The escort's protective forehead accessory, the multiple short cylindrical magical devices around his body, the magical bell clasping his head—from protection to suppression, and then to repression, the levels were progressively escalated. Yet, even with such an arrangement, the need for an S-class ability user to accompany them was somewhat terrifying.

"Above S-class, beyond the standard!"

The distinctively refined S-class psychic ability user, Mr. Ye, bluntly acknowledged the dangerous nature of their mission target.

Without these magical devices working in concert to restrict, he really wasn't sure he could control the other party.

"What's the combat prowess of his main form?"

Chen Fei felt that the sense of danger he had previously sensed was not unfounded, and Xiao Jiu suddenly focusing laser was not without reason; only when threatened would it contemplate attacking.

On the way, the ground-effect vehicle unexpectedly crashed, and it might well have been the underhand work of the escort target.

When ability reaches the levels of S-class and Heavenly Order, they are no longer beings that can be measured with common sense.

Mr. Ye assessed for a moment and said, "Not very skilled at martial arts, you should be able to handle it!"

Based on Chen Fei's performance in the Neanderthal tribe reservation, if they didn't let the mission target utilize his psychic ability, as long as there were no slip-ups, he should be able to defeat the target.

The unspoken implication of "not well-versed in martial arts" was that he possessed immense strength.

Chen Fei thought for a moment and asked, "What about the railgun?"

"Certain death!"

Not only Mr. Ye, but the officer also looked towards the roof where a 152- caliber demolition bomb was mounted. Within the absolute death radius of thirty meters, even an S-class supernatural power user would be overwhelmed, likely being blasted away on the spot.

The caliber of the railgun was downward compatible; the biggest caliber currently supported on the mobile base vehicle's roof could reach 203 millimeters, so there was further potential for escalation. However, the combat targets to date had virtually never been against ships or fortresses, so there was no great significance in increasing from 152 to 155 and beyond.

Targeted enemies would die from one shot anyway, and a larger caliber would affect the number of rounds that could be loaded, given that the capacity of a space series alchemy storage device was limited.

"That's still alright!"

Chen Fei breathed a sigh of relief.

So at least this escort mission wasn't highly risky, as long as they could suppress the mission target's spiritual power, there wouldn't be any trouble, right? How could a vehicle weighing nearly eighty tons perform a "tiger leap" on flat ground?

Suddenly, the view before him changed, and an electronic map popped up, not only marking the location and cruising route of the mobile base vehicle but also showing large nearby biological communities with specific information displayed in subtitles on the electronic map.

Adam: At 2 o'clock direction, a herd of horses detected, number 331, 5 kilometers away, speed 30 kilometers.

Adam: At 1 o'clock direction, a herd of cattle detected, number 178, 1 kilometer away, speed 2 kilometers.

Adam: At 4 o'clock direction, a pack of wolves detected, number 15, 11 kilometers away, add 12 kilometers.

"Adam" had not optimized its voice module specifically, which was quite poor, even less convenient and direct than using subtitles for communication.

Some areas of the grassland were used for livestock farming, breeding large animals like cattle, horses, sheep, donkeys, and some ranches even had llamas and ostriches. The rest were uninhabited wetlands where various animals lived, occasionally straying into the livestock areas.

As for wild wolves, as long as their numbers were not too large, they usually went unmanaged; they would prey on some of the old, weak, sick, or disabled livestock, which wouldn't cause economic losses to the livestock area. Since the weak could not be sold on the market, the cost of artificial harmless disposal was also significant, so unless lacking food, wolf packs or even lone wolves would not actively attack humans and would typically flee upon detecting human scent.

Adam: Drone signal interrupted!

"Hmm?"

Chen Fei exclaimed in surprise as he was distributing tea to Mr. Ye and the soldiers.

"What happened?"

The officer noticed Chen Fei's unusual reaction.

"Drone signal interrupted!"

Adam: Drone crashed, at 2 o'clock direction, 1760 meters away, cause unknown.

The mobile base vehicle's onboard radar captured the drone's falling trajectory and the crash site. Explore new worlds at My Virtual Library Empire

"Alter the route, go recover the drone first, prepare to launch a second drone."

Adam: Preparing drone number 2, launch in 15 seconds!

"Here we go again… Alert!"

The officer sighed and set down his teacup. He picked up the railgun combat rifle beside him, seeming psychologically prepared for a not-so-peaceful journey.

The other seventeen soldiers crisply raised their weapons in unison, with at least half of the barrels simultaneously trained on the target in the cage.

They wouldn't choose to kill the mission target on the spot unless absolutely necessary.

Of course, that would mean the escort mission had failed.

"Chen Fei, we need a shooting port!"

Double-layered thermal windows blocked the cold outside, retaining warmth inside the cabin, but they also affected the railgun weapons' hypervelocity projectiles.

"You'll have it immediately!"

Chen Fei nodded.

All the windows were raised a foot, revealing circular shooting holes below.

Only the inner layer of the double-layer window was a controllable transparent metal, powerless against the outer layer of tempered glass. Unless the outer layer was discarded, shooting holes could only be made at the bottom of the window or in between.

Immediately, barrels were pushed into the shooting holes, alertly aiming around.

The roof of the car buzzed loudly before quickly fading away as the second drone completed its takeoff.

This time, not only the car-mounted radar tracked it, but the optical camera also closely followed its flight path.

The drone, now in working mode, sent various data back, which was then categorized by "Adam," acting as the mobile base vehicle's AI.

The mobile base vehicle slowly decelerated and finally arrived at the crash site of Drone 1 on the snowy plain, where the wreckage of the drone was quite conspicuous.

"A goose?"

The officer who got out of the car with Chen Fei saw a large bird lying on its back near the crashed drone.

"We can add it to our soup for lunch."

Chen Fei walked over, ignoring the dead drone, and picked up the dead goose with its eyes still open.

Migratory birds may not always fly to the warm south; the rich wetlands of the prairie also attract a large number of birds to stay and winter there.

"Something's off!"

The officer, who was examining the wreckage of Drone 1, looked around uneasily and glanced up at the sky.

Adam: Drone 2's signal is interrupted!

The next moment, two objects fell from the sky one after another, crashing into the snow with a loud bang and throwing snow three or four meters high.

Chen Fei and the officer looked toward the sound and saw another unmanned drone on the ground, along with a goose struggling in its death throes.

"Quick, back to the vehicle!"

The officer, with a tense voice, loudly urged Chen Fei.

The goose was neither foolhardy nor blind; it certainly wouldn't foolishly crash into a drone, nor fail to dodge the not-so-fast flying speed of the drone. If one time was a coincidence, then twice in short succession was certainly no accident.

Harrowing cries and the flapping of wings grew increasingly louder in the sky.

Chen Fei looked up.

"Oh boy!"

Carrying the wreckage of two drones, they had just boarded the mobile base vehicle when three or four geese crashed fiercely onto the swiftly closing doors, making a series of thudding sounds.

Then, like hail, more geese crashed into the nearly 20-meter long mobile base vehicle, creating a grisly scene.@@novelbin@@

Feathers flew and geese blood flowed, with at least twenty geese crashing headfirst into the body and even the windows of the vehicle, their dying cries unceasing.

The faces of the soldiers inside the vehicle looked grim, the scene outside resembling something out of an apocalypse.

The drone strikes by the geese and the inexplicable attack on the mobile base vehicle were no ordinary events. The officer, gazing at the caged mission target, said, "It's this guy causing the trouble!"

It had come to this, and he still had the means to affect the outside world, indeed a very terrifying ultra-class psychic ability user.

The S-level psychic ability user Mr. Ye said helplessly, "I've done my best!"

Despite his relaxed and leisurely appearance sitting beside the cage, he had actually used all his methods to fully suppress the mission target, preventing any leak of psychic power.

Even so, he still couldn't stop the strange incidents from continuing to occur.

Previously, it was the crash of a ground-effect vehicle; now, it was two drones crashing in succession and the mysterious attack of the geese on the mobile base vehicle.

Luckily the mobile base vehicle was sturdy enough. Had it been an ordinary civilian vehicle, it would likely have been smashed and deformed, and if hit more times, it could even be smashed to smithereens.

It was as if the officer suddenly remembered something and immediately asked, "What powers this vehicle?"

"Crystalline Block? Feel free to relax about its endurance; even without me on board, it can still run at full speed for at least 72 hours."

Chen Fei knew the other was worried that the mobile base vehicle might be stranded on the prairie due to continuously encountering various unforeseen events.

The mission target did not have metabolism, thus it did not need food and waste expulsion, but the escort personnel did, and if the food supply was cut off, they would immediately find themselves in peril.

However, the crystalline block on the mobile base vehicle could guarantee 72 hours of full-speed travel, and the chemical battery could also guarantee two and a half hours of full power output.

Beyond that, solar panels could provide a tiny amount of electrical supplement, likely just enough to barely maintain the lighting system inside the carriage.

"That's good; we must reach our destination quickly without further delay."

Despite the geese raining down from the sky, the officer had to continue the mission as a priority.

"Don't worry, the drive is 21 hours, and there will be no delays!"

Chen Fei instructed "Adam" to guide the mobile base vehicle back to the pre-designed navigation route.

Though all drones were lost, reducing their "field of vision" significantly, the mobile base vehicle still had a vehicle-mounted reconnaissance system, albeit with a detection range not as distant as when the drones were hovering.

Adam: At 2 o'clock direction, a herd of horses was spotted, numbering 331, at a distance of 2 kilometers, moving at 45 kilometers per hour.

"Huh?"

At the sight of the action marker for the herd of horses on the electronic map within his field of vision, Chen Fei immediately had a bad feeling.

Damn, it's not over yet!

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