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The battle in the ruins continued.

But Xu Shuo and his group did not stay at the scene for long, because their original goal was only to copy the data, not to fight.

They had even planned on sneaking in stealthily and had not thought of making such a big commotion.

After all, had not Paradise Bird recklessly attacked Silverglow Tower and directly caused the collapse of negotiations between the New An Bureau and Deng Corporation, Pianning would not have sold out their base in a fit of anger.

Since Paradise Bird was the one responsible for the loss at Jiangpu Port and blowing up Silverglow Tower, why not go after them?!

Why should the New An Bureau always have to wipe their ass?!

The New An Bureau had had enough!

When you think about it, they weren't incurring losses by selling the information about the opposing side!

As long as the higher-ups had no objections, Pianning had no problem selling anything that would screw over Paradise Bird!

Yes, as long as that director of the New An Bureau, who took it upon himself to "lead the New Humans to wealth and prosperity," did not care.

"How's it going? How's it going? Is there any movement over there?!"

Upon returning to the City in the Sky, Cheng Can asked Pianning impatiently, while Xu Shuo leisurely followed behind and found a chair to sit and doze off in.

Pianning, with a thoughtful look, said, "We haven't received any related orders, and it's been half an hour since Paradise Bird was surrounded. The news has been spread so widely that everyone in Huai'an knows. I think they truly do not care."

Cheng Can was somewhat confused by this response, "Then why has the New An Bureau been allowing Paradise Bird to act up until now?"

Pianning spread her hands in a gesture of ignorance; after all, she didn't know why. It was enough for them that their current actions were unrestricted.

Moreover, this was just a Script World, so Pianning felt bold and reckless, although the morale of the New Humans took a huge hit because of the siege on Paradise Bird.

But...

What did it have to do with the players?

All they needed to do was to earn more scenes for themselves, grind more interpretation points, complete the mission, and leave. They did not have to care so much, after all, they did not really live in this world.

Wanting to establish a good relationship with the officials for cooperation was merely to combat the opposing camp; everything was for the mission!

"Now let's make arrangements for the plan next Tuesday." Pianning said as she tapped the table, prompting the dozing Xu Shuo to perk up.

"Isn't Banqian still not here?" Cheng Can asked instinctively.

"He is in charge of making it rain for a while lately. Just send the mission directly to him when the time comes," said Pianning nonchalantly.

Rain?

Cheng Can didn't catch on immediately.

The person in charge of the data copying operation was Cheng Can, while Yin Banqian was only responsible for lookout and lending a hand in case of an emergency.

If there had been no siege operation, then naturally Yin Banqian would have been the executor, and now it was just reversed.

But how come now after his mission had ended, the person on lookout still had a mission?

Pianning did not offer further explanation and unfolded an electronic screen in front of them, saying, "You don't need to figure it out yourselves anymore. At the start of the Long Group's event next Tuesday, someone will take care of getting you in. Oh, the emphasis is on you."

Cheng Can, being singled out, pointed at himself with a bit of reluctance.

But indeed, Wei Ya had a legitimate reason; Yin Banqian could turn invisible for infiltration, and Xu Shuo could teleport anywhere, anytime. It seemed he was the only one who currently lacked a way in.

Xu Shuo was intently reading the data on the electronic screen. It was a file on a New Human, and it slightly woke him up.

Because the person on the screen was precisely the target of Cheng Can's mission a few days ago.

And it was precisely while escorting this person to undergo the New An Bureau's test that Yin Banqian and Cheng Can had been discovered, which led to the incident at Jiangpu Port and subsequently the affair at Silverglow Tower.

You could say this guy was the source of everything!

"Arman?" Cheng Can was also surprised.

"He has passed the New An Bureau's test and has officially joined the New An Bureau; he is now an external member," Pianning explained. "Actually, the file came this morning, but at that time we were too preoccupied to look at it."

"Word Spirit, and existence reduction?" Xu Shuo rested his chin in his hand, deep in thought.

Some New Humans had more than one ability, and although this was not rare, most only awakened additional abilities as they grew older and their spiritual power increased.

It was quite unusual for someone to awaken with multiple abilities right from the start.

Even Bai Mufei only started as a psychic before being forced to develop a second ability while being hunted down by the Inspection Team.

Word Spirit allowed ability users to weaponize the meanings of the words they spoke; the most powerful could even turn language into matter.

To ordinary people, casually made promises might simply be words spoken in passing, but for Word Spirit Users, vows and curses are real, tangible things.

As for reducing one's presence, it was a rather simple ability. The one New An Bureau had previously investigated him for was this very skill.

And the reason they discovered Arman was that they saw him use this ability to hoodwink the higher-ups into letting him enter the plaza's shopping mall for an aimless wander.
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When using this ability, one could be seen by people, yet not attract their attention.

In short, even if you saw the person, if your spiritual power wasn't focused enough, you might not realize there was someone there.

Even if you took a photo, you would find yourself searching for that person in the picture for a long time, much like how some people look for their phones while holding them.

You would subconsciously ignore their existence.

Ignore their person, their actions, and even the danger they posed.

"The good news is, Arman's ability is a force field mode, affecting an area two meters around him. So, the presence of people close to him can also be reduced," Pianning said to Cheng Can.

"Oh..." Cheng Can pursed his lips.

Anyway, any random newbie's ability was more useful than his, right?

Pianning chuckled, reached out, and ruffled his hair, "Do you really need to compete so much? Didn't you also achieve a great feat today? Once Wei Ya finishes analyzing those documents, we'll have an extra layer of security when we confront the opposing faction."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Can's thoughts cleared, and he immediately swelled with pride!

I'm the one who can ignore any physical attacks!

Xu Shuo yawned, looked at the time, and said, "Captain, it's not too late now, can I go back to sleep?"

As is well known, yawns are contagious. Sometimes, even reading about them can make one want to yawn, let alone seeing someone yawn in person.

Therefore, Cheng Can couldn't help but yawn too and suddenly felt sleepy.

"Pianning, then we..."

"Sleep? We haven't finished going over the plan yet!" However, Pianning raised an eyebrow and decidedly rejected their suggestion to go back to rest right now.

"..."

...

At three-thirty in the morning, Xu Shuo finally made it back to the faculty dormitory.

Then he went straight to bed.

Although the past few days had been busy, with both factions stirring up trouble, if they could avoid hassles for the next few days, they would mostly be at leisure.

Other than the Long Group press conference next Tuesday, there were no other tasks left.

As for using the unfortunate soul they captured to directly attack the headquarters of Paradise Bird, Pianning had no intention of taking such a risk for the time being.

Not only because the data hidden by Paradise Bird had not yet been fully decrypted, but also because they had been through quite a lot these past few days. It was time to let everyone rest.

The next day.

It was still a gloomy, rainy day.

It's also worth mentioning that there was a typhoon combined with a thunderstorm over Xuyi Port, and this situation was set to last for five days. As for how many buildings would get struck during the rain, that was another matter.

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