Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

This time, the rumors were particularly detailed, with time and place specified, even pointing out that it was in Dai Xingyan's office.

This news once again exploded within the Maintenance Master's circle, because it was described in such detail that some Masters even went to verify it.

In their view, the Dai Family is also considered people of Taikoo. Unfortunately, the response from the Dai Family was: This matter is true!

As a result, some Masters retreated, while others began to accuse the Dai Family, calling them traitors of Taikoo.

A small number of Masters also began to condemn the act of plagiarism—some tech enthusiasts really can't stand any sand in their eyes.

Just as the divide was becoming more apparent, new explosive information emerged.

Some swore that Tanaka Yoshi and his sons were desperately seeking people to mediate and resolve the dispute with the original author of the manuscript.

It's rumored that the offer has exceeded two hundred thousand silver coins but was still refused.

"Do you know? The one whose manuscript was stolen knows quite a few Modified Warriors..."

"Some time ago, the Celestial Craft Repair Factory in Houjing offended him, resulting in the death of several Modified Warriors and spending two hundred thousand to be let go!"

So others went to the Taikoo branch of the Celestial Craft Repair Factory to inquire about the situation.

However, the people at Celestial Craft unanimously stated, we don't know about the Houjing matters, nor do we wish to inquire.

Qu Jianlei, while on Blue Star, hadn't studied how to create hype, but even if he hadn't eaten pork, he had seen pigs run.

Those elements are easily accessible online. Although he's homebody, he isn't out of touch with the times.

This wave after wave of news updates and bombardments is really at his fingertips.

However, for people from the Wasteland, this maneuver was too rare; releasing the information bit by bit made it unforgettable.

When the incident became explosive enough, some Taikoo Masters rushed to Houjing to understand the truth.

But there were also Masters who firmly supported Tanaka Yoshi and his sons, fiercely cursing the people of Houjing as despicable.

On a certain rainy night, four of the most vocal Masters were murdered.

The sites of their deaths were varied, as were the manners of their deaths.

Some encountered robbery and murder on the road, others were on duty at the factory and were remotely shot dead.

The most bizarre was an A-Level Master, who was drowned alive in his own bathtub.

Even more bewildering, his residence was in a wealthy district of Taikoo.

An A-Level Master is quite well-off; he was especially well-off due to his family's good conditions.

His business abilities weren't outstanding among A-Level Masters, sometimes even considered undeservedly famous.

Rumor has it he got through the A-Level Master's assessment by having inside connections through Tanaka Yoshi.

He had always been close to President Tanaka Yoshi, caring more about networking than the maintenance work.

So he leaped at the chance to jump in on each wave of rumor, leading the charge.

The next day, news spread that four Masters supportive of Tanaka Yoshi's family met untimely deaths.

The news quickly rocked the entire Maintenance Master circle, and after the shock, all the Masters were furious.

They collectively pressured the authorities to quickly find the murderer.

At this moment, the Masters had no camp divisions, only a united front against the killers!

As a profession reliant on technical expertise, they were respected and away from intrigue, even more so away from killings.

This time four colleagues met untimely ends. If they don't fight for this, who would dare again be a Master?

Signs suggest that these four were killed perhaps due to offending someone in Houjing, with a very apparent cause.

The Dai Family has deep roots in Taikoo, though no Masters directly blocked their door, there were many with crooked mouths around.

Family members of the deceased wailed and cursed loudly at the door of the Dai Family, only to be chided and driven away by the Dai Family's guards.

The Dai Family was indeed this overbearing, albeit not suitable to murder in public streets of Taikoo, but driving off offenders was no big deal.

The Taikoo authorities couldn't make any statements on this, just inquiring formally with the Dai Family.

But the Dai Family stated, they had no idea what was being talked about.

Dai Xingyan remains the prime suspect? Sorry, she's always been in Houjing, probably hasn't returned home for more than half a year.

Calls for thorough scrutiny of the murderers grew louder, but Taikoo officials said: there are no clues, for now.

However, various signs indicate that among the perpetrators, at least one is a Modified Warrior—the perpetrator may be from above.

Yet there were still suggestions to have Houjing cooperate in the investigation, see what Terry and Jian Lei were doing those days.

Finally, someone raised an objection: shouldn't Tanaka Yoshi and his sons make a statement on this?

The one proposing was also a Master, usually not very close to Tanaka Yoshi.

(First update, He Meng's Green Cloud Pavilion King.") ———————

The proposal of this Master aroused dissatisfaction among some Masters: What does this have to do with President Tanaka Yoshi?

Someone intentionally smeared the president, even spreading vicious rumors, wasn't this targeted at Taikoo's Maintenance Association?

At this time, instead of going all out to catch the murderer, you want the president to make a statement. How malicious is your intent?

Very calmly, he replied: I also want to catch the murderer quickly, but without thoroughly investigating the matter, how should we proceed?

Anyway, Tanaka Yoshi coming forward to make a statement shouldn't cause any harm, right?

His response also resonated with a significant number of Masters.

The vast majority of Masters were indignant, not blindly supporting the association's president but feeling their personal safety was impacted.