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Although Honorary Member of Congress Qi Tianquan was shocked by the fact that "Star Sea White Wolf" Zang Shaochen voluntarily surrendered to the police, when he was driving back to his mansion, he was still reading the news report about the tragic death of Alta Devonshire, chairman of Zhirui Pharmaceutical Company.

His face was grim and his eyes were focused.

Zang Shaochen's surrender caused a huge sensation throughout the Earth Federation and was the focus of attention of all media and self-media. Almost all news channels were discussing this matter.

However, Devonshire's death still caused quite a stir within the Ninth Base City, and attracted some attention and traffic at the time when Zang Shaochen surrendered himself.

After all, the incident involved three reserve marshals, and Zhirui Pharmaceutical Company was a large federal company with a market value of over one trillion dollars in the Ninth Base City. The incident occurred in the city center of the Ninth Base City, an upper-class gathering place like the National Art Center. The public in the Ninth Base City was still very concerned.

Qi Tianquan also cares very much.

"—Everyone, look! The bodies of Alta Devonshire, the two directors of Zhirui Pharmaceuticals, and many of the company's Dragon-level Colonial Warriors are hanging from the flagpole. Due to federal regulations, our TV station has to blur their bodies, but from what the reporters can see, their deaths are extremely tragic. The police are currently removing their bodies."

"Let's switch scenes and go to the A42421 underground tunnel. It's said to be the scene where Devonshire and others died. However, the police cordoned off the area 20 minutes ago and are investigating. There are also a large number of security vehicles nearby, so we can't get close right now."

"It's said this incident is related to Lin Rui, a top martial arts star who's currently very popular online. Twelve minutes after the incident, a large police force arrived at the National Arts Center to summon Lin Rui to the police station to assist in the investigation. However, Lin Rui reportedly had an alibi, and the police had no evidence. After Lin Rui's private lawyer arrived, the police were forced to release him."

"There's currently a huge online debate about Alta Devonshire's death. Some political commentators believe Lin Rui was framed. Although this active university student is a top martial arts star and the Ruifang Pharmaceutical Company he founded boasts an astonishing annual revenue of hundreds of billions of federal coins, Lin Rui himself doesn't have a strong background. It's impossible for him to have gained the ability to take on three reserve marshals in such a short period of time."

"--Many people also believe that Lin Rui is a major suspect. On the day of the incident, Zhirui Pharmaceutical Company launched a takeover bid for Ruifang Pharmaceutical Company. According to reliable sources, Alta Devonshire may have set her sights on Ruifang Pharmaceutical's huge profits in cosmetics and used various means to attack Ruifang Pharmaceutical on the day of the incident--"

Just as Qi Tianquan was reading this, he received a voice call request. The caller's annotation information was the Chief of Police of the Ninth Base.

Qi Tianquan immediately answered the message: "How is it, Old Dai? What are the results of the autopsy?"

The police chief replied hoarsely, "I'm sorry to disappoint you, Mr. Qi. We didn't find any useful clues among the bodies. Brett was in charge of performing the autopsies. You know his abilities. Not only is he well-versed in medicine and martial arts, he's also a top-tier astrologer."

Qi Tianquan frowned: "Is there really no clue at all?"

"Two points. First, the time they took to commit the crime was shorter than you expected. They took less than 37 seconds to eliminate all the people from Zhirui Pharmaceutical. After that, they spent another minute hanging the bodies from the flagpole! The reason why Lin Rui appeared at the National Arts Center five minutes later must be that he was delayed by other things.

Secondly, Brett said that the concept of 'destruction' remained on these corpses, and its intensity was extremely high. It must be this concept that destroyed all remaining traces."

The Chief of Police spoke helplessly, with a wry smile, "But this can't be used as evidence. Besides, there are too many powerful martial artists in the world who possess the concept of destruction. There are several among the Honorary Members of Congress."

Qi Tianquan narrowed his eyes: "Goddess of Despair?"

At the same time, he thought of the Desperate Dragon that was still hiding under his group's headquarters.

"It should be her," the Chief of Police said with certainty. "I'm very surprised. Several research departments within the organization said that this failure would die within two years if she began practicing, so there's nothing to worry about. So it's best not to anger Despair and let her die peacefully. But so far, she's still alive and well."

"Isn't it less than two years?"

Qi Tianquan was also puzzled by this matter and rubbed his brows. "Are there any other clues? There are so many surveillance cameras around here, but not a single one captured even a trace of clues?"

"No!" The police chief sighed. "Even if there's even a sliver of evidence to incriminate him, I won't let him leave the station. The problem is, that little guy's hackers are probably very powerful. Our people have thoroughly checked every surveillance camera, and they've all been hacked, leaving no trace." Qi Tianquan was annoyed, but he still said gratefully, "Thank you for your hard work, Old Dai. I'll treat you later."

After he hung up the phone, he opened another group in his private chat system - the Ruifang Acquisition Group.

Qi Tianquan originally wanted to call all stakeholders to hold a meeting to pool their wisdom and resources to deal with this unexpected change.

But when he saw the message in the group, his heart sank.
- I'm sorry everyone, our chairman informed me that our company may not be able to participate in the acquisition of Ruifang Pharmaceutical. Not long ago, our company's six pharmaceutical bases in Tianjixing were raided, and our company must turn its attention to Tianjixing.

What's going on? Was your company's pharmaceutical base raided too?
——What just happened happened in the vicinity of Luojing in the Great Song Dynasty. Not only did we arrest a large number of people and nearly 300 billion federal coins worth of drugs, but they also found a lot of evidence at the scene. It is estimated that none of the arrested people will survive.

——It’s the same here. A total of nearly 53000 hectares of estates in Shengzhou were raided. The loss of personnel and materials was huge, exceeding 400 billion federal coins, which is also related to the Song Dynasty’s assassination plan.

——Now there is an even more troublesome situation. We have learned that the Imperial City Bureau of the Song Dynasty has contacted and led an operation. The information and intelligence of the Song Dynasty's Assassination Bureau have been provided. Together with Da Sheng and Da Wei, they are preparing to carry out a joint sweep within the territories of the Three Kingdoms. The current situation is very troublesome. We still don't know what their source of intelligence is. Is it related to our company?
"What's going on? Our group is in a similar situation, but the losses are even greater. We had a starship base breached and lost seven armed merchant ships that were loading cargo."

Why is the Song Dynasty's Traitor Assassination Bureau targeting us? Is it because of Lin Rui?
Impossible? What's the connection between Lin Rui and the Hidden Prince of the Song Dynasty? It must be just a coincidence. The Hidden Prince received a divine oracle to crack down on the Changsheng Society. He has also been pressuring the Federation to declare the Changsheng Society an illegal organization and to eliminate it with all its might.

——It may be a coincidence, but no matter what, we have to re-examine the strength of Lin Rui and Ruifang Pharmaceutical Company. My suggestion is to slow down and investigate this guy's background and the power he controls first. It just so happens that when the Star Sea White Wolf surrendered, there are undercurrents in the Federation. Now all forces are eyeing the second starship group of the Star Sea White Wolf, and a war may break out.

——Same as above. Once those divine-level councilors start fighting, several forces might be swept away by their typhoon tail. Of course, if anyone is willing to take the lead and test Lin Rui's strength, our company is willing to provide support.

——I think that regarding the Ruifang Pharmaceutical matter, we should either not do anything, or we should get it done in one go with lightning speed.

Qi Tianquan couldn't help but snort when he saw this, and directly closed the Ruifang acquisition group.

He would never confront Lin Rui head-on until he found out how Alta Devonshire died.

He turned his head and looked out the car window with lifeless eyes, wondering how that little bastard could have killed Alta Devonshire and his group of people in just a few tens of seconds?
At this moment, he received a message from the director of the company's intelligence center: Boss, the situation is not good. All our four manors in Xingzhou, as well as the first and third cargo distribution centers have not responded to the headquarters' messages for two hours. I guess our industries may have been raided by the Song Dynasty's Assassination Bureau.

Qi Tianquan was startled and sat up suddenly.

He took a quick look at the situation and his scalp began to tingle.

Although Xingzhou is not one of the eight states of Luojing, it is located nearby and is the most important drug production base of Tianquan Company.

Luojing was built above Tianyuan and is one of the areas with the richest and strongest ether elements in Tianji Star. The various medicines produced here have the best efficacy and the highest value.

Therefore, many companies would disguise themselves as local tycoons and build estates around Luojing to directly control the production bases.

Tianquan Company does not have the strength to do so within the eight states of Luojing, but it has also established several bases in nearby Xingzhou, which is the largest source of income for Tianquan Company.

——However, these manors were raided by the Anti-Traitor Bureau!

　No more tonight.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)