Chapter 1215

At this very moment, Jin Ling.

A man wearing a mask appeared at the subway station entrance near the Treasure Pavilion.

There were numerous surveillance cameras at the subway entrance; some were subway security footage, some were the city's Sky Net surveillance, and there were also several newly added high-end cameras equipped with facial recognition functions.

In recent years, with the rapid development of technology, facial recognition has successfully stepped out of science fiction films and into the lives of ordinary people.

It is not just that mobile phones support facial recognition; more importantly, the police also have a complete set of facial recognition systems connected to big data.

The greatest use of this system is to quickly screen large crowds of people.

For example, if hundreds of people are walking toward you and a wanted criminal is mixed in, relying on police officers to check them one by one is not only highly inefficient but also prone to omissions.

However, now with the facial recognition system, as hundreds of people walk past quickly, the system can identify the identities of all of them through facial recognition.

At the same time, the system will immediately verify the identities of the hundreds of people. If there are fugitives or suspects among them, the police will receive a system alert in the shortest possible time.

The most typical example is when a famous Hong Kong singer came to the mainland for a concert; at every concert, the police were always able to catch a few fugitives from among the tens of thousands of audience members.

Why is there such high efficiency?

It almost entirely relies on the powerful functions of facial recognition!

Therefore, as social technology becomes more and more advanced, the possibility of criminals trying to escape legal sanctions becomes smaller and smaller.

At this moment, the masked man looked around, then reached into his pocket and pulled out a very shriveled and somewhat crumpled pack of cigarettes.

He tore open the cigarette pack and found that there wasn't a single cigarette left inside, so he walked over to the mobile convenience store at the subway entrance and said to the boss in a low voice, "Boss, give me a pack of Soft Zhonghua."

The boss hurriedly asked, "Soft or hard?"

The man said, "Soft."

The boss took a pack of soft Soft Zhonghua from the glass cabinet and handed it to him, saying, "Sixty-five."

The man threw a hundred-yuan bill at him and said indifferently, "Keep the change."

The boss was delighted and hurriedly smiled, "Oh, thank you!"

As the man took the cigarettes and turned around, he had already torn off the plastic film on the outside and then tore open the right side of the cigarette pack.

Afterward, he skillfully tapped the left side of the pack with his fingers, and a cigarette popped out from the torn opening on the right.

He pulled the cigarette out, casually took off his mask, revealing a somewhat fierce, square-shaped face.

He put the cigarette in his mouth, lit it, took a deep drag, and then looked left and right.

Catching a glimpse of the rows of surveillance cameras at the subway entrance in his peripheral vision, a resolute smile crossed the corners of his mouth.

He had been on the run for three years.

For these three years, he had lived like a ghost, hiding here and there, and was already exhausted.

He really wanted to find a chance to smuggle himself overseas so he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but he had no such ability and no such opportunity.

So he could only hide everywhere, sometimes hungry and sometimes full.

The only thing that could bring him comfort was that he had a very secret way of contacting his family, a method even the police didn't know about.

It was precisely because of this contact method that his family contacted him two days ago, telling him that someone had offered ten million for him to kill someone, and after the deed was done, they could use their connections to send him abroad.

Because his family had already received the ten million, he was tempted almost instantly.

Anyway, he was tired of the days of hiding everywhere. Being able to earn ten million for his family and win a chance for complete liberation for himself, he had absolutely no reason to refuse.

So, he traveled to Jin Ling yesterday, prepared to take a gamble!

According to the financier's requirements, he had to first find a surveillance camera to expose himself, and then flee to a place called the Treasure Pavilion.

Now, what he was doing was exposing himself, letting the Jin Ling police know he was right here!

At this very moment, the Jin Ling police command center.

The police facial recognition system suddenly emitted a harsh warning sound. When the duty officer took a look, he was instantly shocked!

A system prompt had popped up on the computer screen, with a line of text: "Identified by the facial recognition system, A-level wanted criminal Liu Zhan has appeared in our city. Please verify immediately!"

The duty officer hurriedly retrieved the live footage automatically captured by the system. Upon closer inspection, he was shocked and hurriedly picked up the emergency phone on the desk, blurting out, "A-level wanted criminal Liu Zhan has appeared at the Lidong Road subway station in our city! Please implement an arrest immediately!"

The entire Jin Ling police force was in an uproar!

An A-level wanted criminal appearing in Jin Ling was definitely the last thing the local police wanted to see, because once this wanted criminal committed a major crime locally, not only would the local people suffer, but the local police would also have to bear immense social pressure!

Thus, the police immediately mobilized the entire city's police force, deciding to arrest Liu Zhan.

At this moment, the phone in Liu Zhan's pocket received a text message: "The Jin Ling police have discovered you! A patrol car is rushing over to catch you. Watch your right side; it is eight hundred meters away!"

After reading the text, Liu Zhan gritted his teeth and stared at his right side without blinking.

Soon, a police car appeared in his field of vision in the distance and was constantly approaching.

However, the police car had neither its lights nor its siren on; it didn't look like it was on an emergency mission.

But Liu Zhan knew clearly that the person who hired him had eyes and ears everywhere. Since the other party said this car was coming to catch him, there must be no mistake.

Watching the car get closer and closer, his heart jumped into his throat.

He didn't rush to flee because he knew the person who hired him had a requirement: he had to be chased by the police into the nearby Treasure Pavilion, not run there ahead of time.

So, he kept the cigarette in his mouth, smoking continuously while calculating the distance and timing.

His current position was on the sidewalk, where the ground was higher, and there were also many shared bikes by the roadside.

Therefore, after the police car drove from the motor vehicle lane to the front, it couldn't drive directly up to him; it could only park on the side of the motor vehicle lane and then walk over.

The ten-plus meters of distance they had to walk over was his chance to escape.

He knew this was a busy area, so the police definitely wouldn't open fire directly. With this ten-meter advantage and a faster start, the officers couldn't catch up to him, and he would definitely be able to run into the Treasure Pavilion.

That way, they would chase and he would flee, and he could just charge straight into the Treasure Pavilion.

At this time, the police car was almost in front of him. He feigned surprise as he glanced at the police car, and seeing it pull over and stop, he began to retreat cautiously.

At this moment, the police car doors opened, and several officers pretended to be on routine patrol, slowly getting out of the car, intending to lull Liu Zhan into a false sense of security and then seize the opportunity to get closer.

However, Liu Zhan acted very nervously. He took a deep drag of his cigarette, threw the butt on the ground, and turned to run toward the back.

The officers had originally wanted to approach quietly, but they didn't expect Liu Zhan to be so nervous. One of them immediately shouted, "Liu Zhan, stop right there!"

Liu Zhan didn't look back at all, running forward like a madman.

The officers hurriedly gave chase.

Relying on his lead, Liu Zhan took the officers around in two circles and then charged straight toward the nearby Treasure Pavilion!

The lead officer, while chasing desperately, reported into his walkie-talkie: "Liu Zhan has strong counter-reconnaissance awareness. He started fleeing as soon as he saw us and has now escaped into the Treasure Pavilion! Requesting the municipal bureau to dispatch police forces immediately to seal off the Treasure Pavilion and implement a full-scale arrest!"