Adding Fuel to the Fire

"What?"

"Has news of the Ferocious Beast been leaked?"

Changkong Yinghao's days have been anything but easy since he took over the leading Sequence Committee.

With the retirement of the older generation, led by Changkong Luo, the second generation of the Scarlet Alliance State began to take over various affairs.

Everyone has gained power, but each family faces its own problems during the process. Even though most Lineage in Western Capital City have ultimately achieved a smooth transfer of power, there are still various issues that their fathers could resolve but they find difficult to address.

The defeat of Changkong Yinghao in international disputes is just one example; there have been many other unpleasant incidents as well.

Over the years, Changkong Yinghao's only major achievement was the incident at the Twilight Years Mansion, which not only facilitated the transition of power but also removed a ticking time bomb from the heads of many Lineage in Western Capital City.

Of course, popularizing this model of the Twilight Years Mansion for the elderly across the country remains a challenging task.

Western Capital City is currently facing a constant backlash from various media outlets and financial institutions, and it is inevitable that some elderly people are contributing money and effort to this effort.

But Western Capital City was clearly not a place where one could passively take a beating.

The search for the ' Heaven Sword Factor' divine weapon by Changkong Yinghao and others has not yet yielded results, but the Ferocious Beast giant bird, another ' Heaven Sword Factor', has unexpectedly arrived.

Research on alien beasts has yielded results such as blood serums and gene-based medicines, ushering in the era of Gene Fighting Technique.

The study of Ferocious Beast is something everyone is eagerly anticipating.

The Scarlet Alliance State has acquired Ferocious Beast before, but what those Ferocious Beast look like, what they have researched, and who ultimately benefited from them remain secrets.

Back then, the Changkong Yinghao had little knowledge of everything, nor did he know the outcome, but now he has the right to know the situation.

Thanks to Zhou Xin's leadership and the assistance of Wang Haoran and others, the severely injured Ferocious Beast was easily captured and imprisoned in the highest research center of the Sequence Committee for research.

This research effort involved nearly three hundred top researchers, and various measures were implemented to maintain order and safeguard confidentiality.

How was it leaked?

Changkong Yinghao found it hard to believe, and Changkong Yinglian couldn't understand it either.

"From the moment we entered the port until we returned to Western Capital City, our security was at its absolute peak," Changkong Yinglian said. "Even if there were a leak, it would only be discovered after a long period of time!"

"That's right. Unlike the Ferocious Beast from the Thousand Islands Alliance, our Ferocious Beast has never been the focus of public attention. Even when it entered the ship from Qinmeng, a high degree of secrecy was maintained," Changkong Yinghao said, frowning.

Although he said that, Changkong Yinghao knew very well that the leak most likely originated from the time when Qinmeng was hunting and shipping ocean-going freighters.

The number of people involved is not large.

However, these people each have powerful backers, so investigating them further would be inappropriate.

"How was this information leaked?" Changkong Yinglian asked.

"Secretary-General Chen said that someone posted a short video called ' Such a Big Chicken ' on the Flying Entertainment Livestream platform," Changkong Yinghao said.

"Such a Big Chicken! Where's the video?"

"Secretary-General Chen is sending it out. Come and take a look!"

Although it's a short video, it's actually quite long, lasting a full fifteen minutes.

The video was filmed in the cargo hold of a ship, with shots taken from a distance, gradually moving closer to each part of the Ferocious Beast giant bird's body, including repeated shots of Ferocious Beast bird's wounds.

Did they set up a film studio inside the cargo ship?

As time went by, Changkong Yinghao and Changkong Yinglian, who were watching the video, felt that no team could easily film something like this.

The Ferocious Beast was enormous, almost the size of a small Airbus.

When ordinary people hold cameras or video recorders, they can only shoot upwards, but shooting in videos is so free that it's almost unbelievable.

Changkong Yinghao believed that only multi-camera shooting in a studio could capture all these shots.

"Who's going to Qinmeng to take the filming?" Changkong Yinglian complained. "Besides, after Committee Member Zhou boarded the ship, he turned that place into a top-secret area, where ordinary people are not allowed to enter, let alone go in with great fanfare. Only Wang Haoran went to the cargo hold and stayed there for a while!"

"You mean Wang Haoran filmed the video?" Changkong Yinghao asked doubtfully. "This guy couldn't even stand properly when he got off the ship and had to be taken straight to the hospital. I don't think it's very likely he filmed it!"

"Maybe he was scared because he was filming this video!"

"This video is perfectly still, shot almost like a documentary. It's either multi-camera or the person filming can fly around freely and even move in and out of the protective bars holding the Ferocious Beast. I don't think Wang Haoran could do that, and a studio setup can't be brought into a cargo ship's hold!"

"Do you think it's possible that Mengtesi Badun infiltrated the ocean liner? He wanted to rescue Montes Ganghao, but Committee Member Zhou held out, so he couldn't make a move and had to target the Ferocious Beast instead!"

"There might be some, but if Badun really manages to infiltrate the place where the Ferocious Beast are held, I don't think he'll leave any of us alive!"

Changkong Yinghao and Changkong Yinglian stared at each other, realizing that their reasoning had reached a dead end.

"Can the platform find information about the person who played the video?" Changkong Yinglian asked.

"Flying Entertainment Livestream is not one of our subsidiaries," Changkong Yinghao shook his head and said, "Even if they were willing to help investigate, I think it would be difficult to find out!"

Is it difficult?

"As long as you don't give tips or accept any revenue from the live stream from the platform, you don't need to register your identity!"

"These platforms should require real-name registration!"

"Stop making such a fuss. These days, who on the internet is using their real name?"

Changkong Yinglian made a disgruntled remark, which made Changkong Yinghao shrug.

It takes a considerable amount of time and effort for the Scarlet Alliance State to conduct a census, so expecting an online platform to implement real-name authentication is simply impossible. Normal people would not voluntarily submit their identity information to a private company, and any company that dares to overstep its bounds and do so would be committing an illegal act.

It is quite normal that there is no real-name registration system.

Without real-name registration, it's impossible to trace the person who uploaded the video.

Of course, even if the person who uploaded the video is caught, the matter has already been leaked, so catching them won't make much difference.

"We finally managed to stir up public opinion through the long-term broadcast of TV dramas, but I'm afraid we'll lose it all this time," Changkong Yinglian said with a headache.

"Public opinion is indeed a handle that local authorities have used to control us!"

"This is more than just a handle; it's a knife that's escalating our conflict with the local authorities—it's adding fuel to the fire!"

The conflict between the local authorities and the Western Capital City Sequence Committee stems from the lack of economic constraints and the fact that various Lineage possess a considerable number of high-ranking Sequence Holder.

When fighting against Western Capital City, it is very easy for people from different regions to band together and form a powerful force.

Once it becomes known that Western Capital City possesses Ferocious Beast, and that these Ferocious Beast may even provide technological advantages, allowing Xijing City to once again completely suppress local forces, this will undoubtedly escalate the already brewing conflict to a fever pitch.

Even if they reacted slowly, some opponents knew that they didn't have much time left.