1009: Chapter 978 Sinister and Cunning!
1009: Chapter 978 Sinister and Cunning!
Afternoon.
Tang Xiao’s flight was delayed and landed at the airport only in the afternoon.
Entering late autumn approaching winter, the frequency of haze weather increased.
In a super-tropolis like Tianyuan, with its heavy industrial and urban pollutant emissions combined with unfavorable conditions like calmness, high humidity, and lack of wind, haze weather had long since beco not uncommon.
Therefore, the flight that was supposed to take off early in the morning could only be delayed and eventually landed in the afternoon.
Airport terminal underground garage.
From a distance, Wu Jie saw Tang Xiao and her group.
Everyone was dressed tightly, wearing anti-particle masks as standard equipnt.
Once in the car, Tang Xiao removed her mask and imdiately asked with a frown,
“Probably no new progress in the joint task force eting, right?”
Wu Jie chuckled, “What progress could there be?
Besides going through dozens of packs of cigarettes and drinking plenty of tea, there’s no progress at all!”
Tang Xiao shook her head and said,
“Facing such a tricky case really gives you a headache!”
“I personally feel that Lin was probably targeted long ago, the perpetrator surely followed her secretly, waiting for an opportunity to act!”
“The unsuspecting are overtaken by the swift abductors, and now trying to find her back makes it exceedingly difficult!”
Wu Jie’s brow furrowed slightly, and he gave a wry smile.
Two business vans slowly left the airport and headed straight for the Academy.
Tang Xiao led the team for discussions on scientific research cooperation.
Although both parties had already reached a cooperation intention, with the group providing funding, land, and equipnt, and the Academy providing personnel and technology for mutual cooperation and patent sharing,
such intentions were, however, rely verbal agreents.
To refine these into legally binding cooperation agreents, professionals needed to negotiate.
Wu Jie did not wish to inquire too much about business matters, and Tang Xiao naturally knew how to handle them.
Currently, the most worrying issue was Lin Yuan’s disappearance and loss of contact.
To date, Fang Qingya had only sought Wu Jie’s help, and it was only out of desperation this morning that she ntioned it to Tang Xiao.
People like Tang Xin and Bai Fengling were still unaware, otherwise, more people worrying would not aid in solving the case, but instead complicate matters further.
After briefly discussing the scientific cooperation, the two talked more about this difficult case.
Tang Xiao, who had previously served in the special forces, had encountered various secrets not known to ordinary people.
This included the “beauty market”.
It was an entity even more discreet and hidden than the “International Black Market Network” previously operated by the Northern Fox Organization.
Their operational nature was truly heinous, devoid of any humanity.
They had specialized personnel responsible for organization and managent, and others tasked with procuring beauties from around the world through various ans for auction.
Those who could enter this organization and participate in the bidding were naturally wealthy and influential individuals, including so special forces.
Through thods like solitary confinent, starvation punishnt, professional brainwashing, and even drug control, they always found ways to break down the resistance of the beauties, forcing them to submit without physical abuse.
And those participating in the bids were trusted friends and allies within their circles; new mbers or forces joining the organization had to be recomnded by multiple mbers and guaranteed mutually.
This organization operated very secretively, using special thods to form a strict operational system, which made penetrating this large international criminal organization highly challenging.
They had no fixed venue, no regular gatherings, and no frequent interactions.
Typically, a mber would express a need, and the organization would conveniently ‘hunt’ a specific target, capture her, and then hand her over to the client or broadly select attractive won to abduct, accumulating enough numbers to discreetly organize auctions.
In the past, economically underdeveloped countries and regions often harbored so degree of idolization of foreign things.
Thus, they could easily lure beauties under the pretense of helping with studying abroad, low-cost international travels, or model recruitnts, making them fall into traps with minimal cost of cri.
Later, other fraud groups adopted this thod as well, leading to an increase in victims and frequent news coverage, rendering old clichés and thods overused, forcing them to adopt more sophisticated and brutal thods.
If deception failed, then they resorted to direct abduction.
Moreover, years ago, other new ventures had already branched out.
Due to the tight organization and limited mbers, it was originally unknown to the public.
Until a forr beauty model from Huanzhou who had been missing for years, after being discarded by a wealthy businessman and angering him, was brutally beaten and thrown off a yacht to fend for herself in the sea.
Unknown to everyone, the model was fortunate not to die far out at sea but was rescued by fishern, albeit with her ntal state irreversibly altered.
She could reveal little, and having endured prolonged persecution, she couldn’t possibly know many secrets.
Thus, it only inford countries of such a vile and shaless organization, but pinpointing and dismantling it was still out of reach.
What was even more inconceivable was…
After undergoing police investigation and hospital treatnt, the model finally reunited with her long-searching parents.
A family reunion should have been joyful, yet on their way ho by car, the vehicle exploded.
The car turned into a massive fireball, completely destroyed, leaving the whole family without a trace.
Since then, the organization had beco even more secretive.
Were it not for the occasional bizarre disappearances of beauties, this organization could be described as ‘virtually non-existent’.
However…
Every year around the world, hundreds of thousands of people disappear for various reasons.
So disappear due to natural disasters: swallowed by tsunamis, buried by landslides, swept away by floods…
Others vanish because of war, obliterated during air raids, buried beneath rubble, or becoming whereabouts unknown as they lose their hos…
It is precisely because it is peaceful and stable dostically that the disappearance of anyone seems particularly unusual.
But in foreign countries where there are conflicts, frequent disasters, and poor public security, disappearances are hardly noteworthy.
…
After a long chat, Wu Jie understood what Tang Xiao ant.
Based on the case analysis and various signs, she deduced that the stunning beauty Lin Yuan must have been abducted.
Maybe she was still in the country, maybe she had already been smuggled out by human traffickers, and perhaps she was even auctioned off or delivered to so wealthy businessn…
All sorts of possibilities exist.
But in the end, as ti since the disappearance grows, the likelihood of finding her diminishes.
Hope is faint, bordering on complete despair.
To verify her guess, Tang Xiao asked Wu Jie to call Xu Feng.
The Xu family of Liuli City had explored various kinds of business before, and they understood, even cooperated with many international organizations.
The response received from that call was exasperating.
Xu Feng stated that the organization had existed for many years; he had heard of it but had not joined.
It belonged to a very niche yet international syndicate.
After all, what rich and powerful person lacks beautiful won?
Did he, Xu Feng, lack beauties before his family fortune declined?
Surrounded by won of all shapes and sizes, he had them all.
It’s only a few people with evil tastes and special fetishes who conspire together to create such a market for beautiful won.
The won they were interested in firstly must have so fa as beauties, how else would they know of her?
Secondly, they must possess sothing special, like a unique talent or charm; how else might they take notice?
With the terrifying capabilities of plastic surgery and makeup today, man-made beauties are readily available, but it’s hard to co by those who are both talented and beautiful.
Lastly, there must be an opportunity to strike.
If the target woman remains on high alert, cautious, and vigilant, not only will it increase the difficulty of abduction, but a strong resistant will also make her hard to subdue.
In conclusion.
That’s just a dirty cri syndicate ford by powerful and wealthy individuals with peculiar quirks.
What woman, if fallen into their hands, could think of escaping?
Moreover, the organization nearly exposed itself before, and since then they have beco even more wary and cautious; those not from their circle can’t get any insider information.
Joining them is simply impossible; without a recomnder, how can one get in?
By the conversation’s end, Xu Feng kept nothing secret.
With the establishnt of a joint special task force, such a huge matter could by no ans be kept secret by the Xu family, whom could be considered overlords of Liuli City.
Xu Feng bluntly advised that it could be confird with absolute certainty that Lin Yuan had been abducted by that group.
But there was truly no need for an exhaustive search.
It would be better to give up earlier.
Over the years, there had been quite a few won disappearing within the country, take a look at Huanzhou State and Dazhou Continent, which year hasn’t seen over a dozen people go missing?
Who has been found?
Lin Yuan had been missing for over twenty hours.
Such a length of ti was sufficient to take her to any corner of the world.
With the world so vast, covering millions of square kiloters, where to start looking for a single, insignificant person?
If encountered by soone in desperate need, she’s likely been violated multiple tis already.
Just give up!
No need to waste ti and energy, there’s no point in the joint task force continuing on; it would only waste resources, a loss that outweighs the gain.
Rather, use the substantial funds to enhance publicity, encouraging beautiful, talented won to be more cautious when going out.
Towards the end of the conversation.
Xu Feng kindly reminded Wu Jie not to forget to prepare the two billion in cash for the auction to buy nuclear warheads.
Protecting world peace was of paramount importance.
Otherwise, if radical terrorists got their hands on them, and three were detonated, the number of casualties would be over a million.
The losses and adverse impacts caused would be incomparable to so won disappearing.
Wu Jie should really weigh the options carefully.
Hanging up the phone, they were also nearly at the Scientific Academy.
Fang Qingya ssaged every hour to inquire about the situation.
Wu Jie felt a headache coming on, not knowing how to respond.
Should he continue to report only the good and not the bad, letting her know that the joint task force was stepping up its efforts?
Whether they could find her or not, that was another matter.
After responding, Wu Jie joined Tang Xiao and others for a al, followed by a eting.
They also discussed borrowing the three supercomputers owned by the Scientific Academy.
To deal with these cunning and extrely wicked criminals, unleashing heavy and ruthless moves was necessary…
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