Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 147 Jacob and the Business Alliance
Luo Ye treated them to dinner, but Lin Yilin said she didn't want to waste too much time on a big meal, so they ended up going to an old restaurant they used to go to when they were in school.

The boss recognized the two of them at once, especially the high-profile Luo Ye.

After they sat down in the empty box and ordered their food, Luo Ye used his mobile phone to send the information directly to Lin Yilin in person: "Yagui Jacob, you should know the man's name."

Lin Yilin nodded: "One of the unconfirmed deceased members of the Jacob family, an inconspicuous branch, with little presence in the records."

"But he did appear in your memory as the mastermind behind the incident." Luo Ye said, "According to investigations, he has been funding sects related to the earthquake over the years. The one who appeared in front of us before was just one of them."

Lin Yilin listened to Luo Ye's story and checked the information. Zheng Fan poked his head out from behind Lin Yilin.

"Is he also related to the Business Alliance?" Zheng asked back.

Luo Ye picked up a cold dish and said, "It's not just a simple relationship. The Business Alliance is closely related to the rise of the Jacob Family. The relationship between the two is much closer than the outside world thinks, and it can even be said that they complement each other. There are a lot of old members from the Business Alliance in the Jacob Family, and the lower-level staff have almost all accepted it. The Jacob Family was able to gain a foothold so quickly after the earthquake because it inherited the basic foundation of the Business Alliance to a large extent."

Lin Yilin said: "In the past, there was a conspiracy theory that the Jacob family was behind the collapse of the business alliance and that they were the power that stood up from the corpse of the business alliance. However, this theory is not widely accepted because although the business alliance was broken, many giants did not fall, and their relationship with the Jacob family was very close over the years."

Luo Ye used his finger to hold a chopstick and smiled, "But the alliance does not completely represent the individuals. As long as the benefits are enough, those giants can do anything. It is not impossible to dismember themselves. At least after the earthquake, some of them are living a much better life than when they were in the alliance, right? For example, the Mellen Group, which was a small company at the time, quickly swallowed up several severely damaged rivals after the earthquake and grew to its current size."

Zheng Fan looked at the information and said, "Two months after the business alliance was broken, the economic turmoil caused by it has not yet recovered, and an unprecedented earthquake has occurred. What role did Yagui play in it?"

"It's not clear yet, but he shouldn't be an insignificant little character. To this day, he still keeps in touch with some downtrodden underworld families that broke away from the former business alliance, and he also cultivated the 'Gray Clan' that I had met before." Luo Ye said.

When the black world overlapped before, the origins of the unknown gang "Gray Crowd" that acted together with the cult seemed to have been revealed.

"There are also many people from different companies whose industries have been simply integrated to serve as the operating funds behind the scenes. These groups are covered with many layers of shell companies. The most obvious flow of funds I have found is to support earthquake religions. However, some of the fund flows still have a lot of mismatches, and there should be other uses."

As Luo Ye spoke, the hot dishes were served one after another.

They were all home-cooked dishes, and the two talked as they ate.

"Research." Lin Yilin said while chewing a piece of jellyfish skin, making a crisp sound.

"Ok?"

"Life Gene, this shell company is one of the ones they operated. The remaining funds should be used for research for some purpose." Lin Yilin said.

Zheng Fan said "Oh".

Isn't this the culprit behind the dinosaur incident not long ago?

He remembered that this group of people had tried to use the dinosaur panic illusion to test the boundaries of the white world. It was a very bold attempt.

"After I gave the doubts to Jiajia, she also reported it secretly. She was then assigned to set up a special investigation team to investigate the matter in depth. She also got some clues about the routes behind the life gene." Lin Yilin said. "So she's been so busy recently because of this, but then again, she still has a lot of time to come to other places for guest appearances." Zheng Fan recalled Hong Yijia's recent actions.

"The people above have always given Jiajia a lot of freedom. As long as she does a good job in her regular reports and produces results every time, she will naturally have a lot of time to slack off." Lin Yilin knew Hong Yijia's habits very well.

"Testing the boundaries, that's a bit bad, he has big plans." Luo Ye grabbed a fresh cucumber and bit it off.

"What are you planning?"

Lin Yilin immediately asked, "Will it trigger another earthquake of a similar magnitude to the one ten years ago?"

"Various factors point to this possibility, and there are hardly any other options," said Luo Ye.

Zheng Fan suddenly asked, "If there was a supernatural factor in the earthquake, or it was caused by an illusion, what happened to the illusion? It seems that no one has ever mentioned the true identity and whereabouts of the illusion?"

At first, I speculated whether he had infiltrated some earthquake religion and pretended to be a god, but judging from the level of the catfish monster before, it can only be said that he is far from it.

Having said that, it seems wishful thinking at the moment to expect that one can create an illusion that shakes the entire city simply by relying on the work of secret societies in these dark corners.

Zheng Fan felt that he couldn't do it if he couldn't descend completely.

Moreover, such a strong illusion turned out to be missing. Neither did they expand during the earthquake panic, nor were they killed. Most of them seemed confused about this aspect.

Hearing Zheng Fan's question, Luo Ye was stunned for a moment, then turned his gaze to Lin Yilin.

Lin Yilin didn't speak for a while and fell into silence unexpectedly.

"What's wrong? Isn't this a very important question?"

"In fact, in my circle, there is no news about hallucinations related to the earthquake." Luo Ye answered with his chin supported by one hand.

Luo Ye is a super freelancer in Dadu. Even though she was not in Dadu when the incident happened ten years ago, she must know many agencies, freelancers and even illusion hunters in the same circle as her.

There are many well-known veterans among them. With so many people, if the earthquake at that time was really caused by an illusion, it would be unlikely that she would not be able to find out any news at all.

"That's also the reason why I didn't take it too seriously when Yilin told me about this at first. To me at that time, the matter was basically settled, but Yilin was stubborn," she added.

Zheng Fan gently patted Lin Yilin's head: "Binary sister is talking."

Lin Yilin looked up speechlessly. Of course, she couldn't see Zheng Fan from this angle, but she didn't resist or throw him off. "Although my memory of that time is vague for some reason, the earliest fantasy factor in me is obviously not false. In my memory, I did vaguely see an illusion."

(End of this chapter)