A touch of emerald green appeared, so dazzling and vibrant.
It's sprouted? Lin Yao immediately had this question. The crack at the other end of the grass's tail was wider, and a bunch of emerald green eyes crowded around the crack. Surrounding these emerald green eyes was a strong medicinal smell. At this time, the medicinal smell had also turned green, which was completely different from the neutral medicinal smell before.
Just as the seed in Lin Yao's chest emitted a dazzling light, the man outside the bathroom let out a scream, and blood began to flow from his eyes, ears, nostrils, and mouth, a truly horrifying sight. Although these Gu worms had left his body, they had been nourished and grown by the man's own essence and blood, and had an extremely close connection with him. Their loss now also caused the man great harm.
After checking again and finding nothing amiss, Lin Yao opened the bathroom door and returned to the guest room.
There was another person in the room. This person looked exactly like the man on the bed. Lin Yao looked at the bed in surprise and found that the man on the bed whose arms and legs had been twisted had changed his appearance. Obviously, Ge Yong had disguised him and called another team member with a similar build to dress up as a man.
"Have Tian Shiqi take this person's ID and deposit slip to process the check-out. We'll leave in batches, so as not to disturb anyone. Captain, you can then handle him as you see fit." Ge Yong's tone remained calm, as if the passing of a life was no different from crushing an ant.
"You have something to say?" Lin Yao saw the pleading look in the man's eyes, pulled the pillowcase out of his mouth, and said, "Tell me where you're from? How many people like you are raising Gu poison?"
“I come from Longchuan, Yunnan. There are many people who raise Gu poison there, in every village, but most of them raise it in secret.” The man was well aware of the situation he was facing and immediately confessed honestly, “Please spare my life, I will do anything you want.”
Lin Yao smiled, waved his hand and stroked the man. The released medicinal energy instantly numbed the man's nerves, and the man immediately became dazed, staring wide-eyed and mouth agape. He still had some life force left, but all his spiritual energy was gone.
"Captain, what should we do with this guy?" Ge Yong asked Lin Yao as he drove. By this time, they had left the guesthouse in batches. The team members disguised as men had checked out and squeezed into the van.
"I want him to disappear forever. He almost killed my dad. If I had been a minute later, it probably wouldn't have been possible to save him." Lin Yao's voice was cold. After he finished speaking, he shuddered and felt a wave of fear wash over him.
“Leave it to us, we guarantee we’ll get it done.” Ge Yong immediately replied. None of the team members in the car showed any change in expression, neither excited nor nervous, demonstrating their excellent mental fortitude and how grueling their previous missions had been.
"If you have to blame someone, blame him for aiding and abetting evil. Raising Gu worms, humph, they were born to harm people." Lin Yao said softly, then suddenly remembered something.
The little grass was able to drag the Gu worms into the seeds, and it seemed to know how to control these Gu worms. It could find the location of the mother worm by the larvae. Could it be that the little grass itself has the ability to raise and control Gu worms?
Also, who made that shout in your head just now?
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Chapter 117 Annihilation
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The elevator doors opened, and Luo Jichang stepped out into the corridor. He pushed open the intercom door leading to the parking lot and walked to the private parking space on the right side, closest to the elevator. There was a Mercedes-Benz S600L there. This car didn't suit his status, but he had never changed it, simply because he liked the lines of the body.
The underground parking lot was dimly lit, so dim that one could barely make out people's expressions. Luo Jichang looked relaxed. He had invited a master yesterday and accomplished a great task. He figured he would receive a call from his third brother, Luo Jimin, today, unless he was completely stupid.
"Through the forest, across the snowfield, soaring to the heavens..." The classic model opera aria came out of Luo Jichang's mouth, full of energy. He no longer had to worry about the inability of Xinglin Pharmaceutical Factory to carry out subsequent production. Thinking of the flood of orders and huge profits, the smile on his face became even brighter, and the smile stretched his mouth so wide that his voice was a little off-key.
Suddenly, everything went black, Luo Jichang lost consciousness, and slowly fell to the ground.
A figure dressed entirely in black and wearing a black hood caught Luo Jichang and quickly helped him to a corner of the parking lot. Behind a support pillar in front of the corner, two other men in black were waiting.
Luo Jichang, who had been helped over, was quickly pushed against a pillar. Two tall and strong men in black pressed down on his arms and shoulders to prevent him from slipping, while the smaller man in black reached out and pressed on Luo Jichang's mouth and nose, then on his ankles, knees and hips, and his wrists, elbows and shoulders.
"Hmm," the skinny man in black snorted. The man in black who had dragged Luo Jichang over earlier immediately lifted him up and headed back the way they came. The skinny man in black and another man in black then took a specific route along the corner of the wall to a regular Santana car, opened the door, and got in.
The Santana started and drove towards the exit of the underground parking lot. The three masked men in the car quickly removed their hoods, took off their black waterproof nylon jackets, and put on black-rimmed glasses, instantly transforming into a completely different person.
Luo Jichang had more to say. When he woke up, he was lying on the hood of his Mercedes-Benz. His first thought was that he had been robbed. But no matter how he checked, he found that nothing was missing from his body or the car. He went back to the building's security office and retrieved the surveillance footage. He only saw a masked man quickly approach and hit him on the neck before helping him away to a blind spot in the surveillance. Less than a minute later, he brought him back to the Mercedes-Benz.
The next step was leaving a Volkswagen Santana. The license plate was fake; the real owner of that car didn't own a Santana, but a Toyota. The parking lot security guard didn't remember the person driving the Santana either, only that he was a man with fair skin and wore glasses. Beyond that, he could only offer a meaningless description: people like that are a dime a dozen on the street, and it wouldn't help solve the case at all.
After several hours of searching, Luo Jichang had no choice but to give up, as all the clues were worthless. More importantly, he received a phone call informing him that something serious had happened to the Xinglin Pharmaceutical Factory he had just acquired.
Posts criticizing Xinglin Pharmaceutical Factory have appeared online, directly targeting Huarentang Group.
The original source of the post is unclear. It is only known that the pinned posts and comments on several major websites were published by a person with the online name "Shuidiaogetou". The content revealed that after Huarentang acquired Xinglin Pharmaceutical Factory, it infringed on the formula and technology of Minhong Pharmaceutical and began to produce counterfeit and shoddy drought-resistant beverages.
The original employees of Xinglin Pharmaceutical Factory resigned en masse and went to the new factory of Minhong Pharmaceutical. A production team leader and warehouse manager who had resigned from Minhong Pharmaceutical and then returned to Xinglin Pharmaceutical Factory, along with two or three workers, started subsequent production. The product was still Minhong Pharmaceutical's drought-resistant beverage.
Regardless of how popular and profitable this counterfeit drought-resistant beverage is, the public's attention has been drawn to the warning in the article: this beverage is toxic!
Minhong Pharmaceutical's drought-resistant beverage has a unique flavor that cannot be imitated by any chemical flavoring, thus preventing counterfeit products from appearing on the market. But this time, it's impossible to prevent it, because Xinglin Pharmaceutical Factory, which was acquired by Huarentang, uses the exact same raw material formula and process as the original Minhong Pharmaceutical. The article reveals that the taste of this counterfeit beverage is very close to the genuine product, and non-professionals cannot distinguish it.
The article warns all users of counterfeit beverages produced by Huarentang Group that they will suffer hidden physical damage, which can lead to kidney failure in severe cases. Even a small dose can have extremely serious consequences for the kidneys and liver, and a general decline in physical condition is inevitable. The suggested "small dose" is only 50 milliliters, equivalent to the volume of a mouthful of water, which should alarm all consumers in the black market for drought-relief beverages across the country.
The warning was based on the certificate and some core secrets provided by Minhong Pharmaceutical, which were not mentioned in the online article, but it was noted that they could be seen on Xinhua News Agency's television news that evening, and the local Huaxi Business Daily would also publish a print news article explaining the specifics.
The news has been widely discussed online, further boosting the profile of Minhong Pharmaceutical. At the same time, Huarentang Group, a high-end private enterprise in the pharmaceutical industry, has also benefited, but unfortunately, all the news surrounding Huarentang this time is negative.
"Is the data in this report true?" Luo Jichang's voice was icy cold, so sinister that it sent shivers down the spines of the experts in front of him.
The experts sitting in the conference room of Huarentang Group were filled with fear and broke out in a cold sweat. If the situation reported was true, not only would they, as pharmacology experts of a large group, no longer be able to enjoy their generous salaries, but the pharmacology reports they had already signed and approved would also bring them endless responsibility and punishment. Huarentang's drought-resistant beverage was nominally under the group's existing heat-clearing beverage, becoming a new product in name only, while its ex-factory price was increased by more than a thousand times. And it was these experts who signed the pharmacology report for this new product.
“Chairman Luo, I think this report on the internet is fake. Its purpose is only to attack our group. If there were any problems, my colleagues and I wouldn’t have been drinking the new product ourselves.” A middle-aged man with glasses and a scholarly appearance spoke up, his trembling expression showing that he lacked confidence in his statement.
“It’s over, I’m finished. Why did I drink this lousy beverage? I even brought it home for my wife and kids to drink. The dosage was way over the danger level. Kidney failure, the whole family’s kidney failure!” Another expert, who was about thirty years old, sat blankly in his chair, his face ashen, tears streaming down his face.
Although it was an online article, the data and pharmacological analysis it mentioned could not fool these experts. The tearful experts had come to believe the conclusions of the online article from the bottom of their hearts. At this point, they no longer had the mind to appease the chairman. The fate of his family was already sealed, and the destruction of his family and death was imminent.
"Is it that serious? Is it true?" Luo Jichang's voice was stern, almost like a roar.
Seeing the speechless and dejected expressions of the experts, he learned the truth and plopped down in his chair.
Huarentang was thus destroyed. Luo Jichang seemed to see the situation in the next few days in his mind. With a sliver of fantasy, he sat by the television in the conference room, not even eating dinner, and not allowing anyone to disturb him.
"Dear viewers, this is a special report. The reporter is still Qiu Zuiyue from the Chengdu branch of Xinhua News Agency. Of course, at this moment, he is no longer an intern reporter, but a full-fledged reporter for Xinhua News Agency. This report will expose an ugly scandal from the perspective of a journalist with a sense of justice. Some of the footage is also secretly filmed." The news on TV made Luo Jichang feel very cold.
"Xinglin Pharmaceutical Factory was once the focus of the entire nation, even though most people were unaware of its existence..."