Chapter 583: Step by Step

Qi Tongwei copied all the records of the recent period. He operated the equipment skillfully, his eyes fixed on the progress bar of data transmission.

The driver glanced at Qi Tongwei nervously from time to time, and then looked at the dashcam.

The driver said nervously, "Do I need to send my car in for inspection? I didn't know this was happening. Otherwise, how could I dare drive at night? I'm scared just thinking about it."

All kinds of horrific images kept appearing in his mind. He associated the images of murderers he had seen in movies with his taxi, making him feel as if the temperature inside the car had dropped a lot.

While waiting for the copy to be completed, Qi Tongwei comforted her, "I don't know yet. I'll contact you if I need you."

"If you see anyone with a strange identity or who looks a little abnormal during this period, you can contact me."

He tried to calm the driver.

After hearing what Qi Tongwei said, the driver nodded quickly: "Okay, okay, I will definitely pay attention."

"You don't know, we taxi drivers meet all kinds of people every day, but who would have thought we'd meet a murderer?"

"I won't dare to recruit anyone casually in the future."

His lips trembled slightly and he spoke much faster than usual.

Qi Tongwei looked at the driver's horrified expression, took out a piece of paper from his pocket with a contact number on it, handed it to the driver and said, "This is my contact information."

"Don't worry too much, just stay alert. If you find anything suspicious, call me immediately, don't hesitate."

The driver carefully took the note, held it tightly in his hand, and said, "Don't worry, I will."

"I run around this city every day. If I see anything suspicious, I will tell you immediately."

Qi Tongwei patted the driver's shoulder, which made the driver relax a little.

Qi Tongwei said: "Don't scare yourself. Maybe this matter has nothing to do with you."

"I just need to find some clues from your dashcam."

The driver nodded, but with a lingering fear, he said, “I hope so.”

"You don't know, I have a wife and children at home. What will I do if something really happens?"

Qi Tongwei looked at the driver and said seriously, "I understand your concerns."

"But as long as you do what I say, there shouldn't be any problems."

"I'm leaving now, and you can go on with your business."

The driver watched Qi Tongwei get out of the car, looked at the note in his hand, took a deep breath, and tried to calm himself down.

Qi Tongwei immediately found the dashcam surveillance footage from that day, and quickly operated his fingers on the device, moving the video progress bar to that day's time period.

The picture started playing, and his eyes were fixed on the screen, not missing any details.

Sure enough, not long after, he saw the member who was suspected to be Missing Moon.

He was a short man with an unshaven beard.

His distinctly foreign features stand out in the picture: deep eye sockets, a high nose bridge, and slightly curly hair.

He was wearing a black suit. The material of the clothes looked ordinary, but it gave people a mysterious feeling.

Even in summer, he wore thick black gloves that tightly wrapped around his hands.

Qi Tongwei knew that this man might be the key clue.

He quickly froze the picture at the moment the man appeared, and then carefully observed the environment around him.

From the picture, we can see that outside the car window is a somewhat shabby street with a few small shops on the side of the street and some messy goods placed in front of the store doors.

In the distance there is a landmark building that looks like an abandoned factory chimney.

Qi Tongwei immediately locked onto the other party's location at that time. He took out the electronic map he carried with him and marked the location on it.

He then began looking for nearby surveillance equipment.

He knew that if he wanted to continue tracking the whereabouts of this invisible member of the Moon, he would have to use more surveillance resources.

Qi Tongwei shuttled through the streets and alleys of the city.

Using his expertise and experience, he quickly found several surveillance cameras nearby.

He first came to the door of a small street shop, where there was a surveillance camera facing the street.

He avoided the sight of others, quietly climbed onto the roof of the shop, then took out a small device and began to crack the surveillance system.

After a while, he successfully hacked into the surveillance system.

He turned the surveillance footage back to that day and began to carefully check the whereabouts of the Unseen Moon member after he left the taxi.

In the picture, the man got out of the car, looked around vigilantly, and then walked towards a small alley.

Qi Tongwei switched to another surveillance camera at the entrance of the alley and continued tracking.

In this surveillance footage, the man's figure appears and disappears from time to time. He seems to be very familiar with the terrain here and can always cleverly avoid some brightly lit places.

Qi Tongwei frowned, he knew that this man was very cautious.

He continued along the route the man might have taken, looking for the next surveillance point.

In this way, he hacked into the surveillance systems one by one, constantly tracking the whereabouts of this invisible moon member.

Each new image brought him one step closer to his goal.

After walking for a while, the other party got on a motorcycle and left quickly.

It soon disappeared at the end of the surveillance screen.

Qi Tongwei stared at the screen, he knew this meant the difficulty of tracking had increased.

The surveillance camera could only record a certain section of their route, and as for where he went, the clues were cut off.

Qi Tongwei leaned back in his chair, rubbed his tired eyes, and thought about what to do next.

Although this small town is not big, finding someone in such a huge crowd is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Moreover, this member of the Unseen Moon is very cunning, and he will definitely try his best to hide his whereabouts.

Qi Tongwei knew very well that conventional investigation methods were no longer feasible.

Various possible methods flashed through his mind quickly, and suddenly, his eyes lit up and he thought of his advanced hacking skills.

Although this is a relatively risky method, in this case, we have no choice but to give it a try.

Qi Tongwei took a deep breath, sat up straight, and started working on the computer.

He first connected to the town's surveillance network, a large and complex system that contained data from countless surveillance cameras.

He needs to find the information he wants in this huge ocean of data.

He opened a special program he wrote, which can recognize and screen faces in surveillance footage.

He carefully input the facial features of the Unseen Moon member, including his face shape, eyes, nose, beard and other detailed information.

Then he started the program and began adding facial screening to all surveillance.

This process requires a lot of computing resources and time. Qi Tongwei's fingers tapped quickly on the keyboard, his eyes fixed on the codes and data that kept jumping on the screen.

As time passed, beads of sweat gradually appeared on Qi Tongwei's forehead.

He knew that the results of this program's operation were related to the progress of the entire mission. If he could not successfully filter out useful information, he would be back to square one with no clue.

Suddenly, a prompt box popped up on the computer screen, showing that the screening results were out.

Qi Tongwei's heart tightened and he quickly checked the results.

In just a few minutes, more than fifty people were screened out.

He knew that these fifty or so people were just a preliminary screening result, which might include many misjudgments, and he needed further screening.

Qi Tongwei began to check the surveillance footage of these people one by one. He carefully compared each person's facial features and behavior, trying to find the real target.

His eyes became dry and bloodshot from staring at the screen for so long.

Qi Tongwei is working on multiple fronts at the same time. He knows very well that he cannot pin all his hopes on facial screening.

So, he continued to check the screened personnel surveillance footage while logging back into the dark web.

Qi Tongwei skillfully entered the account page of the previously locked Bu Jianyue member.

He carefully browsed every corner of the account, not missing any potentially useful information.

Suddenly, he found that the other party had updated another video.

The video is very short, only three seconds, but Qi Tongwei knows that these three short seconds may contain a huge amount of information.

His heart beat faster involuntarily and he quickly clicked on the video to watch it.

As soon as the video was opened, a miserable scream was heard.

Qi Tongwei frowned, realizing that the sound seemed to be intended to attract the viewer's attention, but the real key might be in the picture.

His eyes were fixed on the screen, checking it frame by frame.

Sure enough, in the fleeting shot, Qi Tongwei keenly noticed that a food packaging bag was captured.

The packaging bag only appeared briefly in the picture, but Qi Tongwei, with his extraordinary observation skills, instantly captured this important detail.

Qi Tongwei immediately captured the image and began searching and analyzing the food packaging bag.

He first checked the logo and text on the packaging bag and found that it was a brand he had never seen before.

He quickly launched his search engine and entered the brand name and related keywords.

Soon, the search results came out.

Qi Tongwei found that the food date of this brand was fresh, which meant that the member of the Unseen Moon group was likely to have purchased it recently.

And, more importantly, this kind of packaged food is only available in designated convenience stores.

Qi Tongwei conducted further in-depth searches and discovered that this brand had opened a total of 21 chain convenience stores throughout the city.

A glimmer of excitement flashed in Qi Tongwei's eyes, and he felt that the truth seemed to be right in front of him.

He knew that this member of the Unseen Moon group was most likely active near these twenty-one convenience stores.

He quickly marked the locations of the twenty-one convenience stores on the map and began to think about his next plan of action.

Various possible scenarios kept running through his mind.

Is this member of the Unseen Moon group imprisoning his comrades in a base near the convenience store?

Or did it just happen to appear near the convenience store?

Qi Tongwei knew that he could not act blindly and had to investigate more carefully.

He decided to start by checking the convenience stores closest to the previous tracking location. Perhaps he could find more clues about the members of Bu Jian Yue there, and thus find the whereabouts of his comrades.

Qi Tongwei immediately retrieved the surveillance footage from these convenience stores.

He quickly applied the facial screening program he had previously written to the surveillance videos of these convenience stores. The program carefully searched for traces of the target person in the massive amount of video footage.

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