Captain Lu was aloof again today.

Chapter 143 Gray
Lu Jingming's lips curled up slightly, a cryptic glint in his eyes, and he chuckled, "No need for such trouble. All it takes is Director Wang to say a word and coordinate, and that person can provide remote assistance."

Director Wang was stunned at first, then suddenly realized: "I understand, it seems you already have a satisfactory candidate in mind."

Lu Jingming smiled but remained silent.

In Tangzhou's public security system, besides Zheng Xun, is there anyone else who has reached the pinnacle of online investigation technology, leaving others far behind?
He knew that Wei Qingsong originally wanted Bai Rushuang to help persuade Zheng Xun, but now that Director Wang had come to him, he naturally had to make good use of Director Wang's prestige.

Half an hour later, Zheng Xun's arrogant face appeared on the big screen during the video call.

After not seeing him for many days, his face had lost some of its fierceness and gained more of the youthful vigor of his prime.

Nevertheless, he hasn't changed his arrogant and haughty ways at all.

He snorted, his tone dismissive: "I thought the municipal bureau was so powerful, but it turns out they need the assistance of a small county branch."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a slender hand reached out from the side and struck him hard on the head.

Bai Rushuang's voice came from outside the video: "Why do you talk so much? Director Zheng told you to do your job well, so just do it well. Why do you have to complain like that? Does it make you seem like you have a mouth?"

Zheng Xun was hit on the head, but instead of getting angry, he chuckled foolishly twice.

Wei Qingsong: "..." I can't bear to look.

Lu Jingming remained expressionless and unmoved.

Bai Rushuang's urging voice came again: "What are you laughing at? I'm telling you to do something important, so hurry up."

Zheng Xun then turned around, looked away, and diligently typed on the keyboard.

Less than twenty minutes later, Zheng Xun pressed the Enter key heavily, then stretched and yawned, saying, "Done."

"This user used several temporary overseas proxy servers, so this fake IP address was indeed very deceptive. However, I hacked into the website's system directly and quickly found the source address. There were three different addresses, all in Tangzhou."

As Zheng Xun spoke, he rapidly typed on the keyboard, and soon, three addresses were sent through the chat box.

After doing all that, he turned around and looked at his side with a pitiful expression: "Sister Shuang, I'm thirsty, can you buy me a Coke?"

Lu Jingming wrote down the three addresses, and in the video, a hand handed a bottle of mineral water to Zheng Xun, saying casually, "No Coke, drink more mineral water."

Wei Qingsong almost burst out laughing.

Lu Jingming gave three addresses to Chen Jin and Xiao Song, asking them to check them. He then added, "I'll send you a phone number. This phone number was registered on an app called 'Little Planet.' Please check all the user's communication information on this social app."

Wei Qingsong had previously speculated that the woman was likely an online friend of Li Linlu, but the cyber investigation team did not find any relevant records on regular communication platforms.

Li Linlu's roommate, Lin Yanyan, mentioned that Li Linlu was using an app called "Little Planet" and often chatted with netizens on it.

If you can't find that woman on mainstream social platforms like QQ and WeChat, it can only mean that this so-called online friend comes from that niche social app.

Zheng Xun muttered in dissatisfaction, "Why is there so much trouble?"

The next second, the bottle of mineral water he had just brought to his lips was snatched away by Bai Rushuang.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Rushuang's voice came softly: "Why do you talk so much? Do your work first, then drink water."

Zheng Xun was on the verge of tears but had no choice but to continue working hard.

Checking someone's chat history was a piece of cake for Zheng Xun, and he quickly sent over the results.

“Li Linlu joined a group on this platform. The group is called Gray Project and has sixteen members. The group leader’s ID is Gray.”

As Zheng Xun spoke casually, he lazily scrolled through the group's history, then his pupils suddenly widened: "In this group... there is a complete project action plan, called the Gray Project."

He read aloud the contents of the project's title page: "The world should be gray."

Wei Qingsong's eyebrows twitched slightly. She thought she was beginning to understand what was going on.

Zheng Xun continued, "All the members in the group are working together to complete this project, and the ultimate goal of the project is death. Yesterday, September 25, three people completed the project, including the user you asked me to investigate, Li Linlu."

And the suicide video uploaded by the foreign user yesterday was exactly three.

Right.

After the cyber police found more than a dozen other suicide videos, the city police have deployed officers to search for the victims in the videos. However, with only images, finding these people is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Such acts of suicide are not subject to criminal investigation; they can only be found by searching through databases, which is very difficult.

Lu Jingming frowned and pondered for a moment before asking, "Do you have a way to find out the registration information of everyone in this group?"

"Please don't use that questioning tone. You're doubting my abilities! It's just checking registration information, it's not that difficult." Zheng Xun grumbled unhappily, glancing to his side out of the corner of his eye, and immediately said obediently, "I'll check it right away."

Before long, Zheng Xun sent over a long list of registration information compiled into a table.

He also shared his thoughts: "Wow, apart from the leader who is gray, these people are all quite young. The youngest is only 14 years old, and the oldest is only 22. They are so young, why are they so foolish?"

Lu Jingming remained silent, staring intently at the grayed-out registration information: Zhu Zhixin, male, 27 years old, mobile phone number 139xxxx0725, ID number…

The information was complete, but he hadn't forgotten how cunning "Gray" was. He didn't know if the registration information was real or fake; it might have been stolen from someone else.

Zheng Xun continued talking on the other end of the video call: "I just took a moment to check those three addresses, and they're all internet cafes. Don't get your hopes up too high."

Lu Jingming didn't take it seriously and replied casually, "There are cameras in the internet cafe. Finding his address is at least a breakthrough."

Zheng Xun continued to pour cold water on the situation, saying, "Internet cafe surveillance also has blind spots. Many smoke-free internet cafes have set up default smoking areas to avoid monitoring, and there are no surveillance cameras installed there."

Lu Jingming raised his eyes, glanced at him indifferently, and said in a neutral tone: "The net of justice is vast, and though its meshes are wide, nothing escapes it. I am very grateful for your assistance, but you will not need to worry about the subsequent arrest operation."

"How could you be so ungrateful..."

Before he could finish cursing, Lu Jingming ruthlessly hung up the video call.

Out of sight out of mind.

Immediately, Zheng Xun's questions, accompanied by exclamation marks and question marks, kept popping up in the call window.

(End of this chapter)