Sky-cracking Rider

Boom...

As if heaven and earth were falling apart, the massive Light Wing Ship crashed heavily to the ground, making the entire area around Nandu City feel like it had experienced a minor earthquake of about magnitude 3 or 4, with a thunderous roar that could be heard within a radius of twenty miles.

Dense smoke billowed, and countless fragments were thrown in all directions.

Even up to the moment it hit the ground, some crew members had still not managed to escape from the falling Light Wing Ship.

The second round of the Rebel Army's attack had to end without achieving much, as they lost air superiority and, without an effective tactic to combat the Mechanical Dragon's suicidal charge.

The upcoming third round of attacks would likely be just a tentative skirmish; investing too many forces could turn into a futile sacrifice of valuable fighting strength.

However, the strategic value of the Dimensional Gate Management Substation remains immeasurable; the rebels across the Zilu Continent will hardly give up easily before reaching their limit of endurance. If they could capture this Dimensional Gate before the Slan Dynasty's rebel-suppressing forces arrived, they might indeed have a chance to twist the situation in their favor and possibly rebuild the Tessa Empire.

War is a gamble, a Great Strategy built from countless possibilities. Before making a move, anything is possible.

When the Slan Empire launched the war of unification, the resurrection of the remnants of the Tessa Empire in Zilu Continent was also a risky bet.

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The Mechanical Dragon broke through the rising smoke and flames, sharply swooping low, penetrated the protective barrier of the temporarily opened Dimensional Gate Management Substation in Zilu Continent.

Click!

The armor of the cockpit split open, revealing the cockpit, but the pilot slid out like a lump of mud.

"Medic!"

Realizing that Chen Fei's condition was critical, with blood frothing from his mouth, the soldiers monitoring the Mechanical Dragon hastily yelled out.

Two medics dragging a hovering stretcher and a medical mechanical being quickly arrived, not daring to move Chen Fei carelessly but beginning to check him on the spot.

"Severe concussion, reduced semicircular canal function, internal bleeding, shock state—get the magic potion's sealed box over here, hurry, this guy's about to die!"

A dose of magic medicine was administered immediately, followed by the light-based spell "Light of Redemption" cast on Chen Fei, and higher-level Light Healing Spells were being chanted.

It's not just the Light-element Magical Beasts like the Pure Light Sparrow that can use Light-based Spells, both on Cangqiong Star and Blue Star.

The resources used at the Dimensional Gate Management Substation are naturally top-notch; even if the magic potion used wasn't as expensive as the one Chen Fei had previously used, valued at ten million Star Yuan from the Earth Order's first rank "Life Resuscitation," it wasn't far behind.

This is the side of Cangqiong Star. Economically, the Dimensional Gate Management Substation is akin to a tax-free trade zone, as it does not involve interstellar trade quotas, making resources such as magic potions not so scarce. In an emergency, reserves are immediately deployed, and this time, Chen Fei had the fortune to be treated with such precious magic potions.

However, if these items need to cross the Dimensional Gate and leave the area of the Dimensional Gate Management Substation, they would immediately be subject to trade quota restrictions, and any unquotated transport would be considered illegal smuggling.

Of course, what's already consumed doesn't count!

"Damn! Are military contractors nowadays all this reckless?"

The Commander who rushed to the scene saw the barely alive Chen Xiao'er and immediately recalled the Mechanical Dragon's unstoppable impact against the Main Force Lightwing Ship of Cangqiong Star.

Brave, indeed, but far too dismissive of his own life. He hadn't expected that military contracting had become so fiercely competitive.

For a regular person, rather than being alive, when the cockpit opened, it should have revealed a puddle of indistinguishable blood and flesh. Even for enhanced individuals with special abilities and high-rank War Professionals, striking a Main Force Lightwing Ship of Cangqiong Star at three times the speed of sound would likely result in near-certain death.

The kind of impact force that occurred is simply not something humans can withstand.

"Burp!"

Assisted by a respirator with suction capabilities, Chen Fei vomited a clot of blood, let out a long burp, and seemed to regain some consciousness, smacking his lips and muttering.

"What's this taste, coffee? Add three spoons of sugar..."

Sweet magic potion?

That doesn't exist!

Magic potions and traditional Chinese medicinal brews are cut from the same cloth.

Approximately 100 billion Joules of kinematic rebound, if it hadn't instantly taken his life at this moment, it would likely take a long time for him to recover.

Forcing down one Light Wing Ship was already pushing Chen Fei to his limits.

Fortunately, the other three Main Force Light Wing Ships truly feared this reckless madman and withdrew from the battle; otherwise, a fight to the death would definitely have ended disastrously for Chen Xiao'er.

Louis Industries' latest Conceptual Armament, the X-D-005 Giant Dragon-type Fighter Mobile Armor, was not originally designed for combat against Main Force Light Wing Ships, not even considered a combat weapon, let alone for aerial combat, and inherently lacked such functionalities, relying solely on the on-site programming by the artificial intelligence "Adam."

Without Chen Fei's Metal Elemental Psychic Power continuously fortifying and self-repairing, achieving even a pyrrhic victory would be impossible.

In reality, he was damaging the enemy by a hundredfold at the expense of his own ten thousandfold.

Otherwise, how could he single-handedly bring down a Main Force Light Wing Ship, causing the Rebel Army such a huge loss?

With such a record, one can almost foresee what chaos will ensue in the marketing department of Louis Industries; even the big boss, Louis Landon, would probably have a headache over this!

Expensive magic potions combined with high-rank Light Healing Spells had, after several hours, finally brought Chen Fei back to full consciousness. He realized that at some point he had returned to the ground and was no longer in the cockpit of the Mechanical Dragon, but lying on a stretcher.

The medics hadn't moved him much, given that the injuries were internal, and it was not wise to move him arbitrarily before a full recovery.

"What time is it now?"

Looking at the sky, the Holy Flame Sun was already setting; he didn't know how many attacks the rebel army had already made.

However, it was discernible that the Dimensional Gate had not yet fallen. He had fought with all his might and had not let his efforts be in vain.

Adam: It is now Delan Time 1:15:05, Zhilu Continent Time (+15) 15:27:01.

Even though Cangqiong Star globally synchronized the Delan Time of the Slan Dynasty, for the convenience of the local people's daily routines, there was still a separate continental time that distinguished morning, afternoon, and evening based on the midline longitude of the continental plates.

"Ah? I need to get up!"

Realizing that he had been lying down for seven to eight hours, Chen Fei was eager to get up, but as soon as he tried, he couldn't help but grimace. It wasn't just that his muscles were weak and powerless, but even his bones felt like they were about to break, his head felt like a battleground of land and water mixes, with incessant tinnitus, while waves of nausea and other discomforts threatened to make him faint again.

"Have you awakened? If so, just lie still and don't move!"

A colonel came up to Chen Fei and examined the lucky survivor.

If it had been someone else, to single-handedly take on a Light Wing Ship, it would be a miracle to come back alive, let alone have a body left intact.

"How is the situation?"

Chen Fei still remembered the mission assigned by the Dimensional Gate Management Substation; it was his duty.

As long as he had a breath left, he must continue to fight.

"It's still okay for now. You almost died, did you know that?"

The Dimensional Gate Management Substation's Defense Commander, seeing Chen Fei still in good spirits, also relaxed a bit and casually warned him.

Military contractors could only be deemed as paramilitary organizations, but their employees were still considered commoners. If someone died here, it would cause unpleasant social repercussions.

While Chen Fei was unconscious, Blue Star had utilized the urgency at the Dimensional Gate to send reinforcements and had simultaneously heightened the security levels of other Dimensional Gates, even temporarily suspending the scheduled allowances through them.

"I won't die just yet. Is communication restored yet?"

If he were meant to die, Chen Fei would have died long ago. He began worrying about Teacher Shen, who was left at the hotel.

Those bastards who dared target the participating manufacturers should all be dead by now, right?!

"Still nothing. It must be caused by some Magical Beasts disrupting the communication."

Of course, the Defense Commander knew what Chen Fei meant by communication.

With the aid of the Dimensional Gate, communication between the management substation and Blue Star had not been interrupted, as normal electromagnetic interference couldn't affect the operation at the coordinate "Longinus."

But once outside this place, the communication signal was uncertain. The rebel army was still tightly blocking most civilian communications and much of the military communication.

"Alright then, 'Adam,' is there a way to contact the hotel?"

Chen Fei directly asked his Artificial Intelligence AI.

Adam: There are two options, Option A: Laying communication cables, requiring 30 kilometers of low-consumption optical fiber, estimated time is 7 hours; Option B: Use of unmanned drones as relays to transmit signals via laser.

"Definitely Option B!"

Chen Fei immediately made his choice.

Once outside the Dimensional Gate Management Substation, chaos reigned, and not to mention that they didn't have such long optical fibers, even if they did, the difficulty of laying them wasn't low. Even if laid, it could break into seventeen or eighteen segments, or even more, leaving no way to repair them.

Though relay through unmanned drones using laser signals couldn't guarantee stable communication, it was better than nothing. If one were shot down, another could simply be released.

In the Space System Alchemy Storage Device on Chen Fei's right wrist, there was an ample reserve of drones, all ready to be deployed.

After taking out several drones, following "Adam's" instructions, he made modifications.

Having lain down for a few hours, his Special Ability hadn't been too affected. As his spiritual power recovered, he was able to use his abilities again, but the work of modifying a dozen drones still broke him into a sweat, leaving his face looking quite bad.

Not until each communication drone had taken off one by one did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

During this process, the medics came by again to check on him, advised him to rest properly, and then hooked up another IV bag before leaving.

"This is the 'Suicide Squad,' and we don't have much time left!"

The first to restore communication turned out to be one of the three special teams, the Suicide Squad. They were dissatisfied that they had been inactive until now.

The members of the Suicide Squad were prepared to die in battle, wanting their deaths to be of value, rather than being sidelined, munching on melons until they eventually died obscure, unnoticed deaths from poisoning.