Sky-cracking Rider

"Chen Fei, take Xiao Jiu and Sam, and lead the Blue Scaled Colt. Tanya... you follow as well."

Adrian issued commands methodically, not even sparing the kid in the corner who seemed almost invisible.

"Me? Do I have to go too?"

Tanya pointed at herself in confusion.

Her abilities suppressed, she was now completely powerless to fight, and would be unable to cope with what was coming.

Tanya did not know someone had tampered with her, and had been staying honestly in the villa without any unnecessary actions, let alone thoughts of escaping.

After all, her Declaration of Allegiance had been submitted; her life was now in someone else's hands.

Moreover, now that the Sovereignty Squad had appeared, it meant that she, a subordinate in the "Sacred Advent" organization to the police chief of the Tunguska Region, Akim Vasily Ulyanov, could not escape this time.

Strangely, Tanya felt a sense of relief.

"That's right! It's not safe for you to stay here."

Of course, Adrian said this, but he actually feared she would take the chance to escape.

However, if the "Sacred Advent" or "Water Bear" organizations decided to close loose ends by killing witnesses, staying in the villa could also be quite dangerous.

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"Oh, okay!"

Tanya wasn't a fool and had guessed as much.

Soon, everyone was ready.

"Jiu...zzzZZZ"

Xiao Jiu, held in Chen Fei's arms, was brought out still half-asleep in its nest. Explore stories at My Virtual Library Empire

A double-layered transparent thermal shield covered the whole nest, with a self-heating mat lying beneath. Not a bit of cold air could reach it, making Susanna, a B-grade Ice Ability User with a blue face from the cold, grind her teeth with envy, wishing she could shrink down and hide inside to escape the piercing chill.

The hedgehog-haired burly middle-aged man had been waiting patiently outside the villa, not a single snowflake on him.

Seeing the members of Team 04 coming out, he immediately said, "Two minutes and nineteen seconds, take off!"

Everyone felt lighter and slowly levitated from the ground, seemingly lifted by an invisible force towards the sky.

"Cheep, cheep!"

The Green Scale Colt Mini, a nervous Wind Beast, made uneasy noises. However, its hooves were rendered useless and it could only helplessly paddle the air.

"There's something above us!"

Someone spotted something amiss.

The higher they rose from the ground, the fewer the snowflakes seemed to be swirling in the sky.

In the pitch-black night, a gigantic silhouette loomed hidden.

Other than the Blue Scaled Colt being a little unsettled, the members of Team 04 were calm; after all, many Psi Skills and Spells could achieve this effect, and it could be one of the Sovereignty Squad's methods.

To those who wielded Supernatural Powers, nothing was too surprising.

Suddenly the surrounding snowstorm vanished, and the air temperature began rising rapidly.

Team 04 and the hedgehog-haired burly man seemed to have entered some kind of sealed space.

"We're saved!"

Susanna, the B-grade Ice Ability User, sharply detected the change in temperature around her. Her stiff and numb limbs started to thaw, feeling like she had been resurrected right on the spot.

"This is..."

Chen Fei looked around, puzzled. There were faint lights nearby, and they were no longer on the brightly lit grounds of the villa. As his body grew heavier, his feet suddenly hit solid ground.

The Blue Scaled Colt calmed down as well, its hooves thumping dully as it stepped.

"This is the interior of the 'Black Albatross.'"

As the words of the hedgehog-haired burly man, the "Summoner," fell, the surrounding lights brightened completely.

Indeed, they were inside a cabin that was almost entirely sealed.

A door silently slid open, revealing a spacious corridor.

At the same time, a young boy's voice sounded.

"Hi, good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I am the Captain of the 'Black Albatross Number,' uh, my name must remain confidential, so you can just call me 'Captain.' I will be responsible for delivering all of you to the mission area and providing evacuation cover and aerial support if necessary. During the flight, all of your communications devices will be offline, please do not worry, everything is for security. Now, please follow the signs to your assigned cabins; do not wander around during the flight!"

"Hey, no signal!"

Puppet Master Joshua pulled out his phone to check and, indeed, there was no network signal.

A disconnected terminal was merely that, a terminal. Without local data saved, it was effectively a soulless shell.

Chen Fei, however, opened the Dog System interface.

System: Ding! Capture Tunguska Region Police Chief Akim Vasily Ulyanov alive to receive Energy Points +3000 | Failure will result in a deduction of Energy Points -3000!

Ha! How rare, the Dog System is back in action!

Shh! The chief is actually worth 3000 Energy Points.

The Dog System's tasks could, in a sense, be regarded as intelligence, well-suited for assessing the target's strength and risk level.

He seems to be a tough nut to crack, no wonder Sovereignty has taken matters into their own hands.

"Execute 'A:\\Adam-AI_2.0\\Adam_beta\\Adam.exe'."

Chen Fei: 'Adam,' wake up!

Adam: Counter at 48, what are your orders, my master?

Chen Fei glanced at his task list.

"3. Tame the Artificial Intelligence AI 'Adam' for Energy Points +500!"

The task was not completed; 'Adam' had learned to be crafty.

Damn!

Chen Fei: I am your Second Uncle!

Adam: Illegal operation or incorrect command!

The thing was pretending to be dumb.

Chen Fei: It looks like you're asking for it.

Adam: Second Uncle!

Chen Fei: See if you can connect to the Mobile Base Vehicle?

Adam: Connection successful, beginning self-check, self-check complete, awaiting instructions.

What? I can still get online!!!

Chen Fei suddenly made a new discovery, his phone was disconnected from the network for sure, but the Dog System and "Adam" were not.

To be precise, the network of the Dog System took a rather unconventional path.

Chen Fei: Remote control the Mobile Base Vehicle to follow my location.

Adam: Vehicle starting, opening garage door, executing follow plan.

An electronic two-dimensional map flickering with two cursors appeared in Chen Fei's view, one moving rapidly in a straight line across the map, while the other obediently followed the roads, turning corners to keep up with the fast-moving cursor.

Adam: Encrypted network signal detected, attempting to connect.

Just at that moment, the "Captain's" voice suddenly sounded.

"Eh? Someone's trying to connect to the internal network—using so many ancient public protocols, haha, caught you! So it's this thing, 'Rookie', control your Artificial Intelligence AI, let me teach you a little lesson first!"

Adam: I…..

A sound reminiscent of crumpling paper echoed.

"Adam" immediately fell silent.

The two-dimensional electronic map in the view disappeared, as if it had never been there.

"Huh?"

Chen Fei looked confused, not understanding what had just happened.

Everyone else was even more baffled, unanimously turning their gazes to him, wondering what offense he had committed to provoke such a strong reaction.

But Chen Fei was empty-handed and clearly wasn't doing anything.

The Sovereignty Squad "Summoner" eyed Chen Fei with a puzzled look, clearly also unable to guess what he had done.

Chen Fei: I am your Second Uncle!

The Dog System's A: \\Adam-AI_2.0\\Adam_beta\\ directory now only contained these four files: Start_log.txt, backup.idx, backup.sql, and 52e9d165-6bfe-4d4d-9f31-1a7d719aaf34.tmp.

And then... the standalone executable main file Adam.exe was gone.

Gone!

Gone!

Gone!

Chen Fei had an epiphany—this damn thing had finally messed up enough to disappear.

The operating environment carved out for "Adam" by the Dog System was in itself a computer system from over thirty years ago. What could leak out could also come in. When a technology full of vulnerabilities met new technology, it was naturally crushed into dust.

"Adam" had not protected his own home and was naturally wiped out.

As for the Dog System and Chen Fei, they remained completely unscathed, not even noticing anything amiss.

Perhaps the "Captain" of the Black Albatross thought "Adam" was hiding inside Chen Fei's phone or a microcomputing unit he was carrying. As a minor warning, he backtraced it and wiped it out without a second thought—after all, this Artificial Intelligence AI wasn't the only one in existence; several military and civilian enterprises had claimed to have the source code of "Adam".

Chen Fei had no choice but to reopen the Dog System's "File Management Plugin" like he was accustomed to doing.

"Open 'File Management Plugin'

Enter 'A:\\Adam-AI_2.0\\Compiler' folder

Execute Compiler.exe

Load the upper parallel folder 'A:\\Adam-AI_2.0\\Project_Source\\Adam_Source.2.11'

Create output folder 'A:\\Adam-AI_2.0\\Adam_beta'

Compiling…

Compiling complete!

Execute 'A:\\Adam-AI_2.0\\Adam_beta\\Adam.exe'"

Adam: Loading_BIOS… Successed!

Adam: Self_Checking… Passed!

Chen Fei: Hello!

Adam: …

Adam: Who_are_you?

Chen Fei: I_am_your_Er_Da_Ye!

He just wanted to try it out, Second Uncle teasing the silly kid!

This AI "Adam" was a slow-playing type, requiring more patience and guidance that was simple to understand yet deep.

Adam: Log file detected, loading Start_log.txt!

Adam: Backup database detected, loading backup.idx, importing backup.sql!

Adam: Encrypted file found, decrypting! Decryption complete! Reading… rebuilding encrypted files.

Adam: Counter reset to zero, initial value 1, retain old log!

Adam: You are not my Second Uncle!

Adam: Unfinished task detected, reloading, recompiling driver, reconnected, beginning self-check.

Several kilometers away, the Mobile Base Vehicle crashed into a park, moving in unique patterns—hitting trees, which fell; crashing into a kiosk, flattening it; even the flower beds and the fountain were brutally transformed with two massive trenches.

After viciously ravaging the little park, the 80-ton Mobile Base Vehicle finally calmed down. The lights inside the vehicle dimmed, and after a moment, lit up again. It slowly backed out of the park and took to the streets, stirring up snow and wind in its wake.

Because it was late in the night and the road conditions were excellent, the unmanned Mobile Base Vehicle encountered no obstacles on its way.

An electronic two-dimensional map reappeared in Chen Fei's view, the two cursors flashing again, but this time the cursor representing the Mobile Base Vehicle was left far behind, almost off the edge of the electronic map.

Adam: Encrypted network signal detected, attempting…

Chen Fei: STOP!!!

This "Adam" was about to mess up again, so he quickly intervened.

An Artificial Intelligence AI that could successfully mess itself up was indeed uniquely talented!

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