Yan Shang was, after all, the business tycoon who single-handedly founded the Stars Chamber of Commerce. His sense of smell for crises was extremely keen. Coupled with his investments in the Enforcement System over so many years, he had come into contact with some secrets that outsiders could not understand... He knew very well in his heart that if he didn't cut off his tail at this time, everything would turn into an illusion.
As the train whistled past under the gray sky vault, outside the frost-covered train window, a city enveloped in the aurora was gradually approaching.
"We're almost there." The black-haired Female Operative who had been sitting in the corner suddenly spoke.
The train roared toward the city wall. On the front of the train covered in mysterious text, a beam of green light suddenly lit up.
A moment after this light lit up, it was as if some kind of signal had been transmitted into Aurora City. A city gate specially paved with tracks slowly opened;
The train decelerated and passed through the portal, driving straight into a station set up in the military management area of Aurora City...
Hiss—
As the train came to a steady stop, the steam whistle let out a buzz, and a few figures successively walked onto the platform.
"Sitting in the train for so long, my bones are going to fall apart." The Squinting Man stretched his waist and said.
"Taking people's money and doing things for them, it's only natural." The black-haired Female Operative answered indifferently.
The three of them walked out of the station like this and arrived on a street. The pedestrians coming and going were walking hurriedly. At the corner of the street, several figures were gathering together, holding a newspaper and pointing at it, all with very shocked expressions... A subtle atmosphere was enveloping the sky above the entire city.
Seeing that the car that was supposed to pick them up hadn't appeared, Yan Shang's brows furrowed slightly. He checked the time again and whispered in a deep voice:
"Why aren't they here yet... What are those people from the chamber of commerce doing?"
"Could it be they remembered the time wrong?" The Squinting Man spoke with confusion.
Just as the two were talking, a paperboy carrying a whole backpack full of newspapers was quickly running across the street. His tender voice was loud and clear:
"Blockbuster news, blockbuster news!!"
"Overnight, the Stars Chamber of Commerce headquarters has been razed to the ground! Corpses strew the fields!"
"Is it the twisting of Human Nature, the loss of Morality, or a punishment descending from heaven?"
"Frontline intelligence! Blockbuster revelations! On-site photos! All in the Aurora Daily! The last ten copies~ does anyone else want them..."
The moment he heard this voice, Yan Shang was stunned in place.
Not only him, but the two outlanders beside him were equally stunned. They looked in astonishment in the direction of the paperboy, wondering if they had just heard wrong.
"Stars... Chamber of Commerce?" Yan Shang spoke uncertainly. "Was that what he just said...?"
"...It seems so."
A large number of figures walked over from all directions and surrounded that paperboy, one after another taking out money to buy newspapers. Seeing this, the Squinting Man lunged forward in one stride.
"Give me a newspaper!" Without waiting for the paperboy to answer, he directly snatched the last newspaper from the other party's hands. He then stuffed a Silver Coin into the other's hand, turned around, and walked toward Yan Shang.
"President, the newspaper is here..."
Without another word, Yan Shang directly grabbed the newspaper in his hand. Seeing that line of bolded and thickened massive title, he only felt a startling thunderclap explode in his mind!
—"Overnight, the Stars Chamber of Commerce Suffers a Tragic Annihilation?"
"Late last night, Aurora City's largest business organization, the Stars Chamber of Commerce, was bizarrely annihilated. A total of one hundred and forty-two corpses were discovered at the scene, with no one surviving..."
"According to a passerby surnamed Chu who wished to remain anonymous, he was just passing by the entrance of the chamber of commerce at the time. He accidentally found that there were no lights on inside the chamber of commerce today, and the main gate had been cleaved in half by someone unknown, collapsing inward. Thus, feeling curious, he walked inside..."
"When our reporter entered, the scene was unbearably bloody. All buildings and trees had entirely shifted bizarrely. Traces of biting and tearing appeared on multiple corpses, not looking like the work of humans..."
"During the on-site investigation process, our reporter inadvertently discovered a hidden underground chamber beneath the chamber of commerce. It stored a large number of organs and documents of unknown origin, suspected of secretly conducting organ trafficking. In-depth investigations are ongoing..."
"..."
This single piece of news occupied the largest section of the entire newspaper. The photos and text couldn't even be fully presented on one page and continued onto the second page... By the time he read the last word, Yan Shang's hands were trembling uncontrollably.
"...President." The Squinting Man spoke cautiously. "What should we do next?"
Yan Shang's eyes were filled with bloodshot veins. He fiercely crumpled this newspaper into a ball and gripped it in his hand, speaking word by word:
"Return to the chamber of commerce!"
...
Newspaper office.
"You mean to say, during the process of you going to get the camera last night, you accidentally found someone searching my house, so you tracked him all the way to the Stars Chamber of Commerce?" Wen Shilin put down the newspaper in his hand, looking thoughtful.
"That's right." Chen Ling nodded. "I was thinking, although we caught those two surgical Doctors, we still don't have decisive evidence... Since this person went to search your house, it must be related to the organ trafficking, so I wanted to take a risk and see if it was possible to find more evidence."
"So, you actually entered the Stars Chamber of Commerce yourself? But why does the newspaper say it was discovered by a passerby?"
"Because I'm investigating the organ trafficking matter, and I can't be exposed yet. I discussed it with Editor-in-Chief Feng, and she agreed for me to slightly cover up this aspect. This way, the Law Enforcers won't pursue our responsibility for concealing and not reporting either..."
Wen Shilin nodded. He was also very familiar with this method. Before, when he investigated some things he shouldn't have investigated but still had to publish an article, he had also used this method.
"And then?"
"That person searched your house once, found nothing to gain, and was ready to leave. I found his car downstairs, so I hid in the trunk in advance and followed him into the Stars Chamber of Commerce... After the car stopped, I heard people talking outside all along, so I didn't dare to go out."
"When it was late at night, I was just getting ready to find an opportunity to go out and look for clues, when I heard a burst of screams coming from outside... And then it was sounds similar to the roars of wild beasts."
"At the time, I felt the situation wasn't right, so I just kept hiding in the trunk and didn't come out. It was only when the sounds outside had almost disappeared that I opened the trunk a slit..."
Hearing this, Wen Shilin's eyes lit up slightly.
"You saw what the murderer looked like?"
"...A little bit. It was too dark at the time, I couldn't see clearly... And this matter is truly too bizarre, so I didn't write it into the article..."
"What did the murderer you saw look like?"
A look of reminiscence surfaced in Chen Ling's eyes, and residual fear remained on his face...
"It seemed... seemed to be two Bears."
"Bears?" Wen Shilin was stunned for a moment.
"Yes, if I remember correctly, one was brown and the other was yellow... They just flashed past in the manor." Chen Ling seemed to recall some not-so-good memories, supporting his forehead with one hand.
"I... I don't know how to describe it. At the time, there were gnawed corpses everywhere on the ground. I... have never seen such a scene."