Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 609: Section 605 - Spectacle Royal Academy

Princess Lin Ziyu gave a wry smile. "Don't you think this is a bit much?"

Chen Fei's preparations were indeed quite extreme, somewhat an overreaction.

"Better safe than sorry!"

Having experienced the corporate wars at the Aircrew Base on 9/11, Chen Fei was acutely aware that once the situation reached a fever pitch, being able to utilize even a tenth of the supplies was a cause for gratitude. It was normal to witness a large amount of waste and ineffective consumption. The idea that one bullet could kill an enemy was purely fantastical, so no amount of weapons and ammunition could ever be considered too much.

"Alright, I trust you're the expert."

Thinking of Chen Fei's current profession, Princess Lin Ziyu no longer questioned him and nodded to Housekeeper Mars, "Mars, please help Mr. Chen Fei prepare."

The amount of supplies was not considered particularly valuable to the Royal Family. Housekeeper Mars quickly gathered these supplies for Chen Fei and stored them in a bracelet-type spatial alchemical storage magical artifact, temporarily lent to him.

Yes, temporarily lent. If necessary, he could return what remained, with all rights belonging to the Silan Royal Family and the right to use them temporarily granted to Chen Fei.

Both the spatial alchemical storage magical artifact and its contents, if converted into Star Yuan, were beyond what Chen Fei, a commoner, could afford.

Almost all spatial system alchemical storage artifacts were produced on Cangqiong Star. Blue Star lacked the necessary materials and experienced high-rank alchemists, and the level of active elemental energy in the atmosphere was insufficient, making local production impossible. They had to rely entirely on interstellar quota trade imports.

These special alchemical artifacts, even at their place of origin on Cangqiong Star, rarely circulated freely in the market. Each spatial system alchemical storage magical artifact was already reserved before it left the alchemist's hands and was priced so high that ordinary people couldn't even dream of affording it.

The larger the capacity of the spatial alchemical storage magical artifact, the higher the regulatory level it was subjected to, making it even less likely to be sold casually.

Yet, the Silan Royal Family did not lack such alchemical artifacts, especially those with large storage capacities.

To facilitate storage and management of the supplies Chen Fei needed, Housekeeper Mars had prepared an extra space system alchemical storage artifact with a capacity much larger than the ring-type one on Xiao Jiu's claw; it housed so many items yet occupied less than ten percent of its capacity, leaving plenty of room for additional materials if necessary.

Using ready-made components he just received, Chen Fei made a batch of ear-hook headphones, and soon every person in the Princess Mansion had such a uniform style headphone on their head, almost becoming an external characteristic of all members of the Princess Mansion.

The ear-hook headphones not only had communication functions but could also track and eavesdrop, meaning that, including Her Royal Highness the Princess, everyone was under the surveillance of the AI "Adam," allowing Chen Fei to manage security efficiently without overly infringing on individual privacy.

The battle outside the Imperial Palace was about to begin. Precisely because the people around her couldn't entirely be trusted, Princess Lin Ziyu felt the need to have Chen Fei around, hoping he could provide an additional layer of security for her.

Now, it appeared that this member of the Chen Family did not fail the trust placed in him, safeguarding the Princess and her entourage through ordeal after ordeal without harm.

Outside the pristine white, five-story Princess Mansion, quadcopters hovered continuously 24 hours a day.

At an altitude of 1000 meters, a propeller drone maintained long-duration flight, expanding its surveillance radius to a 5-kilometer radius centered on the mansion.

Anyone approaching closely to spy or observing the Princess Mansion from afar would be detected by these eyes in the sky immediately.

Inside the Princess's mansion, there were special alchemical artifacts with prohibition spells that only allowed spellcasters registered with a spirit power brand to properly cast spells. The Pure Light Sparrow Xiao Jiu had been granted permission, enabling it to cast various light-based spells and use "Light Mirror Spell" to observe the surroundings of the Princess Mansion from different angles, more discreetly than any drone camera.

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The rigorous surveillance system indeed detected some sneaky figures, and Chen Fei, using Xiao Jiu's "Light Mirror Spell," took close-up photos of them, compiled them, and handed them over to Housekeeper Mars.

The fate of those people, whether dead or alive, was now irrelevant to Chen Fei.

However... within the Princess's mansion, a servant and a guard displayed suspicious behavior, and their 24-hour ear-hook headphone connection was artificially blocked.

The ear-hook headphones contained a "Mind Brand" magic array controlled within a certain distance by Chen Fei's metal elemental psychic power. Attempting to block wireless signals with metal, which was the material of the device used, was pointless and the conversation was successfully recorded.

Her Royal Highness the Princess and Housekeeper Mars's concerns were undoubtedly valid; moles had always been among them, and they had hidden themselves very deeply.

Apart from the servant who was always stationed at the Imperial mansion, the revealed Royal Guard turned out to be one of the veterans who followed from Blue Star back to Cangqiong Star, having already proved his loyalty through life-and-death experiences. Yet, no one expected that he would slip up so soon after returning to the Princess Mansion within the Imperial Palace.

Chen Xiao'er had originally planned to use this opportunity to set a trap, aiming to catch bigger fish over time.

But on the second day, Housekeeper Mars made these two individuals disappear from the Princess Mansion, their fate unknown.

The explanation from Mr. Butler was that to ensure Her Royal Highness the Princess's safety, they could not afford to take any risk, however minor.

With two people suddenly missing from the mansion, especially since they were veterans who had followed the Princess for many years, it was inevitable that people felt uneasy. Many servants and guards were anxious, fearing that there might still be spies lurking among those they knew well.

Princess Lin Ziyu was also deeply saddened. She wished to trust the people around her unreservedly, but contrary to her wishes, humans always had their own agendas, and acts of betrayal followed one after the other.

Chen Fei, on the other hand, was quite pleased — catching two insiders meant an increase in his bonus.

Being rewarded for meritorious deeds was only natural. Earning a bit more to save up for his little sister's dowry was his plan, especially now that she even had a boyfriend. It could be that in a few years, when she graduated from her undergraduate program, they would need to get a marriage certificate and hold a wedding. As a brother, he needed to gather millions to support the event, to avoid being looked down upon by future in-laws.

If that guy was smart, he would just honestly settle down with Little Sister Chen. If he dared to be even slightly troublesome, Chen Fei would wipe out his entire line!

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After moping around the mansion for two days, Princess Lin Ziyu went out to clear her mind under the arrangements by Housekeeper Mars, and incidentally helped Chen Fei to visit his friend, the female Metallic Dragon Yilan.

Being a friend of a Human Race to a Metallic Dragon is rare and not something to be taken as common knowledge; it could be life-threatening otherwise.

Even though the new generation of Metallic Dragons no longer had the notoriously fierce reputation of their ancestors and were gradually changing their image in the minds of the Intelligent Species, they were still not beings that ordinary creatures could approach casually.

In the sky, two propeller drones followed, and on the ground, four fully-armed armored vehicles escorted Chen Fei's Mobile Base Vehicle as it left the Imperial Palace District. Once on the inner ring elevated road, they headed in another direction toward one of the sixteen Satellite Cities, the University Town.

With four comprehensive universities, sixteen colleges focusing on arts and science, and over thirty vocational colleges, plus hundreds of top-tier laboratories, University Town, with nearly six hundred thousand Intelligent Species including faculty, students, and support staff, continuously provided a vast amount of talent to the Slan Dynasty, truly a talent pool for the Dynasty.

After entering University Town, Princess Lin Ziyu once again sat beside Chen Fei, acting as his tour guide, introducing the schools they passed by and the planning of this satellite city.

"...We just passed by Shariel Polytechnic Institute, one of the Ivy League College Alliance institutes. It used to be a Slave Academy, but now the entire college alliance has been opened to commoners and citizens. After the dynasty unified Cangqiong Star, slavery was abolished. Apart from slaves stripped of their rights due to crimes, most slaves were emancipated and given the status of commoners within the dynasty. To become a citizen with political rights, one must win a professional award, make significant contributions to society, or be assessed as a ranked talent. About two kilometers ahead is our destination, colloquially known as the Colossal-size Academy, the Spectacle Royal Academy, where all large Intelligent Species study, except for the extra-large ones."

The Slan Dynasty still maintained a clearly defined social hierarchy – Royal Family, nobles, citizens, commoners, and a small number of slaves.

Slaves retained only the most basic right to survival; they were often criminals who had escaped the death penalty but could not avoid other penalties. However, considering humanitarian values, a slave's child was no longer a slave and received basic human rights, achieving the status of a commoner.

While still preserving feudal and slave systems, the society's upward mobility was nevertheless open. Apart from the Royal Family, which relied on blood relations of three generations for support, from nobles to slaves, everyone could move upward or downward, including the final fairness of humanity: education.

The existence of University Town was the basis of this ultimate fairness. All public libraries in the Slan Dynasty were open free of charge, even to slaves.

In some ways, Cangqiong Star, which had only recently moved away from a completely feudal system, continuously sought learning and reference from Blue Star, which had multiple social systems, to plan out the most suitable social structure for itself.

The convoy quickly entered a college with an unusually wide gate. Once inside, it was clear that everything about the college was exceptionally large, the dimensional proportions not at all designed for human use. Even the students were oddly shaped beings, more correctly, large and burly Magical Beasts, many of whom were no smaller than Chen Fei's Mobile Base Vehicle. No wonder it was called the Colossal-size Academy.

Many curious gazes, some near and some far, scoped out the convoy driving along the internal college road, as outsiders here were quite rare, especially from the Human Race.

"Besides the Giant Dragon Clan, there are over forty other large Intelligent Species studying here."

Once inside the Spectacle Royal Academy, Princess Lin Ziyu couldn't help but relax a lot.

Her current situation often brought danger, not from these Magical Beasts, but rather from the Human Race and other humanoid Intelligent Species.