Sky-cracking Rider
Chapter 884 - 884: Section 877 - Talking Tactics on Paper

"Airship?"

"So big!"

"What's going on? It just appeared out of nowhere!"

A giant airship that appeared out of thin air forced the air away, creating fierce gusts that swept in all directions. The people on the ground were caught off guard, stumbling around and struggling to keep their eyes open.

The ground crew, like an afterthought, shouted against the wind, "There's a flight plan for the airship, just now!"

The tower's identification signal verification passed, the flight plan was reported a minute late, almost triggering the combat alarm.

After all, Airport 310 is a military base, with a combat flying squadron stationed there for daily duties. Once an unidentified flying object is confirmed, they don't mess around—they just go straight to action.

The command center, far above the waters near Midway Island, was equally perplexed. Even though they had approved the flight plan as quickly as possible, the giant airship had already disappeared into the sky the next second, completely deviating from the usual route.

Holy crap! ~

What about the reported flight plan?

How did it turn into a point-to-point space jump?

So all the flight trajectories I meticulously designed were a waste, huh!

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As the turbulent airflow descended from the sky, a black wolf sprang out from Shen Fei's shadow, emitting a silent growl. A faint Dark Magic Shield appeared, allowing Shen Fei to calmly observe the massive airship floating in the sky, while everyone else was thrown into disarray.

Visually estimating, the ship's length should be about 600 meters, an unknown model of an airship never seen before. The phone's camera recognition confirmed this suspicion.

As an aviation professional, naturally, one can recognize the exterior features of all aircraft, even being able to name the chief designer, main team members, manufacturer, and specific parameters.

But among all present, no one could identify this colossal behemoth's origins or namesake.

As an atmo-tier aircraft, size isn't necessarily better; it's restricted by wind resistance, propulsion, and structural strength, as well as the interaction between the massive hull and the planet's gravity.

The suddenly appearing giant airship began to descend slowly, not aiming at the several-kilometer-long main runway but directly lowered towards the apron.

Considering that there were people on the apron, the descent speed was not too fast, avoiding another gust of wind.

Although no many aircraft were stationed on the apron of Airport 310, the area was vast enough to accommodate a 600-meter-long behemoth, but only just.

"Look, that's Nangong Ruiyang, the chief designer of the Crystal Jet, and beside him is my girlfriend, Shen Fei. Over to the left is..."

Chen Fei introduced the people on the ground one by one to S-Class Space Ability User Heseman Brown, recognizing more than half of the names, having met at least a third of them before.

It wasn't until Heseman Brown woke up that Chen Fei asked him to help move the giant airship.

Within the atmosphere, the giant airship's speed couldn't be fast; even if it could, the resulting sonic booms would impact and potentially damage the ground.

Miyoshi Xuesen had once seen Shen Fei and tested him, "Rookie, I suspect you took this opportunity as an excuse to meet up with your girlfriend."

Chen Fei replied with a touch of resentment, "It's a personal matter, where's the abuse of power in that?"

This little remark was rather unreasonable.

The Crystal Jet is a personal project, the girlfriend is a personal affair, and now there's no business task, just a slight distraction.

Such words, spoken openly, naturally wouldn't fear behind-the-back tattletales.

Even if someone wanted to do so, hey! Monk, do you only drink plain water? Get to work quickly.

Monk was definitely the most flashy figure in the tattletale circle.

Miyoshi Monk immediately understood this guy's confidence—the arrogance was unbelievable!

The giant airship didn't land completely; the concentrated mass on the landing gear would damage the apron. It only lowered nearly a hundred landing gears, maintaining some pressure while still sustaining the anti-gravity field.

The 40,000 energy points weren't wasted; Chen Fei added 12 SEG core units to the giant airship, generating an anti-gravity field to cover the entire ship and provide some power. Though not as powerful as the Target Tower Cold Fusion Energy Tower, it was stable and better than nothing.

"Chen Fei, it's really you!"

Seeing Chen Fei descend alone from the airship's automatic gangway, Nangong Ruiyang snorted coldly. This entrance was rather too flashy.

"Long time no see, Nangong. Thanks for your effort!"

Chen Fei just gave him a glance, then turned his focus to the approaching Teacher Shen, no, Secretary Shen.

"Teacher Shen, you've worked hard too."

The formal address was unchanged.

"I just came for the show, not working hard at all. Did you charter an airship to come here?"

Teacher Shen looked behind Chen Fei, the automatic gangway was empty, only Chen Fei had appeared.

"Chirp!"

Pure Light Sparrow Xiao Jiu chirped on Chen Fei's shoulder.

Yes, there's still the little bird!

The Shadow Wolf reflexively tucked its tail, and hid behind Shen Fei, no longer appearing formidable, just cowering.

Can't afford to provoke it nor escape it. It's not just light countering dark, but also rank suppression.

There were still 3,000 Pure Light Sparrows locked in the airship's bridge, not daring to be released, or else the whole airport would grind to a halt. This had nothing to do with military or civilian use; an airport for flight operations couldn't allow any birds.

Just having Xiao Jiu alone made the nearby ground crew on edge, as if spotting a predator, their minds in a panic.

"Xiao Jiu!"

Shen Fei extended her hand, and the little bird immediately betrayed Dad Chen Fei, flapping its tiny wings to fly over.

"This airship isn't chartered; it's my private airship!"

Chen Fei couldn't afford to charter such an airship, even clearing out his account wouldn't be enough.

The shadow cast down from the sky was immense, just like the psychological shadow in Nangong Ruiyang's mind at this moment.

Damn!

You have this thing, why bother developing the Crystal Jet.

Faced with a colossal airship capable of spatial movement, all tactical maneuvers are just a joke; no matter how fast the Crystal Jet flies, can it ever outpace the concentrated fire of railgun weapons and directed-energy weapons?

You sure you're not here to mess around?

No one could have imagined that the so-called spatial movement ability of the giant airship appearing above Airport 310 was actually the handiwork of an S-Class Space Ability User.

Given how rarely S-Class beings appear in public, most people don't know how many S-Class users and related skills exist in the world.

Holding the little bird, Shen Fei exclaimed, "Did you strike it rich? Being able to buy such a large airship?"

The Chen Family, though coming from a privileged background, wasn't wealthy after splitting up. Where would they get the money to buy such a massive object? It was likely more than just striking it rich.

"Getting rich, yes, but unrelated to this airship, it's a product of a skill. As long as there are enough materials, the rest is just a matter of time."

The effort Chen Fei put into cobbling together the airship wasn't insignificant.

If not for the Slan Royal Family providing a vast amount of related technical data, he wouldn't be able to even create something remotely resembling an airship.

Hiss!~ ×10+

The site was filled with the sounds of leaking gas.

Listen! Listen! Are you even making sense?

Is this even reasonable?

You think you're so great, like everyone else and all other manufacturers are just useless, huh!

Building your own airship, and such a big one, especially saying it in front of people from the Northern Weapons Industry Group, is like outright slapping them in the face.

Your girlfriend also works for the Northern Weapons Industry Group, right?!

Come on, be human!

"Chen, where's the Crystal Jet?!"

Nangong Ruiyang was furious, he didn't come here to see the other flaunt his privileges, nor to be force-fed dog food. He just wanted to see his hard-earned results.

Nights upon nights, exhausting all efforts, without a cent of funding, it won't be in vain. Had it not been for Chen Fei's skill that could turn paper into reality, he wouldn't have jumped in to become a beast of burden, dragging along many fellow enthusiasts.

"Since you're here, you'll definitely get to see the finished product."

Chen Fei turned around and pointed to the bottom of the giant airship, the hull was over six meters above the ground, and a lift platform descended slowly. On it was a tow truck, followed by...

"It's out!"

"A prototype, it really is a prototype!"

"It should fly, no, it must fly!"

Nangong Ruiyang and his partners were immediately excited.

Adhering to the justice of combat and aesthetics in aerodynamics, the enclosed cockpit and tailless design, delta wing structure, side intake ducts, vector thrust nozzles...

To integrate some new technologies and ideas, Nangong Ruiyang and his Crystal Jet enthusiast team spared no effort, even consulting many industry experts.

Since there was no official project, no budget funding, it wouldn't interfere with existing projects. The Northern Weapons Industry Group had no reason to stop or intervene, even accommodating them to some extent, treating it as training for the young talents.

Nangong Ruiyang, restraining his excitement, said, "Tell me, can it fly?"

With his qualifications, leading a project independently would take at least ten, maybe eight years, and that's if he's lucky.

However, there was no such constraint now; he could freely display his talents.

"Haven't tried, but we can test it now."

Chen Fei snapped his fingers; the tow truck hauled the freshly made Crystal Jet away from the lift platform and onto the apron next to the giant airship, then automatically released the lock.

The Crystal Jet, quietly resting there, seemed to come alive suddenly, with two streaks of pale blue flame bursting from the rear, the roar resonating throughout the entire apron.

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