Chapter 51: Changguan Village!

Found Gao Ya?

Shen Ting's spirits lifted. "Where is she?"

kikO: "In Changguan Village! According to the feedback from the corresponding cell tower, whenever Gao Ya's mobile SIM card responded to a call, she was right at the northern part of Changguan Village! Here is the corresponding data segment!"

kikO uploaded a mass of code and data. A single glance made Shen Ting's head spin, and naturally, he couldn't make heads or tails of it.

The same went for the other group members.

Guan Hongyu: "You girl, you actually have this kind of skill?"

Forensic Pathologist Qin Ming: "As far as I know, cell tower data is all encrypted. When we investigate cases, we need the cyber investigation team to contact the service providers, have them decrypt it, and then provide the information to us."

Guan Hongfeng (Elder Brother): "The security clearance for this kind of information is extremely high. Logically speaking, the difficulty of decryption is also very high. For kikO to succeed so quickly, she's truly impressive!"

kikO: "Obviously, look who I am! (๑❛ᴗ❛๑)"

Shen Ting could already imagine kikO looking all smug.

However, Changguan Village...

"That's a bit far from here! How did Gao Ya end up running all the way over there?"

Changguan Village wasn't nearby; it was to the west of Chaoyang, nearly ten miles away from where Shen Ting was currently standing.

Regardless, he definitely had to go check it out!

Screech— screech—

At that moment, several police cars pulled up nearby.

Officers poured out of the vehicles and rushed into the convenience store in question.

Xiong Beibei and Xu Xinyi were among them.

Both of them spotted Shen Ting as well, their eyes lighting up as they hurried over to him.

"Shen Ting, are you waiting for us here?"

"You're so fast! We haven't even figured out the case yet, and you've already found the suspect!"

Shen Ting nodded at the two of them by way of greeting.

Actually, it wasn't that he was fast, but rather that [Data Sharing] was simply too useful.

Surveillance, cell towers, personal communications, and chat logs could all be obtained with a single word.

For things like surveillance and cell tower data, the police would normally need to contact relevant individuals and units to acquire them. Even then, it always took time.

As for communication and chat logs, without the suspect's phone in hand, they were exceedingly difficult to obtain.

Even contacting software providers required a mountain of paperwork and a lengthy wait.

Shen Ting thought for a moment, then looked at the two women.

"I share the same view as Captain Qin. I'm afraid this case isn't a simple missing persons case. It likely involves a much more heinous crime. Someone is taking advantage of snowy nights every year to murder passersby. This might be a serial killer!"

Both Xiong Beibei and Xu Xinyi were startled.

Serial killer cases were quite rare. Moreover, most serial killers were extremely elusive. Otherwise, that skin-crafter could not have evaded capture for eight years without leaving behind much information at all.

Shen Ting continued, "The current missing person is not just Yin Tingxue. Gao Ya is also missing. I had arranged to have dinner with her, but I haven't been able to contact her since. She doesn't have many friends, so no one reported her missing."

Xu Xinyi was surprised. "Teacher Xiao Gao is missing too? Has that been confirmed?"

When Xiong Beibei spoke with Shen Ting last time, he had briefly mentioned it, but back then, Gao Ya's disappearance hadn't been fully confirmed yet.

"Based on my estimation, there is a high probability that the two of them went missing together."

Shen Ting took out his phone and pulled up a nearby map.

"At the time, Gao Ya came from the bus stop and entered this alleyway. Yin Tingxue came from our current location and entered the residential area inside to distribute flyers. The two of them were very close by, and in all likelihood, they ran into each other and vanished together."

Xiong Beibei scratched her head. "Then should I have people comb through this residential area? The criminal is likely hiding right in here, right?"