Chapter 738 - One Man Action

Translator: Thyaeria

The nation had immediately convened an emergency conference to discuss with many foreign medicine enterprises under the crisis.

In this meeting, the Health Bureau set up an emergency fund of nearly ¥500,000,000 as the starting and follow-up funds.

For this conference, the four largest international medicine conglomerate, UK’s Elbert Pharmaceutical, Germany’s Neuer Pharmaceutical, America’s Ferry Pharmaceutical, and Italy’s Tosca Pharmaceutical had sent out their representatives to participate in this conference, which the representatives promised that they would pick their best members to establish a research team to investigate a cure for Seven Mountain Village.

Due to the urgent situation, there were also similar cases of the Seven Mountain Virus beyond China. Hence, international flights had an adjustment. Any planes that came from China would have to go through strict inspections to prevent their countries from being affected by the crisis.

Undoubtedly, the tourism industry suffered the greatest blow. Most of the international travel agencies have closed, so China had been isolated, with no one able to come or go.

At the same time, the international media had stood out to comment on the Seven Mountain Virus, launching a great blow to fast-developing China. Schools were closed, factories were closed, and even businesses were bleak. Tycoons were losing enormous wealth daily. The international investment market was all pessimistic about China’s capital. Regardless of the financial market in the country or the international enterprises that had something to do with China, they suffered a massive dive.

However, some stocks showed a tendency to rise.

“The Fitte Medicine Manufacturing Company has formed a strategic partnership with the Tosca Pharmaceutical Conglomerate. During their press conference, Tosca Pharmaceutical Conglomerate expressed that they will send their best virology team to research the Seven Mountain Virus. If Tosca Pharmaceutical Conglomerate manages to resolve China’s crisis, that means that they will be able to gain a stable footing in the country.”

Stock analysts released this piece of information, causing bankers or individual investors to instantly raise the stock price of Fitte Medicine Manufacturing Company to a terrifying height for three days and still showed signs of rising.

If the research team from Tosca Pharmaceutical Conglomerate really found a cure, the stock price would increase once more by three to five folds. Many people had started to speculate as they dumped all of their other stock to buy Fitte Medicine Manufacturing Company’s stock.

Looking at the rising stock price, Ying Xiong made a rough calculation, and he made nearly ¥20,000,000,000 in just two days. He only spent about ¥2,000,000,000 to hire the mercenaries from Central Europe, so this could be considered a worthwhile deal.

Most importantly, his initial plan had succeeded, and several business proprietors in the background were happy to see this result.

Under the influence of the epidemic, China’s economy trembled, allowing those schemers to move in the dark and get a piece of China’s economy for themselves.

Sitting beside him, Tony looked terrible with bruises on his face as he roared, “Who was it that attacked me last night? Is it the Dragon Group?”

“It’s not the Dragon Group.” Ying Xiong sighed. If it wasn’t for his people last night, Tony would probably be captured by now.

“Aside from the Dragon Group, China has another powerful force?” Tony gnashed his teeth. The battle last night was more brutal than he had imagined. Although the other party only had four people, they managed to take down all five of his bodyguards. Right now, his bodyguards were still lying in the hospital. Moreover, even if they could recover in the future, they couldn’t continue working as bodyguards anymore.

“If I’d guessed correctly, it should be Fire Beacon!” Ying Xiong locked his brows together and continued, “The reason why you know nothing of this organisation is that they rarely have any international activities. Their existence is to protect the stability of China’s economy and ensure healthy development. However, our actions have seriously affected the stability of the country, and this is the reason why they made a move.”

“I want revenge!” Tony balled his fists together.

When he finished talking, he realised that he had used too much strength in talking as a surge of pain made him suck in a cold breath.

“Don’t worry about it. I will definitely make you satisfied, but I will need to use some methods.” Ying Xiong was in a pretty good mood as he comforted Tony.

“What methods?” Tony curiously asked.

“Throw out some bait and wait for them to fall for the trap.” Ying Xiong said, cunningly.

Yan Sha laid on the bed, playing with her phone with a helpless expression on her face. This was initially supposed to be a graduation trip filled with happiness, but she never expected that it would be so boring. Along with the large scale outbreak of the disease, their holiday was also affected.

Right now, they could only stay in the hotel. The virus was too terrifying, and they would have to face the risk of being infected if they go out, and no one would want to risk their lives.

“I still can’t get a call through my Senior Brother’s phone!” Yan Sha sank her head in depression as she wondered, “Nothing will happen to him, right?”

“The signal might be bad, so you don’t have to be so worried.” Jiang Qinghan tried her best to comfort her daughter, albeit to the fact that she was also worried.

At this moment, the doorbell of their room rang out. When Yan Sha opened it and saw Little Wen, she smiled. “Quick, come in!”

Looking at Yan Sha with a conflicted gaze, Little Wen sighed, “Shasha, there’s something that I would like to discuss with you!”

“What is it?” Yan Sha immediately asked upon seeing Little Wen’s hesitations.

“We’re planning to return to Hanzhou City. The virus has developed into a countrywide outbreak, and it’s no longer suitable for travel, so we’re intending on returning as soon as possible.” Little Wen sneaked a glance at Yan Sha and asked, “Are you coming back with us?”

“I’m not!” Yan Sha firmly shook her head and replied, “I’m waiting for my Senior Brother here with my mother.”

“Actually, I also want to wait for Divine Physician Su together with you, but my dad is worried for us. He told us that the epidemic is more serious in Yundian Province, and it’s safer for us to return to Huainan Province.” Little Wen gave an embarrassed smile.

Letting out a sigh, Yan Sha held onto Little Wen’s hand and smiled. “It’s fine; you guys can return first. I’m sorry that this trip went to waste because of my inconsideration.”

“No one expected that the situation would become so serious.” Little Wen helplessly replied.

After seeing Little Wen out, Yan Sha closed the door with tears rolling down her cheeks.

At this moment, Jiang Qinghan embraced her shoulder and asked, “Are you sad?”

“Yeah. I thought that Little Wen would stay firm with me. After all, she’s my best friend.” Yan Sha’s tears fell to the ground.

Jiang Qinghan knew that her daughter was feeling betrayed at this moment, so she said, “Little Wen values the friendship between the two of you. Otherwise, she wouldn’t look so dejected.”

As they spoke, the doorbell rang once more and Jiang Qinghan inwardly sighed before she went to open the door. But when she opened the door, she exclaimed out in surprise, “Little Wen’s mother?”

Giving a smile to Jiang Qinghan, Little Wen’s mother replied, “I’m here to tell you that the two other families have decided to book their flights in the afternoon to leave. But we won’t go back for the time being; we will stay here with you guys since Little Wen said that she is worried about Yan Sha. So as best friends, it’s natural for them to share delights and hardships together.”

Standing beside her mother, Little Wen lowered her head as she peeked at Yan Sha.

When Yan Sha heard that, she was briefly stunned before she jumped up in happiness and hugged Little Wen.

Looking at this scene, Jiang Qinghan inwardly sighed as she inwardly thanked Little Wen for letting Yan Sha know that friendship exists.

“Ms. Yan, we just received news from Seven Mountain Village that it has been a week since they received any news about Su Tao. He can’t be...” Geng Hong softly said, sounding her worry.

“Nothing will happen to him!” Yan Jing’s eyes calmly flashed before she continued, “There are definitely things that will put him in a difficult position, but it’s definitely not epidemics.”

“He went into the mountain for seven days, and it’s hard for anyone to survive in such an environment.” Geng Hong said in a worried tone before she added, “And he only brought his medical box with him...”

“Does he look like a reckless person?” Yan Jing asked with a playful smile.

“He’s not, but...” Geng Hong also had no idea why Yan Jing was so calm.

“We just have to wait patiently for the results.” Yan Jing tried her best to calm down and instructed, “We have to make preparations for the fashion conference in Italy, and we’ll fly over once he has resolved this problem so that we can make it a resounding event.”

Geng Hong nodded her head upon receiving the instructions. Although most enterprises were semi-frozen, the Three Flavour International was still operating as per normal. The employees were all given the Four Energy Tonic daily, so there wasn’t any panic from the epidemic.

That’s because TCM was the foundation of the Three Flavour International, so all the employees knew how to protect themselves well from being infected.

After Geng Hong left her office, Yan Jing let out a heavy sigh as she muttered, “Su Tao, just where are you?”

Yan Jing wasn’t afraid that something might happen to Su Tao because she was confident in him. On the contrary, she was afraid that Su Tao might leave without saying anything.

The mountain behind Seven Mountain Village was a primitive forest. Even hunters would only move in a certain region because wild animals weren’t the threat, but poisonous insects and miasma.

Eight men in monk dressing swiftly traveled through the forest and they would occasionally come to a stop to investigate the traces.

Through special training, these Thailand Buddhism disciples have been turned into formidable warriors in the forest.

“Venerable Bassoon, we’ve searched for three days, and we still can’t find any traces of Saint Venerable Father. Furthermore, there are fewer traces for us to search for. Is it because the Saint Venerable Father does not want us to look for him and purposely concealed his tracks?” One of the monks asked with a devout expression.

Letting out a sigh, Bassoon nodded his head. “It’s highly possible. The Saint Venerable Father is proficient in living in the forest, so he would erase his tracks by habit. This isn’t to prevent us from finding him, but it’s to prevent wild animals from following him. After all, this is a forest, and there are all sorts of dangers here. You can only protect yourself by being cautious.”

“We found a cave up ahead with traces of fire there! Judging from the firewood, it was recently left by Saint Venerable Father!” A monk suddenly ran over and reported.

“Let us go take a look immediately!” Bassoon’s mood suddenly became better since they were under Liu Jianwei’s orders to find Su Tao and protect him.

Now that they finally found traces of Su Tao, that meant that Su Tao was still alive!

Instantly, Bassoon felt admiration for Su Tao’s survival skills. Although they entered the mountain as a group, they would often encounter dangers, not to mention that Su Tao was traveling alone.