Chapter 2087: Chapter 2087: The Most Popular Man
The group didn’t know if what he ant by "borrowing" was what they understood, but they still acted according to the previous plan.
Xu Huo, ng Wenguang, and Feng Hui were headed to Starlet Company, located on the 16th Street. In terms of street numbers, it was only one street away from the Municipal Governnt on the 6th Street. However, the Ti Tower was directly overhead Pumpkin City, near the city’s edge. From a straight-line distance perspective, since Starlet Company was located slightly lower on the map, the ti needed to reach both sides should be about the sa.
Restrained by the Teleportation Prop, they chose to pass over the buildings, but after crossing the 13th and 14th Streets, Xu Huo suddenly stopped on a building and asked the other two, "Do you feel anything?"
"Feel what?" Feng Hui was puzzled.
"The tingling sensation each ti we cross a street." Initially, Xu Huo thought he was hallucinating, but by the 14th Street, he confird a tingling sensation when passing through, like a fine current brushing against him. It was different from passing through so barrier; it wasn’t entering a different space but a subtle sense of fading.
He instinctively checked the ti twice; the tikeeping device showed no significant change.
"Tingling sensation?" ng Wenguang seriously used his instrunt to check the surrounding area, "No change."
Xu Huo didn’t say much more. He hadn’t noticed any other players nearby. Considering that the area might contain Ti Force or so other elent causing his sensation, now wasn’t the ti to explore it closely.
The three of them tried to hide their movents and reached the 16th Street in the shortest ti possible. During their journey, every ti they crossed a street, they attempted to contact Wang Ling and others, but it was not always possible to connect, and the signal varied. This should be the signal post’s disturbance the clerk ntioned. Once they reached Starlet Company’s main office, their Communicator could no longer connect at all.
It was lunchti, and most of Starlet Company’s employees were out for a al. From the conversation among passing employees, it appeared the company’s lunch break lasted from 11:40 am to 2:40 pm, giving ample ti. Most chose to eat out rather than at the company cafeteria.
As the forefront of technology in Pumpkin City, Starlet Company had two large projection screens at its entrance. One displayed the company’s recent technological achievents, and the other publicized major personnel changes and promotions within the company, as well as collaborations with other companies.
Putting technological achievents aside, ng Wenguang pointed at a promotional photo sliding across the other screen, "Am I seeing things, or does the person in the middle look familiar?"
Not just a little familiar, extrely familiar. Though many hadn’t t him in person, every player, including most ordinary people, had studied this face more than once because he was hailed as the "most popular man," the chairman of Hengxing Group. However, under the description in this photo, he was not the chairman of Starlet Company but one of the investors. Alongside him was the boss of Li Ming Company, the two shaking hands, flanked by four unnad individuals. The description ntioned Dr. Wu’s conquest of so Space Coverage Signal Device, prompting cooperation between the two companies to develop sensor-based city defense barriers.
Xu Huo pulled out a White Notes, holding it up to the person in the photo. Though the face on White Notes had minor differences, the resemblance was undeniable.
Feng Hui also compared it with White Notes, exclaiming, "Did we stumble upon the rise of Hengxing Group by accident?"
The expressions on Xu Huo and ng Wenguang were not good. Whoever created this space dared to bring out the chairman of Hengxing Group for a show, aning it’s hard to get in or out. No wonder Zone 011 had so many missing players, yet no one leaked the details from here. Almost every player, upon seeing the face of Starlet Group’s boss, won’t ignore it, and the lack of disclosed information suggests that most players entering here t with unfortunate ends.
After lingering at the entrance for a while, the three disguised themselves as staff and entered the company. Before coming, their only lead was "a case of burglary," which expanded upon arrival to include the "Hengxing Group Chairman" and "Dr. Wu." Whether this "Dr. Wu" matched with "Dr. Wu" was still uncertain.
Once inside, the trio split up. ng Wenguang and Feng Hui went to investigate personnel changes and financial transactions, while Xu Huo focused on filtering information regarding the "burglary case."
Initially, this task seed as elusive as finding a needle in a haystack. But upon reaching the central control room, Xu Huo discovered Starlet Company’s intelligent data analysis was exemplary. For the burglary case, they had location and ti markers, deduced three potential types of criminals based on current forensic evidence, and screened personnel by their online activity timings, combined with detailed investigation records from the Municipal Governnt and so local evidence speculations, rigorously and impartially identifying five suspects.
Burglary cases are highly random, and criminals do not always track one person for long. Instead, they select targets within their living range, filling this process with unpredictability, including impulsive cris.
These five were recent offenders, but only one was a habitual criminal, frequently changing locations, while the others were first-ti offenders.
Their photos had already been notified to the Municipal Governnt, soon to be apprehended.
Xu Huo, disguised as staff, sat at the control panel, searching for all content related to the four tis on the Ti Tower. Besides 9 o’clock, which was Starlet Company’s start ti, the other three tis held no special aning. Even midday in Pumpkin City didn’t mark a specific ti, making 12:00 less notable than 11:40.
Nightti at 9:17 hasn’t arrived yet, and players repeatedly lose mory from this point. The real event requiring player attention likely relates to tonight at 9:17.
He paused, changed to checking the profiles of several Starlet Company bosses, but ordinary employees lacked such access rights.
Calling ng Wenguang, Xu Huo asked him to find the personnel manager’s access code.
ng Wenguang quickly returned with a string of numbers.
"Got it." Xu Huo asked if he had any findings.
"Certainly no boss profiles, only payroll and revenue distribution accounts." ng Wenguang said, "I checked their account authorizations, and it’s likely tampered with. Besides the bosses, the company’s remittance accounts are also hidden."
"But that’s normal for a tech company."
"Do you have any progress on your side?"
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