Sky-cracking Rider

There's a kind of foolishness where despite being clearly told it's a trap, one jumps right in with no regard for consequences, as if a disability mode has been activated.

Those who once mocked Jiang Taigong for fishing with a straight hook couldn't catch fish themselves. Jiang wasn't fishing for fish; he was fishing for greed.

"This is a joke, right?"

Tanya Ilyin Alexandrovna forced a smile and stealthily triggered her special ability, but...

Her psychic ability had no response, to put it accurately, it was completely suppressed.

Being a fellow Psychic Series puppet master, Joshua snapped his fingers and said with a smile, "Want to activate your special ability? Hehe, how could we forget about the Supernatural Ability Suppressant!"

Though not skilled in hypnotism or mind-reading, as an A-grade Psychic Ability User, one generally possesses some basic common sense. If one were to specifically study a person, it's still possible to detect certain clues.

Even Tanya herself hadn't noticed that through incidental coincidences, she would reveal some minor details.

These details were definitely not something a B-grade could possess.

Loud laughter echoed in the spacious living room, this naive silly girl truly believed she could turn the tables!

Once deprived of her special ability, Tanya was no different from an ordinary person.

Mao Mei's expression gradually darkened, and she fell silent for a long while before speaking again.

"How did you find out?"

"Actually, we took some time to reconsider everything during our stay at the Neanderthal tribe reserve." Adrian continued leisurely, "The Siberian Tundra is vast and sparsely populated, with harsh weather conditions. It isn't easy to evade surveillance functions of the mobile base vehicles and secretly monitor our actions. If encountering the poaching gang for the first time was an accident, then the subsequent two ambushes indicated that there was an enemy's eye among us, constantly leaking our movements."

The A-grade Metal Ability User Kiterley nodded and said, "That's what I thought too!"

He was bluffing, merely adding a feather to his own cap.

This moment was for showing off and being clever; boasting isn't taxed, why miss the chance?

"Actually, our immediate decision to leave Yarsk City and head to the Neanderthal reserve was a clever move!"

Holy Knight Walter Sam, like Adrian, had also reviewed and summarized the mission.

People often see things they missed before when they calm down; these little details are usually overlooked unintentionally.

If Team 04 had stayed in Yarsk City, they might have succumbed to more ambushes by the "Water Bear" organization—an unanticipated flurry of punches that even if complete, would be hard to parry.

Instead, jumping to the Neanderthal reserve in Yangzhou Continent put them out of reach, catching the "Water Bear" organization off guard, making it difficult for them to extend their reach into the Neanderthal tribe. Moreover, the headquarters of the Blue Star Global United Defense Committee in Hablav City was nearby, which could attend to any emergencies, ensuring they weren't completely defenseless.

Thus, Team 04 had a chance to breathe. After successfully detoxifying, they planned to set out for Yarsk City again to continue their struggle against the "Water Bear" organization.

However, pinpointing a suspect was not an easy task; carelessness could lead to friendly fire and affect unity.

After suspecting every member of Team 04, Adrian finally devised a plan through multiple reviews, waiting for a willing participant to get hooked.

Feeling cornered, Tanya gritted her teeth and said, "So, you crafted this entire scenario just to lure me into your trap? Such great scheming!"

She gave a cynic chuckle, then added, "All this effort, is it worth it?"

"You're mistaken!"

Adrian shook his head.

The other members of Team 04 shook their heads as well.@@novelbin@@

"Hypocrisy!"

Tanya scoffed with disdain. Daring to do but not to admit?

With her ability ineffective, her fate was completely in their hands.

However, she still had one last trump card, although she wanted to hear what the other side had to say.

"In fact, we weren't targeting you specifically. The list is real, the plan is real, including what I said after you hypnotized me—it's all true," Adrian said, clasping his hands together, his expression earnest.

The highest form of lying is when every sentence is true, so much so that not even oneself doubts its veracity.

Tanya stared in disbelief, a chuckling sound emerging from the depths of her throat.

Seeing Tanya still slightly unwilling to concede, the Holy Knight added, "Adrian was fishing, and until something got hooked, we didn't know which fish it would be. The truth is just that simple."

Everything was laid out in the open. If there were indeed a spy from the "Water Bear" organization within or around Team 04, they had two choices: either ignore and let Team 04 amplify their gains or stealthily act, get the list and tip off those named to move in time.

Regardless of the choice, Team 04 wouldn't really lose out.

While Tanya sneaked into Adrian's room, Pure Light Sparrow Xiao Jiu was sitting on Chen Fei's knees, playing a Light Mirror Spell video for him, showing the scene inside Adrian's room. He also recorded it with his phone, undeniable proof, the deadly kind.

"A stratagem out in the open!"

If the A-grade Metal Ability User Kiterley didn't speak, no one would treat him as mute.

"Hehe, hahaha!"

Tanya burst into hysterical laughter, her face contorted in a grotesque manner, completely unrecognizable from before.

"...Hehe!" Finally, gasping for breath, she stared at the members of Team 04 with eyes full of hatred, gritting her teeth and saying, "I'll wait for you in Hell, Hakka Korita Ma!"

The last sentence was like a mysterious and unfathomable incantation.

"..."

A silence that was hard to describe with words fell upon the living room where both parties were.

Nothing happened.

But that was the worst part.

"Why? Why? The Supernatural Ability Suppressant shouldn't suppress even that."

The alarm in Tanya Ilyin Alexandrovna grew as, after reciting that "incantation," her head should have exploded right then and there.

But now, she was still alive, her head that should have burst was intact.

Adrian casually said, "Are you talking about that biological bomb in your brain?"

For Tanya to take the bait, to eat the sleep-inducing bear-shaped sushi and drink milk, and then to be injected with a Supernatural Ability Suppressant and shackled to a chair - everything Team 04 had done was certainly not meant to be in vain in the end.

"Hakka Korita Ma," this obscure verbal code, was no longer a secret, and Chen Fei had more than once nearly been splashed with the stench of explodable brain matter.

This time, of course, that was not allowed.

"You, you knew?"

A deep despair clutched Tanya's heart tightly; this time there really was no way out.

"Of course we knew; we aren't lacking in intelligence!"

Chen Fei pulled a suitcase from behind the sofa and threw it onto the coffee table before snapping open the lid to reveal glass containers either transparent or teabrown inside.

He flicked his finger against those glass vessels and said, "I spent sixteen days as the chief in the Neanderthal reserve, and besides killing people and using antidotes, I wasn't exactly idle."

This matter wasn't a secret, as unscrupulous media had blown it up for the whole world to know.

Chen Fei, the most ruthless among Neanderthals!

Lucky it was just a Siberian product; what if it had been a real McCoy? The reserve's good days might be over.

People who had experienced the great war over thirty years ago hadn't completely passed away yet, some even standing at the top echelons of sovereignty.

"Poison 'Convict,' Poison 'Enslavement,' Poison 'Bone Erosion,' Poison 'Second Personality,' Poison 'Hundred Days Life,' Poison 'Beast Love,' Poison..."

As if counting treasures, Chen Fei's finger glided over each slim vial.

His voice was like a devil's whisper, draining the color from Tanya's face ever paler—not just hers, but the expressions of Team 04 members turned awkward too.

Why create so many sinister poisons?

Neanderthal Chief Bassan slightly frowned; while some of the poison names Chen Fei listed were indeed possessed by the tribe, others were completely unheard of even to him, a legitimate chief, casting doubt on their authenticity.

"Don't count on that Hakka whatever anymore, it's been neutralized. I recommend you choose a better one, truly worth owning. Which one do you like?"

Chen Fei looked at the pallid Tanya, knowing there was always a suitable one for her in the box. Stay tuned for updates on My Virtual Library Empire

The biological bomb in her brain had been disarmed by the artificial intelligence AI "Adam," who cracked it through violent decoding of biological signals in just minutes.

The artificial intelligence AI "Adam" had been proven to exist, so after Chen Fei stepped down as the Neanderthal Chief, the Neanderthals knew he was an impostor but dared not utter a peep.

Someone who dared to both kill and hide his deeds markedly stated his intentions, and they could not afford to provoke him. Furthermore, Bassan had no intentions of defending them, acting as if it all never happened.

The origin of "Adam" had more than one corporation vying to take the blame, including Chen Fei's uncle's National Defense Star Aerospace Company, which solidly formed a perfect loop of evidence chain—why miss the opportunity to advertise technological prowess?

Thirty years one way, thirty years another, today's computers and networks were no longer the technological standards and architectures of old. The once highly threatening artificial intelligence AI had become much less destructive after a tweak in the underlying source code, at best now just a somewhat unruly tool AI.

"No, I don't want it! Give me a quick end!"

Tanya shook her head vigorously, but being shackled to the chair, she was completely immobile.

"How about this 'Enslavement' poison? All actions will follow commands, sweet and quite palatable—I guarantee it," Chen Fei suggested with a wicked grin, picking a vial of purified stevia from the box.

The two hundred plus vials that Neanderthal tribe's witch doctors packed in the two-layer-six-hundred-slot container were supplemented by many more by Chen Fei, with various ingredients.

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