Wang Kai: ...
This really is running straight into trouble.
His heart was a bundle of mixed feelings. He was glad that the hiding place of the human trafficker gang had finally been roughly determined, and they could now focus on deploying their efforts. However, he also felt anxious and helpless as this hiding place completely overlapped with Lin Beichen’s whereabouts!
"Wuling Mountain?"
Xu Wenliang was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and exclaimed, "The place Lin Beichen went to is Wuling Mountain!"
Seeing Wang Kai nodding.
His heart was filled with regret and remorse, and he said self-reproachfully, "Team leader, I’m sorry, it’s my fault. Had I known, I would have gotten on the bus with Lin Beichen and gone to Wuling Mountain together with him. This way I could have protected him. Now he... sigh!"
"Now is not the time to talk about this."
Wang Kai patted his shoulder, comforting him, "Don’t mention that we have only roughly determined that the human traffickers’ lair is in Wuling Mountain. Even if it is completely confirmed, Wuling Mountain is so big; they might not necessarily run into Lin Beichen. The urgent matter at hand is to inform Lin Beichen and have him return to school as soon as possible. If he wants to travel, he can wait until after we catch these human traffickers."
As he spoke, he quickly found the inquiry record from Lin Beichen at that time and then dialed the phone number left on it.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is not reachable at the moment. Please try again later..."
The message from the phone sounded like a hook, tugging at the nerves of every police officer present.
Of all times, they couldn’t reach him now?
This inevitably led them to more bad associations!
For a moment, the expressions of the police officers present were not very good.
Wang Kai, unwilling to give up, tried dialing several times from different locations, but each time the response was the same emotionless message.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is not reachable at the moment. Please try again later..."
The expressions of the police officers grew increasingly grim.
The atmosphere at the scene became more and more oppressive and somber.
At this moment, a police officer briskly ran up to Wang Kai and excitedly said, "Team leader, there you are, I’ve been looking for you. I’ve got good news for you."
He was previously involved with Wang Kai in the identity confirmation work of the human traffickers.
Upon hearing him speak of good news.
Wang Kai felt his heart suddenly race, but before he could process it further, the officer began to report.
"Those two human traffickers have had their identities confirmed through big data comparison!"
"They are truly not ordinary people!"
"Zou Huaide, 33 years old, a suspect in the major serial murder case in Guang Province five years ago, currently a fugitive."
"Li Wangxin, 35 years old, from Hei Province, cruelly murdered a neighbor’s family of three over trivial matters three years ago, didn’t even spare their dog. He is also currently a fugitive."
"I contacted the criminal police who investigated these two cases and conducted inquiries about these two individuals. Through the inquiries, it was found that they have many similarities."
"Both of these human traffickers are extremely brutal, their methods of killing are horrifying, and they are very meticulous. Not only have they managed to evade capture for so many years, but they also clean up the crime scenes and eliminate traces of their crimes. Besides, they have immense psychological resilience. The criminal police in charge of these cases had visited them for investigation, but according to their recollection, these two individuals showed no signs of being suspects, not the slightest bit suspicious."
Listening to his report.
The police officers present felt their hearts sink lower and lower.
They did not expect these human traffickers to have such a past; they were both ruthless murderers with multiple lives on their hands.
One a murderer in Guang Province, one a murderer in Hei Province...
How did these two from completely different regions come together?
And start trafficking children?
The police didn’t understand.
But they understood that this human trafficker gang was far more complicated than they had imagined. At least, there were already two murderers among them, and the remaining four were probably no good either, not to mention there might be more accomplices who hadn’t surfaced yet.
If, just if, Lin Beichen actually fell into their hands...
The mere thought sent chills down their spines, their hearts sank straight to the bottom.
For a moment, the atmosphere at the scene felt suffocating.
"However, although these two men have eluded capture over the years, they have left some traces. Based on cross-referencing their information, the first time they appeared together in the same time and place was two years ago. Since then, they have never appeared together again, only separately at different times and places. Still, the places they showed up were not far apart, essentially in the same region, until this time when they were seen together again. But apart from this time, their prior activities didn’t seem to relate to human trafficking. Moreover, they seem to have close ties abroad, though it’s unclear what exactly they’re involved in..."
By this point, the officer had noticed the eerie atmosphere and spoke more quietly, finally asking cautiously, "T-team leader, did something happen? Is there a problem?"
"No problem, good work."
Wang Kai forced out an encouraging smile on his serious face and patted the officer on the shoulder.
By now, it wasn’t just him; the other police officers.
After hearing the complete report, also sensed something was off.
"So Zou Huaide and Li Wangxin joined this human trafficker gang recently?"
"They have connections abroad? Does that mean the human trafficker gang is also connected abroad? Or just these two?"
"Do they still have ties abroad now?"
"We might need to upgrade the status of this human trafficker gang; they’re not just any gang."
"..."
Everyone was discussing these matters.
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Wang Kai didn’t interrupt them because he also had doubts about these questions, letting them discuss in hopes of figuring things out.
Wang Kai knew the urgent matter now was to contact Lin Beichen, so he moved to a quieter place and tried calling Lin Beichen several more times.
Still couldn’t get through.
"This can’t go on."
Wang Kai grew increasingly anxious. Knowing more about the human traffickers made him worry more about Lin Beichen, even if there was no certainty that Lin Beichen would encounter them.
At this moment, he suddenly thought of something and quickly searched for a number, then dialed it.
"Hello."
Imperial Capital University President Hao Jianhua’s voice came through.
Wang Kai promptly introduced himself and explained the situation, then asked, "President Hao, is there any other way to contact Lin Beichen?"
"Team Leader Wang, I will immediately ask Lin Beichen’s counselor!"
Hao Jianhua had been sitting steadily on his chair but now stood up, his face serious and heavy.
Forget Lin Beichen; as the future star of Imperial Capital University, any student of the university being in great danger made him uneasy.
Parents sent their children to school expecting the school to be responsible and protective!
He took out his phone and directly called Lin Beichen’s counselor.
Knowing the urgency, he skipped pleasantries and said directly, "Xiao Wang, do everything you can to contact Lin Beichen immediately, right now!"
"Ah... yes, yes!"
The counselor, pondering why the president had suddenly called, felt her heart skip a beat at his urgent tone, thinking Lin Beichen might be in trouble.
No time to think.
She quickly started trying to contact Lin Beichen, calling, sending WeChat and QQ voice messages, but couldn’t reach him. Finally, even contacted Han Yuan and others, but they said Lin Beichen had stopped communicating in the dorm group hours ago and had no other contact numbers.
No one could reach him!
The counselor was almost in tears. She had casually approved a leave, and now he was missing!
"P-president, I can’t reach Lin Beichen."
She said carefully, trying to comfort, either Hao Jianhua or herself, "It’s probably fine? Lin Beichen said he was going to Wuling Mountain to research thunders for a week. He requested leave before going; maybe he’s in an area with no signal?"
This was indirectly conveyed to Wang Kai.
Hearing this.
Wang Kai was stunned. Lin Beichen wasn’t traveling; he went to Wuling Mountain for research?
Researching thunders?