Sky-cracking Rider

One of the professional talents previously sent to his niece, an electronics expert and former shareholder of the Apocalypse Defense Group, McAllen Gager, had passed away and had equipped the revived Target Low Temperature Nuclear Fusion Energy Tower with a circuit protection system and enhanced the shielding at the core.

Finally, they custom-made an all-encompassing Faraday cage, encasing the entire Energy Tower within it, and providing thorough protection. These measures weakened sudden strong electromagnetic pulses layer by layer, ensuring that the Energy Tower could continue to operate normally without automatically shutting down for self-protection.

After regaining warmth and light, the many withered plants inside the shed immediately flourished at a visibly fast rate, much to the delight of Pure Light Sparrow Xiao Jiu.

"Jiu..."

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The crisp chirping swiftly crossed the sky, now east, then west, but always returning to perch on Chen Fei's shoulder.

Taken out on a rare occasion, Xiao Jiu was extremely excited, as birds belong to the sky and flying freely is their nature.

"There's nothing here?"

Executive manager Hanna Gager kicked the rocks scattered on the ground, within a kilometer around, not a blade of grass grew.

It was hard to imagine any kind of living creature surviving here.

Chen Fei took her back to where they had first encountered the Mutant Worm Swarm, but found nothing, not even a burrow dug by the mutants despite digging three feet deep, as if they had never appeared.

If it weren't for the fact that Aircrew Base 912 to the east of 911 Aircrew Base had indeed been overrun by the Mutant Worm Swarm Chen Fei mentioned, the executive manager might have thought that this rookie pilot had hallucinations after landing, that no mutant species existed at all.

Thump!~

A muffled sound echoed.

A cloud of dust rose in the distance, the ground shook slightly, and the ground wave spread far across the surface.

Followed by another muffled sound from a different direction, micro-explosives buried thirty meters underground detonated sequentially, raising continuous clouds of dust.

"We've made a discovery!"

A technician stared intently at the screen in front of him.

The rapidly spreading shockwaves quickly fed back the geological structure, creating a three-dimensional effect.

Chen Fei and Hanna Gager hurried over to see a three-dimensional image of an underground structure.

At a depth of over a hundred meters underground was a tunnel about ten meters in diameter, its actual length was immeasurable, just the part the shockwaves had identified was already more than five hundred meters long, and the extent to which it extended further was still unknown.

Chen Fei looked at the increasingly complete 3D image of the underground structure and couldn't help but take a sharp intake of breath, saying, "My goodness, could this be a monster's nest underground?"

Executive manager snapped, "Don't talk nonsense!"

She said to the technician, "Measure a few more points to see if there are any signs of biological activity below."
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"Okay."

The technician was also interested in the underground tunnel but could not determine whether this geological structure was naturally formed or excavated by the mutant species.

The Xingdu Kush Mountain Area was mountainous and cavernous, with complex geological conditions; the actual situation underground was unknown, and the workload required to thoroughly explore it was far too great for any military contractor to afford.

Professionals would handle professional matters, so they had to wait for the ground to be drilled and the micro-explosives placed, which would take some time.

Out of sheer boredom, Chen Fei casually picked up a rock, weighed it in his hand, and was about to throw it with all his might to see how far it could go when he suddenly uttered a sound of surprise, retracted his strength, and brought the rock closer to inspect.

He seemed to have discovered something, puzzled, he picked up another rock, compared the two, and his expression grew increasingly skeptical.

"What are you looking at?"

Hanna Gager noticed Chen Fei's unusual behavior.

"Look, there's something strange about the surfaces of these two rocks."

Chen Fei handed over the two rocks he had picked up.

Hanna Gager glanced at Chen Fei, took the rocks, and compared them, noting that the surfaces of the rocks had fine marks, and these marks formed very regular patterns.

"This rock has it too, this one, and this one, they all have it!"

Chen Fei squatted on the ground, rummaging through the rocks, picking up one after another for careful inspection.

Then he walked a few steps farther and continued picking up rocks to examine.

"These marks..."

Hanna Gager also noticed as she followed along, picking up rocks to identify.

Even moving quite a distance away, nearly every rock here had similar marks on its surface, even though the texture of the rocks varied greatly.

Chen Fei eventually put down the rock in his hand, stopped picking others up, and said with certainty, "There's definitely something wrong!"

"You're right!"

Hanna Gager brought her camera, used the macro function to photograph the marks on the surfaces of these rocks.

At the same time, she picked a few rocks as samples, to be taken back to 911 Aircrew Base for further identification and analysis.

Half an hour later, there was another series of muffled thumps.

The detection equipment captured more underground structural spaces, the tunnel extended a kilometer to the southeast, then began to branch into several smaller offshoots, stretching deeper underground.

Shh shh shh shh…

An unusual agitation suddenly appeared in the air.

The technician monitoring the shockwave feedback suddenly started shouting.

"There's static, no, something is approaching."

A veteran on nearby alert suddenly lay on the ground, tilted his head, and pressed his ear to the ground. After listening for a while, he quickly stood up, chambered a round with a clatter, turned his head, and yelled at the female executive manager, "Five kilometers, a large number!"

Retreat or not was solely up to the female executive manager.

The accompanying veterans instinctively made ready for battle, while the technicians hurriedly gathered their equipment and clustered together.

Two gyroplanes taxied through the turbulence for a distance before taking off one after another, their large-caliber machine guns and rocket nests ready to fire.

The tricycles aren't picky about the terrain; any flat surface will do. The evenness of the ground isn't the most important aspect, at most it's a bit painful on the buttocks. As long as the speed is sufficient, they can naturally take off smoothly, their adaptability is exceptionally strong.

No wonder in the Xingdu Kush Mountain Area, the most important mechanical vehicles are not cars, but various homemade gyroplanes. The skillful mountain people could even assemble their own without needing specific aviation engines; there were basically no technical requirements.

"Prepare to evacuate!"

Manager Hanna made a decisive decision, after all, there were many people here, and she might not be able to take care of everyone.

With hands slightly together, air currents surged, converging toward the center of her hands with a faint whistling sound.

"I'll be the last one!"

Chen Fei extended his hand—sword come!

The Physics Holy Sword appeared in his hand the next moment.

The White Steel Crowbar was the nemesis of those bugs. If one hit didn't kill them, then two hits would. So far, there had been no bug that couldn't be killed with up to five hits; two hits for armor penetration, the third drove straight into the innards. No bug could withstand such treatment.

A hundred meters away, the ground surged like waves, arching several feet as if something terrifying was rapidly approaching from underneath.

Gugugugu...

The machine guns mounted on the large gyroplanes spat out tongues of fire, streaks of red trajectories fired intensely, pummeling the wave of the earth repeatedly with crossfire.

Then a series of rockets were fired, blasting fireballs and debris into the air, and the dim outlines of some monstrous bugs were blown out, their pale exoskeletons covered their bodies and blade-like limbs, each bug was the size of a young calf, snapping its mandibles, emitting a hoarse screech.

It was those bugs!

The scene of the fall of the Aircrew Base lingered vividly, and no one dared to underestimate these fierce, man-eating monsters.

Everyone ran frantically toward the helicopters, the veterans following the female executive manager responsible for covering the rear, retreating orderly.

Hanna Gagar pushed with both hands, a highly condensed ball of wind flew towards the rolling ground waves. The moment the two forces made contact, a tornado violently formed, swirling sand and stones, revealing the countless bugs in frightening numbers.

Putu putu putu, slender-bodied bugs broke through the soil, suddenly opening their elytra, extending their slender hind wings, and emitting a deafening buzzing sound amidst intense vibration.

"Son of a bitch! Come at me if you dare!"

Chen Fei faced those bugs.

He was not afraid of these ugly creatures; a crowbar was all he needed to dispatch them smoothly.

Humm humm humm...

The flying species of bugs that had taken to the air landed again, their compound eyes focused on Chen Fei, and the rolling ground waves suddenly stilled.

"Chirp!"

Xiao Jiu, fearless as a calf in front of a tiger, perched on Chen Fei's head and boldly chirped a few times, utterly unaware of what fear meant.

As long as its father was there, nothing could scare it.

Squeak squeak creak, a strange noise came through.

The menacing bugs turned and burrowed back into the soil.

"Huh?!"

Chen Fei quickly reacted, rushing forward, swinging the White Steel Crowbar.

All the bugs were frantically scraping at the soil and stones, burrowing into the ground.

Chen Fei threw the crowbar aside, forcefully grabbed a bug's leg, and desperately pulled it outward.

He was still yelling, "Come back to me!"

The female executive manager was also shouting upon seeing this scene.

"Rookie, come back to me!"

It seemed once again a familiar scene was unfolding.

Acting recklessly!

The irritated bug's leg kicked out, sending Chen Fei sprawling on his rear, then it wriggled a few more times and burrowed underground, disappearing without a trace.

"Come back, come back quickly!"

Chen Fei picked up the crowbar again and fiercely dug into the ground, but aside from a pile of loose sand and stones, he found nothing else.

The two gyroplanes circled overhead for a few more laps, but besides the completely settled ground, no further sign of the bugs was visible.

The technicians and veterans who had already climbed into the cabin of the Z-9 armed helicopter simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief.

These abruptly appearing monsters not only arrived quickly but also left just as swiftly, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

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