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At the same time, outside the Technology Building.

Dozens of aircraft circled the skyscraper that resembled a rocket, with searchlights illuminating the silver-gray walls. However, the blockaded Technology Building had become impregnable, with no point of entry.

All electronic signals had lost their effectiveness; it seemed the Technology Building was caught in some sort of strange magnetic field, unable to establish contact.

Representatives from the seven major financial conglomerates had all rushed over. The Long Group's press conference involved many noble powers; it was said that even the Morales Family was prepared to bring over the Interstellar Cannon.

In fact, the New An Bureau had already received a call for help from the officials.

Sometimes, when technology failed to serve its purpose, supernatural abilities could provide an alternative solution. Despite severe tensions between ordinary people and New Humans, the Imperial authorities often shamelessly sought help from the New An Bureau.

Because the New An Bureau was known for its good temper.

Yet this time, there had been no response from anyone at the New An Bureau.

When the officials contacted other members of the New An Bureau through various channels, they only received a "Busy, do not disturb" reply, followed by a complete disregard for their calls.

The headquarters of the New An Bureau had heightened security since their chief was not present, and the deputy chief had just left as well.

Although it was known that Omega had gone to the scene of the Long Group's press conference, presumably to resolve the issue, the others at the New An Bureau didn't plan to sell out their deputy chief's itinerary to please the officials.

Moreover, if the other party knew that the headquarters was currently unattended, and many of its members were out on missions, it might give them ideas.

Therefore, the New An Bureau simply chose to remain silent.

After all, why always indulge that bunch of officials? It's good to let them be anxious to death!

...

The entire square had been sealed off by military forces from all sides.

With the current imperial leaders being incompetent and constantly conceding under the pressure of the seven great families, it was common for nobility to maintain private armies, let alone the seven major financial conglomerates that controlled the empire's economic lifelines.

The Morales Family had indeed brought their warships, and the colossal mechanical behemoth was docked in the area, almost obscuring the entire sky.

Pianning's invisible fighter had blended in with them. Although the aircraft could be detected by radars, the Morales Family's insignia prevented strict scrutiny, and she found an opening to get close to where Yin Banqian was hiding.

"Pianning, can your abilities open that building?" Yin Banqian asked with concern.

"There's a strange magnetic field, I need to try first," Pianning said as she stepped out of the fighter, checking on the still unconscious Wei Ya.

There were still brainwave signals in that body. The fighter contained a medical pod that Pianning had brought especially, and she wanted to see if she could pull Wei Ya's trapped consciousness back.

But just as she lifted Wei Ya into the fighter, the previously still Wei Ya suddenly gasped and woke up with a start!

She opened her eyes abruptly, still showing the undiminished shock within them.

"Wei... Wei Ya?" Pianning was taken aback.

"Captain?"

Upon seeing the face before her, Wei Ya quickly gathered her wits, grabbing Pianning's clothes excitedly, "I have to tell you... Inside, inside there is actually—"

"Calm down," Pianning insisted as she placed Wei Ya in the medical pod anyway.

"I can't calm down! I'm telling you, I saw the Chief of the New An Bureau!" Wei Ya said excitedly, clinging to the pod door.

"Did he rescue you?" Pianning's gaze flickered momentarily.

She remembered the Prophet once saying if the Chief of the New An Bureau was indeed there, then they wouldn't need to worry about their safety anymore.

Wei Ya nodded frantically. "Yes! Yes! But, he's been imprisoned by that crazy woman Long Xunyin!"

Pianning: "...?"

Something seemed off?

She had just heard a earful of gossip about the Chief of the New An Bureau and the head of Long Group from the Prophet, but now what she was hearing was even more explosive. The Chief of the New An Bureau, powerful like a god, was imprisoned by an ordinary person?

Wei Ya was agitated for quite a while before she recounted everything she had seen and heard within the Technology Building.

Long Xunyin did indeed take her hostage to lure out the director of the New An Bureau, and in the Technology Building, there was an incredibly magical laboratory where the New An Bureau director's body lay in a nutritional pod.

Strictly speaking, the director wasn't imprisoned, but his body was shackled.

Moreover, Long Xunyin had invented a device that, once worn, could block the psychic ability of the New An Bureau director and even control the strange energies surrounding that laboratory.

Long Xunyin was indeed not a New Human and did not have a genetic mutation; she had simply attained unbelievable power through science.

As for the outcome in the laboratory, Wei Ya didn't know, as she was sent out by the New An Bureau director. When she regained consciousness, she saw Pianning.

Pianning: "..." She took a bite of a big melon.

No wonder Long Xunyin's gaze at her was so jealous, she probably had some special feelings for that director.

And now she was crazily imprisoning the director's body—was the reason the New An Bureau director had never appeared before, only communicating through mind transmission, precisely this?

"Right, I discovered something else."

After finishing her gossip, Wei Ya completely snapped back to reality, opened her micro-end, and pulled up the virtual image of the Technology Building, zooming in to show everyone its internal structure.

"When I was exploring the Technology Building previously, I discovered that all electronic signals originated from the three hundredth floor, which is why I decided to inspect that area first. But while passing through there, I noticed another issue."

Wei Ya pointed at the mechanical sphere suspended in the middle of the building and continued, "This thing is publicly announced to be just a decorative piece, normally used for displaying advertisements or transmitting messages to the employees within the building.

"But, I didn't feel any electronic data on this object.

"Either it's a non-electronic mechanical thing, or something is blocking my ability to probe."

Pianning, thoughtful, nodded and then asked, "Wei Ya, can you now try to contact someone inside the building?"

They still had two friends trapped inside, and they hadn't managed to get in touch with them.

Upon hearing this, Wei Ya looked towards the window, and, with her eyes closed, attempted for quite a while. Finally, she shook her head helplessly: "No use. It's almost the same feeling as when I was investigating that mechanical sphere. I can't exert any effort."

The entire Technology Building seemed to be isolated from the world, perfectly impregnable!

"I have a speculation."

At this moment, Yin Banqian, who had been silently listening, suddenly spoke up: "Is it possible that what we are looking for has always been right under our noses?"

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The New An Bureau even sent out a psychic, but their "intuition" also failed to work, only knowing that the thing was in the Technology Building.

Frankly, who didn't know that?

Yet they couldn't find it!

If you think about it, could they have been blinded by their own light?

The three people looked at each other. Finally, Pianning, frowning, said, "I'll go try to breach the Technology Building first."

If they couldn't enter, all speculations were futile.

However, they couldn't all go over. Yin Banqian and Wei Ya continued to remain on standby while Pianning, before she left, turned her gaze to the boy trying to shrink into the corner to reduce his presence.

"Arman, come with me." She tried to speak as gently as possible.

"Huh??" However, the boy, whose enthusiasm had faded, was still stunned.

Outside, there were troops everywhere, even starships had flown over, and the sky and the ground were filled with soldiers wielding terrible weapons, the heavy and stagnant atmosphere like the advent of a great battle!

This scene was much like the prelude to war in a video game, easily stirring people's blood to boil!

But he thought he was just here to be an extra...

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