Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 644: Section 640 - Disconnection from the Internet

The Rebel Army on the Zilu Continent was indeed likely to target the Ground Portal Management Substation in order to gain more trump cards, especially the forbidden spear "Longinus," which was used for planar positioning coordinates. It was also a very sharp weapon, even being called a Divine Artifact was not an exaggeration.

But "Longinus" was not something to be taken lightly. Once mishandled, it might randomly connect to an unknown plane.

According to the "Great World Tree Plane Theory," there were infinite planes, which could be inhabited by terrifying existences.

Thus, the "Prophecy" of Louis Industries President Louis Landon was very likely to become reality.

Since the other party placed their hopes on him, Chen Fei wasn't planning to refuse. One sheep is driven, two are let go. Wherever one goes, killing is inevitable. Whether it was Xia Ji or the Rebel Army, heads would roll either way.

After all, letting someone else do the job meant entrusting one's fate into the hands of others, which was somewhat unsettling.

"Let's start with the intelligence!"

Today's Chen Fei was no longer the fresh college graduate who had just stepped out of the Ivory Tower.

Having gone through so much, he had accumulated a wealth of experience and being called an expert was no exaggeration.

"Don't rush!"

Louis Landon gestured with his hands.

Under the puzzled gazes of Chen Fei and Shen Fei, he continued, "It just so happens that many manufacturers are here, let them bring over their product catalogs, you pick what you like, and I will cover the expenses."

The equipment exhibition sale he had meticulously planned was also happening, which almost brought together the top tactical equipment from half of Blue Star.

"Makes sense. I have the catalog from the Northern Weapons Industry Group, pick whatever you want, it's free!"

As the secretary to the vice president and the leader of this business delegation, Shen Fei had some temporary authority in special circumstances.

When life was on the line, there was no use adhering to silly rules.

With the foundation of the Northern Weapons Industry Group, anything taken from their stock was excellent.

"Riva, notify the other manufacturers to display their goods, right at the conference center. While there is still some time, Chen Fei, I'll give you the contact method for those three trump cards."

Because of the network outage, the contacts stored in the cloud were now unreachable. However, Louis Landon had a backup plan—he had spent a lot of effort memorizing the complex contact verifications.

If it were his past life when he was a supernatural power user, he would have remembered this amount of information in an instant.

"Alright."

Chen Fei nodded, all ears.

His memory might not be infallible, but the shared auditory and visual AI "Adam" had recorded it in real time.

"Age is taking its toll on my memory, but if I'm not mistaken, that should be it. Despite all the calculations, I didn't foresee the internet outage and even satellite signals getting disrupted. Have you memorized everything?"

After narrating, Louis Landon wiped the thin layer of sweat forming on his forehead. He had struggled to remember such complex contact verification methods.

The reason for the complexity was that these three teams were highly sensitive and didn't want to draw the attention of other people or forces. Even the Investigative Agents from the Security Department of the Silan Dynasty had not noticed the small actions of the president of Louis Industries.

"No problem, it's all noted down."

Chen Fei nodded. "Adam" had opened a new visual interface, transcribing the spoken words into text before his eyes.

"Eh? Does Metal Elemental Psychic Power include Speed Memorization Skills?"

Louis Landon was puzzled. He had only recited it once and wasn't expecting the other side to remember it after just one repetition.

Shen Fei answered for Chen Fei, "No, he has an artificial intelligence AI!"

The source code for "Adam," which Northern Weapons Industry Group was researching, had also been obtained from Chen Fei.

That Chen Fei possessed the artificial intelligence AI "Adam" was not a secret.

"Right, I have a portable assistant AI. Mr. Randon, did you just say there's an outage? Is the internet down?"

Chen Fei expressed his confusion because he hadn't noticed any disruption in the network connection.

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Even now, the network signal was at full strength, not only could he access the Cangqiong Star network but also connect to Blue Star's, with seamless and rapid response.

"You didn't know?"

Not only Shen Fei but also Louis Landon and Chief Bodyguard Riva all looked at Chen Fei in astonishment.

Are you clueless about whether the internet is down or not?

Due to the widespread use of cloud technology, massive amounts of data were stored in data centers in the cloud, with enhanced stability and reliability that prevented data loss due to terminal device malfunctions. Also, computing resources were more efficiently utilized, avoiding idle surplus.

Accordingly, people's expectations for the quality of their device's connection to the cloud became higher. Consequently, network devices had a considerable amount of connection redundancy and were designed to handle heavy data throughput. Furthermore, there were omnipresent signal sources, allowing devices to seamlessly switch signals effortlessly, making cloud and local data indistinguishable in use.

However, an internet disruption could feel like the end of the world for many who relied on cloud data.

Chen Fei hesitated before saying, "The internet... is still there!"

"Ha, right now all wireless signals including most satellite signals are down, only a few special wired channels can maintain communication."

Chief Bodyguard Riva spread his hands.

Was the other person living a life of isolation?

Such slow reaction to the loss of network signal!

"Hold on, I'm going to make a phone call!"

Chen Fei took out his phone, with the signal source stable.

The number belonged to his little sister.

"...Ring, hello, Xiao Meng, you have a call, it's your second brother!"

Wait, why does the voice sound like a young boy's?

"Don't pick up randomly, my second brother has a bad temper. If you offend him, you are as good as dead."

"Eh, your brother... really?"

"What do you mean no way? If he decides to kill someone, I can't stop him."

Little Sister Chen's voice, mingling with a boy's chatter, reached me before becoming loud and clear.

"Yo! Brother, any instructions for me?"

My sweet sister's voice was sweet and beautiful, adorably cute!

"Checking in!!! Who was that just now? Send over the photo, social welfare number, household registration, criminal record, all of it!"

Chen Fei bellowed at his little sister, feeling irritated. Wasn't he worked up?

When a brother calls his sister and suddenly hears a strange boy's voice, anyone would get hot-headed involuntarily.

Just how close were they, and why didn't he, as her brother, know anything about it?

-_-#

I really want to break that ghost's legs!

"Talking nonsense? I'm seriously dating, not fooling around. Second Brother, where are you?"

Startled by the scolding, Chen Meng stammered, feeling inexplicably guilty, but then she thought, she hadn't done anything wrong!

(All love that does not aim for marriage is frivolous. -Shakespeare)

Is it a crime to date?

Second Brother should be under a wife's imprisonment by now, shouldn't he?!

Chen Fei said irritably, "I'm killing people on Cangqiong Star, just slaughtered over a hundred!"

The AI "Adam" used a railgun to send away these guys, and it was perfectly reasonable to count them on his behalf.

A large, dense crowd, too busy and not bothered to count exactly, but the number over a hundred was definitely not an understatement.

"Hey, murderer Brother, where exactly are you?"

Second Brother had always been guarding the deserted Aircrew Base in Xingdu Kush Mountain Area, slaving away as a mechanic fixing the sorry planes—a broken career through and through. Chen Meng didn't believe for a second he could slip away to Cangqiong Star.

Not to mention how difficult a visa would be to obtain, just the travel expenses alone amount to a hefty sum, likely enough to buy a house.

If he had that money, wouldn't he save it to secure a wife?

Speaking of which, what's the deal with Second Brother's girlfriend?

As his sister, I'm quite curious!

"I'm in Nandu City on Cangqiong Star!"

Chen Fei instructed the AI "Adam" to send a seemingly authentic location.

"What are you doing there?"

Little Sister Chen asked casually.

"Killing people."

Chen Fei seemed fixated on "killing people" today. Even if Lord Yama showed up, it wouldn't work. He would snatch the Book of Life and Death and refuse to let him pass without scribbling a few lines (one line cancels one life).

Chen Meng asked seriously, "Um... Brother, are you serious?"

"As serious as it gets."

Chen Fei looked towards the big shots at Louis Industrial Company and Teacher Shen.

They both nodded at him simultaneously. No escaping it now!

"What about your girlfriend?"

Chen Meng suddenly launched a sneak attack with her question.

Truly my sister!

"She's here too, right beside me!"

Chen Fei responded without thinking.

"What is she doing?"

"Preparing to kill someone too!"

Chen Meng: "..."

Has Second Brother gone mad in that run-down base?

Why not just quit the job? With a bachelor's degree, couldn't he find any decent job he liked, even in his field of expertise?

Guessing that Second Brother was furious and kept mentioning killing, Chen Meng didn't want to touch on such a sore point and carefully probed, "Is there anything else?"

"Routine check! Warn that kid for me, no certificate, no third base, if he dares to double-time, I'll kill his whole family. If he has any bad habits, change them immediately, or I'll break his legs. If he messes around with girls outside... I..."

Click! Little Sister Chen couldn't take it anymore and hung up.

"...Hey! Damn it, she hung up!"

Chen Fei hadn't finished speaking and stared irritably at the phone screen.

"Your phone... why does it still have internet access?"

Louis Landon eyed Chen Fei's phone that had just been used for the call, deep in thought.

"Let me borrow your phone!"

Without any hesitation, Shen Fei reached out first, making the slow-reacting Chief Bodyguard Riva come up empty-handed.

With such a big incident occurring in Zilu Continent, she needed to report to her father urgently.

"Hello, Chen Fei, you... hey, Xiao Fei, why is it you... warn that kid for me, no certificate, no third base, if he dares to double-time, I..."