At this time, Lin Fengyang had already left the room with good sense.
Looking at the two men standing in front of him, Ling Zhi recognized the one in police uniform and said in surprise:
"You must be the police officer who rescued Shi Yan and me that day. Thank you very much."
The young man smiled faintly, waved his hand and said:
"It's okay, it's just my duty."
After that, the young man stepped forward and introduced himself:
"I am Zhou Chun, captain of the Criminal Investigation Squadron of Yungang Police Station in Huacheng City."
Ling Zhi smiled back at him.
The middle-aged man behind followed closely and introduced himself:
"Hello, this is the first time we meet. I am Hao Mingyi, deputy captain of the Second Criminal Investigation Brigade of Pengcheng City Public Security Bureau."
"Hello."
Ling Zhi greeted Captain Hao. But he immediately said doubtfully:
"Pengcheng? So, this incident..."
Captain Hao smiled slightly, nodded and responded:
"You guessed it right. This incident was an organized cross-city theft. Of course, the case involves more than just theft."
Ling Zhi nodded, thoughtfully.
Captain Zhou continued:
"Are you feeling better now? If you don't mind, we would like to confirm with you what happened."
Ling Zhi raised his head and responded:
"Of course, please."
Therefore, Ling Zhi recounted the story from when he met Bai Ming last Sunday night, to the conflict between "One Shot Billiards" and the tattooed man, to being trapped in a VR secret room, and finally waking up and escaping.
Of course, he focused on the conflict with Bai Ming and the tattooed man, and just ignored the matters in the virtual world.
After finishing speaking, Captain Zhou nodded and then asked:
"Do you have any grudges with Bai Ming before?"
"Grudges? It's not a big grudge. I just beat him a few times when playing billiards. At this level, there shouldn't be any grudges."
"Oh, by the way, except for the conflict I had with him once before in 'Youth No. 8', at other times we were just acquaintances. I don't think I have any good impressions of him."
"Well, that's right. So his motivation should be mainly money and revenge, just by the way."
Having said this, Ling Zhi couldn't help but ask:
"Captain Zhou, I don't quite understand why he found me that night? Why not someone else?"
"If I didn't go to 'Youth No. 8' that day, would he go to someone else to do the experiment?"
Zhou Chun hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Hao Mingyi. Captain Hao nodded to him, and Zhou Chun turned back to Ling Zhi and explained:
"On this point, we are still in the speculative stage."
"The suspect has provided very few clues, and we are currently unable to find more witnesses."
"I just know roughly that as early as a week ago, he seemed to be gathering gangsters near Yungang City Village to stir up trouble in various golf clubs."
"We speculate that he wanted to use this method to find some suitable targets, and then take advantage of the conflict to find a way to use the idea of "pacifying the trouble" of these billiard players to trick them into doing their so-called experiments."
"As for who he found before you, we can't find any more relevant clues. Do you have any clues about this?"
After Captain Zhou sorted it out, Ling Zhi suddenly realized something, and he quickly added:
"Before I met Bai Ming that day, my roommate and I had a conflict with two gangsters in the ball room. But the situation was very strange..."
Ling Zhi added some details, including the reluctance of the two gangsters and the lion's open mouth to make conditions.
Officer Zhou's eyes lit up, he picked up his notebook and asked:
"That's right! Can you explain it in more detail? The looks, clothes, tone of voice, etc. of those two people, everything!"
Ling Zhi recalled it carefully. At the end, Ling Zhi asked:
"So, this incident should be that they are deliberately looking for trouble, right? They are entangled with some billiards players. When these people want to calm down the trouble and pay for it, they then take the opportunity to ask them to do an experiment or something?"
Captain Zhou nodded and said:
"Well, that should be it."
At this time, Captain Hao, who had been silent for a while, interrupted:
"However, there is still one doubt that we have not been able to solve in the whole incident, and that is where did the criminal suspect Woodlin's money come from? I want to know, did that person say anything to you?"
Woodling? Oh, it should be that Lao Wu, right? Lingzhi was a little nervous, and he carefully recounted the conversation with Lao Wu in the basement. At the end, Captain Hao smiled and comforted him and said:
"Don't be nervous. We won't suspect that you and Woodling are accomplices. On the contrary, you were able to pretend to cooperate with him and stabilize his mind at that time. It should be said that your ability to adapt to the situation is very good."
Ling Zhi immediately felt relieved and immediately responded:
"Thank you. Regarding the money issue, I may not be able to provide many clues. I did hear the tattooed guy asking for money, but then Woodring said he wanted to partner with me and said he had no cash."
"If he really has no cash, how could the tattooed man and his gang let him go after he finishes the experiment? He wants to get through with the illusory theory that a project like the VR secret room will become popular? How is it possible! So!
I also don’t understand whether he has any cash."
After hearing this, Captain Hao agreed:
"That's right. In fact, at the beginning of his experiment, he gave an advance payment to the people at Lin Chang Club. At that time, he wanted to promise that when the experiment was over, he would settle the balance as a thank you for this
At that time they provided Woodring with a place to conduct experiments."
"The advance payment mentioned by Woodring is consistent with the accounts of Lin Chang Club. It is all in cash. But the problem is that the balance payment is not seen in Woodring's account, nor in his
Cash was found in the home.”
"Woodlin is just a small programmer who hasn't worked for long. He can't have as much savings as the advance payment and balance payment combined. Therefore, we suspect that there is a mastermind behind him."
When Ling Zhi heard this, he couldn't help but ask a question that he had been wondering for a long time:
"Officer Hao, I've always had a doubt. Since Woodling is just a small programmer, how could he have a system with this level of immersive experience? Could it be that he was..."
"You guessed it right."
Officer Hao doesn't care about revealing more clues. After all, some of the details Lexus may know may inspire him somewhere:
"Woodlin previously worked in the immersive experience department of Penguin Company in Pengcheng City, but he left after not working for long. After that, he probably coveted the world's unique immersive experience system, so he gathered some people and stole the system
Already."
"However, Penguin's anti-theft access control did not work at the time. Because he was a former employee, he did not have time to log out his system information, so that he could enter the company by swiping his face, which led to this incident."
Captain Hao explained in a leisurely manner. Ling Zhi seemed to have some understanding and asked tentatively:
"You've told me so many things about Penguin. Does that mean there might be collusion between inside and outside? If that's the case, it's possible that someone inside provided him with funds, right?"
Captain Hao looked at him approvingly and said:
"Yes, but after checking the company's internal employees, we didn't find anything suspicious, so we turned our attention to the game within the VR system."
"Actually, Penguin Company has indeed communicated with wst about relevant cooperation matters. The star images in the immersive system were also designed by wst. We have communicated with them through the China Taiwan Association to confirm these things."
"However, wst and relevant employees within the company have unanimously denied that they designed the game. Therefore, the game should have been designed by Woodring after stealing the system."
"However, Woodring is very tight-lipped about the details of the game, and Bai Ming's explanation is very simple, so we want to hear your opinion. After all, you are a person who has experienced it, and you should be very clear about the details of the game."
Ling Zhi understood and began to pick up the details he had just thrown away. Including his understanding of some loopholes created by the robot during the hitting process.
Captain Hao was not impatient at all. He kept asking about concessions and the meaning of the ball, and Lingzhi patiently answered them one by one.
Finally, Captain Hao closed the notebook and said with a smile:
"Thank you for your cooperation. The details are very sufficient. Next, we will try our best to find professional players and see if we can analyze more things from the game."
Captain Hao hesitated for a while, then finally stood up and said:
"Have a good rest. If you remember anything, you can contact us."
After saying that, the two handed Ling Zhi their business cards and turned to leave.
When he was about to walk out of the door, Captain Zhou seemed to remember something, turned around and asked:
"By the way, there is one more thing I want to ask you. You should know Chen Lizhong, right?"
Chen Lizhong? Why did you mention his name at this time?
Although confused, Ling Zhi nodded and said:
"We know each other. I was supposed to play the finals with him at Xingyu Billiards on Monday night. What's wrong? Officer Zhou."
Captain Zhou explained:
"During our investigation, some witnesses mentioned that they seemed to have seen him wandering around the 'Billiards' after 8pm on Monday night, but he could not get in at that time. Regarding this point,
Do you have any clue?"
Chen Lizhong actually came to ‘One Shot Billiards’? Ling Zhi was surprised at first, but after thinking about it, he felt it was understandable:
"Although it's just a guess, I heard that Chen Lizhong and Bai Ming both learned football from coach Li...Li Guohua Li. They may be brothers."
"So, since Bai Ming knows that the One Shot Billiards is open, it shouldn't be a surprise for Chen Lizhong to know."
"As for why he went there, I don't have a clue."
Captain Zhou looked as if he had captured some important clue. He quickly stepped forward, took out his notebook and asked:
"You said that both Bai Ming and Chen Lizhong once learned football from Li Guohua? Can you give more details?"
Although I feel that Chen Lizhong and Uncle Li had no involvement in this incident, since they were asked, there is no need to hide anything.
Ling Zhi explained his situation about Uncle Li and said that he seemed to be the organizer of the first Xingyu Billiards Competition. Apart from that, he said that he didn't know much.
After asking clearly, Captain Zhou shook hands with him excitedly, then turned and left without stopping.
Captain Hao smiled helplessly and explained to Ling Zhi:
"Don't mind. He hasn't been at the grassroots level for long, and he's still so irritable."
Ling Zhi shook his head and said in greeting:
"It's nothing, but what I said is not an important clue, and it won't help him."
Captain Hao was noncommittal and simply said:
"That's not necessarily true. The truth is often hidden in the details!"
After that, he turned around and left.
Ling Zhi lay down and thought about the conversation just now, but his situation was not very optimistic.
Although he had been talking just now, he was still resisting the headache, so after thinking for a while, he gave up torturing himself, and soon fell into deep sleep again.
When I woke up again, the sunset was already hanging on the horizon outside the window.
Ling Zhi was about to get up and take a sip of water when he saw a pair of thick arms next to him helping him sit up.
Ling Zhi looked over intently.
Standing beside the bed was a strange middle-aged man with a pair of deep black eyes and an angular face that revealed a coldness, and he was also looking at him.
But immediately, the coldness on the middle-aged man's face flashed away, and instead he put on a smile. While handing Ling Zhi a glass of water, he explained:
"Hello, your name is Ling Zhi, right."
Ling Zhi felt like he had seen him somewhere, but he couldn't tell. He took a sip of water, nodded, and asked:
"Thank you, who are you?"
The middle-aged man sat down slowly and introduced himself: