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

At Jiangcheng's top seafood buffet restaurant, a whirlwind of activity is underway.

The plates in front of Song Qianxia were piled up like a small mountain. On top of them were three Australian lobsters that were longer than her forearm.

She held pliers in her left hand and scissors in her right, her movements so practiced it was as if she were a crab peeler who had worked on an assembly line for ten years.

She peeled off a piece of tender shrimp meat and stuffed it directly into her mouth.

"It smells so good! It smells amazing!" Song Qianxia mumbled indistinctly.

She looked up at Gu Tingchen sitting opposite her.

The room in front of the man was clean and tidy, except for a half-finished glass of iced lemonade.

Gu Tingchen leaned back in his chair, looking at the long bill in his hand.

Five thousand eight hundred yuan.

These wolves are really going all out.

"Captain Gu, can I have another serving of sea urchin sashimi?" Song Qianxia held up her greasy hand, her eyes sparkling with anticipation.

"If you keep eating, I'll have to pay for the ambulance call tonight too." Gu Tingchen said coldly, slamming the bill on the table.

The sound of Zhao Ming hiccuping came from the side.

The deputy captain had already loosened two buckles on his belt and was slumped in a chair rubbing his stomach.

"Captain Gu, it's rare for you to treat us. Little Song is growing, it's normal for him to eat more." Zhao Ming chuckled, trying to smooth things over.

Lin Wan sat next to her and rolled her eyes dramatically.

She only ate a little vegetable salad, and felt ashamed watching Song Qianxia eat like a starving ghost.

"Eating so much, will you be able to run later?" Lin Wan sneered.

Song Qianxia completely ignored her and was preparing to take drastic measures against the last king crab.

Just then.

A piercing ringing sound suddenly rang out.

It wasn't an ordinary cell phone ringtone, but the alarm sound from the top-level encrypted internal line of the Municipal Public Security Bureau that Gu Tingchen carried.

The atmosphere at the table instantly plummeted to freezing point.

Gu Tingchen answered the phone, and his previously calm expression instantly darkened.

"Okay. I'll be right there."

He hung up the phone, stood up abruptly, and grabbed his coat draped over the back of the chair.

"Everyone, return to the Municipal Bureau immediately." Gu Tingchen's voice was flat, yet carried an extremely strong sense of pressure.

"A major case has occurred. The cyber police unit is almost overwhelmed."

Song Qianxia looked at the large piece of king crab meat she had just peeled out and almost burst into tears.

Capitalists' food is really not good!

Ten minutes later.

Two police cars, sirens blaring, sped into the Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau compound.

The entire task force stormed into the cybersecurity command center on the third floor of the main building.

This place is as chaotic as a vegetable market right now.

Dozens of computer screens flashed with a blinding red light, and technicians pounded away on their keyboards.

Director Qin stood at the front, sweating profusely as he stared at the main control screen.

Gu Tingchen strode over.

"How is the situation?"

Director Qin wiped his sweat and pointed at the big screen.

"Captain Gu, ten minutes ago, an abnormal data stream was detected on the external network. The other party directly hacked into several of the largest video platforms in Jiangcheng and forcibly pinned a live stream to the top."

Director Qin pressed the Enter key.

The images on the big screen immediately changed.

The title of the live stream was written in large, blood-red font.

"The Judge's Court: The End of Evil."

Song Qianxia stood at the back of the crowd, still holding two tissues she had taken from the restaurant.

She looked up at the screen.

The picture quality isn't high-definition; it even has the kind of noise you'd find in an old-fashioned DV camera.

In a dark, enclosed room.

Three heavy iron chairs were fixed to the ground side by side.

Three portly middle-aged men were tightly bound to chairs. Their mouths were taped shut, and they could only whimper in terror.

Directly above this enclosed room, four huge water pipes are pumping water into it.

The water level had already reached above the three people's calves.

In the very center of the image hangs a prominent electronic countdown clock.

01:59:30.

Two-hour countdown.

Next to the countdown clock stood a man wearing a large black judge's robe.

The man wore a pale white half-face mask and held a black hardcover book in his hand.

"What kind of psychopathic killer is this?" Zhao Ming gasped.

"Has the victim's identity been confirmed?" Gu Tingchen asked calmly.

Xiao Wang quickly handed over a document.

"Confirmed, Captain Gu! These three are quite well-known real estate developers in Jiangcheng. They are the three partners of Dacheng Construction."

Xiao Wang pointed to the bald man on the far left of the screen.

"His name is Wang Dehai. The other two are Li Qiang and Zhang Jinbao."

Gu Tingchen glanced at the information.

These three names are not unfamiliar to the Jiangcheng police system. Dacheng Construction has been involved in violent demolitions in recent years, causing numerous lawsuits, but they have always managed to settle them privately with money.

The masked man on the screen spoke.

His voice had been heavily processed with a voice changer, sounding like fingernails scraping against glass, making people feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Welcome to my courtroom. Ladies and gentlemen of Jiangcheng."

"Those bunch of incompetent idiots in the police force will never find this place."

The masked man spread his arms wide, appearing fanatical.

"Today, I will stand in for the law and deliver the fairest verdict!"

The police officers in the command center were furious. This wasn't just provocation; it was a direct insult to the police force.

"Can't track the address?" Gu Tingchen asked Director Qin.

"I can't catch up!" Director Qin slammed his fist on the table.

"Their technology is extremely sophisticated. They're using satellite frequencies to transmit signals, hopping between 72 overseas botnet nodes. Their IP address changes countries every second!"

Director Qin's eyes turned red with anxiety.

"Even if we mobilized all the cyber police in the province to forcibly break through his turtle shell, it would take at least five hours."

But there are less than two hours left in the countdown.

Five hours later, the three people had already drowned.

Gu Tingchen turned to look at the task force.

"Set up a temporary task force immediately. These three men must be saved; we cannot let him succeed."

Everyone stand at attention and salute.

Only Song Qianxia leaned against the equipment rack behind her, casually glancing at the so-called "courtroom" on the screen.

She wasn't frightened by the bloody scene.

in contrast.

She thought the mechanism design was incredibly tacky.

Song Qianxia mentally ranted and raved.

Drowning people in water tanks? And hanging exposed electrical wires on the water's surface to conduct electricity?

Isn't this the same old trick that the Cyrillic underworld used to execute traitors more than three years ago?

Most importantly, this guy's gear transmission mechanism is clearly not properly calibrated.

She could tell from the rhythm of the water valve opening and closing in the video that the water pressure was unstable.

Moreover, the iron chair that locks people in has Phillips head screws. It's easy to loosen it with a little skill.

This kind of garbage organization dares to call itself a judge?

That's like showing off your limited skills before an expert.

If it were Qianmian from her past life who designed this, she could install gravity-sensing explosives on the chair and use a high-pressure water gun to cut it. If the victim dared to move even slightly, they would be torn to pieces.

"This guy is definitely a newbie, or a delusional chuunibyou who's watched too many third-rate horror movies," Song Qianxia silently concluded in her mind.

Just then, the masked man on the big screen began to make new movements.