The real life of an American police officer: Winning over others with virtue

Chapter 209 Another World

This button phone is unremarkable and looks no different from a normal phone.

Eric thought about it for a moment, but didn't find anything wrong, so he chose to turn it on.

Although he found the phone on the last enemy who seemed to be quite capable, and in principle he should have handed over this 'stolen item' to the FBI.

But Eric felt that one didn't have to be so honest; the evidence was solid, and all the bodies had such a cell phone on them.

So having this film won't make a difference, and not having it won't make a difference either.

After a few seconds, the phone finally turned on and the screen lit up.

"No markings at all?" Eric raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself with surprise.

Every phone displays its brand logo when it's turned on, but this phone doesn't have any of that information.

It simply lit up.

"Is this a custom-made phone?" Eric muttered to himself, sensing that there was something fishy about it.

Sure enough, when the white screen appeared and the main interface appeared, there were no various software programs. Instead, the entire main interface contained only one ordinary software program, as if it were telling Eric that if he opened this software, everything would become clear.

Eric sat up abruptly, squinting as he tapped, not immediately opening the only software, but instead fumbling around.

It was eventually discovered that the phone had no calling function at all; it was like a pure data terminal that could only access the internet and not make calls.

In the end, Eric could only open the only software on the main interface, and the very monotonous screen changed.

It was still nothing special.

Then a platform similar to Taobao, Pinduoduo, or JD.com from the previous life appeared before us.

Or you could call it a forum, similar to Baidu Tieba in the previous life.

In Eric's view, this platform is a combination of both.

This platform is not a normal shopping transaction platform; it has everything.

The business encompasses all forms of illicit activity, including assassination, intelligence gathering, and the trade in illegal goods.

This is a huge platform, unlike anything I've ever seen before.

Eric raised an eyebrow as usual: "They even offer bodyguard services, quite a variety, is this the dark web?"

The dark web was nothing new to him; he had previously used it to find Nikolai Shinko's wanted poster.

"Interesting, there's actually a platform like this." Eric rubbed his chin, thinking to himself.

He wasn't a complete novice; he'd been dabbling in the so-called dark web for quite some time, and only now did he realize there was such a comprehensive and seemingly quite active platform.

People like him are like that.

What does this mean? It means that there is another world in this parallel universe that normal people cannot access.

"Does the CIA know about this platform?" Eric suddenly realized.

Simply put, the dark web is a hidden network, and its most prominent feature is anonymity.

Web pages that ordinary people browse are called surface web pages.

The web beneath the surface layer, the world inaccessible to ordinary people through conventional search engines, is called the deep web. The most secretive parts of the deep web require specific channels and special encryption technologies to access.

This is what people commonly refer to as the dark web.

Many dark web sites are created by the CIA for phishing purposes. The websites look very real, as if they are selling some illegal items. Once you believe them and click to buy, your information will be thoroughly investigated by the CIA.

The United States is definitely the country that most enjoys sting operations.

He remembered hearing somewhere that a streetwalker had been hooked up with a hookup, not only was she taken advantage of, but she was also fined. That was just too tragic.
Eric did some digging and came to some conclusions: this platform wasn't a phishing scheme run by the CIA, but rather a genuinely illegal platform.

Such a large platform requires a very powerful server to maintain it, and it's hard to say that the CIA isn't involved, or that the server might even be provided by the CIA.

Moreover, Eric discovered that the platform had people from every country, including Russia, China, and others.

It's hard to say. Did the five permanent members of the UN Security Council also play some role in this? Did they all tacitly acknowledge the existence of this platform?

After all, where there is white, there must also be black. The world is not as peaceful as it appears on the surface. If we want to maintain such stability on the surface, we must guide and control the dark side.
To Eric's surprise, the most active part of it was all about assassins.

For example, the main page of this platform features a series of bounty lists.

This person has a million-dollar bounty on their head, that person has a several hundred thousand-dollar bounty on their head, and below them are their detailed personal information, just displayed there so openly.

"The bounty list displayed on the homepage should be officially released by the platform, and it is a public task that is authentic and reliable."

This likely involves the bounty seeker paying a service fee and then posting the bounty to everyone through the platform's official channels. The platform then investigates and confirms the information before officially posting the bounty on its platform.

If it's not an official post, then you'll have to verify the authenticity of these individual trading posts yourself.

Eric suddenly found a very interesting platform, as if he had discovered another different world, and explored it for a very long time.

He discovered that the platform had a very strong backing, with service points similar to official ones, such as medical treatment, accommodation, and safe houses, each with a detailed address.

There is also the official currency used by the platform, which can be used at any service point and can be exchanged for cash at a rate of one coin to half a million US dollars.

This circulating currency resembled a gold coin, and it appeared to have some special markings or technology added to it for anti-counterfeiting purposes.

The fact that these service points can exist stably, and that the platform even has its own currency, demonstrates the immense power behind them.

Eric even had a hallucination: five enormous figures sat high on the platform, dominating all directions, their hands clasped under their chins, looking down at everything happening on the platform.

Eric quickly shook his head to dispel the illusion.

Importantly, this platform is not accessible to everyone; an account is required.

Only platform accounts can access the platform to accept tasks, complete bounties, trade, and so on.

The account application is not done by yourself, but requires a referral from an already registered account or an invitation from the platform.

For example, the account on his phone is the name or code name of the corpse that is the protagonist of the phone.

"razor?"

Eric stared at the code on the account and pondered for a moment. He thought about how each corpse had a cell phone on it, and his thoughts continued to wander.

"So all these people are assassins? This cult isn't just a simple cult in a certain sense, but an assassin organization?"

(End of this chapter)