Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1260 - 1227: Dog System’s Mission

System: Ding! Retrieve Longinus within 24 hours to increase energy point reserve limit by 10,000 points | Task failure: Deduct energy point reserve limit by 10,000 points

A line of text suddenly appeared before his eyes, and Chen Fei almost mistook it for an important notification from the artificial intelligence "Adam." But after another look, he confirmed that the initial character wasn't "Adam" but the unmistakable "System,"

"Do you see that, 'Adam'?"

Adam: Unidentified visual signal captured, source unknown.

Chen Fei sighed; "Adam," running on the Dog System platform, indeed found it difficult to catch any trace of the Dog System.

"Adam" attempting to touch the Dog System was almost like shattering the void; the same would apply to mortals, as reaching the level of clearly perceiving the world's will is akin to ascending to immortality.

The last task to increase the energy point reserve limit was to find the Divine Seed Macne, which also increased it by 10,000 points.

Although there wasn't much life-threatening danger, there were many uncertain factors, even beyond the Dog System's intelligence sources.

So let's start parsing the task and gather relevant information.

The short line of text in the Dog System often contains crucial information, and successfully parsing it might yield vital intelligence.

"Adam" lacks this parsing ability, but Chen Fei possesses it.

Considering the current time, it has been 61 hours since the disintegration of "Cybertrom"'s main body. Along with the Dog System's task prompt, this means that the Longinus originally connected to the Cangqiong Star's "Halo" by "Cybertrom" has not been retrieved by the sovereignty forces and is still floating in the void near the synchronous stationary orbit. It also hasn't been seized by the "Sagali," or else this task wouldn't exist now.

If the "Sagali" civilization acquires Longinus, the Blue Star Civilization and Cangqiong Star will immediately and completely sever ties, rendering all Longinus unusable. Otherwise, once the "Dimensional Gate" opens, it will immediately become an invasion channel for the "Sagali" civilization.

This scenario is merely the result of one Longinus falling into the hands of the "Sagali" civilization. If there were two, it would be even more disastrous, making even the human civilization's attempt to seal all Longinus futile and meaningless.

This is the first piece of intelligence parsed; it's both bad and good news. When "Cybertrom" disintegrated, the Longinus it managed was mixed among numerous floating debris. Fortunately, due to the gravitational pull of Blue Star, there is no immediate concern of it drifting into a space rift, as the "static state" of the stationary orbit is relative, with the forces of the four great unified fields nearly ubiquitous. Besides the stationary orbit, the other two Lagrange points, between Blue Star and the Sun, and Blue Star and the Moon, must also be considered. This is of immense significance for locating the temporarily uncontrolled Longinus. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

After all, searching for Longinus in the vast void is truly akin to finding a needle in a haystack. This is no exaggeration, only an understatement.

Secondly, the Dog System's intelligence on the "Sagali" civilization is completely blank; having no intelligence is also a kind of intelligence.

Thirdly, a 10,000-point increase in the energy point reserve limit signals the complexity of the task. No one knows where that Longinus is hidden. According to the retrieval ship and the cleanup progress of 10,000 "Worker Bee-1" space collector robots, it would take at least 144 hours to clean the debris thoroughly. If Lakinos is hidden among them, it will definitely be found successfully.

However, the time limit given by the Dog System is 24 hours.

Combining the previous intelligence, the Dog System, unable to ascertain the "Sagali" civilization's dynamics, judges that the situation will remain calm for 24 hours, but beyond that, the possibility of the "Sagali" civilization taking action increases significantly.

Moreover, a simple, precise scan of the entire debris field, once Longinus is successfully located, doesn't even require 24 hours for retrieval. Therefore, most of this time constraint will be spent on searching.

Fourth, "Task failure: Deduct energy point reserve limit by 10,000 points" appears to be a simple punishment but can also be used as a reference for intelligence analysis. Chen Fei's current energy point reserve limit is 60,000 points, meaning he can produce a metallic construct weighing under 60,000 tons at one time. Although this seems large, for Blue Star civilization's large military operation units, both in quantity and quality, it's a drop in the bucket.

Thus, by utilizing the industrial production line within the "Boundary Pearl's" Life Space, Chen Fei began shifting productivity early on. After all, no matter how strong an individual's capabilities are, they can't surpass the strength of a collective.

After initially deriving four pieces of intelligence, Chen Fei forwarded the Dog System's task to his think-tank team to see if more information could be extracted.

He is no longer fighting alone; supported by nearly a million people living within the "Boundary Pearl's" Life Space, plus a million mechanical beings and various factories, they can fully provide auxiliary support in intelligence and productivity. Even if the sovereignties now try to choke him, issuing twelve orders in a row or whatever, it won't be as easy.

The reason for still demanding material supplies from the sovereignties is partly to continue signaling material dependency, reassuring the sovereignties, and partly to increase reserves for unforeseen needs.

No matter how large the "Boundary Pearl's" Life Space is, it can only accommodate a continent. Coupled with the limitations of population and industrial foundation, even a complete industrial tech tree cannot be realized. The materials it can provide are far from comparable to Blue Star, which boasts nearly 10 billion residents and a mature industrial system.

The "Worker Bee-1" space collector robots, representing the search range, suspended debris collection, and swiftly and nimbly scanned in close proximity for the presence of Longinus. At the same time, hundreds of detectors launched a wider search, with slender laser beams crisscrossing, flickering over various floating debris.

Seeing the continuous retrieval of various fragments by the "Worker Bee-1," the sovereignties also seemed to understand that the massive four-kilometer-long object was not a combat spaceship, but a spaceship dedicated to recycling space debris. Even if it was armed, it wouldn't be that powerful.

Chen Fei issued a code-transparent public broadcast.

"Pray! That the 'Sagali' civilization doesn't launch a full-scale attack at this moment!"

He wasn't just announcing this to others but also praying for himself.

Even on the surface of Blue Star, everyone connected to the corresponding frequency band could clearly receive this line of text.

The sovereign spaceships, which had been incessantly exchanging messages, suddenly fell silent. WTF?! What does this mean?

They all sent inquiries, but Chen Fei ignored them, directing them to the Blue Star Global United Defense Committee instead, stating he wouldn't entertain any requests.

From the beginning, Chen Fei's airship cluster and the sovereign fleets played their own games, yet their goal was the same: intercept the threat posed by the spatial rift.

While the "Worker Bee-1" space collector robots and the group of detectors searched through debris spanning over tens of thousands of kilometers, Chen Fei seized the time to contact his acquaintance from the Cangqiong Star side, Her Royal Highness Princess Lin Ziyu Slan, to confirm the status of the "Halo" connected to "Cybertrom's" main body.

The status of the "Halo" wasn't great. Although it didn't disintegrate into countless fragments like the "Cybertrom" main body, floating near the stationary orbit, the "Halo" itself remained intact. However...the Metallic Dragons hiding within it were on the verge of rebellion. Their only entertainment involved leveraging the digital communication network of the "Halo" and "Cybertrom" for various online activities, like binge-watching series, watching episodes, movies, news, self-media, socializing, finance, and taking gigs.

Although most of the Metallic Dragons were unreliable, which was no surprise, it was undeniable that a few played quite well, even rising to some fame by acting foolishly (in true colors), becoming well-known joke-teller dragons whose jokes were quite welcomed among other intelligent species, becoming classic social media memes at one point.