Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1292 - 1258: The Visit

The kilometer-long giant airship is not commonly seen among the airship types on Blue Star. On one hand, it's limited by manufacturing technology; on the other hand, there are rarely opportunities to expend so much transport capacity at once. Not to mention the existing Space System Alchemy Storage Device, which can easily replace large carriers.

The sky thundered, and here I come!

The "No.2 Command Ship" directly appeared above the outskirts of Chapala City on the South Continent of America, pushing aside the air with a thunderous roar that almost shook the entire city, announcing Chen Fei's arrival.

The eye-catching paint job of Jiu Defense Company caused residents of Chapala City to grumble for a while before they quickly calmed down.

Chapala City, where the headquarters of Blue Star's private military contractors are clustered, is a city with a special industry attribute. Signs of various sizes of military contractors can be seen everywhere on the streets and alleys. Some skyscrapers are even entirely the headquarters of large military contractors. Various industries inside and outside the city revolve around military contractors, providing intelligence services, equipment trading, repair and development, and personnel training programs. Many local schools' students start military-related training from a young age, serving as a main force for human resources in the military contracting industry.

This also makes Chapala City relatively exclusive. Other outsiders, except for financiers and peers, can easily be targeted and excluded, both tangibly and intangibly.

If it weren't for the kilometer-long airship having the eye-catching paint job of Jiu Defense Company, coupled with the recent high notoriety of Jiu Defense Company, it's possible that by now, a large number of weapon systems would have started targeting this airship that caused such a commotion. Chapala City lacks no military equipment, and although the equipment is at least a generation behind those of the sovereignties in service, its lethality is not much weaker.

"Rookie, why is it the Jiu Defense Company logo?"

Miyoshi Xuesen was puzzled by the paint job of the "No.2 Command Ship." The ready-made Blue Star Global United Defense Committee logo was available, yet it wasn't used, leaving him confused.

"You'll soon understand!"

Chen Fei offered no explanation.

Though established only in recent years, Jiu Defense Company is a medium-sized private military contractor originating from the well-established Apocalypse Defense Group headquartered in Chapala City, an authentic local of Chapala City.

A strong dragon doesn't oppress a local snake. If you can't smoothly integrate locally, there will inevitably be many obstacles and even unexpected variables in doing things.

It's not the first time Chen Fei has come to Chapala City, and he's not entirely ignorant of the rules here.

Employed long-term at the global level compared to the military contracting industry, Miyoshi Xuesen isn't expected to know every little thing. Some walls need to be rammed into before you know if your head hurts. What if you have a tough head and knock the wall down?

"Understand? Understand what?"

The shiny bright bald head seemed to have countless question marks floating above it.

How do you guess such a riddle?

The kilometer-long airship "No.2 Command Ship" had no intention of entering the city directly. It merely appeared on the outskirts, following Mr. Brown's "Space-Time Seed" position. Then, it obediently entered the local public spaceport, found a parking space, and landed.

A mobile base vehicle carried Chen Fei and others into the Chapala City area. The vehicle's body was still prominently painted with Jiu Defense Company, its visual symbols exaggerated to the point of advertising. The long and wide vehicle drove dominantly on the highway, utterly unconcerned with other vehicles cutting in or overtaking.

Car owners with short tempers, seeing the body of the mobile base vehicle, didn't need to consider the Jiu Defense Company signs on the vehicle's surface. They naturally kept their distance.

If you can't figure it out yourself, and then wait for the massive car wheels to crush your skull.

Fifteen minutes after entering the main city area, the mobile base vehicle stopped at the entrance of a residential community.

The body is too long, and although it can drive in, turning out would not be easy.

"Miyoshi, your friend doesn't seem to be doing well? He doesn't even have an official storefront."

Chen Fei surveyed the densely packed high-rise residential buildings, about forty in total in the community. Each with a ground-level and underground garage, they averaged thirty floors. But looking at the number of balconies per floor, building distance, greenery, and other facilities, this residential area should be a high-end commercial residential area.

On the first floor, two elevators serve two households, each with a large area, estimated at no less than 500 square meters.

Some small startups, micro-sized business entities, or individual professionals often choose residential buildings as their base to save costs.

Miyoshi Xuesen's friend chose a high-end residential building as a foothold. Clearly, although not short on money, compared to legitimate intelligence traders, they're a bit lacking.

"He is a guy with a bad temper, doesn't get along with others, only does business with acquaintances or by recommendation. It's not worthwhile to have a dedicated storefront."

Miyoshi Xuesen carefully recalled the "friend" living here, his memory already blurry, and only by referring to the Blue Star Global United Defense Committee's files did he restore those almost forgotten memories.

Ten years ago, they had nothing to do with each other, but due to that lousy temper, Monk almost shot the guy in the head. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"Let's say hi first."

With the help of the AI "Adam," Chen Fei identified the residential building and floor where Miyoshi Xuesen's "friend" was located.

Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong!

Miyoshi Xuesen, who was in charge of leading the way, pressed the doorbell.

After a moment, a rough duck voice sounded from the intercom system.

"Who is it? I don't conduct rituals here!"

Seeing Miyoshi Xuesen's full professional monk attire, the triads and lowlifes are quite popular in Chapala City, and you can find all sorts of desired services.

If you have money, Chapala City is Heaven. If you're broke, you'll have to obediently work. Now, Blue Star is chaotic everywhere, military contractors' busy season. If you're daring and lucky enough, you can earn your fill.

The bold get fat; the timid starve. This rule suits the military contracting industry, but if you die midway, you can only blame your bad luck.

Miyoshi Xuesen said angrily, "I didn't plan on doing a ritual for you. I'm Miyoshi. Open the door!"

"Miyoshi? Miyoshi Xuesen? Blackhearted Miyoshi? Dark Arhat?..."

The rough duck voice immediately rattled off a series of names Chen Fei had never heard, all pointing to Miyoshi Xuesen.

Dark Arhat?

Chen Fei knew Blackhearted Miyoshi, as doing dirty work dirties the heart, but this monk who loves setting up stands—even he qualified to be an Arhat?

Unveiled before Chen Fei, the irritated Miyoshi Monk shouted impatiently, "It's me, it's me, all me! Open the door!"

The devil's entering the village, you, law-abiding citizens, open the door!

"Who did you bring over? I heard a giant combat spaceship just appeared in the sky outside the city. Is it related to you?"

The rough duck voice still didn't open the door but kept nagging questions.

"Correct, it's our spaceship."

Miyoshi Xuesen held back his impatience.

The rough duck voice seemingly wasn't done, asking, "Is it a Global United Defense Committee spaceship?"

The sound of intense keyboard typing faintly transmitted, and the noise-canceling couldn't completely remove sounds when human voices stopped.

"Sort of, but not entirely. Hey, Kraken, are you opening the door or not?"

Miyoshi Xuesen's patience was running out. That bastard upstairs was selling intelligence. Every question earlier was essentially free info. Even if it wasn't significant intelligence, even a tiny bit is real money.

"Wait a moment, wait a moment, I have a few more questions!"

The rough duck voice showed no concern for Miyoshi Xuesen's anger.

"Miyoshi, step aside!"

Chen Fei stepped forward, came to the intercom camera, pointed to himself, and said, "I, Chen Fei, open the door!"

Then he took off his left wrist, which appeared as a healthy wristband "Universal Data Transceiver," an entity-based Psi Skill, and directly connected it to the physical key interface of the intercom.

The "planetary-level compute node" violently cracked the intercom's security, starting the countdown.

"Eh?"

Ka!

The door opened!

The civilian intercom system was useless in front of a "planetary-level compute node."

"Damn, so much nonsense!"

Chen Fei directly opened the door, stepped inside, not sure if admonishing the rough duck voice Clark for his verbosity or chiding Miyoshi Xuesen for getting the door open only after so long.

The others followed him in single file and headed straight for the elevator inside the building.

"Eh! Chen Fei? 'Tyrant'! 'Dragon Slayer'! Oh shit!"

The intercom system before the now-empty camera exclaimed increasingly exaggeratedly, followed by noises like something was knocked over.