Chapter 224: Today's Headline

Yan Shang was, after all, a business tycoon who had founded the Star Chamber of Commerce from scratch. His sense of smell for crises was extremely sharp. Coupled with his years of investment in the enforcement system, he had come into contact with secrets unknown to outsiders... He knew very well that if he didn't cut off the tail now, everything would vanish into thin air.

As the train whistled through the gray sky, outside the frost-covered windows, a city shrouded in aurora light was gradually approaching.

"We're arriving." The black-haired woman 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 characters, a beam of green light suddenly lit up.

Moments after this light appeared, as if a signal had been transmitted into Aurora City, a city gate specifically paved with tracks slowly opened.

The train slowed down, passed through the portal, and drove straight into a station set up in the military management zone of Aurora City...

*Qi*—

As the train came to a stop, the whistle let out a hum, and several figures stepped onto the platform one after another.

"After sitting on the train for so long, my bones feel like they're falling apart," the squinting man said, stretching.

"Let's go straight back to the Chamber. There will be plenty of time to rest properly once we're back." Yan Shang glanced at his wristwatch and turned to the man and woman. "Thank you both for your hard work this time."

"We took the money, we did the job. It’s only natural," the black-haired woman replied flatly.

The three walked out of the station and onto a street. Pedestrians were walking in a hurry, and at the corner of the street, several figures were gathered together, pointing at a newspaper with shocked expressions... A subtle atmosphere was hanging over the entire city.

Seeing that the car that was supposed to pick them up hadn't appeared, Yan Shang frowned slightly. He checked the time again and whispered in a deep voice:

"Why isn't it here yet... What are those people at the Chamber doing?"

"Maybe they remembered the time wrong?" the squinting man asked, puzzled.

Just as the two were speaking, a newsboy with a backpack full of newspapers was flying across the street, his youthful voice loud and clear:

"Bombshell! Bombshell!!"

"Overnight, the Star Chamber of Commerce headquarters razed to the ground! Corpses everywhere!"

"Is it a distortion of human nature, a collapse of morality, or a punishment from heaven?"

"Frontline intelligence! Bombshell reveal! On-site photos! All in the *Aurora Daily*! Last ten copies~ Anyone else want one..."

The moment he heard this voice, Yan Shang froze in place.

Not just him, but the two strangers beside him were also stunned. They looked toward the newsboy in bewilderment, wondering if they had misheard.

"Star... Chamber of Commerce?" Yan Shang asked uncertainly. "Is that... what he just said?"

"...It seems so."

A crowd of people came from all directions, surrounding the newsboy, all scrambling to pay for the newspaper. Seeing this, the squinting man rushed forward in a single stride.

"Give me a paper!" Without waiting for the newsboy to answer, he snatched the last copy from his hand, shoved a silver coin into the boy's hand, and turned back toward Yan Shang.

"President, the newspaper is here..."

Yan Shang didn't say a word; he grabbed the newspaper directly. Seeing that bold, thick headline, he felt as if a thunderbolt had exploded in his mind!

— "Overnight, the Star Chamber of Commerce wiped out?"

"Late last night, the largest commercial organization in Aurora City, the Star Chamber of Commerce, was bizarrely wiped out. A total of 142 corpses were found at the scene, with no survivors..."

"According to a passerby named Chu, who wished to remain anonymous, he was just passing by the entrance of the Chamber when he noticed there were no lights on inside today, and the gate had been split in two by someone and collapsed inward. Out of curiosity, he walked inside..."

"When our reporter entered, the scene was bloody and unbearable. All buildings and trees had been eerily displaced, and multiple corpses showed signs of being bitten, not like something done by humans..."

"During the on-site investigation, our reporter accidentally discovered a secret basement beneath the Chamber, storing a large amount of organs and documents of unknown origin, suspected of being involved in underground organ trafficking. An in-depth investigation is underway..."

“……”

This single piece of news occupied the largest space in the entire newspaper. The photos and text couldn't even fit on one page and continued onto the second... By the time he finished reading the last word, Yan Shang’s hands were trembling uncontrollably.

"...President." The squinting man spoke cautiously. "What do we do now?"

Yan Shang’s eyes were bloodshot. He crumpled the newspaper into a ball in his hand and said, word by word:

"Back to the Chamber!"

……

Newspaper Office.

"You're saying that while you were getting your camera last night, you accidentally discovered someone searching my room, so you followed him all the way to the Star Chamber of Commerce?" Wen Shilin put down the newspaper, thoughtful.

"That's right." Chen Ling nodded. "I was thinking, although we caught those two surgeons, we still don't have decisive evidence... Since this person went to search your room, he 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 Star Chamber of Commerce yourself? But why does the newspaper say it was discovered by a passerby?"

"Because I'm investigating the organ trafficking, I can't expose myself yet. I discussed it with Editor Feng, and she agreed to let me slightly cover up that aspect. This way, the Enforcers won't hold us responsible for withholding information..."

Wen Shilin nodded. He was very familiar with this method; he had used it before when investigating things he shouldn't have, but still needed to publish an article.

"And then?"

"The person searched your room once, found nothing, and was about to leave. I found his car downstairs, so I hid in the trunk in advance and followed him into the Star Chamber of Commerce... After the car stopped, I heard people talking outside, so I didn't dare to get out.

When it was deep into the night, I was just about to find a chance to get out and look for clues when I heard a scream outside... followed by sounds like a beast roaring.

I felt the situation wasn't right, so I stayed hidden in the trunk. It wasn't until the sounds outside had almost disappeared that I opened a crack in the trunk..."

Hearing this, Wen Shilin’s eyes lit up slightly.

"You saw what the killer looked like?"

"...A little bit. It was too dark at the time, I couldn't see clearly... And this matter was just too bizarre, so I didn't write it in the article..."

"What did the killer you saw look like?"

A look of reminiscence appeared in Chen Ling’s eyes, with lingering fear still on his face...

"It seemed... it seemed like two bears."

"Bears?" Wen Shilin was stunned.

"Yes, if I remember correctly, one was brown and one was yellow... They just flashed across the manor." Chen Ling seemed to recall some unpleasant memory and held his forehead with one hand.

"I... I don't know how to describe it. There were corpses being gnawed on everywhere on the ground. I... I had never seen a scene like that."