The Truth
After analyzing the evidence all night, Huang Ji concluded, "The Thousand Flows Group tampered with the Wormhole Roaming Boots. It's brand-new technology, so outsiders would never detect it. At a critical moment, Qian Liu can use the boots to shut down every nearby engine..."
"What?" Han Bi shuddered.
He remembered that the Thousand Flows Group had made the Wormhole Roaming Boots a royal exclusive. They were all the rage in high society, and nearly every wealthy, powerful royal wore them now.
If the boots merely stopped working, that would be one thing. But if someone was inside a wormhole when their Negative Pressure Engine shut down, they would die!
The wormhole's extreme negative pressure would kill anyone inside instantly. Its tremendous repulsive force would break any matter down into its constituent particles! "What is he trying to do? What does Qian Liu want?" Han Bi cried.
"Kill people, of course," Huang Ji said. "Use wormholes to eliminate his highest-ranked rivals."
Han Bi shook his head. "If several royals died in wormholes, it would be enormous news. They'd all have been wearing his boots. How could he, the seller, stay out of it?"
"The wormhole's power would erase every trace," Huang Ji explained. "Who would know the boots were responsible?"
"And once they'd been broken down into particles, nobody outside would even know they were dead... When was the last time you saw the top-ranked Crown Prince? Six months ago? The election is coming, yet he hasn't appeared to rally votes..."
"Even in first place, he could be overtaken at any moment. Why wouldn't he show his face? And the candidate in second place hasn't appeared in ages either. He was so close to first. Would he really sit back and let the throne slip away?"
Han Bi and