Sky-cracking Rider

The signal flare is the contingency plan for a communication breakdown.

If no signal flares rise, it means that Chen Fei has fallen and is boxed in, dead on the spot.

Little Bird can fly and might just escape disaster.

If three red signal flares go up, the fleets circling in the sky won't hesitate to pour down ammunition to cover Chen Fei's retreat with all their might.

Even if the mission isn't successful, the person must still come back alive.

Zuo Gengming asked Chen Fei and Jiu Defense Company for help, but he never intended to send anyone into a certain deathtrap.

Given Chen Fei's performance at the Mutant Artificial Breeding Ground in the Alps Mountains region, it seemed unlikely there would be any major problems.

If it were anyone else, Zuo Gengming wouldn't dare send them to Aircrew Base 130.

Are you kidding me? Even military contractors who treat life cheaply don't do such things.

The mutants slumbering underground were awakened by the roar of aircraft engines in the sky, and many sensed Chen Fei on the main runway of Aircrew Base 130. Their roars rose one after another, encircling from all sides.

"Xiao Jiu, you just need to handle those Flying Species; leave the rest to me," Chen Fei said as he scratched Little Bird's chin, causing the glimmer in front of Xiao Jiu's sharp beak to quickly fade.

Good steel should be used on the blade's edge. Little Bird's laser was reserved as a contingency, conserving strength for now, to handle the Mutant BOSS lurking within this airforce base.

Dragging the supply box to the side of the runway, he opened the crate and took out a Six-barreled Gatling gun, hung up the bullet chain, and lifted it in hand, aiming at the surroundings before pressing the firing button.

Tongues of fire spewed out more than three feet long, the intense gunfire drowning out the mutants' roars, tracing multiple dense 360-degree trajectories with crimson streaks of bullets.

The encroaching mutants fell into disarray, swept away by the barrage and screaming and howling like ghosts and wolves.

The 12.7mm steel core bullets were enough to rip through the bodily defenses of most mutants, causing blood and flesh to fly everywhere in an instant.

A single bullet chain was emptied in the blink of an eye, leaving a radius of a hundred meters strewn with corpses and rivers of blood.

Chen Fei wasn't foolish; faced with so many mutants, he wouldn't stubbornly swing the Physics Holy Sword if he had access to labor-saving firearms.

The Gun barrel became red hot, and Chen Fei let go, tossing the emptied Six-barreled Gatling gun aside without reloading it and then picking up a high-caliber anti-aircraft machine gun of the same caliber, setting it level on the supply box and switching to burst fire, quickly depleting the bullet chain as shell casings littered the ground.

This type of large-caliber light weapon was extremely effective against mutants. Not just for mutants—even rhinos and elephants would be felled by a single shot.

He tossed aside the high-caliber anti-aircraft machine gun once more and picked up two boxes, one large and one small.

The small box contained Directional Anti-Infantry Mines which he took out three or five of, set them down on the ground, turned off the safety, grabbed a detonator from his backpack, set the code, and immediately changed position.

The roaring, rampaging mutants pursued once again.

Without looking back, Chen Fei pressed the remote control, and dozens of meters behind him, the ground erupted, knocking down yet another swath of enemies.

About ten supply drops had come down, scattered throughout Aircrew Base 130. Wherever they fell, that became Chen Fei's resupply point.

The contents of the supply boxes were broadly the same: Six-barreled Gatling guns and anti-aircraft machine guns with extremely long bullet chains attached, boxes large and small with handles, and a significant amount of explosives.

Inside the small boxes were either Directional Anti-Infantry Mines or powerful Hand Grenades.

The large boxes contained 120mm caliber armor-piercing discarding sabot rounds or anti-tank missiles, all reserved as the Trump Card against the Mutant BOSS.

The Dog System's latest mission had reminded Chen Fei that there are no free 1000 Energy Points in this world, thus he made some corresponding preparations before setting out.

From the aerial surveillance footage captured, tracer fire flew wildly inside Aircrew Base 130 with explosions erupting incessantly, with the mutants scrambling around like headless flies.

"Nicely done!" Zuo Gengming clenched his fist from afar at Aircrew Base 131.

If it were Spring Field Defense ground combat team daring to attack into Aircrew Base 130 and causing such intense fighting, they would likely incur significant casualties.

In fact, they had attempted such operations, but from the ground, they couldn't get close to Aircrew Base 130, being unable to advance even beyond a 100 kilometers.

Launching an aerial assault was even less feasible. Spring Field Defense simply lacked aerial combat capabilities like Xiao Jiu's, which could effortlessly suppress every Flying Species mutant attempting to take to the sky, or even shoot them through the head with a laser beam from above the moment they moved to take off, killing them on the spot.

Compared to the teeming Land-based Mutant species on the ground, the number of Flying Species was even fewer.

The little bird, having mastered the laser skill, unleashed a barrage of BiuBiuBiu, and below 500 meters of low altitude, besides it, there were no other living things.

Even the pilots from Spring Field Defense didn't dare to lower their aircraft to under 800 meters, fearing they would accidentally hit themselves. They estimated in secret that even if all of them perished, they wouldn't be able to harm a single feather on it.

In a sense, as long as Xiao Jiu didn't enter the high-speed flight state with tracer capabilities, it was virtually invisible to the humans on the aircraft, undetectable even by radar.

In the darkness before dawn, they could only see the sudden appearance of laser beams here and there, every single shot bringing death without fail, causing observers to gasp in fear. Such a fist-sized creature possessed the power to kill in one strike.

At this moment, within a ten-kilometer radius above the Aircrew Base, there were no more mutant flying species, the dangerous skies had cleared.

Just as Chen Fei was jogging towards the main runway near the hangar, a colossus suddenly rushed out, baring its fangs right at him.

"Oooooh!~"

The colossal roar formed a shockwave that unexpectedly flipped the unprepared Chen Fei over ten meters, the impact forcing him to land squarely on his backside.

"Well, well, you finally showed up!"

Chen Fei shook his head and, somewhat disheveled, got back on his feet.

After muttering to himself, he noticed something off about his face. Upon touching it, his fingertips came away wet, and a sniff confirmed the unmistakable smell of blood.

The roar's force was indeed mighty, causing him to experience "bleeding from seven orifices."

Infrared thermal imaging had failed to detect the beast, and Chen Fei's prior rampage had been part of his plan to "startle the snake by hitting the grass," hoping to lure the mutant boss out of hiding. But he never expected the beast to be concealed in the hangar, catching him entirely off guard.

"Jiu!"

Little Bird descended from the sky, landing atop Chen Fei's head.

A Light System Magic Shield materialized in front of the duo, and Light Healing Technique was cast on Chen Fei as if it cost nothing.

The Light Healing Technique was the Pure Light Sparrow's specialty.

"Xiao Jiu, I'm fine!"

Chen Fei detected no significant discomfort in his body, guessing that some capillaries under his skin had burst from the lack of preparation.

"Jiu!"

Little Bird stopped releasing the Light Healing Technique.

Looking up at the enormous monster, anger flared in its tiny mung bean-sized eyes.

In front of Xiao Jiu's delicate beak, a sesame seed-sized point of light flickered intensely as its energy level climbed at an exponential rate.

"Hold on a second!"

Before Chen Fei, who had drawn his signal pistol again, could stop it, a striking red laser beam shot out.

As the saying goes, it was too late. The massive beast seemed to sense the deadly threat posed by Xiao Jiu. With inconceivable agility, it sidestepped over ten meters, narrowly avoiding the lethal laser beam, and without hesitation leapt several times, eluding the pursuing light spots and slipping back into the hangar in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Jiu was not about to let it go easily; the crimson beam sliced directly through the entire hangar. Amidst sparks flying, the hangar split as if chopped in half, moaned shrilly as if made of paper, and collapsed with a thunderous crash.

Hisss…consider it Old Zuo's way of warding off bad luck with a financial loss.

Chen Fei pulled the trigger on the signal gun.

Pop pop pop!

Three blue signal flares soared into the sky.

This was the agreed signal with Zuo Gengming, indicating the discovery of the mutant boss within Aircrew Base 130, and also confirming Chen Fei's speculative guess prior to the operation.

1000 energy points were not so easy to obtain; this mutant boss was equally formidable.
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The ground remained engulfed in darkness, the infrared thermal imaging not very clear, and the low-light night vision blurry as well. Zuo Gengming, maintaining close surveillance, received the report instantly.

"Report, three blue signal flares have appeared."

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