Concert

"A concert that might suffer a terrorist attack? Hmm, that sounded pretty interesting." After looking over the intelligence Car Thief had gathered, Zhuang Xiaolin could not help becoming interested.

For now, it was a process of slowly accumulating funds. It would still take some time to gather the money required for the system mission. After Wei Yenwu discovered that the batch of medicine had an especially significant effect, he increased his purchases. The monthly funds allocated to Zhuang Xiaolin rose from sixty million to one hundred million. The purchase of intermediate healing potions still needed to be discussed, but Zhuang Xiaolin definitely would not sell that many for the time being. Being willing to sell Wei Yenwu a few such potions already made him a fairly good partner.

Other than when they were selling potions, Zhuang Xiaolin and the others had little to do. Gang activity in the slums had decreased considerably lately. Perhaps it was because of Zhuang Xiaolin's bloody night that day, or perhaps because Zhuang Xiaolin had gone on a killing spree with two members of Penguin Logistics and nearly wiped out a somewhat influential gang. The gangs near the slums no longer dared to act too ostentatiously.

That also made Zhuang Xiaolin's potion business run more smoothly, bringing in a considerable income every month on average.

And now that there was nothing to do, and he had heard about this concert with signs of a terrorist attack, Zhuang Xiaolin naturally intended to get involved.

As it happened, not long ago, Zhuang Xiaolin had spent another fifty points to buy sheet music for a hip-hop song. He then went to have a friendly afternoon tea with Emperor. During tea, Emperor casually handed Zhuang Xiaolin more than a dozen tickets to a popular star's concert.

Zhuang Xiaolin had not paid them much attention at the time and merely accepted them, thinking they might come in handy someday. Now, those tickets were finally useful.

Rook once again placed the armor pack on the table, and as usual, Zhuang Xiaolin directly took out several armor plates and inserted them inside his clothes.

After all this time, Zhuang Xiaolin no longer knew how many layers of ballistic plate bonuses he had stacked. After being enhanced by Rook, those ballistic plates had also gained the ability to counterattack. Though the effect was limited, they could at least pinpoint the enemy's location.

After another "meal," Zhuang Xiaolin called over Glaz, Machine Gun Guy, Big Shield, and Trap Girl. He left French Cannon behind to guard the pharmacy, while Car Thief kept watch over the area around it.

Zhuang Xiaolin and the others set off just like that, quite the procession. Their weapons were mostly hidden away, ready to be summoned whenever needed. Zhuang Xiaolin's Illusion Field ability still needed improvement. He had discovered that the thing practically had no experience bar, because both its range and precision increased along with his own strength.

There was nothing Zhuang Xiaolin could do about that. Illusion Field was indeed useful. Sometimes it worked quite well for hiding things or blocking out sounds, but its effect on electronic devices was minimal. At times like that, he had to rely on Car Thief, Emp, and Phone Girl for assistance.

Seven o'clock in the evening, local time.

Inside a large stadium near the center of Lungmen.

Members of the Lungmen Guard Department were tensely preparing tonight's defense and security arrangements.

Chen was clearly irritated by this escort assignment. So many personnel from the Lungmen Guard Department had been deployed, all to protect some little celebrity who had recently gained a bit of popularity?

But there had been predictions of a terrorist attack at this concert.

The Lungmen Guard Department still had to come and keep an eye on things. If word got out that someone had been injured by an Originium bomb on their own turf, it would be hard for them to handle.

Therefore, despite Chen's strong dissatisfaction, the Lungmen Guard Department's defensive deployment had to continue.

The organizers of this performance had clearly made thorough preparations as well. Besides the Lungmen Guard Department, they had hired elite operators from Blacksteel Worldwide and commissioned the local logistics company, Penguin Logistics, for security duties.

Clearly, they had already received some inside information. Even if a terrorist attack occurred, this concert had to go on. After all, any operation that did not turn a profit before recouping its costs was a loss.

Unless their cash cow itself was threatened, those people would only then consider paying the enormous price to cancel such projects.

As night fell, a grand show was about to unfold inside this sizable stadium.