There was nothing for Ouyang Feng to object to about Zhou Yu's words.
Although he disliked Zhang Shaohua's behavior and the brutality of the Shadow Organization.
Still, survival was the prerequisite for disdain.
As they chatted about the mission, the transport plane landed before they knew it.
This was indeed a suburb.
It should be on the outskirts of the city, but the exact location was still unclear.
After disembarking from the transport plane, each team, along with their instructors, formed a group to conduct their investigation.
The official members of the Dragon Group also dispersed.
Zhou Yu followed Da Xiong's team, and they walked leisurely.
There were no specific criteria for this mission; rankings would be determined by the importance of the information each person discovered.
However, there was not much information available about this place beforehand.
After all, it was a den recently established by the Shadow Organization.
So, frankly speaking, the final mission score would depend on luck.
Since that was the case, everyone took their time.
"Let's head this way," Zhou Yu suggested.
This was a factory area, and it was evident that industry here had been very prosperous many years ago.
But perhaps due to the depletion of nearby resources, the factories gradually shut down.
The workers who had worked here before also relocated.
It had become utterly desolate.
Being in the suburbs, far from the nearest city, nobody usually came here.
It was the ideal hideout for the Shadow Organization.
The fact that they knew about this place was thanks to Fengxian Zhu and Fengxian Zhao.
Although they were not core members of the Zhang family, many tasks required their involvement.
Therefore, during a transport of supplies, they accidentally discovered this den.
Unfortunately, the people of the Shadow Organization were very cunning.
Especially after their first suppression, their vigilance was at its peak.
It was no exaggeration to call them "cunning rabbits with three burrows."
So, now, the factory area was deserted, making it impossible to determine how long the Shadow Organization had evacuated this place.
Zhou Yu and Da Xiong's group entered a factory building and then split up to search for clues.
The whistle was used as a signal.
If anyone encountered danger, they would blow the whistle around their neck, and those nearby would rush to their aid!
There were many signs of daily life inside the factory.
It was clear that many members of the Shadow Organization had lived here before.
However, to their disappointment, the Shadow Organization had not used this place as a laboratory.
So, apart from the domestic garbage, no experimental data was found!
"Is the Shadow Organization in the business of trading?" Da Xiong found a ledger and couldn't help but pick it up and examine it closely.
The more he looked, the more he frowned!
Because it detailed what a certain family had purchased, along with the price and quantity.
However, the items purchased by these families were all coded using numbers and letters.
Without internal members of the Shadow Organization, no one could possibly know what these codes referred to!
"This seems to be medicine," Zhou Yu also walked over and pointed to one of the codes.
In a previous mission, they had brought back this data from the Shadow Organization's laboratory before its destruction.
The reagent at that time was called T-61.
Everyone present grew grim!
If this ledger was genuine, it could only mean.
Besides the Zhang family, other families were also in contact with the Shadow Organization.
The Shadow Organization was selling the results of their previous research, such as the reagents for modifying martial artists, to some families in exchange for funds.
Estimating from the amounts on the ledger.
It was likely that the Shadow Organization's first new laboratory after its resurgence had already been built!
"This is outrageous! Don't these families know that the agents developed by the Shadow Organization have extremely strong side effects?" Da Xiong slammed the table in anger.
Cooperating with the Shadow Organization was akin to playing with fire!
Zhou Yu sneered, "How could they not understand?"
But the allure of power was undoubtedly irresistible.
In two months, the martial arts competition would take place.
At that time, almost all families would send their most talented young prodigies to compete.
This competition would determine the status of each family for the next few years!
The purpose of massively purchasing agents for modifying martial artists before the competition was self-evident.
"But, I recall the experimental reports from the Shadow Organization before, the success rate of those agents was frighteningly low."
Da Xiong said worriedly.
Once injected into a martial artist, there was a high chance of turning into a monster like the little boy before!
And those who could successfully mutate were almost non-existent.
Were these families trying to create monsters?
"No matter how low the success rate, it can be compensated by numbers."
"As long as they can win the competition, the family can advance further. They don't care about human lives."
Zhou Yu said calmly, but with a hint of anger in his voice.
For first-rate families to become super-first-rate families, the competition was almost a mandatory step.
"Damn, the Shadow Organization's business is this big? There's another stack of ledgers here!" Ouyang Feng also made a discovery under an old machine.
Similar to the ledger in Da Xiong's hand.
It all recorded the date, month, and year of the Shadow Organization selling what agent to which family.
But perhaps for the sake of secrecy.
Both the names of the agents and the names of the families were marked with codes.
Making it impossible to figure out.
"Which family has this horse head icon?"
"Their transactions with the Shadow Organization are the most frequent and the largest in quantity!"
Zhou Yu scanned it and frowned slightly.
No wonder the people of the Shadow Organization didn't bother taking the ledgers with them when they left.
Because they had used codes throughout.
Even if others found them, they would be completely bewildered!
Zhou Yu quickly browsed through the ledgers and then asked one of Da Xiong's team members to quickly take them to the Dragon Group.
Perhaps this ledger was an important clue that could assist the investigation of the official members of the Dragon Group!
"It seems there are no other clues in this factory. Let's move to another location to investigate."
After Da Xiong carefully reviewed everything, he led his entire team away.
There were factories scattered all around.
Even if each of the new recruits explored two, they might not be able to explore them all.
So Da Xiong chose to investigate nearby.
"The ledger is probably the biggest clue this time," Ouyang Feng said thoughtfully as he walked in the middle of the team.
The Shadow Organization wouldn't be so foolish as to leave obvious loopholes for others to exploit.
However, Zhou Yu shook his head in disagreement: "Judging by the signs of daily life in the factory, their retreat was very sudden."
"So I guess, it was probably shortly after Fengxian Zhu and Fengxian Zhao were captured that they received the news and retreated."
This meant that the Shadow Organization might have overlooked something!