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Chapter 147 Pay attention, this is how optical camouflage is used!
"This girl is really pretty." Wang Baihu's eyes lit up the moment he saw the photo. "Her outfit is also very novel and bold. Not everyone can pull off this kind of makeup."

Honglian rolled her eyes. Any pretty girl would get special attention from her partner. "Can't you focus on the important ones?"

"Hmm...between 17 and 20 years old, around 170cm tall, and weighing a little over 50kg?" Wang Baihu looked her up and down. "She has a lot of accessories, but I can't tell the brands. Her clothes and shoes are the same...they must all be discounted items bought online. Hmm, she knows how to dress herself up, but she's also very frugal. She's a good girl. Damn...I'm a little envious of this guy!"

"Is your partner always like this?" Zhang Yingzi asked in a low voice.

“Yes.” Honglian admitted without hesitation, since it wasn’t her who would be embarrassed. “With these photos, the police should be able to find the person.”

“That’s right!” Captain Xiao’s voice came from behind again.

Why is this person so silent, like a ghost? Honglian turned around. "Have you finished talking with the high-ranking leader?"

"Pretty much. If this collaboration proves successful, it will undoubtedly be a great thing," Xiao Kanong said with a smile. "You've probably seen the photos, and this is likely our breakthrough point. The police will upload this person's facial model to the Skynet system. As long as she's still in the country, she'll definitely be identified by the facial recognition cameras. Then it will be our turn to go there."

It was handled flawlessly.

Honglian knew that the police's decision not to post the photos online was undoubtedly at the suggestion of their captain, because this was different from past situations. First, neither the man nor his female companion were criminals, so it was impossible to issue arrest warrants for them. Considering the large amount of video footage leaked from the scene, it would be difficult to completely suppress the information, and the man was likely to be seen as a hero by netizens. In this situation, posting photos would have the opposite effect and would provoke public backlash.

Secondly, it's to prevent the other party from taking risks. If a concerned citizen uses the photo to report or arrest someone, angering this person with special abilities, the situation could become quite complicated.

The safest approach is to remain silent and investigate until the target is identified, then let a professional agency handle the matter.

"Oh? It seems the forensic doctor has already taken the photos?" Xiao Kanong turned his head to look at the center of the stage, then walked towards where Lu Lixin was.

He walked up to the mannequin, its flesh and blood intertwined, and squatted down, seemingly examining its pitiful state.

Honglian suddenly noticed that he had reached out his hand.

What does the captain want to do?
She quickly chased after him.

When she arrived at Xiao Kanong's side, she was shocked to find that he had inserted a finger into the prisoner's brain! Without the protection of the skull, the brain was as soft as tofu. After he stirred it a couple of times, the pulse of those large blood vessels suddenly accelerated, and then gradually calmed down. Even the eye that had been staring at them lost its light.

"You...killed her?" Honglian asked in astonishment.

"To be precise, she was already doomed; I was just sending her on her way sooner." Xiao Kanong took out a wet wipe and wiped his fingers. "You guys won't go around telling everyone, will you?"

The other two also approached at this moment. Wang Baihu and Zhang Yingzi exchanged a glance, shook their heads, and then looked at Honglian.

Who should I talk to? The police?

Moreover, Honglian also believed that these prisoners could no longer be saved... They probably couldn't even be considered "human" anymore.

Why did you do that? Wouldn't it have been better to just let them fend for themselves?

"Why?" Xiao Kanong stood up and straightened the wrinkles in his suit. "We're all the same kind of people after all... Just consider me kind-hearted."

……

……

"The police are looking for me."

Lin Qing suddenly said.

"Huh? Oh..." Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow, then continued organizing the inventory. "How did you know?"

"Aren't you surprised?!" Lin Qing rolled over on the sofa, her legs dangling outside her loose clothes. She had changed out of her combat uniform after returning home and put back into her usual casual outfit for staying at home. Anyway, it was already late, and the neighborhood was quiet; there were unlikely to be any more customers. "The person who took the photos told me; he added me on WeChat, didn't he?"

Xing, isn't that guy tipping off the police without their knowledge?

"I just think you're capable of handling this," Chen Xuan shrugged. Lin Qing and Liu Shuyue were practically opposites. The latter seemed cold and aloof, but once you got to know her, she was very easy to talk to and quite kind-hearted, having emerged from a secluded life in the mountains. Lin Qing, on the other hand, was very outgoing from the start, but her thoughts were more meticulous than Liu Shuyue's, and her defenses were much higher.

In the future, you probably won't be able to survive in that environment without being careful.

"Hey, Mr. Manager, couldn't you ask a few more questions? After all, the police have a photo of you and me together."

"It was you who wanted to take these photos!" Chen Xuan said irritably, though he was genuinely curious. "You think they can't find you through the photos?" "Since you begged me to ask, I'll reluctantly tell you," Lin Qing said, flicking her finger. "You'll know once you see the photos."

Chen Xuan opened his phone, and sure enough, the other party had already forwarded the photo to him.

He clicked on it and exclaimed in surprise, "Is this you?"

The two look somewhat similar at first glance, but a closer look reveals many differences—such as the position of their eyebrows, the height of their noses, the shape of their lips, and even their makeup! It is undeniable that the girl in the photo is also extremely beautiful and eye-catching, and has the same style as Lin Qing from before. However, if you compare her with the real person on the sofa with bare legs, you will feel that they are not the same person.

The problem is that everyone had seen the photo at the time, and the photographer was quite satisfied with it, so no one noticed any difference between it and the real thing.

As for myself, who was used as a background, I looked exactly like the real person... Fortunately, I was covered by a hat and a mask, so my face was almost invisible.

"How did you do that?" Chen Xuan asked curiously.

"It's a kind of anti-photography technology. Simply put, my subcutaneous contours can be subtly adjusted, and the same goes for these makeup looks," Lin Qing explained proudly. "At night, especially in low light, shadows will cover up many details, making it difficult for the naked eye to detect the changes. If you look back later, you'll find that the photos and the real person look completely different."

"...Not only can the hair color change, but the entire face can change too. That's too exaggerated."

“I can’t make drastic changes, like changing from an underbite to a small cherry mouth. Even minor adjustments to the facial features have to follow basic rules,” Lin Qing added. “Besides, its main purpose isn’t to fool people, but to fool machines. People can fill in the gaps in their minds, and they can match their memories without needing an exact image. Machines, on the other hand, rely on algorithms. Once facial features are changed, it’s like becoming a completely different person. So it doesn’t matter if I’m photographed.”

"I understand." Chen Xuan nodded with some emotion. "I even doubted whether I had ever seen the real you."

"This is the real me now. I made some adjustments while I was in the Crystal Palace, but later the prosthetic body malfunctioned and my facial features all reverted to their initial state."

The fault is the same as the normal appearance.

The fact that it doesn't malfunction is actually a facade.

This is the technology of the future.

Chen Xuan then remembered her injury. "How are you now? How is the recovery from the prosthetic body malfunction?"

“Aside from the weapon system and the central enhanced spine not being repaired, the other prosthetics are basically working about 70-80%, so let’s say 70%.” Lin Qing suddenly jumped off the sofa. “Oh, right… I’ll show you something fun.”

After she finished speaking, her head, arms, and legs all disappeared, leaving only a T-shirt floating towards Chen Xuan, like a white ghost.

"Wow, is this optical invisibility?"

"Impressive, right? It can even block infrared detection."

The clothes floated up to Chen Xuan's back, and he immediately felt his body sink... It was so heavy, probably weighing two or three hundred pounds. If he hadn't used a body-strengthening technique, his knees would probably have collapsed from the pressure. Moreover, although he could feel something touching his back, his skin was ice-cold, without any warmth. If he hadn't witnessed Lin Qing disappear right before his eyes, this feeling would really have felt like being possessed by a ghost.

"It's alright, if I hadn't seen the invisibility talisman before..."

"How can that be the same? Invisibility talismans can be detected by magic, while optical invisibility is true invisibility!" Lin Qing retorted.

"The problem is that the clothes aren't invisible."

"I usually wear a combat suit, which can be used to disguise my skin."

"Okay, okay, can you come down first?" Chen Xuan decided to give a superficial agreement first.

"No, I'm in Ghost Mode right now." Lin Qing even whispered in his ear in a slightly hoarse voice, "Ghost Warrior reporting for duty."

Footsteps suddenly sounded in the stairwell.

"Chen Xuan, are you there?"

The next second, Liu Shuyue ran from the second floor to the bar.

A loud thud came from behind the bar, and a loose white garment fluttered to the ground.

(End of this chapter)