Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon!

Pu Gang Farm.

Yu Duanchong stood inside the pigsty, his eyes dull and lifeless as he stared at the corpses of pigs scattered all over the ground, looking like a walking corpse who had lost all vitality.

Batch after batch of workers inspected each pig pen in an attempt to find any pigs that had miraculously survived, only to be met with disappointment time and again.

There were also scientists in white coats, wearing masks, conducting autopsies on the bodies, searching for the cause of the swine fever outbreak.

On the open ground of the farm, piles of pig carcasses formed small hills, a sight that was shocking to behold.

"It's all over, all gone."

Yu Duanchong muttered to himself, watching the pig farming empire he had built collapse at an unimaginable speed. He struggled to breathe, his chest writhed with pain; he had severe heart disease, which was now triggered by the stress.

"Boss!"

The accompanying secretary was shocked and quickly fed medicine to Yu Duanchong. After a while, Yu Duanchong finally recovered, but the pain on his face was even more sorrowful than during the angina attack.

"Dad, we're here."

A large group of people rushed into the farm.

The top executives of Yikang Company and other members of the Yu Family had received the news and rushed here.

However, upon seeing the current state of Pu Gang Farm, everyone, without exception, was struck with horror, and panic quickly seized their hearts.

Pu Gang Farm was the core of Yikang Company, accounting for 80% of the company's revenue.

Now, with four million pigs dead within the farm, just this alone amounted to a direct loss exceeding seven billion.

The market value of Yikang Company was only around 12 billion or so.

It could be said that the downfall of Pu Gang Farm was a disaster for Yikang Company.

From the perspective of market value, Yikang Company seemed to have started with a loss, but pig farming is a capital-intensive operation, always indebted with bank loans and payment dues to raw material suppliers; they needed to sell the pigs to recoup funds for repayment.

But with Yikang Company in its current state, what could they use to discuss repayments? Whether the company could continue to operate was an unknown.

"Why wasn't the swine fever detected earlier? What are the people at the farm even for?"

"We've signed agreements with Xunlan Commercial Supermarkets and several other companies to deliver 120,000 pigs the day after tomorrow as per the contract; what do we give them now?"

"Huasheng Bank still owes more than two billion in loans, and they will not let us off the hook…"

"If you hadn't been neglecting your duties, engaging more in the company instead of such matters, this wouldn't have happened. Such a virulent contagious disease in pigs went undetected."

"Nonsense, you still have the nerve to say that about me, you were soaking in a bar all night yesterday, not coming home, what right do you have to talk?"

A large group of the Yu Family felt as if the sky had collapsed and began to blame and complain about each other.

"Old… Old Yu, say something!"

Wang Huilian looked at her husband, hoping that he, as the principal decision-maker, would come up with an idea.

The other Yu Family members also stopped arguing, all turning their eyes to Yu Duanchong, hoping he could stand up in this time of crisis.

Yu Duanchong's face was pale, silent all along until his wife's call finally made him come back to his senses.

"Chen Shang, has the swine fever test result come out yet?"

Having regained some composure, Yu Duanchong immediately summoned the company's chief swine disease expert to inquire about the exact type of swine fever they were dealing with.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yu, this is a type of swine fever virus we have never seen before, and we still cannot detect the cause,"

responded Chen Shang, who was questioned. As soon as the swine fever outbreak was identified, they conducted tests right away, performing various related tests, but until now, they could not find the cause of the swine fever.

"Is someone poisoning them?"

Yu Duanchong asked again, a bit suspicious whether it was Mu Hua Company's doing, since they had recently used the same tactic against Mu Hua Company.

"It's impossible, this is an unprecedented swine fever virus, with no similar cases found anywhere in the world; we're just purely unlucky to have encountered it."

Chen Shang shook his head, giving a very certain judgment.

"Is there a risk of it being a zoonotic disease?"

Thinking of something, Yu Duanchong's eyes flickered, with a palpable fear in his gaze.

Startled, Chen Shang then shook his head and said, "There shouldn't be any risk. Although the pork is severely above standard levels, it won't transmit back to humans."

"Alright, thank you, Old Chen, you may go now."

After dismissing Chen Shang, Yu Duanchong turned to his family members with fierce determination, gritting his teeth:

"From now on, no one enters or leaves Pugang Farm, completely lock down this swine fever issue, collect all employees' phones, give them enough hush money, and make them all keep their mouths shut.

Junior, with your brother-in-law at the Epidemic Prevention Bureau, go back right now and have him issue a batch of animal health certificates for us. We won't let him down afterwards.

Huili, you will personally oversee the slaughterhouse, and we must process and send these diseased pigs to the market as soon as possible, and the price can be kept as low as possible."

Hearing Yu Duanchong's words, the Yu Family members were all shocked.

"Uncle, this is illegal!"

A member of the Yu Family trembled, the thought of millions of diseased pigs flooding the market made his scalp tingle.

"So what if it's illegal? Do you want to go bankrupt?"

Clenching his fists tightly, Yu Duanchong's face twisted fiercely, resembling a demon.

The others thought about their own interests, realizing that if Yikang Company went bankrupt, they would have nothing left.

In a moment, they all fell silent, no longer voicing any objections.

Having lived in luxury, the thought of bankruptcy and having nothing was something most of them couldn't bear; the psychology of taking risks began to take over.

"Big brother, I understand. I'll go to my brother-in-law's myself."

The Yu Family's junior immediately agreed, supporting his elder brother's decision.

"Go to the second floor safe, the Third Level, take those two boxes of cigarettes, they are all little yellow croakers, make sure he cooperates with us."

"Dad, I'll look for channels to sell off the pork."

Yu Shichang also sprang into action, seeking out his connections.

The other Yu Family members also offered their advice in turn, as after all, the diseased pigs didn't kill people; Yikang Company was far more important, it absolutely must not go bankrupt.

After giving his orders, Yu Duanchong had everyone assigned tasks.

After everyone left, Yu Duanchong smoked, his gaze cold: "No one can bring down my Yikang Group, no one."

Stamping out the cigarette, Yu Duanchong quickly got in his car and left; he had to personally handle matters.

With such important assets in Yikang Company, linked to so many people's livelihoods, just by persuading with reason and appealing to feelings, Yikang Company wouldn't fall.

Meanwhile, none of them noticed that not far away, several tiny flying insects hovered over the trees, with pinhole cameras attached, quietly recording this entire conversation.

And inside the farm, more pinhole cameras silently operated, recording scenes of the swine from falling ill to death.