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Chapter 320 Long Group Press Conference

In any case, after getting the information, Pianning quickly regained his confidence, which had been somewhat anxious.

It has to be said that those secretly recruited by Paradise Bird indeed have some abilities, but the New An Bureau is certainly not to be outdone.

Pianning naturally didn't plan to deploy just the five of them.

With such a large organization like the New An Bureau, why wouldn't he utilize it?

Moreover, although the negotiations between the New An Bureau and the authorities were unsuccessful, it's likely that Paradise Bird's dealings with the financial magnates had failed too, and they are currently being hunted down.

However one looks at it, they seem to have the upper hand!

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Huai'an Industrial University.

Xu Shuo was also looking at the information in the compressed file and naturally came across the problem with Paradise Bird's leader.

However, he didn't for a moment consider the idea of moonlighting as the leader of Paradise Bird!

As he had some free time these past few days, Xu Shuo had spent a lot of spiritual power to almost completely organize Professor Li's Memory Palace, and he was confident that he had not missed any related information!

So, the chief of the New An Bureau had absolutely nothing to do with Paradise Bird!

So where exactly did the trigger for this Character Card lie?

Xu Shuo propped his chin, looking listlessly at the deciphered information.

Paradise Bird had recently recruited a New Human with the ability of "Time Reversal"; at first glance, Xu Shuo almost thought he was going back to The Fifth Hospital, but in reality, this was just an auxiliary side tracking ability.

The Ability User could retrospectively envision in their mind what had happened in a certain scene, thereby tracking the whereabouts of the target through the traces left behind by others.

That's how Yin Banqian and Cheng Can were exposed.

While they were tracking Luo Kun, they were actually noticed by the former, who then used this ability to flawlessly reenact all their actions.

Xu Shuo was different, however, as he would teleport with a single key press, completely bypassing the process of walking.

"Time Reversal" could only see him briefly staying in one place and then disappearing suddenly, leaving no trace to follow.

Truly a nifty skill for escaping danger.

...It seemed like a waste to use it only for escaping danger, though.

But in the memories of Professor Li, he had indeed never engaged in combat.

Even though he was playing the hidden chief of the New An Bureau, his daily life was actually quite mundane—saving people, helping by reading prisoners' minds, and then just lesson planning, lecturing, planning, lecturing.

He seemed like a fake chief of the New An Bureau!

The only thing Xu Shuo couldn't understand was why the chief of the New An Bureau had ended up being reborn in Professor Li's body?

What had happened to such a powerful person that led him to switch bodies and live anew?

Was it simply because his time was up?

Xu Shuo, still propping up his chin, began to ponder aimlessly while looking through the materials.

Actually, there was another trigger location for the Character Card, which was the scene of Long Group's press conference, or perhaps in front of that particular technology.

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Two days quickly passed.

On the day of the Long Group's press conference, the stormy winds at Xuyi Port also subsided, providing the citizens, who had endured tornadoes and thunderstorms for several days, with a breather.

The vast central square was bustling, and the stylish advertisements on the six surrounding buildings were all changed to technology videos at this time; as Long Group led the empire's technological and innovative development, its product release event was naturally a sensational affair.

Xu Shuo, as a dinosaur professor of history at the university, didn't really fit in with such a scientific event, but he still entered the venue justifiably.

The one who dragged him along was the same professor from the political science department next to the history department who had once driven Xu Shuo to class in a red sports car.

As for why he was brought along, it was a serendipitous coincidence that didn't need explaining.

The event was held inside a Technology Building constructed by Long Group; the hall was turned into an exhibition center where various modern high-tech products were on display.

The main product launch, however, took place within the venue where only specially invited senior personnel could enter, and others could only watch the broadcast outside.

Xu Shuo glanced over the introduction to the press conference.

This time, it was rumored that Long Group had developed Quantum Memory Technology that could perfectly transfer the consciousness of humans into machines, preventing their spirits from ever growing weary and thus achieving another form of eternal life.

It sounded very... fantastical.

And along with this technology, Bio-Clones were born.

By extracting your memories of a deceased friend, you could transfer those memories into a Bio-Clone, bringing their spirit back to life.

It sounded very... unrealistic.

But the thing humans like most is to dream and look towards the future, so it's best to watch with anticipation.

In addition, Long Group had also prepared a mysterious surprise.

They had another even more shocking and incredible technology, which would be announced to the world at the end of the press conference due to its highly secretive nature; so far, no one had discovered what this surprise actually was.

But the players were almost all clear on it.

If things went as expected, it would probably be the main quest "Spatial Jump Skills."

...

Xu Shuo was not a special invitee, so he couldn't enter the venue and just wandered around the event, where he also saw Wei Ya, who, clutching her boyfriend's arm, walked into the venue.

It wasn't surprising that a young master from the Bray Family, one of the seven major financial conglomerates, had this privilege.

Then, he saw Cheng Can... closely following another young man into the venue.

Simply because Arman's ability was currently effective only within two meters of himself and was more easily detected by those with strong spiritual power, the farther away one was, so he had to stick close by.

As they walked in, hiding behind other people to fool the door's machines, they also had to be careful not to bump into anyone, which could increase their presence.

Yin Banqian, in comparison, had it much easier; his invisibility was absolute and undetectable by any device!

Xu Shuo only saw a blurred figure swaggering in.

So why did they all have to get in there?

Xu Shuo shook his head, his gaze wandering across the entire event space, when suddenly his eyes sharpened, slightly surprised.

As if sensing his gaze, a tall woman surrounded by bodyguards glanced at him fleetingly as she approached the entrance, her fiery red hair and deep blue eyes like an ocean, drawing the attention of many.

The glance Xu Shuo cast her way was hardly noticeable.

But—this was Pianning!

Xu Shuo: "..."

Something... seemed a bit off?

When they were planning the operation in the early hours of the morning, Pianning said she would give them a surprise. Could this be that so-called surprise?

But how could she possibly have left the City in the Sky?!

The look she gave him was slyly provocative, which strangers wouldn't do.

So this really was Pianning!

She must have recognized Xu Shuo, but she didn't come over to say hello. Even the look she had given this way seemed to be just a casual glance at the event space before continuing with a cool demeanor into the venue.

From the looks of it, her status must be high, and those bodyguards appeared to be of military origin.

So now, all four of the friends had made it into the venue, leaving only Xu Shuo, still alone on the outside.

Xu Shuo: "..."

It was quite unexpected.

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