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Chapter 1012 - 1012 980 Eavesdropping on Storms!

1012: Chapter 980: Eavesdropping on Storms!

Vital Clues!_2 1012: Chapter 980: Eavesdropping on Storms!

Vital Clues!_2 “I’ll ask and let you know, just wait patiently!

Remember, old rules, don’t let her get hurt in any way, especially her face—if so much as a scratch is left, it’ll reduce her value!”

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After the call ended.

A shadow returned to the cave while another stayed vigilant near the entrance.

The two would take turns standing guard, hidden within these vast mountains, waiting for news.

Meanwhile, in the geosynchronous orbit 36,000 kilometers from the Earth’s surface, an expensive electronic surveillance satellite was diligently at work.

Its job seemed simple: intercept communication data between various satellites and ground terminals, and relay it to the War Statistics Institute’s satellite communication monitoring station, but the workload was indeed massive.

Mobile phones that use the internet are heavily reliant on ground base stations; signal quality is good where coverage is provided but poor without it.

Without base stations, not only internet surfing and entertainment would be impossible, but even making calls and sending messages would be problematic.

Satellite phones, however, do not rely on ground base stations.

Using their satellite antennas, they connect with communication satellites orbiting the earth.

These communication satellites “look down from above” and provide a wide signal coverage, making satellite phones virtually unaffected by terrain and topography.

Whether on the vast oceans or in primitive remote mountains, satellite phones generally work well.

For this reason, satellite communication is widely used in disaster relief, military command, marine communication…

Civil aviation aircraft and ships also rely on satellite communication.

Even though they all use satellite communication, the frequencies, standards, and encryption methods are different…

Data from various sources are collected in real-time and then quickly sent to the ground.

At the same time.

There are various online chats, phone calls, and text messages.

Information from various sources is compiled and processed at high speed by three supercomputers; data is analyzed, decrypted, and summarized.

Eventually, all information data is transferred to the Intelligent Center in Technology City.

The artificial intelligence program “Blue Planet” sifts through the vast array of data to identify and filter.

Globally, there wouldn’t be many people named Lin Yuan.

At the same time, the chances of someone mentioning the name Lin Yuan in calls, messages, or online chats are even slimmer.

After several layers of screening, some suspicious targets were locked down.

But just mentioning the name isn’t enough proof that those people are the criminal gang who kidnapped Lin Yuan.

They continued tracking and closely monitoring them.

“Blue Planet” was “eavesdropping” on their conversations and reading their communication contents.

Of course.

With the supercomputer operating at a floating-point rate of 20 petaFLOPS per second, the speed was incredibly fast.

After strict selection, they finally locked on the most suspicious person, “Tao.”

This woman was using a foreign satellite phone and had made three recent calls.

Two of those mentioned the “disappearance and loss of contact of Lin Yuan,” and both the tone and content made “Blue Planet” highly suspicious.

After locating this person, “Blue Planet” quickly compiled a briefing with her satellite phone registration, service operator, and communication contents and presented it to Wu Jie.

At this moment.

It was around two in the morning, and Wu Jie, who had been dozing off at the main control console, was jolted awake by the briefing.

Especially after reading the conversation content of “Tao” with others.

Was there still room for doubt?

It was blatantly them!

Immediately, his spirit soared with excitement.

Lin Yuan had indeed been kidnapped and someone even wanted to take her abroad to hand over to some mysterious customer.

Tao’s first call had been a chat with the kidnappers, the second was with the customer, and the third was to reply to the kidnappers.

During this particular period, the regional controls were so strict that the kidnappers couldn’t get Lin Yuan out of the country unharmed and unaffected.

Therefore, “Tao,” the customer, and the kidnappers had already reached an agreement.

The customer would soon travel to Liuli Continent and choose a secret location where the kidnappers would deliver Lin Yuan—upon verifying she was in good condition, they would receive the final payment.

So, the problems also arose.

Who was this customer?

When would he arrive at Liuli Continent, and where would Lin Yuan be received?

And who was “Tao”?

Where were the kidnappers at this very moment?

Satellite communication is not like mobile phone communication.

Mobile phones rely on telecommunication base stations to send, receive, and transfer signals to communicate with each other.

Using base stations, it’s possible to approximate a location.

But with satellite phones…

The satellite communication network consists of many satellites continuously orbiting the earth, interconnecting data with each other.

They serve as “communication base stations” flying in outer space.

Even if the satellite providing data service to “Tao” and the kidnappers was found, what then?

Communication satellites in space have a broad signal coverage area from hundreds to thousands of kilometers above the earth’s surface.

Each communication satellite covers an area of millions of square kilometers.

Therefore, it was only possible to confirm that the kidnappers were somewhere in the southwest region of Xinzhou Continent while “Tao” was in the eastern part of Jiazhou Continent.

With such a vast area, how could they locate someone?

However…

At least they could be sure that she was safe for now.

The kidnappers couldn’t harm her and would instead protect her carefully before handing her over to the customer, otherwise, they wouldn’t get paid.

Moreover, since they had communicated via satellite phone, if there was one call, there would likely be more, maintaining continuous eavesdropping should capture plenty of high-value intelligence.

As for their transaction, the foreign customer would soon fly into the country…

He must be wealthy to pay a large sum for Lin Yuan to be kidnapped.

And he specifically targeted Lin Yuan, a multi-talented classic beauty.

When he arrived on Liuli Continent and found a suitable place, he would surely contact “Tao” to arrange for the kidnappers to bring the person over.

Then, by following the leads and tracking them, wouldn’t that enable Lin Yuan to be rescued?

Although it seemed like a good plan, Wu Jie felt that the case wouldn’t be so simple.

How could such a cunning and devious criminal gang be ‘easily’ caught?

Although they couldn’t possibly know that Wu Jie had gone to great lengths to catch them—employing surveillance satellites, supercomputers, artificial intelligence programs, and other high-tech resources.

But their awareness for counter-surveillance was strong; they would be extremely cautious everywhere, doing their utmost to reduce the chances of being discovered and arrested.

As expected.

The situation unfolded just as Wu Jie had anticipated.

The three satellite phones had been quiet for quite some time.

It was as if the kidnappers, “Tao,” and the customer had all vanished into thin air.

They continued to monitor globally in real-time, but no other leads were found.

Perhaps they had changed their means of contact, or perhaps they did not mention Lin Yuan in their communications, so it was filtered out.

Time slipped by quietly.

Just when Wu Jie thought all was lost, “Tao’s” satellite phone showed activity again…