Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1303 - 1269: The Chaos of the South Continent

Birds of a feather flock together. Whether it's Miyoshi Xuesen's recommendation or Chen Fei's approval, the focus is not just on Kraken's business acumen, but also on the fact that a good intelligence broker often exists within a circle of other outstanding intelligence sellers.

Gathering intelligence, analyzing intelligence, assessing intelligence, and seeking clients, selling at a reasonable price, and wrapping up properly. True experts can keenly discern crucial information from a heap of indistinguishable truths and falsehoods, leading to the most valuable and closest-to-reality judgment.

Hiding oneself is also a professional skill of an intelligence dealer.

It is precisely because of this group of intelligence experts that Chen Fei's muddling-through plan could be implemented.

On the third day after the high-quality fake Longinus was released, like a beach after the tide, almost all individuals and forces related to such items jumped out, creating quite the commotion. Chen Fei was even surprised to find that there were not just sixteen of the Longinus pieces he released stirring the pot in the South Continent of America, but more than forty, with even other continents seeing similar indistinguishable Longinus copies.

Good heavens, it might be that selling fake goods could rake in a fortune, as all sorts of demons and monsters came out to play the "let's all fake it" game. These counterfeit Longinus were obviously prepared in advance, existing even before Chen Fei initiated his actions, with malicious intent!

The turmoil caused by the series of fake-fake-fake Longinus and those who jumped out trying to make a profit perfectly concealed the group led by Kraken, the real instigators. Only a few knew the truth, observing everything in secret.

This world certainly does not lack genuinely smart people, especially when the shadow of Chen Fei enters the eyes of the sovereigns. Any with an online IQ could basically guess it was this daring guy causing this ruckus.

Informed sovereigns relayed a message to Chen Fei through the Blue Star Global United Defense Committee Headquarters, advising him not to go too far. After all, the South Continent is the political backyard of the North Continent, and the small sovereignties there can't take much turmoil. If things fall apart, the mess would be a massive headache to clean up, and peacekeeping costs are never low. Some sovereignties might even fudge numbers, profiting illegally, so often, many sovereignties are unwilling to organize joint peacekeeping forces.

It was for the sake of retrieving the real Longinus that Chen Fei initiated the high-quality fake Longinus ruse, mixing truth with falsehood, remaining unscathed throughout. Besides hiding well from the start, the sovereigns' attitude of turning a blind eye helped too. If it were anyone else leading such an act, a sovereign probably would have intervened by now, arresting, killing where necessary. Each sovereignty's rise did not involve inviting guests to dinner; such a ruthless approach is beyond doubt.

The sovereignties of Blue Star might suspect others of coveting the illegal possession of Longinus, but they wouldn't suspect Chen Fei.

The reason is simple: since he already has technological creations like the "Stargate" that can replace the "Dimensional Gate," and has boldly established a "Stargate" on Socotra Island connecting two star systems, with the ability to connect to the inland of Yangzhou Continent's Habulav, which has been converted into inter-plane communication equipment, Longinus, which can serve as a plane coordinate, and the "Dimensional Gate" have become almost dispensable for Chen Fei, who finds no opportunity for their use. The only advantage the "Dimensional Gate" might have is slightly lower energy consumption compared to the "Stargate," but not by much.

Who would've thought that this audacious fellow would hide a Longinus to propel sovereigns to follow his whims?

Losing one Longinus versus losing two is drastically different in nature.

The sovereignties have now been mobilized, willingly or not, cursing and swearing while investing massive efforts in open and undercover investigations. During this time, countless opportunistic individuals were identified and offered to heaven, preferring to kill a thousand mistakenly than to let one go. After all, none of them are good people, treated as a severe crackdown to eliminate harm from society, resulting in a number of criminals facing justice not much less than those dead or injured due to illegal conflicts.

Despite being able to leisurely "watch Tigers fight from the mountain," through Kraken's intelligence network, constantly sifting through the vast intelligence feedback from all over the South Continent, Chen Fei still hasn't received the good news he was hoping for.

It's as if the Longinus lost by Tuiana vanished without a trace, like a stone thrown into the sea. During this period, there was almost another theft incident involving a "Dimensional Gate" Longinus. Those crazy individuals, unable to find Tuiana sovereignty's Longinus, daringly set their sights on other Longinus, believing perhaps that the small sovereignties of the South Continent of America were negligent in managing their "Dimensional Gates." If they lost one Longinus, there certainly could be a second, a third...

It's like opening Pandora's Box. The irrational forces, without considering the consequences, launched an attack on the "Dimensional Gate." It must be said they picked a great time. If it weren't for the recent tensions between the Blue Star and Cangqiong Star civilizations, constantly on the brink of conflict, unhappy with one another, suspending their collaboration in alternating "Dimensional Gate" guard duties. Now, the guard forces on Blue Star's side have been replaced by local sovereign troops, with inconsistent defensive and combat capabilities, far inferior to Cangqiong Star civilization's elite units or even the active forces of Blue Star's major sovereignties.

Thus, it's not surprising that Tuiana sovereignty's "Dimensional Gate" was raided by a group of brats, leading to Longinus being stolen. It was bound to get lost sooner or later, whether today or tomorrow.

Caught off guard, the ambushed "Dimensional Gate" guard force was stunned at the first encounter, even forgetting to activate the completely enclosed protective barrier, leading to the destruction of the field device during the conflict, losing their most crucial defense capability.

If it weren't for the Blue Star Global United Defense Committee Headquarters temporarily loaning nearby sovereigns' active forces for urgent reinforcement, along with Chen Fei's Combat Mech Army, more than one "Dimensional Gate" could have been breached, leading to further Longinus theft, with uncontrollable consequences.

However, at this time, Chen Fei received not good news from the South Continent of America, but rather from Morning Star Continent of Cangqiong Star, from the Imperial Capital Delan City of the Silan Dynasty—good news that the soul research team made a significant breakthrough, confirming the actual existence of the soul.