Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

Xiao Liu was clearly not in the mood for joking at all.

"This is a very serious matter. Not only were there many eyewitnesses at the scene, but someone also filmed it and uploaded it to the internet... The cybersecurity department of the bureau tried to delete those videos, but found that they couldn't delete them completely! This incident is very strange and very serious!"

"What? How could this happen?"

Qin Huanyu could no longer laugh.

For the 404 Bureau of Investigation, apart from encountering those top-tier bizarre events, the most serious incident is the exposure of the existence of supernatural forces to the general public... Often, this kind of thing is more difficult to handle and has more serious consequences than supernatural disasters that kill thousands of people.

"I'm going to the police station right away, wait for me!"

After hanging up the phone, Qin Huanyu quickly packed her gear and rode her motorcycle to the Baiguang City Police Station.

Xiao Liu had been waiting for her and immediately took her to his office to watch a video.

The top left corner of the video also features the logo of a well-known online video platform, and the video content looks like an edited clip from a fantasy drama.

In a Western restaurant with a rather ambiguous decor, a couple in love were having their meal when a lone man walked into the restaurant.

The lone man clearly knew the couple; he was the woman's ex-boyfriend, the one who had been dumped.

The lone man had no intention of causing trouble; he simply sat down quietly to order food. However, the man in the couple couldn't help but mock him and even provoke him.

Then came those two classic lines that are now starting to go viral online:

"There is no such thing as well-done steak."

"But you can be fully cooked!"

Snapped!

As the lone man snapped his fingers arrogantly, the rich second-generation boy in the couple instantly burst into flames like a gasoline-fueled man, amidst screams throughout the restaurant. He collapsed without any chance to struggle and died within seconds. You could almost smell the aroma of his carcass through the screen.

He was indeed cooked thoroughly, even overcooked.

By the time the other terrified people in the restaurant realized what was happening and called the police, the lone man and the woman in the couple had already disappeared.

"...You're not going to tell me this isn't some newly made, terrible movie, but something that actually happened, right here in Baiguang City?"

After watching the video, Qin Huanyu asked with a very unpleasant expression.

"I also want to say that this is just a bad movie, but it really isn't."

Xiao Liu gave a helpless, bitter smile:

"This is what happened at noon today. The deceased's body is still undergoing an autopsy, and the Western restaurant has been temporarily sealed off for examination by forensic investigators."

"Tsk, that's really troublesome."

Qin Huanyu clicked her tongue, then reopened the video, but instead of watching the content, she pointed to the logo in the upper right corner of the video:

How many views did this video get after it was uploaded? Has the video been blocked yet?

"This……"

Xiao Liu's smile became even more bitter, and cold sweat even broke out on his forehead:

"The video has a lot of traffic. It appeared on several popular online video platforms at the same time and was even featured on the homepage... It's been more than an hour now, and conservatively speaking, it has at least several million views."

"At first, most people didn't believe it and thought it was an edited movie clip, but the Western restaurant in the background is a national chain and quite famous among young people, so it was quickly recognized."

"In addition, there were many people at the scene when the incident occurred. Although we immediately began intelligence control and made them sign confidentiality agreements after receiving the news, quite a few people have already posted their personal experiences or photos online... Now everyone basically knows that this is a true story."

"As for blocking the videos... we failed too. Even with the cooperation of the operating companies of those online platforms, it is difficult to delete all the videos... Deleting one will lead to 10 more people uploading them, it's endless."

"Why don't you just block the uploader's IP address as well? With the cybersecurity department's technology, surely they can do even that?"

Qin Huanyu glared at Xiao Liu with displeasure, then, ignoring the grievance in Xiao Liu's eyes, waved her hand and took out her phone.

"Forget it, I'll ask Xiaoling myself."

The call connected quickly, and I could clearly hear the whirring of the cooling fan and the clattering of the keyboard on the other end of the line as the computer ran at full power.

"Mom, you want to ask about the human rib incident, right? Don't rush me, I'm tracking down the addresses of those who uploaded the videos, and this time it's a bit tricky."

Before Qin Huanyu could ask, Duanmu Ling took the initiative to report the current situation.

"Even Xiaoling finds it troublesome?"

Qin Huanyu was somewhat surprised:

"Does the other side also have very skilled hackers? I can get all the people from the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Cyber ​​Security Division to assist you, equip you with advanced research institute-level equipment, and I can even personally provide you with ample computing power through direct human-machine connection! Are you confident you can defeat them?"

"No, this isn't a hacker problem. Even if Mama Yu gave me more manpower, more advanced equipment, and more computing power, it wouldn't be of any use!"

Duanmu Ling was still typing furiously on the keyboard, her voice filled with annoyance:

"Those guys who uploaded the videos were incredibly crude; they were complete amateurs. But they were very well-prepared!"

"They were well-prepared? What do you mean?"

Qin Huanyu asked, somewhat puzzled.

"These videos were uploaded not by newly registered users or from fixed addresses, but by regular users of those video platforms, and their login addresses are all over the country."

Duanmu Ling patiently explained:

"However, the login address is fake. The uploader must have used a proxy, and the normal users' passwords must have been leaked... In other words, the opponent anticipated our reaction long ago. They stole a large number of normal user accounts on these video platforms in advance and are currently using those stolen accounts to continuously publish this video."

"I'm investigating the real login address. I've already cracked the proxy, and the cover-up technique they used was very crude and easily defeated in my opinion... But strangely, the real login address doesn't exist at all!"

"There are only two possibilities for this situation: either the other party's technology is worlds apart from mine, and no matter how good the equipment or how high the computing power is, it won't help; or that address is a real 'ghost address' that doesn't actually exist in reality."

"A real ghost address... This is troublesome."

Qin Huanyu's beautiful brows furrowed even more.

For the Bureau of Investigation, supernatural forces capable of interfering with the internet and public opinion are extremely troublesome, and this case is likely to be upgraded to a Class B case!

After thinking for a moment, Qin Huanyu asked again into the phone:

"So, Aya, what do you think we should do to completely ban that video?"

"The solution is actually very simple, but it is difficult to do, or rather, almost impossible to do."

Duanmu Ling answered without hesitation:

"Just shut down all those online video platforms, shut down their servers, or temporarily ban all online users—that would be a huge silence."

"This……"

This would indeed cause too much of a stir. Even if the investigator had high authority, Qin Huanyu couldn't possibly agree immediately. After thinking for a moment, she asked again:

"Xiaoling, could you try to find the patterns among those hacked users? Could you get the online video platforms to ban only a portion of the users based on those patterns?"

"You think I didn't think of this method, Yu's mother? I've already tried looking for it, and even tried several algorithms, but the result was that there was no pattern. All online users on those video platforms could have their accounts hacked, so banning only some users won't stop that video!"

Duanmu Ling's tone was quite certain.

"……I see."

Qin Huanyu still trusted Duanmu Ling's skills. If she said it wouldn't work, it probably really wouldn't work. It seemed that this path was blocked, and they had to try another one.

"Should we submit a report to our superiors?"

Xiao Liu, who had been eavesdropping on the two's phone call, tentatively asked Qin Huanyu:

"Although those online video platforms have a lot of influence, they certainly won't dare to disobey if the authorities put pressure on them. If they are told to shut down their servers, they will shut them down; if they are told to ban all online users, they will ban them."

"No way."

Qin Huanyu decisively shook her head in denial:

"The impact is too great, we can't bear this responsibility... and it's useless. The official suppression and censorship of that video only proves that the video is likely real, doesn't it? Even if people don't dare to say it out loud, they will think so in their hearts. As a result, many people will believe from the bottom of their hearts that supernatural powers really exist, and those overflowing thoughts and ideas will create even more bizarre things!"

"Then...what should we do, Sister Yu?"

Xiao Liu was completely at a loss.

“Controlling public opinion is like managing water; it’s better to dredge than to block… Since this video has already spread, there’s no need to deliberately censor it.”

Qin Huanyu then reopened the video and watched it at fast speed:

"The ability to set someone on fire and roast them alive with a snap of the fingers isn't something only supernatural powers can do; advanced science and technology can also achieve it... We can start from this point, find some science popularizers, and have them analyze this from a scientific perspective to convince everyone that it's a scientific phenomenon."

"While extraordinary powers are alluring, many people are actually just paying lip service to them. They don't want to actually encounter ghosts at night and believe that the material world is the safest place... So as long as there is a logical scientific explanation, most people will believe it."

"I happen to know a very famous science popularization broadcaster. I'll have her help take the lead, and Xiao Liu, you can also contact more people to follow suit. Remember to have them all sign confidentiality agreements. They'll make the right choice between continuing to be internet celebrities and making big money versus being banned across the internet and going to jail."

"Yes, Sister Yu!"

Hearing that Qin Huanyu had come up with a feasible plan so quickly, Xiao Liu's eyes lit up with enthusiasm, and he immediately regained all his confidence, accepting the order and going out to carry it out.

Qin Huanyu then picked up the phone she hadn't hung up earlier:

"You heard it all, right, Xiaoling? You don't need to worry about the video for now. Keep an eye on that so-called ghost address. Let me know immediately if anything unusual happens! I'll give you a bonus if you do a good job, and I'll deduct your allowance if you slack off!"

"Yes, Madam Yu!"

After assigning tasks to Xiao Liu and Duanmu Ling, Qin Huanyu called Bai Ling and asked her to help as a popular online anchor.

Unexpectedly, great minds think alike. Before Qin Huanyu asked Bai Ling for help, Bai Ling had already been planning to resolve the matter. Her thinking was exactly the same as Qin Huanyu's, and she had already made preparations to start the science popularization live broadcast soon.

Qin Huanyu thought for a moment, then had someone notify those online video platforms that when the famous science popularization female anchor [Bai Niangniang] went live, her live stream must be featured at the top of the homepage, preferably so that all online users had to watch it, and no matter what membership they paid, they couldn't turn it off.

Compared to temporarily shutting down servers or banning all online users, simply promoting a female streamer is undoubtedly much simpler, and several online video platforms readily agreed.

After making these emergency response decisions, Qin Huanyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Instead of rushing to the scene, she opened the video again and watched it carefully frame by frame.

Qin Huanyu felt that the three main characters in the video looked familiar. After thinking carefully, she remembered that she had indeed seen them once before.

It was during the celebration party for the "Jealousy Incarnate" case, at the buffet restaurant owned by Jim Kelly. The couple in the video also appeared there. That time, the girl's ex-boyfriend also came to the door... Oh, to be precise, he was the girl's current boyfriend at the time. The girl was caught having an affair with another man.

The girl was initially ashamed, but the man was too angry and said some very hurtful things, which angered her so much that she dumped him on the spot and officially threw herself into the arms of the rich second-generation... At that time, the boy became a laughing stock in the restaurant.

Unexpectedly, just a few months later, the balance of power between the two sides has reversed. The poor boy who gained superhuman power snapped his fingers and instantly killed the rich second-generation, causing such a big fuss.

Qin Huanyu couldn't help but think of the case she had just solved a few days ago. That case also involved a boy who gained superhuman power after his girlfriend was kidnapped by a minotaur. However, when he tried to kill his ex-girlfriend as well, Qin Huanyu shot him dead.

Given the striking similarities in the events leading up to the case, it's hard not to believe that the two cases are unrelated. The entity that grants the Avengers their extraordinary powers is most likely the same one, and also the true target of this series of cases.

After sorting out these logical points in her mind, Qin Huanyu wrote another report to the Investigation Bureau, requesting support and asking the Bureau to take the matter seriously, before going to the Western restaurant to investigate the scene.

The scene had already been examined by the trace evidence investigators. Qin Huanyu came mainly to look at their investigation report and to test for any trace elements remaining at the scene.

There were traces of spiritual energy, and the spot where the arsonist had sat had the most traces of spiritual energy, so there was no doubt that he was already a superhuman.

The flames were huge, and the rich kid was completely engulfed in flames. It wouldn't be surprising if those flames spread and destroyed the entire restaurant.

But the truth is that everyone else in the restaurant was fine, and even the wooden chair where the rich kid was sitting only had slight burn marks, as if all the heat from the fire had been burned on the rich kid.

'Can it ignite a human body remotely and precisely control the spiritual flame?'

Qin Huanyu silently kept these discoveries in mind, as this intelligence was crucial for the subsequent battle to capture the arsonists.

The video ended when the rich kid was cooked through. Qin Huanyu then reviewed the testimonies of all the diners and waiters present at the time.

The accounts of these witnesses corroborate each other, and the content is similar to that of the video.

The only strange thing is that no one remembers when the arsonist and his ex-girlfriend left, how they left, or which direction they went after they left.

Qin Huanyu tried to access the restaurant's surveillance footage, but the cameras had broken down at some point, and not only were the scenes from the incident gone, but even previous recordings were lost.

Qin Huanyu then asked the owner of the small supermarket next to the restaurant's main entrance on the first floor and checked the supermarket's security camera footage facing the entrance, but found nothing.

Not only did the arsonist leave, but the supermarket's surveillance footage didn't even show when the arsonist entered the restaurant.

"None of the surveillance footage is working... Wait, surveillance footage?"

Back in the restaurant, Qin Huanyu suddenly remembered something and quickly took out her phone to rewatch the video circulating online, comparing it to the restaurant.

Soon, she discovered a very important point of suspicion.

The angle from which the arsonist roasted the people in the online video was completely different from the location of the security camera in the restaurant, so the video was not taken by the security camera.

All diners and waiters at the scene were quickly placed under intelligence surveillance after the incident, and the photos and videos secretly taken on their phones were forcibly deleted.

More importantly, this was clearly a sudden event. Apart from the premeditated person, who would happen to film the entire process of the event?

There is only one possibility: the arsonist had an accomplice in the restaurant at the time, who filmed the entire incident and uploaded it to various video platforms using a large number of stolen accounts... This accomplice is very likely the mastermind behind it all!

Thinking of this, Qin Huanyu immediately used the video's perspective to calculate the location of the person who filmed the video in the restaurant.

Sure enough, there was a table there that was perfect for couples on a date. You could sit there and use your phone to record the whole incident in high definition!

Qin Huanyu quickly had the police officers call over all the restaurant staff who were present at the time and personally asked them about their impressions of that location.