Chapter 45: A Tricky Problem
Chapter 45: Chapter 45: A Tricky Problem
However, after checking carefully, the nearest one was over ten kilometers away. Furthermore, because of this incident, the entire planet was on lockdown, and residents were advised not to go out.
Yang Bo thought, "Since I have the money, I might as well take a stroll nearby to clear my head." He didn’t plan on logging into the game either. Yesterday had been far too eventful, and he still hadn’t figured out his next move.
Should he buy a big house to improve his strength, or should he save the money to make a run for it at any time?
"It looks prosperous on the surface, but who knows what kind of dangers lurk beneath," Yang Bo murmured as he stepped outside, looking up at the Air-Ground Combat Aircraft constantly patrolling the sky.
Air-Ground Combat Aircraft and Sky Fighters... Air-Ground Combat Aircraft traveled from space to the ground, while Sky Fighters traveled from the ground to space. The specific difference seemed to lie in their affiliations. Air-Ground Combat Aircraft belonged to the Space Fleet, whereas Sky Fighters seemed to fall under planetary defense.
Yang Bo didn’t wander far, opting to just stroll around his neighborhood. The trees and flowers here came in all varieties. There were quite a few people in the community, as the entire planet was completely locked down. If anyone dared to fly up at this moment, they would instantly be locked onto by countless Weapons.
Mechas didn’t have much use in this civilized world. According to Yang Bo’s guess, the reason Mecha companies were all massive corporations was likely because there were powerful enemies in certain places. The Mecha game he was playing was probably set on a contested planet.
Yang Bo made a bold guess in his heart, "Is it all just for those Exotic Beast materials?" The reason Exotic Beasts were so valuable in the game was likely because they were used as raw materials for Genetic Potions.
He arrived near a small lake. Before he could even get close, he heard someone humming a song. Yang Bo frowned slightly.
Upon reaching the edge of the lake, he saw a girl wearing an oversized hoodie. Her face was covered, and she was wearing sunglasses.
This sort of attire was very normal, as many residents in this world dressed like this when going out. The residents rarely interacted with others; their homebody attributes were practically maxed out.
Although the rhythm of the song sounded beautiful, Yang Bo felt an inexplicable sense of irritability. As a result, instead of continuing toward her, he turned his head and walked in the opposite direction while still several meters away from the woman.
The humming woman stopped abruptly and turned her head to look at Yang Bo. She was extremely surprised. This person had originally been walking toward her; what made him turn around and walk away? She knew her own abilities very well. This shouldn’t be happening.
"Sir?" the woman called out, unable to hold back.
"Hmm?" Hearing the woman call him from behind, Yang Bo grunted in response and turned to look at her.
Hearing Yang Bo’s grunt, the woman was startled, but she still asked, "Sir, did my humming disturb you?"
"No, I just prefer a quiet environment." Yang Bo shook his head, then turned and left.
As he walked, Yang Bo felt a bit surprised and thought, "I didn’t expect to run into her here."
Yang Bo had felt something was wrong earlier. The song the other party was humming was a popular one in this world, and he had heard it before, so why did it make him feel uncomfortable?
When the woman spoke just now, Yang Bo felt that her voice was a bit piercing. Suddenly, he remembered—at Li Aiduo’s concert, he had felt uncomfortable the moment Li Aiduo opened her mouth.
He had just used the Sound Waves from his response to perform Sound Wave Detection, and sure enough, the other party was a Genetic Evolver. Looking at her height and build, he was ninety-nine percent sure it was Li Aiduo.
Li Aiduo watched Yang Bo leave with suspicion, her brows furrowing slightly. She thought of the whistling she had heard in the stage basement at the Dome Entertainment City yesterday. She was very sensitive to sounds; as long as she had heard someone’s voice, she knew she would never forget it.
Later, the police had also informed her that the mysterious Ace Mecha Master had mysteriously disappeared.
"He’s a bit too young. None of the Ace Mecha Masters I know are this young," Li Aiduo muttered, frowning slightly.
Then, she also stood up and left, with a few bodyguards in the distance slowly trailing behind her. Li Aiduo also lived in this community. She had been temporarily relocated here because the grand hotel side was a bit chaotic this time.
Upon returning to her residence, Li Aiduo picked up a pen and started drawing. She finished quickly, and surprisingly, she had drawn Yang Bo.
Yang Bo finished his stroll and made up his mind. He would buy a house first; increasing his strength was the top priority. When truly facing danger, no amount of money would be useful; only strength mattered. Furthermore, he didn’t plan on grinding in the game for the time being. To convert Skills into actual combat capabilities, he still needed a certain amount of practical training.
After returning home, he checked around and found that all real estate transactions and related services had been suspended.
Sitting on the sofa, Yang Bo rubbed his forehead and muttered to himself, "There are unknown people targeting me, and I don’t know who they are. The Red Earl organization has infiltrated the military. If they end up directly attacking the planet with Warships, that would be a huge problem.
"Then there’s the Anzhijie company. Fatty Liu is clearly trying to bait me.
"The more I know about this world, the more insignificant I feel.
"Sigh, what is freedom?"
Yang Bo stood up and looked toward the house where he had obtained the Mecha Space Button. He had passed by earlier and done a bit of Reconnaissance; the things inside the room hadn’t been touched.
Yang Bo couldn’t be sure if that place would be watched by someone. Furthermore, he had a bit of a problem himself. That was the accessory he had bought that looked exactly like the Space Mecha Button. Originally, he wanted to make the Red Earl suffer in silence, but if the planetary security agencies discovered it, it might be easy for them to investigate. After all, it was possible to track who such accessories were sold to.
"Damn it." Yang Bo was hesitating over whether that place was being monitored by the security department. He felt irritable, but he had to deal with it.
He went down to the basement. This was the parking area, as well as where Yang Bo charged his devices. He coughed softly; there was no one around. Finding a hidden corner, he took off his clothes, activated his Invisibility, and headed straight for the place he had visited last time.
In the stairwell, Yang Bo snapped his fingers and carefully sensed his surroundings. He didn’t detect any abnormalities. He then instantly destroyed the internal structure of the door lock. This was also a vulnerability, as the materials could be analyzed.
Entering the room under Invisibility, Yang Bo carefully examined the traces he had left behind and found that no one had been here.
"Could it be that I killed them all?" Yang Bo muttered to himself.
He grabbed the replica he had bought and prepared to leave. Suddenly, he saw the ancient oil painting. Yang Bo’s heart stirred. This thing was definitely important. If the authorities discovered it, they might investigate strictly, and he couldn’t be sure if he had left any traces behind. "To think I’m wiping these guys’ asses for them," Yang Bo grumbled. He carefully inspected it, then took the painting down. It wasn’t framed; it hung like a Scroll.
He looked around at the other things and didn’t find anything suspicious, so he quickly left.
If anyone were looking, they would see a painting floating out of thin air as it passed through the corridor.
Upon reaching the basement, Yang Bo felt a tingling numbness in his scalp. What was he supposed to do with this hot potato in his hands?
Yang Bo thought, "I wonder if I can put it inside the Mecha and store it away, but where would I take the Mecha out to do that?" Having no other choice, he could only carry this hot potato back to his own home.