Chapter 29: The Arrival of the Master! No Trace to be Found!

The meeting room in the Donghai City Government Building was filled with tension.

"Can't find anything?" Song Yidong frowned and sounded displeased.

"Captain Song, we've searched through the backend data of both 'Prophet' and 'Qianzhong', but we haven't found any pre-edited 'Qianzhong' content," replied the officer.

"However, I have thought of another possibility. He may have only edited the content just before it was published."

"But we have no idea how long before that was. However, I have already arranged for 24-hour surveillance," added Zhou Chaoyang, noticing Song Yidong's expression.

Song Yidong's face slightly eased after hearing this, and he nodded, indicating that he understood. However, he was increasingly hopeful that the captain would bring in the top experts soon.

...

The time was 11:30 on July 17th, 216 of the New Star Calendar, just half an hour before Jiang Feng made his overtime prediction. In the meeting room of the Donghai City Government Building, there were four additional people, including Hu Tianqin, the captain that Song Yidong had been eagerly awaiting, and three top experts from different fields.

The captain of the Security Bureau's Seventh Team, Hu Tianqin, sat at the head of the table, carefully examining all the information that Song Yidong had compiled about the "Prophet". The other three top experts were also studying the data.

These three experts had taken over the work of Sun Yihong, Liu Hongqi, and Zhou Chaoyang respectively. The person taking over Sun Yihong's work was Ji Yingguang, the top criminal psychologist in Daxia Prefecture and a world-renowned expert in criminal psychology. It was said that anyone who stood in front of him for more than three seconds would feel like they had been stripped bare.

The second expert, Chen Shouzhen, took over Liu Hongqi's work. He was a leader in the anti-online fraud industry in Daxia Prefecture and had solved 358 cases of online fraud of all kinds over his more than a decade of work. Despite the various tricks used in these cases, Chen Shouzhen could still figure them out.

He was known as the "Internet Fraud Killer" and was unparalleled in the field of anti-online fraud.

The last expert, Yao Shouzhi, took over Zhou Chaoyang's work. He was a computer science professor at Daxia University, an academician of the Daxia Academy of Sciences, and the winner of the top award in the computer industry, the Compiutu Award. He was considered the number one computer expert in Daxia Prefecture and even the world. He had single-handedly built Daxia Prefecture's internet defense system.

"Xiaodong, are you saying that the 'Prophet' may have edited 'Qianzhong' content in advance and timed it to be sent?" Yao Shouzhi was the first to finish reading the information and asked Song Yidong.

"Yes, Professor Yao, that's my guess. He has done it several times before," replied Song Yidong.

"I made this judgment based on a person's inherent behavior patterns in psychology."

"Well done, Xiaodong. You even know psychology," laughed Ji Yingguang, who had also finished reading the information.

"Okay, then I'll check the 'Prophet' first, find his remaining predictions, and then try to locate his whereabouts!" Ji Yingguang said, eager to get started.

"Please do," replied Hu Tianqin, who had also finished reading the information. He looked serious but sincere as he turned to Yao Shouzhi and said, "I'll leave the rest to you, Professor Yao."

Yao Shouzhi immediately got to work, typing away on his keyboard with a serious expression. Ji Yingguang and Chen Shouzhen began discussing and exchanging ideas about the information.

Hu Tianqin looked at the three experts and nodded in satisfaction. He knew that with these experts on their team, they would have a better chance of catching the "Prophet".

15 minutes later.

It was 11:50, and there were only 10 minutes left until the release of Jiang Feng's prophecy about the overtime match. "Nothing yet!" Yao Shouzhi remained calm and collected, showing no signs of nervousness. However, the others became anxious after hearing his words.

Another 5 minutes passed.

"Nothing found!" Yao Shouzhi frowned and added uncertainly, "It's possible that he didn't set it to be sent on a schedule this time!" The others became even more nervous.

Four minutes passed, and there was only one minute left until 12:00.

"Still nothing!" Yao Shouzhi became calm again and said confidently, "He definitely didn't set it to be sent on a schedule this time!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the projection in the meeting room refreshed with Jiang Feng's latest prophecy.

"At the Grand Fu Cup final, both the Daliang and Daxia teams failed to score in overtime!"

Everyone was stunned.

"The backend has been under constant monitoring and there are no traces of any data being written, nor any data in the flash memory!"

"He must have hacked it!"

"I'll track his IP address right away!"

Yao Shouzhi couldn't accept that the "prophet" was challenging him in his field of expertise. The others didn't know what to say and started discussing the situation in their respective fields, waiting for Yao Shouzhi's results.

After about half an hour, Yao Shouzhi stopped typing on his keyboard. The others turned to him.

"There's no trace of him in the East China Network or the 'Thousand Crowd' database. It's as if he never existed."

"He left no trace!"

Yao Shouzhi had a complicated expression and added, "If he really exists, then I have to admit that his computer skills are far superior to mine!"

The others gasped in shock, realizing the severity of the situation. Someone who could predict the future and had better computer skills than the world's top computer experts was simply unbelievable.

...

Hu Tianqin placed his fist under his chin as he thought. "Do you think there's a possibility of online fraud in this series of events, Lao Chen?" he asked Chen Shouzhen.

Chen Shouzhen coughed lightly and replied slowly, "I've read Liu Shuchang's analysis of the Nanhu Tunnel collapse, and my opinion is the same as his. There's no possibility of online fraud in this matter."

"As for the two predictions about the Grand Fu Cup, there might have been a possibility of joint fraud if the results were unclear. But now that both predictions have come true, I'm certain that there's no possibility of online fraud!"

The room fell silent at Chen Shouzhen's firm response. This was the opinion of the top expert in Daxia, and there was no doubt about it.

(End of chapter)