Chapter 215: Cold-Blooded Animal

The cyber killer searched for traces of Supreme Himself on the internet with unimaginable patience. He even wrote a detailed analysis of the photos posted by Supreme Himself using his alt accounts, including the angle of the sun and the characteristics of the shops in the background. By comparing them with maps and street views on the internet, he found that this person was in Nancheng.

Then, he inferred that the author was a full-time writer through the time Supreme Himself went online and the word count of the updated chapters, including how hard he worked to get readers to pay for subscriptions.

Combined with his writing habits, he believed that this person was not a local of Nancheng, was in his early twenties, and guessed that he was in a state of being unemployed after graduating from college, with no house in Nancheng and having to rent.

After calculating various factors such as the author's fan base and writer level, he believed that the author had a meager income and could not afford to rent in the core area of Nancheng, so he narrowed down several areas where the rent was within the author's affordability.

Combined with the pictures found on the alt account before, he discovered the supermarket sign across the road from Jiangbeicun.

At the end of the article, he put a photo. It was a photo of Hao Weiwei eating alone at a noodle restaurant at the entrance of Jiangbeicun.

From the angle of the shot, at this time, the murderer was sitting opposite Hao Weiwei.

Clearly, Hao Weiwei in the photo had no idea that the person sitting opposite him had spent so much effort to find him out of the vast sea of people.

Even less did he know that not long after, this stranger would raise a butcher knife against himself.

At the end of the article, the cyber killer wrote that usually, I am a very lazy person, but for things I want to solve, I never skimp on my patience.

Everyone was silent after reading this long article.

This person was like a cold-blooded animal, recounting the process of locking onto Supreme Himself, that is, Hao Weiwei.

As if when he started this matter, it was already destined that Hao Weiwei had nowhere to escape.

"He said he wanted to solve the problem. What problem could killing Hao Weiwei solve for this person?" Liu Tong asked in confusion, then turned to Qi Fei and asked, "By the way, has there been any progress in screening the conflicts Hao Weiwei had with others on the internet?"

"Basically, this Hao Weiwei started scolding wars on the internet every day. Basically, as long as someone raised objections to his remarks or novels, he would bite them and not let go, hanging the other party's works or screen names on his homepage for abuse and criticism. Because there were too many people, we can only list the people who had conflicts with him this year for investigation first." Qi Fei reported.

Just as his words fell, Zhong Kui immediately overturned his statement: "If you ask me, the list in your hand should be excluded instead."

Qi Fei looked at her in surprise: "Why?"

"Very simple, because of this article." Zhong Kui pointed to the new chapter projected on the electronic big screen, "This clearly records the process of the murderer collecting information related to Hao Weiwei. This workload, even if he didn't eat or drink, would take half a year. It's impossible to complete it in just four months."

"Sure enough, it has to be Zhong Kui. It makes a lot of sense." Liu Tong didn't skimp on praise from the side.

Zhong Kui didn't take it very well: "Isn't this a problem that anyone with eyes can see?" One sentence despised everyone present.

From the side came Wu Shanqiu's frustrated voice: "Ah, the previous overtime was in vain!"

"Hmm~~~" Zhong Kui's gaze carried appreciation as she browsed the article titled "Finding Supreme Himself" again, "Actually, the reasoning and analysis methods he used in this can be used directly, right?"

"What do you mean?" Wu Shanqiu didn't understand the meaning.

"For example, because he inferred that Supreme Himself was in the country, he said the cost of meeting would be much smaller, at least indicating that our cyber killer is in the country." Zhong Kui said with a smile, "Of course, those who can use these analytical means clearly have a high level of education. So among those you screen who communicated with Hao Weiwei, you can look at this person's language expression habits and phrasing. Generally speaking, text is like a person's speech; everyone has their own style. Since this person is in this cold and concise style when writing this article, then in daily communication, the phrasing habits will not be particularly exaggerated or gorgeous.

In addition, this ten-thousand-word long article, from the perspective of wording and context, was not prepared in advance, indicating that he has the ability to quickly write fluent long texts. This ability is often not innate but requires practice. The possibility that I can think of that best fits this case is that this person, like Hao Weiwei, is also a web writer."

"How do you know?" Qi Fei asked immediately, "I mean, how do you know this article wasn't something he prepared at the beginning, similar to a crime plan? The photo at the end of the article could be added by him before publishing."

"First of all, from the logic of the writing, his foothold is placed on the location of Jiangbeicun. That is to say, when he wrote this thing, he had already found Hao Weiwei.

With the action ability shown by this person, from finding the target to acting, there won't be a particularly long interval. Even if this article was written before the murder, the time spent must be within a week. This is a conservative estimate; it is very likely that it was only two to three days, or even one day.

It is difficult for ordinary people to complete a long narrative with such high maturity in such a short time.

What's more, this thing is not so much a plan formulation as it is more in line with a review after the task is completed.

Since it is already a review, then the ultimate goal should have been solved.

Let's put it this way, if it were you..." Zhong Kui suddenly turned to Qi Fei, her big eyes staring straight at him, "Your case hasn't been solved yet. Do you have the mood and ideas to write about the case-handling process?"

Qi Fei shook his head.

"So, the person we are looking for is another web writer who had a conflict with Hao Weiwei on the internet before this year. He has published novels on the internet, has a high level of knowledge, and judging from this action ability, it is very likely that he is engaged in some kind of profession that requires efficiency and rigor. Therefore, the frequency of going online will not be very high.

In this way, ordinary readers and those who surf the internet for a long time can be excluded." Zhong Kui said.

Qi Fei nodded thoughtfully.

"However..." Zhong Kui said, her gaze turning to Liu Tong, "Your question just now is very important. What this cyber killer wrote at the end of the article is 'solving the problem,' not 'completing revenge.' So in his view, killing Hao Weiwei is just solving a problem. If it were just revenge and venting anger, he would just write that he completed the revenge. So, what problem does he want to solve?" ===== CHAPTER 216 =====