Sky-cracking Rider

Unless it was a Crystal Jet, there weren't many varieties of Magic Arrays used in conventional combat aircraft. Otherwise, Chen Fei would have encountered only a few types during such a long period of time. The "Light Distortion" Magic Array was just one of them, mainly used for optical visual camouflage during sudden strikes and close-quarter engagements. Since Chen Fei had requested the physical object, the Shen father and daughter could roughly guess that he was planning to use the "Sacrifice" skill to truly make it his own. This time, the Northern Weapons Industry Group hadn't brought any individual components for the "Light Distortion" Magic Array, but they could dismantle it from an existing aircraft and replicate one using Chen Fei's "Sacrifice" skill, which wasn't a difficult task to manage. System: Acquired "Light Distortion" Magic Array! The next second! The metal component that had just been dropped by "Sacrifice (Metal Devouring)" was replicated exactly and then sent out of the Vice President's office to be reinstalled where it originally belonged. Two data storage devices the size of fingers were pushed towards each other by Chen Fei and Shen Songling. The Vice President of Design for the "Canglong" project team, Nangong Chengyu, checked the data immediately, while Chen Fei plugged the data storage device he received into the "Universal Data Transceiver" on his left wrist, and the artificial intelligence AI "Adam" began to extract and verify the data at full speed. Half an hour later, Vice President Nangong raised his head from his laptop screen, nodded at Shen Songling and his daughter Shen Fei, and confirmed. "The data is complete, no problem!" This really was a big help. "Adam" had already completed the synchronization check ten minutes earlier. Under the "File Management Plugin" data drive in Chen Fei's mind, a new directory "A:\\Northern Weapons Industry Group\\" had been added, and all the data from the storage device was transferred into it, covering the Northern Weapons Industry Group's fifty years of failed experiences with combat aircraft. "Pleasure doing business!" Chen Fei showed a smile, being the most relaxed person at the scene. This was a good start, and he looked forward to more data being added in the future. The deal was successfully completed! "These two are mine now!" Teacher Shen Fei swiftly grabbed the past version and the future version of "Canglong" from the desk. She had always found them quite interesting, and now the current version of "Canglong" would be handed over to the project team. Although they had no practical value, they were perfectly suitable as decorative toys. Three little toys valued at one Energy Point! The greedy Dog System, not even one Energy Point, still considered it as one. "Take them, take them!" Chen Fei waved his hand generously, not to mention three, even three hundred would be no problem. Then he tentatively asked, "Does the Northern Weapons Industry Group accept commissions for design optimization of Crystal Jets, preferably technical assistance?" "Canglong" still had a shell, but Chen Fei's own tinkered Crystal Jet didn't even have a shell. Vice President of the "Canglong" project, Nangong Chengyu, puzzled why Chen Fei brought this up again, asked cluelessly, "Are you a Sky Knight?" "Of course… not!" Chen Fei knew full well that he hadn't undergone any Sky Knight training or assessment and naturally wasn't one. Even though he had once killed a real Sky Knight, he had only managed to do so by taking advantage of his Special Ability to catch the opponent off guard. After all, suddenly "confiscating" someone's knockoff Crystal Jet in an aerial combat was absurd. If the opponent had been piloting a real Crystal Jet, exhibiting complete Aerial Combat Skills, Chen Fei probably wouldn't have had any chance to approach, and would have had his "Big Mouth Monster" blown apart in mid-air within seconds. "Since you're not a Sky Knight, talking about optimizing Crystal Jet plans is completely irrelevant." Nangong Chengyu believed Chen Fei was focusing on the wrong matter. Though the words were somewhat harsh, they were a well-meaning reminder, hoping that he would not waste time, energy, and resources vainly, as ordinary people should not be involved with this. Custom fitting Crystal Jets for their nation's Sky Knights is a sovereign obligation. Correspondingly, upon receiving a Crystal Jet, Sky Knights also have the obligation to protect the sovereign skies. A real Sky Knight need not worry about their ride, as it would naturally be well-prepared by others. Chen Fei's inquiry was completely putting the cart before the horse. "I just want to find someone to optimize it, not considering anything else." Regardless of the experts' advice, Chen Fei remained determined to follow through on his path. Collide with the south wall? Why not just collapse the wall? Being steadfast isn't wrong, and it doesn't necessarily mean he'll end up battered and bloody. Nangong Chengyu: "..." Shen Songling: "..." Teacher Shen: "..." Well! They all admitted that he wasn't just hitting a wall but a mountain. Vice President Nangong sighed, and for the sake of the deal just now, he still gave Chen Fei some face and said, "Give me your plan, I'll let Ruiyang assist you. His undergraduate thesis was a Crystal Jet design, and he should be able to offer some help." Favoring talent over kinship, pulling his own son into the "Canglong" project, Young Master Nangong surely had some capabilities. Otherwise, Vice President Shen Songling, who was primarily in charge of the "Canglong" initiative, wasn't just there for show, and wouldn't let his subordinates mess around. Chen Fei's private job offer was something Nangong Chengyu couldn't misuse for personal gain foolishly by actually searching for the project team of the Crystal Jet; otherwise, he would just be setting himself up for ridicule. So he could only pass it off to his son, Nangong Ruiyang, treating it as a leisure hobby project. It was only natural for a father to command his son, whether for public or private matters, without a trace of impropriety. "Alright! Here are the historical design plans for the Crystal Jet (unnamed), including the latest version." Chen Fei pulled off the data storage device from his left wrist, which had just stored eliminated project data over fifty years from the Northern Weapons Industry Group, and now it was switched to other technical data. Shen Songling was startled and muttered a sentence. "Artificial intelligence AI? Really convenient!" Even though the Northern Weapons Industry Group had the source code for "Adam", they didn't use it as recklessly as Chen Fei, considering that this artificial intelligence AI had once caused quite a bit of trouble. Nowadays, it was only used as a research point and not trusted to run independently. For personal use, if properly constrained, it could still be somewhat convenient. For an entity like the Northern Weapons Industry Group, any accident could be disastrous, and AI derived from "Cybertrom" was considered more reliable. Shen Fei accompanied Chen Fei to locate Nangong Ruiyang, who was resting. The man had been exhausted from the torment inflicted by the big dog owners over the past two days. He had never dealt with such matters before, thus he was under enormous pressure; he was almost at his breaking point. There were known complainants, and specific perpetrators, and the chief culprit was none other than Chen Xiao'er, who had voluntarily come to the door. "What do you want?" Young Master Nangong, with dark circles under his eyes, glared at Chen Fei standing outside the door, visibly impatient. If Secretary Shen hadn't been right there, he would've slammed the door right into Chen Fei's face and told him to go as far away as the sun. The entire "Canglong" project team had been significantly affected by this Mr. Chen. What a toll it took, as if picking up "Canglong" specifically to trap them. It's as if he was walking the path meant for others, leaving them no road at all. "Answer the phone!" Chen Fei glanced inside the room, then threw out an inexplicable comment. As his words fell, the ringing of a cell phone filled the room. "???" Young Master Nangong, puzzled, glanced at Chen Fei, then turned to pick up the phone. The caller ID showed it was his dad. "Dad?... Emmm... What? Me?... You're joking, right!... Me, sure, sure, I'll deal with him if I'm free, if not, then I won't, hmm hmm..." The conversation ended quickly, and Nangong Ruiyang returned to the doorway, stretching out his hand impatiently. "Where is it?" "Here it is!" Teacher Shen Fei handed over the data storage device she had just received from Chen Fei to Young Master Nangong. Whether it was Shen Songling or Vice President Nangong Chengyu, they would have to be bursting with idleness to accept Chen Fei's Crystal Jet plans. Without a corresponding Sky Knight, tinkering with such non-mass-producible gadgets was a complete waste of time. So... to maintain a good relationship with Chen Fei, still counting on the "after-sales service" of the "Canglong" plan, the ungrateful task was thrown to the powerless Nangong Ruiyang, for the sake of both public and private interests. Young Master Nangong had no right to refuse, no matter how reluctant; he had to pinch his nose and accept it. Holding the data storage device in his hand, Nangong Ruiyang became slightly more serious, but still said rather casually, "I should clarify in advance, this is a friendly technical support, not my main job. I can help you when I have time; if it involves actual verification, then it's going to cost money, and not a small amount. You better think it through, just play with it on paper, but if you want to get serious, the Crystal Jet is not your average money burner, do you have ten billion Star Yuan? If not, just listen and leave it at that." For anyone else, Nangong Ruiyang absolutely wouldn't have said so much, as building personal combat aircraft was simply impractical. However, the precedent of the recent "Canglong" project was right before them; this Mr. Chen dared to take it seriously and even made it work! As for whether the Crystal Jet could succeed, it was really too early to say. If one was willing to spend the money to verify, maybe it could indeed be possible. If it weren't for these considerations, Nangong Ruiyang would have already thrown the data storage device into the trash right in front of him. They must be kidding! He would rather chase cats and tease dogs than waste his time on armchair strategies. "Go through the material first, oh yeah, let's exchange contact info." Chen Fei took out his mobile phone, exchanging numbers with Nangong Ruiyang, who looked like he had just swallowed a fly but had to reluctantly give out his own phone number. "Anything else?" Nangong Ruiyang shook the data storage device, exhaustion washing over him like waves. Handling this Mr. Chen was more exhausting than dealing with ten big dog owners. "I won't disturb your rest then, talk later!" Chen Fei pointed to the data storage device in the other man's hand and left with Teacher Shen. "Take care of yourselves!" Teacher Shen waved her hand. Take care of yourselves? Bang! Nangong Ruiyang forcefully closed the door.