"Have you found anything new?"
On the other end of the phone, as the new detective star of the Security Bureau, Wang Wei had risen to fame within the bureau by cracking several major cases in a row. However...
Wang Wei looked at the information he had collected and scratched his hair in confusion. The pride and certainty that had come with his rising reputation now turned into annoyance. Reputation can be such a burden!
"You'll go bald if you keep scratching."
Ignoring his colleague Liu Xi's teasing, Wang Wei replied to the phone, "No, nothing at all. There are continuous aftershocks, and the scene has been damaged several times. I led the team deep into the disaster area myself, but I still haven't collected any valid information. I want to apply for more support and the sharing permission of the restricted information within the team."
After a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, the voice said solemnly, "I need some time to give you a reply regarding the information control issue. The mechanical horse left at the scene by the other party has been reverse-engineered and disassembled by the Academy of Sciences. Judging from the current results, this is a high-tech product that is nearly twenty years ahead of our country and the entire world. No matter how much help he has provided us, and no matter what his intentions are, he caused so much chaos and casualties during his activities in the disaster area, and he needs to pay the price for it!"
Wang Wei took a deep breath to calm his chaotic thoughts. "Can we approach this from another angle?"
He flipped through the information report he had collected personally and thought, "So many people gathered unconsciously and with a purpose, and the conflict broke out so coincidentally. According to the subsequent investigation, they didn't leave any memory or impression at all. If this ability appears on a large scale in our country, it will be a more unsolvable problem than the other party. At least for the means used by the other party, that mechanical dog, we can still see its tail lights."
After a moment of contemplation, the voice on the other end of the phone agreed, "You're right. Whether it's that mechanical dog or the mechanical horse, we can still see the tail lights of the other party. And those people who gathered unconsciously with a target clearly show signs of being controlled. But according to the suggestions of the expert group, both investigations will surely face great obstacles. For one side, we can still see the tail lights, while for the other side, we can't even see a trace. How do you plan to investigate?"
The voice on the phone left Wang Wei speechless for a long time. He smiled bitterly and patted his head. He was really too busy and confused. "Since there is an obvious hostile relationship between the two sides, as long as we obtain the information of either side, its enemy will naturally surface."
After hanging up the phone, Wang Wei slumped in his chair and let out a long sigh. His thoughts were in a mess for a moment.
Liu Xi beside him seemed to see the captain's distress and suggested, "How about we gather everyone in the team for a discussion? Two heads are better than one. Maybe other teammates will have some ideas?"
"Let's go!"
"Where to?"
"To have a meeting!"
As Wang Wei stood up, the dejected people in the office reluctantly followed behind him and gathered in the conference room.
Before Wang Wei could turn on the projector, the conference room was already filled with smoke, and a sense of confusion and irritability filled the air.
Wang Wei stood expressionlessly in front of the stage, trying to calm his grief and indignation while looking at the slides and materials being played, and repeated the information that everyone present could recite with their eyes closed in as calm a tone as possible.
"At the same time as the earthquake occurred, due to the interruption of information, the local military region decided to parachute personnel from high altitude to understand the disaster situation without any information support. Ten minutes after the plane took off, someone connected to the command center through the satellite data link and transmitted the specific situation of the epicenter to the command center. The command center boldly adopted the information provided by the other party. Later, after confirmation by the high-altitude parachuting personnel, the information was correct. Subsequently, the country launched a large-scale rescue operation, which is still ongoing."
Wang Wei took a deep breath, without looking at the tragic images behind him, and continued to speak calmly, "During the large-scale rescue operation, the vanguard troops in the early stage discovered this battlefield on the periphery of the most severely damaged area. Through subsequent investigations and the accounts of the survivors: At that time, an iron man riding an iron horse rushed over regardless of the terrain. Through later visits and on-site investigations, it can be confirmed that the other party rescued a little girl who was half-pressed by a broken beam in the first place."
As the slides continued to play, Wang Wei's tone became. "Later, he killed her."
"According to the timeline, at the same time as the little girl was rescued, some of the survivors within a 500-meter radius unconsciously launched an attack on the other party. The investigation shows that the counterattack of nearly a thousand people within a 500-meter radius did not cause any harm to the other party. After that, the scope of the chaos gradually expanded. When the attacking crowd expanded to three thousand people and they started using various weapons, including benches, wooden sticks, iron bars, stones, and firearms, both cold and hot weapons, the other party also launched a counterattack at this time and finally disappeared surrounded by the crowd. At the same time, the crowd gathering towards the target within a one-kilometer radius also fell into an unconscious coma. At the original site of the conflict, there was a mechanical horse left behind by the other party. Now, after analysis by the Academy of Sciences, it can be confirmed that a large number of technical means beyond our current capabilities were applied in the production and manufacturing of this mechanical horse. Conservatively estimated, the technology embodied in the mechanical horse itself has a generation gap of twenty years compared with ours. In this incident, the other party caused 20 direct deaths and more than 130 indirect deaths, with no injured people."
After the slides finished playing, Wang Wei let out a long sigh. He turned off the screen and calmly swept his gaze across the people in the room. "Let's hear it. What are your thoughts?"
"Has the injury detection report come out? What kind of weapon did the other party use?"
Wang Wei looked at the questioning teammate expressionlessly and said calmly, "It has come out. The other party didn't use any weapon."
"With bare hands?"
"Yes! Attacking with bare hands, but the impact force of each attack is greater than 3000 Newtons."
Looking at the clear eyes of his teammates, Wang Wei had to add, "It can be simply understood as being hit head-on by a car traveling at a speed of a hundred kilometers per hour."
The teammate couldn't believe it. "Is this something a human can do?"
Wang Wei nodded. "It can be done with the help of some equipment. The technical department analyzed that the iron man described by the witnesses is actually a special piece of equipment. Country C has done some related research in this regard, which is called the exoskeleton system and can provide the user with more strength and speed. And the amount provided needs to be comprehensively determined according to the target's technical means."
The teammate seemed to think of something and still couldn't believe it. "Iron Man?"
"You can think of it that way."
"Then did the other party disappear from the because he flew away?"
"The current investigation shows that the other party did break away from the from the air."
As Wang Wei's voice fell, the conference room fell into a deathly silence again. It was like investigating a case of injury and suddenly finding out that the other party was like a god, which was extremely absurd.
Everyone in the conference room was silent, digesting this information.
"Is there anything else you want to know?"
"Why did some people participate in the attack while others didn't? What are their characteristics?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Wei's eyes lit up, and he quickly sorted out the materials with everyone. But when the information was integrated, the conference room fell silent again.
"Most of the people who participated in the attack were from the younger age group, and most of the adults who participated either had family members who died or had serious injuries themselves."
Looking at the disappointed people, Wang Wei encouraged them, "This information should be a very important clue for us. It's just that we don't understand what it means yet, so we can't interpret the clue."
The speaking teammate frowned and said, "So those more than 130 people died because of their own injuries? Why are they counted as casualties indirectly caused by the other party? Judging from the other party's actions, the other party clearly has a friendly stance towards us, and the starting point can also be understood as trying to save people."
Wang Wei sneered, "Saving one person but causing nearly two hundred casualties, and finally killing the person he saved. I think it would be better if he didn't save at all."
Wang Wei looked at the other person calmly. After a moment of contemplation, he slowly said, "Due to the issues of classified information and clearance levels, there are some intelligence that I can't share within the team. However, I have submitted the application for the sharing of information permissions within the team, and there will be news soon."
As the words fell, Wang Wei's phone rang.
"Okay, Director. I understand!"
Hanging up the phone, Wang Wei clapped his hands. When everyone's eyes were focused on him, he smiled and said, "The application for the sharing of information permissions has been approved. However, for the following information, no one is allowed to disclose it outside. Refer to the top-secret confidentiality regulations within the bureau."
As one piece of paper document and one on-site photo were placed in front of everyone, they all stared in disbelief with wide eyes.
"How is this possible!!"