Sky-cracking Rider

After placing Boss Hanna at the International Public Airport, Chen Fei didn't rush home but instead headed to the Northern Weapons Industry Group. It's the North American Continent that's chaotic now, not Asia where The First Sovereign is located.

The people in The First Sovereign are probably just munching on melon seeds and enjoying the show.

Adam: Straight ahead 450 kilometers, altitude 11,400 meters, speed 2.9 Mach, Crystal Jet Prototype Ver.13.44, quantity 2

When about to arrive at the military's 310 Airport in collaboration with Northern Weapons Industry Group, the small airship identified two aircraft performing formation tactical maneuvers. These were Crystal Jets, improved under the lead of young engineer Nangong Ruiyang from Northern Weapons Industry Group at Chen Fei's commission.

The Nangong team has been consistently reporting progress, and the version number is constantly updated, so the Artificial Intelligence AI "Adam" can automatically recognize it.

To Chen Fei, the Crystal Jet is just one of many combat weapons, as he is not a real Sky Knight and can't become one. Even though he got a decent rank in the simulation battles at the Barksdale Air Force Base in the American Federation, he still would not personally pilot this Crystal Jet to directly engage in the war against the "Sagali" civilization.

The combination of Crystal Jet and Sky Knight is the full combat capability. With Chen Fei's control over this Crystal Jet, even if it can only exert seventy to eighty percent, or even just half of its combat power, it's successful. The quantity of Blue Star's Sky Knights and corresponding Crystal Jets can't surpass the qualitative change induced by Chen Fei using Psi Skills to burst-produce this model of Crystal Jet.

The Artificial Intelligence AI "Adam" was originally developed specifically for air combat as a military AI, complementing the most advanced combat aircraft. This phenomenon of overpowering Sky Knights has been validated in simulation battles at Barksdale Air Force Base. Against Crystal Jets controlled by "Adam," it's fundamentally impossible for Sky Knights to completely overpower low-level superpower users like an S-Class superpower user would, and numerical superiority can still maintain an advantage against Sky Knights to the fullest extent.

This combat effectiveness is undoubtedly respected in wars, and certainly not underestimated, especially in the war between Blue Star Civilization and the "Sagali" civilization. Any combat effectiveness improvement that can achieve percentage growth is valuable.

"'Adam', acquire access, check the location of the control signal source."

Chen Fei issued a command to the Artificial Intelligence AI "Adam" inside the small airship.

The various maneuvers of the Crystal Jets were controlled by the "Adam" replicas, but the highest authority was still with Chen Fei. Through the data link of the two Crystal Jets and ground reconnaissance module, he captured the location of the remote control signal source, which was in a sun room near the tarmac, built with a steel frame and transparent glass. Inside, there were tables, computers, and signal transceiver devices, allowing the command of test flights to be carried out in the sun room, sheltered from the wind and rain, all day long.

With the existence of "Adam" replicas, there's no need for valuable test pilots, or even the Sky Knights. The Crystal Jet, designed by the Nangong team, is essentially an unmanned combat aircraft, and after constant refinement, it has collected a large amount of flight data, making this Crystal Jet incomparable to ordinary unmanned combat aircraft.

"'Adam', connect directly to Nangong Ruiyang, and project my voice there."

Adam: Connection successful!

The Nangong team had no awareness of being completely governed by Chen Fei and "Adam" until Chen Fei's voice sounded in the sun room.

"Nangong, I'll arrive in twenty minutes."

This probably counted as a kind of heads-up in advance.

After all, on the way here, Chen Fei didn't directly contact the other party.

"Huh? Who!!!"

A voice, not belonging to any team member, suddenly rang out in the sun room, startling Nangong Ruiyang, who felt the hairs on his body stand on end.

The next second, he realized whose voice it actually was.

What the hell, it was the elusive Chen Xia'er.

"Who is it?"

"Who invaded our equipment!"

"The system is normal, no authority has been taken over, and there are no anomalies in the system log, such a master!"

The team members rushed to check their computers for signs of intrusion but found no trace.

"Adam" connecting to "Adam" isn't any kind of invasion; it's impossible to find any anomaly.

"Don't bother, it's the client, he's on his way!"

Nangong Ruiyang spoke up again, calming the commotion within the team.

Only a few members had met Chen Fei personally; the others who joined later might have heard of him but likely didn't take him seriously. Hearing him again, they'd probably still not remember who this slippery old fox was.

This contractor, who only cares about the end but not the means, has left a huge pitfall for Nangong Ruiyang. Due to professional and career requirements, Nangong Ruiyang could only brace himself to lead the team in research and development, frequently cursing Chen Xia'er during his spare time while still being reluctant to let go.

Some things, doing them might make one regret for a moment, but not doing them could lead to lifelong regret.

After waiting for twenty minutes, stretching his neck and still seeing no shadow of a vehicle by the airport gate or main road, Nangong Ruiyang still remembered that majestic armed motorhome (actually a Mobile Base Vehicle) until a small airship slowly descended from the sky, landing on the tarmac, within fifty meters of the sun room.

When Chen Fei appeared at the airship door, Nangong Ruiyang couldn't help but be stunned.

Did the armed motorhome upgrade to an airship?

"Comrades, thanks for the hard work, I'll treat everyone to chicken legs!"

After entering the sun room, Chen Fei warmly shook hands with Nangong Ruiyang and others, uttering words that are generous yet inexpensive.

"Is just chicken legs enough?"

Nangong Ruiyang felt a surge of anger; this lousy contractor just keeps exploiting, tossing such a heavy project to him, working tirelessly just for this?

Adding chicken legs—he wished to throw the cleanly gnawed chicken bones at this bastard's face.

"One million Star Yuan per person, plus a hundred jin of Flesh Mushroom!"

Chen Fei smilingly reached out, crossing his two index fingers.

He wasn't short on money now!

The Nangong Ruiyang team consists of about twenty people, totaling over twenty million Star Yuan. This amount he could afford; though the figure isn't small, it's trivial compared to the Crystal Jet's development cost, hardly worth mentioning.

A million Star Yuan per person?

Members of Nangong Ruiyang's team looked at each other. This seems plausible!

And Flesh Mushrooms, known but rarely seen and hard to procure, were offered at a hundred jin per person, no one could refuse. Th^i.s@ c#ha-p.te#r fi@rst- a*pp-ea#r^ed on M.|V|L^EMP#Y-R%.

Nangong Ruiyang's eyes widened.

"..."

Are you serious?!

He'd always thought the other party intended to freeload off him and the others.

"Don't believe?" Chen Fei waved his finger and said, "Input your bank accounts into the computer in front of you; I'll transfer the money immediately, but you'll handle the income tax yourselves."

The income tax rate is quite high, but leaving seventy to eighty percent still isn't a small amount.

"You'll really give it?"

Nangong Ruiyang then realized that the other party was not joking; it seemed, it seemed he was ready to go all in.

"Now, immediately, give money!"

To be honest, with the Crystal Jet evolving to its current state, it is worth this price.