Little Zhao's question from the detective agency was very effective in scaring them.
Officer A shrank back and hesitated for a while before giving him a key. "Take it. Let us know if you find any clues in the future."
The detective agency definitely had to maintain a good relationship with the local police. They couldn't afford to fall out with them unless it was absolutely necessary.
Therefore, Little Zhao quickly accepted the key happily and left Tan Guiren's dorm with Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze.
They went to the detective agency Little Zhao was in together.
There was more professional equipment there so Zhao Liangze could develop the photos from earlier.
While Little Zhao took Zhao Liangze to develop the photos, Huo Shaoheng sat alone in the detective agency's office watching the video Zhao Liangze had just taken of Tan Guiren's dorm and comparing it with the video the detective agency had taken a few days ago.
Although he had just walked out of the cramped dorm, he had a different experience watching it now.
Perhaps it was because he was looking at things from a different angle, or perhaps the professional high-resolution video camera was more comprehensive than the human eye.
Huo Shaoheng watched the entire video twice and noticed some differences.
For example, the sunlight shining in from the window seemed to be darker on some parts of the floor than others.
Also, the floral clock on the wall had stopped.
That kind of clock didn't have a second or minute hand, and the hour hand was also very hidden. Therefore, it was sometimes possible to see it through videos taken at different times.
The video the detective agency had taken a few days ago showed that the floral clock stopped in the 8 o 'clock direction, and the video they had taken today showed that it was also 8 o' clock.
The video the detective agency had taken a few days ago was taken in the afternoon, and their video was taken around 7 o 'clock in the morning.
Regardless of the time, it wasn't 8 o 'clock.
From what he knew, those kinds of clocks usually used button batteries, and a few could be plugged in alternating current. He wondered what the floral clock in Tan Guiren's dorm was powered by.
After Huo Shaoheng finished watching the video, he took out the report written by the military officer from the consulate and read it carefully.
After the afternoon, Zhao Liangze finished developing all the photos and brought them back to the Hilton Hotel with Huo Shaoheng.
"Huo Shao, look at these photos. Is there anything special?" Zhao Liangze placed all the photos on the living room floor of the hotel where Huo Shaoheng was staying and reorganized Tan Guiren's dormitory room according to the directions of north, south, east, and west.
Huo Shaoheng clasped his hands behind his back and stood at the edge of the photo. His eyes were calm, and he didn't say a word.
He recalled the report written by the military officer.
It specifically mentioned the problem of magnetic fields.
The whole thing was quite coincidental.
This military officer had originally gone to the crime scene to do a routine inspection as a military officer of the consulate, not as a member of the Special Operations Forces.
In the end, one of the people who went that day happened to have a device that could indirectly detect magnetic fields.
When the military officer saw the magnetic field data, he immediately became vigilant. He immediately went back to get professional equipment to record the abnormal magnetic field data in Tan Guiren's dorm room.
Not long after he finished recording, the strange magnetic field disappeared …
Huo Shaoheng didn't look at the magnetic field data in detail. Instead, he was wondering why this magnetic field would appear. Why did it disappear?
This was probably the key to Tan Guiren's case.
This was because every time it appeared, it would be accompanied by some unexpected phenomena, or in other words, it would be accompanied by some inexplicable phenomena.
The first time was 17 years ago, when Huo Shaoheng's mother, Song Jinning, and grandfather, Song Haichuan, were conducting a secret experiment with the military. The experiment failed, and this magnetic field appeared for the first time.
The second time was seven years ago, this strange magnetic field appeared at a busy intersection in C City. He was ordered to protect the director of the Institute of High Energy Physics, Bai Jinxuan, who was there to collect data. It was there that they saw a car suddenly rush into the magnetic field and explode. He rescued a 12-year-old girl from inside, Gu Nianzhi, who was carrying a small backpack.
The third time was in the middle of last year, when the special magnetic field appeared in the Somali waters of the Gulf of Aden. At the time, the director of the Institute of High Energy Physics, Bai Jinxuan, who hadn't been imprisoned yet, personally led a team to those waters to collect data. At that time, several countries on Blue Planet sent research ships to the Gulf of Aden and the Somali waters to investigate. According to Bai Jinxuan, some countries even sent nuclear submarines.
The fourth time was this time. Tan Guiren disappeared in her dorm room, and then they collected the magnetic field data.
Was it really such a coincidence?
Huo Shaoheng wasn't a scientist. He was a soldier, and not just any soldier. He was a soldier from the Special Operations Forces carrying out a special mission.
In this profession, people were born with a sense of skepticism. They even had to assume that every seemingly impossible event was a conspiracy.
The Special Operations Forces also abided by this principle.
Many things that seemed very mysterious weren't actually mysterious, but simply had a key link to it that they hadn't discovered.
Just like magic, when the secret behind the magic trick was unknown, the audience thought they were watching a miracle.
But when the secret behind the magic trick was exposed, it was just a normal smokescreen.
Huo Shaoheng's gaze fell on the photos again.
He had a feeling that Tan Guiren's case was covered with many smokescreens. Someone was trying to hide their true motives.
So finding the motive would help them find Tan Guiren.
Zhao Liangze listened to Huo Shaoheng's analysis and shook his head. "Huo Shao, do you really think Tan Guiren is still alive?"
"I don't know if she's alive or dead, and I don't need to know. I just want to find Tan Guiren, whether she's dead or alive." Huo Shaoheng analyzed calmly and pointed at a photo. "Look at this wall clock. It's stopped in the eight o 'clock direction. Then look at the angle at which the sun shines into the dorm room. Isn't it interesting?"
Zhao Liangze looked over and nodded after a long time. He said thoughtfully, "It does seem interesting."
From the photo, Tan Guiren's dorm room window faced south. The sun only shone in in the morning, and as the sun gradually set in the west, it couldn't reach her.
"Little Ze, can you use software to analyze the angle at which the sun shines into Tan Guiren's room at eight o 'clock in the morning?" Huo Shaoheng picked up the two photos and placed them in Zhao Liangze's hands.
This request required the combination of imaging software and data analysis software. It wasn't a difficult task for Zhao Liangze.
After a few days of thinking, he finally came up with a new program that could run both imaging and data analysis in parallel.
He inputted the photos of Tan Guiren's dorm one by one, then quantized the photos and converted them into a three-dimensional image. Tan Guiren's dorm room became three-dimensional on his computer screen.
Huo Shaoheng stood behind him and watched him adjust the data, slowly matching the time and angle of the sunlight.
On the clear laptop screen, a girl's dorm room appeared. The curtains were slowly pulled open, and the eight o 'clock sun shone in.
The software simulated the direction in which the sunlight would shine into the room and finally stopped at a point in the middle of the room's floor.
Huo Shaoheng made a sound of surprise.
"What's on the floor?"
Zhao Liangze squinted and looked carefully. He even enlarged the image of the floor to increase the resolution.
"It looks like a pattern?" Zhao Liangze said uncertainly. "It looks strange, like a vine. It twists and turns."
More accurately, the pattern was an oval with a vine edge.
Under the sunlight, the green light flashed slightly. Soon, the pattern disappeared because the direction of the sunlight had shifted. It was no longer the eight o 'clock sun.
This was a pattern that would only appear at a specific time and place.
What did it mean?
Huo Shaoheng crossed his arms and stood behind Zhao Liangze. He smiled. "Interesting. Is this a battle of wits with us?"
Zhao Liangze was also speechless. He shook his head. "Who would be so bored? Kidnapping was kidnapping, but leaving behind so many clues? Were they trying to go to heaven? Are they afraid that others won't know? "
"Maybe they're confident that others won't find it." Huo Shaoheng used a declarative tone. His expression was cold. "But since they left clues, they must have a request. Let's see who's more patient."
"What should we do?" Zhao Liangze frowned. "It's already been eight days. Is it possible that Miss Tan is dead?"
"Her family should know what's going on." Huo Shaoheng sighed. They were all citizens of the Huaxia Empire, but they had suffered such an unexpected disaster overseas. He felt bad. "We should have brought her back a long time ago, or informed the consulate and police here to give her special protection."
Zhao Liangze nodded sympathetically. "We'll do our best."
What did the Special Operations Forces do?
It was to provide special protection to Huaxia Empire citizens overseas.
When Huaxia Empire citizens encountered trouble overseas, and the embassy couldn't help, it was time for the Special Operations Forces to make a move.
The two of them stayed put and waited to see what the other party would do.
…
The police station on the Upper West Side of Manhattan had been in the limelight for the past few days. They held a daily press conference to inform the media and the public of the progress of the case.
Although they hadn't found any new clues, they bragged about their situation every day and shouted to the kidnappers. At the same time, they asked the public to call them if they had any clues. They announced the hotline number and the 100,000 USD reward offered by the Tan family.
Huo Shaoheng hadn't been idle these days either. He wandered around Juilliard every day to see if there were any suspicious people around the school.
This went on for half a month.
The Tan family was almost in despair, but Huo Shaoheng was unperturbed. He took the opportunity to organize the Special Operations Forces in North America, rotated the personnel, and re-established a branch base in North America.
This branch was, of course, hidden in the city. It was located in New York, the most prosperous city in the United States.
New York was a city that prided itself on freedom. It was the easiest place to set up a branch base here.
…
It was mid-June, and the weather was getting hotter.
Gu Nianzhi walked out of the dormitory. As soon as she stepped out into the sun, the coolness from walking out of the air-conditioned room was gone.
She wiped the sweat off her forehead and looked at the scorching sun in the sky. She thought about Huo Shaoheng, who she hadn't heard from for more than half a month.
She missed him everywhere. No matter what she saw, she could think of him.
He had disappeared for so long this time. Was his mission very troublesome?
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