The announcement had been published by the World Weekly.
A magazine naturally had more than just an editorial department that produced content; it had other departments too. The World Weekly's offices occupied an entire floor of an office building. By coincidence, the fire had only affected the editorial department.
The police investigation found that the fire had been deliberately set. It had started at the exact time the World Weekly had originally scheduled its livestream.
After the firefighters put out the blaze, the World Weekly took a head count and discovered that everyone in the editorial department had burned or suffocated to death in the office.
There was also one extra body: Yuan Xiaomei, who should have been livestreaming from Mount Guangyuan!
Yuan Xiaomei had left behind a suicide note confessing to the crime. She said that the editorial department often rejected her submissions and paid no attention to her interview proposals, so she had grown resentful.
The livestream had been something she'd managed to persuade the editorial department to do only after pleading with them. Yet before it began, they repeatedly demanded an outline and imposed all sorts of restrictions.
She had decided to take revenge on her colleagues in the editorial department.
On her way back from Mount Guangyuan, she had also killed the others traveling with her to prevent anyone from alerting the authorities.
Security cameras in the office building had captured Yuan Xiaomei entering the building.
In Gangbo City, surveillance footage had also captured her leaving in a rental car after killing someone.
As for the group chat owner, the daredevil, and the photographer called Da Gu, the police had found all their bodies.
Liu Liangwang was the only survivor. He hadn't given an interview to reporters. The police had yet to release the results of