Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 782: Section 777 - Want to Give It a Shot?

"There might still be humanoid and dragon form Combat Mobility Armor coming up, so please don't be too surprised when that happens," Chen Fei cautioned beforehand to avoid the awkward situation of being focused-fired by his own team.

"Received, keep your cell phone turned on, we will use your communication device for friend or foe identification," the liaison from the Rapid Response Center recorded Chen Fei's words for reference in the contact notes.

Chen Fei's personal and supernatural ability records were well documented, including his Psi Skills; hence, no one would question the appearance of anything unusual.

"Also, if a fleet of Airships appears, please do not be too shocked!"

While speaking, Chen Fei swiftly worked on his controls, setting targets for the eight Combat Bombs mounted beneath the 'Big Mouth Monster,' using the reconnaissance drones' 3D warning system to lock onto the Monsters still dropping from the sky.

The eight Combat Bombs rapidly detached from the mounts in pairs, the tails flashed with fire, bursting into bright tail flames to propel the warheads faster and faster toward the swirling black clouds in the sky. freewebnσvel.cøm

"Huh?"

In the city center's airspace, fireballs burst one after another with each Combat Bomb successfully taking down a Monster without missing any.

The Monsters were large and slow, and they did not know how to evade, making them easy targets for smart missiles.

Yet more Monsters continued to emerge incessantly from the black Vortex Cloud.

The 'Big Mouth Monster's' left and right wings were equipped with Railgun Rapid-Fire Machine Guns, continuously firing, sending a dense storm of steel core bullets towards the slowly spinning Vortex Cloud.

Using missiles may be a simple one-for-one solution, but it was not economical due to cost inefficiency.

Though the "Spatial Branding" had a plentiful supply of Combat Bombs, the quantity was ultimately limited, and no matter what, it could not withstand the continuous deployment of Monsters from the Vortex Cloud.

The Railgun Rapid-Fire Machine Guns might not be as powerful as missiles, but they had the advantage of being cost-effective, quickly turning a Monster into a hornet's nest and even inflicting piercing damage; about a dozen hits could successfully take down a Monster.

A single Energy Point could exchange for a ton of steel core bullets, maintaining several minutes of offensive output; Chen Fei only had a few hundred Combat Bombs in inventory, but he had over 30,000 Energy Points, enough to last until reinforcements arrived.

To prevent bullets from falling back to Earth due to gravity and causing accidental casualties, the Railgun Rapid-Fire Machine Guns fired almost at full power, accelerating the bullets to 20 times the speed of sound, ensuring that even if they missed their target, they would vaporize within about 20 kilometers and not escape the atmosphere, thus not impacting orbital satellites.

When the bullets interacted with the air at high speeds, creating a tracer effect, most had already vanished into the black Vortex Cloud, with unknown destinations.

But the continuous rain of lifeless Monster corpses and dismembered bodies indicated that the bullets had not disappeared but had indeed caused considerable damage.

This meant the Vortex Cloud was bidirectional: they could come here, and we could go there.

The A-39C 'Big Mouth Monster' light turboprop attack aircraft, with magical array inscriptions added, hovered in the air in an incredible posture, its nose pointed directly at the black Vortex Cloud. The Railgun Rapid-Fire Machine Guns on the wings released a fierce storm of bullets, interspersed with Combat Bombs, creating a deadly no-entry zone for Monsters overhead—killing any that approached, with mangled corpses falling like rain.

From time to time, sporadic Offensive Spells flew from a distance, working together to eliminate Monsters that escaped the 'Big Mouth Monster's' coverage.

With Chen Fei piloting his turboprop aircraft into the battlefield, the female Archer on top of the city center's high-rise had her pressure drastically reduced, allowing her to focus her attention on Monsters that had landed or were still flying low.

The arrows, bearing flames, not only flew nearly straight but could even turn corners autonomously, invariably hitting the Monsters scurrying around in the urban area.

It was hard to imagine, before the arrival of Chen Fei's 'Big Mouth Monster,' that without the full-force sniping of this female Archer, the bustling city center would likely have turned into a hell on earth.

As time passed, more and more Ability Users gradually rushed to the city center, including supernatural power users, Spellcasters, and War Professionals; although they fought individually, they were coordinated by the command of the Rapid Response Center, gradually stabilizing the situation.

If we exclude the Spellcasters and War Professionals, the proportion of Blue Star People who were Ability Users was roughly one in three thousand.

In the city where Chen Fei resided, with a regular population of about 8 million, there were over two thousand G and F rank, called Juvenile and Civilian ranks, whose effects were insignificant or non-lasting and thus were not considered a combat force; naturally, they were not included in the emergency recruitment list by the Rapid Response Center.

Barely qualified for combat, about 400 E rank (Soldier Rank) Ability Users were considered; about 60 D rank (Sergeant Rank) who could hold their own were mainly the ones convened this time.

Higher up, C rank (Squad Rank) were only ten people, and Ability Users like Chen Fei of B rank were even fewer, no more than three.

But the female Archer on the rooftop, displaying wondrous archery skills with her Flame Arrows to snipe the Monsters, undoubtedly had the strength of an A-rank Ability User. Probably no second A-rank Ability User existed in the whole district, though there might be Spellcasters and War Professionals with roughly equivalent combat strength, more than one.

"'Rookie' Chen Fei, please report your ammunition reserves!"

The Rapid Response Center maintained continuous communication with Chen Fei's line, though the connection medium was not a mobile phone.

One-on-one attentive service considered that even if a B-rank Ability User's Psi Skills were incredible, he could not conjure explosives and propellant out of thin air.

Since his combat effectiveness relied heavily on modern Firearms, it was necessary to consider the issue of ammunition supply.

"Ammunition is sufficient at present, at least enough to last another hour, over!"

If not for the foresight of Mr. Louis Landon, who had prepared a vast amount of supplies in advance, easing Chen Fei's concerns in this regard, his combat effectiveness at this moment would not have exceeded that of a B-rank Ability User by much.

"Understood! The first wave of fire support will arrive in 30 seconds. Please report any developments in a timely manner."

The Rapid Response Center had someone specifically interfacing with Chen Fei.

"Received!"

Chen Fei ended the call.

Adam: Received another call request from Crown Prince Lin Zio of the Silan Dynasty and Louis Landon, the CEO of Louis Industrial Company.

"'Adam,' reply to them for me. Tell them that there is an urgent situation in the local city area with a suspected space channel forming a black vortex cloud in the sky, continuously releasing a large number of unidentified creatures. I am doing my best to intercept them. If there's anything important, please leave a message."

Adam: Initiating a call with Crown Prince Lin Zio of the Silan Dynasty.

Adam: Initiating a call with Louis Landon, CEO of Louis Industrial Company.

The artificial intelligence AI could easily handle multitasking as long as the supply of computing resources was ensured, unaffected by efficiency.

Adam: Detected high-speed missiles, quantity 3, expected to arrive in 20 seconds, identified as Dongfeng-113 conventional ballistic missiles, destructive radius 500 meters, please take evasive actions!

The AR assisted vision marked the ballistic missile strike radius for Chen Fei. The "Big Mouth Monster" hovering mid-air was at the edge of the destruction radius.

"Prepare to switch to 'Dragon King' assault-type mobile combat armor!"

Chen Fei alerted "Adam" and then activated his Psi Skill again.

The turboprop aircraft's frame immediately began to disassemble, continuously transforming while descending, and finally became the nearly five-meter-tall "Dragon King" assault-type mobile armor just before it landed, which is the giantized mode of the single soldier tactical armor.

A female archer sniping monsters from a nearby rooftop saw this and her gaze lingered on the "Dragon King" assault-type mobile armor for a few seconds longer, though her hands did not stop the action of drawing and releasing arrows.

The four railgun rapid-fire machine guns that separated from the "Big Mouth Monster" never ceased firing, the only impact being a reduced frequency of missile launches as the combat mobility armor's missile bays could not match the number of hard points under the wings, and replenishing them was relatively more cumbersome.

The ten reconnaissance drones in the sky quickly moved away, as they were more susceptible to the residual effects of the attacks.

The three missiles, trailing bright flames and trails, rapidly approached, heading straight for the black vortex cloud.

Boom!~Boom!~Boom!~

The exploding fireballs, one larger than the next, eventually engulfed the entire vortex cloud.

"Report, the vortex cloud is still there!"

As the combat personnel closest to the vortex cloud, Chen Fei's "Macroscopic Perspective" discerned the effect of the attack in real-time.

Although the three conventional ballistic missiles were powerful, obliterating the monsters that had detached from the vortex cloud into dust, the vortex cloud itself was hardly affected.

"The attack is too conservative, we need to use Elemental Annihilation Bombs. Are you in, or shall I do it?"

Chen Fei could guess the concerns behind this conservative mode of attack.

After all, it was a highly populated city; an inadvertent strike could have consequences no one could bear.

Otherwise, even a tactical nuclear weapon would be good — a fiery mushroom cloud would rise, and no matter how many monsters the vortex cloud dropped, it would be a dead-end for them.

But for military contractors used to suppress mutants and out-of-control magical beasts with overwhelming firepower, launching a big strike was the most straightforward and cost-effective strategy.

"Rejected, this is a densely populated area. We cannot act recklessly. Wait, did you bring the 'Dragon Slayer Missile'?"

The Rapid Response Center reacted swiftly, immediately guessing that this employee of a military contractor had secretly brought his company's last resort.

Man, this guy really has guts!

"Want to fire one, sweetheart?"

The girl talking to Chen Fei immediately blushed.

This damn guy is not speaking human language.

Two seconds later, the Rapid Response Center hadn't replied yet, and the artificial intelligence AI "Adam" issued another notification.

Adam: Detected Jianhong-37 attack aircraft, quantity 12, expected to arrive in 1 minute.

Adam: Detected Wuzhi-22, quantity 36, expected to arrive in 5 minutes.

Adam: Detected 4 unidentified small airships, expected to arrive in 7 minutes.