CH 62

Name:Apocalypse Forecast Author:
In the morning, the underground storage of the city library once again welcomed its visitors.

The professor looked the same as usual, with his mountain-like figure. When Ai Qing arrived, he seemed to be reading something interesting and occasionally laughed.

"You came early. Did you not sleep? It seems like the warehouse incident was quite troublesome last night. I thought you would come in the afternoon."

"There's a lot of work to do."

Ai Qing, who hadn't slept all night, looked even paler, but her expression remained calm. "The sooner it's resolved, the better."

"Coffee or tea?"

"Coffee, double sugar, no milk."

"Coincidentally, I just got some good beans yesterday." The professor happily took out his tools, and soon the aroma of coffee wafted from the drip pot.

Soon, a cup of coffee was placed in front of Ai Qing.

"Please enjoy."

After Ai Qing finished her coffee, her complexion seemed to improve. After putting down the cup with sugar stains, she took a deep breath and tried to cheer up.

Waiting for the investigation results.

Soon, a thick stack of documents was placed on the table.

"Everything you asked me to investigate is here."

The professor clapped his hands and neatly arranged the copies of contracts and property transaction books in front of her. "Since twelve years ago, Qi Wen has had some relationship with the Savior Society, and the two sides have had a certain degree of cooperation, but always maintained some boundaries.

Unfortunately, there is no direct decisive evidence.

However... as far as I know, the main partner Qi Wen has been working with in recent years, or rather, the supporter, should be the Yin family, right?"

As he spoke, he placed a thick file in front of Ai Qing and asked curiously, "Is this time to eliminate one's own kin?"

"Are you telling a joke from another country?"

Ai Qing rubbed her forehead irritably. "Qi Wen relied on being an agent for the Yin family to accumulate capital when he started his business. He was a dog from start to finish. Now he's an old dog with an inflated ambition. Even if he dies, the Yin family won't lose a single hair. Moreover, what kind of evidence could a guy like Qi Wen leave behind?"

As if deeply feeling this, the professor shrugged and didn't say anything else.

In the silence, only the sound of flipping pages could be heard.

After giving up aimlessly searching for the Savior Society's movements over the years and turning to the connection between Qi Wen and the Savior Society, the professor's efficiency improved many times over.

In just one day, he obtained a large amount of information through various channels. After combining all the paper records on the New Sea market in this underground library for the past few years, it became this thick stack of records.

Ignoring the large number of property rights changes, but regarding the transformation and changes of Qi Wen's industries in the past two years and Tomorrow News' special channels, they even dug up all the projects that Qi Wen was secretly running.

However, the investigation results were even unbelievable to Ai Qing.

"He wants to monopolize the shipping routes and supply of materials at the Penghu border?"

Ai Qing was amused by the investigation results. "He wants to control a sea border passage and material transportation? What qualifications does he have?"

"At present, it seems that he has spent a lot of money on lobbying and guarantees and has already won the bidding qualifications. If he has someone supporting him behind the scenes, it's not impossible."

"Are you talking about the Yin family?" Ai Qing understood.

"The professor shrugged slightly, 'I only know that he has been going to Jinling frequently these days.'

I have to admit, the professor's guess is very reasonable.

The profits from monopolizing a border route are definitely not just money. The hidden benefits behind it are also huge. Imagine all the Sublimators in a border area overseas having to rely on themselves for travel and exploration...

If the Qi family can really bring such huge benefits to the Yin family, then the old master may not care about the estrangement from Qi over the years. Instead, after both sides have resolved their past grievances, their cooperation may become even closer.

And in this process, Qi Wen has also gained the initiative for himself. He is no longer a proxy and a pawn, but a crucial collaborator who has completed the transformation from a chess piece to a chess player.

Things are very different now.

The more critical the situation, the more one cannot act recklessly. If they want to investigate Qi Wen's involvement with the Savior Society, that old dog might do something.

However, the contents of the file made her frown.

Smuggling.

Smuggling has never been a big deal, or rather, to some extent, this gray industry is ubiquitous all over the world. Otherwise, where do all the domestic smuggled goods and cheap genuine products come from?

But the implied message in the next record made her expression suddenly serious.

"Can you be sure?"

"Of course not." The professor shrugged, "No one who knows the details will reveal it. All the people who knew have already passed away. How can we find concrete evidence?"

But the report compiled by the professor clearly linked the large number of missing people in neighboring countries in recent years with Qi's smuggling routes.

In other words, Qi Wen may have been secretly smuggling a large number of people to Xinhai.

But people are alive. Even if they are fools, they still have to eat, drink, and go to the bathroom every day. A big living person appearing in a city is still noticeable, let alone thousands of them appearing in a small place like Xinhai.

Everyone knows there is a problem.

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But where did these people go?

Did they disappear into thin air after arriving in Xinhai?

No, if that were the case...

Thinking of the return to innocence after the Savior Society, and the border anomalies they raised, Ai Qing had already guessed the fate of those people in her heart.

Anyway, the place they went to wouldn't be a happy paradise...

It seems that this is the basis for Qi Wen's cooperation with the Savior Society?

Qi Wen continuously provides them with human sacrifices and sacrifices, while the Return to Innocence provides support in the guise of the Savior Society, not only in terms of funds, but even some things that are not convenient to do in person can be handed over to them to do.

This is completely a replica of Qi Wen's behavior in the Yin family back then, except that he is one of the whiter gloves among those many gloves.

It seems that he has really learned a lot.

In the midst of her contemplation, Ai Qing's expression changed slightly, and after a long time, she closed the file.

"Anything else?"

"Hmm?" The professor seemed puzzled.

"If that's the case, you must have something in your hand that you're waiting to sell, right?" Ai Qing looked at the professor calmly. "What else do you have that you haven't revealed?"

The professor laughed awkwardly.

"Nothing can be hidden from you, can it?"He took out a thin file from under the table, pressed it on the table, but didn't hand it over, "Although the importance of this piece of information is not high, I think it should be something you care about. I guarantee it's worth it."

Ai Qing's expression remained cold, not eager to promise any reward, just quietly looking at him.

After a long time, the professor sighed helplessly, pushing the file over: "You win, but this will be charged separately, three times the price."

Ai Qing shook her head, "I will only give you double."

"Deal."

The professor nodded, his expression becoming sorrowful and sad.

In the file was a stack of hospital cases, from local and foreign hospitals, including detailed admission and observation processes.

The time was eight years ago.

The place was Xin Hai.

Six managers, eleven company executives, and dozens of clerks were all hospitalized due to various accidents and unexplained high fevers. At that time, there were even many rumors about the plague, and even after many years, people still remembered the panic in the market.

But in the end, these were all trivial matters, and these people were just ordinary people with nothing worth noting.

The only commonality was that they had all worked for the Huai Shi Group and Qi Wen's industry to varying degrees.

And the time was exactly the year when the Huai family officially declared bankruptcy.

Quietly reading through the records in her hand, Ai Qing closed her eyes and took a long breath.

"Let me guess."

She said softly, "In the end, those people either became vegetative or were burned into idiots, right?"

The professor nodded.

"【Soul Loss】"

Ai Qing slowly opened her eyes, her expression gloomy.

Undoubtedly, this was a malicious event caused by a virus mutated by hell, and the virus that parasitized and infected human source material was definitely not a problem that could be solved by ordinary antibiotics.

More than ten people's abnormal conditions should have been immediately reported to the Astronomical Society by the local inspector. However, isn't there a particular way to submit reports?

Reporting this matter seriously and solemnly as a malicious event and casually mentioning abnormal conditions in the corners of some records are completely different results.

"To settle this matter, the former trash really took a lot of money." Ai Qing sneered, tapping the armrest, "It seems that sending him to the border was too merciful..."

By using a malicious virus to clean up all the informants, leaving no handle behind.

Qi Wen then officially swallowed the Huai family's last foundation, obtained a large number of industries at an almost predatory price, completed the bloody capital accumulation, and successfully established his own shipping group on the corpse of Huai Shi, becoming a prominent tycoon in Xin Hai from a penniless foreign businessman.

It was a grand move.

If it weren't for the Yin family's instructions behind the scenes, where would he have the courage to act so recklessly?

The professor suddenly said, "But there is one thing that doesn't make sense."

"I know what you want to ask."

Ai Qing couldn't help but sneer.

It was nothing more than why Huai Shi was spared after the assets were completely swallowed.

"Isn't this the most intimate part of Qi Wen, this loyal dog?"