wouldn't be easy.

When the Dog System suddenly issued the emergency mission "Survive", the reward was a hefty 2000 Energy Points.

Using that as a reference, the potential threat inside Aircrew Base 130 was about half as significant as the giant mutant I encountered that day.

Yikes! The thought alone was terrifying.

"A big BOSS?"

Zuo Gengming felt dizzy with confusion; wasn't he, himself, the big BOSS of Aircrew Base 130?

Why would Mr. Chen need to bother so much to deal with him? Just twist his neck, and that's it! Old Zuo wouldn't make an extra sound compared to anyone else.

But what exactly was going on?

"There's a particularly powerful mutant!"

Chen Fei pointed out the reason directly.

"Ah? How did you find out?"

Zuo Gengming's jaw dropped. Chen Fei had only just arrived here by himself, at most accompanied by Little Bird. How could he have gathered information about Aircrew Base 130?

Nobody should have contacted him about it; where exactly did this intelligence come from?

"I have my secret sources of intelligence."

Chen Fei didn't feel like explaining further.

Should he tell the other party about the inexplicable Dog System in his head?

They'd probably think he was insane!

And then cart him off to the police station, no, the mental hospital, with full board provided, 24-hour security patrols, and guarded by an electric fence.

Realizing the possibility, Zuo Gengming exclaimed, "Oh! So that's it!"

For Jiu Defense Company to have a few tricks up its sleeve was unsurprising; after all, who didn't have a trump card or two? Secretly sending others to scout Aircrew Base 130 to aid Chen Fei was indeed within the realm of possibility.

No wonder Hanna Gagar was known as "Eye of the Storm" in their circles. It wasn't just for show.

With this realization, Zuo Gengming held Hanna Gagar and Jiu Defense in even greater esteem, and the 11% of equity he had let go seemed like a not so bad decision after all.

Zuo Gengming cautiously inquired, "So... how much more?"

Please, not shares again. Even 0.1% would pain him for a long time. He'd borrowed money from the old man and couldn't break even unless he regained control of Aircrew Base 130.

"Uh, start with a million for now!"

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The destitute "Rookie" plucked up his courage and made a lion's demand.

Zuo Gengming sighed in relief and agreed without hesitation, "Okay! Cash or check?"

Working as a military contractor, was he really going to fuss over such a trivial amount of money?

Even if Chen Fei wanted to add 10 million Star Yuan, Zuo Gengming would have accepted on the spot.

What a joke—compared to the contract bonus from the Aircrew Base 130, 10 million Star Yuan was nothing.

After thinking it over, Chen Fei added, "Either works! Also, throw in a thousand tons of metal, scrap iron and copper will do."

He didn't care about the payment method; with taxes being so tightly monitored, even cash wouldn't escape taxation.

They say it's a million, but what you actually end up with is peanuts—shearing the middle class's hair, tricking the poor.

And Chen Fei wasn't even living the middle-class life; only when he cleared his personal debt could he truly start afresh.

Taking on his little sister's debts, he didn't mind at all—it was family after all. When someone calls you "brother" all their life, you've got to step up!

Chen Fei didn't ask for much; he just hoped his sister would become sensible in the future, live a good life, and not be too troublesome. Then he would be truly satisfied, feeling that all his efforts, his bosses, and his colleagues' support hadn't been in vain, as he slowly but surely turned things around.

Zuo Gengming asked with some concern, "A thousand tons of scrap metal, is that enough?"

"The more the merrier, but no worries if not! Um, that's it!"

Chen Fei was just speaking off the cuff, incidentally trying to scrape together some Energy Points.

Even without those metal supplies, he could earn Energy Points through the multitude of tasks from the Dog System.

The "Skill Shop" of the Dog System rarely had any good skills on offer; most were just junk that cheated you out of Energy Points. Chen Fei usually couldn't be bothered to pay attention.

"Got plenty, plenty in spades, don't worry, I've got this."

1 million Star Yuan plus a thousand tons of scrap metal—that was nothing to Zuo Gengming.

The rare-earth mine handed down in his family—he'd laugh at the thought of not managing to scrape up some scrap iron and copper?

"Problem solved, Xiao Jiu, get to work!"

After securing the deal, Chen Fei once again donned the "Dragon General" tactical armor and launched the Little Bird into the sky. With a generous reward comes a brave man.

In the wilderness near the highlands of Aircrew Base 131, explosions sounded continuously. The eradication effort went on until after seven in the evening, as Chen Fei and Xiao Jiu together eliminated more than three hundred mutants within a 50-kilometer radius—a number formidable enough to launch a significant assault on Aircrew Base 131.

With Chen Fei actively drawing attention to himself nearby, the collaborating combat teams managed to independently take down a dozen mutants as well, sniping from a distance with large-caliber rifles and mortars—the success rate was extremely high.

A buffer zone with a radius of 50 kilometers was enough for Aircrew Base 131 to catch its breath and spare some personnel for sustained extermination efforts in the periphery.

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American Federation, Washington D.C. Time, four o'clock in the morning.

Escorted by twelve A-39B "Big Mouth Monster" light turboprop attack aircraft, a small transport plane approached the mutant-occupied Aircrew Base 130.

Taking advantage of the predawn darkness, before any mutant flying species had taken to the sky, supply crates attached to parachutes were dropped, drifting slowly toward the base on the ground.

"Supply drop complete, ready to parachute."

A crew member signaled to Chen Fei; this time, there was no tactical team accompanying him.

After all, for an ordinary person to force their way into Aircrew Base 130 at this juncture, there was absolutely no guarantee for safety—it was practically akin to walking into death.

Only the reinforcements Zuo Gengming had called in had the guts and the strength for this.

Chen Fei immediately nodded, leapt straight out, and plunged towards the ground. Then his body shook, the parachute automatically deployed, greatly slowing his descent.

"Jiu!"

Little Bird also flew down, owning the skies, it joyfully circled around Chen Fei, eventually perching upon one of the parachute cords and gazing curiously at the parachute.

Chen Fei instructed the little creature, "Xiao Jiu, keep an eye on the ground. Anything that dares take to the air, take it down."

Xiao Jiu was his trump card for air control. With it around, he did not fear the mutant flyers taking over the sky and making the retaking of Aircrew Base 130 troublesome.

"Jiu!"

The Little Bird slightly opened its sharp beak, and a pale green laser beam shot out.

On the ground, a bipedal flying dragon-shaped mutant, sensing the activity in the sky and trying to lift off with its massive bat wings, was struck in the head by a laser beam plummeting from the sky.

The next second, the scorching beam emerged from the other side, his head ablaze. The creature didn't even have time to let out a deathly scream before it crashed to the ground, lifeless on impact.

Mutant flyers were often frail as eggshells, lacking defensive strength, and couldn't withstand the assault of the laser beam.

Laser isn't a spell, yet its power surpasses spells. Sometimes, even with modest output power, as long as the energy is focused enough, it can cause fearsome destructive effects. Even the Third Rank Xiao Jiu, by grasping the laser skill, broke through the conventional wisdom that Light-element Magical Beasts have no offensive capabilities at low ranks.

"Zzsh, communication is being jammed! Switching to frequency-hopping communication, zzsh, TEST, zzsh... no..."

The voice of the communication support staff from the assisting team reached Chen Fei's ears. Obviously, they had detected the instability of the communication status and were attempting to resolve it.

Amidst a barrage of electromagnetic noise, the communication cut off, completely jammed.

One minute later, Chen Fei landed smoothly and, upon finding a crate of supplies, took out a flare gun and aimed it at the sky, pulling the trigger.

Aircrew Base 130 was in a state of severe radio interference, something Spring Field Defense was not ignorant of.

Three green flares shot quickly into the sky, signaling a safe landing.

The aircraft circling in the sky saw the conspicuous flares and immediately reported back to Boss Zuo Gengming at Aircrew Base 131.

"You have to succeed! You must succeed!"

Zuo Gengming clasped his hands together, praying fervently to all the gods above.

He had bet almost everything on Chen Fei and Pure Light Sparrow Xiao Jiu.

If they failed, he would have to return home shamefaced and inherit billions outright. As for life goals and dreams, they'd be nothing but smoke.

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