Chapter 63: Meeting of the Minds, Heading to Jiaman!

At the same time.

Huaxia, Yanjing, inside the Command Room!

While countless netizens were focused on this matter, five experts and ten Pursuit Captains gathered in the Command Room to engage in a heated discussion regarding Chu Chen's case!

Since the program began, this was the first meeting held by the entire pursuit team.

At the head of the conference table, Liu Xuemin sat upright, his expression extremely serious!

"Everyone, the main reason I've called you all here today is to discuss the case of Chu Chen..."

As he finished speaking, a close-up photo of Chu Chen at the peak of Mount Everest appeared prominently on the large screen in the Command Room.

In the image, his gaze was resolute, his face weathered by the elements, and his style was very rugged.

At a glance, he was clearly a tough character.

"Right now, the person you see on the big screen is named Chu Chen, number 99, a Huaxia citizen, nineteen years old this year."

"From the start of the program until now, in just under a week, this contestant has committed two shocking criminal acts right under our noses!"

"His first crime was unconventional; he directly robbed a cash-in-transit vehicle carrying four hundred million Huaxia Yuan and distributed the money to the poor in the slums, creating a huge headache for the Program Team with a very negative impact..."

"Yesterday was his second crime. The target was ten billion worth of artifacts from the Everest Museum. After succeeding, to evade capture, he climbed Mount Everest and used Parachuting to escape to Nepal on the other side, and his whereabouts remain unknown!"

As Liu Xuemin explained the case, the atmosphere in the Command Room was deathly silent!

The expressions on the faces of all the attendees were extremely serious!

Even today, when they heard the details of these two cases again, they still felt lingering fear and were shocked by them!

A cash-in-transit vehicle with four hundred million Huaxia Yuan!

Ten billion worth of Himalayas artifacts!

This young man who could ascend to the heavens and descend into the earth was definitely a criminal genius rarely seen in thousands of years of human history!

The two cases he committed not only created countless historical records but also directly shattered the existing understanding of criminal behavior held by all criminal investigators!

If he truly manages to complete all the Extreme Eight Items this time without being caught, the criminal investigation system that society has worked so hard to build might very well collapse!

At that time, such a massive change would be a huge challenge for the entire world!

In the Command Room, you could hear a pin drop!

Everyone was shrouded in an invisible pressure!

The next second, Liu Xuemin continued:

"Regarding his two crimes, even those captains who haven't participated in the relevant pursuit work should have some understanding of them, so I won't repeat the specific details."

"This guy is not an ordinary criminal; you should all have a deep realization of this through your few encounters with him. Right now, he has completed two of the Extreme Eight Items he proposed. Based on his frequency of committing crimes, I believe the third challenge shouldn't be too far away from us..."

"I called everyone here this time to discuss our next investigative direction and work priorities..."

After Liu Xuemin finished speaking, he signaled to Chen Zijin, who was sitting next to him.

Seeing this, Chen Zijin nodded and said:

"The Extreme Eight Items are his criminal motive. At the same time, they are the driving force behind his crimes. Moving forward, we absolutely cannot continue to use traditional criminal investigation methods to surround and intercept him as we did before. We must learn to anticipate and learn to think according to his behavioral patterns. Since he is not an ordinary criminal, we cannot treat him like one."

"His Extreme Eight Items are not the extreme sports as we know them, but rather ceiling-level extraordinary challenges within the field of extreme sports! The location for every challenge is the most dangerous and harshest place on Earth!"

"Heavenly Birth is Peak High-Altitude Parachuting, Earth Awakening is extreme cave traversing..."

Every time Chen Zijin mentioned a challenge, a screenshot of Chu Chen performing that challenge would appear on the big screen!

"According to the literal meaning of the eight challenges, aside from the final Ultimate Trust, his next crime will definitely be one of the challenges related to Wind, Ice, Water, Force, or Life. Based on this, as long as we screen for locations that meet the requirements of the challenge based on the corresponding objective conditions, we will definitely find key clues and thus be able to anticipate his next move one step ahead..."

The ten Pursuit Captains attending this meeting were all professional criminal investigators.

They understood exactly what Chen Zijin meant as soon as they heard it.

As long as they understood these Extreme Eight Items, everything would be solved.

This investigative approach was indeed feasible.

But based on the clues currently in hand, figuring this out was not an easy task; it required the concerted effort of the entire pursuit team!

"Teacher Chen, if there is anything you need us to do, just say it. Our Pursuit Team will definitely give it our all!"

After Zhou Yun finished speaking, the other Pursuit Captains echoed his sentiment.

Seeing that everyone was highly motivated, Chen Zijin did not beat around the bush and went straight to the point, explaining the Expert Group's ideas and the upcoming work priorities to them!

After hearing his explanation, the ten Pursuit Captains had no objections and immediately decided to transfer 8,000 of the 10,000 personnel from the ten pursuit brigades to assist the Expert Group with the screening work, leaving only 2,000 on the front lines to continue capturing other contestants!

At the same time!

While the Expert Group and the Pursuit Team were busily carrying out a new round of investigative work, Chu Chen had already rushed to Jiaman overnight.

For the stretch from Sagarmatha to Jiaman, he first took a horse-drawn carriage for over 20 kilometers.

Then he walked another 10 kilometers of mountain road.

It wasn't until he reached Kedali that he boarded a "vehicle" in the true sense of the word.

Although it was only a tricycle, it was still much more comfortable than walking.

Just like that, after traveling for several more hours, upon reaching Badabisi, everything around finally had a bit of the appearance of modern civilization.

However, because commercial mountaineering activities had not yet become widespread, one could hardly see any foreign tourists in this version of Badabisi.

Looking around, it was all locals.

The development of the entire city was still stuck in the state of Huaxia in the 1950s and 60s.

There were no high-rise buildings, nor were there wide roads.

However, the train had already reached this place, and one could take a train directly to Jiaman.

Once he reached Jiaman, everything would be easy to handle.

The journey from Badabisi to Jiaman was not long; it took less than six hours to reach the destination.

After arriving, Chu Chen ate something casually, successfully borrowed the identity of a foreigner, boarded a plane to South Africa, and headed straight for the destination of his next challenge!

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