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Chapter 1017 - 1017 983 Data is King!

1017: Chapter 983: Data is King!

1017: Chapter 983: Data is King!

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Ten thousand meters above.

A large unmanned reconnaissance drone had been closely monitoring the situation below.

Such costly, large reconnaissance drones built for strategic reconnaissance tasks have long flight ranges and endurance.

They can perform surveillance missions for several hours without landing, but can motorcycles and Jeeps do the same?

After a few continuous hours of driving, not only would the vehicles struggle, but so would fuel consumption and fatigue take their toll on the people.

Additionally,

the drone, from its high vantage point,

could automatically continue tracking, automatically synthesize images, and keep automatic track…

All could be automated.

That’s precisely why news about drones participating in conflicts in war-torn areas often emerges.

They fly high above, seemingly carelessly meandering.

But once a target is spotted, they could strike unexpectedly, using the missiles, rockets, or even cement bombs they carry to precisely attack the target.

The ancients said,

“The skilled attacker moves above the nine heavens, the skilled defender hides below the nine grounds.”

Drones hidden in the high skies, patrolling with missiles, are always ready to deliver a lethal blow.

While on the ground.

The two kidnappers were clearly still unaware that they had already been targeted.

They continued to hurry along, constantly detouring to avoid security checks and guard posts.

What they didn’t realize

was that it would’ve been even harder for them to move about if Wu Jie hadn’t notified the joint task force, resulting in more checkpoints and armed outposts.

They were also unaware that the reason for their exposure was due to their satellite phone calls and the videos they sent.

In this high-tech era.

Poverty limits one’s imagination, while low intelligence reduces one’s combat effectiveness.

They would never have dreamed that to catch them, Wu Jie dared to monitor and eavesdrop on the whole world.

Reconnaissance satellites, electronic listening stations, reconnaissance aircraft, supercomputers, artificial intelligence programs…

Such a massive display of force just to kill a mosquito was by no means an exaggeration.

Of course.

They were mindful enough to use satellite phones from overseas carriers to keep in touch and cautious enough to immediately turn off their phones after taking videos, using other phones for navigation…

Their sense of precaution was already commendable.

However, they never imagined that Wu Jie would ignore privacy, boldly intrude into various companies and platforms, and through legitimate data sharing and illicit hacking, achieve a comprehensive global data network for real-time surveillance and eavesdropping.

Since they couldn’t have foreseen this, they naturally had no defense.

As the two were busy detouring painstakingly to avoid security checks, little did they know that thousands of meters above, an unmanned reconnaissance drone had already locked onto them.

Wu Jie really went out of his way to ensure they could “break through the siege.”

It was necessary to reasonably withdraw some checkpoints and outposts without making it too obvious.

At the same time.

To avoid alerting them prematurely and to prevent the leak of classified information, Wu Jie even made sure to instruct Du earnestly not to reveal anything.

The Kong Family case in Liuli City had already dealt a heavy blow to the War Statistics Institute.

Du, of course, promised without hesitation that he would absolutely not let anyone know that Wu Jie had located the kidnappers and the hostage Lin Yuan without permission.

As for how Wu Jie found them, Du didn’t ask.

Sometimes, it is better to know less about certain things.

Curiosity killed the cat, and it wasn’t just an empty saying.

…

Time slowly slipped away.

Before Wu Jie knew it, his breakfast had long been finished.

He hadn’t even wiped his mouth, busy working on the case.

Because finding the kidnappers and Lin Yuan was just a breakthrough in the case, and by no means could it be considered a complete success.

Who were Tao and the clients in reality?

Where were they?

The mysterious organization operating the ‘Beautiful Slave Market’, who were its members?

Where were they distributed?

Who were its clients?

The hostages who had been deceived or abducted, sold, and tormented—who were they and where were they hidden?

In short.

Finding Lin Yuan and others was just a good start for the case; there were still many unresolved issues.

So continuous global surveillance and eavesdropping were required, as well as relentless digging into more information behind the fake identities used by the kidnappers and Tao.

Especially as a key member of the mysterious organization, ‘Tao’ held a significant position and considerable power.

Capturing her would undoubtedly aid in solving the case.

But…

The communication infrastructure in the Jiazhou region was hardly commendable.

Both wired broadband internet and mobile wireless networks had extremely low coverage.

Wu Jie had located Tao’s signal and phone number, knowing she used an iPhone.

The method was simple.

In today’s world, people either use Android or iPhone.

Every phone has a unique device code.

But for Android, it is called IMEI, and for Apple, it’s IDFA—just different names.

Nowadays, various software operators continuously collect user data.

Whether or not you’ve registered for the software, whether or not you’ve verified your phone number, the phone device code is globally unique.

Collecting users’ real names and such is already very basic.

What’s impressive is real-time tracking and recording of users’ spending, reading, entertainment, etc.

By gathering various data and using weight algorithms, they build a user profile.

In this way.

What the user likes, needs, dislikes…

Software operators could understand the user even better than the user knows himself.

So they can deliver targeted ads and push content precisely.