Sky-cracking Rider
Chapter 856 - 856: Section 850 - Never Awakened

"..."

When Chen Fei's consciousness began to return, he was surrounded by a noisy chatter near his ears.

So noisy!~

"Oh? He's awake, awake! His brainwaves are showing consciousness!"

More commotion and jumbled shouting ensued, from monks, Yan Ling, the communication officer lady, and others, driving him crazy!

"Everybody shut up!"

Chen Fei suddenly opened his eyes and shouted, immediately bringing silence to the world around him.

Hehe, look at my fiery temper!

What? It's really quiet now!

Could it be that I've inherited Grandma Yan Ling's psi skill?

Wow, I've really struck it rich this time!

"Little Chen, are you okay!"

A cool hand gently touched Chen Fei's forehead.

Chen Fei was lying on a hospital bed,

seeing the densely packed pipes on the ceiling, he seemed to still be on the No. 2 flagship. The artificial intelligence AI "Adam" was flooding the AR visual interface with a cascade of subtitles, too many to read in time.

After blinking a few times and temporarily closing all visual interfaces, his vision cleared up again.

"Yan Ling, uh!"

His focused gaze fell on her hair, and Chen Fei sat up suddenly from the bed, blurting out, "Your hair..."

The care of an S-Class Ability User made him feel flattered; this grandma was indeed of an elderly generation.

The thought of inheriting her psi skill was indeed just his imagination.

"It's nothing!"

Yan Ling smiled slightly, her hair already completely white, looking almost sixty years old; it wasn't the first time she had experienced this kind of appearance.

How time flies, high mirrors filled with sorrow for white hair, once black at dawn, white like snow at dusk.

This meant that Yan Ling had used her psi skill again, aging more than a decade as a consequence.

Time never returns, and the opportunity for rejuvenation is a rare chance, possibly a once-in-a-lifetime event. Moreover, not everyone would readily give up such an opportunity.

Changing from speckled black and white to pure white hair, the exchange of over a decade of life resulted in the prohibition of any parasitic species of Divine Breed level or higher from entering the near-Earth Lagrangian radius. This permanently closed the "door" to higher-ranked parasitic species.

The chances for peaceful coexistence between the Blue Star Civilization and the extraterrestrial race "Sagali" were incredibly slim.

Chen Fei tentatively asked, "Was it you..."

The fact that he could regain consciousness with all limbs intact seemed to be just a matter of saying a word for this grandma.

Fully revived and recovered with just a word!

"It wasn't because of you, you were just suffering from exhaustion of physical energy and spiritual power, there was no need for me to intervene."

Yan Ling shook her head. Her psi skill was too overpowering; although it could be used for healing, using the Dragon Slayer Sword to kill a chicken was a complete waste.

Moreover, Chen Fei's situation was merely exhaustion, not injury. Any Ability User with healing or recovery skills could easily handle it, without even the slightest muscle ache.

Even doing nothing and resting well would naturally restore him.

Chen Fei suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked, "What happened to that thing?"

Before this, he had never encountered a Divine Breed. This time, the opponent's true identity was highly suspicious, potentially a Divine Breed though without proof.

"It's been dealt with. The Lin Family took action."

Miyoshi Xuesen's bald head popped in, bringing good news.

Seeing Chen Fei awake and apparently unharmed, everyone else left the room.

The hospital room had twelve beds but only Chen Fei occupied one. In such a commotion, he ended up being the only injured, quite an unlucky turn of events.

"Who?"

Feeling a great relief, Chen Fei started getting curious.

He had seen the "Lord of the Sky" in person before, and it definitely wasn't that woman with long white hair who had rushed into the bridge. She looked only about twenty years old, possibly a younger member of the Lin Family.

There were many Lin Family members, and as a Chen Family Disciple, Chen Xiao'er hadn't met them all.

"You're better off not knowing!"

The monk leaned closer to Chen Fei's ear and whispered in a low voice, "One of the 'Lord of the Sky's' wives is rumored to be a very high-ranking parasitic species."

"Hiss..."

Chen Fei gasped, looking at Miyoshi Xuesen with disbelief. This piece of gossip was mind-blowing!

"The Lord of the Sky" really is… Good! Very-Good!

(Compared to the interspecies couple Xu Xian and Lady White in "The Legend of the White Snake," cross-species relationships are nothing. In the many intelligent species on Cangqiong Star, there are even more real-life examples.)

No wonder the young white-haired woman who had rushed into the bridge called him "Chen's boy" in a tone of an elder. Given the relationship between the Lin and Chen families, she really was Chen Fei's senior.

The current status of the Lin Family in Blue Star Civilization was quite delicate, with multiple sovereignties jointly issuing a bounty for their capture, dead or alive. Aside from the immense benefits of the Cangqiong Star Civilization, this parasitic species wife also played a significant role.

Everyone was smart; only the grassroot-level commoners knew nothing.

"Shh! Shh! Keep it down, I didn't say anything!"

Miyoshi Monk urgently reminded, nervously glancing around. He was worried that their whispered conversation might be overheard, but with only the S-Class Ability User Yan Ling present, there wasn't much concern. She was always tight-lipped and took great care of Chen Fei.

There were only Yan Ling, Chen Fei, and Miyoshi Monk in the room, and since it was Chen Fei's own territory, eavesdropping wasn't a concern.

Chen Fei, being close to the Lin Family, wouldn't pose a problem knowing this.

However, the monk wasn't a Chen, and if the Lin Family found out he had been talking, they might capture and execute him.

Sometimes doing dirty work was walking a tightrope; given a grim look and small benefits when used, but pushed out to take the fall when out of favor, even tossed into the pot to cook during festivals.

The monk revealed this enormous secret because he saw Chen Fei as fierce and decisive, never afraid of threats, always ready to fight to the death.

With the parasitic species' threat becoming imminent, possibly the root cause of the "Apocalyptic Prophecy," if society learned the Lin Family harbored a high-ranking parasitic species, the uproar would be unimaginable.

Once known as protectors of Blue Star's sky, now suspected of colluding as traitors with parasitic species—whether truly "Master of the Firmament" or "Lord of Rebellion," there would be endless controversy.

But now... the monk's mood quickly turned somber.

"Rookie, your special ability..."

Yan Ling's expression also stiffened, as if something bad had happened.

"What's wrong with my special ability?"

Chen Fei, puzzled, reached towards the bed.

Two weapons were there, a "Blood Spike," and a "Godslaying Spear."

With a silver flash across his hand, the two weapons were instantly stored into the "Spatial Branding."

"What? What? What what what!"

Miyoshi Monk shouted, as if witnessing something unbelievable, with a look of seeing a ghost.

"Little Chen, how come your special ability is still there?"

Yan Ling could not hide her surprise, rubbing her eyes forcefully.

The two weapons had clearly been there, yet vanished as Chen Fei acted, like an illusion.

Chen Fei said matter-of-factly, "Of course it's still there!"

"Spatial Branding" was a spatial ability, and his only psi skill; developing other spatial abilities therefrom wasn't possible.

"Weren't your awakened abilities supposed to disappear?"

Miyoshi Xuesen sought confirmation from Yan Ling, who promptly nodded affirmatively.

The monk was not making things up.

Had the condition of the invoked psi skill not included "irrevocable," even Yan Ling herself couldn't negate or mend it. Otherwise, she would have gambled years of her lifespan to restore Chen Fei's special ability.

As an S-Class Ability User, Yan Ling's psi skill wasn't personal but belonged to sovereignty, often costly in terms of years, months, and days, requiring sovereign approval for each activation.

This meant Yan Ling would likely not get approval for using her psi skill to restore Chen Fei's abilities through the sovereign process.

Using a costly S-Class psi skill for a downgraded ordinary B-Class Ability User would naturally be denied.

Moreover, the cost to Yan Ling was precious years of life—no second chance at reversing age across the Blue Star Civilization's Ability User circles; such a miracle was a once-in-a-lifetime event.

"My awakened abilities?"

Chen Fei pointed to himself, both the monk and Yan Ling nodded.

"These aren't naturally awakened abilities!"

Chen Fei raised his left hand, the silver pattern on his hand shining brightly.

These abilities were given to him by others, unrelated to "awakened abilities."

Miyoshi Monk: "..."

Yan Ling: "..."

Yan Ling's psi skill was indeed overpowering yet had stringent limitations.

The "Spatial Branding" wasn't acquired through awakening; thus, it didn't fit the condition, logically excluded. The so-called "permanent disappearance" vanished into insignificance.

Before a successful dose of Supernatural Ability Suppressant sealed the "Spatial Branding," Chen Fei believed he was naturally immune to the suppressant, perceiving his Metallic Ability as actual ability. Even with the Dog System as an addon, he now had the AI "Adam" as an extra.

But the recent suppressor revealed two answers, dismissing personal immunity—the simpler reason couldn't have been the true case, even accepting the Neanderthal tribe's Secret Technique war patterns indicated complexities beyond the obvious.

Now, Chen Fei increasingly suspected his Metallic Ability, far from being a true ability, was indeed something else.