Beichen Empire's small civilian Flying Vehicles all have unique factory numbers.
When this factory number is registered with the government's air traffic control department, it is linked to the owner's biometric information, generating the Flying Vehicle's unique "identity data."
Once it enters Mulan City's airspace, the air traffic control department can identify the pilot and the Flying Vehicle based on this identity data.
Where they are now is the Land of the Far North in the Exotic Beast Forest, a hundred thousand kilometers away from Mulan City, and there is extremely strong magnetic interference, so when those Flying Vehicles come here, they lose contact with the Star Network system.
The air traffic control system doesn't yet know that the owner of this Flying Vehicle has changed.
Seeing Xia Chujian's annoyed expression, Song Mingqian smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm best at cracking the identity systems of these civilian Flying Vehicles, commonly known as jailbreaking. Once I erase its factory parameters for you and replace them with parameters bought on the black market, you can go to the government's air traffic control department to register it."
Xia Chujian pondered carefully, then shook her head and said, "No need for the trouble, just erase the factory parameters. I don't plan to register it."
Song Mingqian glanced at her: "If you don't register it, you can't fly it into Mulan City."
"Then I'll just stay outside the city." Xia Chujian said with a grin, looking carefree.
Song Mingqian felt that Xia Chujian had more to say, but he didn't continue to press, nodded, and said, "Alright, I'll erase its factory parameters for you first and restart the system. If you want to fly it into Mulan City in the future, just let me know, and I'll get you the Flying Vehicle's registration certificate."
"Thank you, Song Ge!"
After Xia Chujian finished speaking, she sat next to him, watching him intently as he cracked the Flying Vehicle's factory settings and parameters.
Song Mingqian was indeed an expert.
He only spent half an hour changing all of the Flying Vehicle's factory settings and parameters.
"If you have time, change the appearance too, and I guarantee this Flying Vehicle won't even be recognized by its own mother," Song Mingqian said tactfully.
Xia Chujian blinked: "Song Ge means, you're worried about being recognized by the killer's family?"
Song Mingqian scoffed: "That killer was full of murderous intent. A vicious guy like that probably only has one name on his family's household registration! I really don't believe he has any family!"
"Better safe than sorry..." Xia Chujian said with a chuckle.
After Song Mingqian changed the parameters, he had Xia Chujian try driving it to make sure there were no problems with the Flying Vehicle before saying, "Ye Dui has also agreed that we should go back. Why don't you return to our team's Flying Vehicle, and I'll drive this one? It's safer over there."
Their team's Combat Aircraft, which they received from the association, was of course a very high-end model.
Moreover, after the mission was completed, other equipment didn't need to be returned, but the Flying Vehicle had to be returned.
It was clear that the massive Dark Night Hunter Association also valued the Combat Aircraft they received.
So, in terms of safety, that Combat Aircraft was probably better.
Of course, Xia Chujian wouldn't return to that Flying Vehicle.
She had hidden so many good things here, wouldn't it be exposed if she went back? She coughed lightly, shook her head, and said, "Thank you, Song Ge, but I still want to get used to my own Flying Vehicle. Anyway, you guys can fly in front, and I can just follow behind."
Song Mingqian looked through the Flying Vehicle again, including the temperature-controlled storage room.
He didn't open the metal cylinder where Xia Chujian was growing the Blood Kirin and Kong Sang, because there were several cloth baskets on top of it.
But he opened the other metal cylinders and, seeing the food inside, couldn't help but gasp, feeling like he understood everything.
He chuckled, bent his finger, and tapped Xia Chujian on the forehead, saying, "You don't have to go over there, but you have to give us all those Beef Buns."
"No problem, they were originally prepared for you." As Xia Chujian spoke, she took out the remaining dozen or so Beef Buns and gave them to Song Mingqian.
When Song Mingqian returned to the other Flying Vehicle and took out the dozen or so Beef Buns, they immediately attracted the attention of Li Fu and Ye Shijie.
Ye Shijie's gaze was even more fervent.
He took the basket of buns and sniffed: "...Is it also Unicorn Cattle beef?"
"Yes, it's the same batch as this morning. Cai Jie said that Small Chujian made thirty of them! Each one weighs half a catty, she's really generous!"
Speaking of "generous," Ye Shijie couldn't help but think of the hundred thousand bullets again.
But this time, he didn't act sarcastic, just shook his head and said, "Then let's go back quickly, it's really too far from here, I've been feeling uneasy, afraid that something else will happen..."
Thinking of the terrifyingly powerful Mental Strength expert, Li Fu and Song Mingqian's moods both dropped.
Li Fu muttered, "Who has such a big grudge against us that they would chase us all the way to the Land of the Far North in the Exotic Beast Forest to kill us?"
Song Mingqian sneered, "Who knows? Maybe we're blocking someone's path..."
Ye Shijie used to think it might be someone he had offended that caused the team to encounter the previous interception and pursuit.
But this time, with a Mental Strength Rank B Peak Gene Evolver chasing them down to attack, he wasn't so sure it was still his problem.
The reason was simple.
Someone who could find a Mental Strength Rank B Peak Gene Evolver was definitely not an ordinary big shot.
And hunters like them, at the bottom of the association, simply had no chance to offend such big shots.
He pondered and said, "This matter is very deep. Everyone be careful. The engine of Chujian's civilian Flying Vehicle doesn't use Small-Scale Controlled Nuclear Fusion for power. We'll probably have to stop several times to add energy blocks."
This meant they couldn't go back in one go, like when they came.
Li Fu and Song Mingqian exchanged a look, both deciding to be extremely vigilant on the way back.
The two of them stopped joking around and agreed to take off immediately.
After they explained the situation to Xia Chujian and confirmed the take-off time, they planned to leave before dark today.
Xia Chujian had also made arrangements and planned to set off early.
But just as they were about to take off, she remembered the Griffon Sea Eagle A'Diao.
She sent a message to Li Fu, saying, "Fu Ye, let A'Diao go. We're leaving, and there's no need to keep it locked up."
Li Fu agreed, jumped out of the Flying Vehicle alone, came to Xia Chujian's side, found the Griffon Sea Eagle, unlocked the chain, and retracted it.
At first, the Griffon Sea Eagle happily wagged its tail, but when it saw the two Flying Vehicles rising from the ground and flying further and further into the sky, it realized what was happening.
"Gu—!" It cried out, suddenly took off, and chased after Xia Chujian's Flying Vehicle.
It chased for a day and a night. Seeing Xia Chujian's Flying Vehicle flying further and further south, and the temperature rising to a point that the Griffon Sea Eagle couldn't bear, it reluctantly stopped and didn't continue chasing.
...
When Xia Chujian came, she only had the high-level Combat Aircraft she received from the association, and its speed was actually very fast. It took less than a day to fly to the destination.
But when they went back, because the civilian Flying Vehicle Xia Chujian was driving had insufficient power and couldn't keep up with the speed, and they had to stop every day to change energy blocks, it took two days longer than when they came.
It was three days later that they flew near Mulan City.
Seeing the long dragon-like city wall in front of them, and the brilliant lights on the city wall, everyone couldn't help but cheer.
"We're back! We're back!"
"I want to get on the Star Network! I want to get on the Star Network!"
"This is the first time I've been disconnected from the Star Network for a full ten days!"
"I'm finally back in the embrace of human civilization!"
Xia Chujian's civilian Flying Vehicle followed behind the team's Combat Aircraft, flying slower.
Moreover, she didn't plan to fly the Flying Vehicle into Mulan City.
Therefore, along the way, she was looking for a place outside Mulan City on the map where she could park the Flying Vehicle.
She searched for two days before finding a place with mountains, water, and forests in the northwest direction of Mulan City.
It was also part of the Exotic Beast Forest, but it belonged to the southern part of the Exotic Beast Forest, not the Land of the Far North, and didn't have such extremely cold weather.
Winter was usually coldest at around minus twenty degrees Celsius, and summer was hottest at around fifteen or sixteen degrees Celsius.
Xia Chujian sent a message in the team's communication channel, saying, "Let's stop here first. I've made some food. I'll have Cai Jie send it over to you."
Originally, Ye Shijie and the others wanted to enter the city immediately.
But when they heard Xia Chujian say there was food, they shamelessly agreed.
In these three days, Ye Shijie had eaten most of the Unicorn Cattle Beef Buns, and his Mental Strength had not only recovered to D-Rank Mid-Stage, but also had a tendency to break through to D-Rank Late-Stage!
As long as he reached D-Rank Late-Stage, he would have hope of upgrading to Mental Strength Rank C!
Once they reached Rank C, their team would no longer be at the bottom of the Dark Night Hunter Association!
Ye Shijie hadn't told anyone about this, because he wanted to be more cautious.
...
The two Flying Vehicles slowly descended and stopped beside a small lake.
This was a real lake, unlike that strange lake in the Land of the Far North.
Here, the lake was frozen solid in the minus twenty degrees Celsius temperature, a lake of ice.
Xia Chujian deliberately parked the civilian Flying Vehicle under a large banyan tree by the lake.
No one knew how long the large banyan tree had grown, its aerial roots hanging down from the crown, casting shadows, making it dim even in broad daylight.
The civilian Flying Vehicle parked underneath was indeed hard to spot if one didn't look carefully.
Ping Qiong carried the food Xia Chujian had made to deliver meals to their team's Flying Vehicle.
Taking advantage of the absence of others, Xia Chujian quietly said to the Pig-head Humanoid San Zong, "San Zong, I'm leaving the Flying Vehicle here for you and Small Si Xi to live in. If you have time, find some thatch, branches, or something to cover the Flying Vehicle, so it can't be seen from the outside. Don't turn on the lights at night either. Stay here for a while, and I'll think of something."
San Zong didn't expect Xia Chujian to leave such a good Flying Vehicle for him and Small Dog, and was so moved that he cried.
Xia Chujian wasn't good at handling such scenes.
She sighed, said nothing, and waited until San Zong finished crying before saying, "I have something else to ask of you."
San Zong nodded repeatedly, "San Zong will definitely do it well!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
She hadn't even said anything yet...
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