Chapter 1054
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When Jiang Fei returned to his home in the Winter Islands, Isabella was still fidgeting, flinching about restlessly . Hence, the natural thing to do then was to let the poor girl rest and recuperate for the night .
The journey today was rather unfortunate as Isabella went berserk halfway through . Other than Isabella’s sudden outburst, there was nothing else that hindered Jiang Fei’s journey besides knowing that there were others out there that were after the alien artifacts .
One night later, when Jiang Fei was about to leave the Winter Islands with Ariel, Han Tianyu came knocking on his door .
“Fei, you there? I’ve got some urgent news for you!” Han Tianyu bellowed at the doorsteps .
“What’s wrong? Did something happen with the martial artists? Did someone try to make a farce?” said Jiang Fei, glancing at Han Tianyu suggestively . It was predicted that some of the old farts did not enjoy the idea of abandoning their homeland .
“Surprisingly… no . It’s not about that!”
So far, those that had agreed unanimously were those smaller, second rate sects . They knew that the land they were stepping on belonged to Jiang Fei . While they were in the same alliance, the other sect members chose to obediently cultivate their arts without giving any trouble to Han Tianyu .
“What’s wrong then?”
Han Tianyu frowned and sucked in a deep breath before answering .
“The Chinese military had suddenly restricted all the martial artists from leaving their sect,” Han Tianyu reported . He had already contacted many of the other sects and had already arranged transport for all of them . However, before any of the ships and planes could start fueling up, Han Tianyu had received news about the military’s sudden change of plans . They would not allow any martial artists to leave China .
“What are they thinking?” Jiang Fei barked, confused .
“I really can’t tell . I don’t have many inside men that could give me any reliable information for now . We are truly in the dark here,” said Han Tianyu . To be fair, ever since Han Tianyu had chosen to flee China to the Winter Islands, all of his corporate connections to the military were severed . He had lost his power there and thus, lost his means to gather inside information .
“That’s fine . Nothing you can do about it anyway . Even so, try your best to investigate the matter . Once you’ve get hold on any important information, ring me up,” said Jiang Fei after giving it some thought . There was something odd about it but he could not put his finger on it, not that he wanted to just yet . He had other more important matters to tend to; to find the Main Engine room and other apparatus and materials to save Isabella .
“I’ll… try . ”
Han Tianyu sighed . His original intention was to inform Jiang Fei about the situation and ask him to head over to China to investigate . With his powers, he could do it in a breeze . Nevertheless, Jiang Fei was current the boss of him now . Even though it might take some time, he would do it either way .
After dealing with Han Tianyu, Jiang Fei and Ariel proceeded with their plans to travel . Today, their first objective was to travel to the North Pole . According to 0542, there were two points of interest there . The two flew for some 5 hours before reaching the border of the Arctic circle . Unlike the Antarctic, the land was slightly different and there were no penguins . Nevertheless, it was still freezing cold .
“Let’s go down . Be careful when you’re walking on the ice,” said Jiang Fei .
The North Arctic circle was crumbling . Instead of a large piece of land covered in ice, there were icebergs . There were so many of them that when Jiang Fei was flying high in the sky, they looked like paper boats floating on water . Hence, the only place that could house the ship fragment would be at the bottom of the sea .
Jiang Fei equipped a few breathing gears that was provided by 0542 before jumping into the freezing waters with Ariel . The subzero temperatures were fatal but to Jiang Fei and Ariel, it was nothing but an ice bath . The two dove down with speed toward the point where the signal was detected .
“0542, have you locked onto the signal?” Jiang Fei asked, throttling a small machine that was helping him to dive downward fast .
“Captain, I am unable to accurately pinpoint the location of the signal . There is a strong interference wave being broadcast through the water . ”
“Interference? Where? By whom?” Jiang Fei asked immediately . Right then, Jiang Fei was only accompanied by Ariel . Although she was strong, he did not want to clash with another Level 5 Metahuman .
“I am not detecting any life form around the vicinity . ”
0542 immediately reported when it picked up stress patterns in Jiang Fei’s cognitive process .
“That’s good . Let’s go down slowly and carefully . ”
Although it was nice to know that there were not living beings close by, heading down knowing there was something interfering with 0542’s signal was still nerve-racking .
20 minutes later, both Jiang Fei and Ariel got close to the signal and discovered a large chasm in the middle of the seabed . Close to the huge gaping hole of darkness, there was a small ancient submarine . Judging from the amount of rust around the submarine’s outer hull, the vessel had sunk down to the seafloor more than ten years ago .
“Captain, I have identified the source of interference and have isolated it . ”
“When you say the source of interference, did you meant that broken submarine?”
“Yes, captain . That submarine has been leaking radioactive materials for decades, contaminating the surrounding water and rocks with radiation that was causing interference with the signal detection . ”
“Well, lucky me . Get on with the signal detection then,” said Jiang Fei . He had zero interest in the old submarine that had been there for more than 10 years . Perhaps the Smithsonian museum would be interested in scavenging this old piece of junk .
“Captain, I have locked onto the ship’s fragment and established link . We are close to the ship’s Engineering Bay,” said 0542 after Jiang Fei had swam passed the broken submarine .
“What does it do?” said Jiang Fei . While he knew a little about engineering, no doubt he would not know anything about alien engineering .
“It is used to mainly to perform maintenance of the ship while on occasion, deal with other unforeseen circumstances . There were times when the Engineering Bay was used as a refiner when the ship encountered planets that the crew could use to harvest raw materials . ”
Jiang Fei had never been to outer space but he did not lack in gaming experience . From what he gathered from 0542’s explanation, the Engineering Bay should be the production facility of the ship, allowing the ship’s crew to produce resources and even other facilities .
Whilst discussing with 0542, Jiang Fei had descended deep into the chasm . At the bottom, they found said production facility . The structure was completely covered by sea plants and other seabed animals . Even after an unspecified amount of time, the facility remained unharmed, undamaged .
Before entering the facility, 0542 projected an overlay hologram to show what the Engineering Bay looked like . The entire cube-like facility extended out for at least 500 meters . The main body was cube-shaped while the externals of the facility looked like a scorpion . It had metal claws and arms that were used to cut and pick up materials outside the ship . Better yet, one of its arms had a particle beam collector and condenser . It functioned exactly like a 3D printer, except that it only worked in outer space .
“Seems complicated . Put it away first . We’ll talk about it later when we’re back on land,” said Jiang Fei . He should be happy . He should be excited . Yet, there was nothing, at that moment, that he could use to save Isabella .
“I have established link with the Engineering Bay . You are now in control . ”
Jiang Fei pointed the ring out toward the Engineering Bay and cleaned off everything that was growing on the facility before absorbing it into the ring .
“Next location, 0542,” said Jiang Fei immediately before resurfacing . There was one more point of interest in the North Pole .
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