It's time for me to put on my bat mask

Chapter 15 So is there any danger of survival?

"After seventeen thorough investigations of the scene, no useful clues were found."

National Capital, Ministry of National Security Building.

A ray of light shone through the half-open metal door of the newly established Special Investigation Department office.

Xu Chuanhe stood in the shadow of the corridor, his fingers unconsciously smoothing out the non-existent wrinkles on his suit.

He took a deep breath, letting the cold air circulate in his lungs, then raised his hand and gently knocked on the door with his knuckles.

The discussion inside the door stopped abruptly.

Xu Chuanhe opened the door, a hint of restraint on his face:

"Dear leaders, I am Xu Chuanhe."

"Ah, Xiao Xu, you're here so early? I remember the transfer order stated that you could arrive tomorrow."

The middle-aged man with a slicked-back black hair behind the desk raised his head, and the silver hair on his temples, which he had deliberately preserved, shone brightly under the overhead light.

He put down his phone and waved warmly:
"Come on, come in, don't be so reserved. We are all colleagues in the same department from now on."

Xu Chuanhe nodded slightly, nodded to other colleagues in the office, and then found a seat to sit down.

The middle-aged man, who was obviously the department head, waved at the girl standing in front of the screen and said, "Go on, Xiao Zhao."

"Yes!"

The girl responded competently, and the remote control in her hand made a crisp "click" sound. The PPT turned to the next page, and a close-up photo of the forensic report filled the entire screen.

“According to the report provided by Zunyi City and the analysis of our colleagues on the scene, most of these drug traffickers suffered minor first and second degree injuries.

Including but not limited to two or more broken ribs, broken long bones in the hands and feet, shattered nose bridge, four or more lost teeth, etc.

According to the feedback from the people who watched the live broadcast, this UP host used punches and kicks throughout the fight.

During the entire violent crime process, no hot or cold weapons were used, which is consistent with the public feedback that the UP host was unable to use real weapons.

However, even so, in the face of the Mark II's toughness and powerful kinetic energy, even bare hands can cause great damage.

For example, this..."

A new slide popped up, and the fracture lines of the nine ribs on the chest CT image were as glaring as lightning.

The injury report clearly stated that it was a second-degree serious injury.

"Nine broken ribs, a double injury caused by the kick and the impact of the security door, which was clearly deformed and flew out of the way."

"Is there any danger of survival?"

A colleague made a joke, and suddenly the office was filled with happy laughter.

"Ah this..." The female colleague who was hosting the event was stunned by the question.

"So is there any chance of saving the security door?"

"It's hard to say. The security door also has multiple fractures and an open chest wound."

The happiness in the office has become more tangible.

"Ahem, alright, let's leave the drug dealers to the drug enforcement comrades in Zunyi City. Our target is that UP host."

The middle-aged man had to knock on the table and continued:
“Although the comrades in the technical department have worked tirelessly overnight to track the IP, unfortunately, everyone.

We were completely unable to pinpoint the source. The technical team tried seven different tracing algorithms, even using the Tianhe-3's quantum computing module...

But no matter how many times I tried, I could only get a ridiculous location on the inner edge of the Milky Way's Orion Arm.

After careful analysis, we can basically come to a conclusion. It is impossible to find this UP host by relying on the existing network and computer technology on our planet.

Xu Chuanhe in the corner suddenly straightened his back:
"So, based on the behavioral pattern, what's the probability that the UP host is a local from Zunyi City?"

"That's the contradiction." The middle-aged man put on his glasses again, and his eyes behind the lenses became sharp.

"The first live broadcast was held in Zunyi City. This could be due to geographical connection or it could be a carefully designed misdirection."

"I think it's very likely that this UP host is in Zunyi City." Xu Chuanhe said:
"I entered the live broadcast room in the middle of the live broadcast, and at that time the UP host had just used the Green Lantern Ring to conjure up Mark II.

Based on the speed he was flying in the air, his speed would not exceed 100 meters per second.

He arrived at the crime scene about fifteen minutes later.

Moreover, this UP host also specially conjured up an optical camouflage cloak to cover himself.

If he is not a native of Zunyi City, why is he so cautious?
Is this because the UP host wants to hide his starting location?
Then this starting point is most likely his fixed residence or fixed work live broadcast location.

Based on the clues provided in the barrage and comment area, it can be speculated that this UP host should be coming into contact with Tongzhibao, a black technology toy manufacturer, for the first time.

This means he didn't know in advance that the toy he was going to try out was the Green Lantern Ring. Therefore, we can conclude that he conjured up the Mark II on a whim, for the sake of live broadcast effect.

And in order to test it, he had to fly.

If you fly, you will expose your surroundings and geographical location.

So he had to use optical camouflage to cover up.

If we can infer his approximate flying speed and combine it with his flight time, then we can come up with a rough screening range, right?"

The faster Xu Chuanhe spoke, the faster he spoke:
“Although the clips uploaded by ordinary viewers were intercepted, deleted and blocked by technicians, this did not include us.

We can derive more useful information from those slices and live stream caches, such as analyzing the flight speed of the UP host to determine their range.”

The middle-aged leader sighed: "Xiao Xu, your analysis is correct.

But we couldn’t get any video evidence; they cleaned up the mess.”

"In theory, the new colleague's approach can indeed define the search area."

A colleague from the technical team suddenly interrupted, and the blue light from the monitor illuminated the dark circles under his eyes.

"But all live broadcast footage has been completely erased by some..." He struggled to find the right words, "some technology beyond our comprehension. This includes civilian recordings—even tapes shot on old DV."

Xu Chuanhe was stunned for a moment: "So we didn't do this?"

"Us?" The technician laughed dryly. "The way they cleaned up the data..." He raised his hands and made an explosion gesture. "It's like using a nuclear bomb to kill cockroaches."

The conference room suddenly fell into an eerie silence, with only the hum of the cooling fan.

"...There's no way to give a more specific range, but based on my observations, the Mark II the UP host owns is a toy, so it definitely doesn't have the flight speed of the original.

We can still draw a rough outline.”

Xu Chuanhe also felt helpless. The other party didn't even leave any video clues.

The middle-aged leader smiled and said, "There's no need to be discouraged. At least now it seems that the probability of this UP host being a local of Zunyi City has increased a lot."

Xu Chuanhe nodded:
“I’m afraid we can only wait and see.

So we can only wait for the second live broadcast of this UP host while we investigate and see if we can get more clues from it."

The middle-aged leader shook his head and said, "There is no specific plan on how to deal with these UP hosts yet.

Fortunately, the power behind this UP host, Tong Zhibao, deleted all the data and avoided the risk of it being uploaded overseas. It can be regarded as a great help to us..."

(End of this chapter)