High-tech invasion, I can see the future

Chapter 24 A Subtle "Disguise," and the Cousin Who's Been Sticking With Me

"Captain, we've narrowed down the area for this serial murder case, and the team has identified four suspects."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yunbin pulled the car over to the side of the road.

"Take a look at the suspect's information."

Everyone picked up their tablets.

The main intelligence analyzed this time is: multiple images captured by the psionic camera during the first and third murder cases.

If the murderer isn't particularly cunning, then the two sets of movements and the locations of the three crimes can be used to narrow down an area.

Another problem with the intelligence is that no psionic cameras captured footage of the second murder.

One theory is that the murderer lived very close to the crime scene.

This analysis allows us to narrow down the possibility of indiscriminate killings to the electronics factory area.

The four suspects identified so far were selected based on the victims' individual interpersonal relationships.

After all, prisoners with superhuman strength, as long as they have self-awareness, will generally choose to take revenge on the people they hate. That's human nature. And not all prisoners are high-IQ criminals.

Bai Yu found a suspect in the intelligence that perfectly matched the information he already knew, and he felt relieved.

It's just a little awkward.

In the case analysis, he mentioned the record about "dropouts" that he had sent to the analysis team.

He was still thinking to himself, "Could the team leader pretend he didn't see it and let it slide?"

It's like when you're in school and you're doing something silly, hoping the teacher didn't see it.

Thinking of this, he turned his head slightly and stole a glance at Li Yunbin.

But by chance, their eyes met.

Li Yunbin gave a faint smile and asked, "Bai Yu, which of these four suspects do you think we should investigate first?"

Upon seeing that smile, Bai Yu's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he felt as if he had been seen through.

But the reaction was still very fast.

It looks like Li Yunbin is setting a test for him, and he is thinking about it seriously.

"We're closest to Yun'an Electronics Factory, how about we go there?"

As he spoke, Bai Yu scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly: "My cousin from my aunt's side used to work here, I don't know if she's still there now."

As she spoke, she glanced at Li Yunbin.

There's nothing unusual about it.

But Bai Yu vaguely sensed that Li Yunbin didn't like her 'pretense'.

Zhao Bin and Jiang Chen may have also noticed something was wrong.

As for Qin Wanqing, she appears to be a cool and intelligent goddess, as if she understands everything. However, she also seems a bit dim-witted. So, in short: it's unclear whether she understood or not.

Liu Feifei, huh?

She said excitedly, "Your cousin? It's a good opportunity to meet her and see if we can become friends."

"You definitely don't like being friends with her."

Why?

"You'll understand when you meet him in person."

After the conversation ended, Bai Yu began to think about Li Yunbin.

He is the leader of Group 7 and has a powerful background.

Based on our brief interaction, Li Yunbin appears to be a cold and assertive person.

Being able to serve as a team leader and manage a large team well indicates that one possesses some leadership qualities.

Bai Yu knew that someone like Li Yunbin would definitely want to know everything about all the members in the group.

Compared to Li Yunbin, Bai Yu was clearly too mysterious and out of 'control'.

To put it more dramatically: when humans face the unknown, they often feel fear.

Li Yunbin couldn't say he was afraid, but he was always worried that Bai Yu would pose a threat to the team.

What if Bai Yu is a pawn of the alien god, which is why he behaves this way?

The possibility is never zero.

Bai Yu understood this concern, which gave him a headache.

"A full-blown confrontation is impossible; we've only known each other for less than a day."

"However, I shouldn't overdo the pretense. That deliberate head-scratching and shifting the topic to my cousin, like just now, won't fool Li Yunbin and his group; it'll only make them more wary and distant."

"The best outcome would be to reach some kind of tacit understanding."

He couldn't possibly believe that everyone in the world is a fool.

Just like Zhang Youpeng, he's not stupid; he probably guessed something.

Bai Yu was able to pretend that nothing had happened because he was of a much higher status than Zhang Youpeng!

But Bai Yu and Li Yunbin did the opposite.

Yun'an Electronics Factory.

It only took them five minutes to get to the door.

We had already given advance notice that an on-site investigation was required.

Coincidentally, the Yun'an Group behind the company sent people to the factory today to inspect the work.

Upon learning of the arrival of the Investigation Bureau, several leaders rushed over to give them a warm welcome.

The leader was a middle-aged man with glasses, a slightly protruding belly, and an air of leadership about him – Xu Guangsheng, the deputy director of the production department.

He greeted her warmly, "Haha, Team Leader Li! I didn't expect it to be you."

Upon seeing this, Team Leader Li exchanged a few polite words.

Judging from his demeanor, this deputy director was even more humble.

After exchanging a few words, Deputy Director Xu looked around. It was 11:30 AM, the time when the workers were about to leave work, and there was a lot of foot traffic. He said, "How about we find a place to talk in detail?"

"Yes. But don't make it too complicated."

He was also worried that a set customer service process would be too time-consuming.

Deputy Director Xu was thinking to himself, "Could it be that the leader of the seventh group has come here because there is some troublesome supernatural monster in our factory?"

He had heard about the incident where someone died in the staff dormitory; the corpse was said to be quite gruesome.

However, the investigators did not conduct a thorough investigation of his factory.

But now they've come looking for us.

Could it be that the murderer is still in the factory?

That would be troublesome! We need to find out the truth, at least to have some idea of ​​what's going on.

It was time to leave work, and workers were leaving the factory in batches.

Chen Man and a few familiar sisters walked and chatted. When they passed an intersection, they saw the leaders who had come to inspect the factory that morning.

The girl next to me said, "It's those old guys! Because our group's production wasn't standardized, they each docked two hundred! It's infuriating!"

"By the way, who are those six young men? Why do these leaders seem so respectful to them?"

"He must be a rich kid, he has a higher social status."

"Those guys are all so handsome!"

Chen Man remained silent at this moment, staring intently at one of the people in the crowd, examining him closely.

The girl holding Chen Man's hand asked, "Manman, which one do you think is the most handsome?"

But Chen Man stood still.

"What's wrong?"

Chen Man remained silent and walked straight toward the group of leaders.

The other girls asked in confusion, "What's wrong with Chen Man?"

"I don't know."

"Are you going to go up and chat her up?"

"Don't even think about it. These rich kids are all about looks, and who knows how many women they've been seeing behind the scenes."

Even knowing we'd break up in the end, I'd still be willing to start!

That's roughly the situation. At present, they are only suspects; it's uncertain whether they are the murderers.

"Understood. Should we call them over? Or should Team Leader Li go directly there?"

"Let's call them to a building in the factory where no one is around. It's best to do it in the factory's name, so as not to alert them."

"Don't worry, I can definitely handle this!"

After speaking, Deputy Director Xu looked at the factory manager, who was just about to send someone to call Zhu Chen over.

Then a shout came from behind.

"Cousin Bai Yu!"

Upon hearing the voice, Bai Yu instinctively turned around.

Li Yunbin and his entourage also turned around, and the leaders who were with them also looked back curiously.

A girl with a few strands of green hair looked at Bai Yu excitedly, then ran over and opened her arms to hug him.

Because of the height difference, he only hugged her neck, so it looked like he was hanging.

Chen Man's eyes quickly swept over everyone present, then she released her grip and exclaimed excitedly, "So it really was you!"

Bai Yu's expression was somewhat helpless.

He knew this cousin quite well.

From junior high school onwards, she was extremely rebellious, the kind of delinquent girl. Later, she went to a vocational school and often stayed out all night. She spent her winter and summer vacations hanging out outside. Nobody knew how she managed to find accommodation.

She's definitely a problem girl; she made her aunt so angry that she developed high blood pressure.

It has almost no connection with myself.

Yet at this moment, he is showing such excitement and enthusiasm.

It was purely out of ulterior motives.

(End of this chapter)