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Yang Bo heard Liu Zhijie cry out. Quite a few people in the crowd leaped into the air, shooting into the distance like meteors.

The next second, dense beams of light rained down directly on those who had fled, blasting them apart.

"Get inside! All of you, get inside! Anyone who refuses will be killed!" the mechas shouted as they fired.

"What a bunch of lunatics!" Liu Zhijie cursed.

"Hurry, get inside." Even as he cursed, Liu Zhijie tossed out those words and darted away, completely ignoring Yang Bo.

Yang Bo hurried toward Dome Entertainment City as well. Explosions rang out continuously behind him. When he looked back, he saw numerous Anti-gravity Cars being blown apart. Some even erupted into small mushroom clouds. He had no idea what kind of batteries they used.

Yang Bo was practically shoved inside by the crowd. In the exhibition hall he had cleaned, he saw many people carrying several others and leaping dozens of meters at a time, quickly getting inside.

Police cars and officers were blasted apart. The only weapon Yang Bo recognized was the High-Frequency Laser Gun.

"Listen up, everyone. We have hostages. Take a look." A booming voice suddenly rang out. On the billboard outside the exhibition hall appeared a red-haired man dressed in medieval armor. He wore an ancient helmet, and his red cape was especially eye-catching. He held an old Knight Sword, though blue light glowed from its blade.

Before him stood a conspicuous, well-dressed white fat man, whose face was now deathly pale.

"This is the Speaker of your Alliance Upper House. Go on, use your Orbital Cannons if you dare. And these—see them? There are several other distinguished guests as well: shareholders of Peace Technology Company, shareholders of Anthai Bank, and a diplomat from the Scarlet Federation. Tsk, tsk." The man in knight armor pointed his Knight Sword at them one by one.

"Red Earl, after lying dormant all these years, today I declare that we have returned! Such a grand occasion must be celebrated with blood." The red-haired knight made an exaggerated gesture of raising both hands.

Then he swung his sword and pointed it at an Anthai Bank shareholder. "You bloodsuckers, die!"

On the big screen, the Anthai Bank shareholder was dragged out and forced to kneel. Only then did they notice there were quite a few people dressed similarly, though the others wore black armor while the red-haired young man wore Silver Armor.

Then, before everyone's eyes, the shareholder was beheaded.

Many people were stunned by the sight, followed by a surge in the crowd. Yang Bo was squeezed so badly that he suddenly sensed something was wrong. Only then did he realize he had been pushed over beside the Blade Mecha.

Yang Bo felt something strange. The Blade Mecha seemed to resonate with him, and the sensation was wonderfully peculiar. It was as though he could control the mecha? Outside Dome Entertainment City, those who had not made it in were ravaged by indiscriminate laser fire. Yang Bo also noticed that when ordinary people were hit by lasers, a huge hole was blasted through them, burned through by the laser. Yet when Gene Evolvers were hit, they actually burst into flames? Was it because of the energy within Gene Evolvers themselves?

For some unknown reason, perhaps because a fire had broken out somewhere, the fire suppression system suddenly activated and sprayed out endless foam. Or perhaps the system had malfunctioned.

"Everyone, get to the concert venue! Anyone who isn't inside within twenty minutes will die!" Another voice suddenly roared.

Everyone hurried toward the concert venue in a mad rush. Yang Bo, meanwhile, stroked the Blade Mecha and carefully felt it out.

A thought suddenly struck him, and the Blade Mecha vanished. There was fire suppression foam everywhere, though, so no one noticed.

Yang Bo was somewhat dumbfounded. He could sense the mecha, as though he shared some kind of connection with it. The mecha seemed very far away, yet also very close.

It was like a magical treasure from a novel. He could sense the mecha's state, and it was activated.

It seemed he could take it out to fight at any time.

Could it be because I absorbed the Energy Stone from the Mecha Space button? Yang Bo muttered inwardly.

Thump! Thump! Thump! A series of tremors rose from underground. Then, in the distance, sealed sewer manhole covers flew into the air, belching out massive clouds of smoke and dust.

"Hahaha! Not only have we blown up the underground pipeline network, but we also added plenty of good stuff to it. Unless you want everyone in the city to be poisoned to death, I suggest you deal with it quickly." The red-haired knight laughed wildly on the billboard.

"Evil will ultimately be judged."

"Glory shall eventually shine upon the earth."

"We are justice, courage, fearlessness..." The red-haired man held his sword upright against his chest and kept prattling on.

Yang Bo could no longer spare attention for anything else. He followed the crowd upward. Through the enormous glass windows, he could see mechas appearing in the distance. Every one of them was silver, clearly standard military equipment. Countless bright specks filled the sky, gradually growing larger before robots were dropped one after another onto the ground.

The entire planet was now in chaos. Because Dome Entertainment City used a high-tech Shielding System, all surveillance equipment was unable to see what was happening inside. It had originally been used to display backgrounds and came equipped with anti-interference and anti-shielding capabilities.

As for Dome Entertainment City's Control Center, it had already lost contact.

When they reached the Control Center level, Yang Bo's heart stirred. The fire suppression foam had stopped spraying, but the floor was still covered in it.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Yang Bo entered a shop beside the Control Center, crawled beneath a counter, and swiftly stripped off all his clothes. After checking, he confirmed that he had indeed turned invisible.

His wristwatch had no signal either, likely because it had been shielded. He shut it down and hid it along with his shirt and pants.

Yang Bo carefully avoided the fire suppression foam. Fortunately, there was not much of it left here.

He successfully entered the Control Center. Seeing the security door that had been violently destroyed, Yang Bo became even more cautious.

A security guard lay on the ground, covered in blood. At the end of the corridor stood someone in black armor holding a Laser Gun, their face also enclosed in a metal helmet.

Seeing that the other party had not noticed him, Yang Bo paid close attention to his footing. The armored person looked left and right.

Yang Bo took the opportunity to enter an open room. The moment he stepped inside, he was startled. A man lay on his back with his eyes wide open, a large hole in his chest. It looked as though he had been attacked with some kind of Cold Weapon.

This seemed to be some sort of department. Seven or eight people had died in the room. Some had holes in their heads, while others had wounds elsewhere. From the marks, they had all been hit by Laser Guns. The walls were riddled with holes as well.

Yang Bo made his way to the break room. Fortunately, no one was there, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He hid in a concealed corner before dispelling his Stealth, because maintaining Stealth consumed a great deal of energy.

Looking at himself now, Yang Bo really wanted to find a piece of cloth to cover himself with, but then decided against it.

I'll wait until this is over. Yang Bo planned to wait it out. With so many people here, they could not possibly intend to kill everyone.

"Captain, it's done."

"Install the High-Radiation Bomb. The military will definitely send powerful people here immediately to seize Control Center authority."

The two voices outside made Yang Bo curse inwardly. Damn it...