Sky-cracking Rider

Mutants can almost be considered the best food to feed the 'Life Tree'.

For biological space battleships and biological war weapons of the 'Sagali' civilization, only by killing them can their corpses and biological tissues be dragged into the Life Space of the 'Boundary Pearl'. However, these mutants show no resistance against Chen Fei's spiritual power pulling them. Their behavior is entirely instinctual, with weak spiritual power and no intelligence to speak of. Regardless of weight or number, they can easily be fed live as nutrients for the 'Life Tree'.

The Habulav side soon noticed the situation of numerous mutants disappearing into thin air, but internal strife had not yet been completely quelled. Even though they noticed the immense spiritual power fluctuation's origin was in Area C, they had no way of sending someone to investigate.

Moreover, the situation in the city was not optimistic. It wasn't just the upper levels; multiple factions split from top to bottom, distrustful of each other and vigilantly guarding against being stabbed in the back. This led to no one even calling Chen Fei, asking him to check Area C to see if a Spirit Seed truly hid there.

Whether a Spirit Seed appeared in Habulav was not important. Without Chen Fei's intervention, the final outcome of the Blue Star Global United Defense Committee Headquarters would be no different; the city would be doomed to destruction.

This city, located in the heart of the Ocean Continent and surrounded by desert, after severing ground and air traffic, seemed like an isolated island from the world. Everyone became a cornered beast fighting desperately for survival.

Many people killed each other in desperation, to the point of disregarding familial ties.

The 'Stargate' inside the No. 11 Training Hall sent away most of Habulav's citizens. To be precise, it was the staff and families of the Blue Star Global United Defense Committee Headquarters; genuine citizens did not exist; they were mostly employed individuals.

The distant Socotra Island never anticipated the day it would become overcrowded. Tens of thousands of people alone were enough of a headache just to feed and clothe them, among which thousands were wounded. However, people would voluntarily take on these trivial matters. Chen Fei wasn't proficient at them and didn't wish to deal with them.

Only over three hundred people remain in and around the No. 11 Training Hall, mostly Ability Users, personally organized by Miyoshi Xuesen to either continue receiving other refuge personnel rushing from within the city or guard the No. 11 Training Hall and the entire Area C with tens of thousands of combat mechs, preventing malicious individuals from invading and causing trouble.

There was no plan to transfer the people inside the Heavy Criminal Prison, given that it involved numerous dangerous criminals and brawling prison guards. Chen Fei understandably wouldn't engage in such a frustrating and thankless endeavor.

Moreover, with attack ships in the sky and combat mechs on the ground, even if 'Overflowing' mutants rushed over, it's impossible to break into the underground structures of the Heavy Criminal Prison, so maintaining the status quo is the best choice.

The sudden internal chaos in Habulav ultimately spread outside, gaining the attention of several sovereignties.

It wasn't just Miyoshi Xuesen; Chen Fei's communication number started receiving calls from more and more unknown numbers. Despite not being acquainted with so many people, a personal communication number isn't a secret. Once reaching a certain level, it's easy to find out.

These unfamiliar communication numbers left Chen Fei somewhat overwhelmed, even affecting his continuous work of collecting mutants. After all, he didn't possess AI-level multi-threaded parallel processing capability; splitting his mind in two and even three was roughly his limit. An unending tide of call connection requests seemed relentless.

After answering a dozen calls whose callers' identities and status levels were inconceivable, Chen Fei decisively closed the call connections, allowing only text messages to reach his phone. Among those dozen calls, nearly half were media waving cheques, including private media, all wanting to get the latest on Habulav's current situation from Chen Fei. Their swift intel capabilities were astonishing.

It was truly baffling, trying to interfere with Chen Fei's crucial opportunity to feed the 'Life Tree' for just a few bucks. Without Habulav, this wave of mutant 'Overflow' could definitely become a major gain, unfortunately, those previous hundred or so Element Annihilation Bombs took out mutants in quantities that equaled the three large goods collected before.

Miyoshi Xuesen was rather overwhelmed since he couldn't refuse calls from those important figures as liberally as Chen Fei could. Moreover, working with Chen Fei's main job was liaison and communication; if even his primary job was refused, it would be the brink of disaster.

"Can't hold on, can't hold on, 'Rookie', the latest news, the American Federation authorizes you to pacify Habulav!"

Miyoshi Monk put down the phone, profusely sweating.

Although the American Federation also fell into internal chaos, its ruling level hadn't exploded into strife like in Habulav; chaos was limited to the grassroots, so instructions could still be issued outward.

"Just an American Federation alone?" Chen Fei shook his head, "Far from enough!"

Still focused on collecting those mutants outside the city, after all, the chance of them voluntarily delivering themselves was too rare. At other times, only by digging deep into the desert outside the city could they be found, making it completely inefficient.

Even though most refuge personnel were sent away using the 'Stargate', Chen Fei was still reluctant to leave the city.

"Huh? That's the American Federation!"

Miyoshi Xuesen held the phone, bewildered. The American Federation was not a minor sovereignty; its international standing was significant.

"To get me to act, at least the top ten sovereignties need to jointly authorize it. This is Habulav, the Blue Star Global United Defense Committee's headquarters, representing the will of all sovereignties. Just one American Federation expecting me to do this and that is too simplistic."

Of course, Chen Fei wouldn't foolishly do as others said. If conflicts arose, the opposition could easily shirk responsibility while he wouldn't be able to.

In the face of sovereignty, ordinary people don't even qualify as ants.

Moreover, the current state of Habulav is such a mess, and Chen Xiao'er, being in it, is no fool. It's impossible to hide from the chaos, much less expect him to be responsible for calming it. That's overthinking it entirely.

If a single person could stabilize the Headquarters of the Blue Star Global Joint Defense Committee, is there even a need for its existence?

So it's better to save face for each other, and Chen Fei won't invite this trouble on himself.

"Alright! I'll refuse it, the American Federation alone can't make decisions."

Miyoshi Xuesen thought about it and agreed, since the First Sovereign of the Blue Star Civilization hasn't spoken yet.

Adam: Marking of human distribution in Habulav District is complete!

Reconnaissance drones hovered continuously above the city, maintaining scans and surveillance of the ground, thereby collecting a wealth of data. If anyone understands the current state of Habulav, it's none other than the AI "Adam".

This AI completed another planned mission. Although Chen Fei never intended to flatten all of Habulav, he didn't forget to mark the distribution of personnel within the district, especially the situation of the Ability Users. Know thyself, know thy enemy, and you'll be undefeated in a hundred battles. Even if it's unnecessary, it can be used to monitor potential threats at any time.

Moreover, the whereabouts of the blonde girl, Nicole von Sasha, are still on Chen Fei's mind. It's highly likely she's still alive, and if possible, rescuing her is preferable since her ability is perfectly suited to identifying those with sinister intentions.

"'Adam', deploy a team of a hundred combat robots, a hundred squads, to search all districts of Habulav. Mission 1, evacuate people from the Refuge; Mission 2, search for Nicole von Sasha."

One hundred squads totaling ten thousand combat robots for a thorough search. Chen Fei doesn't care about the internal conflicts, whether friend or foe, as long as he achieves his goals.

In a sense, Chen Fei is also one of the factions splitting Habulav. After all, from the start, he was one of the sources, if not the spark, that ignited the powder keg unrest.

Before this, everyone was ready, yet no one was prepared.

Squad after squad of fully armed combat robots marched out of Training Hall No. 11, dispersing toward various parts of Habulav.

The S-Class Space Ability User Heseman Brown returned, covered in blood, not his own, but others'.

This time, he brought back over a dozen wounded, two of whom were barely breathing, clearly nearing death. Among the Ability Users remaining in Training Hall No. 11, many possessed medical skills and immediately surrounded them to begin emergency treatment on-site.

As long as the skills are in place, even if there's only one breath left, someone can be pulled back from the brink of death at Ghost Gate Pass.

"Are all of these the wounded?"

Chen Fei glanced at the statistics provided by AI "Adam". Mr. Brown was bringing back fewer people, and the proportion of wounded increased.

Heseman Brown said helplessly, "They're from the internal strife, abandoned after losing combat capability. You know, in such circumstances, the medical department is nearly paralyzed."

Since they are Ability Users, they could potentially contribute to the fight against the "Sagali" Civilization. Letting them die in vain would be a waste. The S-Class Space Ability User couldn't bear it and carefully scoured around to bring them back.

Of course, there are those stubborn and unyielding types, and Heseman Brown won't put up with them, directly using "Space Transmission" to chuck them into the pile of Mutants outside the city, letting them get what they deserve.

If you dare to provoke an S-Class Superpower User, be prepared to face death first!

"Separate them later! Otherwise, they might start fighting again!"

Chen Fei began to have a headache. He didn't blame Mr. Brown for his excessive compassion—after all, they are valuable Ability Users, and saving even one counts.

If they were ordinary people, with no abilities and wild ambitions, it wouldn't matter how many of them died.