Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1252 - 1219: Passed Down from Father to Son

In the simulated battle, a 5% loss in combat aircraft performance is enough to determine the outcome, let alone one side not yet being a fully matured Sky Knight, while the other is a seasoned veteran Sky Knight, easily seizing the opportunity to crush the opponent.

"Huff! Huff! Huff!"

The flight simulator disassembled, revealing Chen Shan slumped in the cockpit, his physical energy completely exhausted, vision going black, without even the strength to move a finger. Forget about the already drained Battle Qi, now it couldn't even gather a single trace.

Another flight simulator also broke apart, and Sky Knight Wu Chen stood up from the cockpit, removed his tactical helmet, and let out a long breath, visibly sweating, having consumed a lot of vitality and spirit by continuously launching exclusive aerial combat techniques and full-power strikes.

He looked at Chen Shan, who was already a heap of mud in the adjacent flight simulator, and said, "Trial passed! You can now consider your flight call sign and craft name."

Chen Shan was neither an active combat pilot nor a commercial pilot. Before discovering his Sky Knight qualification, he had no specific flight call sign, but after passing the trial, he would be automatically enlisted as an active Sky Knight, owning a unique call sign and a dedicated craft name, both a necessity for missions and a badge of honor.

"Flight call sign 'Rookie'? Craft name 'Fifty Cents a Pound'!"

Chen Fei, being the older brother, directly made the decision for his little brother.

The four elder sisters couldn't hold back instantaneously, laughing wildly, brother-in-laws snickering too, afraid their loud laughter would anger the little brother-in-law.

"'Rookie', hahaha, I'm dying of laughter, and 'Fifty Cents a Pound', such an elegant pair."

Big sister Chen Meizhen laughed most unapologetically; apart from Chen Xiao'er, she bullied her little brother the most in the Chen Family.

"Dad's flight call sign is 'Three Yellow Chickens', and the son's call sign is 'Rookie Chicken', big chicken, small chicken, a flock of chickens, assigned to the 'Chicken Nest' base, it's so ridiculous."

Third sister Chen Meiyun offered live commentary on the scene.

"Argh, Chen Xiao'er, I'm coming for you!"

Originally exhausted, Chen Shan was rejuvenated out of anger, leaping out of the flight simulator, stumbling toward Chen Fei.

Before he got close, Chen Fei held his head down, and no matter how he swung his Turtle Fist, he couldn't reach, the little brother was no match for his black-hearted brother even as a Sky Knight, completely vanquished!

He was already exhausted, the temporary revival soon left him fatigued again, his legs shaking, unable to even stand steadily.

"'Rookie' and 'Fifty Cents a Pound' are now happily decided."

The unscrupulous cousin lightly let go, and the poor cousin fainted from anger.

"The Rookie" and "Rookie Chicken" indeed are good brothers; only true brothers drag each other into the water!

The four Sky Knights who saw this couldn't help but smile wryly.

Uncle Chen Haiqing also couldn't bear to look directly at these two cousins.

Chen Fei didn't use the third SPA fruit on his little brother; he didn't want anyone to become reliant on such things.

It's like the presence of pain, although unpleasant, it's a reliable protective measure. Without the sensation of pain, people wouldn't cherish themselves, wantonly ruining their bodies; SPA fruit is the same, making people no longer treasure health, counterproductive in the end.

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When Chen Shan woke up at home, it was already the next morning. He slept so deeply, completely unaware that he had been out for a day and a night.

He staggered to the dining room, hungry, unexpectedly finding everyone neatly assembled around the table, the meals laid out but untouched.

"Hey, why are you all..."

Just as Chen Shan started to speak, his mom, hearing his steps, turned around and put her finger to her lips.

"Shh!"

Only then did he realize everyone's eyes were glued together on the big screen on the dining room wall, focusing on the current news broadcast.

Upon seeing the content of the news, Chen Shan couldn't help but gasp deeply, feeling a chill rush from his tailbone to his crown, raising every hair on his body, forgetting how hungry he was, nearly starving to see stars.

My goodness! The large digital intelligent construct "Cybertrom" in the near orbit of Blue Star was fractured into four or five pieces.

Its original location was replaced by a deep, disc-shaped black spot, inside which purplish swirls seemed to slowly converge toward the center.

The main body of "Cybertrom" collapsed unexpectedly, this is simply a major event! No wonder the whole family watched the morning emergency news broadcast without touching breakfast.

The disc-shaped black spot that suddenly appeared in the near-Earth orbit, about 35,000 kilometers from the ground, with its longest width reaching 1,100 kilometers, no wonder it could tear the massive "Cybertrom" main body to shreds, forming hundreds or even thousands of fragments floating in the void, almost creating a dense floating belt, making it difficult for Blue Star's airships to approach safely. To this end, sovereignties dispatched hundreds of airships of various sizes to clear the floating debris and to investigate and analyze the truth.

Because of the emergency situation with "Cybertrom"'s main body, even the derivative sub-bodies of "Cybertrom" on Blue Star were affected to some degree. However, Blue Star had foreseen this situation long ago, keeping several redundant emergency supercomputer centers on the ground, which are now all being put to use.

However, the "Dimensional Gate" managed by "Cybertrom," which serves as an important channel connecting Blue Star with Cangqiong Star for interstellar trade, has, inevitably, been affected. A massive amount of trade quota goods cannot travel back and forth smoothly, not to mention the goods lost along with the main body of "Cybertrom."

After watching the news broadcast with the family for a while, Chen Shan stammered, "What's, what's, what's going on here?"

He understood the general situation yet couldn't accept it.

Chen Haiqing slowly withdrew his gaze from the screen, saying heavily, "It's a troublesome autumn, something big is going to happen!"

"Cybertrom" main body's destruction involves many aspects, and the related interest losses are difficult to estimate. The disc-shaped black spot that tore "Cybertrom" apart is clearly not a good omen, nor a normal astronomical event.

"Dad, is it time for war readiness?"

Big sister Chen Meizhen was the first to guess her father's thoughts. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"Exactly! National Defense Star is going to receive large orders soon, but I would rather not have those."

As a military enterprise, impending war means huge earnings, but Chen Haiqing doesn't want this war profit made during Blue Star's unpredictable crisis, fearing the profit won't be normal, but their coffin funds.

"Horrible!"

"Yeah, yeah, it feels ominous."

"Could it be 'Sagali' again? It feels so similar!"

"Should we stockpile food, water, and medicine?"

The sisters and brothers-in-law whispered, discussing how to respond to possible emergencies ahead, personal strength is negligible before such natural and man-made disasters, all they can do is strive for self-preservation.

"Little Shanzi, you must make a choice."

Chen Fei also withdrew his gaze from the news, turning to Chen Shan.

"What choice?"

Chen Shan felt an unexplained panic, although he vaguely guessed that this might not be a prelude to a prank from his nasty brother, there seemed like an important decision, significant to him, needed to be made.

Chen Fei said seriously, "Give up becoming a Sky Knight, leaving behind some Chen Family offspring, or become a Sky Knight, become fodder on the battlefield, no matter you are Chen's son, a Chen Family disciple, being Lin Family members is useless, fodder stays fodder, and this won't change for you, even I can't guarantee your safety."

He sincerely told his little brother.

On the battlefield between civilizations, being a hero does not necessarily provide glorious opportunities, indomitable triumphs, instead may silently vanish in an unnoticed corner, body scattered, a death insignificant.

Chen Shan's eyes widened, his mouth agape, not knowing how to respond.

"..."