Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 330: The Hunt and the Prey

Countdown 136:30:00.

8:30 AM.

Many people gathered at Quanshu Plaza, all for Shendai Kongyin.

Among the crowd, Nine Provinces Tang Keke looked at Lu Yuan who had blended in, and asked with a smile, "Quite a few people from Kunlun, huh?

Lu Yuan, with a camera hanging around his neck, seemed to be posing as a reporter.

He said expressionlessly, "Nine Provinces has quite a few too, all familiar faces. You guys from Nine Provinces are going to cause trouble; you should at least let us know in advance. What's with all these surprise attacks?

Tang Keke smiled, "We both know it's imminent. Without some special methods to bring out some clues, if Shendai and Koshima's reverse time travel plan succeeds, the Inner World Federation civil war, Li Clan will suffer a great loss. Special times call for special measures, please understand, Kunlun."

"Our goals are the same, it's just that Nine Provinces' methods are not very likable," Lu Yuan said, pursing his lips.

Actually, Shendai Kongyin's popularity in China is not high; after all, she is a niche artistic goddess, and many people haven't even heard of her.

Today is Monday, a workday. Logically, there shouldn't be so many people.

Moreover, Nine Provinces was worried about too many onlookers, so they chose Monday for the event.

However, hundreds of people were gathered in front of the press conference stage at Quanshu Plaza, making it seem lively.

In fact, at least 80% of those hundreds of people were from Nine Provinces and Kunlun; there were hardly any ordinary passersby.

Next to He Jinqiu and Lu Yuan, two onlookers who didn't know what was going on said, "Who's this star, Shendai Kongyin? I've never heard of this name."

"Me neither."

"Then why are so many people here to see her press conference?" the woman wondered.

Another woman glanced at Lu Yuan and the others who were chatting: "Nowadays, celebrities are popular for hiring "shills'. Haven't you seen Douyin? Even the eighteenth-tier stars with no fame hire more bodyguards than fans. These people are definitely shills!"

Lu Yuan: …

Tang Keke: …

At this time, Lu Yuan moved away from the women, then asked Tang Keke, "Isn't it a little too obvious to use Shendai Kongyin to set a trap? The Time Travelers controlled by the Shendai Family aren't stupid; why would they come to kill her in public?

"Because Shendai Kongyin is a cultivator, she has the first half of the Shendai Family's Cultivation methods," Tang Keke glanced at Lu Yuan, "And although she is marginal within the family, she also knows a lot of secrets about the Shendai Family. If you were a member of the Shendai Family, you would also want to kill her. What's more, the Shendai Family and the Koshima family have never been known for their political wisdom; they love assassinations.

Lu Yuan was stunned, "The orthodox Cultivation method?

"Yes," Tang Keke nodded.

"To what level can one cultivate with only the first half?" Lu Yuan asked.

"B-level," Tang Keke said.

Now Lu Yuan understood. Such an important thing is indeed worth the Shendai Family making a big fuss about.

The orthodox Cultivation method is a threshold between B-level and A-level. Everyone finds it difficult to step into A-level. It seems that only after entering A-level can one be considered truly accomplished and extraordinary.

But for most people, for most organizations, having a method that allows Cultivation to the B-level is enough; at least they don't have to take Gene Medicine.

This is also why Lu Yuan went to visit Qing Chen yesterday.

Kunlun needs Cultivation methods.

Lu Yuan looked at Tang Keke and casually asked, "Will Shendai Kongyin give the Cultivation method to Nine Provinces?

Tang Keke said with a smile, "You guess."

…

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There are only 15 minutes left until the press conference begins.

1600 meters away from Quanshu Plaza, outside the Borui Building, a young boy carrying a large toolbox and wearing a baseball cap, dressed in a central air conditioning maintenance uniform, was walking inside.

The work uniform is different from ordinary ones; the cuffs are tightened, and it looks more streamlined, like a training uniform in the army.

The security guard looked at him, "Repairing the air conditioning?

The boy nodded, "Yes, your building's property management asked me to come. They said there was a problem with the air conditioner on the 17th floor."

The security guard was puzzled, "Wait a moment, let me check the memo."

He went to find the appointment registration in the building, and there was indeed an item for air conditioning repair.

The security guard handed a "work permit' to the boy, "Put it around your neck, don't lose it. Return it to me when you leave."

"Okay, thank you," the boy said and walked to the elevator, pressing the button for the 17th floor.

Just as the elevator doors were about to close, several people outside shouted, "Wait a minute."

The boy ignored them and quickly pressed the close button.

As the elevator ascended, he could still hear people outside complaining, "What kind of people are these? There's only one person in the elevator, and they don't wait for us. Forget it, let's wait for another elevator."

The boy waited for the elevator to slowly rise and said into his Bluetooth headset, "I'm almost in position, how are you guys doing?"

A voice came from the headset, "In position."

"In position."

"In position. The press conference is about to begin. The host is warming up the crowd. I see Shendai Kongyin is already made up and ready to go on stage backstage, but it's a little strange here. The atmosphere is really cold."

The boy smiled, "How can it not be cold? The front of the stage is all Nine Provinces and Kunlun people, there are at most twenty or thirty fans."

The elevator reached the 17th floor.

The boy familiarly came to an empty meeting room, as if he was already familiar with the terrain here.

He opened the window of the meeting room, which had a clear view of Quanshu Plaza.

This is opposite Quanshu Plaza, the only building that can be used as a sniper point. Although it is a bit far from the plaza, the 1600-meter distance is already "easy' for Qing Chen.

Quanshu Plaza has a large area, and there is a square artificial Kaiyuan Lake opposite it.

Kaiyuan Lake is not large, and it used to have the largest music fountain in Asia.

The music fountain only opens once every Saturday night, so many residents of Luo City like to gather here on Saturday nights to watch the fountain with their children.

However, the music fountain was quiet at the moment.

At this moment, the host on the stage of the press conference felt as if he had encountered the Waterloo of his life.

No matter how he warmed up the crowd, told jokes, and created atmosphere, the audience just looked at him calmly.

They would occasionally look around.

No one laughed, no one listened carefully to what he said.

You should know that this host was invited from a certain satellite TV station. His appearance fee alone is 200,000.

To be honest, the host also felt strange when he came.

Press conferences are usually held indoors, with a lot of media reporters and cameras flashing.

However, the media reporters here hung their cameras around their necks, seemingly having no intention of taking pictures.

What he didn't know was that among the more than 20 news reporters at this press conference, only four or five were real reporters; the others were from Nine Provinces and Kunlun pretending to be reporters.

In addition, even if an event is held, it is usually held in the afternoon or evening, when there will be more people, but the organizer of this event is very strange; they insist on holding it early in the morning.

The famous host looked at the sparse hundreds of people in the square, feeling a wave of frustration.

This is probably the strangest press conference he has ever attended in his life.

In fact, the reason why Nine Provinces invited him was also to raise the "profile' of Shendai Kongyin. Although this is a hunting operation, Shendai Kongyin is also really going to make a comeback, so the press conference cannot be too shabby.

At least, when the report is spread online, this famous host can raise the grade.

Tang Keke in the crowd suddenly felt something was wrong. She said in the communication channel, "Everyone cooperate and smile, don't make it too cold, make it look lively."

Just then, seeing that the atmosphere couldn't be warmed up, the famous host simply said, "It seems that everyone is here for Shendai Kongyin, you can't wait to see her, so…"

"Hahahahahahaha."

"Hahahahahahaha."

The famous host looked at the group of stiffly fake-laughing audience, and was immediately devastated.

Are you guys slow to react? I told a joke ten minutes ago, and you guys laughed ten minutes later?

However, Tang Keke had already noticed something was wrong. She said in the communication channel, "Boss, so far, no Shendai Family assassins have appeared. Could it be that the other party has retreated?

He Jinqiu's voice sounded in the communication channel, "Are there any abnormalities in the nearby buildings?

"No," Tang Keke said, "There are no suspicious people in the places we have deployed, and there are no abnormalities at any sniper points."

"Are there any other sniper points?

"No more. Any further away would be the Borui Building, 1600 meters away. But that kind of distance would require an anti-materiel sniper rifle to ensure effective range; that thing has a barrel of more than a meter long, it's impossible to bring it in," Tang Keke said, "Unless the Boss of Daybreak is hired by Shendai and personally takes action."

Lu Yuan looked at Tang Keke, "The Boss of Daybreak won't be hired by Shendai. Everyone knows he has a grudge against Shendai, and he just sabotaged Shendai Tongwu's plan."

He Jinqiu fell into thought, "Maybe they didn't come for us today."

On the 17th floor of the Borui Building, the young boy Qing Chen put the toolbox aside and quietly looked at Quanshu Plaza.

His extraordinary hearing had already heard the footsteps of several people, which were echoing in the corridor outside the meeting room.

It's like a faint killing intent.

Qing Chen, dressed in a central air conditioning repair uniform, still looked out of the window, and said in the communication channel, "It seems that in the eyes of the Shendai Family, our hatred value is higher than Shendai Kongyin's."

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