Monday, October 6th.

Hong Kong Island, Dragon Tower.

On the entire 33rd floor, more than 100 stock traders sat in front of their computers in individual cubicles, staring intently at their screens.

The Hong Kong stock market will open in 10 minutes.

The situation is severe and dire. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, a sharp drop is inevitable after the market opens today.

"Listen up, everyone. Today is going to be a tough battle. Take your positions and complete your shopping spree according to your targets 15 minutes after the market opens."

A gruff male voice blared from the small speaker next to the computer:

"I have only one requirement: push the Hang Seng Index up to a certain point! There is no upper limit to the funds!"

Holy crap, in this climate of widespread panic, it's already a miracle that the Hang Seng Index isn't continuing its sharp decline, yet they're forcefully pushing it up to its limit?

The key is the last sentence: There is no limit to the amount of funds!

That's really awesome!

If they didn't know who was speaking, these traders would definitely have stood up and started jeering.

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Zhan Yinglong, 38 years old, is a renowned "stock god of Hong Kong" in Asia.

Seven years ago, he started with HK$1 million and fought his way through a stock market full of predatory companies.

In just six years, he made a staggering HK$13 billion in the Hong Kong stock market, creating a legendary stock market god.

For nearly a year, he has been in a semi-retired state and rarely participates in the stock market.

More than half a year ago, Cheung Tsz-keung, the leader of the Hong Kong Island Dragon Gang, personally visited him and invited him to come out of retirement.

He considered it for two days before deciding to return to his old profession.

What moved him was not money, but a sentence Zhang Ziqiang said to him:

"The financial market is also a battlefield, where one can achieve lasting fame!"

Subsequent events proved that Zhan Yinglong's decision was correct.

The Dragon Scale Fund's first victory, earning a staggering 30 billion yuan in the stock and foreign exchange markets in a single month, was orchestrated by him.

He also assisted Cheung Tsz-keung in completing the subsequent mergers and acquisitions of shipping companies in Hong Kong Island and Southeast Asia.

When Lin Dong made a name for himself in Europe, America, and island nations, his determination to follow the Dragon Gang only strengthened.

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The arrival of the Asian financial crisis made Zhan Yinglong, who was addicted to gambling, feel as if he could smell the gunpowder of a battlefield.

I haven't been this excited in a long time.

Today, he will stand atop this Dragon Tower and give the Quantum Fund, which has come from afar, a good lesson.

What does it mean to say there are always people more capable than you?

What truly means to be richer than a country!

To be honest, this opponent is quite formidable, possessing enormous power, and it is rumored that they can mobilize nearly $50 billion in funds.

Zhan Yinglong knew that the 50 billion was only on the surface; behind it stood a true behemoth: the Glorious Society.

The latest intelligence indicates that in order to completely short the Hong Kong stock market and cripple the Hong Kong economy, the Quantum Fund has used US$23 billion in its first entry into the market.

From the very beginning, this battle left the enemy no room to surrender; it was all about ruthless tactics to the death.

Faced with such a massive amount of funding, all techniques and schemes seem utterly inadequate.

Quantum Fund and its backer, Squid Capital, saw this potential.

After they had reaped all of Southeast Asia, they moved on to East Asia, harvesting everything from island nations and South Korea...

Finally, the final battle was decided to take place on Hong Kong Island.

This battle to defend Hong Kong's financial system was the most intense and involved the most funds in the Black Storm.

As a result, on Friday of last year, both the Hong Kong stock and currency markets collapsed in just one day.

At the beginning of the 1997 handover, Hong Kong was at a critical moment of transition between the old and the new.

At this time, Hong Kong's economy could not afford too many fluctuations or setbacks.

Hong Kong Island has over US$90 billion in foreign exchange reserves, which seems like a lot, but most of it is in gold, and the amount of liquid funds that can actually be used is not much.

Therefore, when facing an opponent of the size of the Quantum Fund, even if one wants to use reserves to rescue the market, it will not be very effective.

Fortunately, there is still the Dragon Scale Foundation on Hong Kong Island.

Moreover, apart from a handful of people, no one knows how much liquid wealth the Dragon Scale Fund can control today.

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October 6th.

The five Taoist teams that Qingxuan had dispatched in advance had already arrived at the five key points of the "Nine-Seven Feng Shui Killing Formation".

Hong Kong stocks opened at 9:30 a.m.

A satellite signal wave was sent from distant Jakarta and flew to five specific locations.

On Victoria Peak in Hong Kong Island, 120 meters below the viewing platform, there is a hidden cave where three Taoist priests dressed in blue robes are chanting incantations around a stone beast.

A moment later, a middle-aged Taoist priest standing in the middle took out a wooden box from his bosom and carefully opened it.

Inside was a bead the size of a longan, quietly emitting a faint golden light.

"Time's up, release the Formation-Breaking Pearl!"

The middle-aged Taoist priest gave a soft shout, took out the bead from the box, and solemnly placed it into the mouth of the stone beast.

The cave shook violently, but quickly stopped.

A sudden gust of wind swept across Victoria Peak, blowing away the thick, dark clouds that had blanketed the mountaintop...

The feng shui formation's core element, which was supposed to be a killing formation, has been broken!

Almost at the same time.

Somewhere in the Barisan Mountains of Sumatra, Indonesia

The basement of the New Guolian Innovation Financial Center.

Rocks off the south coast of Melbourne, Australia.

Kobe, an island nation, has a bamboo temple.

The same thing happened at Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island.

The other four key points of the "Nine-Seven Feng Shui Killing Formation" were also placed with formation-breaking beads at the same time.

The five array eyes were originally interconnected. Once one of them was broken, the chain reaction made the other array eyes even more vulnerable.

Thus, the mystical method of "97 Feng Shui Killing Formation" that aided "Project Black Storm" was completely destroyed.

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At that moment, Zhan Yinglong, who was standing in front of a huge electronic screen, suddenly felt something.

He turned his head to look out the window.

The city sky, which had been overcast, began to clear up.

A few rays of sunlight crossed Victoria Harbour not far away, pierced through the glass window and shone on his face, dazzling him for a moment.

Zhan Yinglong squinted, carefully looking at the suddenly clear blue sky, feeling quite strange.

But as a native of Hong Kong Island, he has an innate reverence for things like feng shui and destiny.

"The sky has opened; it's a good omen!"

"I can't help but say this," Zhan Yinglong muttered, glancing at the watch on his wrist.

The clock has struck 9:44.

With one minute to go, Dragonscale Fund's counterattack is about to begin.

He took a deep breath and pressed the intercom button on the table:

"One minute countdown, Operation Dragon Soars is officially launched!"