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“That's the basic situation.”

Gong Ming stroked his stubbled chin in front of the round conference table and said in a deep voice, “For the past two months, the super-resolution patrol satellite A07 has been monitoring the entire Lin'an City from near-Earth orbit, but the intelligent monitoring system has not detected any anomalies.”

“This shows that Captain Xu Qiu's disappearance must have occurred in an indoor environment or a location with obstructions that the patrol satellite could not observe.”

“However, the patrol officers in Lin'an City, based on the location and movement trajectory of Captain Xu Qiu's communicator, conducted a search and confirmed that Captain Xu Qiu had been to many places before her disappearance, almost covering the entire Lin'an City.”

“Finally, she suddenly disappeared in an irrelevant place, leaving behind only a damaged communicator.” Gong Ming said in a low voice.

Silence filled the conference room.

Lin Qing's heart stirred, and he suddenly had a guess.

“Captain Xu Qiu went to many places?”

Wu Chi Hu Xia Nan was obviously not good at analyzing and reasoning about these things, and frowned, “Captain Xu Qiu is just a branch bureau patrol officer, right? Her patrol range is only this Shangcheng District. Why did she suddenly go all over Lin'an City?”

Lin Qing pondered and said, “To be precise, it should be Captain Xu Qiu's communicator that traveled all over the city, right?”

“Yes, Patrol Captain Lin is right.”

Gong Ming glanced at Lin Qing appreciatively and said softly, “The expert group and think tank's speculation based on the current situation is that Captain Xu Qiu's disappearance should have occurred earlier. It is likely that the enemy took Captain Xu Qiu's communicator and deliberately walked around Lin'an City to mislead us.”

Hu Xia Nan was stunned, and his frown deepened: “The enemy dares to be so blatant? Even if the monitoring system has flaws, it's impossible to bypass every monitoring point in the entire city, right? And isn't the satellite still watching from the sky?”

“Patrol Captain Hu.”

Gong Ming shook his head slightly and said, “Although you haven't cultivated the Free Body series of combat techniques, haven't you heard of it? Once all the Free Body series of combat techniques are cultivated to the instinctive level, one can change their appearance and body shape.”

“Are you saying that the enemy disguised themselves as Captain Xu Qiu and deliberately wandered around Lin'an City?” Hu Xia Nan suddenly woke up.

“It's very likely.”

Gong Ming said, “So Captain Xu Qiu's disappearance should have occurred earlier, at around three o'clock yesterday afternoon at the earliest. That was the last time Captain Xu Qiu performed iris recognition, and there has been no iris recognition since then.”

Lin Qing narrowed his eyes slightly.

To disguise someone else's iris, one would have to undergo iris transplant surgery and remove their own iris first, which is difficult to achieve quickly.

Fingerprints and faces are easier to handle. Although many modern facilities require 'live fingerprints,' this is not difficult to deal with.

He was confident that he could transform into Xu Qiu's appearance and pass general detection using her fingerprints and facial recognition.

“Patrol Captain Lin.”

Gong Ming suddenly looked at Lin Qing and said, “Captain Xu Qiu seemed to have told you that the mysterious person she encountered on April 21st could easily defeat her, using the Free Body combat technique and the Divine Transformation combat technique, right?”

Lin Qing nodded slightly and said, “Indeed, that mysterious person used the instinctive intimidation of the Divine Transformation series, taking advantage of her instinctive fear to defeat her with one move.”

“In this case, the person who disguised himself as Captain Xu Qiu may also be this mysterious person.”

Gong Ming nodded slightly and said, “This person is suspected to be the number one leader of the Iris Red Society, but he did not kill Captain Xu Qiu, perhaps out of caution, or perhaps for other reasons.”

“What is that person's approximate strength?” Hu Xia Nan frowned and asked, “I heard that he is comparable to a senior patrol captain?”

“That's just Captain Xu Qiu's misjudgment, but it should be impossible.” Gong Ming shook his head slightly, “Just a leader of the Iris Red Society. If he really had the strength of a senior patrol captain, then Chu Tianyao would not have died.”

But he knew in his heart that this was just a lie.

Although he didn't know why the higher-ups wanted him to tell this lie, there must be some plan, so he did as he was told.

“That's true.” Hu Xia Nan felt relieved and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

“At least his Free Body series of combat techniques have been cultivated to the instinctive level.” Gong Ming said softly, “And since he is from the Original Research Institute, he may also have some kind of genetic ability, which should not be underestimated.”

“Yes, he's not bad.” Hu Xia Nan nodded slightly, but he was obviously not as afraid.

“Moreover, this person is very familiar with the patrol's search operations, and may also be someone from the patrol system.”

Gong Ming suddenly glanced around and said, “In the Jiangnan region, anyone who has learned the Free Body series of combat techniques is suspected, especially those who are local to Lin'an City.”

Lin Qing looked calm.

Although he pretended that Chu Tianyao killed Xiao Peidong, he was now the most innocent of everyone present.

Because he was fighting Chu Tianyao at the time.

Yuan Anping, who was next to him, was also sitting there calmly.

“However…”

Gong Ming said in a low voice, “The progress of combat technique cultivation can be hidden. If you don't reveal it yourself, no one can see it. The光明会 and the Original Research Institute can also teach the Free Body series of combat techniques, so being cleared from official records doesn't prove anything.”

He paused, “According to the investigation, the only one who can be ruled out of suspicion is Patrol Captain Lin, and Lin'an City's General Captain Yuan Anping can also be temporarily ruled out of suspicion.”

Lin Qing had known this for a long time.

Yuan Anping left Lin'an City that day, but this was itself a point of suspicion.

He knew that Yuan Anping had hidden his strength, so he had naturally suspected whether the number one leader was Yuan Anping.

However, on the day of the incident, Yuan Anping left Lin'an City in a patrol car. Except when he passed through the service area and went to the restroom for a minute or two, the monitoring inside the patrol car could see Yuan Anping the whole time. Even after arriving at the destination, there was monitoring to prove it.

Even if he occasionally disappeared for a while, it was far from enough to go back and forth to the scene of the crime.

Of course…

Even so, Lin Qing could still think of several ways to create such an alibi.

Even he could think of it, so how could the expert group and think tank not think of it?

Therefore, Yuan Anping was only temporarily ruled out of suspicion, and his suspicion was much lighter than others.

“There are many people who are suspected. Here is a list for you to take a look at.”

As Gong Ming spoke, the projection on the table immediately turned into simple information about the suspected targets.

“This list is just for reference. I hope you can all be careful.”

Gong Ming said solemnly, “The key to this operation is to search for Captain Xu Qiu's whereabouts. All the places she has been to since three o'clock yesterday afternoon must be thoroughly searched.”

“What to pay attention to is——”

He glanced at the life detector placed next to him and said, “The enemy may have means to hide from the life detector, and there may be underground activity spaces more than fifty meters deep below Lin'an City.”

Lin Qing understood what he meant.

Previously, there was no discovery during the exploration, but this does not mean that it does not exist.

After all, current underground space detection technology can only detect up to a depth of fifty meters underground.

“Based on the strength distribution of the twenty-nine patrol officers, three patrol captains, and one senior patrol captain present, this is the most reasonable grouping method intelligently constructed by the patrol system.”

Gong Ming pointed his finger, and immediately a list allocation plan appeared, “Please take a look.”

Lin Qing looked carefully.

The chief commander, Lian Zexu, was in a group by himself, given the highest transportation priority, and was available to provide effective support at any time.

And he, Yuan Anping, and Hu Xia Nan, the three patrol captains, each led a group of patrol officers, keeping their distance and searching with the chief commander Lian Zexu as the center.

Lin Qing glanced at the patrol officer allocation list and understood that the AI that constructed this list must have ranked him as the weakest of the three.

Because the ten patrol officers assigned to him were arguably the strongest.

The ten patrol officers assigned to Yuan Anping were slightly weaker than his.

And Hu Xia Nan was only assigned nine patrol officers, and they were all the weakest.

“This list is just the patrol system's intelligence, distributed according to your previous performance.”

Gong Ming said, “If any of you are confident in your strength or lack confidence, you can also bring it up, and we will reallocate it reasonably.”

Lin Qing naturally knew that the patrol system's intelligence was probably calculated based on the strength he displayed when he killed Chu Tianyao.

But at that time, he only exerted close to half of his strength.

What's more, two months have passed, and he is much stronger than he was then.

On this list, he and Yuan Anping clearly hid their strength, but they received the greatest degree of protection.

Such an unbalanced distribution was indeed not conducive to the search.

Lin Qing pondered for a moment, then opened his mouth and said, “In Patrol Captain Hu's list, the assigned patrol officers are all on the weaker side. How about I transfer a few stronger ones from my side? Actually, I recently…”

“I don't need it.”

Before Lin Qing could finish speaking, Hu Xia Nan interrupted him and shook his head, “With Patrol Captain Lin's strength, please don't decline. How about this, leave me three patrol officers as assistants, and give the other six to you.”

Lin Qing was stunned.

Yuan Anping smiled and shook his head: “Patrol Captain Hu is underestimating people too much, isn't he?”

Hu Xia Nan frowned: “Then why don't we have a fight? The two of you can fight together. As long as the two of you can last ten seconds under my hand, I will agree to the current distribution.”

He had absolute confidence.

Even among the outer hall students of the Chaoyang Martial Arts Hall, he could be called a combat technique genius.

Now he has cultivated all eight beast forms of the Hundred Beasts series to the instinctive level, which is two more than the Hundred Beasts series provided by the patrol, and only the students of the Chaoyang Martial Arts Hall can learn it.

Unfortunately, his gene awakening probability was too low. Although there was a bloodline evolution method provided by the Chaoyang Martial Arts Hall, his progress was very slow, and he only barely excavated a weak genetic ability, so he was persuaded to quit.

Otherwise, he would have hoped to enter the inner hall.

Even so, with his instinctive level Hundred Beasts combat technique plus genetic ability, dealing with ordinary patrol captains might not even require a few moves.

Even if the two of them went together, it would be meaningless.

As for these weak patrol officers?

No matter how many there are, it's useless.

“So confident?”

Lin Qing couldn't help but look at this Hu Xia Nan, who was known as a martial arts fanatic.

Perhaps this top student among the outer hall students of the Chaoyang Martial Arts Hall was really extraordinary?

“Forget it.”

Lin Qing didn't want to expose his strength because of this little thing, so he shook his head and said, “Since Patrol Captain Hu is confident, then let's keep this distribution.”

“I have always had no ambition and no insight.” Yuan Anping said with a smile, “I didn't see that Patrol Captain Hu actually has this kind of strength? Then thank you, Patrol Captain Hu.”

Hu Xia Nan nodded slightly and said, “I only need three assistants here. It's enough for them to run errands. You can divide the rest.”

“Okay, we can't let Patrol Captain Hu's kindness go to waste.” Yuan Anping nodded with a smile, “Just don't regret it, Patrol Captain Hu.”

“Regret?”

Hu Xia Nan also heard that this Yuan, who was neither male nor female, was mocking him, and his face turned cold: “When Patrol Captain Yuan is in danger, don't ask me to save you.”

Yuan Anping smiled indifferently, “That's hard to say, Patrol Captain Hu, you have to help me then.”

Lin Qing shook his head slightly and said nothing more.

If it wasn't for making the search mission smoother, he wouldn't even want to persuade them.

“Let's do it this way.”

Hu Xia Nan turned to look at Gong Ming and said calmly, “Chief Gong, which search area has the highest risk? I'll take it.”

…

“Bang!!”

Hu Xia Nan hurriedly raised his arms to catch the punch coming at him, and he only felt a wave of amazing invisible force echoing crazily in his body, making him feel numb and weak all over.

The floor tiles under his feet were even cracked into a spider web-like pattern by the force penetrating into the earth.

“Who are you…”

Hu Xia Nan looked at the mysterious man shrouded in black clothes opposite him in disbelief, and couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

Was he winning the lottery on the first night of his search in Lin'an City?

At this moment, under the pale smiling face mask of the other party, those eyes were emitting an amazing life intimidation, making his hands and feet soften with instinctive fear, and he could only exert part of his strength.

Just relying on the instinctive intimidation of the Divine Transformation, it has this effect?

This is simply the strength of a senior patrol captain!

“Haha——”

The next moment, the mysterious man opposite him made a sharp, distorted laugh, and with a flash of his figure, he suddenly disappeared from Hu Xia Nan's eyes.

“Bang!”

Hu Xia Nan only felt a darkness in front of his eyes, and his whole person completely fainted, falling headlong to the ground.

The three patrol officers around him were stunned.

How can we fight if he's so strong?

At this time——

“Swoosh!”

Along with the sound of breaking wind, a phantom that was so fast that it was amazing suddenly appeared hundreds of meters away, passing through the long street at a terrifying speed, rushing towards here at top speed.

“So fast.”

Under the pale smiling face mask of the mysterious man, a playful smile appeared in those eyes, and then he left silently at the same terrifying speed.

“Huff!”

The blurred phantom rushing from a distance was like a whirlwind sweeping up dust and sand, arriving at the scene from a street corner more than a hundred meters away in only about a second.

The figure suddenly stopped, the phantom solidified, revealing the face of the commander-in-chief, Lian Zexu, who had received the distress signal.

"Where is he?"

Lian Zexu's face was grim as he took out his communicator and asked, "Instructor Gong, where is he?"

Gong Ming's deep voice came from the communicator: "This is troublesome. The enemy's strength is far greater than we imagined. What's worse, they have a portable device that hides their life field. No wonder the life detector couldn't find him."

Lian Zexu glanced at the unconscious Hu Xia Nan on the ground and shook his head slightly.

"All four of his limbs have been shattered by hidden force," Lian Zexu frowned.

Just then—

"Quickly send reinforcements!"

Gong Ming's voice suddenly became anxious from within the communicator: "He's gone after Lin Qing again!"