The top floor of Victory Group, inside Leng Qingqiu's office.

In front of the large desk, Leng Qingqiu's beautiful eyes were fixed on the computer screen, her ten slender, alabaster-like fingers rapidly typing on the keyboard.

Clack!

With a crisp sound, lines of information about the skull-shaped island instantly appeared on the screen in front of her.

Seeing this information, a glint flashed in Leng Qingqiu's eyes as she prepared to meticulously sift through it to find valuable clues.

However, at this moment, Lu Yu strode into Leng Qingqiu's office.

"Zhang Qiren is dead."

Standing before Leng Qingqiu, Lu Yu spoke directly, without any beating around the bush, his words full of somber tones.

"What did you say!?"

Hearing Lu Yu's words, Leng Qingqiu's body stiffened slightly, almost unable to believe her ears.

Knowing that she had just spoken to Professor Zhang Qiren on the phone the day before, now Lu Yu was saying Zhang Qiren was dead; it utterly shocked Leng Qingqiu!

"I said, Zhang Qiren is dead!"

Seeing the utterly shocked Leng Qingqiu, Lu Yu slowly spoke, his voice low: "He was found dead this morning in his office, hung from the ceiling, with a large cut across his throat, bled dry!"

This statement made Leng Qingqiu's beautiful eyes widen suddenly; she had never anticipated such a thing would happen to Zhang Qiren.

Hung from the ceiling, with a large cut across his throat, bled dry—an event like this she'd only seen in horror films!

"Why would this happen?"

Reflecting on this, at this moment, Leng Qingqiu asked Lu Yu, unable to fathom how such a thing could happen to Zhang Qiren!

"It's obviously because of your investigation into that shadowed region!"

Hearing this, Lu Yu spoke with a hint of helplessness: "I have warned you multiple times that curiosity killed the cat, but you wouldn't listen. Now, Zhang Qiren's death is the clearest evidence!"

These words stunned Leng Qingqiu like a bolt from the blue.

Just yesterday, Zhang Qiren had called her, and now he was dead this morning in his office—such an abrupt incident left Leng Qingqiu shocked and unprepared!

She couldn't grasp why merely investigating an uninhabited island resulted in such a calamity!

What secret lay hidden on that skull-shaped island!?

Seeing Leng Qingqiu's expression, Lu Yu slowly shook his head, looking at Leng Qingqiu, he spoke: "According to the call records on Zhang Qiren's phone, he called you yesterday, and you also sent him some money."

Pausing slightly, Lu Yu continued: "What did he say to you yesterday? Why did you send him money?"

Now Lu Yu wanted to know what Zhang Qiren found out, and what exactly was leaked!

After all, with Zhang Qiren's death, the next target could very well be Leng Qingqiu!

These words suddenly jolted Leng Qingqiu back to her senses. After recollecting briefly, she spoke to Ye Han: "Yesterday, Professor Zhang Qiren called me to say he'd gotten into trouble…"

"Trouble?"

Hearing this, Lu Yu's heart skipped a beat, a growing sense of foreboding: "What kind of trouble?"

A rather senior geography professor suddenly calls Leng Qingqiu, claiming he's in trouble; this certainly signals some big issue!

"Yesterday, Professor Zhang Qiren, without my authorization, erased the shadow on the satellite map."

Now that Professor Zhang Qiren was dead, Leng Qingqiu saw no reason to continue hiding it. She candidly told Lu Yu what was discussed in yesterday's call: "After erasing the shadow from the satellite map, his computer was remotely hacked, stealing massive amounts of data, including my information…"

Trouble!

At these words, Lu Yu's body slightly tensed, a trace of gravity appearing in his eyes!

Leng Qingqiu's data being stolen by them—even if only publicly available, seemingly worthless info was taken—Lu Yu considered it extremely dangerous!

Once that group on the deserted island learned this information, they could easily uncover more about Leng Qingqiu!

Lu Yu was well aware of their methods!

Using a person's name and some basic information to acquire more details wasn't a particularly difficult task!

In today's age where personal information isn't secure, tracking down someone online is far too easy!

If those people found out Leng Qingqiu was once engaged to me, her situation would become extremely dangerous!

Thinking of this, Lu Yu's face involuntarily took on a grave expression.

Based on Li Mufeng's earlier words, Lu Yu was now sure a group resembling mercenaries on the island was currently searching for him.

And now, Leng Qingqiu's information was stolen; with a little inquiry, they'd find out she was once my fiancée!

My former fiancée also commissioned Zhang Qiren to investigate the shadow on the satellite map!

Connecting all these clues, even a fool could figure out Leng Qingqiu definitely knew my whereabouts!

That group of alleged mercenaries on the island was searching for me, and now Leng Qingqiu appeared before them; of course, they wouldn't spare her!

On this note, as Lu Yu was about to say something, there was a sudden change!

Woo~ Woo~ Woo~

In an instant, a shrill fire alarm echoed within the Victory Group building, piercingly loud, resonating throughout the vast structure, unsettling everyone!

Fire alarm!?

Hearing this sound, Lu Yu's heart pounded as he dashed out of Leng Qingqiu's office, looking down the corridor!

At this moment, throughout Victory Group, the shrill, resounding fire alarm bells were relentless. The company's well-dressed employees, following their regular fire drill training, began evacuating en masse outside, looking overcrowded and chaotic!