Chapter 86

Chapter 86

The situation was now getting out of hand, with TV ratings climbing higher and higher.

Gao Langdong pulled out the handwritten list he was holding. Right then, the camera feed got cut.

The organizing committee and the foundation had demanded the broadcast be shut down.

"Mr. Gao, if what you say is true, we respect your bravery. However, aside from your own testimony, there is no evidence. Our foundation can't be held accountable for this, so we must ask you to step aside for now."

Gao Langdong stood there stunned. "What? Are you saying I'm making this up?"

"You should go to your own country for help. To us, you don't even have legal status."

"But I am the witness! I am the victim!"

Gao Langdong, seated in his wheelchair, was pushed off the stage.

Nevertheless, a global firestorm had been sparked. International forums were buzzing with debate, though people were still split.

"You're saying a crazy person won the Contribution Award?"

"How many times has Top Star been caught up in scandals? Why have they always been suppressed? It's because they have big fish backing them!"

"Just look at Dr. Gao's eyes; something seems off."

"Dr. Gao had mental problems back in university."

"The organizing committee did the right thing. They can't shoulder that risk."

Just as the arguing was going back and forth, a pop-up appeared on screens: #Black Impermanence Has Started Streaming!#

The previously rapidly refreshing forums froze for a few seconds, then went dead.

Last time, Black Impermanence's stream lasted only three minutes before going offline, leaving netizens kicking themselves for not being able to keep him online for even 0.01 seconds longer.

Now, upon seeing this pop-up, people reacted instantly, automatically triggering a panic-scream mode. They frantically clicked the notification, terrified that being a second late would mean not getting into the room.

In the hospital room, Yi Wuyi finally managed to join the stream after several refreshes. By then, the audience was already in the tens of millions.

Since it was an international website, users worldwide could directly access the stream, but that was still a huge number.

Especially considering the broadcast had just begun.

No one knew how the website verified this was the real Black Impermanence.

"Is it really Black Impermanence?"

"There are so many viewers! How do we know if it's real?"

"It's real!"

"How can we be sure it's real?"

"Because he's got proof right there!" Likes ×999

"No, because even with millions in the stream, the host still has that 'chill vibe that not even a god could rattle'! It's definitely Black Impermanence himself!" Likes ×39777

In the stream, Xie Yunshen was in his black gear, with a plain tiled wall as his background.

"I'm here to show everyone the decades of crimes committed by the Top Star Group: murder and drug trafficking, forcing women into surrogacy and holding them captive, using orphanages as organ banks, farming humans as organ banks, and... selling infant growth factors as medication..."

He held up a few key photos to the camera.

Then he looked down at them himself.

These were likely the scenes that guy Old Five mentioned the senior had risked his neck to get. They had been kept in Mr. Yan's safe all along.

"I've got more; I'll show you in a bit."

With that statement, pretty much no one was skeptical now.

Everyone was certain this was the real Black Impermanence.

Chat messages flew by at lightning speed. If the website hadn't had the foresight to limit the chat function to only one percent of viewers, the servers probably would've crashed already.

"Originally, only hell's own eyes could see this. Looks like hell's full up." ×4677

"Terrifying!"

"Mankind has hit rock bottom!" ×18888

"Witnessing history." ×6435

"Extremely horrifying."

"Oh my god! So it's all true."

"So, what Dr. Gao Langdong said is also true."

Although Black Impermanence's voice was still processed through a voice changer, you could hear his cold, steady voice crack a bit at this point: "Initially, the Top Star Group began its research on 'How Humans Can Stay Young' in an underground processing plant in the capital of Country C. This included kidnapping women to force them to have babies and buying or abducting infants through various channels. The growth factors from these children became essential for this drug."

"Later, as the technology matured, the Top Star Group moved to City A in Country A, connecting with various forces and embarking on a decades-long plan to whitewash their image."

He showed the list to the camera for a second.

"Holy crap! Who do I see!?"

"Scarier than the wildest rumors!"

"I see it too!"

"Basically, half the world's rich people are in on it."

"So that's why the TV feed got cut!"

"Wait! Is Black Impermanence gonna get hunted?"

"I bet the site gets taken down any minute."

Black Impermanence held thick stacks of documents; there were truly too many to count.

Ten minutes had already passed in the stream, and less than a third of the content had been covered.

Xie Yunshen was running out of patience. He stuck the evidence right in front of the camera: "This is evidence of various bribes and murders by Shang Guanhong of the Top Star Group."

Photos and documents flashed by, shocking everyone watching. Nobody blinked, frantically screen-recording and taking screenshots like crazy.

Watching the stream, Lin Jin's heart skipped a beat. In one of the photos that flashed by, he saw his sister's name.

This made him bolt up from his desk, fists clenched tightly.

Black Impermanence picked up another stack: "Entrepreneurs who failed to comply with Top Star Group's 'prophecies' faced various poisonings and 'accidents.' This documents everything Top Star Group has done over the years to eliminate dissenters, including planting explosives at construction sites, colluding with assassin organizations to silence witnesses..."

He casually flipped through a few pages in front of the camera: "We're short on time, let's just skim a few."

"And these..."

He had the calm, mundane workaday vibe of a live-stream sales host showing viewers an ingredient list or size chart.

At this moment, the live stream's concurrent viewer count had already surpassed 80 million and was still climbing, soon to hit 100 million.

The live chat began to lag and stutter, with people constantly getting disconnected.

They begged for Black Impermanence to stream on multiple platforms simultaneously.

"You can tell he just wants to clock out, lol"

"Please, start a couple more streams!"

"If the server crashes later, we'll miss the rest of the drama!"

"I feel like the website servers are already on their last legs."

"Oh my god! Stop sharing the link everywhere!"

"...Lord Black Impermanence just wants to end the stream ASAP."

"Yeah, he doesn't care about us at all (sad face)" ×187676

The perspective suddenly switched, revealing a view from atop a skyscraper. Below, traffic flowed endlessly between towering buildings. Black Impermanence stood on the railing, the wind howling, a sight that made viewers' scalps crawl.

Some recognized this as the rooftop of a conference hall building in the capital of C Country, precisely where the Contribution Award ceremony was being held.

People working in the office building opposite could see the dark figure on the neighboring rooftop just by opening their windows.

Excited, they started live-streaming on their phones.

In no time, Black Impermanence was being broadcast from over a dozen different angles.

He picked up a box, standing at the highest point of the skyscraper. In the night, amidst the gale, he casually opened the box. Documents and photos spilled out, flying wildly into the air.

"Go find your debtors," he said.

Under the gaze of all, these fluttering papers and photographs, like the hem of Death's robe, slowly descended upon every corner of the world.

On the other side of the globe, Shang Guanhong reached out and caught one of the falling photos.

In the picture, he and Lin Wanchu stood at the entrance of a shopping mall. She held his arm, smiling brightly.

In less than twenty minutes, Black Impermanence copycats had photocopied these photos and documents countless times, scattering them across every country, every city, every corner.

People in black hoodies, black masks, and wind goggles were everywhere; the crimes of Top Star Group were everywhere.

The photo in his hand was just one of countless copies.

"A bunch of crazed people have found their leader."

Shang Guanhong sneered, flicking the photo from between his fingers. It drifted slowly down into the cold night air.

He turned and saw Lin Jin standing behind him.

Shang Guanhong's expression remained blank.

Lin Jin's eyes were bloodshot: "She was pregnant. Why did you kill her?"

"I didn't kill her. I wanted her to become the mother of the Seed. She refused."

"What are you talking about?"

"In short, I wanted her to marry into the Yan family while pregnant. The child she bore would become the future clan head—what we call the Seed. But she thought I was insane."

Lin Jin had heard that in the past, Top Star Group was arrogant enough to decide marriages for the Yan family's main lineage, but he never imagined it was this deranged.

"So, how did my sister die?"

Shang Guanhong shrugged. "She wanted an abortion. I told her to have the child; it would still be useful later. She killed herself."

Lin Jin stared at him in disbelief, fists clenched so tight they trembled. *How could anyone say such a thing?*

No wonder Yan Shiqi was willing to do anything to bring down Top Star Group. They're all devils.

A numb chill ran through Lin Jin's body. "Where is my sister's body?"

"Women like your sister... there are far too many. I honestly don't remember..." Shang Guanhong removed his glasses, his face utterly impassive.

Lin Jin lunged, slamming him against the edge of the rooftop railing, roaring, "What did you say?! You're an animal!!!"

He tried to shove him over the edge.

Shang Guanhong spread his hands, looking coldly at the enraged Lin Jin, calmly accepting his own demise.

A long line of police cars were lined up below. There was no escape.

Even after the police separated them, Lin Jin hadn't yet emerged from his furious rage.

"I want to turn myself in. I'm the one who impersonated Black Impermanence, kidnapped Shang Guanhong, and held him captive."

The officer beside him was stunned. "What? But... aren't you Dr. Lin, the miracle healer?"

"It was me. I impersonated Black Impermanence, took Shang Guanhong from the hospital, and imprisoned him." Lin Jin didn't want to implicate Xie Yunshen any further. It was time to end this.

Meanwhile, Black Impermanence had just ended his stream.

Xie Yunshen, who had just caused a worldwide sensation, looked down at the gridlocked traffic below. The frenzied crowd, like ants, was rushing toward him with a kind of joyful frenzy.

"..."

He'd gotten too carried away. His broadcast location was exposed.

While there was still time, Xie Yunshen ran to the other side of the roof. In the biting wind, he took a running start and leaped toward the rooftop of the adjacent building.

He fell just short mid-air, but his hands caught the edge of the railing. Without pause, he nimbly pulled himself up and over, landing safely. He then jumped across the gap to another nearby skyscraper before vanishing completely into the night.

However, he didn't know that his movements never left the live-stream cameras of the people across the way.

Although he had cut his own stream, the viewers simply dispersed into these third-person perspective live streams; they hadn't left.

If Xie Yunshen had simply vanished into the night like a deity, it would have immediately killed the buzz, as it would suggest Black Impermanence was probably just fictional code or a robot.

But now, Hei Wuchang leaped between two buildings with movements that defied normal human limits. That effortless, fearless figure burned itself into everyone's retinas.

At this moment, he was a living, breathing person. Precisely because he was human, it added a golden sheen to the identity of Hei Wuchang.

Simultaneously, he would ascend to complete godhood in this world.

"Ahhhhh! Is he a god!?" ×99999

"Seriously, that was freaking cool!"

"Even I have to admit I'd come up short next to him."

Xie Yunshen landed steadily from the outer wall of a dark building. He removed his goggles in a corner, turned his black hoodie inside out to reveal a white jacket, and slipped through two alleys amidst the chaotic crowd.

By the roadside, an understated luxury car was parked.

Xie Yunshen opened the car door and climbed into the toasty interior.

"Scared me to death!" The previously calm and composed Hei Wuchang dove into Mr. Yan's arms, seeking a hug like a child clinging to its mother.

"On that first jump, I almost went flying for real." Even now, Xie Yunshen's heart was pounding...

Fortunately, his physical training barely paid off; otherwise, that jump just now would have been it for me.

Yan Shiqi didn't say a word.

In the dim night, Xie Yunshen could see a flicker of excitement glimmering in his eyes.

"Mr. Yan, what's wrong?"

"I'm a little stunned... Hei Wuchang's influence has far surpassed what I imagined."

"Really? How many people were in the livestream just now?"

"At least over a hundred million."

"Really!?" Xie Yunshen was stunned. He had been focused on wrapping up the stream and hadn't had time to check the comments or the viewer count.

"And that's after many people were booted due to server overload."

Xie Yunshen glanced at the account on his phone. 350 million+ followers.

Three hundred million... that's like a whole country's worth of people.

Xie Yunshen even thought there was a glitch and refreshed the page.

It became 360 million...

Then, with each refresh, the count shot up by millions.

Most importantly, Xie Yunshen didn't have to worry about exposing his info or deleting the account.

Because this was a global server website, there was no need to link any ID—just remembering the login info allowed him to access it next time.

Xie Yunshen joked, "Mr. Yan, next time you won't need to hire celebrities for promotion. I can do your ads for you."

Yan Shiqi looked at him silently, his gaze still carrying that piercing, intense stare.

Tonight, Mr. Yan's emotions were hard for Xie Yunshen to read.

"By the way, the name Hei Wuchang probably isn't exactly reputable in Country A yet..." He tried to justify it to himself.

For the first time, Xie Yunshen felt Mr. Yan's breathing was unsteady, and his grip on his shoulders was unusually tight, accompanied by a slight tremor.

If earlier he thought Mr. Yan was angry, at this moment, he would have thought Mr. Yan was about to kiss him.

But the next instant, a faint laser flash flickered before his eyes.

Xie Yunshen moved fast, shoving Yan Shiqi down: "Watch out!"

Bang! The bulletproof glass cracked open a hole the next moment.