Animal Detective

Chapter 397: Fellow People
Despite saying that, Yang Zeran still seriously analyzed the possibilities on the way.

He believed that the person who set up the betting operation had taken double insurance.

As for how real and fake casinos transmit information, he thinks it's still through doxxing.

This means that someone stands at a distance and uses binoculars to observe, and once they discover that the fake casino has been shut down, they immediately notify the real casino.

As for how to notify them, well, just run the bus.

"So you see, the real and fake casinos aren't far apart. That's probably for the convenience of notification. By the time our people realize there's a problem, they can search everywhere and that's enough time for them to evacuate safely."

After analyzing the situation, Yang Zeran said, "If it were up to me, I would first keep an eye on the lookouts on the outside to confirm where they are running the casino."

"Then don't rush to act. Just send people out. He has signal jamming, right? As long as you find a problem with the signal, that person is definitely nearby."

"Don't fly drones either. They make too much noise. If they enter the shielded area, they can't transmit messages in time. If the situation is unclear, it's impossible to make thorough preparations, and it will be difficult to catch the person."

The main advantage of setting up a casino in the mountains is its secrecy, making it easy to escape.

Enclosing the entire mountain would prevent escape, but the cost would be too high.

"So using a teddy bear for reconnaissance is really good."

Yang Zeran turned around and teased the teddy bear in the back row, saying, "It can fly, and it's not afraid of being discovered."

However, when he turned his head, he noticed that Shen Xin's expression was off.

Yang Zeran was taken aback and asked in surprise, "What, am I wrong?"

Shen Xin's expression didn't seem to indicate agreement with his own viewpoint.

Shen Xin shook his head and said, "No, your analysis is quite good."

"wrong!"

Yang Zeran frowned and thought about it seriously for a while.

He didn't see anything wrong with it, and seeing that Shen Xin still wouldn't say anything, he gave up and said, "Alright, you're analyzing the case, just say what you have to say."

Shen Xin then said, "You're saying that using people to deliver messages is a bit too presumptuous."

“That’s a mountain. There are trees on the mountain, and it’s uneven. Even if you stand on a high place, you may not be able to see it clearly.”

"There was also the task of running through the mountains to deliver messages. I've done it before, and it wasn't an easy task."

The fake casino and the real casino are nearly three kilometers apart.

Yang Zeran said it wasn't far; it was on flat ground.

In the mountains, almost three kilometers...

Shen Xin had searched the mountain for the suspect before and knew how difficult the mountain roads were; it was no easy task.

Yang Zeran opened his mouth to refute, but swallowed the words back and said, "Continue."

Shen Xin wasn't deliberately picking on him.

Using people to deliver messages sounds reasonable and simple, but in practice, it's a completely different story.

Shen Xin said, "Also, have you considered why the suspect would set up two casinos? Don't you think that behavior itself is rather strange?"

Yang Zeran immediately said, "I told you, it's double insurance."

An undercover lookout provides an extra layer of security, and a fake casino provides an extra layer of security, ensuring absolute safety.

"Maybe not."

Shen Xin shook his head and said, "Why bother with all this scheming for double insurance? We might as well focus on building up our outposts on the perimeter."

"Think about it, even if they set up signal jamming in the real casino, they can still get the news that we're making arrests."

"This means that they have a special way of delivering messages."

"If that's the case, then why bother setting up a fake casino? The sentries on the perimeter can just pass on the message as soon as they spot our people."

“The casino is on the mountain, so they still have plenty of time to escape.”

Yang Zeran crossed his arms, thought for a moment, and retorted, "Then you're just making assumptions. Even if there's a special way to transmit messages, what if the sentries don't have time to send the message?"

As he spoke, he frowned and tentatively asked, "Could it be on purpose? Knowing that we've got our eyes on them, they deliberately set up a fake casino to provoke us."

Shen Xin was taken aback, and immediately said, "What are you thinking? You're provoking us. They're just setting up a bet, it's not that serious."

What audacity! Provoking the police.

If you really provoke the police, they'll use a massive net to surround your entire mountain.

Yang Zeran said it casually, then asked in return, "Then why do you think it is?"

Shen Xin shook his head.

"I don't know. I just find it strange. We'll only know why they would do that once we arrest them."

Shen Xin wasn't a mind reader, so how could he possibly guess why they were doing this?

Yang Zeran scoffed and rolled his eyes at Shen Xin, thinking that Shen Xin might offer some insightful advice.

Shen Xin smiled, said no more, and focused on driving.

In fact, Shen Xin had thought about this.

I think this is probably a method to prevent plainclothes officers from infiltrating.

The most common method used by the police to crack down on gambling is to have undercover officers go undercover, confirm the location, send messages, and then take action on the outside.

This group has implemented signal jamming.

If there's no information along the way up the mountain, then there's still a risk of revealing your location.

Setting up two locations is to prevent undercover agents from passing messages out.

Once the fake casino is raided, they can identify any problematic gamblers and immediately replace them.

But the key is still the method of transmitting messages.

Shen Xin had a vague idea, but he wasn't sure.

While driving, I suddenly received a call from Zhang Hancheng, asking if Shen Xin had gone to Jigang.

Zhang Hancheng said, "They're preparing to take action in Jigang. I'll send you a location; just go there directly, and we'll meet up there."

After hanging up the phone and learning that they were about to take action, Yang Zeran muttered something like, "Now that we have a lead, we have to act. What were we doing before?"

Shen Xin thought to himself, "How can they be the same?"

Gambling is something that can never be eradicated.

Moreover, it's not an urgent matter; those handling business below are all busy and can't keep an eye on it all the time.

Let's just wait for clues. Once we have clues and are confident, it's not too late to take action.

But now.

The squad leader personally intervened, so how could the level of intervention be the same?
They might have even resorted to technical means to confirm the clues overnight and plan their operation.

Yeah.

This is just a small case, a test of Teddy's abilities, and Shen Xin doesn't want to waste too much energy on it.

Zhang Hancheng sent me his location.

Dingshan in Jigang.

This mountain is not high, with the main peak less than 300 meters high, but it covers a large area, with 22,000 mu of forest, which is close to 15 square kilometers.

Such a large area, hidden deep in the mountains, is not an easy thing to find.

The meeting point sent was in Hewanli, at the foot of Dingshan Mountain, northeast of the mountain.

Shen Xin drove his private car directly there.

The exact location was outside a small stainless steel products factory. When we arrived, there was a row of private cars parked outside.

There was quite a bit of movement.

Team leader Li Fang came in person.

A deputy captain named Zhou Shaobo also arrived. Li Fang was in charge of the security of a county-level city with a population of 1.6 million. If Yang Qingmin hadn't made the call, he wouldn't have had time to worry about this gambling case.

As Shen Xin got out of the car to greet him, he noticed someone yawning.

They must have been very busy yesterday.

In other words, Zhang Hancheng's curiosity actually increased their workload.

But after meeting, Li Fang didn't complain at all; he just asked about Teddy's situation out of curiosity.

Upon learning about Teddy's reconnaissance methods, Li Fang remarked, "That's much more convenient than using drones."

The problems with drones are significant.

If you're too far away, you can't see it; if you're too close, it makes a lot of noise.

There's also the issue of battery life; it's difficult to search such a large area.

Therefore, even with the rapid development of drone technology, traditional methods are still the main approach in cases like cracking down on gambling.

This group was clearly a cut above the rest.

Shen Xin inquired about the situation.

Sure enough, they resorted to technical means.

They had attempted a previous operation, which failed, but they had noticed some people.

The original plan was to proceed slowly, to understand the situation before taking action.

Now, with just one phone call from Yang Qingmin, they had no choice but to close the net ahead of schedule.

They located the group's mobile phones and checked their text messages, confirming that there was a gambling event scheduled for today.

Li Fang said, "They are two groups: one group that set up the scheme, and the other group that acted as lookouts."

"The lookout only knows there's a gambling game today, but we'll have to wait for the other group to tell us the exact location."

"We're keeping an eye on this group of lookouts. We can confirm that the casino is in Dingshan today, but we still need to find out exactly when and where."

As for how to find it, he looked at Teddy.

If Teddy isn't available, Li Fang's solution is to organize manpower.

With drones and sheer manpower, even if we have to search the entire Dingshan area, we must find the other side.

But now the leaders want to see Teddy's abilities.

That would give Teddy the opportunity to find someone.

Shen Xin nodded, knowing that it was in Dingshan.

15 square kilometers is just a tiny piece of land on the grassland, nothing at all.

Shen Xin asked if they should start looking for it now, so that if they could confirm its location, it would be easier for them to plan the arrest.

Li Fang smiled and said, "Let's wait for Yang Zhi and the others to arrive before we talk about it."

Shen Xin nodded, thought for a moment, and asked Li Fang for the video recording of the first arrest operation.

They were all wearing body cameras, so there should have been video recordings.

Li Fang and the others watched Teddy, while Shen Xin obtained the video and examined it from the side.

Yang Zeran also came over.

Shen Xin had previously arrested people for gambling while working at the police station.

There are no problems with the entire operation so far.

First, capture the sentries, then sneak up the mountain, surround them from all sides, give the order, and take action immediately.

In the footage, the people under the sunshade were clearly caught off guard.

Amidst a cacophony of shouts of "Police! Crouch down! Don't run!", everyone present was quickly brought under control.

Then comes the on-site inspection.

As a result, the group gathered together to play cards, without even exchanging money.

When asked what they came up the mountain for, they said they came up to play.

They were all quite arrogant, shouting that they hadn't done anything wrong, and that they couldn't even go up the mountain to play, so why were they being arrested?

Seeing Shen Xin turn back and look at it again, Yang Zeran asked, "Did you see anything?"

Shen Xin countered with, "And you?"

Yang Zeran shook his head slightly.

When the scene replayed, Shen Xin's gaze sharpened, and he amplified the sound, holding it to his ear to listen carefully.

You heard right, amidst the chaos, there was a sharp whistle.

Looking back, in a fleeting glance, Shen Xin saw that one of them had just put something in his mouth.

After looking at it several times, judging from the length of a finger, it should be a bird whistle.

My guess was right; the other party did use birds to transmit messages.

When a man blows a whistle, it's usually a signal.

In the chaos, no one would notice the bird's condition.

Shen Xin suspected it was a pigeon, but he wasn't sure if pigeons could be so quick to look for their owner as soon as they heard a whistle.

In my memory, the so-called carrier pigeons delivering messages were actually just returning home.

The location in front of them is completely random, so the pigeons shouldn't be able to respond immediately and quickly find their owner in the real casino.

But without a doubt, this person blew a bird whistle.

To train Teddy, Shen Xin also bought bird whistles online, so he wouldn't mistake them for birds.

This means that some of the suspects were skilled in bird training and came up with this method to transmit messages.

Shen Xin immediately became interested; they were kindred spirits.

After waiting for two hours, Zhang Hancheng and the other two finally arrived leisurely.

After briefly inquiring about the situation, he instructed Shen Xin to take action.

In an instant, everyone looked at Shen Xin, or rather, Teddy.

While waiting, Shen Xin had already given Teddy instructions.

Without any equipment, Shen Xin couldn't say that he had seen Teddy's memories.

They then strapped a body camera to Teddy.

What I was telling Teddy was to search in the mountains, find a spot where people were, and then circle low to confirm.

Then search the entire Dingshan area before returning.

A body camera is essentially recording data, so it won't be affected regardless of whether the other party has signal blocking capabilities.

Without further ado, Shen Xin raised his arm.

Teddy immediately flapped its wings and soared into the sky.

Everyone craned their necks, only to see Teddy instantly turn into a black dot.

Yang Qingmin asked in surprise, "Is that all? Teddy is a bird, so he knows exactly what he's going to do."
Chen Guanglin snorted and thought to himself, "You haven't seen it. If you had seen Shen Xin's abilities, you wouldn't ask such a question."

15 square kilometers is not a very large area for Teddy.

He flies high and has ultraviolet vision, so even from hundreds of meters away, nothing in the mountains and forests can escape his eyes.

Before long, he flew over the second peak of Dingshan, his gaze sharpened, and he locked onto an area among the trees.

He was wearing a camouflage cloth, but someone outside was leaning against a tree smoking, completely unaware that hundreds of meters above his head, a pair of eyes had already locked onto him.

(End of this chapter)