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TCRI has a large biopharmaceutical complex in Pennsylvania. This is not an illegal facility or a secret laboratory, but a legitimate large-scale facility and one of TCRI's model facilities.
Hawke's fingers tapped on the keyboard, preparing to plan his next attack.
Hawke will personally lead this attack!
The objectives and entities responsible for carrying out the tasks are planned according to different strategic goals.
The attack on TCRI's secret labs was solely to steal their research findings and all their data, while the attack on their visible factories was for profit and exploitation!
That night at 11 p.m., Hawke flew from New York to Pennsylvania in just ten minutes, as the two places are very close.
Binzhou is a remote small city.
Hawke's figure stopped high in the sky.
Observing this large factory located on the outskirts of this small city, the factory is brightly lit at this moment, with its huge production area, R&D center and warehousing and logistics area connected together, like a city that never sleeps.
This is one of the key pillars of TCRI's public operations, and also an important cover for its huge illicit income and a channel for money laundering.
"The stock price has even gone up a little." Hawke looked at the TCRI stock market closing price displayed on his phone and nodded in satisfaction.
The fact that Schleid has been able to bring TCRI to where it is today shows that the company is at least technically capable, not to mention the extraterrestrial technology it has been given.
Their business can fill the gap in the Lane Group's biotechnology sector.
As the saying goes, high-level business battles often employ the simplest methods.
The bold ones will be starved to death, and the timid ones will be starved to death.
Life and death are bearish, if you don't agree, just do it.
At that moment, an encrypted communication request sounded in the miniature bone conduction earpiece next to his ear.
"Emilia."
Hawke frowned slightly, but answered the call immediately.
“Hawk, I haven’t been able to reach you all afternoon.” Emilia’s voice, tinged with anxiety, cut through the encrypted channel. “Something’s not right during the day. According to your intelligence, I heavily shorted TCRI’s stock, but my paper losses are already close to ten million US dollars!”
Hawke was still observing the factory. He had anticipated the losses, because based on the current situation of TCRI, shorting would definitely result in losses if nothing unexpected happened!
However, as a qualified capitalist, he still had to follow the proper procedures, and his voice remained calm: "Explain."
“Market confidence is much stronger than we anticipated!” Emilia spoke quickly. “The negative financial information you gave them is, frankly, relatively insignificant. On the contrary, they just announced positive results from a Phase II clinical trial of a new immune enhancer, and the stock price rose instead of falling, putting immense pressure on short sellers.”
Hawke, however, didn't seem to care, saying, "It's only ten million US dollars. Relax, Emilia, we're far from going bankrupt."
Emilia: "..."
Are all rich people this reckless?
It's only ten million US dollars.
“My dear young master, could you tell me about your investment strategy? I’ll help you sort it out.”
Emilia suddenly wondered if Hawke had a new love interest, or if Columbia University had a new beautiful professor.
So, if she wants to find an opportunity to ruin herself so she can move out of her position, and if she loses all 50 million dollars, Hawke will at most be criticized by the public, but what if she gets filled with cement and sunk into the Hudson River?
“Emilia, it’s alright!” Hawke said patiently. “Let me be frank with you. I have inside information. TCRI is going to be in trouble, probably tonight. I’m going to get my hands on this. So don’t worry unnecessarily.”
"Insider information? Tonight's the night for bad luck?"
Emilia hesitated.
Hawke glanced at his watch while high in the air and added, "It's 11:30 p.m. now. The unlucky time will probably be between midnight and 1 a.m.
Upon hearing this, Emilia's lips twitched, finding it somewhat absurd: "So accurate?"
If anyone else had said this, she would have just smiled slightly; there are plenty of people in the market who claim to know inside information.
But these were Hawke's words, and considering Hawke's status...
"Then...aren't you afraid the SEC will cause you trouble?"
“SEC?” Hawke couldn’t help but laugh. “Beautiful Miss Emilia, how many divisions does the SEC have?”
Emilia: "..."
Well, she really didn't understand the lives of the powerful and wealthy.
"I told you, relax. It will drop so low that you won't have time to close your position and will only be able to watch your account skyrocket. Continue to maintain your short position, or even... leverage it. Get ready to reap the rewards."
There was a few seconds of silence in the communication. Emilia took a deep breath, as if trying to draw strength from Hawke's absolute confidence: "...You better be right, Hawke."
“I never make mistakes in this kind of thing.”
After ending the call, his gaze refocused on the Binzhou factory below, but this time, his original meticulous plan was overturned. That approach was too slow, too gentle, and not impactful enough!
What he wants is a catastrophe that will leave the world breathless on midnight news! A hellfire capable of instantly evaporating half of TCRI's market value!
A more brutal and visually striking plan took shape in his mind.
Time: 00:30.
Hawke's gaze fell upon the Binzhou factory, which corroborated the factory blueprints he had previously obtained. After confirming the strike location once more, his figure suddenly rose, soaring straight into the sky...
Moonlight and city lights spread out beneath his feet, and the TCRI factory resembled an exquisite sand table model.
Hawke's body paused briefly in mid-air before plunging down like a meteor!
The superhuman physical body tore through the air, emitting a muffled shriek!
The target is the core of the factory, a huge cluster of bioreactors and an adjacent high-risk chemical storage tank area!
He precisely avoided the office area and staff dormitory on the edge of the factory, as the large number of casualties among unrelated personnel would have attracted unnecessary in-depth investigations and concentrated the destructive force on the core of production.
Just as he approached the factory—BOOM!!!
Hawk's level 1 flight speed can only reach subsonic speeds, but if it flies from top to bottom and uses gravity to accelerate, it can reach Mach 3!
Hawke, with a ferocious speed of Mach 3, smashed through the outermost layer of the sturdy alloy roof like a human-shaped armor-piercing bullet!
The massive shockwave instantly shattered all the glass within a radius of 100 meters, and twisted metal fragments shot out in all directions like a storm!
The surveillance footage shook violently at that moment, capturing a blurry figure, accompanied by smoke and sparks, crashing into the factory!
Hawke landed in the core area, his feet landing on the twisted metal floor, sending sparks flying.
The piercing alarm suddenly went off, and panicked figures appeared in the distance.
"The capitalists are here to reap the benefits!"
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Hawke’s pupils burned intensely, like two miniature suns deep within them!
He didn't consciously control the precision of the ray; he simply spread his arms wide!
Buzz—Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
No longer precise cutting, but a frenzied barrage!
Two incredibly thick, scorching beams of light, like whips of divine punishment, poured violently from his eyes!
Where the beam of light swept across, the massive stainless steel bioreactor was easily melted and torn apart!
The scalding hot culture medium and high-pressure steam, mixed with priceless biological agents, gushed out like a burst dam!
Dense alloy pipelines transporting highly hazardous chemicals melt, bend, and explode like wax sticks when exposed to high-temperature radiation!
Propane, ethanol, chlorine... all sorts of deadly chemical vapors instantly filled the air!
Hawke precisely targeted those massive liquid raw material and solvent storage tanks!
The heat rays directly bombard the weakest welds or the bottom of the tank!
One dazzling fireball after another exploded!
The chain reaction has begun!
The terrifying shockwave from the explosion and the flames strong enough to melt steel instantly engulfed Hawke's location!
He stood at the center of the storm, unharmed, and his body even rippled with barely perceptible energy, like waves on water!
The shockwave and intense heat surged into his body as if drawn by an invisible vortex.
This feeling made him squint slightly, as if he were enjoying a feast of energy.
A few seconds later, he suddenly opened his arms wide!
"Give it back to you!"
The absorbed, violent energy, mixed with his own power, exploded outwards from him!
A visible, semi-transparent energy shock ring instantly spread out!
Rumble, rumble—! ! !
It was as if I had been slapped flat by an invisible giant hand!
The core plant, already teetering on the brink of collapse due to Hawk's impact and heat rays, completely crumbled under this devastating energy burst!
The load-bearing columns twisted and broke, the huge steel beams bent and collapsed like noodles, and the factory roof, which was tens of meters high, crashed down with a deafening roar!
A fireball, ten times more powerful than before, shot into the sky amidst thick smoke, instantly illuminating the entire Pennsylvania night sky!
Just as the entire core production area was transformed into an irrecoverable inferno, Hawke's figure soared into the sky, hovering hundreds of meters above, looking down at his masterpiece.
The firelight illuminated his cold face.
But he didn't leave immediately.
He saw a factory emergency response team trying to approach the edge of the fire amidst the chaos below, attempting to control the spread of the fire to the liquid chlorine storage area on the edge of the factory.
A large-scale leak of liquid chlorine would have unimaginable consequences and would immediately trigger the highest level of biological and chemical disaster response.
Hawke's mind raced, and a red light flashed in his pupils as a heat ray, much thinner and more precise than before but with a highly concentrated energy, shot out instantly!
The key supporting structure for the fireproof barrier separating the liquid chlorine storage tank area from the core fire area!
*Sizzle—snap!*
The supporting structure melted silently!
The thick fireproof barrier, which was originally expected to stop the fire from spreading, collapsed inward with a mournful cry due to the impact of the internal explosion and its own imbalance.