Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1265 - 1232: Vanguard

Beep! Beep! Beep!

"'Rookie', wake up, there's something happening! Wake up quickly!"

Chen Fei, who was in a deep sleep, was suddenly awakened by Heseman Brown. He wasn't an AI and couldn't work around the clock. Besides guarding the space rift and the alert operations for the other two star systems, there were a lot of complex matters to handle, like receiving the massive supplies transported by sovereignties to Socotra Island, planning the production of readiness supplies in the 'Boundary Pearl' Life Space, dealing with various outrageous emergencies beyond Mouri Misono's capacity at the Global Joint Defense Committee Headquarters, keeping an eye on the progress of the soul research group on Cangqiong Star, and so on.

"What's the matter?"

Chen Fei suddenly opened his eyes. The Artificial Intelligence AI "Adam" had calculated his sleep time through the AR visual assistance interface, 6 hours and 11 minutes, with 5 hours of deep sleep.

He sat up from the bed and continued to ask, "Has 'Sagali' launched a full-scale attack?"

"Not really, but there seems to be some commotion at the space rift!"

When Chen Fei was resting, Heseman Brown and Dang Wei Jun took turns on duty, each standing watch for four hours, leaving the rest to the tireless AI "Adam."

"'Adam', replay the abnormal condition at the space rift!"

Chen Fei called upon the artificial intelligence.

In front of him, a video playback screen immediately popped up. The focus slightly changed, revealing a depiction of the space rift contours with continuous explosions of flashes marked with symbols and numbers by the AI, calculating the relevant data of enemy targets.

The self-floating railgun battery on the first line of defense was continuously firing, using demolition bombs against unknown objects rushing out from the space rift.

Based on the optical characteristics observed by the detectors, they appeared to be some kind of spindle-shaped entities, with a head-to-tail length of about 50 meters. When hit by the demolition bombs, they shattered into pieces, clearly revealing biological tissues and organs inside, indicating that these sharp-front, blunt-end spindles were likely some kind of biological form.

Although the S-Class Spatial Ability "Isolation" isolated the space, it did not block the transmission of light. Data could be transmitted through lasers inside and outside of the "Isolation", not affecting command or information collection of various tactical units on the first line of defense externally.

Biological airships?

Now fully awake, Chen Fei nodded to the S-Class Space Ability User beside him and said, "Mr. Brown, head to the 'No.2 Command Ship'!"

His resting spot was within the camp on Socotra Island, not on the kilometer-long flying ship "No.2 Command Ship" outside the atmosphere. Even if there was an emergency, he could, like now, reach there first through the space-related superpower "Space Transmission."

The bridge of the "No.2 Command Ship" was not unattended. Louis Landon and a small team he selected and formed were there.

Noticing the appearance of Chen Fei and the two personal guards, Mr. Landon proactively greeted them and introduced the three-dimensional holographic projections within the bridge.

"'Rookie', you came just in time. It should be a vanguard reconnaissance unit of the 'Sagali' civilization. It looks somewhat like an airship."

In just a short while, the data information fed back by the detectors became more detailed, constructing a complete appearance of the invaders and deducing their internal structure through three-dimensional imaging.

"Not surprising, this should be a custom product targeted at the Blue Star Civilization, and I need their biological samples."

Chen Fei said to Heseman Brown behind him: "Mr. Brown, I need to trouble you once again to leave a small gap in the first line of defense. It doesn't need to be too big, just a diameter of one foot would suffice."

"Understood, will do immediately!"

Heseman Brown turned to put on tactical armor that could operate in the void, while patting Dang Wei Jun on the shoulder, indicating that Chen Fei's safety was left in the hands of this silent and reserved (socially awkward) Earth Order war professional in his absence.

"Do you plan to copy the opponent?"

Louis Landon, being a core member of Chen Fei's circle, naturally knew that the "Life Tree" could perfectly replicate organisms, equivalent to grasping the trump card of the "Sagali" civilization.

However, the "Life Tree's" form was different from the "Seed Nest", and its usage method leaned towards Chen Fei, who was accustomed to an industrial technological civilization route, distinct from the actual applications of the "Sagali".

"First understand the opponent, gather information, and then develop a targeted plan. The intercept firepower of the first line of defense is not very efficient."

The output firepower of the self-floating railgun battery Chen Fei had set up on the first line of defense was evidently somewhat excessive. Shooting those spindle-shaped biological forms, a single shot hit precisely, demolishing them to smithereens. But after all, it is a physical strike weapon, requiring supplement of ammunition, unable to shoot endlessly.

The "Isolation" on the first line of defense was not perforated initially to ensure no accidents occurred. Now to retrieve biological samples, a controllable small gap was opened, and following this, enlarging the gap further for ammunition and crystal energy supplies is needed.

"Hmm, new developments also occurred in three abnormal regions; they are the same things! 'Adam', project the images transmitted from the three abnormal regions."

Louis Landon received new information. Just as he finished speaking, three additional new images appeared within the three-dimensional holographic projection. In the endless deep sea of "Water God Star", dense shadows appeared, resembling schools of fish. However, the sonar-transmitted scanning waveform matched exactly the spindle-shaped biological forms constantly emerging from the space rift, indicating that these entities could not only operate in the void but also dive into the deep sea.

On "Giant Turtle Star", what seemed to be a rock forest was, in fact, the hair of celestial organisms as large as small asteroids. The massive ground at the root base (petrified skin) quaked intensely, akin to a sudden, violent earthquake. Amid fierce trembling, cross-seamed rifts appeared, with numerous spindle-shaped biological forms rushing from the ground rift towards the sky.

The "Ordovician Star" sky, shrouded in thick white fog, had spindle-shaped outlines descending from above, secret beyond the heavens, yet elusive to sight.

"A full-scale invasion!"

Louis Landon took a deep breath.

The "Sagali" civilization indeed had profound resources, employing a simple and crude attack method with no multi-troop coordination, and showing no tactical sophistication whatsoever, simply deploying a tsunami-like wave of single troops to force through.

"No point overthinking it, we must first secure the essentials."

By "essentials," Chen Fei referred to the space rift directly facing the kilometer flying ship "No.2 Command Ship."

Even though he had been mentally prepared, when the "Sagali" civilization finally acted, he not only felt an overwhelming sense of powerlessness, but also unavoidable resignation.

The sovereignties' cautious manipulations had driven away the Airship Battle Group that once garrisoned the three abnormal regions. Chen Fei, having long lost control over these areas, could only feel helpless.

Fortunately, reinforcements from The First Sovereign had been dispatched, hopefully able to urgently reinforce the northern "Water God Star" abnormal region on the Desert Peninsula and the "Giant Turtle Star" abnormal region within the Persian Sovereignty, as these two locations were relatively close to Socotra Island.

As for the remote "Ordovician Star" abnormal region on the North American Continent California Peninsula, the currently assembling Sovereignty Coalition Forces on Socotra Island couldn't possibly reach there. Relying solely on the stationed troops on the North Continent, hopefully, they could promptly execute an emergency reinforcement, though militarily, this locality was somewhat stronger compared to other sovereign territories.

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