Ace Mecha Pilot?

"Ace Mecha Pilot? Everyone, stay where you are. Don't panic."

"Listen up, everyone."

"Please wait patiently. We've already dismantled half of the Anti-Radiation Bomb. Five minutes remain."

"Gene Evolvers are also forbidden from flying. Anyone who does will be treated as a member of the Red Earl's Extremist Organization." A booming voice echoed through the dome.

Yang Bo remained Stealthed nearby and thought it over carefully. Today had been fucking unexpected. He had only come to collect his paycheck.

Then he had conveniently killed a few people? Or maybe a dozen? There would definitely be reports about it afterward.

An hour later, Yang Bo was wearing his own clothes and waiting for inspection outside Dome Entertainment City.

The moment safety had been announced, a crowd surged out in a mad rush. Yang Bo retrieved his clothes and wristwatch, then slipped out amid the chaos.

"Boss." Yang Bo suddenly spotted Liu Zhijie. The man was speaking with a police officer and seemed familiar with him, so Yang Bo immediately called out.

"Yang Bo, are you alright?" Liu Zhijie had a thick skin. The moment he saw Yang Bo, he walked over and asked.

"Boss, this is all your fault. If you hadn't called me over to settle my wages, I nearly would've died here," Yang Bo complained.

Liu Zhijie lowered his voice. "Dome Entertainment City will compensate everyone with Mental Damages, and the company will compensate you too. I'll get you a chance at a promotion."

Yang Bo muttered to himself, Could it be that Fatty's company took heavy losses this time? Does he want me to do dirty work? In his dreams. I'll just stay a Cleaner at the very bottom. Who knows what heartless things I'd have to do if I climbed any higher.

"Boss, this job of yours is way too dangerous." Rather than agreeing, Yang Bo sounded somewhat frightened.

"Get some proper rest for a few days. Paid leave. This really was an accident. Those Red Earl bastards." Liu Zhijie gritted his teeth.

Yang Bo was a resident, so he underwent facial scanning, wristwatch verification, and a manual pat-down. Residents could not tolerate machine-based security checks; supposedly, they emitted radiation that could harm residents' bodies. Yang Bo was then allowed through.

"How about I buy you a drink?" Liu Zhijie asked only after watching Yang Bo emerge from the inspection.

"Sure." Yang Bo had originally wanted to go back and check out those people's base in his neighborhood, but then he remembered that many criminals returned to the scene to see what was happening and ended up getting caught.

They arrived at a lounge some distance away. Before they had even sat down, Yang Bo heard a live interview playing on the lounge's virtual television.

"That's right. The person who operated the Blade Mecha this time was an Advanced Supervisor from our Dimensional Modification Company. Not only does he know the weaknesses of various Mechas, he is also a Mecha Pilot. As for his exact rank, that is company confidential." A potbellied middle-aged High-level official from Dimensional Modification Company spoke to the camera.

Yang Bo was speechless. Fuck, they're this quick to come out and claim the credit? What Yang Bo did not know was that the government had instructed Dimensional Modification Company to do this. The person who had operated the Blade Mecha absolutely could not be from the Red Earl's Faction. Otherwise, the government would be nothing but darkness, without even a glimmer of light.

Moreover, the government wanted badly to find this person. After all, how great a security threat was an unknown individual who could deploy a Mecha anytime and anywhere? And if the Mecha's operator was possibly an Ace Mecha Pilot, could the dignitaries and elites still feel safe?

They would first have Dimensional Modification Company take the blame. The company actually did not want to, because that meant becoming enemies with the Red Earl, an Extremist Organization. But they had no choice but to take the blame.

First, Dimensional Modification Company's Mecha had been involved in killing so many people. That was leverage against them.

Second, Dimensional Modification Company did not want to go bankrupt. If they announced that the Blade Mecha had been stolen, the company would go bankrupt.

Between bankruptcy and opposing the Red Earl, anyone knew which to choose. Otherwise, the government might suspect Dimensional Modification Company of colluding with the Red Earl's Faction.

Liu Zhijie said quietly, "Don't believe that. It's all nonsense."

"Ah?"

"Everything on there is nonsense. Those politicians and celebrities are all full of shit," Liu Zhijie continued.

Liu Zhijie took a sip of tea before speaking again. "The Blade Mecha's Space Button was stolen yesterday. That's why Dimensional Modification Company's exhibition hall was closed. I only just found out myself."

"And could a company like Dimensional Modification Company even afford an Ace Mecha Pilot? Do they think Ace Mecha Pilots grow like weeds by the roadside?" Liu Zhijie set down his teacup and continued.

Yang Bo was quite surprised. "The one piloting that Mecha was an Ace Mecha Pilot?"

Yang Bo really was surprised. He was an Ace Mecha Pilot? How did he not know that?

"There are many rank divisions among Mecha Pilots. Look at today's pilot: a mere lowest-tier Third Generation Mecha achieved a record of 0:13. Although there were many factors involved, the record cannot be changed. Mecha Pilot rankings don't take anything else into account; they only look at battle records."

"Because there is no fairness on the battlefield. Only the record matters. And this Mecha Pilot knew the weaknesses of other Mechas very well. The stock prices of those two companies are definitely going to plummet." Liu Zhijie spoke with admiration in his voice.

Yang Bo considered it for a moment and quickly understood. When he had used Sonic Wave Control to examine the Mechas in the exhibition hall, the inactive Mechas relied on their own materials to prevent others from detecting them.

There had been an interference Shielding System in the exhibition hall, so other methods could not detect them. His sonic waves just happened to be the exception...

"Also, this Mecha Pilot's tactics were excellent from the very beginning. He took out their commander first. Within an Extremist Organization like that, it's impossible for command to be transferred to someone else after the commander is taken out, like in the military. The reason those later Mechas never formed up to attack was because they couldn't coordinate with their companions without unified command."

"Of course, the Red Earl's Mecha Pilots also made one fatal mistake: they didn't bring melee weapons. Their target was unprotected humans. If their commander had equipped even two Mechas with melee weapons, it wouldn't have ended this badly."

"Though perhaps the plan would have had holes if they'd had two fewer Mechas." Liu Zhijie looked out the window at the streaks of light rising and falling outside. Those were Air-to-Ground Fighters.

Yang Bo understood what Liu Zhijie meant. The attackers had limited manpower and limited Mechas. To seize the greatest possible number of hostages, they had no choice but to equip every Mecha with High-Frequency Laser Cannons and the like.

Thinking back on it now, Yang Bo felt that his control of the Mecha had not really been controlling a Mecha at all. It had felt more like controlling his own body.

Could it have something to do with the Space Button? Didn't Dimensional Modification Company say the Space Button and the Mecha's Energy Metal used some sort of matching frequency? Yang Bo raised his teacup as well, drinking while pondering. There had been too many unexpected things today.

At that moment, the virtual television displayed a jaw-dropping scene.

After Yang Bo had gone down into the basement beneath the stage, someone descended from the dome. A crescent-shaped red blade orbited this person. It was not large, only around ten centimeters long, but that ten-centimeter red blade was like a Flying Sword from a novel. In an instant, it pierced through the cockpits of three Mechas that were holding a large number of hostages.

"Sky Rend." Yang Bo stared at the streak of light in shock. If he had run any later, then his fate...

"Planet Guardian equipment. Ordinary people can't afford to play with that thing. And without special military or government communications satellites, don't even think about using it," Liu Zhijie replied calmly.