Chapter 314 Section 313 - Water Bear

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The external tricycle, identical in style to the large ones used by the 911 Aircrew Base, rushed straight onto the tarmac. Like a dragonfly dipping into water, once, twice, thrice, it came to a stop at 40 meters, still boasting impressive landing skills. Using the 1500-meter-long main runway for this thing seemed almost disrespectful to the runway itself. Given the size of the tarmac, landing into the wind was just perfect. For Chen Fei, who had already mastered jets, this level of difficulty was no different from flying a child's toy, and it wouldn't matter if he crashed; the materials could be fully repaired with Metal Shaping anyway. "Where did this tricycle come from?" The ground crew working on the tarmac greeted Chen Fei. "Assembled it myself!" Chen Fei unloaded his suitcase from the gyroplane's rack and, once the motor had cooled down, casually switched to a PT6A turboprop engine since Crystalline Blocks, which allowed for extended duration, were too expensive for anyone but him to use if not burning fuel. With the skills "Physical Evolution Database" and "Metal Shaping," Chen Fei could already mass-produce replicas of this turboprop engine, but he kept them for personal use. Selling them could likely invite lawsuits and targeted actions from the manufacturers. Stealing someone's livelihood is like killing their parents, sometimes a deadly affair. Major corporations could be just as ruthless in corporate warfare as military contractors, truly without any reservations. If a foreigner dared to freeload Henghai Tactical Weapons Group's Single Soldier Tactical Armor like Chen Fei did, would Henghai Tactical Weapons really be seen as weak and not dare to make someone vanish into thin air? The phone rang. "'Rookie,' put your luggage away and come to my office." Find your next read at empire The caller was Boss Hana, signaling a very formal meeting, otherwise she wouldn't have asked Chen Fei to her office. Five minutes later, Chen Fei knocked on the office door. "BOSS! It's 'Rookie.' Xiao Jiu wasn't here, sound asleep in the bird's nest at the cottage, and Chen Fei decided to leave quietly without disturbing it. "Come in!" After hearing the permission, Chen Fei pushed the door open and saw the one-eyed female boss carelessly scrolling her phone screen with her two long legs up on the big desk, lacking any image of formality. Turning a blind eye, he closed the door behind him and made his way to her desk. "What's up, BOSS?" On occasions when Boss Hana drank with him, her careless postures were common, and having seen plenty, he was used to it and didn't think much of it. The fully relaxed woman boss was almost indistinguishable from an ordinary woman, a true sight of growth and maturity, instead of someone who would resort to crying over drinks to vent when under great pressure. "Is Base 911 holding up okay?" This wasn't the first time Chen Fei had asked about the situation at the Aircrew Bases, but the actual conditions changed daily, and the Mutants would not attack as one might expect, making the variables often unpredictable. "We're holding on!" Hanna Gagel sighed again, then added, "Base 909 has been wiped out! It's like this place is cursed." She had to personally intervene several times, barely repelling the overwhelming Mutants. Other Aircrew Bases couldn't possibly be faring any better, especially since not every Aircrew Base had a supernatural power user stationed there; most were manned by ordinary people. "Base 909, again..." Chen Fei was left speechless. Why would he say "again"? The place had suffered natural and man-made disasters, being wiped out more than once, with no survivors. Perhaps this location just had bad feng shui. The contractor for Aircrew Base 909, Mr. Xia Ji of Ballistic Sax Military Limited Company, had been assassinated. Previously, Chen Fei had dealt with him, and the executive manager was fired. In a time of unrest, how could it be as united as Base 911, which stood together against the assault of Mutants? Without leadership, the defenses were in chaos, unable to mount an effective counterattack, and the result was unsurprisingly tragic. "These times will depend on you, I'm really too tired!" Boss Hanna showed a face that couldn't hide her exhaustion. In the most dangerous moments, she had no choice but to unleash her "Eye of the Storm" from her left eye. For a brief period, her Wind-type Psionic Ability, which was at the B-level, secured the situation. But she was not a true B-level supernatural power user. Each use of the "Eye of the Storm" required a tremendous amount of vitality and spirit, leaving her utterly drained. Pure Light Sparrow Xiao Jiu also helped greatly. Xiao Jiu's Laser Cannon, which wasn't used at Aircrew Base 911, instead relieved the siege on several nearby bases. The delicate Laser Beams swept through, and the fierce Mutants immediately became piles of corpses, incurring heavy casualties. Even the Flying Species couldn't escape the beams. So when Chen Fei returned to the Aircrew Base, the thoroughly exhausted Xiao Jiu was resting in its little nest, without its usual lively and bouncy demeanor. "No problem, leave it to me!" Chen Fei would naturally teach those Mutants a lesson, as he was a professional. "Ah! That's right!" Boss Hanna withdrew her long legs, came to the wall of her office, and pressed somewhere. The wall moved, revealing a hidden compartment. Through the transparent glass, one could see a sinister, thick object standing in the soil, with its mushroom roots clearly visible at the base. "This is what you asked me to bring back. I didn't expect that you would find such a windfall," The objection in question had grown significantly thicker, quivering ever more menacingly. "Can we eat this thing?" Chen Fei asked an unsurprisingly practical question. "Yes, it's edible. Its scientific name is 'Flesh Mushroom.' It looks like a fungus on the surface, but it's actually an animal, somewhat like a Mutant. Or rather, it itself is a kind of Mutant and is edible." Hanna Gagel hadn't been able to uncover information about the forces cultivating Mutants, but she did find out about the Big Mushroom that Chen Fei had tasked her with bringing back to Aircrew Base 911. ```

Chapter 314 Section 313 - Water Bear

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