127: Chapter 127 Wang Shuo's Hidden Talents

After sending Liu Yemei to the door to turn away the reporters, Wang Shuo left the reception room and went to the third floor.

"Welcome back, sir," Zero's voice sounded.

"Hmm."

Wang Shuo responded, sat directly next to the computer, and asked casually, "What has Han Xiaoxin been doing these past two days?"

"The following is Han Xiaoxin's activity trajectory. Please take a look."

As Zero's voice faded, a map of activity trajectory appeared on the screen.

Wang Shuo took a glance and discovered that Han Xiaoxin had run from the east end of W City to the west end, and then had almost no activity, staying in the same place for two days.

This guy...

Wang Shuo frowned slightly, then decided not to worry about him; Han Xiaoxin would come back eventually. Wang Shuo had full confidence in this.

Because here... there was Zero.

Now he had more important things to do.

"Zero, display the completed Task No. 5 and retrieve the task information."

"Task No. 5 has been updated. I will display the updated content for you."

Task No. 5 was the basic task of retrieving the USB drive, which had long been completed by Zero and loaded into the database.

Originally, after Wang Shuo had gone to Xin Dong Technology Co., Ltd. and found nothing, he had marked this task as completed and did not plan to restart it, but this trip to the Police Station made him re-remember this task that was almost forgotten.

Wang Shuo looked quietly at the picture displayed on the monitor in front of him.

It was a man in his thirties, with a high bridge of the nose, deep eye sockets, dark circles caused by long-term staying up late, and a high hairline, all showing his unusual identity.

And next to him was the man's name and some biographical information.

The first time he felt death in this lifetime was under this man's blade. The pain brought by the five stab wounds, Zheng Jun's serious injury, and the cold-blooded kill order—at this moment, they all had a target.

"Ning Hao."

Wang Shuo spat out the two words, his tone chilling.

For a moment, Wang Shuo really wanted to appear directly in front of Ning Hao, return the injuries he had received one by one, and then shoot him, letting him also feel Zheng Jun's pain.

He calmed down immediately. Ning Hao had already left W City. Even if the specific destination had been analyzed, it would still be difficult to capture him.

He still had to follow his own plan step by step.

"Zero, retrieve the attachment."

"The attachment encryption has been resolved. Do you want to play it?"

"Lower the volume to ten percent and play it."

A call recording played immediately, the sound only barely audible to Wang Shuo.

"...Need to add money."

"How much do you want?"

"Twenty million!"

"Okay..."

The recording finished playing.

Wang Shuo thought for a moment. This should be the data he had asked Zero to find at the time. Because it required decryption and the decryption time was too long, he hadn't paid attention to it. He didn't expect to hear such a big secret.

Twenty million?!

Heh, truly rich.

But Ning Hao was not the type of person who would kill for twenty million. Wang Shuo trusted his own judgment on this. Ning Hao's state at the time was more like he was on the verge of a mental breakdown. Given the ability of this mysterious voice, it shouldn't have been enough to drive Ning Hao crazy.

Tapping his fingers gently on the desk, Wang Shuo pondered carefully. He really couldn't think of anything, so he could only raise his head, only to find that there was another attachment displayed on the screen in front of him.

What is this?

"Zero, open the second attachment."

The attachment expanded. This time it was a QQ chat record, along with the IP coordinates Zero had tracked at the time. The coordinates showed Hong Kong, and the origin finally pointed to somewhere overseas. This should be the same as that recording; when Zero entered the computer, these two files were the most recently active files, so they were copied over by Zero.

Wang Shuo looked carefully. It seemed to be just an ordinary transaction record. Both parties spoke about time, location, and amount, without involving anything else. But one part of the conversation sent by the other party made Wang Shuo very strange.

"Why ask about the origin of the Mark I System?"

Wang Shuo was baffled.

For this kind of black market business, shouldn't the price be negotiated without asking about the origin? Why ask about the origin of the software?

Moreover, his packaging for the "Mark I System" did not allow for peer-to-peer split transmission; it could only be run directly via USB drive. How did the website provided by this black market manage to transmit it?

Since there was no website address, this question could not be answered for now. Wang Shuo could only attribute it to the fact that this black market's technical strength was indeed powerful and hadn't swindled money for nothing.

Now it seemed that this was just an ordinary transaction record.

Shaking his head, he stood up, walked to the window, and looked out. He found that the reporters who had been surrounding the first floor were mostly gone, so he strolled downstairs.

"Sister Liu, prepare yourself. Tomorrow we will go to investigate that company you mentioned!"

Xu Kexin, who was feeling bored, instantly perked up and looked up, saying, "Boss Wang, what about me?"

"I don't have money. I can't afford the room and board for three people." Wang Shuo curled his lips. He had a deep resentment about telling Xu Kexin that he didn't have money and wasn't worth kidnapping.

"So you stay behind!"

...

Police Station, control room.

Since Wang Shuo left, this place had become the busiest place in the Police Station.

Liu Jiangtao was enthusiastically testing the various functions of the new system, and among them, what he liked most was the sense of achievement of being able to make the system execute commands just by speaking.

This deepened his admiration for Wang Shuo even further; this smooth experience was simply unparalleled.

And in terms of solving cases, the new system's performance was also perfect.

In just these few hours, clues had been found for two unsolved criminal cases, and nearly fifty suspects of petty theft had been directly located by the system.

Now, the entire Police Station was driven crazy. Everyone who could go out and the police cars had all gone out. It was estimated that before long, the detention center would be overcrowded.

And just at this time, a man and a woman walked into the Police Station.

The leading woman directly took out her identification to the duty officer.

"I am Zheng Yi from the Special Operations Group of the Ministry of State Security of China. I have business to see Director Jiao."

...

Jiao Zhengguo carefully sized up the woman in front of him. Judging from the standing posture of the woman and the man behind her, as well as the temperament honed by long-term training in the barracks, these two were undoubtedly soldiers.

"Special Operations Group?" Jiao Zhengguo thought carefully, "I don't seem to have heard of this group in the Ministry of State Security."

"The existence of the Special Operations Group is a top secret. We are only nominally affiliated with the Ministry of State Security," Zheng Yi said indifferently, then took out her identification and handed it to Jiao Zhengguo, "This is my identification. I trust it can resolve your confusion."

Jiao Zhengguo took it, opened it, and glanced at it. His pupils shrank. He then closed the identification and returned it respectfully, his expression also becoming serious. He stood up straight and gave a standard military salute.

Zheng Yi was not surprised and returned the salute.

After the salute.

Jiao Zhengguo asked, "Senior Colonel Zheng, what is your specific mission?"

"Please call me Team Leader Zheng, Director Jiao." Zheng Yi gestured to the man behind her, then continued, "Please forgive me for not being able to disclose my specific mission."

Zheng Yi turned and took a folder from the man behind her, opened it, and spread it on the desktop.

"I came here today to ask Director Jiao for advice." Zheng Yi pointed to the file on the desktop, which was displaying a photo.

"Why... is the Police Station looking for this person?"

Zheng Yi's voice was not loud, but it made Jiao Zhengguo not dare to underestimate it.

A department that could let such a young Senior Colonel serve as a team leader must have an unimaginably large background. Think of how he had served as a soldier for twelve years, and the highest rank he reached was a regiment commander, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Lieutenant Colonel is still two levels away from Senior Colonel.

In China, a Senior Colonel is equivalent to a Brigadier General in the United States. And field grade, it is merely field grade. The gap in between is far from being explained in a word or two.

Some people might take ten years to climb to Lieutenant Colonel or Colonel, but Senior Colonel... might require a lifetime to pursue.

The man in the photo looked very ordinary, but once involved with a secret department, this person was no longer ordinary.

If he didn't answer well today, he might implicate the entire W City Police Station. Don't look at him as a director, a deputy bureau-level cadre, but if the Senior Colonel Zheng in front of him really suspected, she could completely hand him and others over for judicial disposal on the grounds of investigating state secrets. No big shot could save him, unless it was proven that he was wronged.

The country has always been ruthless in keeping major secrets.

"This is the main criminal suspect in one of our kidnapping cases." Jiao Zhengguo tried to explain in concise and easy-to-understand language, "After our investigation, we believe he has a major suspicion of committing the crime and is very dangerous, so we have issued a warrant on the internal network."

Internal network warrant is a warrant that only circulates within the police system. This type of suspect usually has great danger, so it is usually not announced to the public to avoid casualties when citizens try to catch them.

"Kidnapping case?" Zheng Yi frowned, "Wang Shuo's kidnapping case?"

"You know Wang Shuo?" Jiao Zhengguo said with some surprise.

"I know him." Zheng Yi nodded, "So this person was just coincidentally listed as a criminal suspect by you and wanted?"

"Yes." Jiao Zhengguo let out a long sigh of relief. It's easier to get things done with acquaintances. The matter of knowing Wang Shuo made it much easier to explain. At the same time, he raised the importance of Wang Shuo, which had already been raised to the warning line, by another order of magnitude.

This guy, he really has hidden depths.

"Based on our actual investigation, there is clear evidence indicating that Ning Hao has a major suspicion of committing the crime. And we can now basically confirm that Ning Hao has left W City and gone to Beijing or Donghai City."

"I would like to ask, Director Jiao." Zheng Yi's voice was steady, "Regarding the criminal suspect going to Beijing or Donghai City, how did you determine this?"

"This..." Jiao Zhengguo smiled bitterly, "This has to rely on the new system that Wang Shuo upgraded for us. This Sky Eye System was just upgraded today, and it compared four suspects in the kidnapping case with a one hundred percent success rate. Just a moment ago, it compared dozens of basic cases, and our Police Station's people are about to be sent out by it."

"Oh?" This time Zheng Yi was truly surprised. Just a surveillance system, and it's that magical?

"She asked, "Can I see it?""