Bold Speculation

PS: The power had only just come back on after the outage. Don't wait for the second chapter, everyone; it'll probably take an hour.

However, Yang Bo never found an opportunity, because it seemed there was always someone inside their room. Besides, Yang Bo did not know how to pick locks unless he climbed in from outside.

Still, Yang Bo had not come away empty-handed. He discovered there were roughly eight of them in this community, though he had no idea whether there were more elsewhere.

At Dome Entertainment City, Yang Bo took his ticket and entered the concert venue. The concert began at two in the afternoon and lasted until eight at night, with numerous performers taking the stage.

Yang Bo looked around the venue. The entire grandstand was shaped like an enormous peony flower, dividing the seating into many sections.

At the center was a massive stage. The huge dome overhead could generate countless changing backdrops. Supposedly, viewers in different sections saw different backgrounds. Some even claimed that every seat saw something different, thanks to some New Technology.

Yang Bo had not particularly cared whether he came or not, but after thinking it over, he decided to come see the high-tech spectacle. Besides, that group had not come to Dome Entertainment City just to wander around, had they? They definitely had their own objective. He already roughly knew the layout of the other places; this was the only place he had never visited.

Could they be Bandits? Watching the grand concert, with who knew how many celebrities, dignitaries, and politicians inside, an unpleasant thought surfaced in his mind.

The concert began, and Li Aido took the stage in a princess dress.

"Nice figure." Yang Bo looked at her figure first. After all, he had been older in his previous life, so that was always what he noticed first.

Then he looked at her legs, but he could not see them. Only then did he look at her face.

"Such a small face." Looking at Li Aido's youthful, girlish face, Yang Bo felt a slight flutter in his heart.

"Welcome to my home stage, everyone. Today, I'll be bringing you..." Li Aido spun around, gave the audience a lovely smile, and began speaking.

The moment Yang Bo heard Li Aido's voice, he frowned slightly. "Looks like she's a Sonic Gene Evolver."

Hearing her voice in person made Yang Bo feel uncomfortable. His mind seemed somewhat muddled, as though the sound of the concert came in wave after wave, battering his brain.

Yang Bo promptly left. When a staff member asked him about it on the way, he simply said he had personal business to attend to.

Only after leaving the concert venue did Yang Bo feel much better. Behind him, people inside the concert were screaming wildly.

No, could I be the only sonic-type evolver at the venue while everyone else isn't affected?

Or perhaps the seating arrangements are different, and the effects vary? The people around me were all residents? Thinking of the strange design of the grandstand, Yang Bo muttered to himself inwardly.

There were many people outside the concert watching the livestream, but Yang Bo felt nothing unusual while watching it himself.

Looks like this Li Aido isn't so simple either, Yang Bo thought.

Yang Bo went to a rest area not far from the Control Center. Holding a drink, he sat down and watched the people entering and leaving the Control Center.

Since they were focused on this place, or intended to do something here, they most likely had an insider. Many things could not be accomplished without inside help.

Strange. Is it because the timing is wrong and I haven't seen anything, or are they planning a frontal assault?

If it were me trying to make something happen, what time would I choose?

Yang Bo put himself in their shoes. If they wanted to do something here, they would certainly want to make it as big as possible. Then, Yang Bo seemed to remember something: tomorrow night, an important figure from the Alliance Senate was supposedly coming to attend.

"Then it's tomorrow." Yang Bo became certain that if they intended to make a move, it would definitely be tomorrow.

He quickly checked the arrangements for tomorrow's Dome Concert. Sure enough, a mysterious big shot would be attending in person, and Li Aido also had major news to announce.

I hope my guess is wrong, Yang Bo thought.

That night at work, Yang Bo entered his workplace and subconsciously snapped his fingers. The next second, he frowned.

The other several mechas had actually been powered on. None of the mechas had been switched on these past few days. Once powered up, the circuitry inside the mechas carried electricity, and the sonic feedback he received was different.

Could those guys be planning to use mechas to cause trouble? Yang Bo guessed.

Even the Blade Mecha had been powered up. The uneasiness in Yang Bo's heart grew stronger and stronger, but he did not show it.

After finishing his work, Yang Bo went outside the exhibition hall again. Looking at all the items in the other halls, he suddenly realized that once someone stole a mecha, they could equip it in the neighboring exhibition hall with all sorts of advanced external components—High-Energy Particle Guns, High-Frequency Laser Cannons, and so on.

And once that thing was equipped, the trouble would be huge.

There were Orbital Cannons and all kinds of weapons, but... if an important figure were truly taken hostage, would the Orbital Cannons simply blast Dome Entertainment City apart? Whoever gave the order to fire would probably meet a very, very miserable end.

After getting off work, Yang Bo did not sleep. He continuously used Sonic Detection on the house where his targets were staying.

"Perfect opportunity!" Yang Bo discovered that they had left. He took off his clothes and pants, then turned invisible.

There was no helping it. He could not turn invisible while wearing clothes. He already knew the surrounding environment well, since his sonic scouting ability was excellent.

When he arrived outside the door of the place those people were staying, there were indeed no smart devices. Yang Bo first snapped his fingers in the stairwell to make sure no one was nearby. Then he snapped again, and a crucial metal component inside their door lock instantly shattered.

What if they discovered it later? No one would know he had done it anyway.

"What the hell is this?" Yang Bo gently pushed the door open and entered. He found that the living room had been cleared out. On the wall hung an oil painting of a man in red clothes, wearing a hat and holding a sword. The man's bearing was similar to that of those very fake people Yang Bo had seen.

He looks like one of those Western nobles from Earth? Yang Bo examined it carefully and muttered inwardly.

The room was exceptionally neat, with everything arranged tidily. Suddenly, Yang Bo spotted a box. He was very familiar with this type of box. Whenever he went to someone's house to clean, they would take out such a box and have him put his wristwatch inside.

When he opened the box, what he saw stunned Yang Bo. "Is this fake?"

Inside the box was the Space Button displayed by Dimensional Modification Company. Yang Bo gently stroked the Energy Stone and felt the surging energy within it.

"Damn, could Dimensional Modification Company be in league with the thieves?" Yang Bo was startled.

He looked at the contents of the box, hesitated for a moment, then immediately left.

Yang Bo swiftly returned home and spent eight hundred thousand to buy a Space Button accessory. That was right—after the Space Button became popular, a whole flood of products had appeared. This one was the most realistic, and it was said that even the Energy Stone was genuine.

He also bought a component from inside a door lock. Once the items arrived, Yang Bo went to the basement, where there were no surveillance cameras either. He smoothly entered their room, replaced the damaged component inside the lock, swapped out the Space Button, and quickly left.