Changing Faces

After finishing work, Yang Bo carefully examined the mecha. Though outdated, it looked somewhat clunky, like the mechas from old cartoons—square-headed and blocky, unlike today's advanced mechas, which seemed full of artistic flair.

Maybe there was a reason people cursed me out on the game forums. Looking at the Plasma Greatsword, whose blade alone was five meters long, Yang Bo thought of it cutting down those little birds and muttered to himself that he had indeed gone a little too far.

Of course, admitting he had gone too far was one thing. Whether he would keep doing it was another matter entirely. It was like those politicians who shouted slogans at meetings one day, only to get taken away a few days later.

"Tsk, tsk. If I could bring this thing back to Earth..." Yang Bo examined it closely but did not step onto the alloy floor because of the warning line. After ten days of training, Yang Bo could now change his face in an instant. Looking into the mirror, he could switch to a different face every second—a man's face, a woman's face—though he could not drastically alter his bones, only add or remove some flesh from his face.

Yang Bo could now use Sonic Wave Control with precise control within a hundred meters.

Standing before the floor-to-ceiling window, Yang Bo snapped his fingers. A leaf in the Garden a hundred meters away shattered when the wind blew across it.

The entire attack took only 0.3 seconds. Yang Bo felt there was little point in reaching farther. That amount of time meant nothing to ordinary people, but a Gene Evolver could do many things in it.

Would Yang Bo use such methods against residents? A few blows from a leather mallet would be enough to make them call the police.

The Stealth ability was simply invincible. Looking at himself vanish from the mirror, Yang Bo saw that his entire body had disappeared. Logically, the mirror should have reflected nothing, yet it showed the wall behind him.

This was a change in his own energy.

Yang Bo had come to one conclusion: the abilities Gene Evolvers displayed were merely manifestations. The true core was the energy within their bodies.

It was like electricity on Earth, which could be converted by various machines into sound, images, wind, heat, light, and other such manifestations.

Those were the abilities displayed by Gene Evolvers. At their root, they were simply electricity.

"Once this event is over, I'll buy a house. It needs to have an enormous basement so I can train Electrical Energy Control and Light Energy Control." After changing clothes, Yang Bo headed out. He could now go without sleep. When he was tired, he charged himself. When he was sleepy, he charged himself. When he was hungry, he ate—and he could choose not to eat—but if he did not eat, Yang Bo felt empty inside.

There were now six mechas in the exhibition hall. Aside from the first Blade Mecha, the others were all beautiful, with sleek, streamlined bodies. Judging by their designs, they could be used on land, in water, and in the air. Their weapons included Laser Swords, Laser Cannons, and missile racks.

There were blue ones, pink ones, and green ones.

"Huh?" There were still three days until the exhibition began. Many items had been placed in the other halls, while the hall next door contained equipment for the various mechas. Yang Bo did not know exactly what it was, since he could not enter. When he arrived today, he found a large display board in front of each mecha, presumably for their introductions.

No intelligent devices were used here. There were even high-powered jammers. Gene Evolvers had all sorts of strange abilities, and some could control data. Therefore, intelligent devices generally could not be used at exhibitions involving high-end technology, lest others obtain core confidential data.

Dimensional Modification Company had been heavily promoting itself lately. It was said that this exhibition would go down in history. Yang Bo muttered to himself, wondering what New Technology there might be. Still, he was only a resident and did not understand science. He did not even understand some obscure laws.

Why did he not understand? Because residents were a disadvantaged group. Without a Biochip, they could not remember.

Therefore, if a resident broke the law without causing serious consequences and it was their first offense, they generally would not be punished, because they could claim they did not know they were breaking the law.

Of course, obscure laws were like those laws in Florida that banned feeding the homeless and the like.

With a snap of his fingers, the rough structures of these mechas appeared in Yang Bo's mind. The largest was twelve meters tall, entirely blue, and even had a huge transparent cockpit.

There was no use looking at their structures, because Yang Bo did not understand them. Mecha structures were mostly similar unless they were unusual models.

There were many types of mechas. Besides combat mechas, there were also work models.

The next day, Yang Bo spent the daytime training his abilities, then checked housing prices in various places and selected several properties he liked. Annoyingly, housing prices had actually risen because of this concert.

Yang Bo did not log into the game again. He felt that merely having great strength was not enough, and besides, his body needed time to settle.

"How strange." For three nights in a row, the display boards for the other mechas in the exhibition hall had all gained descriptions.

For example, the tallest mecha had been modified with the latest generation Antimatter Battery, fitted with a full-body Energy Shield, equipped with the latest generation optical brain assistance system and a High-Energy Particle Gun, while key components had also been made with Energy Metal and so on.

The Antimatter Battery's endurance and explosive output were a hundred times greater than the Nuclear Battery Yang Bo used in the game.

This mecha could instantly exceed sixteen times the speed of sound...

After work, Yang Bo discovered for the first time that there were so many people. Quite a few were already waiting outside Dome Entertainment City, and some appeared to be reporters. Yang Bo left directly through the employee passage. Outside Dome Entertainment City, police wearing Individual Auxiliary Armor were maintaining order.

After returning home and washing up, Yang Bo went online. Dimensional Modification Company was set to release major news today. Yang Bo guessed it was related to the Blade Mecha, because its display board was the only one without any information.

At seven thirty, half an hour before the Dome exhibition began, news from Dimensional Modification Company exploded across the internet.

Yang Bo hurriedly opened Dimensional Modification Company's promotional video. A man with a deep, magnetic voice began speaking as an image appeared onscreen.

"It has been 1,500 years since our first Space Jump experiment."

"It has been 1,000 years since the first manned Space Jump."

"Over these thousand years, we have conducted hundreds of millions of Space Jumps, bringing human society closer together."

"Today, Dimensional Modification Company presents one of humanity's greatest inventions: Spatial Storage Equipment, something that has appeared in countless novels and films."

"This is a Blade Mecha. This is a Spatial Storage Button. Please watch."

In the video, someone held an object like a car key from Yang Bo's previous life. It had a crystal on it, with a red button and a silver button on either side of the crystal.

A hand pressed the silver button, and the Blade Mecha in the video instantly disappeared.

"Perhaps some will question it. Perhaps some will claim the video is fake. At Dome Entertainment City, Dimensional Modification Company will publicly demonstrate this greatest invention in human history, a true leap across history." As the voice introduced it, the hand pressed the red button, and the mecha reappeared.

"Holy shit." Yang Bo was stunned. Then he saw news reports saying that people had already lined up outside Dimensional Modification Company's exhibition hall. The company's stock price had soared, though some experts Yang Bo did not recognize claimed it was impossible.