Chapter 1464: Chapter 574: Preemptive Strike (Modified Version)

With the current situation in Dream Island, especially after demonstrating immense military potential and defeating The United States of America in conventional weapon warfare, Yan Fei’s identity has completely transformed from what it was before.

With the rapid development of Dream Island, a formal organizational structure has been established there. This organization and the relevant departments of Dream Island interface with each other to handle matters between them. Yu Xiaozhou, who was originally responsible for this task, has not been withdrawn; she still remains on Dream Island, acting as a conduit for communication, facilitating the two-way transfer of intelligence from Yan Fei.

Sitting in the luxurious “Dream One,” Yu Xiaozhou, while vigilantly watching the sky outside, was also observing Yan Fei across from her, who was joking with Lu Pingping. She couldn’t help but feel amazed. Even now, Yan Fei seemed very ordinary, lacking a commanding aura, but unexpectedly, such a regular person had accomplished what no one else could ever achieve.

Yu Xiaozhou still remembered the first time she met Yan Fei; he was utterly disheveled because he had just been targeted by the Assassin Sect, and Lu Pingping had been kidnapped by an assassin from the Assassin Sect to extort a huge ransom from Yan Fei. Furthermore, conspirator Yang Liu was kicking him while he was down, trying to snatch Dream Technology away from Yan Fei. At that time, Yan Fei was besieged on all sides, seemingly about to fall at any moment. However, no one expected that Yan Fei would endure and perfectly counterattack at the last moment. Not only did he resolve the threat from the Assassin Sect, but he also completely eradicated them.

After overcoming the Assassin Sect, Yan Fei’s career skyrocketed. In just a few years, he constructed a potential-rich island in the desolate North Pacific–Dream Island–and with it, became a major power, achieving great accomplishments in various fields, not falling short even when compared to The United States of America.

Yan Fei’s rise was incredibly legendary, and a mysterious veil shrouded him. Over the years, despite investigations into Yan Fei, apart from discovering that Yan Fei and “Destroyer” were the same person–with the Destroyer being an alias used by Yan Fei for many illegal activities–no other secrets about him were uncovered.

Just as they intended to delve deeper into investigating Yan Fei, a new order was issued, halting the background checks on Yan Fei and shifting to fully cooperate with Yan Fei and Dream Island’s demands. Yu Xiaozhou, originally gathering intelligence on Dream Island, officially switched roles to become an Information Liaison Officer.

It was rare for Yan Fei to leave Dream Island openly this time, and his entourage was not large, consisting only of Lu Pingping and his personal secretary Su Tan’er, along with a squad of fifty members from the Dream Island Guard. Yu Xiaozhou was the only outsider from Dream Island on “Dream One.”

Dream Island is only three thousand kilometers away from Shanghai in a straight line. If deploying the Drone Avatar, it would take only one hour to arrive in Shanghai from Dream Island. However, the civil aircraft are slower, taking over three hours to fly from Dream Island to Shanghai. An hour into the flight of “Dream One,” it entered Japan’s air defense identification zone, and that was when Yan Fei noticed something odd outside.

Under the surveillance of the artificial intelligence “Dream,” Yan Fei noticed that at the US Air Force base in Okinawa, Japan, fighter jets were taking off, with a total of six jets launched at once. Among these, four were F-15 Fighters, and two were F-22 Stealth Fighters. From the satellite photos, it could be seen that the four F-15 Fighters were fully equipped with combat weapons, whereas the F-22, having internal weapon bays, it was unclear if they were armed.

Normally, such take-offs wouldn’t have alerted Yan Fei, as it’s common for US Military Aircraft at the Okinawa Air Force Base to perform such operations. However, after forming their flight formation, the fighter jets unexpectedly headed northwest. If their flight direction and speed remained unchanged, then this squadron could potentially intersect with Yan Fei’s “Dream One” in the airspace over Japan.

Considering the deep-seated vendetta between Dream Island and The United States of America, Yan Fei immediately became alert. He felt it was no mere coincidence. He suspected that the Americans intended to take advantage of his and Lu Pingping’s return, targeting their aircraft while it was over Japanese territory, attempting to shoot down “Dream One.”

Zhendan University, seeking optimal promotion, had widely publicized Yan Fei and Lu Pingping’s attendance at the Alumni Association domestically. The intelligence-gathering capabilities of the American are formidable, and such evident information would certainly have been obtained early on. Moreover, the U.S. had definitely planted insiders at Dream Island Airport, thus they were also informed about the flight time and route of “Dream One,” allowing them to set up a blockade on Yan Fei’s flight path.

The Americans also knew that Yan Fei was a God-Level Expert. Even if the aircraft were to be destroyed by missiles, killing him wouldn’t be easy. Yet, the Americans still wanted to take a risk–if by some miracle, an attack could eliminate both Yan Fei and Lu Pingping, Dream Island would surely become leaderless. The United States of America could then immediately attack Dream Island, completely seizing it, and all of Dream Island would become spoils of war for The United States of America.