Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1299 - 1265: Muddy Waters

The one immersed in the game is confused, while the onlookers see clearly.

Even Chen Fei, Miyoshi Monk, and the intelligence broker Kraken, who are all adept at discerning clues from layers of fog, aren't confident they'd have good luck every time.

Moreover, this time the confusion was deliberately engineered.

You see exactly what others want you to see.

"Heh, so it's a high-level game! Whoever set this up is truly impressive!"

Hanna Gagel sneered, her gaze sweeping across Chen Fei, then glancing at Miyoshi Xuesen and Kraken.

Ordinary tricks wouldn't fool these three.

"This is insane!"

Upon a slight reminder, Kraken indeed grew more uneasy, scratching his head in frustration.

Like a hunter, finally getting preyed upon.

"Who has the guts for such a scheme?"

Anyone capable of such planning is definitely no small fry. Miyoshi Monk held a teacup, hesitating to drink, his mind flipping through a slideshow of every known master schemer, comparing them to determine whose handiwork this was.

"This is trouble!"

Chen Fei didn't expect someone to play such a complex game successfully against him.

No, he wasn't the only one; many individuals and factions had fallen into this trap as well.

He thought it over and immediately called out to "Adam".

"'Adam,' contact that Guardian Organization and ask if they've made any enemies recently, or if anyone wants to frame them badly."

Two out of three major suspect targets were taken out, nearly sparking a conflict with the Prehistoric Civilization Guardians, and even without Chen Fei, other forces would have targeted them.

Seeing Chen Fei talk to himself, intelligence broker Kraken's eyes lit up, asking, "Is this a breakthrough?"

Forces that could be set up as scapegoats are never simple.

Regardless of their peaceful demeanor towards Chen Fei's Mechanical Army, the Guardian Organization is far from innocent.

"I don't know; our views are manipulated. Even if we find a breakthrough, it might be false. In a high-stakes game, one mustn't draw hasty conclusions, and above all, don't get swept along with the wrong tide."

Chen Fei had outgrown his naive beginnings, seasoned by societal challenges, learning to discern the treacherous ways of the world.

"Exactly, the key is the rhythm!"

Before founding Jiu Defense Company, Hanna Gagel worked as a Ministry of Internal Affairs Inspector at Apocalypse Defense Group, exposed to plots and schemes, backstabbing and flattery, all part of the everyday grind. Her experience granted her keen insight.

Compared to Miyoshi Monk's comfortable and well-paid public service position, this one-eyed lady boss engaged more deeply with the industry's dark underbelly.

"How about we create a little chaos ourselves?"

Chen Fei extended his hand, and a four-meter-long spear quickly formed, styled unmistakably after Longinus.

Extracting alloy materials directly from the "Spatial Branding," he wasn't about to let the Dog System snag a single energy point for free.

"It's fake!"

Hanna Gagel certainly didn't believe Chen Fei could use his psi skill to create a real Longinus.

108 Longinus cannot be duplicated. If they could, given the abundance of Gold Series Able Ones, metallurgy experts, and industrial factories, mass production would have happened already. But it's simply impossible.

"It just needs to look right."

Chen Fei weighed the counterfeit Longinus in his hand, optimizing its internal structure to match the weight of a real Longinus, embedding a Super Star Crystal to power the "Sharp" magic array inside the spearhead while energizing a signal transmitter.

The materials and structure ensured strength, which further heat treatment would enhance. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Without past experience with a real Longinus, one might easily be fooled by this "fake."

"What are you planning...?"

Kraken couldn't quite grasp Chen Fei's intention. Was he planning to swap this fake Longinus quietly?

Even if he intended to replace it, he must first know the real one's location!

"Of course, it's to muddy the waters."

Chen Fei placed the fake on Kraken's desk and swiftly replicated another.

With the original, creating identical copies takes virtually no effort.

Before long, he had churned out a dozen counterfeit Longinus, causing Kraken, Miyoshi Xuesen, and Heseman Brown, even Boss Hanna, to gasp.

"Isn't this excessive?"

Hanna Gagel became worried.

Using a dozen Longinus to stir chaos could flip the entire situation upside down.

Yet Chen Fei remained unconcerned, recklessly indifferent to the potential consequences.

"Relax, the situation can't get much worse. Think of it as Jiang Taigong fishing; whoever's willing to bite, will bite."

Chen Fei collected the fake Longinus into "Spatial Branding," awaiting the right moment to cast these "hooks" out while imagining eager "big fish" taking the bait.

Miyoshi Xuesen confirmed: aside from Longinus controlled by "Cybertrom," only the one belonging to Tuiana Sovereignty was lost.

As long as Longinus are incomplete, they're useless.

Only one was actually lost by Blue Star Civilization, but the sovereignties didn't know this, speculating that the Longinus controlled by "Cybertrom" might have fallen into the atmosphere, landed who knows where, perhaps still floating in low-earth orbit, or worst, into "Sagali" civilization's hands. Considering the spatial rift nearby, this was plausible.

Thus, many silently prayed to gods, demons, and sages across myth and legend to prevent such tragedy.

So the current commotion in the South Continent of America was chaos, leaders frantically searching for the lost Longinus, rendering Chen Fei's antics inconsequential.

As long as the lost Longinus could be recovered—even just one, losing thousands of lives wouldn't matter.

But so far, those privy to the truth were scant, and Chen Fei had no desire to publicize, finding the asymmetric information ideal for muddling through.

The lost Tuiana-Sovereignty Longinus was acceptable whether reclaimed by sovereignties or seized by Chen Fei.

"I'll handle the distribution; I know how to spread these fakes!"

Kraken realized it was his moment to shine.

Intelligence can be bought or sold, and distributing counterfeits under various pretenses or labels would naturally provoke disturbances, forcing all manner of hidden figures to surface.