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

The blackout on the large screen came too suddenly.

The police officers who were about to leave all stopped and turned to look in confusion.

"What's going on? Logistics department, did you kick the power cord off?" Zhao Ming shouted loudly.

No one answered.

Immediately afterwards, a strange hissing sound came from the entire auditorium's sound system.

It's like the static on an old-fashioned radio when it can't find the right frequency.

Director Qin of the Technical Department, who was sitting in the front row, had a drastic change in expression.

He immediately took out his tablet and started frantically typing on the screen with both hands.

"It's not a power problem! The internal LAN has been hijacked by an external signal!" Director Qin shouted.

The moment those words were spoken, the atmosphere in the entire auditorium changed instantly.

This is the Municipal Public Security Bureau!

The highest command center for Jiangcheng police.

Someone actually dared to hack into the city bureau's big screen in broad daylight.

This is blatant provocation!

Gu Tingchen reacted the fastest; he stood up from his seat and strode over to Director Qin.

"Can we disconnect the external network connection?" Gu Tingchen asked very quickly.

Director Qin was covered in sweat, his fingers moving so fast they left afterimages.

"No! They're not using a regular IP address. They've gone through seven layers of virtual routing and added a reverse locking program!"

Director Qin was so anxious that he gritted his teeth.

"Unless we go to the power distribution room now and forcibly cut off the power, the screen simply cannot be turned off!"

In the ten or so seconds that Director Qin was speaking...

The big screen lit up.

The scene was no longer a promotional video, but a dimly lit room.

The only light source was a swaying chandelier.

A man is sitting in front of the camera.

The man was dressed in a black tailcoat and wore a pale white bird-beak mask.

The mask's pointed beak was ridiculously long, and its empty eye sockets let in no light at all.

This outfit makes him look exactly like a plague doctor from medieval Europe.

The auditorium was deathly silent.

All the police officers stared at the screen, their hands instinctively reaching for their waists.

The man in the bird-beak mask leaned back in his chair, his long, slender fingers tapping lightly on the armrest.

Good afternoon, friends in Jiangcheng.

The sound came out.

After being processed by a heavy voice changer, it sounds both male and female, with a sharp, metallic quality.

"I heard you're holding an awards ceremony today. Congratulations!"

The masked man sat up slightly.

"They solved a bank robbery, defused a bomb on a cruise ship, and even uncovered a shopping mall's tricks."

"The Jiangcheng police are indeed more capable than I imagined."

The masked man let out a chilling chuckle.

Gu Tingchen stared intently at the screen and took out his walkie-talkie.

"Control room. Immediately trace the source signal of this video. Find out his location in Jiangcheng."

Soon, Xiao Wang's anxious voice came from the control room.

"Captain Gu, we can't find it! The signal source keeps jumping around. One second it's in Cyrillic territory, the next it's in the Southern Hemisphere."

The masked man seemed to know what the police were doing.

He wagged his finger at the camera.

"Don't waste your energy, Captain Gu."

Gu Tingchen, who was directly named, showed no change in expression, only his eyes grew colder.

"I'm not here today to play hide-and-seek with you."

The masked man's tone suddenly became strange.

"Those were just minor tests. They were to see if you were qualified to sit at the poker table."

"Looking at it now, I guess I barely passed."

He stood up, walked in front of the camera, and his beak was almost touching the screen.

"Now that the test is over, the real game is about to begin."

"I have prepared a real gift for you. A gift that the entire city of Jiangcheng will remember."

Time is running out. Good luck.

After saying that...

The image on the screen froze instantly.

A huge logo slowly emerges against a black background.

It was an owl with its eyes closed.

Each feather is distinct, and although its eyes are closed, it gives one a sense of fear, as if being stared at from the abyss.

Night Owl!

The auditorium erupted in chaos.

Director Li strode down from the podium, his face ashen.

"This is outrageous! Absolutely lawless!"

Old Li was so angry that his hands were shaking.

"Gu Tingchen! I'm giving you the order to find this charlatan right now!"

Gu Tingchen stood at attention and saluted.

"yes!"

He then turned around and faced all the members of the task force.

"Everyone cancel your vacation. Meet in the main office area in twenty minutes for a meeting!"

The crowd quickly dispersed, and the police officers ran in an orderly fashion to their respective posts.

Song Qianxia stood still.

She looked at the logo of the closed-eye owl on the big screen.

His fingers slowly tightened around the envelope containing the money in his pocket.

Zhao Ming, who was standing next to her, hurriedly walked out, but when he turned around, he saw her still standing there dumbfounded.

"Xiao Song! Hurry up! What are you standing there for!"

Song Qianxia withdrew her gaze and slowly followed.

Others who see this video may feel anger and shock.

But what welled up in Song Qianxia's heart was a long-lost fighting spirit.

She's very familiar with this style.

The Night Owls are a bunch of bastards who love to wage this kind of highly ritualistic psychological warfare before taking action.

In my past life in Cyrillic, every time Night Owl tried to absorb other organizations...

They will all release a similar teaser first.

That guy wearing the bird-beak mask is undoubtedly a high-ranking agent of Night Owl.

That's really terrible taste.

Song Qianxia mentally cursed.

Why pretend to be profound with a bird's beak?

But despite her complaints, she was well aware of Night Owl's ways of doing things.

Since they issued a warning, it's definitely not just a simple threat.

That so-called "real gift" is definitely a major case that could expose Jiang Chengtian.

Song Qianxia took a deep breath and stuffed the envelope into her innermost pocket.

Looks like we won't be able to have lobster tonight.