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Chatroom.

Orange Cat: [Senior, a member of Paradise Bird wants to join us in taking down Xiu Bargas, it's that Bai Mufei.]

Tortoiseshell Cat: [???]

Siamese Cat: [???]

Maine Coon Cat: [???]

Angora Cat: [......]

Inside the venue of the press conference, the countdown on the stage continued as Long Group's press conference was about to officially begin.

Pianning sat alone in a partition on the second floor, overlooking the performance on the other side and killing time by swiping on her Micro-end when she immediately clicked on the message that popped up in the chatroom.

Then everyone went silent.
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For a moment, Pianning felt a bit nervous.

Because she suspected that the junior was deceived by the other side!

A member of Paradise Bird had successfully infiltrated the press conference site, but they probably had no idea of New An Bureau's layout, thus they might be purposely getting close to one of their own!

After all, they were opposing camps!

Why would the other side help them?

Thinking this, Pianning was quite concerned and asked about the junior's current situation. She also expressed her hope that he would distance himself from the people of Paradise Bird and preferably come into the venue to meet up with them.

However, Xu Shuo did not intend to hide this matter from his friends, and after slightly modifying the conversation he had with Luo Kun, he told everyone everything.

Everyone: ???

So because of the energy bomb inside his body, he's willing to betray his mission just to kill Xiu Bargas and make himself feel exhilarated?!

Are you sure you haven't lost your mind?!

Then, recalling the incident at Silverglow Tower, everyone came to a realization—he did seem to have a problem in that area!

Pianning frowned, still expressing doubts about this matter.

Angora Cat: [Regardless, maintain your distance from him for now. Don't act recklessly until the Spatial Jump Skills are located. I'm sending people to check out that building right away.]

Orange Cat: [Okay.]

Angora Cat: [Be cautious and don't believe everything he says.]

Pianning added another line, still not reassured.

Although the junior had the ability to read minds, Bai Mufei himself was a Psychic Ability User. Tampering with one's own mind wouldn't be difficult for him.

Moreover, even if not a Psychic Ability User, it wouldn't be tough for a player to block certain detections with their tricks.

Sometimes you should not completely trust those abilities.

However, although they were unclear if the other side was truly intending to defect, they did not outright reject cooperation but intended to first stabilize the situation.

After all, it was not the right time to cause chaos now.

Other members of the New An Bureau were also lurking in the vicinity, not just relying on the press conference, but also looking to use the time Long Group's Technology Building was open to the public to enter the company's interior for investigation.

Long Group was going to promote their new product, which meant they would surely bring that technology to the site for demonstration.

It remained to be seen where they would place it.

Wei Ya had already taken advantage of her abilities when she entered the building and scanned her invitation code.

However, Long Group is after all a technology company, and breaking their data traps and network firewalls was as difficult as repairing damaged and incomplete files.

The press conference had just begun, and the host of the event took to the stage to make the customary opening remarks before introducing the bio-clones developed by the group.

And it would probably take some time before they got to discussing Spatial Jump Skills.

No matter how impatient everyone was, they had to wait patiently.

...

The entire venue of the press conference was immense, perfectly circular, and comprised of two floors. The stage stood in the center with a platform connected to the floor through passages, and products and personnel were brought up from below by elevators.

The proud nobility still accustomed to looking down from above, those seated on the second floor were basically the most distinguished individuals of the empire, including Long Group's current leader, Long Xunyin, a woman with a cold countenance and an elegant, noble aura.

Perhaps because the significance of this press conference was extraordinary, she rarely made a personal appearance to preside over the event.

Long Xunyin watched the product display below with an expressionless face, her hand holding a wine glass, which she gently brought to her lips for a sip.

Behind her, ten bodyguards stood neatly in line.

It was at this moment that Yin Banqian silently made his way to this compartment.

His steps were almost soundless, and when his gaze swept over the bodyguards, it was quick, trying not to let them notice his scrutiny.

According to that dubious Paradise Bird member, there was an issue with the bodyguards beside the Long Group leader.

And it was even possible that one of them might be a New Human.

Yin Banqian was not responsible for protection, but he had to ensure that the person holding the mission target was in normal condition, and if he could take the opportunity to investigate the whereabouts of the spatial jump skills, so much the better.

After carefully observing these bodyguards, he then focused his attention on the burly man farthest to the right.

Although all ten bodyguards occasionally glanced around to survey the surroundings, the eyes of this man seemed to linger too often on the Long Group leader.

Yin Banqian positioned himself in the corner of the mechanical wall of the compartment, deciding to keep watch from there for the time being.

Besides the bodyguards in the compartment, there was also a male secretary pouring wine for Long Xunyin, preparing food, and softly explaining something while holding an electronic document.

Naturally, Yin Banqian paid more attention to the Long Group leader, yet upon seeing the secretary, he inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity, as if he slightly resembled that junior of his; but upon a closer look, he would find that they didn't actually look that alike and their demeanor was worlds apart.

After all, that junior might not utter a word for half a day when idle, preferring listening over talking, clearly more of an introvert.

But just as Yin Banqian was about to avert his gaze and continue observing the bodyguard, he suddenly hesitated.

Was it an illusion or not, but he could not shake the feeling that the Long Group leader had briefly glanced in his direction while tilting her head to place her wine glass down.

However, when Yin Banqian scrutinized her again, just as before when he felt the person did not resemble his junior, the leader's gaze had no trace of anything unusual.

After a moment of silence, Yin Banqian turned around and directly left the compartment.

Sometimes, one should not doubt one's own judgment.

He walked to a corner and activated his micro-end.

Maine Coon: "[Is the head of the Long Group just an ordinary human? Have there been any strange occurrences?"]

They had actually reviewed the information related to the Long Group a long time ago.

The current total leader of the group was Long Xunyin, a direct descendant of the family with exceptional talent and ability, who stood out from many candidates and took over the group as its representative decades ago.

Under her helm, the Long Group had leaped to become one of the top consortia, known alongside the Deng Corporation and the Morales Group as one of the empire's three titans.

Her information had also been scrutinized by everyone a long time ago.

Therefore, regarding Yin Banqian's query, Pianning expressed doubt:

"[Whether it's the information publicly disclosed, official records, or archives of the New An Bureau, Long Xunyin is indeed just an ordinary human. Have you discovered anything on your side?"]

Maine Coon: "[I was just in her compartment. Strangely, I always felt like she had detected my presence."]

Angora Cat: "[Did your footsteps give you away?]"]

Maine Coon: "[No, I controlled them very well; none of the bodyguards noticed anything odd. It's just her that gave me a peculiar feeling."]

Siamese Cat: "[Did she directly look towards you?]"]

Maine Coon: "[Not precisely. How should I put it, I'm not entirely sure if she was looking in my direction at that moment, but I just had that kind of feeling."]

Siamese Cat: "[Confirmed! You're just super sensitive!]"]

Maine Coon: "[…]"]

Watching Cheng Can's teasing, Yin Banqian wordlessly pulled a wry smile.

To tell the truth, even he couldn't help but become paranoid; if Cheng Can was here, he might have been even more jumpy than Banqian himself!

Perhaps it was indeed worth letting this "radar" come over and give it a try?

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