Sky-cracking Rider

"I understand!"

With a long exhale, Huang Xiulun forced himself to regain calmness, slowly sitting back down, assuming a posture of attentive listening.

Although as the former commander of the "Wall of Sighs," there were obvious deficiencies in intelligence analysis, it didn't mean that he was lacking in intellect in other areas.

The flaws didn't overshadow his merits. Most of the time, when Huang Xiulun served as the commander, his responses were impeccable. However, plans couldn't keep up with changes, and an action destined for victory unexpectedly changed beyond everyone's expectations. Even if replaced by someone else, there's a high probability the same wrong decisions would have occurred.

But mistakes must come with a price, enduring a scolding from Chen Fei without grievances.

At this moment, Huang Xiulun had to admit, this young mayor, who always took a hands-off approach, always managed to bring him unexpected surprises.

The current situation was indeed unclear. It was hard to imagine, if replaced by someone else in this position, the "Wall of Sighs" action team might be forced to either quietly propagate on this planet or be completely annihilated by the parasitic species.

Chen Fei, with alarming words, said unyieldingly, "I am planning to meet that Divine Breed!"

The missions released by the Dog System were not mandatory, and some could even be ignored. For instance, topping the "task list" was "Slay the Dragon Knight Lin Mo (Mo Lin), gaining Energy Points 99999999!"

Eh? Somehow another "9" was added, making one couldn't help but ridicule: The Dog System truly is a dog!

Such a lethal mission, Chen Fei directly ignored it.

The reward was outrageous, and so was the risk, far beyond what he could bear. Moreover, it wasn't just a simple addition of a "9," the difficulty of completion had also increased tenfold (≒).

But the mission "Find Divine Breed Macne," he didn't intend to ignore. Since it's a big figure's scheme, one opportunity led to another. Lin Zixian and Ginny's car theft departure connected to the dialogue opportunity with Divine Breed "Sagali" Macne, and after this dialogue, who knows, it might lead to an opportunity to return to Blue Star.

Since he had already become an involuntary pawn, he could only brace himself and take it one step at a time.

"Ah!~"

Huang Xiulun jumped up from his seat once again in great shock.

He immediately urged, "No, absolutely not!"

Chen Fei's AI and vast supplies determined the survival continuation of "Atlantis" and the satellite city. If anything should happen, how would the personnel of the "Wall of Sighs" action team survive?

"Are you worried about everyone's living supplies?"

Chen Fei looked at him with a half-smile.

Before becoming the ruler of "Atlantis," he was no more than a mere captain, and not even responsible for the main attack mission. While the frontline was bustling with activity, secretly deploying ground combat troops, even then, it was merely a test of sovereignty.

"There is consideration on that aspect, but being a headless dragon is not feasible, this city needs you!"

Huang Xiulun slowly sat down again, feigning righteousness.

If not because of his standing, with The First Sovereignty's manpower supporting Chen Fei, and if there was a more suitable candidate, the mayorship of "Atlantis" would never have fallen to Chen Xiao'er. Really, there wasn't any other choice. After all, behind closed doors, it's internal conflicts, and the meat would rot in the pot anyways.

Moreover, there's no sufficiently capacious Space System Alchemy Storage Device to accept the reserves within the "Spatial Branding." Once extracted, no matter how strictly guarded, those supplies would turn into a heap of worthless junk in at most a hundred years.

So for the future, storing in a space with time standstill and zero entropy increase is the best way to delay time and ensure more effective utilization of those supplies.

If at this critical moment, Chen Fei lost his life, the "Spatial Branding," which could neither be brought to life nor taken to death, would instantly become nothing.

This is the difference in advantages and disadvantages between Psi Skill and tangible storage devices.

"Currently, the city's material self-sufficiency should sustain for a hundred years without issue. I can leave some smelting, mechanical processing, chemical, and semiconductor equipment."

Chen Fei naturally heard the underlying implication in the other party's words.

This city needs him (his resources), not him personally, even to the point of disdain.

Nobody likes a dictator, including Chen Fei himself, yet he just wanted to do as he pleased.

"How much did Louis Industries give you?"

Huang Xiulun was very curious about how much material Chen Fei's "Spatial Branding" contained, as he boldly claimed the ability to provide various industrial equipment. Shouldn't it be food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and various armaments?

Although relying entirely on "Atlantis" current agriculture, animal husbandry, and fishery scale could fully guarantee the "Wall of Sighs" action team's food and drink, the massive supplies within the "Spatial Branding" provided the biggest source of peace of mind—having grain in hand, there is no worry, with a gun in hand, one sleeps more soundly.

Chen Fei frankly said, "Enough to rebuild human civilization, returning to the current level within twenty years."

Big shots met his every demand and even proactively arranged a modified industrial technology tree plan, serving as an essential supplement to the "Ark Plan." Should the human race's fire seed escape into deep space and finally land on a planet like "Antalu," there's still a chance to quickly rebuild a technological civilization without having to retrace the steam age or electrical age.

In fact, the actual rebuilding time would be even shorter than what Chen Fei stated. Just look at the development process of "Emerald Star." If there were enough population, it would take no more than five years to initially transform the whole Emerald Star into the current state of Blue Star.

"Hiss..."

Only the sound of Huang Xiulun inhaling deeply remained.

How lucky it was for the "Wall of Sighs" action team to have Chen Fei. If they truly couldn't return, at least the coming days wouldn't be unbearable.

Yet...

"I still don't agree to let you see that Divine Breed."

Such an important figure couldn't be easily sent to die.

Facing the Divine Breed was like being the meat on someone else's cutting board, at the mercy of life and death, everything in their hands.

"If I don't take the initiative to meet them, do you think they won't come to meet me? Do you think it's better to meet at their place or here?"

Chen Fei didn't want to use some grand rationale or authority to convince his counterpart, only pointing out a fact.

The initiative was not on humanity's side.

"Ah, this..." Huang Xiulun suddenly fell silent.

The "Wall of Sighs" action team was holed up in "Atlantis" and the newly built satellite city, to barely maintain self-defense was already a divine grace, where was there extra power to go on the offensive?

"If death is unavoidable, it will come eventually. If a fight is necessary, sooner or later, a battle must occur. Fighting here would reduce the entire 'Atlantis' to ashes. Fighting elsewhere would merely create a crater in the wilderness."

Chen Fei spread his hands, then pointed outside the French windows at the brightly lit city. The lights at the top of the structural framework and support column group of the "Skylight" simulated the solar spectrum, making the city appear as if in daylight.

The massive Target Low Temperature Nuclear Fusion Energy Tower and numerous SEG Core Units maintained the entire city's energy security.

"We need to consider carefully."

still wanting to refuse, yet Huang Xiulun found himself at a loss for words, because what Chen Fei said wasn't without sense.

The threat was right in front of them, unavoidable, and eventually had to be faced. Avoiding it would only lead to a chaotic state further down the road.

"I'll give you a maximum of 6 hours, an agreement must be reached; otherwise, I won't wait for you."

Chen Fei called Huang Xiulun over, candidly informing him of his plan to have a direct encounter with the Divine Breed "Sagali," which already showed significant respect for the other's stance and those military leaders.

"6 hours at most, you must reach a consensus, or I'll act otherwise."

It was as if a tack had prickled him from his seat, prompting Huang Xiulun to shoot up.

No matter what, getting a group of military heads to reach an agreement within six hours was going to be far from enough.