Big Profit!

The next day, news that the Health Bureau had sealed off Huo Fast Food and uncovered major issues swept through every corner of the Cloud Sky Realm like a tornado.

Countless ordinary people were shocked and bewildered.

"Despicable! Huo Fast Food is so heartless, to think they'd make us eat this stuff."

"This isn't food; it's clearly excrement."

"I heard this won't actually kill anyone."

"Kill your sister! Eating shit won't kill you either, do you want to try it?"

"Severely punish Huo Fast Food! Shut them down!"

Public outrage surged as the masses demanded the fast-food chain be strictly punished, its managers arrested and imprisoned for decades, and the company forced to compensate consumers for their losses.

The stock market, being the most sensitive of all, caught wind of the situation even before the Health Bureau issued the official closure order.

When the market opened that morning, Huo Company's stock plummeted immediately, dropping by thirty percent.

As the negative news fermented, countless retail investors panicked and scrambled to sell, further accelerating the decline. By the time the market closed, the stock had fallen by eighty percent!

It could be said that eighty percent of Huo Company's market value evaporated in a single day—a devastating loss.

Countless members of the Huo Family wailed, having never encountered such a massive loss in the past few decades.

Xia Ping took the opportunity to settle his short-selling gains, netting a full five hundred billion Federal Coins. Not only did this cover his previous losses, but he also made a massive profit—all of it carved out of the Huo Family's flesh, a recovery of his own capital.

"Family Head, that turtle-son Xia Ping earned five hundred billion from us! Five hundred billion! He's literally draining our blood and carving out our flesh!" an elder