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1008: Chapter 977: Shrouded in Mist!

Which Way to Go?

1008: Chapter 977: Shrouded in Mist!

Which Way to Go?

The case was complex!

Extremely tricky!

Around ten in the morning.

The joint task force held its first video conference.

Multiple departments and districts participated in this meeting.

The leaders of the previous cases first reported on the details of the cases, especially emphasizing the various efforts made over the years.

Although they had not solved the cases, they had at least tried various approaches and had not been completely inactive.

After Lin Yuan disappeared yesterday, the person in charge of the formal case detailed the entire situation from beginning to end.

Anyway, Wu Jie felt that all the reports could be summarized in one word.

Confusion!

There had also been various seemingly promising leads and efforts made.

They had expended a vast amount of manpower, material, and financial resources only to end up with nothing.

The most frustrating thing was that two years ago, a wealthy businessman’s beloved daughter had gone missing.

His daughter was extremely cute and charming, well-developed for her age, with a distinct anime style, a kawaii beautiful girl who was loved by everyone who saw her.

After her disappearance, in order to retrieve such an obedient and lovely daughter, not only did the task force try everything they could, but the businessman also offered a huge reward for any leads, willing to pay hundreds of millions for her return.

He also hired many private detectives, both domestically and internationally, to see if his daughter had been trafficked abroad and was willing to pay a large sum to bring her back if that was the case.

But what was the result?

Despite the wealthy businessman sparing no expense for his beloved daughter, he still wasn’t successful.

There’s an old saying.

Money makes the world go round.

But that time, the businessman couldn’t buy a single clue with his money, which was truly frustrating.

Alive but not seen, dead but not found.

With his daughter gone, the businessman was listless and unmotivated, uninterested in managing his business.

Luckily, he had friends who helped him out, or else he would have lost all his wealth.

Nowadays, he roams the world, with his daughter’s photo and the reward notice wherever he goes.

Yet two years had passed, the large reward is still unclaimed, and despite having visited many cities both domestically and internationally, his beloved daughter remains missing.

Thus.

Solving these cases was not simply a matter of mobilizing people and spending money.

Most of the joint task force’s members leaned towards the possibility that these were the actions of the same habitual criminal gang.

They were well-organized, professional in their crimes, skilled in disguise, and masters of counter-surveillance.

Their crimes were not committed at fixed times; it seemed they operated on a contractual basis.

Perhaps a buyer fancied a certain beautiful woman and paid them to find her.

Then they would handle the stalking, tracking, abduction, and finally deliver her to the buyer.

Or perhaps there was no buyer, and they simply selected and forcibly abducted various beautiful women to imprison for their own group’s leisurely enjoyment.

The victims were all stunningly beautiful, each with unique qualities, some minor celebrities, and all virgins.

After all, investigations showed that none of the victims had any romantic or marital history.

People like Lin Yuan and Fang Qingya were obviously not included; they were still pure in mind and body.

This also added to the tremendous difficulty of solving the cases without leaving traces.

That was the uncertainty of the target.

They didn’t strike any beautiful woman, but those they chose were definitely exquisite, and they must have tracked and monitored them for a long time, scouting and understanding the situation.

They were not confined to any specific location or time for committing their crimes, but once they acted, they were accurate and ruthless, never leaving any evidence or usable clues.

They did not fear the victims’ family backgrounds or relationships, nor were they greedy for money; the businessman offered a fortune for his daughter’s return and even promised to negotiate more, but it still didn’t work, proving they were indifferent to money and power.

…

In the meeting.

After various analyses and discussions, everyone had a feeling.

All the attempts that could be made, even if it was for Lin Yuan and other victims, if tried again, would still end up in vain.

They had tried their hardest before, but still failed.

That proved that previous attempts were ineffective.

To catch these cunning criminals, the joint task force would have to abandon traditional thinking and try new methods.

But what new methods could there be?

Could they possibly search every household?

Excavate three feet into the earth across the whole planet for a search?

Given how cunning and financially unconcerned the criminals were, even a large-scale search would allow them numerous ways to hide and escape.

So this kind of ‘delusional fantasy’ was just mentioned to vent frustration, as it was simply unrealistic and unachievable.

The meeting room soon quieted down.

Clouds of smoke swirled around, reminiscent of smoke curing meat during the New Year.

Hundreds of people attended the major meeting, but ultimately, no good solutions were found.

Zheng’s Security Bureau’s Skynet system also failed to show its effectiveness.

Comprehensive information networking, big data intelligent analysis.

The victims were completely untraceable, the criminals did not use their ID cards, cell phone numbers, bank accounts, etc., so how could they be analyzed and tracked?

Initially, the escape of Kong Heng was countered by Wu Jie who issued a huge reward, fifteen thousand Detox Pills, which truly tempted people, and since it was confirmed he was at Wudao Port, he had no choice but to hand over the person.

But now, times had changed, the Detox Pills had been in hot demand for a long time and weren’t worth much anymore; no matter how high the reward, it couldn’t tempt the highly intelligent criminals who surely understood the concept of entrapment law enforcement.

Ultimately.

No solutions were thought of, but Lin Yuan had already been missing for twenty-four hours.

A whole day had passed.

For some powerful forces, they could have discreetly taken someone thousands of miles away.

But from the tragedies of previous cases, a day missing was nothing; there were beauties who had disappeared for five years.

With the first day, there would be a second and a third…

ultimately turning into an indefinite disappearance.

Around noon.

The leader of the high-level special task force ordered a temporary recess so everyone could have lunch and then resume discussions.

After the meeting, Wu Jie didn’t plan to have lunch; he planned to ask the team leader for leave to pick up Tang Xiao from the airport, as he had a meeting at the Science Academy in the afternoon.

Given the current situation of the joint task force meeting, he expected it would just be another session of smoking, silent contemplation, and deep thought.

Sitting till his back hurt, he guessed there wouldn’t likely be any breakthroughs, so he might as well attend to his immediate duties for the time being.

As for Fang Qingya…

Sigh!

What could he say?

She had called several times without a response and sent many text messages.

Wu Jie knew she wanted an update on the investigation’s progress, but even if he were possessed by a super-system, there was nothing he could do!

Lin Yuan wouldn’t be feeling any envy or resentment, and most likely being unconscious, there were no emotional waves to pick up her brainwave signals—the system was helpless.

So, on the way to the airport, after some hesitation, Wu Jie decided to give Fang Qingya only the good news, not the bad.

Sure enough.

Hearing that Elder Tan had given it high importance and tasked many departments to form a collaborative investigation unit, she felt much better.

So many elite forces, so many powerful departments.

To anyone unaware of the truth and the inner dealings, it would seem like the chances of solving the case might soar dramatically.

But in reality?

Fang Qingya being happy was all that mattered.

After hanging up, Wu Jie looked out the window at the fast-paced cityscape passing by.

The towering skyscrapers, lined up in ranks.

Under the sunlight of autumn, they shone brightly, exuding an extreme opulence.

In this vast sea of people, in all these living beings…

How could they find the few abducted victims?

After pondering for a moment, Wu Jie thought again of the system.

He spent ten thousand energy points to get the system’s suggestion.

After a while, the system came up with a very aggressive proposal.

Global surveillance and wiretapping!

Since human society had become highly dependent on the internet, relying on broadband and wireless networks for phone calls, messaging, and online chats, no longer using the antiquated and slow method of letters.

Whether they are ordinary people or criminals.

They inevitably rely on highly developed information networks.

They make phone calls, they send and receive messages, they voice and video chat…

If he was willing to monitor comprehensively, he could definitely find leads, it’s just that the difficulty of doing so… was enormous!

There are over seven billion people globally.

In the country alone, smartphone users had already surpassed one billion.

Every day, people constantly communicate and generate massive amounts of data.

Besides telephone texts, these days, there’s much more online chatting with a large volume of voice messages, videos, and pictures.

Using the names of the missing beauties as keywords, eavesdrop on everyone’s phone and voice chats.

Anyone mentioning these names would be made a key surveillance target.

Using their photos to extract facial features for monitoring everyone’s online chats and perform intelligent image recognition analysis.

Anyone who sent their photos or videos would also be a primary observation target.

Layer by layer filtering, continuously monitoring.

After all, though they might be somewhat famous and one in a thousand beauties, they are still ordinary people.

Who would frequently mention them?

Who would send their photos or videos?

Apart from friends and family, criminals could likely do so.

Especially criminal gangs, who kidnap beauties for some specific purpose on behalf of someone else.

In which case, they might very well mention them during communications, and images or information related to them might appear.

For instance, some tycoon might take a fancy to Lin Yuan, wanting to possess her, prompting these criminals to abduct her.

He couldn’t possibly stay with the criminals all day; he would definitely communicate by phone to check on the progress.

He might even have the criminals send him periodic videos, so he could be sure Lin Yuan was captured and understand her current state.

In any case.

Dealing with such cunning and treacherous criminals, old methods and strategies are simply useless; it’s better to use new high-tech methods.

Although the approach was primitive, the difficulty of data gathering and analysis was extremely high.

The system estimated that it would need to use a multitude of electronic reconnaissance satellites, planes, listening stations, and intercept data from various communication and social media software, collecting real-time dynamic global communication data.

Additionally, a sufficient number of supercomputers should be used, with their ability to perform trillions of operations per second, to monitor in real-time and find clues in the massive data.

To improve efficiency, it would be best to also use the artificial intelligence program “Blue Planet” to memorize their names, appearances, and profiles, and then crazily search through the global mass of data.

So…

The scale of this operation meant tremendous costs, possibly burning through millions in mere minutes.

But today, other than this simple and fierce method, what other brilliant strategies could there be?

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