The Sheriff's Department's headquarters building is located in the most remote location in the entire city. Although it is far away from the bustling urban area, it is close to major psychological research institutes and medical centers. This location not only provides a lot of technical support for case handling, but also keeps dangerous people away from the crowd.
After finally finishing the work, Jin and Ike walked into the inspector's office exhausted to report on the progress of the work.
Jin sat on the chair opposite the inspector, while Ike stood up straight and began to report to the two superiors.
"Our people encountered a strange fog after entering the Orange Apartment. At the same time, everyone had hallucinations of varying degrees and felt strong mental pressure."
"The residents of the apartment have been completely screened. They have all suffered from some mental pollution to varying degrees, but it is not serious. They only need two hours of mental counseling to recover."
The inspector didn't reply. While Ike was reporting, she was also checking the information on the incident.
"Similar to the first incident, this time we also found a deceased person. The deceased used to work as a client engineer for a branch of Philips and was quite famous in the industry, but was later fired from the company due to illness."
"Hmph." Captain Jin made a mocking sound from his throat. "It's the company's consistent practice to cut off the mill and kill the donkey."
"According to the autopsy results, the time of death was five days ago. The cause of death is unknown. The terminal chip in his brain has been completely burned. We can't find any clues about the case at all."
"This is evil. The terminal in the brain monitors the person's status all the time, and is also connected to the Utopia system. Even if it is burned down, the data should be left on the cloud. How is it possible that no clues can be found?" Team Jin asked. .
"It is indeed impossible to find it, including the data on the cloud. The deceased's data is very simple, without any private information, as if it has been reset to factory settings."
"Okay, let's talk about the incident itself." Captain Jin slumped in his chair, changed into a more comfortable position, reached for the coffee cup on the inspector's table, and drank it all.
The inspector's eyes briefly rested on the cup, and then he frowned slightly.
"According to the victims, something was not right in the apartment the afternoon before yesterday. It was filled with a strange red mist. Some people obviously felt dizziness and other side effects. By the evening, many people could not connect to the Utopia network."
"Afterwards, some people left the apartment, and the Utopia network immediately returned to normal. Residents who were still in the apartment found themselves connected to a private LAN, and then saw various strange virtual projections."
"Some people said that they felt that all the virtual projections had become real, which is consistent with the testimony of the victim of the first incident." Ike tilted his head and thought. "There must be a connection between the two events."
"But we couldn't find any clues about the first incident. The guy's brain was almost burned, and even the data on the cloud was not retained." Jin looked at the inspector. "I want to apply for the highest-level search warrant and search all the people and networks around the deceased. I don't believe that there won't be any clues. Only by finding out what happened to the deceased can the case make progress."
"But, Team Gold, the highest level search warrant can only be applied for when a Level 5 special incident occurs." Ike looked at his boss helplessly.
"I fucking know it."
Jin felt a deep sense of powerlessness. He had never encountered such a case for so long. It’s both incredible and impossible to start with.
At this time, the inspector who had been concentrating on checking the information suddenly transmitted a file to the two of them.
"check it out."
[You have received documents from the Chief Inspector. ]
Ike opened it and found a video of a game live broadcast.
"This game is very realistic." Ike said immediately. "Although the scene looks a bit ordinary and cannot be compared with the big scenes produced by Philips Company, the atmosphere is great. As a viewer, I even felt a little nervous."
But why did the inspector suddenly ask them to watch a live game video?
Gradually, he found that the scenes in the game looked familiar.
Ignoring the blood and atmosphere-creating special effects, this corridor in the game scene is not the apartment where the incident occurred!
Keep watching, the more you watch, the more frightened you become.
Other ordinary viewers may not think there is anything special and are just commenting on the content of the game. However, as the sheriff responsible for this incident, he is keenly aware that this short game process is being repeated. The deceased’s experiences before death.
"In extreme despair and hunger, the deceased actually went to the kitchen and cooked part of his own body." Ike felt a little nauseous. "His mental level may have completely collapsed. According to past experience, he is likely to commit suicide."
"But how did you commit suicide?"
Clues that can't be found anywhere actually appear in a game in this form.
"Find this game producer." Jin said through gritted teeth.
The inspector raised his head, elegantly took out a new cup, and poured himself a cup of coffee.
"Can't find it."
"What do you mean? It doesn't say that the developer is Le Zihe. I found the registration information and followed it and caught it."
"We couldn't get any information about this developer, and naturally we couldn't find anyone."
"But..." Ike's eyes were full of doubts. "Can't the Utopia system monitor everyone? Any information entering the Utopia network is monitored, how could it not be detected?"
"It seems that we can only start from the game content itself. I guess the game producer is either an acquaintance of the deceased or the deceased himself. This game was probably made by the deceased during his lifetime and then released automatically after his death." Jin Zhengse said. "Wait a minute, is that much content in the game? This is not enough to give us more useful information."
The inspector looked at the two of them meaningfully: "This game has been popular as soon as it was launched, and its ranking is getting higher and higher. But just now, its popularity has dropped suddenly. If the online data is not good, the producer is likely to There is no way to continue development.”
"The heat dropped suddenly?" Jin scratched his hair, feeling that things were getting more complicated. "Who has the ability to directly manipulate the heat data at such a fast pace? The only one is Philips itself."
"Should we send documents to Philip Company to ask them to stop?" Ike hesitated.
Jin shook his head: "Normally, they would not and have no need to compete with a little-known company. This time they reacted so quickly, which is very unusual."
"My suggestion is to observe it for a while first," the inspector said.
