Zhao Feixuan told him that he had already mobilized the members of Blue Home and were determined to reveal the truth to the world.
But the owner of the warehouse had to be someone powerful who could cover up his crimes. Blue Home’s strength alone would not be enough.
He hoped that Meng Chao and the Broken Star Club could help them so that justice would prevail and they would be able to maintain the normal cultivation order in Dragon City.
Meng Chao did not agree to it rashly.
Instead, he went to a small forum with few members, registered an anonymous account, and posted the pictures, videos, and the entire story Zhao Feixuan gave to him on the forum.
He tapped send lightly, and at the moment his post appeared on the forum, a notification popped up at the corner of Meng Chao’s eye.
[The Fire Relayer has revealed the criminal act of a high-end superhuman hoarding items to sell them at a high price. You have defended Dragon City’s harmony. Increased contribution points by 7.]
As the netizens read his post and commented on the matter, his contribution points continued increasing.
This meant that the information Zhao Feixuan provided was real.
Since that was the case, Meng Chao would not let go of the chance to get rid of a bad trend and foster proper social trends.
During a gathering in the Broken Star Club, he brought out the items Zhao Feixuan gave him and used his name to swear that the things he provided were all legit.
Originally, Meng Chao just wanted to see whether there were any members in the Broken Star Club who worked in related departments and could provide protection to them as they investigated the truth.
He did not expect that this single stone would cause multiple ripples. All the members in the Broken Star Club regarded this criminal act of hoarding the items with great disgust and anger.
But when Meng Chao thought about it, it made sense.
Normal citizens did not have high demands for cultivation resources in terms of the number and quality.
When the price for cultivation resources increased, it just meant that the normal citizens would have less time to cultivate. In any case, they were just aiming to make their bodies stronger. They were no longer hoping to awaken to supernatural powers.
But it was different for broken-star superhumans.
With the help of the Ultimate Style, they had a brand new cultivation path opened for them, and they were in need of large amounts of cultivation resources to reach greater heights.
But lately, the prices of many crucial cultivation resources had inflated to a ridiculous degree. In just a short month, they had increased anywhere from 50% to 80%.
Even Meng Chao felt that he could not handle paying for the cultivation resources at cost price, despite the fact that he had channels to various factories that were willing to sell him those items directly.
Normal broken-star superhumans were the pillars at the frontlines of various fields, and they took up crucial positions. Their annual wages fluctuated from two hundred thousand to five hundred thousand yuan. Some of them were also able to get some shares from the company. IN the eyes of normal people, they had a high salary and were already at the peak of their lives.
Someone with an annual salary of five hundred thousand yuan could naturally live a dignified life.
But they had to buy all sorts of costly cultivation resources, and if they wanted to provide a good cultivation environment for their children, they had a hard time doing so.
Cultivation was similar to going upstream on a boat; if someone did not practice for a while, they would regress. If they did not take in a certain amount of cultivation resources each month, their cultivation realms and fighting strength would fall.
Right now, the competition in various industries was very intense, especially in the positions which could stay comfortably in Dragon City and did not need to risk their lives in the wild with monsters. There were countless people coveting such positions.
One month without cultivation was still fine, but if they did not take in enough cultivation resources for three or more months, they would not be able to handle the intensity of their work, because they had to work fourteen hours a day six days a week, sometimes more, and they had to to take their boss’ call at any moment. And that was if they did not consider the problem of their work efficiency.
If things progressed in this manner, they would definitely be eliminated from the high-end job positions in the market.
When Meng Chao revealed the matter of the hidden resources, a broken-star superhuman said angrily, “I earn 28,000 yuan a month. Sounds like a lot, right?
“But I need at least 8,000 to 10,000 yuan to buy cultivation resources to maintain my current power.
“Since I have to work for long hours, I don’t have time to take missions from the Supernatural Tower and earn Supernatural Coins, so I have to buy most of my cultivation resources from the black market.
“Over the past month, the prices for resources in the black market have increased by at least 50%. The brain cell activation fluid I usually take has even increased by 100%. Because of it, the cost for my cultivation has increased to around 15,000 yuan. It’s about half of my salary!
“But now, the monsters have become smarter, and they know how to damage certain parts of the city, so they caused quite a stir and everyone is afraid. A lot of the industries are shrinking their line of business. It’s the same for my company. They said that they’re either going to cut our salary or lay off people.
“If this continues, even if I have the Ultimate Style, without a sufficient amount of crystals, gene medicine, and high-calorie nutritional fluid, how can a broken-star superhuman like me ever stand out?
“At first, I thought that the monster invasion caused the lack of resources, so we would all just grit our teeth and tide over this dry spell. We would eventually be able to get through it.
“But when I think about it carefully, that doesn’t sound right. Didn’t we win in the northern offense? We should be able to get more resources. So, where are those resources?
“And today, when Leader Meng brought out the evidence, I finally understood it! These crooks have been hoarding! They want to profit from our misery!
“Those guys are ready to use everything in their disposal to obtain resources so that they can become high-end superhumans, but this cuts off the chances of the ones who became superhumans later. This cannot stand!”
This broken-star superhuman voiced the opinions of a lot of the members. Hence, without Meng Chao needing to fan the flames, the evidence was passed around and spread among the one hundred thousand members of the Broken Star Club.
Soon, all the websites, forums, media, social platforms, and various chat groups in Dragon City exploded in rage.
The tens of millions of Dragon Citizens used various channels to find more concrete evidence.
Once things progressed this far, there was no longer any power that could suppress this matter.
The powerhouses in the Survival Committee and Supernatural Tower were enraged and demanded to learn the full truth behind this matter.
As they carried out investigations, their clues led them to Thundercloud Corporation.
Thundercloud Corporation was the same as Universe Corporation and Sky Pillar Corporation. It was one of the nine great mega corporations that had formed the Survival Committee and rebuilt order in their civilization when Battle God Lei Zongchao summoned them.
Thundercloud Corporation dabbled in the refinement of metal, research of martial arts, creation of weapons, business, property management, and all sorts of industries in Dragon City. It was a true business giant.
The Yun family was in control of Thundercloud Corporation. They were a cultivation family that intimidated all of Dragon City, and it had three Deity Realm fighters in it. All of them were outstanding people who could make Monster Mountain Range shake with a stomp of their feet.
But even a giant like this was unable to ward off the anger from all the citizens in the city. Even though the investigation was still ongoing, a vice president from Thundercloud Corporation took the blame and resigned.
The master of the Yun family publicly announced that he would work together with the Survival Committee and Supernatural Tower to carry out the strictest investigation, and if anyone were involved in this matter, no matter how high their rank was in the corporation and whether it would affect the master himself, the Yun family would uphold the ideals of superhumans and offer a suitable explanation to the citizens. At the same time, he would deliver the harshest judgment to the shameless people who ruined the reputation of the Yun family, Thundercloud Corporation, and all superhumans.
The master of the Yun family stated in great distress, “The people who did this aren’t superhumans at all. They’re lost people who have been bewitched by monsters and have fallen onto the evil path!”
Yet the scandal continued festering, and it no longer involved just Thundercloud Corporation. The investigation gradually expanded to all the nine great mega corporations.
The people who were observant realized that this was not a single accident. Instead, a storm that would sweep through all of Dragon City was already brewing and roaring at the horizon.
Even Lu Siya went to Meng Chao to ask him what had happened. How did the Broken Star Club end up getting involved with Blue Home and causing such a major event?
“You should know that I’m trying to gain Blue Home’s trust!” Meng Chao said. “Besides, right now, the investigation reports state that the evidence they had was real. Some people in Thundercloud Corporation were indeed the black sheep of superhumans.
“Their act of hoarding cultivation resources not only harmed the interest of a large number of broken-star superhumans and middle-range and low-end superhumans who have no connections, they also indirectly hurt the interests of tens of millions of citizens. It’s possible that we will lose the war because of them, so shouldn’t we expose them?
“Or are you trying to tell me that Sky Pillar Corporation and the Lu family have done something similar to this and are worried that the flames will end up burning them once they get hotter?”
Lu Siya pouted. “That will depend on how you define hoarding. Regardless of whether it’s Thundercloud Corporation’s Yun family or Sky Pillar Corporation’s Lu family, both of us are big families with big businesses. We have around one thousand superhumans that are the core of our families. There’s nothing wrong with us hoarding some resources to satisfy these people’s cultivation needs.
“Cultivation isn’t just a science, it’s also an art. In fact, it’s an art that cannot be measured accurately with numbers.
“Some people only need ten sets of cultivation resources to reach Heaven Realm, but some people are only at the peak of Earth Realm even after they used up one hundred sets of cultivation resources.
“And here’s the problem, who would know how much resources they would need before they start cultivating?
“The Survival Committee might have mentioned that each superhuman can only store half a month’s worth of cultivation resources and it sounds great, but it’s not realistic, and it can’t be carried out at all.
“Forget it, even if I tell you these things, it’s useless. In any case, your feet are glued firmly to the normal people’s side.
“Anyway, even if Sky Pillar Corporation and the Lu family are found to be hoarding, the flames won’t burn my tail. I’m just a third generation member of the family who is sent to work unimportant jobs and will never accomplish anything. The Red Radiance Jade mine has also been snatched away from my hands. Now that I think about it, it’s a blessing in disguise. I’m mainly worried about you.”
“Worried about me?” Meng Chao was a little taken aback.
“Duh. You don’t even know that you were used by someone? Are you an idiot?” Lu Siya said impatiently. “This matter has now created a huge ruckus. Do you really think that this is solely due to Blue Home and the Broken Star Club?”
Meng Chao’s mind raced, and he immediately understood what Lu Siya meant.
The warehouse Thundercloud Corporation used to hoard stuff would definitely not be noticed by some random nobody “accidentally”.
The investigations were also going on vigorously, to the point that they forced the master of the Yun family to present a public apology. This could not be because Blue Home and the Broken Star Club had exposed them.
This matter was very complicated.
But Meng Chao would not turn back.
The contribution points flashing nonstop at the corner of his eyes told him that he was doing something right, and he was pushing Dragon City to a brighter future bit by bit.