Sky-cracking Rider

Chen Fei wasn't interested in interacting with the remnants of this planet's civilization, didn't care about ruins or any underground cities. If there were truly something worth noting, this planet wouldn't be in such a mess. Clearly, it was excessively ravaged back then.

The first contact between two civilizations often begins with war. Even if there are survivors from this planet's civilization, at most they're just two or three kittens and might not withstand a barrage of guns from the exploration team.

Adam: Combat Mech losses amount to 143 units, various vehicle losses to 14, and damage to engineering equipment to 3 sets.

Every four hours, AI would report to Chen Fei a cumulative loss update on the operations outside the Protective Barrier.

The native flora and fauna are more adapted to the geology and climate here, so the "Skylight" project's work couldn't stop for a moment; all human workers had already timely retreated to safety zones.

However, the mechanical beings and engineering machinery continued to work tirelessly, ensuring progress wasn't delayed by the unexpected acid rain.

Damn acid rain!

It caused considerable losses to the mech deployed outside.

Though the mech themselves have waterproof designs, they can't resist acidic vapor penetration for long. Eventually, they will contact sensitive components inside the mech, with the sensors being the most prone to malfunction.

Such damage to electrical circuits is irreparable and parts need to be replaced. Every usage diminishes stock, and until related industries recover, one can only hope the usage doesn't accelerate.

Fortunately, the resources Louis Industrial Company prepared for Emerald Star can be utilized; otherwise, with such ongoing losses, Chen Fei would have to suspend operations and accumulate problems.

The reason Chen Fei previously didn't approve Deputy Mayor Huang Xiulun's proposal to personally handle the production of nitrogen and aluminum Skylight translucent panels was mainly to reserve some capacity for unpredictable situations, to avoid being caught off guard when needed.

Moreover, relying solely on his Special Ability would also take quite some time, and ongoing maintenance and replacements would likewise drain some of Chen Fei's energy.

Therefore, as a leader, one must not overburden themselves. Marquis Wu of Zhuge's management style is definitely a dead end; history shows that Zhuge Liang exhausted himself to death, and the talent-bereft Shu Kingdom ended up with an unfortunate fate. You can't do all the work yourself; you need to provide others with opportunities to learn and grow.

Speaking of it, this kind of long-term disconnection management style seems faintly familiar.

Yet, in Chen Fei's eyes, the entire "Wall of Sighs" expedition team's members were top-notch workplace warriors; even those with the lowest education had at least a postgraduate degree.

Bonafide bachelor's degree holders are not absent, but there's only one; uh, isn't it Chen Xiao'er himself? How embarrassing!

Where can you find such a talented team with a luxurious lineup on society? They simply don't exist!

AI "Adam" assisted Chen Fei in dispersing everyone based on their skills and reorganized them into various departments of "Atlantis," with the strongest being mechanical processing, information management, industrial design, molecular chemistry, and electrical automation. Remaining fields include clinical medicine, astronomy, psychology, and geology. Even basic disciplines and non-productive disciplines can find their demand direction. Despite nearly 20,000 people, once subdivided, talent still runs thin.

Infrastructure is The First Sovereign's forte; anyone can host it easily. This traditional innate talent needs no further explication.

Even after the ravages of war that flattened many blocks, most urban functions of "Atlantis" can still be restored as before. Besides, the planning population capacity limit of the entire city is 3 million, and the "Wall of Sighs" expedition team's populace is but like a pebble thrown into a pond; far from crowded.

If everyone cannot return to Blue Star and must settle here to thrive, at least within ten generations, there will be no housing issues; they're free to multiply as they wish. We might even see a few more Satellite Cities around "Atlantis," sharing the gradually increasing population.

Various complex situations converge in the Central Building. In addition to assisting decision-making city management committees and departments, Chen Fei's 50-member advisory team seized the opportunity for a career change, expanding by another 50 members, using manual handling and sorting important information for Chen Fei's decision-making.

Meanwhile, AI "Adam" runs another parallel line, weaving an extensive net capturing everyone within "Atlantis's" ubiquitous surveillance system.

Deceptive tricks, false military reports, and slacking off at work cannot evade these parallel processing lines. The hundred-person advisory team and AI "Adam" automatically complement each other's deficiencies. Even if there's an extremely low probability of an oversight, the trouble it could cause is quite limited.

Thus, after one week, Chen Fei, the true Rookie Mayor, finally barely grokked a management method, and "Atlantis" was gradually smoothing out in all the working acclimatization of everyone.

An acid rain lasted 71 hours, with rainfall reaching 1200mm. Like a typhoon passing, the arid wilderness turned into a vast expanse of water; all trenches and caves were filled to the brim. At the moment the rain ceased and clouds parted, the vast water's surface reflected a pinkish sky like a mirror.

"Atlantis's" energy reserves fell below forty percent to withstand this rainstorm. If the rainfall persisted for four or five more days, it would suffice to destroy this oceanic city from Blue Star.

"The rain stopped!" ×2

Always liking to overlook the whole city and distant wilderness, Chen Fei heard two voices, one male and one female.

He turned his head, looked at an S-Class Superpower User beside him, and couldn't help but laugh, "Mr. Brown, your voice sounds a bit girlish!"

Heseman Brown twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "You must have misheard! Look back!"

Feels like tossing this Rookie high into the sky to let him fly even higher.

Chen Fei turned around and saw a young woman in a formal mini-suit.

"Oh? You are..."

AI "Adam," lacking tact, popped basic information about the counterpart in the AR Visual Assistance interface.

Alright! Miss Ginny from the American Federation, age 20, Angsa Clan, single, blood type B, Psychic Series A-level Superpower User, IQ 171, height 182, weight 97, three sizes *****, virgin, not a Virgo. Wait, why is there such irrelevant information marked here? Is this dog AI for real?

The unfortunate "Adam" finally had the honor of being called a dog AI. Before this, its Earth Order, no, authority wasn't even higher than that dog's system.

So far, "Adam" had failed to comprehend what the dog system was all about, like a character in a virtual world unable to comprehend the whole world, let alone transcend it.

A maiden with silver hair tied up smiled warmly and said, "I'm Ginny. From now on, I'm your secretary, in charge of everything work and life."

"Huh?"

Chen Fei and Heseman Brown exchanged glances.

A beauty trap from the Thirty-Six Stratagems?!

Although mentally prepared, he didn't expect it to play out so fast.

"Sorry, I have a girlfriend!"

Chen Fei didn't plan to go along with this routine; it wasn't fun at all.

If he accepts it, then the following trickery will come one after another, and with his limited abilities, he simply couldn't withstand it.