We asked you to solve cases, and here you are sharing your criminal experiences?

Zhou Hui's voice was stern in the earphones.

"Silver Sparrow, can't you tell the truth for once? Thousand Faces is just a dead man, what could he possibly have that would make Night Owl spend so much money on an international auction?"

Silver Sparrow shifted his body on the tiger chair, the handcuffs rattling.

"Officers, what do you know! Even if Thousand Faces is dead, what she left behind is still alive!"

Gu Tingchen simply looked at her quietly and uttered five words.

"Pandora Key"

Silver Sparrow's eyes lit up, his tone revealing undisguised greed.

"That's right! You police officers knew about it too! Everyone says that whoever gets the Pandora Key will control the entire underworld's intelligence network and directly reshape the underground order!"

Song Qianxia in the dormitory rolled her eyes and grabbed a tissue to wipe her mouth.

It turns out they came for their own database.

She spent ten years building that thing, clearly to make a record and to find an opportunity to eradicate that heinous child trafficking chain.

How did it end up becoming a magic weapon for ruling the underworld?

These people's imaginations are wasted if they don't use them to write novels!

Moreover, she wrote it very clearly in her report a few days ago.

The problem is, this thing just won't open!

Opening it requires triple verification: the iris badge with an embedded encryption chip, the password in her mind, and the iris and veins with a thousand faces.

Now that even ashes can't be found from her old body, the key is a dead knot.

The Night Owl gang was simply trying to muddy the waters and use this gimmick to expose the real Thousand Faces from the shadows.

In the interrogation room, Gu Tingchen lightly tapped the tip of his pen on the table.

"Why is Night Owl going to all this trouble? Is it to sell something, or to find someone?"

"Then I don't know." Silver Sparrow shrugged and leaned back in his chair.

"Night Owl said he has a clue to unlock the database. They're holding this deep-sea auction in Jiangcheng to sell this clue for an astronomical price."

"By the way, take advantage of Jiangcheng's well-developed underground network and port to launder the money they previously obtained through shady dealings."

Zhou Hui glanced at Yin Que, her expression very serious.

If the deep-sea auction were to actually be held in Jiangcheng, it would be an absolute disaster. Desperados from all over the world would gather there, and if things went wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.

What are the time, location, and admission rules for the deep-sea auction?

Silver Sparrow smiled like a cunning fox.

"This is my bargaining chip. I want the highest level of witness protection, I want a reduced sentence, and I want a new identity to leave the country."

"Promise me, and I'll give you all the entry rules and buyer profiles."

Zhou Hui slammed the notebook shut.

"Your request exceeds the authority of the Municipal Bureau, and I need to consult with my superiors. But on the condition that your information is completely true."

"I'm already in your hands, why would I lie?"

Silver Sparrow rolled her eyes.

Gu Tingchen looked at her.

"Even if we get the admission rules, can the police get in with your invitation?"

Silver Sparrow burst into laughter as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"Officer, do you think this is a vegetable market? You can't just walk in and do whatever you want!"

"The invitation from the deep sea is specially made. Each card is linked to the invitee's biometrics."

"To enter, you need to have your veins checked, your pupils checked, and there's a special code word for the meeting."

"Without my hands, without my eyes, none of you will get in!"

Yinque became more and more smug as she spoke, and leaned back in her chair.

"If you don't agree, your task force can just stand outside and watch. Are you going to take this deal or not?"

Gu Tingchen stood up and slowly tidied up the case files on the table.

"Yinque, what do you take the Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau for? We'll check your buyer lists ourselves."

"As for the entry rules, the police have their own procedures. Take him away!"

The SWAT officers waiting outside immediately pushed the door open and lifted Yinque from the chair.

Silver Sparrow panicked and shouted at the top of her lungs, "You can't even imagine the level of security in the deep sea! You'll regret this!"

The iron gate slammed shut.

Song Qianxia took off her headphones and stroked her chin thoughtfully.

Facial recognition plus biometric chip verification?

It sounds intimidating, but to a hacker it's just a matter of a few lines of code.

As for entry?

Just because others can't get in doesn't mean she can't.

Song Qianxia sat cross-legged on the bed, pulled her laptop onto her lap, and her fingers flew across the keyboard.

She had clearly seen how Silver Sparrow looked at the hospital. Given that stingy bird's personality, there was absolutely no way it would bring the invitation to the crime scene.

"These biometric chips typically emit extremely low-frequency radio frequency signals..."

Song Qianxia muttered to herself, then wrote a piece of web crawler code and hacked into the short-term rental locker system of Jiangcheng City's transportation hub. She deduced Yinque's movements from the previous night and identified all the electronic lockers within a two-kilometer radius of the city hospital.

Three minutes later, a red signal source appeared on the screen—locker number 204 at Exit C of the City Hospital subway station.

"Bingo!"

Song Qianxia snapped her fingers. Of course, she couldn't run to get it now; that would be too easy to give herself away.

The safest thing to do is to let the police bring it back.

She skillfully hijacked a foreign botnet IP address, posing as a concerned citizen, and sent the locker's password and location information directly to Lao Zheng's office email, along with a poorly translated English message: "The Bird's Nest you're looking for is here."

After finishing all this, Song Qianxia stretched and began to plan her next move.

Disguise? That's her specialty.

Once the King of Hell gets the invitation and puts it in the evidence room, she'll find an opportunity to steal it.

Fingerprints can be molded with silicone, irises can be scanned with specially made colored contact lenses, and she already has a voice changer.

Infiltrating the deep-sea auction would be a piece of cake!

Song Qianxia happily began searching for local express delivery shops to buy high-quality replica 3D silicone materials, while also thinking about how to ask the King of Hell for leave.

For example, if you have menstrual cramps and need to rest in bed for three days, what do you mean?

Going to an auction to eat and drink and maybe slack off a bit, is that too much to ask?

Just as she was having a sweet dream, her phone suddenly vibrated.

It was a WeChat message from Lin Wan.

"Chika, are you asleep? Captain Gu wants you to come to the station early tomorrow; there's a new case."

Song Qianxia replied with a "Received" emoji.

I walked to the window and pulled back the curtains a crack.

Inside the municipal police station compound, two police cars with flashing lights were driving out of the gate.

For some reason, Song Qianxia suddenly had a bad feeling.

Intelligence travels much faster in the underworld than the police realize. The fact that Silver Sparrow was arrested in the hospital caused such a commotion.

It's impossible that Night Owl wouldn't have received the news.