Chapter 50

Among the dragon clans of the Azure Sky Realm, the Gold Dragon clan has always been regarded as an anomaly.

There are eleven main elemental branches: Light, Dark, Water, Fire, Wind, Gold, Earth, Wood, Lightning, Spirit, and Space. The Gold Dragon clan is the only one that has no connection to magic. However, they are known as the "Weapons of the Divine," possessing formidable weapons and a natural inclination for combat, cruelty, and savagery. They are not soft targets but rather hard ones that are difficult to handle, potentially causing both physical and emotional pain.

Only the Space Dragon clan, the Silver Dragons, can perfectly counter the Gold Dragons. By grabbing their tails and tossing them into the spatial turbulence, the problem is solved.

Even thirty years ago, when the Gold Dragon clan received a great opportunity and collectively ascended to become Digital Gold Dragons, gaining new abilities, including the ability to cast magic, they still lagged behind other elemental dragons in their mastery of their own elemental magic. Although they can now cast multiple elemental spells, they still cannot match the other elemental dragons in the ease and dexterity with which they wield their magic.

The Gold Dragons lack mental energy and cannot comprehend the concept of space. Even after their ascension, they remain completely disconnected from Spirit and Space magic.

From a certain perspective, the spellcasting abilities the Gold Dragons gained are conditional. They need to transform themselves from weapons into magical tools, or even electrical devices. Without fully charged magic crystals and power-rich energy blocks, their new abilities are mere decorations. The ascension merely expanded their capabilities, creating a new dragon lineage, but did not fundamentally change their nature.

Without their own elemental magic or mental energy, the Gold Dragon clan has not been expelled from the dragon race primarily because, like other dragon clans, they possess dragon souls, a fact that cannot be altered.

Like other dragon clans, the dragon souls of the Gold Dragon clan are housed within their heart cores.

As they age and time passes, the heart cores of dragons become increasingly pure, gradually crystallizing into luminous and transparent dragon crystals. Powerful dragons can even have their bones crystallize.

The value of a dragon's heart core can account for nearly a third of a dragon's remains. Even if not used to create special equipment or gear, it can be exchanged for very precious resources within the dragon race, including the Gold Dragon clan. Even the rare SEG core units, which are typically unavailable, can be obtained, making the heart core equivalent to the hardest currency in both the Azure Sky Realm and the Blue Star Realm.

The successive Dragon Kings of the dragon race never miss the opportunity to recover the heart cores of their fallen kin. All fallen dragon souls should rest in eternal peace in the Sky Dragon City. Even if dragons do not accumulate wealth, they will not lack money. If handled properly, a single dragon heart core could potentially be exchanged for a massive benefit worth billions of star yuan.

To find the missing Gold Dragon heart core, Internal Affairs Second-Level Inspector Hana Gager brought this secret mission to the 911 Air勤 Base. Her role as the executive manager will provide ample convenience and cover for her covert investigation.

When everyone's attention was focused on the "True Fragrance" Combat Flight Squadron, the first target of the new executive manager Hana Gager, her small team had already quietly begun their preparations.

Under the leadership of Major Chekov, the squadron leader of the "True Fragrance" Combat Flight Squadron, all pilots were actively preparing to face the first challenge from the new executive manager Hana Gager, strictly guarding against any opportunities for the other side to exploit.

As the deputy squadron leader, "Devil Pepper" Ilyana Roush, at this critical juncture, had no time to continue teaching Chen Fei. She simply gave him her flight notes and let him play on the game console, starting from scratch to accumulate some flight experience, which would be of minimal help in learning to fly.

The content of the flight notes is more about understanding three-dimensional spatial movement rather than just flight experience.

Terrestrial creatures often perceive the world in two dimensions, while flying and marine creatures perceive it in three dimensions, adding height and depth.

Before he had a chance to carefully study "Devil Pepper" teacher's flight notes, Chen Fei was called by the logistics department of the air base to help.

The 911 Air勤 Base has three main departments: the logistics department, which manages living and supplies; the ground crew department, which handles all equipment; and the air crew department, which manages flights and combat. These departments are managed by the base's executive manager.

The "Luo Jing" Phantasm-366MAX heavy transport airship delivered an overwhelming amount of supplies to the 911 Air勤 Base, far exceeding the base's normal capacity. It would take a decade or more to use them all up.

Moreover, many of the supplies were fresh ingredients, which could be preserved for a few more years using crystal energy magic arrays, but the sudden influx of so many supplies still required a large workforce to reorganize and categorize them, and to plan their use.

Huge standard cargo containers are not like children's building blocks; moving them is not a simple or easy task.

In the Blue Star, there are no shortage of spatial storage devices from the Azure Sky, which can be used to store and organize large amounts of supplies.

However, small spatial storage devices are of no use to the air base, and large ones are prohibitively expensive.

The ultra-large spatial storage devices, capable of storing millions of cubic meters, are beyond the reach of private military contractors like the Tianqi Defense Group. Only first and second-tier sovereign states with ample funds can afford them, while third-tier states can only look on in envy.

Moreover, using spatial storage devices is not a task for just anyone. At the very least, one must have a certain level of mental energy. Otherwise, after a few uses, the mental energy will be almost depleted, making it a futile effort.

It is better to use cargo containers and rely on human labor.

For an air base, spatial storage devices, while easy to use for organizing supplies, are still too advanced.

Therefore, the logistics department, which manages all daily life and supplies for the air base, was immediately overwhelmed, nearly to the point of collective exhaustion. In a state of chaos, they had to temporarily borrow personnel from other departments.

Newcomers have no rights and are like bricks, ready to be moved wherever needed. This workplace rule applies everywhere.

Even with the protection of the squadron leader, Chen Fei could not be exempted. Half of his workday, originally belonging to the "True Fragrance" squadron, was temporarily lent to the logistics department.

Fortunately, out of respect for the large mechanic, the logistics department did not treat Chen Fei like a beast of burden. They assigned him a simple task that they were currently unable to handle but still needed manpower for, to help him get up to speed quickly.

In fact, almost no one in the entire 911 Air勤 Base was idle. Cross-departmental borrowing of personnel was not limited to the logistics department's cleaning and warehouse management teams; there was a shortage of personnel everywhere.

Even with such consideration, Chen Fei still faced a mountain of garbage, about three to four meters high.

The air was filled with a foul odor, emanating from the garbage bins at the base of the garbage mountain, which were piled high with various household waste. Flies buzzed around, indicating that the area had not been tended to for many days.

With over two hundred people, even if they did nothing, the daily consumption of food and other necessities would inevitably produce a significant amount of waste.

If they were fully operational, the consumption of supplies and the amount of waste would be even more substantial.

If this waste is not properly managed, it would not only waste the limited space on the high platform where the air base is located but also severely pollute the environment, potentially resulting in a hefty fine.

The 911 Air勤 Base has always been committed to the classification and processing of various waste. Biodegradable waste, primarily from the cafeteria and personal daily life, such as fruit peels, paper, food scraps, and various plastic products, as well as used engine oil and lubricants, are all thrown into reaction tanks and sprayed with biodegradable agents, which quickly break them down into fertilizer.

The grass along the main runway and the various green plants throughout the base rely on this fertilizer for their growth.

Non-biodegradable waste, such as glass, ceramics, metals, and other organic or inorganic materials, is separated by magnetic retrieval devices, then processed by crushers and smelting equipment into colored glass bricks and alloy bars, either reused on-site or transported away for professional recycling.

The air base already has some small smelting furnaces and metal processing equipment, allowing for on-site resource utilization, effectively reducing supply pressure and operational costs.

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