A single divination predicts life and death; the entire internet begs me to start a live stream.

8:42 AM.

Qingzhou South District.

It is two kilometers away from the Hengtai South District Commercial Complex.

The traffic is already congested.

Ride-hailing services.

Branded buses.

Commercial vehicle.

Media interview vehicle.

The livestreaming company's nanny van.

There were also several RVs that came from other places.

People were holding up their phones everywhere.

Some people started broadcasting as soon as they got off the overpass.

"Brothers!"

"See that?"

"The most awesome place in Qingzhou today!"

The scene shifts.

far away.

Hengtai South District Commercial Complex resembles a giant glass city.

Twelve vertical screens.

It hangs down from the rooftop all the way to the third floor.

It keeps playing on a loop.

[Internal Trial Operation]

[The First Brand Livestream Festival]

[Million-dollar consumption voucher]

[10,000 free orders]

[Golden Lottery]

[Celebrity Jiang Mingxu's First Live Performance in Qingzhou]

[Special performance by the Toyo Sakuragawa Dance Company]

At the very bottom.

There's also a line of red text.

[Trending Topics Across the Internet]

[Welcome everyone to witness]

yesterday.

Below the old Hengtai concrete plant.

A family of five was just unearthed.

Nowadays.

Hengtai did not stop.

Instead, they moved the event forward.

Wang Tianhao stood by the roadside.

Looking at the line that stretched for hundreds of meters in front of me.

He didn't say anything for a long time.

A parenting livestreamer walked past him with her child.

"Guys, there are so many people here today!"

the other side.

Several college students ran frantically carrying fill lights.

"quick!"

"The first 1,000 live streamers will receive a cash subsidy!"

"It'll be gone if you're too late!"

There are also accounts that specifically capitalize on paranormal trends.

The camera zoomed directly into the complex.

"They dug up the body yesterday."

"We're open today."

"Brothers."

"If there's nothing here, I'll wash my hair upside down!"

As an investor, Wang Tianhao had a special access channel. Seeing this, he finally cursed.

Wang Tianhao pointed.

"These people are truly fearless."

"It's all about traffic."

"Even death can be used as material."

Luo Tiancheng looked at the pile of cell phones.

"Through a screen."

"People are all very bold."

Chen Bufan stood at the very front.

He remained silent.

His gaze was not on the crowd.

On the screen.

one.

Ten units.

One hundred units.

countless.

All the phones were lit up.

All the cameras are pointing in the same direction.

Hengtai.

Chen Bufan, resting his chin on his hand, suddenly said:

"today."

There are more cell phones than people.

Wang Tianhao and Luo Tiancheng looked at each other, neither of them understanding.

8:46.

"We cannot release any more people."

Lin Wanqing has already made her third phone call.

The number of people at the scene is rising rapidly.

"Five sets of remains were discovered just yesterday."

"The Hengtai Special Projects account is still under investigation."

"The risk of illegal alterations on the third basement level has not been eliminated."

"I request that new admissions be suspended immediately."

The person on the other end of the phone explained for a long time.

Trial operation registration.

Fire safety inspection.

Merchant registration.

Large-scale live streaming events must be reported.

The entire process has been completed.

"I didn't ask you if you had the necessary paperwork."

"I'm asking if we can stop now."

The other party paused for a few seconds.

A complete shutdown requires a joint decision.

"Building safety risks also need to be formally assessed."

"Moreover, a large number of merchants and consumers have already entered the market."

"What if there's a sudden power outage or the doors are sealed off—"

"Who told you to cut off the power?"

Lin Wanqing interrupted her directly.

"Limit the flow first."

"Close the entrance."

"Stop releasing more people."

"This requires joint coordination from the local authorities on-site."

"How long will the coordination take?"

"In progress."

"Before 10 o'clock?"

The other person didn't say anything.

Lin Wanqing glanced at the time.

8:47.

hang up.

Wang Tianhao walked over.

"Are you blocking us again?"

Lin Wanqing looked towards the shopping mall.

"It's more troublesome than the card."

"The procedures, fire safety inspection, event registration, and merchant onboarding all meet the standards, so it's difficult for us to stop it unilaterally."

Luo Tiancheng twisted his neck, making a "crackling" sound.

"They bury the fake stuff underground, and use the real stuff to block the door, which is consistent with their usual style."

Just then.

The twelve giant screens refreshed simultaneously.

[An additional 500 million yuan in consumption vouchers]

[Cash subsidies for livestreamers doubled]

[An extra reward of 100,000 yuan for the most popular video on site]

Outside the entrance.

The crowd, which had been hesitant, suddenly became restless.

"You've paid more!"

"quick!"

"The live streamer channel is now open!"

next second.

Four sets of temporary turnstiles.

At the same time, it turns bright green.

The crowd surged forward.

8:50.

The third basement level.

Surveillance wall.

Twelve entrances.

More than one hundred public area camera positions.

Open all.

upper right corner.

The number of real-time users keeps changing.

【4318】

【4507】

【4821】

【5039】

Zhou Heng sat in front of the control panel.

I didn't sleep a wink last night, and my eyes are bloodshot.

"Not enough."

The person in charge whispered:

"President Zhou."

"Police have ordered crowd control measures to be implemented."

"There were also media present."

"Add more people..."

Zhou Heng looked up.

"I say it's not enough."

The person in charge turned pale.

"At this rate"

"We can break 8,000 by 9:30."

"I want ten thousand."

Zhou Heng looked at the screen.

"Before 10 o'clock."

"There are at least 10,000 people inside."

"But the company's accounts already have—"

"Issue coupons."

"President Zhou?"

"Livestreamer subsidies will be doubled."

"The brand is waiving the venue rental fee today."

"Continue to buy platform traffic."

The person in charge was dumbfounded.

"All this money will be burned."

"Next month's salary—"

"next month?"

Zhou Heng suddenly laughed.

"Does Hengtai still have a next month?"

The person in charge was stunned.

Zhou Heng stood up.

Looking at the densely packed people in the surveillance video.

"Five skeletons were unearthed yesterday; there's no stopping it!"

"Banks withdrew loans, the board of directors changed, and partners withdrew their investments overnight."

"Closed today."

"Hengtai will die tonight."

He walked up to the screen.

My finger lightly taps on the ever-increasing numbers.

"This is not an event."

"This is Hengtai's... do-or-die battle."

The person in charge felt a tightness in their throat.

"What if we lose?"

Ayako, who had been standing nearby, heard this and covered her mouth, letting out a soft laugh.

"When you're already at the gambling table."

"Don't worry about losing, just place your bets!"

8:54.

Four black SUVs.

Squeezing out of the traffic jam.

It was parked on the east side of the complex.

The car door opened.

Qin Ruoxue came down.

Black long trench coat.

Hair tied up.

Behind.

Two engineers from the Qin family.

A materials testing personnel.

There are also three silver evidence boxes.

She just got off the bus.

Chen Bufan and his group had already looked over here.

They knew she would come.

last night.

Five skeletons were unearthed at the old concrete plant.

Chen Bufan contacted Qin Ruoxue immediately.

It was 11 p.m. that night.

The Qin family began to make their move.

Samples of construction materials left over from the construction of the South District complex.

Discarded grounding copper busbar.

Cut-off ends of old batches of cables.

And a copper connector that was replaced during early construction.

All of them have been found.

One of them.

Even the samples kept by the subcontractors who participated in the early electromechanical engineering of the South District back then.

Three o'clock in the morning.

The test results are in.

4:20 a.m.

A second agency conducted a review.

result.

same.

just now.

Qin Ruoxue arrived with the answer.

She walked up to Chen Bufan.

There was no small talk.

He directly gestured to the person behind him to open the box.

Click.

The first silver box was opened.

inside.

It is a piece of rough copper that has darkened.

There are also old cutting marks on the surface.

There was a label next to it.

Hengtai South District Complex

Samples from early grounding projects are retained.

The second box.

Samples were taken from the underground copper pillar of the Qin family ancestral home.

The third one.

Two test reports.

Qin Ruoxue pulled out the top one.

He handed it to Chen Bufan.

"It matches up."

Wang Tianhao came over.

"What matches?"

Qin Ruoxue didn't even look at him.

"Material."

Luo Tiancheng had already squatted down.

Pick up the report.

A quick glance.

Several data points.

They almost overlap.

Even the proportion of trace elements left over from the old process.

They are all in the same range.

The inspectors behind spoke up:

"We did it twice."

"Two laboratories."

"The results are consistent."

"The early grounding material in Hengtai South District and the copper pillar underground in the Qin family ancestral home are not simply similar in composition."

"It can be basically determined that they came from the same batch of smelting materials."

Luo Tiancheng suddenly looked up.

"The same batch?"

"right."

The inspector nodded.

"If it's just that the copper purity is similar."

"It's meaningless."

"But the proportions of nickel, arsenic, zinc, and several trace impurities all overlap."

"The probability of this is very low."

"And then combine it with the era."

"Homogeneity can be highly confirmed."

Wang Tianhao looked at the old copper pieces in the box, then at the massive commercial complex in front of him.

"The Qin family's bronze pillars, does Hengtai also have them?"

Qin Ruoxue corrected.

"No, there are some too."

"From the very beginning."

"They're using the same batch of materials."

She spoke with absolute certainty, without a trace of conjecture.

Zhou Heng was watching the real-time number of people entering the venue.

A report suddenly came through the earpiece.

"President Zhou."

"Qin Ruoxue has arrived."

Zhou Heng's eyes paused.

"What's she doing here?"

"I don't know. I brought an engineer and some material boxes with me. We're currently reviewing the test report with Chen Bufan and the others."

Zhou Heng's face slowly darkened.

"What kind of test?"

"It seems so..."

The other party paused for a moment.

"Copper materials."

Zhou Heng's fingers stopped abruptly.

"Have the engineering department staff and the legal department go up together."

"besides."

"Find out the source of what she brought."

Less than three minutes.

Then Hengtai's men arrived.

Project manager.

Legal representative.

Deputy General Manager of the Project.

There were six or seven security guards following behind.

They walked very fast.

The project's vice president spoke from afar.

"President Qin."

"What brings you here today?"

Qin Ruoxue did not turn around.

Still looking at the blueprints.

The other person approached.

He had a smile on his face.

"If it's for participating in an event."

"I can arrange for a VIP access."

Qin Ruoxue finally looked up.

"I'm not participating."

"So what is this...?"

Qin Ruoxue pointed to the box.

"Investigate you."

Three words, leaving no room for negotiation.

"President Qin."

"This kind of joke..."

I'm not kidding you.

Qin Ruoxue interrupted her directly.

There's something wrong with what you have here.

The other person's expression clearly changed.

The project manager next to him immediately spoke up:

"impossible."

Qin Ruoxue looked at him.

Have you read the report?

"These types of materials inherently exhibit batch-to-batch similarity—"

Have you seen it?

The project manager paused.

"no."

"Then shut up."

The voice wasn't loud, but it made the other person's face turn red instantly.

Qin Ruoxue handed the test report forward.

"Two reviews."

"All match up."

"You're telling me now that it's impossible?"

She looked at the project manager.

"What's the basis for that?"

The other person opened their mouth but didn't say anything.

The legal representative immediately responded.

"President Qin."

Even if the materials have some similarities.

"It also cannot prove that Hengtai has a direct relationship with the Qin family's historical projects."

"Can."

Qin Ruoxue nodded.

"Then continue the investigation."

She then took out a second document.

"These are the supplier's outbound delivery records from that year."

"The supplier from back then was deregistered last year. The last two large batches of copper were shipped before the deregistration."

"A batch entered the Qin family."

"Another batch is flowing to you."

The project vice president's expression changed slightly.

How did you get this?

Qin Ruoxue slammed the file shut.

"You should ask."

Why is Hengtai on top?

In a word.

There was no response from Hengtai.

Some of the other streamers had already noticed.

"Qin Ruoxue?"

"Is she arguing with someone from Hengtai?"

"What kind of copper?"

"Is the Qin family related to Hengtai?"

Mobile phone.

One after another, they were transferred over.

The project's deputy general manager glanced at it.

His complexion was clearly not good.

Lower your voice.

"Mr. Qin, there are too many people here. If there's anything you need to discuss, we can find a place to talk privately."

Qin Ruoxue didn't even hesitate for a second.

"No discussion."

The other party was taken aback.

Why?

"You are not worthy."

The project vice president's expression was contorted.

"President Qin."

"You've publicly linked Hengtai with materials that haven't been legally verified."

"This could have a serious impact on the company."

Qin Ruoxue looked at him.

"Impact? Last night, five skeletons were dug out from under your old project."

Are you worried about the impact on the company?

The project's vice president looked grim.

Qin Ruoxue took a step forward.

"I'll tell you something else."

"The batch of copper from the Qin family."

"I will check everything again."

"Not a single one will be missed."

"Hengtai side."

"You'd better not be short a single piece of paper."

She finished speaking.

Turn around immediately.

Luo Tiancheng looked at the two sets of materials she brought.

Then I looked up at the top of the complex.

"The Qin family ancestral home".

Hengtai South District.

"More than twenty years."

"The same batch of copper."

"The same underground project..."

Chen Bufan looked up, his gaze sweeping from the twelve entrances all the way to the central atrium, and then down to the third basement level.

"It's not a problem with the same batch of materials."

Qin Ruoxue looked at him.

"What is that?"

Chen Bufan only said three words.

"A network."

Chen Bufan looked at the increasingly bustling commercial complex in front of him.

"The Qin family."

Hengtai.

"From the very beginning."

"On the same internet."

9:02.

The Record of Destiny floats in the air.

It flips over on its own without wind.

A white light emanated from Chen Bufan's eyes.

The glass curtain wall has faded away.

GG brand fades away.

Shop.

LED strip lights.

Escalator.

decorate.

All the layers peeled off one by one.

In the end, only the skeleton remained.

Twelve commercial areas surround the central atrium.

Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai.

The Twelve Earthly Branches.

Dozens of load-bearing columns.

Inside each pillar.

They all have a dark red life line.

All escalators, connecting corridors, walkways, and even shop entrances are deliberately arranged.

They are attractive.

It is fed layer by layer towards the middle.

Central atrium.

A massive glass dome.

It's no longer glass in terms of destiny.

It is an eye that is open upwards.

"Yang Eye"

Chen Bufan looked down at the ground.

Negative one.

Negative two.

Negative three.

"There's more below."

All the popularity, the voices, and the emotions that constantly arise in the footage.

Excitement, greed, curiosity, and fear all sank downwards.

"The courtyard is a mouth."

"The third basement level is the fundus of the eye."

More than a thousand live streaming devices.

Every screen is a mirror.

Suspended in mid-air.

Cameras, mobile phones, commercial screens, shop windows—they're becoming increasingly common.

Everything was surrounding that eye.

"External endoscope".

Chen Bufan nodded.

"There is one person present."

"To add a bit of life to the community."

"A live broadcast."

"Add a mirror."

Qin Ruoxue looked up.

"So they need ten thousand people?"

"more than."

Chen Bufan looked at the mirrors.

"What they want is the support of ten thousand people."

"To everyone who is watching."

There were 10,000 live streamers on site.

Each person has their own live streaming room.

One account can have hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of users.

Added together, it's not ten thousand, it's millions, tens of millions.

Just then.

At the entrance.

A young girl scans a QR code to claim a coupon.

Broadcast announcement: [Welcome to Hengtai Membership]

A very thin red line appeared beneath the girl's feet, leading to the ground.

The second person enters the live stream channel by scanning their face.

Broadcast announcement: [Authentication successful]

Another one.

The third person.

Connect to the mall's free WiFi.

Hengtai South District welcomes you.

Payment. Check-in. Location. Live stream. Membership.

Each time you complete a task, one more red line is added.

The red lines beneath those people's feet weren't tied to their bodies, but to their shadows.

"Signature photo".

9:06.

South Gate.

Suddenly, a commotion broke out.

More than a dozen reporters.

At the same time, he raised the camera.

Shen Qingyue has arrived.