The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 214 (Latest Chapter)

Opening the QQ group chat messages, I saw that Hao Weiwei's account had sent many messages, all of which used a sarcastic and harsh tone to evaluate his online novels. This tone was exactly the same as the tone Hao Weiwei used to criticize other people's novels when he was alive.

"This cyber killer is really persistent. He dismantled the hard drive so he could continue to vent his frustrations using Hao Weiwei's 'Supreme True Self' account, right?" Wu Shanqiu leaned closer to look at the contents of the phone and couldn't help but say.

“But hard drives are much harder to identify than computer screens. It would be difficult to tell that they are Hao Weiwei’s belongings even if he took them around,” Liu Tong pointed out.

"Hmm, it seems Hao Weiwei has messed up with someone online," Qi Fei said with a serious expression.

The constantly flashing messages on the phone screen seemed to be haunted by a ghost grinning maliciously, its bright red mouth revealing gleaming white teeth.

"The investigation into this 'cyber' relationship needs to be expedited. Judging from the looks of it, it seems to be someone who had a conflict with Hao Weiwei online," Liu Tong said, taking a sip of hot tea.

"Isn't online insults normal? You killed someone over that?" Wu Shanqiu said incredulously.

“Indeed, cases of intentional homicide stemming from cyberbullying are relatively rare,” Qi Fei nodded slightly.

“But…” Zhong Kui continued, then changed the subject, “Once it happens, the target will undoubtedly die. I think the other party has a highly aggressive personality, and unfortunately, Hao Weiwei has encountered a guy with an extreme desire for revenge.”

By the way, I heard he posted about the murder online, right?

"Yes, they're still using Hao Weiwei's account. They updated a chapter on his lukewarm online novel. Our opponent this time is really arrogant," Wu Shanqiu said.

“Well, let him keep sending them. Wouldn’t it be better if he offered up his own clues?” Zhong Kui’s words sounded reasonable, but they also felt a bit strange.

"You mean, we shouldn't let the novel platforms ban Hao Weiwei's novel?" Qi Fei asked.

"There are many ways to send messages anonymously online. If he just wanted to show off his murder, why would he risk being discovered by you, take the laptop, and use Hao Weiwei's account to post all this nonsense?" Zhong Kui leaned against Qi Fei's desk and asked.

"This..." Qi Fei couldn't answer immediately.

Zhong Kui smiled indulgently: "You don't understand what it feels like for someone to hate another person so much. Physical death is just the beginning. What he wants is Hao Weiwei's death in every sense of the word, biological death and social death. Oh, in your fashionable terms, Hao Weiwei also has to experience a cyber death."

He must have derived immense satisfaction and pleasure from it. The thrill of revenge is an incurable poison, leading one down a path of no return, like drinking poison to quench thirst. That death instinct, once associated with hatred, will race wildly towards the end of the night. She spoke with such infectious power that for a moment one forgot she was describing Hao Weiwei's killer or someone else.
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The sun was shining brightly outside, but the blackout curtains in the room were drawn tightly.

Pale, slender fingers picked up the mechanical hard drive, which had lost its protective casing, and connected the data cable to her computer.

He put on his headphones, and the noise of heavy metal death rock filled the air, completely isolating him from the real world, as if his soul was being transported to the cyber world via a data cable.

The mechanical keyboard produced a crisp, rhythmic click, carrying the unique feel of the characters.

The blue light from the computer screen reflected in his cold, stern eyes.

Strings of text kept appearing on the screen.

An hour later, his busy fingers finally stopped. He leaned back in his chair, picked up his now-cold water, and drank it with relish. His eyes darted back and forth, admiring the content he had just created, a slight smile playing on his lips. Then he picked up the mouse, placed the cursor on the "Publish" button, and clicked it. A dialog box popped up on the screen: "Hello! The latest chapter has been published."
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In the police station office, Hao Weiwei's cell phone on Qi Fei's desk received a "ding" sound.

The news caused everyone in the office to stop what they were doing at the same time.

They had no idea what kind of message would pop up on their phones this time.

"Brother Fei!" Wu Shanqiu was the first to grab the phone. "Hao Weiwei's novel has been updated again."

Just as Zhong Kui had predicted, the murderer struck again.

"Searching for the Supreme Being?" Wu Shanqiu read out the title of the latest chapter after clicking.

The content of this chapter was projected onto the screen where the case was being discussed.

As the title suggests, the chapter describes how to find the real person offline step by step by following the traces of the "Supreme One" on the internet.

Then the whole process was so organized that it was breathtaking.

This person has exhausted all the information on the internet and used various analytical methods.

First, he read all of the Supreme Being's novels and found content that seemed to be related to his own life, including recording the characters' expressions in their dialogues.

For example, he recorded all the plants mentioned in the environmental descriptions of the novel "The Supreme Being", and camphor trees and phoenix trees are both southern tree species.

In addition, the frequency of descriptions of rivers, the dietary habits involved, the proportion of noodles and rice mentioned, and a detailed analysis were made.

At the same time, through the character development and story description in the novel, the author himself was portrayed for the first time, accurately inferring that the author's academic performance was average, he had no work experience, and that he was both inferior and narcissistic, cowardly and arrogant.

However, this is only the first step.

Next, he analyzed all the chapters published by the author and the timing of his interactions with fans. Through regression analysis, he concluded that the author lives in the East 8 time zone and is based in China, not overseas. Here, he even added his own comment: "Very good, the cost of meeting is much lower."

This statement was chillingly calm. It's hard to imagine that while this cyber assassin was focused on his research, Hao Weiwei, immersed in the online world, was unaware that death was already approaching him step by step along the internet.

"This guy is really determined to find Hao Weiwei..." Wu Shanqiu read the cold, almost robotic language and sighed, "Did this guy compile the process of doxxing Hao Weiwei into a research paper?"

However, when she said this, she had only read the beginning; what followed was truly eye-opening for everyone present.

After confirming that the Supreme One was in China, the cyber assassin filtered out the weather-related content mentioned by the Supreme One, such as sunshine, rain, and wind, and searched for places in southern cities where the weather conditions overlapped multiple times.

Don't get me wrong, "latest chapter" is the title of my latest chapter, hahaha.