Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 792: Section 787 - Monk Buries Lightning

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"You're truly badass!"

Chen Xiao'er's "feat" once again astounded the Miyoshi Monk, who immediately gave a thumbs up. He wouldn't dare deploy such a tactical-level weapon in the economic district's city center, not even with ten times the courage. Yet Chen had done it just like that.

He sighed again and continued, "Rookie, you better get ready!"

"What for?"

Chen Fei's eyebrows quivered slightly, sensing the undertones in the bald man's words.

Every time this bald man called him, it was never good news.

"That was just the appetizer. You need to be prepared for what's coming!"

The Miyoshi Monk clearly had some source of information to emphasize this again.

The bad omens became even clearer.

"I just got injected with a dose of supernatural ability suppressant!"

Chen Fei raised both hands. Nowadays, most of his combat strength relied on the fully charged "Spatial Branding."

But now that the "Spatial Branding" had been sealed by the suppressant, reducing his combat ability to practically nil, the role he could play was extremely limited. Depending solely on the stored energy points was far from sufficient for the demands of intense battlefields; even self-preservation would be tough.

Miyoshi Xuesen looked around and said irritably, "Tsk! You think I don't know? You're immune to the ability suppressant. It's useless on you!"

This cold-hearted and ruthless guy was one of the few who knew Chen Fei could ignore the suppressant. Still, he was very tight-lipped, an essential trait for his line of work, or he would've been buried long ago.

If not for this, Chen Fei wouldn't trust him enough to be friends, although they usually only talked about money—after all, dealing just with money prevented hurt feelings, a principle that was quite correct.

Chen Fei said calmly, "My spatial ability has been sealed!"

The "Spatial Branding," now sealed by the suppressant, could essentially be considered a form of spatial ability, although it wasn't self-awakened but instead was acquired at great cost from someone else.

If it hadn't been to amplify Chen Fei's combat capabilities and compensate for his weaknesses, such means of acquisition would not be worth it, a surefire way to lose out big time.

"Eh? How do you have a spatial ability?"

The Monk was shocked, his expression frozen on his face.

Dual-element ability users were exceedingly rare, and Chen Fei's second special ability turned out to be the very scarce spatial ability. Although it wasn't the perfect complement to his metallic psychic power, it was still not to be underestimated, with considerable practical and combat significance.

"That's a secret! Anyway, I have it."

Chen Fei wouldn't reveal a hint. He was as tight-lipped as Miyoshi Xuesen.

"Alright! You're badass!"

The Monk had no choice but to put up his thumb again, though reluctantly.

He then said, "Do you need me to help you get an antidote? But that stuff isn't easy to come by."

Even for him, obtaining an antidote for the suppressant was not easy. Suppressing was easy; lifting the suppression was hard. Each dose of the antidote was limited in production, had a short shelf life, and was tracked by name; any expired or damaged doses had to be reported, although such incidents were rare since they were synthesized on demand and there was almost no inventory or expiration issue.

Once an ability user was injected with a suppressant, there was little they could do but submit.

"Based on what you just mentioned about getting ready, how long will that take?"

Chen Fei circled back to the implications previously hinted at by the Miyoshi Monk.

After a moment of silence, the Miyoshi Monk said, "At most half a month. That sovereignty should be disintegrating by then. The Blue Star Global United Defense Committee might dispatch a small team to enter first, carry out reconnaissance and containment tasks, preparing for subsequent actions."

Even the most neglected and weakest sovereignties, in accordance with international law, are legitimate political entities recognized by all other sovereignties. No sovereign state has any reason to interfere in another's internal affairs unless it is prepared for war.

Moreover, there's a whole array of alliances, treaties, and conventions that make initiating a conflict akin to stirring up a hornet's nest, hardly worth the effort over some small piece of land, incurring unnecessary costs in terms of resources and public morale.

The Global United Defense Committee could deploy a small force because it had defense agreements with all sovereignties, coincidentally conforming to certain military aid clauses. Dozens or even hundreds of people entering the country wouldn't pose a problem, but a larger number could be met with refusal. After all, sovereign states also had their pride and wouldn't allow outsiders to tread freely on their territory. Emmm, it wouldn't take long before the entire land might truly become a real "land with no one."

While the Miyoshi Monk was video-calling with Chen Fei, the upper echelon of the Global United Defense Committee, based in Hablav City, was negotiating with that failing sovereignty, discussing the list of personnel to be deployed and equipment specifications, and actively preparing for the worst-case scenario.

That sovereignty's neighboring countries had already lined up their military units along the border as if facing a formidable enemy.

"The bad news is, I probably won't be able to join in time. The suppressant's effects last at least a month, and at most three. The good news is, there probably won't be a second dose."

Chen Fei spread his hands in front of the phone camera.

The suppressant was designed to prevent ability users from wreaking havoc, as their powers could easily cause significant destruction. Hence, control in the economic zones was stringent, with suppressant injections being a common consequence. However, the public safety in the economic zones was excellent, so there wasn't much concern regarding self-preservation.

Like now, anyone wanting to target Chen Fei would first have to contend with the military stationed in the park.

The commotion caused by the "Dragon Slayer Missile" was likely to subside in a month, and Chen Fei's "protection period" was limited to this duration. After that, his restrictions would naturally be lifted, and he would regain his freedom.

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"Luck is really terrible!"

Miyoshi Monk was somewhat annoyed, and it was unclear whether he was talking about his own luck or Chen Fei's luck.

He quickly added, "Anyway, if your name happens to be on the list, just come over first, as long as the Metal Elemental Psychic Power is still there, it's not like nothing can be done."

The thought of the combat power of a rare Dual-Element Ability User being crippled by half made Miyoshi Monk feel a suffocating frustration—this was truly an undeserved calamity, no, self-inflicted!

Who told Chen Fei to release a "Dragon Slayer Missile" in the airspace above the economic district's city center? If there weren't extenuating circumstances, even a ten or eight-year sentence would be light.

"I hope I'm not on it, Blue Star won't stop spinning without me."

Chen Fei's tone was as resigned as that of the soon-to-be doomed sovereignty.

"Hehe, it might not go as you wish."

Miyoshi Xuesen suddenly let out a sinister chuckle, hmm, that's some real Great Villain vibe right there.

Indeed a despicable and venomous guy!

"Why do I feel like you've been up to no good!"

Having dealt with the other party for so long, Chen Fei could easily tell what Miyoshi Monk's malicious laughter implied.

"Because you were recommended by me!"

Miyoshi Xuesen's villainous facade was utterly unabashed.

"I knew it, you've screwed me over again!"

Chen Fei wore an expression of resigned realization.

Damn it - whenever there's trouble, it's always this monk who passes the buck.

"He who is promised ample reward will be a Brave Man; the compensation is handsome, the opportunity rare, you should be thanking me."

The sight of Miyoshi Xuesen's villainous face made one itch to land a punch on it.

"Then thank you very much!"

Chen Fei's voice remained flat, without a trace of emotion, damn it, another suicide mission. After so many brushes with death, all the earnings are but blood money.

But a chance to make money was something he never refused; the bigger his nest egg, the better—even if it was never enough to cover the damage wreaked by his annoying little sister.

With his savings, he could only afford a decent house in a good local district and the rest wasn't enough for a comfortable retirement, so he had to keep earning.

"Miyoshi, meeting time!"

Someone called for Miyoshi Xuesen, and it was then that Miyoshi Monk ended the call with Chen Fei.

"I'm off to the meeting, we'll talk later!"

"Then you go ahead and be busy!"

The relationship between Chen Fei and Miyoshi Xuesen was not a noble one, but a selfish one filled with talks of money—a straightforward delight, Genuine Fragrance!

"This monk really knows how to stir up trouble for no reason!"

Chen Fei muttered as he turned off his phone screen.

Just like the heads up given in this phone call, heading to that shit-show of a sovereignty for a mission was unequivocally a death sentence; it was even more challenging than the recent battle that ended right in his city.

The failure to deal with the black Vortex Cloud immediately left a lingering menace; the count of Monsters continuously pouring forth is unfathomable, but it is a massive number that's sure to cause a headache.

Even without spells or any special abilities, if there are enough ants, they can kill an elephant. Sending only so few people into the mission area—how high the risk is can be imagined even with one's toes.

If the "Spatial Branding" wasn't sealed by the Supernatural Ability Suppressant, Chen Fei wouldn't have cared about such a mission. But now, having lost so much material supply, unable to access the Airship Battle Group and X-D-005 Giant Dragon-type Mobile Armor, relying solely on the Metal Elemental Psychic Power for evolution might end up with hardly a few Energy Points left.

Without a sufficient reserve of Energy Points, Chen Fei's combat power would be limited to solo fighting levels, about what a B-level Ability User ought to be like.

However, if other B-level Ability Users, or even A-level ones, were to attempt the missions he had undertaken before, they might have died several times over.

So, Miyoshi Monk consistently fleeced Chen Fei, the lone sheep, and there was logic to it—no one in this world is a fool.

The impact of detonating the "Dragon Slayer Missile" above the city center continued to brew. The shattered glass and the strewn about Monster corpses were impossible to cover up no matter what.

As outside media scoured the place for Chen Fei, the person involved, the local Public Security Rapid Response Center, having preempted the public opinion management, held a timely press conference and managed to attract most of the attention.