I can travel to the past and the future

Chapter 137 Taking Action (1.25 words)

In the drizzling autumn rain, Ms. Daisy was driving to the Tiandu Branch of the Public Security Bureau when she finally dialed Director Fan's number.

She wasn't particularly close to Director Fan; they had only met a few times in the past because of their work at the school.

Deputy Director Zhang does have a good relationship with Yu Jin, but—there's no need for that yet.

She was going anyway, so it would be good to let him know beforehand. However, when she tried to call Qiao Yuan, the line was busy.

It's already 37 minutes, and we've covered more than half the distance. We're almost there, and there's not much time left until the meeting at 17:50 that Qiao Yuan mentioned earlier.

Even if she didn't think Qiao Yuan was lying to her—

But I always have a lot on my mind.

Daisy's expression suddenly hardened as she recalled that Wednesday evening after school when Qiao Yuan had suddenly inquired about cult members for her.

At the time, she didn't think much of it and even mentioned the Night Messenger and special forbidden techniques to draw the other party's attention.

"Could it be that he went to find it himself? This kid, how could he be so impulsive? No—no, it should be that he was also being watched, but as a condition, Gavin Girard wanted him to betray me—"

She gradually came to understand, but the recording also mentioned Director Fan, making the whole matter seem shrouded in mystery and difficult for her to unravel.

The call was answered very quickly.

Daisy directly identified herself: "Yes, he just met me at school and said he wanted to meet you, and that I could come if I was interested."

On the other end of the phone, Director Fan was listening to the conversation between Qiao Yuan and Veronica. Despite having experienced many ups and downs, he was gradually being lured into a tug-of-war by Qiao Yuan.

"It's alright, just come over." She finally accepted Daisy's invitation.

At the same time, Qiao Yuan casually replied to Veronica's questioning, "Big sister, don't cause trouble for no reason. Wait a minute," and then gestured to indicate that he wanted to use the restroom in Director Fan's office.

He then went inside and turned on the flush button on the smart toilet and the faucet in the sink, deliberately creating an environment that would mask the noise.

The scene unfolding before and after left both Director Fan and Yan Baobao somewhat stunned.

It seems like there's an undercover agent standing in front of them!

But even the well-informed Director Fan hesitated to openly pull such a stunt.

"Are you sick? What kind of place is this to be making a phone call? You like to spy on me so much, don't you know what I'm like every day?"

"Go straight home after school, stay home all evening, don't go out and find something to do, how are you going to create problems?"

"A while ago, I participated in my sister's mission to investigate the Huanghun Group's factory, which was arranged by Director Fan. Can't I ask for a similar one?"

"You're just an old woman who relays messages. If tonight weren't the big day of my career promotion, you wouldn't have answered my call at all, you idiot."

Outside the restroom, Director Fan frowned and quickly and silently closed the doors and windows.

She still didn't understand what Qiao Yuan was doing, but it seemed that Qiao Yuan had another identity!

Especially Daisy's phone call just now.

Yan Baobao blinked slightly, and for the first time felt a bit unfamiliar with Qiao Yuan. It seemed that the other party had been hiding something from her.

At that moment, Qiao Yuan gradually dispelled Veronica's displeasure, but she was still annoyed: "Then why did you have to choose the evening?"

"What a joke! No wonder Simon said you're brainless. When I meet with the director, who sets the time—me or him?"

"You want evidence? I'll send you the recording of last night's call in a bit. But think it over first. This time, I want a public apology from you. Do you dare? What right does a piece of trash like you have to work for Lord Simon?"

His voice grew increasingly shrill, arrogant like a young lion, each word pressing Veronica and showing her no respect whatsoever.

Especially at such crucial moments, he demonstrated his innocence and righteousness!

Veronica, on the other side, was completely stunned by Qiao Yuan's tone. She felt a surge of anger in her heart, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became, but she dared not easily agree.

She lost all face last night!

She had been keeping an eye on him these past few days, and it was true that most of the time he went straight home after school, and only occasionally did he go out to buy things.

It's either the Supernova flagship store, or buying mechs, cars, or going to a prosthetic clinic, etc.

That's it.

I have to issue tasks later, a ton of things to do.

There are still more than four hours left until tonight's plan. We'll figure it out then!

Veronica ignored Qiao Yuan's taunts and immediately hung up, saying, "You brat! You've embarrassed me time and time again. You just wait until tonight."

Qiao Yuan also put down the phone, and then calmly turned off the toilet and the sink.

"Who was that just now?" Director Fan asked coldly, "What mission? What surveillance?"

She did admire Qiao Yuan, but you can only know a person's face, not their heart, so she had to be wary.

If it weren't for Ms. Daisy's special phone call to her earlier, and the fact that she was on her way here, she would have already sent Qiao Yuan straight into the interrogation room!

This scene was really too abnormal, even if the other party was her disciple Yan Baobao's younger brother.

Just as the baby was about to speak, Qiao Yuan said calmly, "Is this place soundproof?"

Suppressing his displeasure, Director Fan pursed his lips and said, "Speak up, stop hiding it."

Qiao Yuan nodded as he looked at the tightly closed doors and windows. In fact, he had been here before during the timeline incident and had carefully checked the place. Director Fan's office was indeed impregnable, especially in terms of soundproofing.

But the best one is the private interrogation room on the right side of Director Fan's office, which is so well-equipped that even the signal can be completely blocked.

He pointed with his finger.

At this moment, seeing that Qiao Yuan was only willing to go into the interrogation room to explain the situation, Director Fan frowned even more and asked, "What did you just say to Teacher Daisy?"

Yan Baobao gritted her teeth slightly: "It must be those bad guys who threatened Qiao Yuan! Don't be afraid, just tell me, and I'll help you catch them."

Qiao Yuan smiled broadly. He was wearing a dark red fire phoenix mecha. He walked up to the baby and shook his head slightly: "It's alright, come in. Let me explain slowly."

As he spoke, he took the initiative to walk into the interrogation room. This turn of events was completely beyond Director Fan's expectations, and it was quite similar to the plot of a peerless villain choosing to surrender himself.

But she was, after all, a seasoned branch director who was good at thinking and not an impulsive brute. If we look at it from another angle, does it mean that the matter Qiao Yuan was about to entrust was unimaginably big?

She followed Qiao Yuan into the interrogation room and tapped a few times on the holographic panel next to her.

Yan Baobao saw that her master had immediately activated the interference and shielding mode, an operation usually only used when interrogating serious criminals.

At this point, Qiao Yuan only relaxed slightly after seeing the interrogation room door slowly close.

The area inside isn't large, but it's not small either; it can accommodate about ten people.

All around, the ceiling and the floor were made of a single piece of high-strength silver-gray alloy, exuding a cool and aloof feel. Bright white fluorescent lights were on, and sitting here made me feel a chill.

Actually, his initial idea was to invite Director Fan and Ms. Daisy to his home.

But last night it was proven that he had been under Veronica's surveillance the whole time, which is inappropriate.

He even anticipated that Veronica would call when he entered the Tiandu branch.

This is the final game.

He won.

This completely dispelled the other party's concerns.

"Speak, no one here will notice," Director Fan said slowly as he sat down in front of him.

Qiao Yuan smiled and said, "Wait a little longer, until Teacher Daisy arrives. Also, my friend Hu Tu and his girlfriend Qin Xue are on their way."

Director Fan frowned again.

Yan Baobao frowned and said, "What are they doing here? What happened? Tell me!"

"It is indeed a bit troublesome. I will tell them everything when they arrive."

After saying this, Qiao Yuan stopped talking.

For the first time, the interrogation room felt so peaceful; only here could I find a sense of security that felt like home.

Moreover, this is not an ordinary interrogation room; it is an interrogation room inside Director Fan's office.

Director Fan's lips twitched slightly, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, deciding to wait a little longer.

Yan Baobao didn't say anything more.

While waiting for Teacher Daisy, Hu Tu, and Qin Xue, Qiao Yuan was very relaxed.

They already knew everything about Simon's plans for the night; now it was his turn.

He also has plans, and more than one.

For example, Ms. Daisy just called Director Fan, which is part of the plan!

Even if he hadn't spoken to Veronica earlier, he would have hung up on Ms. Daisy.

He wanted Ms. Daisy to take the initiative to contact the Tiandu branch.

At the same time, he was not afraid that Daisy would reveal it.

Because Gavin Girard was someone Daisy was willing to kill at all costs; they were sworn enemies.

Then the other party certainly wouldn't reveal it easily, and they don't have any evidence either; they just heard it through a Bluetooth headset.

This will indirectly make Director Fan accept his subsequent evidence more quickly.

Simply put, he was trying to make the story more convincing by using a third party.

It just so happens that Ms. Daisy's enemy, Gavin Girard, has a close relationship with Simon. These are not two separate things; they are one and the same thing from beginning to end.

This includes Mingming meeting with Director Fan at 17:30 PM, but he deliberately told Teacher Daisy that it was 50 points.

This approach allowed for a certain amount of time to transition, and also revealed his true purpose.

Hutu was the same, because he had also attended that birthday party before.

Actually, he didn't want to bring Qin Xue.

They can easily become a burden.

However, Hu Tu's involvement could potentially turn Qin Xue into a hostage coerced by Simon's side if the situation escalates.

After all, Simon is capable of anything.

Rather than letting a potentially significant hidden danger go unchecked, it's better to take it all in at once.

As Qiao Yuan was thinking, Daisy's knocking on the door gradually brought him back to reality.

The time is 17:43.

Director Fan gestured for the baby to go and greet them.

Daisy Emilia, 26 years old, fifth-order Destiny Light Sequence [Domineering] level, special-grade teacher at Galaxy University, one of the university's former geniuses, apprenticed under Grandmaster Qinghong, and has a good chance of being promoted to associate professor.

As the director of the Tiandu branch of the Public Security Bureau, which oversees the area, she was very familiar with the other party's information.

These were all Qiao Yuan's requests; according to her habits, the more important the matter, the fewer people should know about it.

But it seemed from Qiao Yuan's tone that these three people were all very important.

Soon, Yan Baobao and Teacher Daisy entered the interrogation room together.

Qiao Yuan smiled at Ms. Daisy.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Director Fan, Ms. Daisy felt reassured. Not only had Qiao Yuan not lied to her, but it seemed that there really was something extremely important to be discussed in this interrogation room.

"Please wait a little longer, Ms. Daisy and Director Fan. Hu Tu and the others will be here soon."

"Hmm," Director Fan didn't say anything more.

Ms. Daisy sighed, sitting down next to Qiao Yuan and gently moving the corners of her mouth. "Don't rush, but no matter what, you can't act impulsively. This is my business, Yu Jin's business, understand?"

"What is it?" Director Fan asked calmly.

Seeing this, Ms. Daisy took a deep breath and said, "Just now, Qiao Yuan played me a recording. He was truly the worst Night Apostle, and also the murderer of my master, but it seems—"

She didn't finish her sentence, but instead looked at Qiao Yuan.

Qiao Yuan smiled and said, "It's alright, Teacher Daisy, recording is a minor matter."

His riddle-like words surprised Director Fan, Bao Bao, and Teacher Daisy.

"This—this is still a small matter?" The more Ms. Daisy thought about it, the more creeped out she felt.

She always thought that what Qiao Yuan wanted to talk to Director Fan about was that recording.

It seems there are even bigger ones?!

Yan Baobao's expression was already solemn; this was the first time she had seen Qiao Yuan like this.

In my memory, Qiao Yuan was good at planning ahead and would prepare for any potential problems in advance.

So today—

The answer gradually came to her.

Director Fan didn't ask any further questions; someone at her level would naturally have sensed something was very wrong.

The Nightbringer is at least at the fifth rank, and a fifth-rank cultist is never a trivial matter!

However, in Qiao Yuan's eyes, this seemed to be nothing at all, insignificant.

Let's wait a little longer.

At this moment, Qiao Yuan raised his phone and said to Director Fan, "There's no signal inside. I want to go out and see if Hu Tu has made any calls or sent any text messages."

Director Fan didn't speak, but he acquiesced.

Qiao Yuan stepped out of the interrogation room and glanced at his phone. Sure enough, there were missed calls and text messages from Hu Tu.

It seems we've arrived.

He sent the message to Hu Tu on the way, around 5:10 PM. It's 5:46 PM now, so it should be time in half an hour.

It only took seven or eight minutes to get into the interrogation room, but we didn't run into Ms. Daisy. That was really slow.

However, Hutu's place is indeed quite far from here, and there's a lot of traffic at this time of day. He just experienced it yesterday, and it was alright; he made it in time.

At this moment, Qiao Yuan said to Yan Baobao, "Baobao, could you please go downstairs and pick up Hu Tu and the others? I won't be going down."

Yan Baobao nodded, then got up and left the interrogation room, quickly walking out of the office.

As she stepped off the elevator, she looked ahead and saw Hu Tu and Qin Xue standing in the lobby on the first floor, holding their phones and looking somewhat lost.

Just as Qin Xue was about to say something, she saw Yan Baobao, and a smile immediately appeared on her face. At the same time, she pulled Hu Tu forward and said, "It's the class monitor."

"Huh? Oh, it's here." Hu Tu looked over quickly and finally relaxed a lot.

He had been trying to call Qiao Yuan, but couldn't get through because the line was busy, which made him very anxious.

Yan Baobao smiled at Qin Xue but didn't say anything. She then led the two of them into the elevator.

Qin Xue and Hu Tu were used to it.

Regardless, Qin Xue was in a very good mood, at least Hu Tu and Qiao Yuan didn't intend to keep anything from her.

On the other hand, Hu Tu just mentioned that coming together this time might make a certain contribution to the main city by bringing their parents to the main city.

Because of this incident, Qin Xue has cried many times from yesterday to today.

This is now her only obsession!

A short while later, Bao Bao led them back to Director Fan's office and into the interrogation room.

Qin Xue looked at her strangely.

Hu Tu was even more surprised to see that their homeroom teacher, Ms. Daisy, was among them.

In addition, there's Qiao Yuan in his dark red mecha suit; he's gone to get new equipment again.

"Hello, teacher," he nodded to Daisy, feeling a little awkward because Daisy was also a strong and beautiful woman.

Daisy smiled and said, "Come in."

She still had a good impression of Hu Tu from school. Hu Tu had climbed from the bottom of the class during the initial military training to the middle level, showing considerable potential.

After all, the students in the Yaoguang Class are all geniuses.

She had seen Hu Tu's college entrance examination results and thought it was remarkable that he could make steady progress among these geniuses.

This time, Qiao Yuan also gave Hu Tu and Qin Xue a formal introduction: "This is Director Fan of the Tiandu Branch, Yan Baobao's mentor. This is my and Hu Tu's homeroom teacher, Teacher Daisy."

He then introduced Hu Tu's girlfriend to Director Fan and Teacher Daisy: "Her name is Qin Xue. She studies at Yaoguang University. We used to be in Class 4 of Huanxi Prefecture's No. 1 High School. She was the class representative back then and helped Bao Bao a lot."

Director Fan also smiled slightly.

After watching Hu Tu and Director Fan get acquainted with each other, Qiao Yuan took a deep breath: "I know everyone is very confused, and even my sister doesn't know anything about this."

He continued, his gaze grave: "Because this isn't just one thing, it's a catastrophe."

Before the words were even finished, Director Fan and Ms. Daisy felt a chill run down their spines, a bad feeling creeping over them.

Yan Baobao frowned.

Hu Tu and Qin Xue were even more confused.

At this point, Qiao Yuan gestured to Bao Bao to turn on the lie detector in the interrogation room.

Yan Baobao was somewhat surprised: "What?"

Director Fan frowned even more, but ultimately turned on the lie detector.

She looked very serious. What could have caused Qiao Yuan to request a lie detector test?

This is more than just abnormal—

She had never even considered this possibility!

Hu Tu and Qin Xue stared in surprise, but said nothing.

After watching the lie detector start up, Qiao Yuan first took out his phone and tapped a few times to replay the recording he had just given to Teacher Daisy.

In the closed interrogation room, which was about 10 square meters in size, as the recording was played out, the expressions on the faces of Yan Baobao, Director Fan, Hu Tu, and Qin Xue all changed.

Even though Daisy had heard it before, she still instinctively clenched her fists when she heard it again.

The baby suddenly spoke up: "You want me to frame and kill Director Fan? What do you mean? Qiao Yuan, tell me the truth now, are they threatening you?!"

Director Fan looked at Qiao Yuan with a serious expression: "The mission you mentioned to that woman on the phone just now, is this it? Who is she?"

Her professional acumen honed over the years had allowed her to deduce some possibilities.

Hu Tu was completely stunned. Although he had considered some possibilities, he hadn't expected that both Director Fan and Teacher Daisy were being targeted. How could this be?

He finally understood why Qiao Yuan had chosen to remain silent about this matter, never mentioning it to Yan Baobao, and never wanting to involve him in it.

Qin Xue was speechless.

It seems that what Hutu just told her about as good news wasn't so good after all; at the very least, it was quite dangerous.

At the same time, Qiao Yuan calmly stated, "She is Veronica, the assassin queen who repeatedly tried to harm me, Simon's subordinate. You should be familiar with her."

As he spoke, he opened the recording of his recent call with Veronica.

The baby sucked on the lollipop for a moment, his bewilderment deepening in his eyes, along with a strong anger.

She has never been interested in anything except Qiao Yuan.

This was the first time in her life that Qiao Yuan had hidden the truth from her, and it seemed to be quite serious.

Everyone involved in the Caesar case knew about Simon, having seen the files outside the city.

"He's asking for it!" Baby sneered.

"Simon? Is it really him?" Hu Tu exclaimed instinctively, then looked at Qiao Yuan with concern and said, "They've been threatening you, haven't they? I know, you haven't said anything since that birthday party."

Director Fan looked thoughtful. She was familiar with the name Simon, but she didn't expect him to appear again.

Yan Baobao then asked Hu Tu, "What birthday party? Tell me quickly, tell me everything."

After glancing at Qiao Yuan, Hu Tu recounted in detail the events of that day: going to Kinriel Street with Jack, meeting Veronica, and attending Karen Francis's centennial birthday banquet at the Silver Scale Palace in Chang'an District.

Yan Baobao and Director Fan both looked rather embarrassed, and Teacher Daisy was also quite surprised.

Qin Xue bit her lip: "Why aren't you saying anything? It's such a big deal."

Hu Tu shook his head: "When I first said I wanted to find Yan Baobao, Qiao Yuan refused. He said it was a very big deal and told me not to get involved."

"Thinking back on it now, it was clearly Veronica who deliberately used me to blackmail Qiao Yuan!"

Qiao Yuan then spoke up from the side: "Director Fan, I know these things have had a great impact on you. The reason I requested to activate the lie detector earlier was to tell you that every word that follows is very serious."

Director Fan nodded slightly: "Please continue."

If the lie detector hadn't consistently shown normal readings, even if Qiao Yuan were Yan Baobao's younger brother and their Tiandu branch's lucky star, she wouldn't have believed it immediately and would have taken the initiative to investigate later.

Looking back now, Qiao Yuan really meant well.

The boy before her was still the same as she remembered, unchanged.

But Qiao Yuan didn't speak. Instead, he glanced at the time, which was already 17:52 PM.

Yes, there's still time.

He immediately began, "Let me start from the beginning. It all stems from the Caesar case. Because I intercepted Lina and obtained a quantum hard drive from Caesar, I was subsequently targeted by Simon and Veronica, leading to several incidents, which I'm sure Director Fan is aware of."

"Just now, Ms. Daisy asked me how I got to know them and how we became so close. It's because they've been trying to recruit me, wanting me to be their undercover agent in the Tiandu branch to carry out their plans."

"I haven't told Yan Baobao or any of you guys because I discovered an extremely terrifying disaster on this quantum hard drive!"

Qiao Yuan took out the quantum hard drive from his pocket and continued, "This belongs to Caesar. It contains a plan called Project Night, an evil catastrophe led by Simon and other Night cultists!"

His few words contained a wealth of information that left Daisy, Director Fan, and even the baby speechless.

Hu Tu's eyes lit up: "This is—oh my god, isn't this the hard drive I helped you crack the password for when I went to your house before?"

"That's right." Qiao Yuan nodded and said, "At first I wanted to expose it, but I gave up. I am guilty."

"What's inside?" Yan Baobao rarely showed such keen interest in something.

Ms. Daisy comforted him, saying, "Don't say that to Qiao Yuan. You've already shown a lot of courage. You were facing cultists, and they were even at the level of the Nightbringers. I understand your predicament."

Director Fan pondered with extreme seriousness, "Operation Night? I've heard about it many years ago, but I've never been able to find out anything specific about it, nor have I seen any clues."

Without hesitation, Qiao Yuan handed the quantum hard drive to Director Fan: "Take a look for yourselves."

He glanced at the time again as he spoke.

At this moment, Director Fan took the hard drive and, after obtaining the password provided by Qiao Yuan, projected the contents onto the desktop in a holographic manner.

In less than a minute, after they opened the folder one after another, everyone, including Yan Baobao, was frozen in place for several seconds.

Qin Xue had initially been only surprised, but now she was trembling with fear. If this weren't the Tiandu Branch Police Station, specifically the interrogation room inside the chief's office, with a lie detector on and the chief himself right beside her—

She would definitely think it's all fake.

Hu Tu exclaimed in disbelief, "What?! They have undercover agents in over 100 branches across six major districts: Sunset District, North Sea District, Weilen New District, Chang'an District, Garden District, and Yunxi District? How is that possible?"

Baby's eyes gleamed as she quickly pointed out from the undercover files: "This is Sean! Chief Inspector Richard's adopted son, and this Pan Bing from the Willen New District, I've seen them before—"

Director Fan's brows were furrowed into a deep frown.

Not only did the lie detector work perfectly, but when the data was compared with the instruments in the interrogation room, the time was before Qiao Yuan arrived in the main city, and there were no traces of subsequent modifications; it was all genuine.

The more real it seemed, the more uneasy she felt. She suddenly remembered the death of Chief Inspector Richard's son years ago, and how Sean had successfully taken over.

There are many other things that correspond to the people in these undercover agents.

Those things that she couldn't find fault with at the time, but now, upon closer reflection, all seem a bit off, constantly challenging her rationality.

But she still couldn't accept what this undercover agent, who was involved in six major regions, was up to.

Ms. Daisy was also surprised; the Nighttime Plans described in the content were shockingly large.

She suddenly understood everything Qiao Yuan had just done; it was simply too exaggerated!

"Qiao Yuan, don't be afraid. Behind you is not only the Tiandu Branch Bureau, not only your sister, but also the entire Galaxy University."

"This matter is completely beyond your scope, and even beyond my and Director Fan's scope. I'll call the director of the teaching affairs office right now."

Qiao Yuan appreciated Daisy's concern, but he still stopped her, saying, "Wait, this matter is very serious and cannot be spread rashly."

For the first time, Director Fan agreed with Qiao Yuan's point of view: "Let me take another look and think about it some more."

Before we knew it, it was already 17:57 PM.

Qiao Yuan suddenly stood up, took out his phone and said, "Director Fan, I need to go outside to wait for a call. Please don't say anything, just listen."

Director Fan nodded: "Do we need to monitor the situation?"

"No need, don't do anything." Qiao Yuan shook his head very seriously.

Director Fan did not say anything more about this.

After arriving outside the interrogation room, Qiao Yuan sat down on a chair nearby.

Three-minute countdown.

He closed his eyes and waited quietly.

Hu Tu wanted to say something but swallowed it back, and continued to study the details of the Night Plan with Yan Baobao and the others, becoming more and more terrified as they looked at it.

Wait until 6 PM sharp.

About 10 seconds later, Qiao Yuan's phone rang, instantly attracting the attention of everyone, including Bao Bao, who all looked over.

Qiao Yuan waited five or six seconds, and the phone rang for a while before he answered. He didn't turn on speakerphone.

The office was quiet, and the baby and the dinner party were very close by. Due to the characteristics of the sublimated beings and their powerful perception of subtle details, they could hear clearly now.

"You need to be on your toes tonight at 10 PM when the Night Operation is fully launched in all six districts. You can't afford to make any mistakes, or if something goes wrong, Lord Simon will abandon you and your sister."

Veronica's first sentence caused Director Fan and Ms. Daisy's expressions to change drastically.

Yan Baobao was furious.

Hu Tu and Qin Xue didn't dare to breathe too loudly, afraid that any action would alert the other side.

"Why aren't you saying anything? Why is it so quiet over there?" Veronica quickly questioned.

This doubtful remark instantly made Yan Baobao and Director Fan worry about Qiao Yuan. Their hearts were in their throats, but there was nothing they could do.

Ms. Daisy, Hu Tu, Qin Xue, and the others were also sweating bullets at this moment.

Qiao Yuan snorted dismissively, his expression one of utter disgust: "Are you an idiot?"

"You!" Veronica was furious.

"Such an important matter? I need to find a secluded place and wait for your call a few minutes in advance. Don't you know I'm still at the Tiandu branch? As long as I know, that's enough, isn't it? Besides, everything you're saying is nonsense, all of it, it's annoying to listen to."

"Shut up, you brat!"

Veronica gritted her teeth, trying to suppress her anger, and emphasized, "Listen carefully, before 10 p.m. tonight, go to the Black Rose Pawnshop below the White Jade Station. Use the excuse of seeing a Night Messenger to lure your sister and Director Fan over after the power outage. There will be a genetically modified team here to carry out a decapitation operation, and you two siblings will have to help dispose of the bodies."

"You are the first batch of undercover agents to start the operation at 10 o'clock. Failure is not an option."

Qiao Yuan seemed to have sensed something, and quickly set an anchor point to enter the past timeline.

[Anchor point: Details of Veronica's arrangement.]

[Time: One hour ago.]

Looking at the river of time before him, he felt for the first time that he had grasped an extremely crucial clue.

He initially thought the actions would be simultaneous, but now that they are being carried out in batches, he has more time to deploy a progressively unfolding plan.

If we can control the process of this batch, we can minimize the risks and then truly defeat them one by one, killing all the undercover agents we saw in last night's meeting.

Then, when he reappeared, it was in the study of Simon Manor.

This time he saw more details.

In Simon's plan, the first batch was their Sunset District, including Baiyun Branch, Tiandu Branch, Mingyue Branch, Lingyun Branch, etc. The plan was to have undercover agents notify the chiefs to come and then carry out the decapitation operation.

The second batch is the Weilen New Area.

However, in each batch, one-third of the branches will be left unattended for backstabbing. The remaining branches in the Sunset District and William New District will be targeted in the third batch, and several will be targeted simultaneously, which will speed up the process.

Basically, things will be gradually disrupted.

Fortunately, he possessed a photographic memory and a memory corridor, and now, at a glance, he had a complete grasp of the operation and could recite it fluently.

Furthermore, he also obtained their route for attacking the backup power station, as well as other details.

Qiao Yuan remained calm and read through the entire document. Only after finding nothing of interest did he choose to return to reality.

Now we really know everything about them!

After Veronica finished her long-winded explanation, she hung up on Qiao Yuan immediately.

"Heh," Qiao Yuan said, slowly moving the phone a few centimeters away from his ear before putting it away.

He calmly returned to the interrogation room, sat down in his original chair, and looked at the various expressions of astonishment on the faces of Yan Baobao, Director Fan, Teacher Daisy, Hu Tu, and Qin Xue. He coughed twice and said, "It will start tonight. Their plan is a massive blackout, a complete blackout in all six districts. They will also attack backup power stations in various locations."

"The most serious aspect of this catastrophe is that tonight, all undercover operations in all six district precincts will be part of a coordinated decapitation strike to disrupt order. Whether it's Sean or Lu Bohan, they will all be transformed into the new chiefs after this operation!"

"What you see on the hard drive is just information about them as undercover agents, but Simon has never been training undercover agents. Instead, he's been training a whole new generation of puppet bureau chiefs. What they want is to completely control one-third of the grassroots forces in the Third Main City, so they can use this to deal with Legalist Heavy Industry and the growing strength of the Night Church. The scope of this is so vast that I don't even know everything."

The interrogation room was extremely quiet for a moment.

"As for how I ended up with them—"

Director Fan immediately interrupted, "No need to say anything more, not for now. Time is running out. I need to make preparations immediately to deal with this terrorist attack."

Ms. Daisy took a deep breath and said, "I have to inform Galaxy University. Qiao Yuan, don't overthink it. You haven't done anything wrong or committed any crime."

Yan Baobao remained silent, but her eyes were already blazing with fury, ready to unleash a massacre.

Last time, Veronica escaped through a car accident. This time, she must catch her herself, and kill her if necessary!

Hu Tu gritted his teeth and said, "Qiao Yuan, I'm ready. Leave the neural network stuff to me, but I want Qin Xue to come along. I want her to get some credit too. Is that alright?"

"Okay," Qiao Yuan agreed to Hu Tu, then quickly stopped Director Fan and Teacher Daisy: "Wait, let's not plan to contact anyone yet."

Director Fan frowned: "Is there anything else you want to say? You need to understand that time is tight."

"I know time is tight!"

Qiao Yuan emphasized, "But the problem is, Simon asked me to infiltrate the Tiandu branch, but who am I? I'm just a college student. And Sean? He's a captain. And Lu Bohan? He's always following Chief York on missions!"

His words made Director Fan sit back down. As for Ms. Daisy, dealing with smart people never requires detailed explanations; they understand immediately.

"I understand what you mean." Director Fan couldn't help but raise his hand to rub his temples. "These 100-plus undercover agents from the branch offices all hold high-ranking or key positions within the bureau and have already gained a great deal of authority. If I contact them rashly, I will alert them."

"That's right!" Qiao Yuan licked his lips. "We definitely need to contact them, and we definitely need to make preparations, but it can't be in the normal way."

"And we must make choices—"

Director Fan frowned and asked, "Choose one?"

Yan Baobao remained silent; she had no interest in plans or arrangements at the moment.

All she wants to do right now is kill!

Kill Simon, Veronica, and everyone else who has an impact on Qiao Yuan!

Daisy seemed to have guessed Qiao Yuan's deeper meaning: "You can't talk nonsense, kid. There are still three or four hours left. There's still time. We can still salvage the situation."

Qiao Yuan shook his head and said, "In that case, it would be my sister and me who die. If the news gets out from here, it must be related to me."

Silence fell in the interrogation room once again.

They clearly had the evidence and the absolute advantage, but it seemed they could only wait.

Hu Tu and Qin Xue exchanged glances, both seeing the complexity in each other's eyes. Finally, Hu Tu spoke up: "Don't worry, there's definitely a way."

Director Fan pondered, "Actually, Qiao Yuan is right. I know all of the more than one hundred branch bureau chiefs in these six districts, but I am familiar with less than half of them, and I only have a good relationship with about ten of them."

"Putting aside the possibility of being discovered by undercover agents from other precincts, just calling on people in my name is difficult. Chief York and Chief Richard are fine, but it's hard to persuade people with whom I have a slightly less close relationship in a short time."

"Yes, even if I convince them all, once the news spreads, if even one of the branch chiefs takes action in private, it will immediately alert the enemy."

"Let me think about it some more."

"If you get thirsty, there is hot water, tea, and coffee in the office."

Qiao Yuan thought for a moment and then spoke up: "My initial plan was to launch a counterattack after 10 o'clock, using this as an opportunity to pass on to other branches, control all those undercover agents, and then launch a surprise attack on the heart of the enemy."

"In this case, someone will definitely have to make sacrifices, but there will always be choices to be made."

"I don't really care about my own safety. At worst, I can just keep living at school. But what about Yan Baobao? What about Hu Tu? What about Qin Xue? You can't kill all the bad guys. The enemy is in the dark. This will keep them on the defensive and keep me in an extremely dangerous situation at all times."

Ms. Daisy fell silent as she listened: "What you said makes sense, but there are two people I still need to inform. They are absolutely trustworthy."

"Which two?"

"One is Deputy Director Zhang, whom you've already met. He knows many of Yu Jin's friends. The other is Associate Professor Li, a member of the Deep Space Club and also the first love of my master, Grandmaster Qing Hong."

"Instead of the inconvenient phone communication, I think it would be better to call them both to the station."

Qiao Yuan agreed: "That's fine."

Director Fan couldn't help but sigh slightly: "We need to notify headquarters, but headquarters has also been infiltrated, and there are even more undercover agents. This plan has been in the works for at least ten years; it's truly unforgivable!"

A cold glint flashed in Director Fan's eyes as he slowly took out a black leaf from inside his clothes.

Qiao Yuan couldn't help but look over.

It's described as a leaf, but it actually has a metallic texture.

"This is a keepsake left to me by my master. He said that I have completed my apprenticeship and if I don't use it, I shouldn't use it at all, unless it's absolutely necessary."

"He's currently the deputy director of the Sunset District General Bureau, and he has a very good relationship with the director," Director Fan's eyes flickered slightly. "Didn't the other party mention on the phone just now that you were in the first batch? Do you know where to start?"

Qiao Yuan spoke directly: "Let's start with the Sunset District. The Tiandu Branch and Baiyun Branch are listed first, but we still can't notify them in advance. We can only make preparations and inform them after 10 o'clock."

Director Fan rarely showed a smile tonight: "Thank you, Qiao Yuan. Your great contribution will no longer be limited to the embers."

Hu Tu was very excited to see this, and sure enough, he couldn't help but nudge Qiao Yuan as he participated.

Qiao Yuan said "Oh," and quickly mentioned to Director Fan that Hu Tu connected the dots and that Simon was the person in charge of the Cyber ​​God Project. Since the other party was so vicious, then the Cyber ​​God Project and neural networks might still exist.

To this end, they specially built a biological device for targeting neural networks yesterday, and Hutu will also be helping with it.

Director Fan initially wanted to refuse, but considering that Hu Tu and Qin Xue already knew about the plan, he simply said, "Young heroes emerge, but you two need to put on a mecha suit before you can act together."

Hu Tu was overjoyed: "Thank you, Director Fan. I will do my best."

As long as he makes achievements, he will inevitably make a certain contribution to the main city!

This would give him the hope of getting his father, and Qin Xue's parents, into the main city.

Qiao Yuan also smiled, a rare occurrence, and stayed in Director Fan's office without leaving immediately.

He stood before the baby and said, "Let's go together later and kill them all."

After remaining silent for a while, Yan Baobao finally smiled and said, "Okay! But you're not allowed to run around."

She immediately picked up the Great Abyss Dark Scale Sword that had been lying next to the sofa and stroked it back and forth.

Qiao Yuan readily agreed: "OK."

Later, he met Deputy Director Zhang, Associate Professor Li, and Director Fan's mentor.

Director Fan's mentor was also surnamed Li. He was an old man with gray hair, wearing a modern Zhongshan suit, and looked quite old-fashioned.

The old man looked thin but very energetic. He smiled at him as he came in and patted him on the shoulder: "You must be Qiao Yuan? Well done."

Qiao Yuan smiled shyly: "Of course, after all, my sister is a member of the Embers."

He chatted briefly with Deputy Director Zhang, and through that conversation, he also got to know Associate Professor Li.

That's how I learned that Gu Qingshan was Associate Professor Li's apprentice.

At this moment, Associate Professor Li and Deputy Director Zhang showed concern and offered words of comfort to Yan Baobao.

After a long while, and after a detailed exchange, fear and indignation were evident on their faces.

Associate Professor Li said in a deep voice, "I had heard about Project Darkness before, but I didn't expect it to be this large-scale—"

Director Fan's mentor, Director Li, pondered for a moment before speaking: "It is indeed a large-scale operation, but it's alright. In my opinion, we should arrange it like this—first, prepare backup plans for the Baiyun Branch, Lingyun Branch, Tiandu Branch, and other major branches that Qiao Yuan just mentioned—"

Daisy nodded repeatedly: "Yes, that's feasible."

Qiao Yuan, Bao Bao, and Hu Tu were all involved in the new plan.

It involves not only undercover agents, but also neural networks and memory storage.

They are involved in all aspects.

After the plan was finalized, it was already 8 p.m. As arranged by Director Fan and Director Li, they were to secretly select several elite teams in the last two hours for a counterattack.

Hu Tu and Qin Xue were trying on the Ember mecha suits in the bathroom, but they took them off after putting them on.

This was proposed by Qiao Yuan.

He'll bring the mecha suit to his sports car and change there, which will minimize the chance of attracting attention.

See you later.

"Qiao Yuan, be careful on the road."

Hu Tu and Qiao Yuan waved to him one after the other.

Qiao Yuan nodded. It was time to leave. He walked out of Director Fan's office and took the elevator down.

After leaving the Tiandu branch, he first went home, took some things and put them in his car, and then drove out his long-unseen Crimson X3000 sports car.

In the car, he lay on the sofa chair, watching the latest news about the catastrophe outside the city.

He drove from Sunset District to Cloud Creek District, and then to Weilen New District—seemingly aimless, but actually passing by the vicinity of the gene team bases and backup power stations.

This is also part of the plan.

Whenever he obtained any information, he would report it to Director Li and Director Fan in real time.

After going around in circles, he finally returned to the Tiandu branch around nine o'clock to pick up Hu Tu and Qin Xue.

"What's this?" Hu Tu had just arrived when he saw Qiao Yuan playing with a special potion in his hand.

Qin Xue recognized it immediately: "This is an energy potion? I saw someone use it at school before."

"Yes, we might need it tonight."

Qiao Yuan played with them for a couple more moments before putting them away. He had bought two in total, and they were both quite expensive.

One is worth 5, and the other is worth 10.

However, this stuff can't be used all the time; taking large amounts in a short period of time can lead to significant drug resistance.

Two should be enough.

He then told Hu Tu to drive: "You two get to know each other first, I'm getting out of the car."

Qin Xue smiled and said, "Mmm, you're so good to the baby. This car is so cool!"

Hu Tu pouted and muttered, "Once this is over, bring our parents to the main city, and I'll buy you a car too."

"That's not what I meant, okay?" Qin Xue stuck out her tongue, somewhat helplessly.

"But you clearly said you liked me before."

"I like it, but it's so expensive! It's not even a necessity, really~"

"Okay, but I'll be buying a car later anyway."

"Hmm~"

Qiao Yuan listened quietly from the side, a smile unconsciously creeping onto his lips.

All the plans had been arranged, but in reality, his plan had only just begun.

For example, he is currently stuck on having only one more breakthrough to the second-tier Overlord Realm, and he is delaying the use of the mask.

Because it is very useful.

Extremely large!

He currently has six timelines per day, but once he gets a notification about the domineering behavior, he will have seven timelines per day and it will refresh immediately.

In other words.

He can advance to the next level after consuming all timelines, either today, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, and thus gain seven more timelines due to the refresh mechanism.

That's equivalent to having thirteen timelines in one day! This will give him a terrifying advantage in the Nighttime Plan, so he won't have to be stingy anymore.

He left the X3000 wearing a dark red phoenix mech and handed over full control of the sports car to Hu Tu.

He had already discussed it with Hutu, and they would go to other places first, and then come back when he needed to, so that he could make the final decision on Veronica.

Now, Qiao Yuanfei is flying in the air, strolling on the road to Baiyu Station.

He walked and stopped frequently, stopping at a cafe along the way to order a coffee and fries.

I was so busy all morning that I suddenly remembered I hadn't eaten dinner!

When I arrived at Baiyu Station, there were only five minutes left before 10 p.m.

Qiao Yuan weaved through layers of blue-purple holographic projections, accompanied by virtual goldfish, and was overwhelmed by the colorful rain curtain.

He arrived at the Black Rose Clinic below at a leisurely pace, mentally counting down to the last minute, without rushing inside.

21:59:53.

21:59:54.

21:59:55.

21:59:56.

21:59:59.

22:00:00.

At the exact hour, the dazzling neon-lit city that never sleeps before my eyes, under the cold rain, seems to collapse as if the world is collapsing, and begins to go out section by section, withering away all the light!

Amidst screams from passersby and complaints from shopkeepers, the scene was quickly swallowed by eternal night.

Looking through the helmet of the mecha suit, Qiao Yuan's vision gradually became filled only with the pale purple holographic tactical screen on the metal visor.

Apart from the hovercars whizzing by, the embers of cigarettes held by a few passersby, and the faint glow emanating from prosthetic bodies, the whole world seemed to be shrouded in eternal darkness.

The only thing that kept the place alive was the chatter of passersby.

The rain was still falling, and it was getting heavier.

You need to look up or stare down to vaguely perceive the star-like brilliance of the second main city ten thousand meters above, or the dazzling neon lights of the fourth main city below.

They seem to exist outside of reality, abandoned by this world.

"Whew, that was so exciting!"

Qiao Yuan murmured to himself, quickly setting the anchor points for the plan.