Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1247 - 1214: Designing an Exclusive Aerial Combat Technique

"Have you ever crashed?"

Nangong Ruiyang was like a boiled duck, left only with an exasperated mouth to argue.

Chen Fei confidently said, "Of course!"

He really had crashed, and the irregular pits near the main runway of the 911 Aircrew Base were solid proof.

Without professional knowledge, he pieced things together using the existing physical examples at hand and relied entirely on crashing to provide vast data for the AI "Adam" to continually improve its calculation models. With force, he subdued ten techniques, steadily advancing.

The operation was simple and crude, yet the models developed through crashing were solid with no glaring design flaws. Even if there were minor issues, they could be easily rectified, avoiding any wrong paths requiring a complete overhaul.

"You...you're truly a madman!"

Nangong Ruiyang took over the design improvements for this tactical jet, probably the most frustrating task of his life, with no desire for a repeat.

Even after he took over, those tactical jets didn't crash any less, perhaps not as recklessly as Chen Fei, but to this day, at least over thirty have gone down.

If it were any other design team, they wouldn't dare to be so bold. Even Northern Weapons Industry would find such high costs unsustainable.

But one thing was undeniable: each crash significantly advanced the optimization improvements, making the sacrifices worthwhile.

"From tactical jet to Crystal Jet, there's only one last step. Nangong, when will the exclusive aerial combat technique be ready?"

Since the arrival of the Nangong team and tactical jets on the National Defense Star, Chen Fei was no longer content with ongoing optimizations of minutiae.

Without an exclusive aerial combat technique, the tactical jets weren't qualified to be the true steeds of the Sky Knights.

Nangong Ruiyang's expression froze for a moment; he hesitated, sighed, and said, "There are some ideas already; you can take a look first."

Without a complete design for the exclusive aerial combat technique, their team couldn't independently create a steed for the Sky Knights, destined to remain mediocre.

The design team and Sky Knights were meant to achieve greatness together.

"Alright!"

Chen Fei nodded.

When Nangong Ruiyang brought over a stack of paper, Chen Fei finally understood why AI "Adam" couldn't extract any relevant information on the exclusive aerial combat technique for the tactical jet from the Nangong team's database—it was all recorded on paper, not digitally stored.

Hand-drawn flight trajectory diagrams and illustrated descriptions of aerial combat techniques were all documented on these paper media. The exclusive aerial combat technique required the joint effort of the Crystal Jet and the Sky Knight to be executed, indispensable together.

Almost every exclusive aerial combat technique was unique and, under specific conditions, could unleash unimaginable power.

"This one, hmm, has some merit...here's another, way too avant-garde. Little Shanzi's current Battle Qi Order might not handle it; it's also a huge test for the tactical jet's structural integrity...this exclusive aerial combat technique is too simple; even I can do it, no, no...sigh, they're all too young, obviously lacking experience and overconfident."

Chen Fei flipped through the exclusive aerial combat technique sketches, about six drafts altogether, mostly far-fetched but not without their worthwhile aspects.

Hearing Chen Fei muttering self-assessments and completely dismissing the ideas, Nangong Ruiyang's anger bubbled up again, glaring at him indignantly, "Stop belittling this and that; if you're so capable, why don't you do it yourself?"

"If I'd need to do everything myself, what use would you all be, just freeloaders?"

Chen Fei shot back immediately. The two were truly at odds, exchanging words that quickly escalated into another verbal spat.

"Can you two talk civilly?" Shen Fei interjected, trying to stop the argument.

Chen Fei: "..."

Nangong Ruiyang: "..."

The two fell silent, glaring at each other.

In the meantime, AI "Adam" was not idle, integrating the creative drafts of exclusive aerial combat techniques Nangong Ruiyang brought. Starting to synthesize with existing data models of other Sky Knight exclusive aerial combat techniques, it began comprehensive calculations. The vast and complex calculations were trivial for the "planetary-level compute node" centered on the Gold Element Giant Dragon Core, with results emerging in seconds.

A printer from the Nangong team chuckled continuously, spewing out hundreds of freshly printed pages. Nearby Nangong team members busy with their tasks looked puzzled at the printer in action, wondering who was printing materials without a word.

It was lunch hour; many were engrossed with boxed lunches provided by the National Defense Star, enjoying a feast evidently upgraded thanks to the Sky Knights' trial training.

Soon, the printer finished, leaving the steaming pile of printouts neatly at the output slot with no one picking it up.

"Who's printing?" someone asked while walking to the printer to check the newly printed documents, then bringing them to their owner.

Upon inspection, turned out it was data on exclusive aerial combat techniques.

The person immediately shouted out.

"Boss, boss, was it you who just printed these documents?"

Nangong Ruiyang, having just closed the squabble with Chen Fei, grabbed a boxed meal, intending to eat first before confronting the annoying Chen Xiao'er. Hearing his team call him, confused, he replied, "I've been right here, how could I print anything?"

He wasn't anywhere near a computer, never touching a keyboard or tablet; was it an unexpected awakening of a Special Ability? Unlikely!

Halfway through his meal, he skeptically walked over and took the thick stack of printouts, glimpsing at them before flipping through them quickly, sucking in a cold breath involuntarily.

"Chen Fei, was this your doing?"

The exclusive aerial combat technique draft just shown to Chen Fei had somehow, in such a short time, been expanded to over thirty more complete simulations.

Nangong Ruiyang, although not a Pilot, had seen his share of flights even without directly experiencing them. Looking at the sketches, he could mentally simulate the effects of these exclusive aerial combat techniques in reality.

With two meals in hand, feeding his girlfriend, Chen Fei replied without turning his head, "It was 'Adam,' it just compiled them."

"'Adam' is that capable?"

Nangong Ruiyang expressed disbelief; such autonomy was beyond even the high-level derivatives of "Cybertrom."

"'Adam's' permissions have always been given to you, but you aren't utilizing them."

Chen Fei was dissatisfied with the engineers' habitual reliance on "Cybertrom" for design assistance, not realizing that in the aerospace field, the most specialized AI was "Adam."

"Adam" and the "planet-level Computer Node" worked as one, permissions equally granted, yet the Nangong team only took advantage of computational power, forgetting about the extremely useful AI.