Sky-cracking Rider

After Chen Fei's transport airship flew out of the atmosphere, if those 23 biological space carriers hadn't stopped focusing the starlight columns in time and instead switched tactics to release the parasitic creatures attached inside and outside their bodies, this battle wouldn't have been so straightforwardly concluded with a strategic-level Element Annihilation Bomb, scaring off other biological space carriers on top of that, and finally leisurely dispatching the remains.

Once the landing craft collected enough flesh and blood samples, it quickly returned. More than a dozen missiles circled gently and rammed into the wreckage of the three biological space carriers, igniting their tail flames to push the remains toward the atmosphere of Emerald Star.

Due to the planet's gravity, the wreckage's fall speed will get faster, igniting in the ionosphere and burning more fiercely as it rubs against the atmosphere at high speed, turning into a wisp of black smoke that disappears into the sky, most likely without the chance to hit the ground.

In orbit, many flesh and blood tissues and the dying or dead parasitic species still drifted. The transport airship ascended to the highest orbit, using railguns to blow up the still-alive parasitic species one by one, to eradicate them completely without leaving any trouble.

The rest will naturally be affected by the planet's gravity; after orbiting a hundred or so times, they'll gradually fall into the atmosphere, burning away until they're completely gone, vanishing into ashes.

Much like how Blue Star People never cared about the space debris in near-earth orbit, these pieces of debris will gradually disappear over time.

"Chirp?"

The body of Xiao Jiu, noticeably larger, landed on Chen Fei's shoulder, continuously turning around and flicking its three long tail feathers against his face, seemingly showing off, seeking a hug and to be lifted high.

Over three thousand Pure Light Sparrows collectively went off duty, perching all over the cabin and even flying into the ship's bridge to watch the commotion, exemplifying what "scatter like birds and beasts" means. Mischievous and noisy is the nature of Pure Light Sparrows, not a single one is well-behaved.

Only at one time will they quiet down... when they become roast bird skewers.

Although roasting skewers might seem too cruel for the Pure Light Sparrow clan, after all, it's part of life. Quite a few are caught and roasted, but many more fly free into the sky.

"Little guy, you really did a great job this time."

Chen Fei quickly retrieved bird food and clean water from the "spatial branding." Just as it was set out, a swarm of Pure Light Sparrows pounced on it, chirping incessantly in his ear.

Man dies for wealth, bird for food. Even Xiao Jiu couldn't chase away these daring companions, including itself. They're all gluttons, black-hearted very much.

Using pipes split in the middle to hold the bird food and clean water, the sparrows finally let Chen Fei go, filling the feeding troughs full, creating a spectacular scene.

The collective element resonance skill of the flock is physically taxing; they were long hungry and thirty thousand Pure Light Sparrows could devour nearly two hundred pounds of bird food in one go, consuming at least a ton in four days, fed only four times a day, with an average intake of 20 grams per sparrow. The actual consumption was more, not less. Each day, they would also excrete over two hundred kilograms of bird droppings, which if not cleaned in time... would render the bridge next to it uninhabitable.

Fortunately, bird droppings are one of the core resources for the Ark plan's closed-loop, used in agriculture planting, gathered by someone responsible. Otherwise, they would have to be discarded outside. Staying long in one place, the excrement would pile up like a mountain, undoubtedly reeking terribly; Chen Fei couldn't imagine such a scene.

After cleaning up the remaining wreckage in orbit, the transport airship began entering the atmosphere of Emerald Star, returning to the surface.

Chen Fei had no intention of making use of the remaining strength to pursue the vanquished, unless he wanted to seek death.

Thinking about defeating all the biological space carriers with just his own strength, he either became too conceited or forgot his real abilities, or the "Sagali" civilization was too weak, to be beaten by a mere Blue Star pawn.

Which possibility is correct? The truth is indisputable.

This time, it relied on the advantage of tactical information asymmetry; next time, there might not be such good fortune. Those who take their opponents for fools often find themselves the fool.

With his intellect intact, Chen Fei didn't want to act the hero now; waiting until he accumulated enough hard power to challenge the "Sagalis" seemed much more favorable.

Besides, there was an S-class Space Ability User with very strong skills but cautious by nature nearby, likely to teleport with people and the airship, carrying the sparrows back to Blue Star.

"Return!"

As Heseman Brown's words fell, he, Chen Fei, and over three thousand Pure Light Sparrows returned to the giant battleship on Blue Star.

The transport airship on Emerald Star wasn't recalled for energy points but left there, as transport capability will always be required at any time or place.

"Chirp!"

Xiao Jiu firmly occupied Chen Fei's right shoulder. Should any other Pure Light Sparrow dare to claim his left shoulder or head, it would immediately drive them away without hesitation.

"Ah no! You've come back!"

Watching Chen Fei and company enter the bridge from the adjacent cabin, the chirping chatter of sparrows broke into Miyoshi Xuesen's ears, finally putting his concerned mind to rest.

The worst feared outcome hadn't occurred, but the Monk was on the brink of losing it.

In such a short while, the Command Center kept dialing in communication attempts, finding no one, they resorted to all sorts of excuses—like interacting with sparrows, building rapport, taking sparrows out for air, or together meeting a girlfriend—otherwise, it was hard to explain why both people and birds were missing.

Should the Blue Star Sovereigns learn these three individuals were secretly developing Emerald Star and even fought against parasitic species in biological space carriers, they wouldn't brush it off as nothing happened. They would employ various means, robbing all of the trio's gains.

Even if The First Sovereign might take care about appearances, other Sovereigns surely wouldn't shy away, employing dirtier tactics.

After all, in the face of interests, morality and law are meant to be trampled upon.

"Everything is going smoothly, Miyoshi, don't worry about it!"

Seeing the monk's restless unease, Chen Fei waved his hand and gave him a reassurance pill.

A chair with a backrest rose behind him, and he plopped down, exhausted from this trip, almost thinking the situation would turn for the worst. But ultimately, after the strategic-level Element Annihilation Bomb struck with powerful impact, the parasitic species' biological space motherships tactfully retreated, avoiding an escalation that would leave both sides embarrassed.

To be honest, Chen Fei was also very concerned about this possibility. After all, there was only one strategic-level Element Annihilation Bomb, and it couldn't be produced in the short term again. As one of the core components, the Earth Order First Rank Magical Beast Crystal Core is not commonplace; even Louis Industrial Company cannot stock many. Bringing one or two pieces for the dispatched R&D team was already quite difficult.

If the Element Annihilation Weapon R&D team hadn't brought out their prized possession, it would not have been as easy to return to Blue Star, risking even the foundation on Emerald Star.

He snapped his fingers, and another chair rose from the floor. The accomplished S-Class Superpower User Heseman Brown also sat down, unceremoniously. This day was truly nerve-wracking, never expecting to battle with the parasitic species' biological space motherships before departure.

"Chirp!"

Claiming Chen Fei's shoulder, the Pure Light Sparrow signaled its presence.

"It's okay, huh? Xiao Jiu, what's this..."

Miyoshi Xuesen's gaze fell on Jiubao subconsciously rubbing his own eyes.

This Sparrow Sparrow not only grew a size larger but also added three long tail feathers, almost as long as its body length, looking completely different from before.

"Advanced two ranks, now at Human Rank Ninth Stage!"

Chen Fei didn't hide anything from Miyoshi Xuesen.

"Hiss... National One!"

The monk was temporarily assigned to the shock department, incredulous that such a small Magical Beast as the Pure Light Sparrow could reach Human Rank Ninth Stage? Perhaps he needs to upgrade his encyclopedic knowledge about Magical Beasts.

He originally thought Human Rank Seventh Stage should be the limit, no - Human Rank Third Stage should be the pinnacle for the Pure Light Sparrow species.

No one could have imagined that the weak Pure Light Sparrows advancing to Human Rank Ninth Stage would look like this - three long tail feathers complemented by a high crest on its head, resembling a mini version of the Black Phoenix. Could the ancestor of the Pure Light Sparrow's Magical Beast bloodline actually be a true Divine Beast Phoenix?!

The bridge doorbell echoed; someone had pressed the bell outside the Sparrow Nest cabin.

The cabin where over three thousand Pure Light Sparrows reside is not only convenient for gathering but also a tactical buffer zone. If someone intends to aggressively attack the bridge, the over three thousand sparrows already collectively advanced to Human Rank Sixth Stage may not release offensive spells, but layering up Light Series Magic Shields is simpler than directly assaulting the bridge from outside the battleship.

Ringing the doorbell was the head of the Element Annihilation Weapon R&D team, Mino Heaton, who previously made an appointment with the AI "Adam," standing alongside several team core members.

The AI "Adam" is now essentially the AI butler for the giant battleship and all other airships under Chen Fei's command, proficient in handling complex parallel tasks. Having been augmented by a "planetary-level compute node," it no longer needs to worry about Chen Fei's nutritional deficiencies, able to provide more management detail functionalities. In auxiliary work, it rivals the digital intelligent construct "Cybertrom," perhaps even superior in these initial capabilities.

"Adam" stems from the flight control core of sixth-generation fighter jets, capable of handling unmanned, manned, coordinated, and team battle modes. Designed with high-efficiency coordination management requirements for various internal function modules and external tactical units, alongside optimization for human-machine interaction. It further enhanced these skills through self-learning after defecting, expanding and upgrading to its current level.

Thus, there are many things that don't require Chen Fei, the hands-off captain, to be involved throughout, as Chen Xiao'er isn't Zhuge Liang and can't handle workloads meant for human supercomputer talent like Zhuge Liang without exhaustion.

Honestly, Mr. Wolong managing a nation alone is akin to flesh-and-blood AI; given he's only human, it's not surprising he died before realizing his ambitions.

The bridge's cabin door opened immediately, allowing passage for the core members of the Element Annihilation Weapon R&D team.

"Mr. Heaton, your design is quite perfect, meeting my expectations."

Seeing Mino Heaton leading the way, Chen Fei smiled.

The head of the Element Annihilation Weapon R&D team didn't hold back with Chen Fei, straightforwardly saying: "Data!"

They just created a super big explosion but need to retrieve the data for evaluation, otherwise, they would have created nothing but silence; at least give the sound a reason!

"No problem, now, immediately, right away!"

Chen Fei raised his hand, snapped his fingers.

Adam: Beep! Strategic-level Earth Order First Rank Element Annihilation Bomb related data packets sent.

Simultaneously, a short sound emitted from Mino Heaton, as his phone maintained synchronization with the cloud service, immediately alerting him upon receiving the data packet.