Six hours after Luo Lan and the others left Stronghold 111, the Kyung Clan suddenly held an extremely high-profile press conference.
As the core of the Kyung Clan's power, there were naturally a large number of news reporters stationed at Stronghold 111.
Ever since the Wang Clan unified the Central Plains, the Kyung Clan had not held a press conference for a long time. Everyone wanted to know the Kyung Clan's attitude toward the Wang Clan, so the press conference was naturally packed.
The invited reporters, photographers, and cameramen could sit in the front row, while those who were not invited waited anxiously outside the door.
But before the press conference even started, the Kyung Clan's staff invited these uninvited reporters in as well. This surprised everyone a little.
Under normal circumstances, such an important press conference would definitely be attended by "controllable" people. But now, the Kyung Clan's actions seemed like they were afraid there would be too few people attending.
In the venue, the reporters were holding their notebooks and carefully checking if their recording equipment was working properly. A small number of photographers and cameramen were squatting in the front row of the venue and waiting.
Qing Yi walked up from backstage in his military uniform and looked calmly at the reporters in front of him.
For a moment, everyone fell silent.
Qing Yi said in a deep voice, "I won't be arranging for the reporters to ask questions for the time being. The purpose of holding this press conference is to inform everyone that the current chairman of the board of directors of the Kyung Clan, Mr. Qing Zhen, has already set off for the Wang Clan to negotiate with Mr. Wang Shengzhi.
"The Barrier Alliance has been at war for a long time. Mr. Qing Zhen is willing to take the risk and go to the Central Plains to quell the war so that the people will no longer have to suffer from it.
"I hope that the Wang Clan will respect the sincerity of the Kyung Clan and show the Wang Clan the sincerity of the Wang Clan.
"During this period, I, Qing Yi, as the Kyung Clan's supreme military commander, will temporarily take over all the affairs of the Kyung Clan."
Qing Zhen's speech was written by a writer in the Kyung Clan. There was only one purpose in saying these words, and that was to let everyone know about this negotiation in the name of peace.
If the Wang Clan eventually imprisoned or killed "Qing Zhen" and Luo Lan, the Wang Clan would have to face the criticism of the whole world first.
As soon as the news came out, the reporters were in an uproar. Just as they wanted to ask something, Qing Yi had already left under the protection of the soldiers.
No one expected Qing Zhen to take the initiative to go to the Central Plains to negotiate with Wang Shengzhi.
They could foresee that this news would be on the headlines of all the newspapers tomorrow.
There was no bigger news than this in the entire Barrier Alliance.
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Qing Zhen regained consciousness. After Qing Yi told him what happened after he fell unconscious, Qing Zhen immediately arranged for the press conference to be held.
He did not have time to regret that his previous arrangements were not thorough enough, nor did he have any excess emotions. After leaving Stronghold 111, Luo Lan must have left the Southwest at full speed, so no one could catch up to him.
Therefore, all he could do now was to remedy the situation and add a few more layers of insurance for Luo Lan.
The media's exposure and the hopes of all the people in the Barrier Alliance for peace were the Kyung Clan's current bargaining chips.
But it was not enough.
After the press conference ended, Qing Yi was escorted back to Ginkgo Manor. The outside world started speculating that if "Qing Zhen" was placed under house arrest in the Central Plains, Qing Yi would become the next leader of the Kyung Clan.
No one could have expected that Qing Zhen had not actually left the Kyung Clan at all and was still here.
Qing Yi walked up to Qing Zhen and said softly, "Second Brother, why don't I lead my troops to the border and wait there? If Big Bro really gets detained, I'll lead a surprise attack on Stronghold 61 and get him back."
Qing Zhen shook his head. "No, I need you to be my spokesperson to stabilize the situation. Now that you've temporarily taken over the Kyung Clan, as long as you're still around, the morale of the Kyung Clan will not collapse for the time being. Moreover, the Wang Clan is at its peak right now. If you give up your home ground advantage and go to the Central Plains, it'll only be a pointless sacrifice. "
Qing Yi could sense that Qing Zhen was extremely calm right now.
It was not that Qing Zhen was naturally calm, but that he had the ability to force himself to calm down.
Qing Zhen sat on the pillow and thought for a long time. It was so long that Qing Yi felt like he could sense the clouds moving in the distant mountains outside the door.
To Qing Zhen, no matter how smart he was, it was impossible for him to be as flawless as the artificial intelligence. Therefore, all he could do was use time to make up for the flaws in his calculations.
He deduced all the clues over and over again, but he kept feeling that something was missing. It was as though he was facing an invincible opponent.
It was not that Qing Zhen was not confident enough, but that the artificial intelligence was too powerful.
After a long time, Qing Zhen suddenly sighed and said, "It's still not safe enough. The other party has control over the communications satellites, and most of the news agencies transmit information through them. If the other party realizes our goal and cuts off the communication source, the news of our press conference might not be able to reach the Central Plains and the Northwest. Therefore, we have to do something else!"
"What should I do?" Qing Yi asked. Before this, Qing Zhen had mentioned about the satellites. Of the nine satellites in the Barrier Alliance, one was originally in the hands of the Wang Clan, one was in the hands of the Pyro Company, and the remaining seven were in the hands of the Qinghe Group.
Now that the Wang Clan had unified the Central Plains, all of the satellites were in the hands of the other party. The Kyung Clan had long since stopped using all of the satellite phones and even forbade them from being switched on.
Especially the Kyung Clan's intelligence agents who were lurking in the Central Plains.
That was because as long as the satellite phones were switched on, the other party would be able to obtain their location. The intelligence agents who had satellite phones were usually the higher-ups. If all the higher-ups were wiped out, the entire Kyung Clan's intelligence field would probably suffer a devastating blow.
"Check with your most trusted newspaper agency and see if they can get in touch with the Central Plains," Qing Zhen said.
Qing Yi went out to confirm it. In the end, just as Qing Zhen had expected, the communication channel between the Southwest and the outside world had been cut off by the artificial intelligence.
All of the satellite phones had lost their signal.
The other party's methods were even more ruthless and decisive than they had imagined. It was as though they were trying to get rid of all the chips in the Kyung Clan's hands.
In that case, the people in the Central Plains would not be able to find out that "Qing Zhen" and Luo Lan had gone to negotiate, and it would be even more impossible for the people in the Northwest to get any information here.
"Get ten soldiers you trust and split up into different routes to head to Stronghold 144 in the Northwest to look for Ren Xiaosu," Qing Zhen said.
Qing Yi was stunned. "Why are we looking for him?"
Qing Zhen explained, "If there's anyone else in this world who's willing to risk their lives for my brother other than you, Zhou Qi, then there are only two people. One of them is my brother's adjutant, Tang Zhou, and the other is Ren Xiaosu."
Qing Yi thought for a moment and asked, "Second Brother, do you think that as long as Ren Xiaosu gets the news, he'll definitely go to the Central Plains?"
"Mhm." Qing Zhen nodded. "Besides, there aren't many supernatural beings who can rescue Luo Lan from the hands of the Wang Clan. With the current strength of the Wang Clan and the artificial intelligence, even supernatural beings will have to submit to this war machine. But if there's really someone who can snatch someone from the hands of the Wang Clan, Ren Xiaosu will definitely be one of them. "
"Is that enough insurance?" Qing Yi asked.
Qing Zhen still shook his head and sighed. "Perhaps the artificial intelligence, Zero, has also thought of this. We'll just have to see if the news can reach Ren Xiaosu."
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