Sky-cracking Rider

Having a friend visiting from afar is delightful indeed.

Shen Fei exclaimed excitedly, "Welcome, welcome, that's wonderful! Where are you? I'll send someone to pick you up."

It had been a while since Shen Fei had seen Chen Fei, and she missed him to some extent. After all, the two shared a life-and-death friendship, and he had awakened his Metal Elemental Psychic Power because of that.

Chen Fei replied, "No need to pick me up, I have a vehicle. It's very convenient. Just give me the address, and I'll drive there myself."@@novelbin@@

Bringing the Mobile Base Vehicle meant he could skip hotels. He could go anywhere, and the only thing he really needed to top up was probably just tap water.

Teacher Shen Fei gave him an address and added, "Call me when you're close, and I'll wait for you!"

Having just crossed the national border, it would probably take four to five hours to reach the administrative center of Northern Weapons Industry Group.

Chen Fei checked the navigation plan, which estimated 8 hours of travel. Setting off now, he would arrive around one or two in the morning, surely too early to ask Teacher Shen Fei to welcome him; that would be impolite.

He decided to rest along the way overnight, which would allow him to have enough energy and avoid driving while fatigued. He could then appear fresh and composed in front of Teacher Shen the next day.

The nearly 20 meters long behemoth moving on the highway was undeniably eye-catching, comparable only to a few specialized heavy-duty transport vehicles.

Speeding across the vast snowfields of Siberia, it didn't feel unusual because the vehicle was big, but the snowfields were even bigger.

However, once it entered the homeland, the Mobile Base Vehicle stood out wherever it went,

Among heavy-duty vehicles, although some were as long as it, very few were as wide; at 4.5 meters wide, it was wider than a train and took up more than an entire lane.

The vehicles it encountered along the way all cautiously maintained their distance, cursing under their breaths, and even overtaking caused them to sweat, not daring to breathe heavily for fear of being inadvertently launched into the air.

This oversized, special vehicle was not only long but also wide and big, making playing bumper cars with it something no one would dare to do.

It almost seemed as if this colossal entity was originally a train locomotive that had derailed somewhere and ended up on the highway, utterly breaking the rules.

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Boom...

A thunderous sound faintly came from the sky, like thousands of kilograms of rock continuously scraping the ground.

Chen Fei looked up, but only saw a clear blue sky with no clouds at all, leaving him puzzled about the source of the loud noise.

After resting overnight at the highway rest area, the Mobile Base Vehicle hit the road again. After exiting the highway, according to the navigation directions, it was less than an hour's drive to Teacher Shen Fei's location.

A black dot swiftly passed across their field of view and disappeared beyond their line of sight in the blink of an eye.

The scenery beyond the highway had shifted to continuous farmland as far as the eye could see, with occasional glimpses of large automated agricultural machinery at work in the fields, but hardly any people.

This place must be a cultivation area, primarily focused on programmed large-scale farming, not requiring much manpower. The idyllic scenery of paths criss-crossing and dogs barking was non-existent here.

To leisurely view the southern mountains, one first needed to own mines back home.

Boom...

A black and grey aircraft repeatedly flew back and forth near the highway, soaring high and then diving, continually changing its flying posture.

Given its silhouette and maneuvers, it was undoubtedly a military-grade manned aircraft. Civilians wouldn't dare to be so reckless, straying from flight paths and altitudes, or they would surely find tracer bullets trailing them closely, skimming past. If they continued to disobey, they'd be shot down on the spot.

Unmanned ones could afford to be flamboyantly outrageous, performing 10086 rolls, but try replacing them with humans; not even Sky Knights, let alone astronauts, would dare to play like that, or their organs would surely be displaced.

Just as Chen Fei was speculating whether the aircraft might be produced by Northern Weapons Industry Group, where Teacher Shen worked, the sky suddenly trailed black smoke, the surface of the aircraft flickered with multicolored lights, and it crashed into the ground with a loud roar.

A thunderous crash echoed.

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Even at a considerable distance, the Mobile Base Vehicle still trembled slightly from the shock.

At one o'clock, a huge fireball and thick smoke rose slowly, forming a mushroom cloud.

"Goodness!"

Chen Fei couldn't help straining his eyes towards the crash site until he saw a parachute shakily descending slowly. He then let out a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness, at least it was a colleague who had ejected in time to save his life, escaping disaster, otherwise it would have been a true human tragedy.

This was the inevitable price humanity had to pay for forcibly breaking free from Earth's gravity in an attempt to conquer the sky. No matter how much one yearned for the sky, one would still return to the ground, no matter in what form; such was fate.

While it was one thing to watch the excitement, he wouldn't foolishly turn the steering wheel and rush over in the Mobile Base Vehicle to play hero.

Otherwise...

Waiting in jail would be Tanya (°△°|||)︴: Ah, you're here too!

Not until the Mobile Base Vehicle had passed the smoky area did Chen Fei take his eyes off it.

The crash site seemed to be an airport, with the runway parallel to the highway. It took a long time for the Mobile Base Vehicle to drive from one end to the other.

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At the administrative center of the Northern Weapons Industry Group, Shen Fei stood inside the door, elegant like a daffodil, occasionally drawing the gaze of passersby, often accompanied by a touch of astonishment.

"...Secretary Shen, how come you're standing here? It's almost noon, I've booked a special restaurant. How about joining me for lunch?"

Yet a misfit was clinging to the newly hired Shen Fei at the administrative center, babbling on without care.

He pretended not to see Shen Fei standing inside the door, evidently waiting for someone.

If one were to say this man was a toad wanting to eat swan meat, it wouldn't be entirely accurate. He looked handsome and had an elegant demeanor, neither effeminate nor rough, a proper gentleman in every right, hardly comparable to a toad.

"Sorry! I already have an appointment!"

This wasn't the first time Shen Fei had tactfully rejected him.

Adhering to the spirit that a good woman fears a persistent man, he unrelentingly said, "It's okay, I'll host. Let's go together. It's just about adding an extra set of chopsticks, consider it making a new friend. I, Nangong Ruiyang, love making friends. Does your friend have a car? I drove here."

In his hand, he unintentionally flashed a car key, which glittered as it swayed.

It was a limited-edition luxury sport sedan worth over three million Star Yuan, a domestic luxury brand that would be 20% more expensive if exported, virtually priceless. He had secured a unit through a friend's internal connection; after all, why else would it be called limited edition? Securing one was a gain!

Shen Fei, the daughter of Shen Songling, the deputy general manager of the Northern Weapons Industry Group, had just wrapped up an international teaching stint and returned domestically to join the administrative center's secretarial office. With her looks, figure, education, family background, and career, she was a rare gem eagerly sought after by the corporate offspring.

How could Nangong Ruiyang easily let her go? If he could win her heart, it would bring great pride to his father, a senior engineer in the company.

In huge state-owned enterprises like the Northern Weapons Industry Group, it was customary for unmarried young men and women to 'stay within' through generations—second, third, and fourth generations of factory descendants. It was an expected tradition with a 'factory flower' hardly ever being taken by someone from outside within fifty years.

Born in the factory, dying in the factory, to prevent the loss of state assets (the factory girls), it wouldn't be too much for the young people within the factory to unleash the big dogs.

In the lobby on the first floor, curious glances occasionally passed over, watching the scene with interest.

The unmarried young men were all eagerly rubbing their hands together, holding back due to the rules of Jianghu, waiting for Nangong Little Dog to retreat before they felt free to step in.

"No need, my friend also drove here!"

Shen Fei's face remained gently smiling, showing no displeasure, but her rejection was just as firm.

"But this is a three million…"

Confident Nangong Ruiyang hadn't finished speaking when Shen Fei interrupted him.

"Sorry, my friend's car is here."

"Emmmmmm... what car? What..."

Just as Nangong Ruiyang believed that not many of his peers could afford a limited edition luxury sport sedan worth over three million Star Yuan, an enormous thing, no, a huge motorhome, approached slowly near the administrative center's door, taking up half of the parking lane.

"My gosh, where did this huge car come from?"

It was unprecedented in both the length and width he had ever seen.

It couldn't possibly be here to transport aircraft, could it have come to the wrong place?

The driver must be terribly careless.

Not just Nangong Ruiyang thought this way; several others were thinking the same. The Northern Weapons Industry Group factory included such heavy transport vehicles, but their bodies weren't as exaggeratedly wide.

Security from the administrative center immediately came forward.

Shen Fei followed as well.

"Hey, hey..."

Nangong Ruiyang, caught off guard, saw the car door open.

The security guard saw it too, and even more clearly.

What the hell, it wasn't a transport vehicle at all but a super luxurious motorhome.

If one considered a mobile base vehicle as a motorhome, it wasn't incorrect. Add the railgun on top, and calling it an armed motorhome wouldn't be wrong either.

Chen Fei got out of the vehicle, waving at the approaching Teacher Shen Fei.

"Teacher Shen!"

In an instant, the beauty was close at hand.

The reflexive Nangong Ruiyang who had sprinted after them soon stopped his reluctant steps. Seeing the stranger who made Secretary Shen Fei smile with surprise, he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn, be careful of the dog bite!"

It was no secret within the company that a Magical Beast was always at Secretary Shen's side.

There had been blind hooligans who tried to harass Shen Fei, only to be pinned to the ground by the Magical Beast, making them doubt their life choices.

However, distinguishing between a wolf and a dog was tricky. An obedient one was considered a dog, a disobedient one a wolf. Not many had closely encountered the Magical Beast hiding by Shen Fei's side so it was debatably referred to as a dog, but no one really knew what breed it actually was.

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