Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1314 - 1280: Kraken Attacked Again

The essence of playing the high-stakes game lies in patience; whoever gets anxious first loses. The roles of hunter and prey often switch in an instant—this is the true essence of "high stakes".

Those who play high-stakes games usually have at least eight hundred devious tricks up their sleeves, no, rather, they are extremely cunning and underhanded.

Kraken, a dealer in intelligence, works efficiently. Immediately, he contacts those intelligence personnel pre-arranged by the Artificial Intelligence AI "Adam" for remote online interviews. The selected personnel are promptly assembled to analyze the related data.

These intelligence personnel are not Blue Star People and have no conflicting interests or other entanglements, hence they don't need to worry much about their identity being compromised, allowing them to work with more freedom.

Kraken, having started solo, naturally understands the benefits of having allies. In a team battle, one doesn't need to fight alone and risk stepping into traps or taking bullets for others in such high-stakes matches, often resulting in befuddlement at the brink of doom.

It was primarily his efforts to keep a low profile and gather intelligence in secrecy from the outset that enabled him to avoid pitfalls before.

Now reinforcements are about to arrive on the scene.

On the suspect list for review are both factions that have perished and those still active. Chen Fei has no qualms about digging up those who have been previously eliminated for another post-mortem reckoning.

Unless he runs headlong into a second-rate or above sovereign active army, ordinary small sovereign armies stand no chance against his Combat Mech troops and Airship Battle Group. Previously, a second-rate sovereign got reckless and tried him, and as for the result... they have yet to recover their combat lineup.

Chen Fei is stirring up trouble in the South Continent of America, while the sovereignties remain silent but aware, understanding clearly the repercussions: provoke Chen Xiao'er, and Chen Xiao'er will retaliate, best not to provoke...

Moreover, they hope he will engage the "Sagali" civilization head-on. If the Blue Star Sovereignty Coalition Forces were to confront them, it might precipitate a fiscal crisis for many sovereignties post-war, unable to compensate even the pensions; thus, they prepare proactively, accumulating money, grain, equipment, and manpower, all of which require time.

However, the sovereignties in the North American Continent and the Europa Continent conduct themselves far too incompetently; the nation desires war, yet the people remain restless. Much effort is wasted trying to restore social stability, draining human, financial, and material resources, possibly with traces of "Sagali" involved, but with numerous inherent risks of their own. They wish to quell internal chaos before external, yet the formation of a sovereignty coalition army to follow Chen Fei's "One Man Army" seems distant.

If only the American sovereignties acted stronger and more reliable, the real or false Longinus plan of Chen Fei wouldn't have stirred such a storm.

For the second time, the hapless intelligence dealer Kraken endured an attack, truly facing disaster from beyond his home, as a missile directly honed in on his balcony.

If struck, an entire floor would be instantaneously emptied, also affecting the floors above and below.

Upon detecting the missile attack, drones guarding near Kraken's house intervened immediately to intercept with their bodies, while house Combat Mechs used Railgun Combat Rifles to shoot the missile down fifty meters midair.

The missile launch point and related personnel were rapidly locked in on, and before the Chapala City police could arrive, all were captured without any slipping through the net.

The mantis stalks the cicada while the yellow sparrow waits behind; the intelligence dealer Kraken himself was merely bait, and Chen Fei was merely recycling old tactics.

By the time the missile launch apparatus and personnel hidden within a modified van were brought to Chen Fei's suburban base, all four launch personnel had turned into corpses. They consumed poison ahead of time, failing to take antidotes in due time, resulting in poisoning.

The modified van and missile launch apparatus had been fitted with several powerful explosives, but discovered and disarmed in time, preventing self-destruction.

"They are all fanatics!"

Chen Fei accessed the identity information of the four poison-dead missile launch personnel thanks to the clearance from Blue Star Global Joint Defense Committee Headquarters; they came from Europa Continent, Africa Continent, even Asian Continent, but none from the American Continent, occupationally small merchants - nothing particularly notable, requiring time and manpower to trace their social connections.

However, a few fingerprints were harvested from the modified van and missile launch apparatus which did not belong to the four deceased individuals.

Chapala City, blessed with unparalleled intelligence channels, quickly identified an illegal arms dealer using the fingerprints, residing in the city. By the time Chen Fei's Combat Mechs arrived, the arms dealer and his subordinates had been blown to pieces, judging from the site - the crater over thirty meters in diameter, probably a secondary explosion of an ammo stockpile.

The lead was severed once again.

"It's those guys, definitely those guys, they've come for me."

Shaken considerably, Kraken was somewhat hysterical as he yelled during a remote video call with Chen Fei.

Twice already had he danced on the brink of death: the first incident with a home invasion and now without a word, a missile knocks on his window. They aim to eliminate him entirely.

"Heh, local forces of the South Continent, confirmed—they scatter their forces east and west but none from the South Continent, trying to hide three hundred taels without silver, backfiring miserably."

Chen Fei laughed coldly as he scrutinized the personal information of the four deceased.

"Are they taking others for fools?"

There are two pits: one for the genuinely foolish who'll take it face value, and another for overly-analytical individuals, believing negative plus negative makes a positive, setting false trails. However, Chen Fei's focus was on the South Continent from the start, ignoring other places entirely, so a mere few residency records could never mislead him nor disperse his efforts.

Miyoshi Xuesen, repeatedly examining collected missile fragments and scanning the missile launcher structure diagrams, remarked: "This is a private-made 'Short Spear' optical-guided missile, 120mm in diameter, 1.1m in length, using electromagnetic thrust with a maximum range of 20 meters, a total range of 5 kilometers, specialized for fortified or anti-armor attacks."

The veteran of the Jianghu, with wide experience, identified the missile model that attacked Kraken on the spot.

Although privately manufactured outside a formal military factory, it couldn't have been manufactured just by anyone, using it against a residential building is excessive, indicating the degree to which Kraken was deemed a threat—nearly uncovering something crucial, prompting a desperate attempt to silence him before exposure.

Chen Fei asked, "Any leads?"

Despite the break in the arms dealer lead, several fingerprints couldn't find counterparts in Blue Star sovereignties' registry, indicating black-market individuals without legal status, possibly never registered from birth—doubtless detached illegal factions escaping sovereignty oversight.

"Let me inquire first!"

Miyoshi Xuesen seemed to have some assurance, coincidentally knowing several "master craftsmen" with unparalleled skills in the field, shadowy figures of unacknowledged expertise.

Miyoshi rang several calls, and the Monk made a significant discovery.

"Old Hanssen from Parama took such an order half a month ago, if inputting the recognition command, it should confirm, PamHanson9099, let the Mechanical Beings key it in."

The missile launcher was connected to a small microcontroller, requiring not much computational prowess, simply aiding missile parameter setups.

Military electronic products often are not cutting-edge; rather, end-phase products optimized further.

The Mechanical Beings guarding the launch apparatus instantly executed manual command input, validation succeeded.

"BingGo!"

Chen Fei gave a thumbs-up to the Monk.

Clap!~

Miyoshi Xuesen clapped his hands and said, "The buyer is…"

Boom!~

A sudden loud explosion occurred outside, followed by a series of smaller blasts.

S-Class superpower user Heseman Brown furrowed his brows and stated, "Someone is trying to breach the 'Isolation', likely a supernatural power user."

The base where Chen Fei was stationed surely couldn't lack appropriate security measures, with the Psi Skill "Isolation" shrouding the entire yard, leaving only a gap at the main entrance—an invisible shield turning this place into a reliable fortress.