Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1286 - 1252: The Longinus Loss

"Regarding the advanced tactical equipment, rest assured it's in the hands of Louis Industrial Company, over here we are absolutely the most professional."

Lord Landon was by no means merely comforting Chen Fei, but rather speaking from genuine confidence.

Louis Industrial Company is, after all, one of the prominent financial groups on Blue Star, with money, people, equipment, and technology all readily available, lacking nothing, a genuinely top supplier of military equipment.

Thanks to the internal chaos within the American Federation, the majority of employees along with their families have transferred to the "Boundary Pearl" Life Space, with the vast industrial entity occupying an entire Sky Curtain City "Landon" alone, not only resuming normal production but also maintaining a rich pool of talent in its research department.

This is largely thanks to Chen Fei's "Boundary Pearl," which has given Louis Industrial Company, ensnared in social unrest, a safe haven. Apart from the slight strain in supply of production materials, everything else is no different from when on Blue Star.

"Neither 'One Man Army' nor 'Adam' has research capabilities, so we can only entrust this to true professionals, especially in terms of deep space combat technology and powerful anti-biological space mothership weapons, which have always been a shortcoming for Blue Star."

Having been at the forefront facing the "Sagali" civilization numerous times, Chen Fei is fully aware of Blue Star civilization's shortcomings, promptly outlining the priorities for Mr. Landon and Louis Industrial Company.

When it comes to genuine deep space navigation capabilities, Blue Star civilization lags far behind the "Sagali" civilization. The civilization's boundary limit doesn't exceed one light-year. Be it the stability of aircraft, the load of materials, or the biological lifespan of crew, none can support extended travel beyond the Solar System.

If it weren't for the technologies of "Dimensional Gate" and "Stargate," which break through spatial boundaries, along with the crucial planar coordinate "Longinus," Blue Star civilization wouldn't be able to maintain interstellar communication and trade with the Cangqiong Star Civilization.

However, substantially speaking, neither human civilization has truly stepped into the void level, not yet reaching the degree of a true interstellar civilization, with a long journey still ahead.

For the time being, Chen Fei still temporarily covers some deficiencies in the deep space domain with an S-Class Space Ability User and the "Stargate" technology, but Heseman Brown is also a mere mortal, older than Chen Fei, hence more limited by lifespan. The "Stargate" technology itself has various drawbacks and is even more prone to failure than the "Dimensional Gate," which requires the assistance of Longinus for positioning. The "Sagali" civilization may not lack long-distance spatial linkage technology, but they surely wouldn't mind acquiring an additional achievement in this field.

"Understood, as long as the supply of materials can be ensured, the research investment will be made regardless of cost."

Louis Landon immediately made arrangements with the people around him.

There's a research method called "saturation research," involving an overwhelming investment exceeding planned costs, aiming for a breakthrough in technology within the shortest time, demanding tremendous human, material, and financial resources, which on the surface seem not to be worth the candle but are worth the gamble in crucial fields.

The First Sovereign once conducted "saturation research" in the realm of nuclear weapons, with oversized investment regardless of cost, achieving success in nuclear tests in the shortest time, stretching human, material, and financial resources to their utmost. Failure could have led to the ruin of a nation, as the Desert Peninsula's sovereignty was wiped out due to a failed nuclear weapon research, leaving its land ravaged, never to recover.

"Adam, maintain oversight on the research of Louis Industrial Company, update the technology directory once per day, and mark the latest progress."

To maintain focus on new technologies, Chen Fei added a new task for the Artificial Intelligence AI "Adam."

Adam: New technology directory updated! Added to daily work plans.

All enterprises within the "Boundary Pearl" Life Space exclusively use "Adam," benefiting from the "planetary-level compute node" with unlimited compute power support, hence achieving higher efficiency in the research and computing domain compared to when on Blue Star.

Adam: Mouri Misono has a call connection request!

A line of text appeared in front of Chen Fei's eyes, simultaneously with the ringing of his phone.

The caller display showed Mouri Misono, who was stationed on Socotra Island, overseeing the Blue Star Global Joint Defense Committee Headquarters.

"Mouri, is there any urgent matter?"

Chen Fei pressed the answer button.

Mouri Misono is responsible for everyday administrative management; without something important, she wouldn't directly call Chen Fei, usually sending a text message or email report, which Chen Fei would look at when available, or not, as it wouldn't affect anything major.

"The Global Joint Defense Committee has suddenly received a high-priority confidential report concerning Longinus."

Mouri Misono seemed to be cautious about "eavesdroppers" around her, deliberately lowering her voice, sounding somewhat muffled as if covering her mouth.

Chen Fei calmly asked, "Is it about the loss of Longinus?"

Indeed, Longinus was lost.

Quantity one!

Who did it?

It was Chen Xiao'er!

He quietly hid one Longinus, letting the sovereignties worry themselves sick!

This served as Chen Fei's minor counter against the sovereignties' dissatisfaction.

Mouri Misono exclaimed, "Eh? You already knew?"

She obtained this intelligence by pure chance and hadn't expected Chen Fei to have gotten the news ahead of her.

Chen Fei replied ambiguously, "While it's unexpected, it's also within reason, nothing too curious."

Even though Miss Mouri is his ally and very reliable, he couldn't let any information slip, as quite a few sovereignties were already displeased with him, naively handing over the handle would only invite trouble.

Mouri Misono murmured, "I see, South Continent of America was too careless."

"America? South Continent?" Chen Fei was taken aback and instinctively asked, "What did you say?"

"Ah, uh! Wasn't it the South Continent of America that lost a Longinus? Or..."

Mouri Misono was no fool, realizing immediately, her scalp tingled, and goosebumps rose all over her body. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

From Chen Fei's tone, it seemed there was more than just one Longinus lost.

Having just one Longinus missing was already terrible enough, the worst part being that it was supposedly two, which indeed posed a grave crisis.

The "Dimensional Gate," based on Longinus positioning, required paired usage, meaning two Longinus were needed to establish a stable cross-distance passage. But now, with two Longinus lost, it implied someone could recklessly activate the "Dimensional Gate."

"Send the intelligence over, the more complete, the better."

The relaxed look on Chen Fei's face vanished instantly.

He hadn't thought that what Mouri Misono referred to as lost and what he thought of as lost weren't the same thing at all.