Chapter 235: Danger Lurking

Chapter 235: Danger LurkingIt was a livestream from the mysterious high schooler known as Your Grandpa. A figure who had consistently held the number one spot on Liuhe Base City's leaderboard, this mysterious genius had become a local legend.

He had once defeated the arrogant Jiepeng students and earned himself the title of National Hero. He had not been shaken from the top spot on the leaderboard since his emergence. Not even top contenders like Xiong Zhigang, Tsukiha Yaiba, or Li Xiaofei had been able to dethrone him.

Your Grandpa was the epitome of mysterious and powerful. He had garnered a massive following on the light-network. Despite never having streamed before, his livestream channel had amassed over 500,000 subscribers.

Many online streamers, content creators, and popular video personalities would often use Your Grandpa to attract views and generate buzz. Over time, this had created a peculiar and unique phenomenon.

So when Your Grandpa finally went live, his followers, upon receiving the notification, flooded into the livestream, surprised and excited. But what they found wasn’t a typical broadcast of Your Grandpa battling through challenges.

Instead, they were greeted by shocking surveillance footage that turned their worldviews upside down.

This looks like Duxing Hospital...

Yeah, that old man is the current patriarch of the Ye family...

What are they doing? Is this a surgery?

This... this is murder!

Harvesting organs? Is the New Martial Arts surgery really about organ harvesting too?

What are they doing? They're experimenting on live humans!

Oh my god, so the rumors were true.

These monsters!

The livestream's chat exploded in an instant. The news spread like wildfire and passed quickly from mouth to mouth. Soon, Liuhe Base City was on the verge of exploding with outrage and disbelief.

The contents of the livestream were simply too shocking and too heinous to be ignored. Even the simplest of minds could tell that this wasn’t some fabricated scene or staged drama. It was terrifyingly real.

More and more people flocked to the livestream. The viewership on the light-network began to grow at an explosive, exponential rate. What made matters even worse for the Ye family was that the Your Grandpa account had an access level set personally by Inspector Li Zhoumin. This meant that not even ordinary light-network administrators or officials from the Education Department or Police Department could shut down the livestream immediately.

At the investigation team’s headquarters, the conference room was as silent as a graveyard at midnight. Ye Guanzhen's expression was shifting between anxiety and fear. It had been exposed! The thing he feared most had happened.

He had considered the possibility that the young police officer might try to use the light-network to broadcast the evidence. That’s why he had put measures in place long ago.

All the major influencers, top streamers, and key websites had been warned. Key individuals were under strict surveillance.

The administrators had been warned to be vigilant and were prepared to immediately shut down any reports, livestreams, or videos related to Duxing Hospital as soon as they surfaced. Given that they lacked the authority to shut down the entire network, these measures were the absolute best they could implement.

But who could have predicted that a seemingly dead account, one that had never been active and was largely forgotten, would suddenly emerge and deliver such a devastating blow to the Ye family? But, most fatally, this account had an authority level so high that it couldn't be shut down.

Ye Guanzhen exhaled slowly. Man proposes, but God disposes. Their meticulously planned operation had just completely unraveled. It would be impossible to force Tan Zhenwei to resign now.

The focus now needed to shift from questioning why a seemingly flawless plan had failed repeatedly to figuring out how to salvage the situation. If not, the Ye family could face utter destruction.

"Damn it," Qian Yuangang muttered, his voice filled with frustration as he stood up and left the room. It was a little unclear who his anger was directed at.

Police Chief Nie Sheng was drenched in sweat as he approached Tan Zhenwei and fell to his knees with a loud thud. The sight made everyone's hearts race.

Ye Guanzhen slowly stood up. As all eyes fell on him, he looked at Tan Zhenwei and said, "This game isn't over yet."

Then he turned and left. Tan Zhenwei didn’t even glance at the kneeling Nie Sheng.

"Rewrite the investigation report, and thoroughly investigate those responsible for falsifying the evidence chain," Tan Zhenwei ordered sternly. "I need to know who was behind hiding this evidence."

***

The battles at the government level, no matter how intense, would forever remain hidden from the average person. However, due to Your Grandpa's explosive revelations, Duxing Hospital and the New Martial Arts Surgery Center had to remain closed.

Public opinion had been successfully turned around. Tan Zhenwei immediately conducted a ruthless and thorough purge of his departments. The police chief and any other officials who were involved were removed from their positions and subsequently arrested and imprisoned. His reputation and approval ratings soared once again.

However, the Ye family did not collapse entirely. In a move that surprised many, Ye Guanzhen publicly denounced his own family, personally arresting the old patriarch and delivering him to prison. He also took action himself, eliminating several members of the Ye family who were involved in the scandal. He then livestreamed a public apology on the light-network. This bold move earned him widespread praise.

With the help of the Ye family's propaganda machine and control over public discourse, Ye Guanzhen managed to extricate himself from the situation. In fact, his support among the public even increased. Searᴄh the Novelƒire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

But none of this mattered to Li Xiaofei anymore. These were issues for Old Tan to worry about. Li Xiaofei returned to school, ready to resume his normal life. The next afternoon, the twelfth round of the High School War God League kicked off.

To no one’s surprise, Red Flag High School swept their opponents, Beipo High School. Li Xiaofei didn’t even appear in solo mode. Instead, another key player, Fang Buyi, took the spotlight, defeating the league's star player, He Yu, with his increasingly refined Xuanwu Staff technique.

Every member of Red Flag High School had entered their era of dominance as they displayed their peak performance. Various media outlets began to take Red Flag High School more seriously, predicting a bright future for the team.

Red Flag High School's points surged after the round, propelling them to fourth place in the league standings. The top three spots were held by Duxing High School, Qishen Academy, and Quanye High School. The monopoly of the prestigious five schools had been decisively broken.

On the individual leaderboard, last season’s MVP, Xiong Zhigang, remained in first place. Tsukiha Yaiba held second place, while Li Xiaofei, who had missed two rounds of the league, temporarily ranked third.

The rewards from the Education Department were promptly distributed after the match. But this semblance of normalcy didn’t last long as that very night, Liuhe Base City was plunged into an unprecedented disaster.

For the first time in a hundred and thirty-one years, the city walls were breached by star beasts. A massive swarm of First Grade star beasts surged into the city, driven by a ferocious instinct. The beast tide's initial assault targeted the slum area, where the city’s most vulnerable residents lived.

Shrill alarms pierced the night sky as the area descended into chaos.

Amidst the confusion and the cover of darkness, dozens of figures, moving as swiftly as phantoms, silently infiltrated the slums. Their destination was clear—Guang'an neighborhood, where Li Xiaofei resided.

In the darkness, danger lurked, waiting to strike.