Chapter 6: A Different Xu Mo

Did Xu Mo discover the Program Crew's Hidden Camera?

The staff's off‑the‑cuff words.

The Investigation Team members in the room naturally heard it as well.

"The target seems to have found the Hidden Camera hidden on the car."

"Did any Challenger in the previous two episodes ever discover a Hidden Camera?"

"No. They weren't caught noticing any Hidden Camera until after the show ended, when they realized they'd been live‑streamed."

"It seems this Challenger might be different from those in the first two episodes."

A few Investigation Team members started chatting.

Li Chen said, "That's somewhat interesting."

Shen Manni laughed, "Too bad we can't watch the Live Broadcast Room; otherwise, from his expression we could tell whether Xu Mo stumbled upon it by chance or truly discovered it."

"Most likely it was by chance."

Han Fei replied.

After all, Xu Mo's personal information is so ordinary that he blends into a crowd without standing out at all.

He's not the only one who thinks that.

Almost everyone believes Xu Mo must have had terrible luck, stumbling upon the Program Crew's Hidden Camera by chance.

But is that really the case?

The perspective shifts to a few minutes earlier.

Tianhe CBD.

Having boosted his brain‑cell activity by two points, Xu Mo's entire cerebral cortex entered an unprecedentedly active state.

The change was extremely abrupt.

Xu Mo quickly realized he had become different.

This difference wasn't a change in personality.

Nor was it an emotional shift.

It was a difference in his brain!

Even more so, it was a difference in his cognitive ability.

And a difference in his visual perception.

After he calmed down,

Xu Mo was driving out of the underground parking lot, and at that moment his peripheral vision caught a faint red glow beneath the car's LED display.

When he switched it.

Such a faint, almost nonexistent glow, Xu Mo would certainly not have noticed.

But after his brain‑cell activity was boosted by two points,

Xu Mo's ability to capture details became different.

He stopped the car and looked down at the source of the faint red glow.

Meanwhile,

In the Live Broadcast Room, Xu Mo's face was enlarged.

A pair of strikingly vivid eyes appeared in the Live Broadcast Room feed.

"Why is this guy suddenly looking straight at the camera?"

"Damn, he seems to have found the Program Crew's hidden monitoring camera inside the car!"

"Is that for real?"

While the Water Friends in the Live Broadcast Room were sending Danmaku,

Suddenly, the Live Broadcast Room feed went black, and Xu Mo vanished from the camera.

"Awesome!"

"Xu Mo really discovered the Hidden Camera."

"This must be the first time a Challenger discovers the Program Crew's Hidden Camera right away, right?"

"How did he find it?"

"Probably just by chance, right?"

As the Water Friends discussed, the camera feed restored.

In the broadcast, Xu Mo's back appeared.

It was another Hidden Camera, concealed in the car's rear seat.

Thus it could capture Xu Mo's back and his movements.

At that moment, Xu Mo was holding a tiny, covert camera in his hand.

Obviously he had already removed the camera.

The faint red light earlier was the infrared night‑vision headlamp, used to emit infrared at night, reflect off the body, and return to be captured by the camera.

Xu Mo's eyebrows twitched slightly.

His brain became active.

Why does his black Volkswagen have a camera on it?

Could it be related to his current Wanted Status?

No!

Xu Mo quickly dismissed that possibility.

At this moment, he felt his cognitive ability had become unlike before.

If this camera is related to his current Wanted Status.

Then he should have been reported long ago.

The police should have arrived long ago.

It could even be more likely that…

This camera is linked to the kidnapped female star in the car's trunk.

The female star appearing in his car's trunk.

And the hidden camera concealed inside the car.

The situation seems a bit different from what he thought.

Ideas flickered in Xu Mo's mind.

But anyway, this is definitely related to the female star tightly bound in the car's trunk; the most important thing now is to pry information from her mouth.

He needs a location!

A place where he can safely question the female star for information.

Obviously, the current environment is not suitable!

Thinking this, Xu Mo tossed the camera in his hand.

Then he turned his head and looked around the car.

Since there's a camera inside the car, who can guarantee there aren't a second or third camera?

Soon, under his careful investigation.

He saw a camera hidden in the back seat.

Then he leaned forward, reaching out to grab the second camera.

"No way!"

"The second camera was also discovered by him."

"What on earth is Xu Mo's situation?"

"Wasn't he supposed to be just an ordinary person, not even a regular character?"

"This damn thing is way beyond expectations."

"Xu Mo finally broke the record of challengers looking stunned."

As the live feed went black again, the Live Broadcast Room instantly erupted into chaos.

"Hahaha, the Program Crew must be encountering this for the first time."

"All hidden cameras inside the car have been discovered; how can we continue the live broadcast?"

"The Program Crew must be getting a headache."

"Before, the Program Crew was playing with passersby; now this passerby seems a bit out of control."

"Anyway, I think this program is starting to become more interesting."

No wonder the Water Friends in the Live Broadcast Room are gloating; in the first two phases, the Program Crew and Investigation Team easily captured the challengers with a straightforward attack, and although the program was fun, it lacked excitement.

What do the audience like the most?

It's variability.

A program full of variability is a program with tension.

That makes it even more brilliant.

In this regard, Chief Director Song Yixue of the directing team naturally understands.

So when she saw Xu Mo remove all the cameras inside the car, she not only didn't get a headache, but actually smiled.

Because, as Chief Director, her thinking naturally differs from the Investigation Team; the previous two challengers ended too quickly, and many things and capture methods couldn't be displayed.

If this Third Phase ends quickly as well.

Although the deterrent effect of the reconnaissance methods would still be strong.

But for the Program Crew, it would indeed be unfavorable, making the program hard to continue.

Thus, seeing Xu Mo dismantle the hidden cameras inside the car again.

It was simply a surprise for Song Yixue.

This time they finally found a challenger who seems to have something.

She smiled and instructed the studio staff.

"Request guidance from the Tianhe Traffic Bureau; from now on we'll live stream using traffic road surveillance cameras."

"Alright." The staff, upon hearing her, immediately sprang into action without any question.

Because this program receives strong support from the state.

It could even be said that it is funded by the state.

Thus, they received green lights all the way.