Sky-cracking Rider

Chapter 433 Section 429 - Questioning

In fact, Chen Fei couldn't just waltz into the scene, touch the "Canglong" project and take it away.

He had to rely on the so-called "sacrifice" to do so, and even the pile of shattered machine debris before him was far from enough. Wanting to repair the wreckage completely, even the "Physical Evolution Database" was powerless. What kind of fairy-tale joke was this!

Chen Fei crouched down and picked up a piece of debris the size of a palm, examining it carefully before his eyes.

The moment he touched it, the Dog System issued a prompt.

System: Ding! Found Alloy Body 157 grams, absorb: Yes/No|?

Of course, it's a no!

He couldn't be too blatant, and he wasn't in need of those few Energy Points, especially since that didn't even amount to a whole number.

The debris had already cooled through, entirely blackened, leaving a hand filthy upon touch and accompanied by a pungent residual odor, with the silver-white luster of metal faintly visible at the torn edge.

As if he'd discovered something, Chen Fei picked up a few more thin fragments and tried piecing them together before examining them again closely.

Secretly, he picked up a nail-sized fragment and activated the "Metal Devouring" skill. Compared to the large piece from before, this one was almost inconspicuous, practically negligible.

System: Absorbed Alloy Body 2 grams, composition ratio: Aluminum 57%, Titanium 18%, Magnesium 4%, Zinc 3%, Copper 2%, Chromium...

"Skin Fragment, it must be a Magic Array!"

Chen Fei turned his head and looked at the experts who had ceased their quarreling and were now evaluating him, and tentatively asked, "Is this a Crystal Jet?"

The base material most commonly used for Magic Arrays on Blue Star is titanium, known as Mithril on Cangqiong Star, a high-quality conductor of magic power, and occasionally platinum is also used.

But apart from the Crystal Jet, other aircraft rarely use Magic Arrays, partly because they require large-capacity Crystalline Blocks in place of high-quality Demon Crystals or Magical Beast Crystal Cores, and also because maintenance is quite troublesome—probably enough to drive the logistics department to collapse.

Chief Designer Sun Qiuguo smiled and said, "You've figured it out!"

The others all gave him a thumbs-up.

If one observed carefully and let their imagination run, it would be easy to guess that the special texturing on the surface of the skin fragment could very possibly be part of a Magic Array.

Chen Fei's reaction was quick, guessing the truth right away. Even if he wasn't an industry insider, he was definitely not as ignorant as a rookie.

No one could have guessed that Chen Fei didn't deduce the answer but copied it, and his way of entry was something others couldn't learn.

"A titanium-based Magic Array, that should be correct!"

While saying this, Chen Fei approached the largest main body, subtly absorbing a few more fragments to confirm that the high percentage of titanium was not incidental but essential.

However, he could only copy so much information. He couldn't absorb all of the debris, or else he could have reconstructed even more information.

"...There should be twenty-nine aerodynamic control surfaces, if I'm not mistaken, and AI-assisted flight... such a familiar storage unit style, is it 'Adam'...?"

Chen Fei was still examining the wreckage when Chief Designer Sun Qiuguo interrupted his murmuring.

"Wait a minute, Little Chen, how do you know it's 'Adam'?"

Upon hearing Chen Fei mention "Adam," the faces of those experts all showed a drastic change, and one thought crossed their minds: damn it, a security breach!

Like other projects initiated by the company, either there was no leak, or a leak would be a major issue, even threatening the survival of the whole project. If the company assessed that "Canglong" had lost its confidentiality and thus canceled the project, it wasn't out of the realm of possibility. That would mean a loss of many people's year-end bonuses or even their jobs.

The steady maintenance of a state enterprise might be comforting, but job security wasn't guaranteed. Once you lost your hold and it broke, that meant you were completely cut off from the state enterprise route. How could those accustomed to the reassurance of state enterprise life adapt to fully competitive private companies?

"'Adam'?" Chen Fei smiled and then said, "Technically, the 'Adam' in use here was brought back by me from the American Federation."

"Adam" had multiple patrons domestically, and as industry leaders, how could they not snatch such a useful AI? Chen Fei had long known that Northern Weapons Industry Group was one of those in need and that it was being applied in new projects under development; he was not surprised at all.

The AIs derived from Cybertrom's digital intelligent constructs were indeed useful, but compared to "Adam," they were more than a bit behind. There hadn't been significant progress in over thirty years.

So this must be a little joke meant to lighten the mood.

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Alright! Chief Designer Sun Qiuguo from the "Canglong" project admitted he had a low threshold for humor, and he was successfully amused by the other party's remark.

"Look! This is my Crystal Jet, named 'Holy Grail'!"

Chen Fei took out his phone and showed a photo to the experts.

Laymen watch the excitement; insiders look for clues. Whether it's real or not is apparent at a glance.

These experts were not easy to fool.

"Eh! It kinda looks real!"

"Is it a rendered image? The proportions and lighting look so accurate!"

After careful consideration, the experts unanimously determined that this was an artificially created image so masterfully done that it could rival the real thing.

"Rendered image?"

Shen Fei looked at Chen Fei with puzzled disbelief; she was unaware that he had such skills.

"How could it be a rendered image, why does no one believe me when I'm telling the truth! Look, some people even think this photo was rendered!"

Chen Fei brought up another photo.

Chief Designer Sun Qiuguo sneakily glanced at it, laughed, and said, "Isn't this rendered too?"

The young man in the photo was posing with the Dragon of Slaughter, with a rope tied to his hand. If that was a real photo, it would have to be a posthumous portrait; the next second, his head would surely be bitten off by the Metallic Dragon.

"This photo... uh, it's real!"

Shen Fei couldn't help but laugh as she vouched for Chen Fei.

Because she was the one who had taken the photo; she was the living proof.

"Huh?" said Chief Designer Sun Qiuguo.

"Huh?" said Deputy Chief Designer Nangong Chengyu.

"Huh?" said Worker Ge.

"Huh?" said Worker Ma.

...

All the expert friends were shocked.

So, this actually worked?

Was it that the human's head contained a bundle, or that the dragon's head contained one?

The truth was that both the human and dragon had bundles in their heads; otherwise, this photo wouldn't exist.

"So... this Crystal Jet is real."

Chen Fei finally proved he wasn't joking.

The question now was...

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