NOVPUBThe blue-eyed, chestnut-haired mixed-race horsewoman Rona shooed away the unwilling young man with a barrage of commands.
"Missy isn’t selling her grace nor her art. Want to see a smile from me? In your dreams!"
Chen Fei completed the "Metal Devouring" skill, receiving 31 energy points and a magic array called "Fluid Vortex".
Energy Points: 19181/20000
Even though the number of magic arrays gained this time couldn’t compare to the previous haul, it was still an unexpected surprise.
As much as he coveted more, he chose to know when to stop and settled for what he got.
After all, there were too many sharp people around, and if he got too greedy, someone might take notice.
Everything in moderation, excess is just as bad as deficiency.
The empty truck bed was now perfectly fit for the evolved motorcycle parts and what could hardly be called the original models of complete motorcycles.
"I’m off, will treat you to a meal next time!"
Eager to get going, Rona climbed into the driver’s cabin, waved at Chen Fei, and started the heavy truck, planning to deliver these boxes back to her place as quickly as possible.
At least for a long time to come, she wouldn’t have to worry about the motorcycle she spent over three million Star Yuan on breaking down and being out of commission for a year or even longer.
Chen Fei just waved back at her, without any superfluous gestures, watching as the heavy truck left the parking lot.
"Chen Fei, what were you chatting about with that girl just now?"
"Dark Night" Squad C’s officer, Yuan Zheng, noticed from afar Chen Fei standing with the female rider in the parking lot, alongside the heavy truck being loaded back and forth.
"Made a little extra income."
Though energy points couldn’t be converted to cash, they were of even greater benefit to Chen Fei personally than money would have been.
Especially the five magic arrays just obtained, although they were not offensive and powerful, seemed to have some interesting potential.
Magic arrays had always been regulated technology, never openly available to the public. Scholars studying magic arrays almost always had official backing, and there were virtually no freelancers in civilian life unless someone blundered upon a magic array by pure fluke, succeeding only in creating something barely functional, but they would soon be invited for a "tea talk" and receive a gag order, generally falling into the category of ’you’re fine as long as you don’t get caught’.
"How much did you earn?"
The officer was surprised that Chen Fei had made a bit of extra cash while washing cars; his luck was enviable indeed.
"71 energy points!"
"..."
Even though it was plain human speech, Yuan Zheng couldn’t make heads or tails of what "energy," "points," and so on meant.
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"Also, your bird seems to be fighting with the local sparrows, and it’s been noisy for a while now."
The officer pointed to the camp’s rooftop, where roughly a hundred sparrows crowded, chirping and quarreling in a cacophony, including a little bird disrupting the flock with a magic shield.
Even sparrows have their scrambles; it seemed half the town’s feathered kinds had come to back them up.
"What?"
Chen Fei looked towards the rooftop overrun with birds—the little guy hadn’t finished fighting!
He had never paid much attention to the wars among sparrows, but he hadn’t expected the local sparrows to be so persistent, nor had Xiao Jiu backed down, with both sides clashing up till now.
This made Chen Fei hesitate a bit, unsure whether to call back Xiao Jiu or to help it disperse those sparrows.
"I’ll just chase them all away!"
With so many sparrows making a racket on the roof, people in the dormitory would probably get a headache.
Chen Fei searched in the mobile base vehicle and then went down to the dormitory building.
"Xiao Jiu! Come here!"
Chen Fei gestured to the little bird.
Even without the conspicuous light system magic shield, he could identify Xiao Jiu among the multitude of sparrows.
"Jiu!"
The little guy fluttered its wings and landed on Chen Fei’s shoulder, shaking its tiny body, with feathers all ruffled and clearly very excited.
"Xiao Jiu, we promote peace and friendship, okay?"
Chen Fei caught the little guy, casually pulled a ring, and threw the object in his other hand into the sky.
Five, four, three, two, one!
Boom!~
A blinding flash exploded twenty meters above the ground, accompanied by a deafening blast.
Hundreds of startled sparrows took to the air, scattering in all directions. A few were so frightened they couldn’t fly and rolled around on the rooftops. They tumbled into the rain gutters, struggling to take flight, their figures still shaking and in complete disarray.
The sparrows that had just been itching for a fight with the Pure Light Sparrow vanished in the blink of an eye, and the entire military camp immediately quieted down.
"Chirp?"
Xiao Jiu and the officer who watched Chen Fei’s swaggering performance were both dumbfounded.
So much for peace and friendship, and you just nonchalantly toss a Disabling Bomb out of the blue, can you be any more unreasonable?
Chen Fei kindly explained, "Hehe, peace and friendship means sparing lives, both Xiao Jiu and I have a kind heart."
Little Shanzi felt the peace and friendship of The Chen Family most personally, and promptly thanked the siblings for sparing his life with a bow.
"I’ve really seen something new!"
The officer squad leader wanted to raise his hand in salute to show his respect but midway realized it wasn’t right and switched to cupping one fist in the other hand, listening and learning, better than reading books for ten years.
He had never seen such a shameless person, bullying weak sparrows with a Disabling Bomb and having the audacity to call it "peace and friendship"?
Who gave you that much gall?
Are all the people in the private military contracting business this wild?
Yuan Zheng’s guess wasn’t exactly right, but it wasn’t far off either.
Which private military contractor isn’t cold and ruthless? A straight shooter simply won’t last, either blatantly or secretly taken down by others.
Even Chen Fei, who hasn’t been out of the Ivory Tower for long, ended up blossoming into a full-fledged Man-eater Flower.
Truly, there’s no good "Chen" to be found.
Chen Fei let go, and Xiao Jiu regained its freedom. It pecked at his fingers and took to the sky again, circling over the empty camp like a king surveying his territory and airspace.
Clang!~
A louder noise came from the distance,
A cloud that drifted from afar was shattered in midair by a powerful shockwave.
Chen Fei tossing a Disabling Bomb in the camp and making a noise was no big deal, not even meriting a second glance from anyone.
"What’s that about?"
Ever since moving into the barracks, Officer squad leader Yuan Zheng had never heard such a sudden loud noise and was puzzled.
Chen Fei, who had obtained an answer from the female knight Rona earlier, said, "It’s probably some sort of destructive experiment, but the secrecy level is quite high, so I can’t learn more."
As for what kind of experiment it was, Rona was vague, so Chen Fei did not ask further.
After all, this place is quite sensitive, the more one says, the more one slips up.
He would rather leave sooner and keep his distance from this place.
"Okay, better not to ask too much!"
Yuan Zheng wasn’t a fool; he caught on right away, patted Chen Fei’s arm, and said, "You’ve had a long drive, go get some rest!"
"Yeah! Don’t call me for dinner, I’m going to take a nap."
Chen Fei nodded and headed to the single-person accommodation that had been arranged for him.
Unless it was an emergency mission or a forced march, he wasn’t too fussy about the living conditions; otherwise, it wasn’t easy to find large barracks. Most of the barracks were for two or four people, and officers and above had single rooms.
Chen Fei, just a commoner, was given special treatment with an officer’s single room with a private bathroom.
He had just pushed the door open when a Little Bird dropped from the sky and followed him into the room.
It seems that after all the sparrows dispersed, it was left all alone with no fun, and it was tired from flying, so it simply decided to cozy up to father Chen Fei for a while.
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