Finding Butcher
"The expedition team led by Butcher has sent another message regarding Eden …" Dimsky looked at Xia Fei and said.
Xia Fei was taken aback. "Eden? What did Butcher say? "
Dimsky glanced at Avrils with some apprehension and said to Xia Fei, "Let's talk at my place."
Actually, Xia Fei did not know much about the Butcher. It had been more than three years since he had led a bunch of brothers from the Bloodbath Arena in search of the legendary Garden of Eden. Back then, this bunch of bloodthirsty warriors had survived a disaster and were full of fantasies about their new life, deciding to use the rest of their lives to do something meaningful.
The Alliance had strict control over warships, and it was impossible to travel long distances without a warship. Thus, Butcher's group had put the expedition team under Xia Fei's Quantum Holdings. After all, Xia Fei's reputation was there, and Quantum Holdings was an A-list supplier to the military.
In the blink of an eye, more than three years had passed. Xia Fei had long since ascended to the Law Realm, while Butcher's group was still working hard for their dreams. The existence of Eden was slowly being forgotten. Now that Butcher had suddenly sent a message saying that he could not wait to see Xia Fei, perhaps it was because the expedition team had made some progress.
As he thought about this, Xia Fei went to the room where Dimsky worked all day. A dozen or so mechanical bodies were placed in the corner, and Dimsky could swap them out at any time if he needed them. On the table was Xia Fei's Fig Corporation Model 100 Precision Compass, which had been disassembled and carefully packed into a toolbox.
Because there were too many things, Dimsky's room was rather messy. There were all kinds of unknown equipment everywhere, and Xia Fei could not help but frown.
"Take a look." Dimsky pointed to a few lines of code on the screen and said, "This is the message sent by the Butcher. His goal was to send it to Charlie, but the signal was captured by the nanomachines we planted around Charlie and sent back to me."
"What I don't understand is that Butcher's signal was encrypted, and it's an encryption method I've never seen before. It seems like the radar system and encryption system he used weren't produced by the Alliance."
Xia Fei frowned as he stared at the code on the screen. "What's the preliminary analysis?"
Dimsky replied, "It seems to be an emergency signal. The specific analysis isn't out yet."
Xia Fei nodded. Theres no need to wait. Send the signal to Sophie and have her decrypt it with her supercomputing speed. This is 1024-bit encryption, and a normal computer will need several days to decrypt it.
Dimsky was slightly taken aback. Xia Fei was able to tell with his eyes that this was a 1024-digit super-encryption, which surprised him. It was evident that not only had Xia Fei's cultivation improved, he had not fallen behind in other aspects, either.
Sentinel Goddess Sophie happily accepted this code and used the only surviving mech supercomputer to decode it for Xia Fei.
"I have a matter," Sophie said softly.
"Please tell me," Xia Fei said.
"Can you keep Phantom by my side?" Sophie asked, a little embarrassed.
"Ghastly Shadow, why did you keep him?"
Sophie's image on the light screen was a breathtakingly beautiful but somewhat cold face. Sophie said softly, "My father might be an Indestructible Soul, and so is Ghastly Shadow. That's why I felt a sense of familiarity when I saw him, and I still have some ideas that I need Ghastly Shadow to help me realize."
Sophie spoke very vaguely, and Phantom surprisingly did not object. Xia Fei had a feeling that there was something fishy going on between Sophie and Phantom, but he was too embarrassed to ask.
Removing the Moore Stone pendant from his neck, Xia Fei returned to the dining hall. The 1024-digit coding system was no small matter, and the highest coding level in the Alliance was only 128 digits. Even the Sentinel Goddess Sophie would need several hours to decipher the code.
Avril sensed the change in Xia Fei's heart, but she did not say anything. After lunch, he had a cup of tea, rested for a while, and then returned to his cultivation.
…
About three hours later, Dimsky hurried over to Xia Fei's cultivation chamber and said, "I got the code!"
"Is it a warning?!" Xia Fei muttered to himself after reading the message.
He originally thought that Butcher had encountered some trouble and was seeking his help, but it turned out to be completely different. Butcher was warning Xia Fei that there was danger!
"What could it be?"
Butcher's message was sent in a hurry, and the words were vague, but it was very difficult to understand his true intentions from the literal meaning.
"How far is the signal source from us?" Xia Fei sternly asked.
Dimsky replied, "About 1.3 billion lightyears away. This Butcher ran too far away, and with our current detection methods, we can only determine a general range. There's no way to pinpoint his location."
With the Law Realm as the center, Xia Fei was currently 8.7 billion lightyears away from the Law Realm. If he extended another 13 lightyears, he would be at the critical point of the spatial compass. This meant that as long as Xia Fei wanted to, he could rush over to the location of the incident at any time.
However, Dimsky had only given him a general location. As for where Butcher was, there was no way of knowing. If Xia Fei really rushed over, it would be no different from searching for a needle in a haystack.
More importantly, Xia Fei was also being pursued, which was why he had hidden in the Hidden Realm. It would be troublesome if he was discovered by an enemy!
"Reduce the range of the signal source as much as possible, and look for any unstable elements in that region of space. I want historical records and the latest data reports. Also, put away that spatial compass of mine."
Dimsky pursed his lips. "Sigh, I told you not to tell me. You're just too curious. Don't humans have an old saying that goes, 'curiosity kills the cat'? Just listen to me. You're in the eye of the storm, and you're being pursued by experts, so don't bother with Eden or whatever."
Xia Fei shook his head. "Get this straight. This is a warning signal! I want to know why Butcher sent out a warning signal and why he used a complicated 1024-digit code. Right, prepare two Black Bat radar systems as well. Butcher's radar is too weak. "
Dimsky knew that he could not stop Xia Fei, so he shook his head and left.
Xia Fei entered Avril's cultivation room and quietly stood to the side.
"You're leaving again?" Avril stopped cultivating and used a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off her face.
Though Xia Fei had already done his best to minimize the difficulty of the Law of Life, it was still quite a burden for Avril, who had no cultivation experience at all.
"You seem to know that I'm leaving?" Xia Fei asked.
"When you came back from Dimsky's place, your expression was rather solemn. I knew that you were probably leaving again," Avril said.
"You didn't even ask me where I was going? When will I be back? "Xia Fei smiled.
"No need. I trust you."
Xia Fei calmly smiled. Trust and rapport were not formed in a day or two. There was a joke that went like this.
Q: Why was Columbus able to discover a new continent?
A: Because Columbus didn't have a wife?
Q: Why was Columbus able to discover a new continent when he didn't have a wife?
A: If Columbus had a wife, his wife would definitely ask, 'Where are you going? Who are you going with? When are you coming back? What will I do if you leave? '
Following this logic, the chances of Columbus discovering a new continent would greatly decrease, and the Native Americans would have a few more years of peace.
Avril had no such considerations. As a woman, it was very difficult to put herself in a man's shoes. They were all humans, but there was a fundamental difference between men and women.
She would always silently support Xia Fei from behind, no matter what he did.
Xia Fei was very touched. After saying goodbye, he silently closed the door to the cultivation chamber. The more reasonable Avril was, the more he could not let her go.
…
After adjusting the coordinates and inspecting his equipment, Phantom, who had been with the Sentinel Goddess, returned to Xia Fei's side. In truth, Phantom could be quite long-winded at times, but Xia Fei truly could not live without his nagging.
"I'm going," Xia Fei sternly said.
"If there's any news, immediately contact me with the Black Bat radar," the three leaders of the mechs said in unison.
Xia Fei nodded.
* Whoosh ~ *
Several minutes later, Xia Fei appeared alone in the pitch-black night sky. In the face of the indescribably profound universe, Xia Fei appeared incredibly insignificant.
Edgeless, aside from its superb defense, was also a flying machine. Two quantum engines propelled Xia Fei through space, and the life support system of the war armor ensured that Xia Fei could breathe freely in the near-vacuum of space.
This feeling of traveling alone in the night sky was incomparably wonderful, but Xia Fei did not have the time to enjoy this pleasure. The Black Bat radar was busily scanning the area, checking for any suspicious signal sources in the area, searching for Butcher and that lost exploration team.
"To have a signal so close, isn't your luck a little too good?" Phantom exclaimed.
The radar showed that there were two warships not far from Xia Fei. He was sure that one of them was a Caracal missile cruiser from the Caldari Corporation, while the other's model was unknown.
Xia Fei frowned. The ultra-long-range signal positioning technology was not yet mature. Dimsky had drawn a large area for Xia Fei, spanning tens of millions of lightyears. Anywhere in this area could be the coordinates of Butcher's signal.
In the end, he discovered an Alliance warship the moment he arrived. How could this be considered good luck? This was pure luck!
However, Xia Fei could not be sure that this ship belonged to Butcher.
* Bang! *
Brilliant fireworks bloomed in the distance. It turned out that two warships were engaged in battle!
Facing off against the Caracal cruiser was a dark golden oval-shaped warship. It was larger than the Caracal, and its firepower was even greater!
Fortunately, the Caracal cruiser was equipped with an energy-shield booster that Xia Fei had developed, allowing it to barely survive. However, it appeared that it would not be able to last much longer!
There was no time to lose. He had to save the others first!
* Whoosh ~ *
Edgeless spat out two dazzling blue tongues of fire as it madly charged forward!
That dark golden warship would never have imagined that it had been targeted by a Law Adept in this uninhabited region of space!
Like a god descending to the mortal world, Xia Fei charged into the battlefield alone, meeting the massive golden warship head-on!
"Chain Blockade!"
A hurricane infused with the power of the Law of Primal Chaos stirred up! He was closing in on his opponent!
This was Xia Fei's first time fighting in space, and he was somewhat excited.
The vastness of the sea of stars was the best place to use the power of law!
* Rumble! *
The hurricane was like a hidden blade, causing that warship to sway left and right like a small boat on the waves.
"Wildstorm!"
Xia Fei's iron fist arrived before the wind had even settled!
He was unarmed!
In a single second, he had punched more than a hundred times, shattering the energy shield, armor, and structural layers of the warship!
* Bang! *
With a loud bang, Xia Fei punched a hole in the warship!
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