Sky-cracking Rider

Chapter 452 The 448th Section - Destination

The originally planned 21-hour journey was shortened to 14 hours by Chen Fei, who drove nonstop.

Apart from the occasional bird falling from the sky, hitting the car window in a bloody mess and startling everyone, no other incidents occurred.

On the grasslands, indeed, no animal could catch up with the Mobile Base Vehicle moving at full speed, and even if they could, they couldn't keep up for long.

The Mobile Base Vehicle left the grasslands, passed through forests and canyons, and entered a dry and desolate area, where a clearly visible road soon appeared ahead.

It was more of a trace of where wheels had compressed the ground rather than a road; judging by the distance between the left and right wheel tracks, it was likely similar to that of Chen Fei's Mobile Base Vehicle.

Adam: "Unknown mechanical body detected straight ahead, number 2, distance 5 kilometers, speed 0."

"Unknown mechanical body?"

Chen Fei muttered to himself and then gave an order.

"Load the railgun, prepare to fire."

The railgun on top of the Mobile Base Vehicle extended out, aimed straight ahead, and was ready to fire.

At that moment, Chen Fei's phone rang, the caller ID still showing the mysterious number "000000."

After picking it up casually, a stern voice came through.

"Disarm immediately, disarm right now!"

"An unknown mechanical body detected ahead, are you confirming it's friendly?"

Chen Fei slowed down the vehicle, the railgun on top was to guard against those two unknown mechanical bodies.

The Mobile Base Vehicle was not part of any battlefield data link nor did it have a friend-or-foe identification system; Team 04 had been independent from the start, hence there was no need for allies.

The two unknown mechanical bodies had entered his field of vision; they were two "large spiders" with eight legs each, their backs carrying railguns and large-caliber machine guns. If remote-controlled, they would be remote-controlled combat robots; if operated by AI, then they would be bionic combat machines; if manned, then multi-legged step-in combat mobility armor.

Same appearance, different control methods, slightly different terms used, and some differences in tactics.

"Confirmed as friendly, those are automated combat machines, disarm immediately!"

The voice on the phone confirmed the identity of the mechanical spiders, not hostile targets.

"'Adam,' disengage the firing mode and retract the railgun."

As Chen Fei spoke, the railgun aiming at the two automated combat spiders retracted back onto the roof of the vehicle.

Since they were automated combat machines, they likely had some level of friend-or-foe recognition intelligence. If the guns remained aimed, it might trigger a preemptive counterattack; no wonder the voice on the phone was so urgent, nearly leading to a firefight.

Railgun against railgun, without a high-intensity protective barrier or magic shield, everyone was at risk, potentially not even needing a second shot.

"Follow the tracks; a vehicle will come to guide you, end of communication."@@@@

The phone call was disconnected.

The railgun muzzles carried by the two octoped mechanical spider combat robots in front of the Mobile Base Vehicle slowly turned away, clearly remaining on alert.

The journey had been fraught with dangers, especially the moment the ground-effect vehicle fell, almost convincing him that he was about to die.

Fortunately, the pilot of the ground-effect vehicle had put forth his utmost effort, barely ensuring a safe landing for everyone, but the vehicle was broken into pieces, and even the pilot was injured, quickly taken away by a nearby aircraft; the officer's squad remained on the ground, continuing to guard and wait for other transportation for the mission target.

After the mobile base vehicle came to a stop, the cage that imprisoned the mission target and the chair, as well as the floor fixing six magic instrument short columns, were all released; the doors swung wide open.

The officer was the first to jump out of the vehicle, saluting the approaching liaison officer.

"'Dark Night' special service squad, Squad C of the first company, squad leader Yuan Zheng, leading the escort, has arrived, the detainee is intact, please verify!"

"'Fire Owl' special battle group, Major Li Xinliang taking over!"

The officer in charge of the handover returned the salute.

Both sides coincidentally ignored the S-class psychic ability user, Mr. Ye, and Chen Xiao'er, who had been called halfway to help in an emergency.

After all, this was a secret escort mission; once they arrived, there was no further need for those two, as the rest was the receiver's job.

The mission target, who had been without food, drink, sleep, and silent, was taken off the vehicle to begin identity verification; the magical bell was still clasped over Chen Fei's headphones, continuing the brainwashing Divine Song.

"Does this song really work?"

Major Li Xinliang, who was verifying the identity of the mission target, was the first to react.

He was not a rigid person and realized that the escort team had purposefully added an extra pair of headphones, most likely for a reason.

A black cat or a white cat, as long as it can catch mice, it's a good cat.

As long as it could suppress this troublesome spirit, any method was acceptable.

"It should, it should..."

Officer Yuan Zheng turned and looked towards the S-class psychic ability user who had already come outside the vehicle.

"He can't shut off his senses, so there should be some effect."

Mr. Ye had to admit that Chen Fei's accidental correctness, although he couldn't prove whether there was an effect, everything had been much calmer after the headphones were put on along the journey, probably too brainwashed to cause trouble.

"Whose headphones, I'll borrow them for a while."

Major Li looked towards Yuan Zheng and others, and then at Mr. Ye, his gaze finally settling on Chen Fei, who was still holding his phone.

"Mine, should I send you the playlist?"

Chen Fei didn't plan to hand over his phone; what if someone needed to contact him without it?

"That works!"

Major Li Xinliang took out his phone and immediately photographed the playlist from Chen Fei's phone.

To be precise, Major Li's phone was a military phone with default communication modes and frequencies incompatible with civilian networks, utilizing a military communication network with enhanced encryption functions, though its other functions weren't much different from civilian phones.

Chen Fei unbound the headphones and transferred the wireless control of the headphones to Major Li's military phone.

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