Half a day of leisure in a fleeting life.
Tomorrow, they would be leaving for the capital. Today was the last free time they had before leaving.
In the morning, Zhang Zian and the staff finished cleaning. Seeing that it was still early and there were no customers, they each found a place to rest.
Lu Yiyun leaned on the cashier counter and focused on painting. Although she did not want to go whale watching, she could not resist the urging of others. She was hesitant about joining them to watch a movie at night, which meant going to the cinema.
She hadn't been to a cinema for a long time. She always felt that this kind of exclusive place was not fated for her. However, she didn't reject it outright. Instead, she kept considering it.
For once, Wang Qian didn't play games on his phone. Instead, he searched for all kinds of snacks on the e-commerce platform. It was rare for him to be out at sea for a day, so he had to play a little longer and enjoy himself to the fullest.
Li Kun, on the other hand, was shopping for drinks next door.
Jiang Feifei was borrowing a camera from her classmates. It would be best if it was a single-lens reflex camera with a telephoto lens. On the sea, the camera range of a mobile phone's lens was really not enough. Wouldn't it be a pity if they met a whale but did not have a souvenir?
Zhang Zian was reclining on the reclining chair like Ge You. He was also playing with his phone, but he was neither chatting nor playing games. Instead, he was browsing the forum.
Recently, he had been busy and hadn't come to the Wang Haige Forum for a long time. After all, this was the place where he started his business. It was only right for him to come here occasionally.
When he clicked into the pet area, a new post popped up.
[High Salt Value]: I want to buy a cat. Which local pet shop or cattery is more reliable?
His spirit was lifted, and his hands quickly recovered.
[The Hottie Store Manager]: Of course it's the Amazing Fate Pet Shop on Zhonghua Road. The prices are affordable and the most important thing is that the owner is very handsome! Oh right, is the OP a beauty? If you're a beauty, I don't recommend you go because you might faint from the boss's handsomeness!
Satisfied, he clicked "reply".
The OP obviously didn't expect someone to reply so quickly.
[High Salt Value]: Hehe, not a beauty, but a rough man. Zhonghua Road? OK, I'll make a note of it.
Immediately, another person replied.
[Pellet]: F * ck! Rare Elites have respawned. Everyone, come and kill them! Maybe a few cats and dogs would fall!
[The Forehead Reflects Light]: Silently watching the scene of a large-scale failure of acting cool.
[High Salt]:??? What are you talking about? Is it a slang used in the pet area?
[Deadly Stone]: "Let me tell you this out of kindness. The first person who replied to you was the owner of that shop, and he is not handsome at all!"
Zhang Zian had already left the pet area and went to browse other posts in the pet area. He would let them show off for a while, and then he would go to the group to mock them.
He swiped his finger across the screen and soon noticed another post.
[Fat Security Guard]: Have you heard about the cat abuse incident at Shimen Street Primary School a few days ago?
[Look at That Dog]: I didn't hear about it. What's wrong?
[Strongest Storyteller]: What? Even primary school students were abusing cats these days?
[Collapse the World]: "I know about this. I live on Shimen Street. I heard about this and went to the scene to take a look."
[Fat Security Guard]: Brother, tell me about it.
[Collapse The World]: "Actually, there's nothing much to talk about … Do you know that there's a bamboo forest behind Shimen Street Primary School?" Because there were more elderly people nearby, there were often old men and women doing Tai Chi or kicking keys in the bamboo forest in the morning. But because there was no concrete road, there was no square dancing. I don't know when it started, but it became a base for stray cats. From time to time, there would be people feeding the stray cats. But I personally don't support doing this, because that would cause more and more stray cats to gather.
A few days ago, I heard that there were primary school students abusing cats there. The teachers in the parent group also warned the parents to teach their children not to bully kittens, because they couldn't catch up with adult cats, so they could only bully kittens.
When I first heard about it, I thought it was just a naughty child throwing a stone at a kitten.
But this morning, when I passed by the area on my way to work, I saw something wriggling in the grass. I thought it was a kitten that hadn't opened its eyes yet, and seeing that there were no big cats around, I wanted to go over and stroke it.
I meowed twice like a cat, and a kitten came out of the grass, limping towards me, and as it crawled, it went astray …
[Fat Security Guard]: Brother, why didn't you say anything? The kitten's legs were broken by the child?
[Collapse The World]: No, the kitten's eyes were dug out.
[Strongest Storyteller]: No way? So cruel?
[Look At That Dog]: F * ck! Are you sure it was done by a child?
[Collapse The World]: Basically, I'm sure. Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, if I saw it with my own eyes, I would definitely stop it.
[Fat Security Guard]: Really, every generation has its own talents, and the new generation replaces the old! When I was young, I only dared to pull the legs of grasshoppers and use boiling water to burn ants …
[34562]: Is no one doing anything about this? The parents don't even educate them?
[Collapse The World]: Didn't I just say that the teacher warned the parents in the parent group, but basically no parents took it seriously. They only cared about their children's academic performance. It seems that there was a child who was caught abusing cats on the spot. The teacher called his parents over, and his parents just casually said, "He's just a child."
[Elegant Rhythm]: I'm getting chills reading this. I reckon that in 20 years, China's version of Hannibal will be born in Binhai City.
: That's right. Many notorious serial killers started by abusing animals in their childhood.
[Dark Night MK]: These parents are really … Sooner or later, they will regret it.
[Wooden Horse]: The key is that our country currently doesn't have a small animal protection law. Even if an adult is caught abusing animals, they can only be criticized and educated, let alone children.
[Fat Security Guard]: Emigrate, emigrate! Before this batch of children grows up, I have to quickly move to another city. Who knows which city doesn't have this many perverted children?
[Collapse The World]: Speaking of this, I actually heard of another thing.
[Fat Security Guard]: Forget about the cat abuse incident, my little heart can't take it …
[Collapse The World]: That's not it. After hearing about this, I suddenly had an idea and wrote a web crawler program to search for relevant information using the keyword "cat abuse." Guess what I found?
[Look At That Dog]: What?
[Collapse The World]: Our Binhai City's local forum is Wang Haige. Other large, medium, and small cities also have their own local forums. These forums are usually only visited by locals, and news is only spread and discussed within the forums. The crawler program I wrote focused on searching the local forums of other cities in the country, and found that cat abuse incidents don't only exist in Binhai City.
[Fat Security Guard]: Brother, aren't you talking nonsense? It's impossible that only Binhai City people do bad things!
[Collapse The World]: No, I haven't finished yet. I calculated the cat abuse incidents in the past three months, and I found a very interesting phenomenon — in the past three months, cat abuse incidents have occurred frequently all over the country, but most of them are in the eastern region … Of course, the eastern region is densely populated, and there are many people and cats. It seems normal for cat abuse incidents to occur more often, but the most interesting thing is that if you calculate the number of cat abuse incidents, and then connect the cities with similar incidents, you will find that the cat abuse incidents seem to be centered in Binhai City, and are radiating to the whole country.
[Fat Security Guard]: … What does this mean?
[Wooden Horse]: With Binhai City as the center? When did Binhai City have the status of a first-tier city in the country? Is it a coincidence?
[Collapse The World]: I don't know. I'm just faithfully describing the results of the crawler program's collection and filtering. How to analyze this result is not what I'm good at. Actually, the original intention of writing this crawler program was to write a psychological paper about cat abuse incidents, but I keep feeling that the more I investigate, the more strange it feels. The more I investigate, the more disappointed I feel. I might not be able to continue writing this paper.
[Fat Security Guard]: Brother, I think you should continue writing. If this paper is published, it might change the situation.
[Collapse The World]: Hehe, I know my own capabilities. Even if the paper is published, it will be the same as throwing a small stone into the sea to make a splash.
[Fat Security Guard]: Don't belittle yourself! I see that you speak clearly and logically, and the paper you write will definitely be very good. You might even get a Nobel Prize in Psychology!
[Collapse The World]: …
[The Hottie Store Manager]: Collapse The World, can you send me a copy of the crawler program you wrote? Will it infringe your patent or copyright or something?
[The Forehead Reflects Light]: Yo! The pretentious store manager has learned guerrilla warfare, and now he's here to show off?
[Collapse The World]: @ The Hottie Store Manager, it won't infringe my patent. This program isn't that complicated. If you want it, I can send it to you. But what do you want it for?
[The Hottie Store Manager]: Because I'm also interested in cat abuse incidents, but I'm not doing research like you. I want to find a pattern, and maybe there's a way to stop the incidents from spreading.
[Deadly Stone]: @ The Hottie Store Manager, your pretentiousness is destined to fail! He clearly said that cat abuse incidents are happening all over the country. What are you going to use to stop it? Unless there's a law now, and it's very strict, no one can stop it!
[Collapse The World]: @ The Hottie Store Manager, look at your private message.
Zhang Zian's gaze moved to the upper right corner of the forum app. There was a red dot there, indicating that there was a new reminder.
He entered the forum's message box and saw a new short message lying in it. The message was very short, with only one sentence.
[Collapse The World]: The station is too short to paste attachments. Give me an email address.
Zhang Zian liked people who were straightforward, so he immediately sent his email address over.
After a while.
His phone notified him that he had received a new email, and there were several attachments in the email.
The body of the email said, "The software runs on the Windows platform. There's a way to use it in the document. The data collection needs a certain amount of time. You can also look at the data I collected first. If there's anything you don't understand, you can contact me. "
Zhang Zian turned over and stood up from the recliner. He took his phone and walked to the living room on the second floor.
"Pi, I'll use the computer for a while," he said.
"Zhi zhi."
Pi saved the unfinished document, stretched, jumped down from the chair, and walked in circles in the living room.
"Right, Pi, how about taking a few days off from tomorrow?" He sat down, opened his email, and asked casually.
"Zhi zhi?" Pi blinked in surprise.
"Because I'm taking Famous to the capital tomorrow to attend a film festival. Let's go and have some fun together. There should be a lot of fun places in the capital … Ever since you went to the suburbs to set off fireworks during the Spring Festival, you've been staying at home, right? Let's take this opportunity to go to the capital together. Even if you read ten thousand books, you still have to travel ten thousand miles, "he advised.
The other elfins could be discussed later, but if Pi planned to go with them, it had to ask for leave in advance in today's chapter.
Pi scratched its head awkwardly. On the one hand, it really wanted to go and have fun with everyone, but on the other hand, it couldn't bear to stop updating.
Zhang Zian asked it to think about it. He downloaded the attachments in the email to the computer. Just in case, he first cleared the virus …
The attachments included a web crawler program, an instruction document, and a compressed package. The compressed package was full of pictures.
He briefly browsed the instruction document. This crawler program was specifically used to search for cat abuse incidents. The method of using it was relatively simple, but depending on the computer's performance, it would take a different amount of time. If it was an in-depth search, it would take more time.
This laptop had been bought for a few years. Its performance could not be said to be keeping up with the times, but it was more than enough for Pi to type and write novels. It didn't matter how much time it took. Anyway, Pi left the computer on from morning to night, so the program could slowly crawl in the background.
The only problem was that he had to go out tomorrow. The results of the crawl could only wait until he came back.
He unzipped the compressed package, and a folder containing quite a few pictures appeared on the desktop.
These pictures were screenshots of the search results that [Collapse The World] had found when it ran the web crawler. There were also some screenshots of the paper that Tam had written.
[Collapse The World] was not lying. Tam was indeed writing a psychological paper about cat abuse. There were many professional terms in the screenshots that Zhang Zian couldn't understand.
The last picture was a high-definition map of China. The map was shaped like a rooster, and there were cities scattered all over the place. Many cities were circled in red, and there were different Arabic numbers written beside the circles.
The first city that Zhang Zian found was Binhai City.
The red circle in Binhai City was emphasized and bolded, and the numbers written beside it were larger than those of the surrounding cities.
Not only Binhai City, but almost all of the first, second, and third-tier cities in China were circled in red. As for the fourth, fifth, and sixth-tier cities, it wasn't that these small and medium-sized cities didn't have cat abuse incidents, but that these cities might not have their own local forums.
Unbeknownst to him, cat abuse incidents had actually spread on a large scale all over the country, with Binhai City as the center.
The shocking red on the map made him break out in a cold sweat. The severity of the incident was far beyond his imagination …
Huh?
He suddenly saw an anomaly on the map. A certain big city was actually not circled in red?
[Collapse The World] also didn't seem to understand what was going on. He drew a question mark next to the big city.
This big city was the heart of the rooster — the capital.
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