Yin Chen truly believed this; with Chen Guan's arrival, they were saved.

Moreover, this is their home turf in Shanghai. He has connections, and Chen Guan has the fists. Isn't that wonderful?

Long Ao pulled out a chair and sat down heavily, the loud noise instantly silencing the entire conference room.

Ignoring the undercurrents, An Changqing pulled a new document from his bag and pushed it to the center of the conference table.

"This is the latest information updated by the association last night. Please take a look."

The file was unfolded, containing detailed information on seven missing persons, including photos, names, ages, occupations, and even their special abilities.

Hong Yuan glanced at him briefly before losing interest. She leaned back in her chair, crossed her arms, and looked at Long Ao with a defiant gaze.

"So, did you find anything?"

An Changqing looked at Yin Chen.

Yin Chen picked up the document and flipped through it with an elegant posture, his finger lightly tapping on a few key pieces of information.

"They don't have much in common."

He drew a conclusion.

"Seven people, including company employees, freelancers, and even a graduate of our Shanghai Academy. Their superpowers range from enhancement to elemental abilities, and some are just ordinary people. The only thing they have in common is that they all live in Shanghai."

An Changqing nodded; this was consistent with his analysis.

"I tried to cross-reference their social relationships using the student council's intelligence system, and the result was the same: they had no direct or indirect connections with each other."

Long Ao felt a headache coming on, and he spoke up.

"This is too much trouble. Why not just go to the place where the last missing person was found and keep watch? I don't believe that the murderer won't go back to his crime scene to check."

Hongyuan immediately joined the group and expressed her agreement.

"That's a good idea; it's better than sitting here reading documents."

An Changqing rubbed his temples and exchanged a helpless glance with Yin Chen.

"We know nothing about the enemy, and it would be too dangerous to act rashly. Moreover, there is more than one place where they have disappeared. Where do you plan to go to defend?"

"Let's do it one at a time."

Long Ao's answer was simple and direct.

Su Yuehe did not participate in their discussion.

She took out her computer, turned it on, and her fingers flew across the keyboard, immediately displaying a string of scrolling code on the screen.

Yin Chen looked at her with great interest.

"What is Miss Su doing?"

"Find something that can't be found through conventional channels."

Su Yuehe responded without looking up.

Seeing this, An Changqing stopped arguing with Long Ao, knowing Su Yuehe's capabilities.

The meeting room fell silent, save for the clicking of keyboards and the rustling of An Changqing turning the pages of documents.

Su Yuehe did not hack into any confidential database, but rather the login logs of public Wi-Fi at major tourist attractions in Shanghai, as well as the backend data of several mainstream social media platforms.

In the eyes of the Superpower Association and the Student Union, these were all worthless pieces of information, a jumbled mess of disorder.

She input the identity information of the seven missing persons into the filtering program she wrote, and a massive stream of data began to scroll rapidly across the screen.

Time passed second by second.

One hour.

Two hours.

The data stream on the screen continued to scroll, but no valid matching results popped up.

Long Ao was already slumped on the table, half asleep, while Hong Yuan was maintaining her enormous battle axe.

Su Yuehe frowned, stopped the program, and prepared to adjust the algorithm.

Just then, Chen Guan, who had been silent all along, spoke.

"Wait a moment."

The moment he spoke, everyone in the conference room turned their attention to him.

He walked over to Su Yuehe and opened the social media pages of two of the missing persons.

"Both of these people complained about the same thing in the two weeks before they went missing."

Su Yuehe followed his gaze and saw a dynamic comment section.

One missing person wrote: "The elevator at that lousy observation deck was slow and crowded. I'm never going there again."

Another missing person replied to a friend's comment under a landscape photo: "I queued for two hours just to ride that crappy elevator."

Su Yuehe's eyes lit up, and she immediately understood Chen Guan's idea.

"I see."

She readjusted her search keywords, no longer limiting herself to explicit geographic tags like login or check-in, but expanding her search to include all informal text content such as comments, rants, and replies.

She pressed the Enter key again.

The program runs again.

This time, just a few minutes later, a prominent notification popped up on the screen with a "beep".

A place name appeared in various forms in the online traces of all seven missing persons.

Everyone crowded around, staring intently at the result.

Chen Guan straightened up, looked at the place name on the screen, and uttered a few words.

"Oriental Pearl Tower, revolving restaurant in the sky."

Su Yuehe didn't say anything, but turned the laptop towards everyone.

On the screen, a clear chain of evidence was laid out.

Seven people, in the month before they disappeared, all went to that place for various reasons.

Some people are hosting business dinners and mention the reservation information in their work emails.

Some people had family dinners and posted photos of their families on social media, with the night view outside the restaurant window in the background.

Some people were couples on a date and left complaints about the restaurant's food on review apps.

Their official schedules never intersected, but their personal lives coincided at that revolving restaurant at the highest point.

Hong Yuan shifted her position and turned her head to look at Yin Chen next to her.

She nudged the other person's arm with her elbow.

"Old Yin, this land seems to be your family's property."

Although she didn't pay attention to these things, Yin Chen loved to show off his family, and every time she passed by his family's properties, he would mention them, making it hard for her to forget.

Yin Chen's hand holding the cup froze in mid-air, and her previously perfect smile finally crumbled.

"That's right, those are assets under the Yin family, and they generate quite a bit of revenue."

He turned to look at An Changqing, his previous composure completely vanished.

"Since these filthy things dare to enter my territory, I will personally investigate and find out the truth."

After saying that, he immediately started making phone calls.

"Second Uncle, I am Yin Chen."

"Immediately retrieve all the security records of the Pearl Tower for the past month and launch the highest level of internal investigation. Verify every blind spot in the surveillance system, and even go through the cleaning staff's schedule page by page."

"The reason? If we can't figure it out, the association people and my dad will be coming over soon. You'd better handle it yourself, Second Uncle."

After saying that, he hung up the phone and looked at An Changqing.

"Let's not wait any longer, let's go over there first. If it really is a problem with my family, you don't need to worry about me. I will also apply to the college to recuse myself from the situation."

Yin Chen's expression wasn't good, but his mind was very calm.

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