Blasting Fish

Food and sleep came first; everything else could be dealt with one step at a time. The next day, he cleaned out a small storage room filled with all kinds of books, including the sort with embarrassing illustrations, as well as some ancient discs and the like.

This was relatively normal. The low-level Cleaners at Anzhi Clean Company handled the unsavory affairs of celebrities and wealthy elites. Yang Bo guessed that Anzhi Clean Company was a company that did dirty work. Cleaners with higher clearance might even commit illegal crimes.

After work, he took the bus home. Passing a massive building, he saw people decorating it. Looking closer, he realized that Li Aido, the queen of song, was holding a concert here at the Dome Grand Entertainment City.

Li Aido had a baby face and a nice, petite figure. Most importantly, her voice was excellent, with an ethereal quality to it. Some people suspected that Li Aido had awakened a gene point related to her voice.

The original owner had been a fan of Li Aido, but unfortunately, he had been such a nobody that he had not even gotten into her fan group.

After taking over, Yang Bo had no interest in chasing celebrities. As long as she sang well, that was enough.

Back home, Yang Bo followed his usual routine. He bathed first, releasing all the energy in his body in the process. Yang Bo could clearly feel that his strength had increased greatly, because he had heated up quite a bit of the bathtub water. Fortunately, the tap had been running the whole time, or it would have boiled long ago.

"35%. That means my body is currently storing around 1,750 units of electrical energy. That's not much." Yang Bo muttered.

After entering Mecha World, Yang Bo had no idea that he had become completely famous on the forums. The name Bird-Slaying Bro had spread throughout the game.

Bird-Slaying Bro first rose to fame by using a five-meter-long mecha blade to slash at tiny birds.

Then he used his mecha to mow grass, burn the plains, and destroy the environment.

Then he actually forced out a B-Class Infiltrator! That should have been perfect.

But then, unfortunately, the base's defense system blew up both the Infiltrator and Bird-Slaying Bro!

There were players in the game who had been accidentally injured by defense systems before, but their numbers were extremely small!

According to the final data analysis, Bird-Slaying Bro would earn at least 500,000 Gold Coins from this round of grass-cutting...

Yang Bo also looked up B-Class Infiltrators. Infiltrators were a profession branch of hostile forces, skilled at hiding, camouflage, and sneak attacks. The opponent had used a Biological Mecha, one cultivated from living organisms, which could amplify a Gene Evolver's innate abilities. Biological Mechas were forbidden research in the Federation, though no one knew why.

Yang Bo carefully studied the game store while searching the internet, eventually choosing an Impact Bomb designed for use against monsters hidden in caves. The bomb would produce a massive shockwave.

They cost 10,000 Gold Coins each, and Yang Bo bought three. What he really wanted to buy was a Micro Hydrogen Bomb, but those cost 100,000 Gold Coins apiece. Of course, Yang Bo would first try these Impact Bombs. If they did not work, he would buy Micro Hydrogen Bombs instead.

However, Yang Bo did not plan to use Micro Hydrogen Bombs for blasting. He intended to take them apart and use the toxic and harmful substances inside to torment small animals.

Didn't the game officials say it was a highly free game? Then they would see who was freer. He could also pretend not to know that this was remotely controlled.

Yang Bo set off with three Impact Bombs. The lowest-grade mechas had no flight capability, so he could only stride forward on its long legs, rumbling toward his destination. The boundless plain was covered in wild grass and shrubs, with swamps scattered throughout. But for a mecha equipped with a Rocket Pack, no swamp posed a problem.

The mecha also had a radar system that recommended which routes to take.

The moment Yang Bo's mecha left the base, someone noticed it. Very few people used low-level mechas, and many mechas had been modified. Yang Bo's was as basic as basic could be.

Yang Bo wanted to modify his too, but it would cost a huge amount of money. For example, installing a Flight Thruster—those things were single-use and had to be discarded after use.

Besides, Yang Bo was not hunting Mutants or genetically polluted creatures. He was only bullying ordinary animals. Did he really need modifications for that?

It took half an hour to travel more than two hundred kilometers, and Yang Bo's heart ached. It had cost him at least five hundred.

"This is a dangerous area. Be careful." Yang Bo checked the map. This was already a dangerous zone, though the danger rating was based on his mecha's level.

There was a lake whose far shore could not be seen. The surrounding area was covered in wild grass, and almost no one came here. Mechas were waterproof, but they were not recommended for underwater use, since all their functions would be impaired. There were specialized underwater mechas.

"Damn, if this biological search radar were brought to Earth, fishermen would fight over it. It can not only detect the size of fish, but even identify their species." Yang Bo activated the radar. In different environments, the detection range and depth of a small radar like this varied.

Electric eels lived in freshwater rivers. Yang Bo scanned the area and quickly found one, fifty meters away from him and three meters deep in the lake.

"This is a little tricky." It was impossible to use a bomb on a single electric eel.

"Should I set up some kind of new-energy fishing system?"

"I'll observe for now." Yang Bo was not in a hurry. He decided to walk around and take a look first.

What Yang Bo did not know was that less than a thousand meters away, a small gray bird in a patch of shrubs was staring at his mecha.

And in an underground space hundreds of kilometers away, a virtual screen displayed the shadow of Yang Bo's mecha.

"General, should we make our move now?" The underground space was extremely orderly. A horned man asked loudly.

"No hurry. This guy was able to detect our advanced scout, so there must be a reason. Those shameless bastards actually use remotely controlled mechas. Over the years, what we lost were real people, while they only lost some machines." The man addressed as General was a tall middle-aged man, nearly two meters in height, with bulging muscles all over his body. His face was different, covered in yellow-black fur, with a large nose and beard, making him look like a tiger.

If Yang Bo had seen him, he would have known that this was one of the genetically mutated Mutants, or Variants, promoted by the game officials.

"General, let me capture him alive. That low-grade mecha is only slightly better than a pile of raw materials." A curvaceous woman said sweetly. However, her hands resembled claws and were covered in gray fur, while the rest of her body looked normal.

"No hurry. Wait a little longer." The General waved a hand.

Yang Bo walked some distance along the lakeshore. "This is tricky. These electric eels are scattered all over the place."

The key was that Yang Bo wanted to do this at the lowest possible cost. Killing them one by one was too slow.

There was nothing he could do. After one fire had given him two master-level skills, grinding them one at a time no longer held any appeal.

"Too bad I'm not piloting a warship. Otherwise, I could get a warship and destroy this lake with one shot."

"Looks like poisoning them is the only option. I seem to remember that some bomb components are extremely toxic?" Yang Bo planned to look around a little more before heading back to figure something out. Some chemicals were incredibly poisonous, but since he was already here, he might as well take a walk first.