Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 472: Section 468 - This is Hell

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"Warning! Earthquake has caused a dangerous virus leak, underground floors are temporarily sealed for disinfection. Please stay where you are and do not leave! Warning!..."

"Captain" used the closed-circuit loudspeakers distributed in various corners of the underground space to repeatedly broadcast this message, conveniently covering up the noise caused by Squad 04.

Such a tactic of information warfare was something that an artificial intelligence AI like "Adam" would never think of, let alone the derivative AIs of "Cybertron."

People in the underground space who noticed abnormal noises originally planned to break out of their enclosures, but after hearing the announcement, they believed it to be true and stopped their destructive actions one after another.

The only exception was the underground space’s monitoring room, where some were frantically smashing the door, some were yelling into the microphone with all their might, and others were furiously pressing keyboards and various buttons. But no matter what they did, all their efforts ultimately proved to be futile.

The higher the level of automation, the easier it was to be manipulated and deceived; the monitoring room became their prison.

"Well done, ’Captain’!"

Adrian almost gave the other party a thumbs up.

This move was a huge help.

They could eliminate those threats more confidently and boldly.

The Holy Knights of Team Two and the A-Class Metal Ability User Kiterley reunited with Adrian’s Team One, once again boosting combat efficiency.

A few minutes later.

"Underground second floor, cleared!"

Looking down on the three-dimensional modeled reality map from a God’s eye view, Chen Fei couldn’t help but criticize the progress of Squad 04 in the underground space and the foolish reactions of the sitting ducks.

"Isn’t this too easy?"

With the right tactics, what was supposed to be a tough fight had become easy.

If it hadn’t been for consideration for the mounts of the Holy Knights, they could have just seized control of the ventilation system and pumped in anesthetic or even nerve gas. Within a short time, the entire eighteen underground floors would either offer no resistance or become a dead zone.

Adrian and his team had considered such treacherous methods; however, from the information collected by Squad 04, they didn’t know enough about the ventilation system of the Biochemical Research Center. If there were independent filtration modules and composition detection modules in the ventilation pipes, such actions might backfire.

"Sixteen more floors to go, don’t let your guard down!"

Even though they were making smooth progress, Squad 04’s captain, a First Rank Fire Mage Adrian, didn’t dare to be careless.

With even a small misstep, it was entirely possible for all those who had entered the underground space to be wiped out.

At this moment, the handy firearms were discarded on the fly, replaced by each person’s most familiar combat skills, special abilities, magic, and Battle Qi. As soon as they encountered an enemy, they didn’t hesitate to take down their opponents with the fiercest tactics, stopping at nothing; concepts such as martial morality and Jianghu rules were all thrown aside.

"Underground third floor, cleared!"

"Underground fourth floor, cleared!"

"Underground fifth floor, cleared!"

Beep!~

When they penetrated to the underground sixth floor and were preparing to prioritize the retrieval of the Holy Knights’ mounts, an unexpected independent alarm system was triggered.

The alarm sound not only blared loudly throughout the eighteen underground floors, but also rang out across the entire plant area.

Angela Pharmaceutical Company had not designed their underground facility without any preparation.

"There must be an EMP here!"

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The shrill alarm from the distant plant facility made Chen Fei on top of the Mobile Base Vehicle feel regret.

With a slight wave of his hand, the ready railgun beside him flickered with electric light. A 152 mm projectile, hurtling at subsonic speeds, plunged into the brightly lit plant area.

"No, a photon pulse bomb would be better!"

"Captain" added.

No sooner had his voice fallen than a giant fireball rose on the fringe of the Angela Pharmaceutical Company’s plant area, sending countless sparks flying everywhere.

Subsequently, the lights went out in swathes, plunging a large area into darkness, with only a few emergency lights still stubbornly on, while the continuous alarm that had been blaring ceased abruptly.

In the corner of Chen Fei’s vision, the plant’s internal network and monitoring system visuals fell into darkness, cutting off contact with Squad 04 and their people.

That was really too brute force!

"Captain" didn’t expect Chen Fei to end the alarm echoing throughout the plant area in such a manner.

For him, he would only need a few commands to cut off the power from the plant’s power station, or even from nearby power grids, instead of blowing up the power station into the sky like Chen Fei just did.

Chen Fei didn’t care whether his methods were too brutal, as long as he, Chen Xiao’er, was happy. The manner and means didn’t matter; everything else could be ignored!

He probed, "Photon pulse bomb? Can we get that thing?"

Even an electromagnetic pulse bomb was a controlled item, let alone a photon pulse bomb that could cause huge disruptive impacts on current network systems. If they could get it, they would keep one on hand for emergency use.

Photon pulse bombs were capable of giving photons within a certain range higher-level energy, utilizing the properties of photons’ non-conservation of quantity and their ability to carry energy, causing an overload on the load of optical communication systems’ transceivers and optical coupling components. Even if the cable part might remain intact, the end devices would be damaged.

Optical core equipment that electromagnetic pulse bombs couldn’t destroy would be precisely hit by photon pulse bombs.

"Captain" bluntly said, "No!"

Even ordinary electromagnetic pulse bombs were difficult to obtain, let alone the more advanced photon pulse bombs.

There were rumors that photon pulse bombs were a type of specialized elemental magic explosive, and the combat unit of the KDK-1 ramjet hypersonic smart missile, nicknamed the "Dragon Slayer Missile," seemed to also be an elemental magic bomb. The combination of technology and elemental magic made it extremely powerful.

The plant’s backup power system was activated, and the distant roar of internal combustion engines could be heard: relying solely on high-capacity batteries wouldn’t last long without the continuous replenishment from additional power generation equipment.

Thanks to the supply of backup power, the internal network and monitoring system temporarily recovered.

Team Captain Adrian was the first to reach out to Chen Fei.

"Chen Fei, what’s the situation outside?"

"All normal. I’ve just destroyed the power station. Hmm, some people are heading towards the Biochemical Research Center. Get your backup communications equipment up and running quickly. I won’t say more; I’ll be busy here soon, too."

Chen Fei noticed that inside the plant area, there were not only people rushing toward the Biochemical Research Center but also some heading his way.

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The Mobile Base Vehicle parked outside the factory had inevitably become a suspicious target, and Angela Pharmaceutical Company finally realized that their factory was being invaded.

For Team 04, it meant that the originally favorable situation was rapidly deteriorating, but this was all within expectations and not enough to make everyone panic.

After all, no one expected to get away with cutting corners from start to finish—if they could pull off a little more trickery, then all the better.

"’Rookie,’ need a hand?"

There was mischief in the "Captain’s" voice.

The two had dealt with each other before and were somewhat familiar with each other by now.

"No need, I’ve got this!"

Chen Fei remained standing next to the railgun on top of the Mobile Base Vehicle, unmoved.

More than twenty people were charging towards the Mobile Base Vehicle, most of them armed with firearms. It appeared that two men with empty hands were supernatural power users. One of them threw up a hand, and several fireballs streaked across the sky, flying towards Chen Fei and the Mobile Base Vehicle.

Using fire abilities in the winter of Siberia was an absolutely terrible decision.

Chen Fei, his face expressionless, said, "Fire!"

The two sides were one hundred meters apart.

Behind the attackers, a fireball exploded violently, the fierce shockwave instantly ripping the bodies of the twenty or so people to shreds, with limbs flying everywhere. Within the thirty-meter lethal radius of the Demolition Bomb, almost none were spared.

The fireballs, which hadn’t yet reached the Mobile Base Vehicle, were scattered by the shockwave in mid-air, with the blast wave hitting Chen Fei full in the face.

The surface of the Mobile Base Vehicle suddenly lit up with geometric lines and strange symbols, combining into a large and complete Magic Array. An invisible repulsion force field spread out, forming five meters away and blocking all the scattered shrapnel and shockwaves.

"What?" ×2

Not only was there the "Captain’s" voice, but it seemed that there were also other voices speaking in unison, which sounded a bit like the "Summoner."

It seemed that the help the "Captain" had hinted at was likely to be the ammunition or missiles summoned by the "Summoner." The Psychokinesis Skill of an S-rank Psychic Ability User was enough to deliver heavy explosives with pinpoint accuracy from a kilometer away, without even a millimeter of error.

"Wait, it’s a Magic Array, where did you get that Magic Array from?"

"Captain" lost his composure and exclaimed in surprise.

This kind of technology really shouldn’t have fallen into civilian hands, nor were private military contractors likely to have acquired it—especially a defensive magic array that was now enveloping Chen Fei, along with the vehicle, in its protection. It was utterly unfair.

"If I said I found it, would you believe me?"

Chen Fei earnestly spoke the blatant truth.

There were indeed places where one could pick up samples of Magic Arrays, but those places were generally inaccessible to ordinary people.

"I don’t believe a damn thing!" ×2

The overlapped voices were clear again.

This time it was indeed the voice of the Sovereign Squad’s S-rank Psychic Ability User "Summoner."

If Team 04 failed to deal with Angela Pharmaceutical Company this time, Sovereignty would intervene once again.

Chen Fei gestured towards the position of the internal combustion engine generator and said nonchalantly, "Aim, fire!"

He wasn’t a professional gunner, but being a few dozen meters off wasn’t a problem for him.

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With a clang, an exceptionally bright flame rose up, the Demolition Bomb igniting the stored fuel or liquefied natural gas, almost lighting up the entire sky, making it as bright as day within the factory area.

"Chen Fei, how are things on your end?"

Adrian’s voice came through once again.

Chen Fei had blown up the backup power system in the factory, but the Biochemical Research Center had its own separate backup power system. Once the external electricity was lost, it began to operate on its own, and the wireless transceivers regained communication functionality.

"Everything’s normal. How about you?"

Thanks to Team 04’s main force clearing most of the Ability Users inside the factory, Chen Fei only had to deal with the equivalent of a couple of kittens. With one shot from the 152, the confrontation was over.

Gunshots sounded from the Biochemical Research Center. Just the Constructed Puppet Warriors summoned by Puppet Master Joshua were enough to handle the situation, not to mention Old Joe had craftily buried over a dozen Constructed Puppet Warriors outside. Using both internal and external forces, they struck from behind, making life rather difficult for their opponents.

If the battle had taken place during the day, it certainly wouldn’t have been this easy.

The Mobile Base Vehicle began advancing towards the factory complex.

"We’ve found the Holy Knight’s Blue Scaled Colt!"

Adrian looked on with a sigh as the tearful Holy Knight hugged his mount, the partner he had found. Team 04 had successfully cleared the sixth underground level and located the Green Scale Colt Mini, following the map.

The Metallic Second Rank Magical Beast nuzzled Walter Sam with its large head, with similarly tearful reddened eyes. It pawed at the ground and kept making affectionate neighs.

It bore many wounds on its body, having clearly suffered a lot these past days, never succumbing or being tamed, always resisting.

"Mini, be good. I’ll get revenge for you. I won’t let anyone off," said the Holy Knight as he patted the Blue Scaled Colt’s head and cast a Light Healing Technique on it.

"Huff! Huff! Huff!"

The Green Scale Colt Mini responded, panting heavily.

The Holy Knight turned to Adrian, who was still in communication with Chen Fei, and said, "Adrian, we carry on..."

The Wind Second Rank Magical Beast Blue Scaled Colt shook its large head, suddenly opened its fang-filled mouth wide, its grin reaching all the way to its neck.

Once!

Twice!

The next second, the Holy Knight’s upper body was gone, leaving only two legs from the waist down.

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