Chapter 55: The End of the World

After many days, the White Tiger Group once again gathered at the secret base of Mingcheng University.

Li Weiwei always felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere here today, and her intuition told her that Zhao Zhijie was a little wrong today, and she was depressed.

She couldn't help but privately wonder if Zhao Zhijie worked too much overtime and didn't sleep well, or was it something else? Although Li Weiwei didn't know what was going on, she just felt that Zhao Zhijie was not quite right. Not only Zhao Zhijie, but also Hai Feng, Qiu Zhiyong, and Liu Zhiyang are all worried.

After everyone arrived, Hai Feng began to say: "Now that everyone is here, let me introduce you to the case this time!"

Hai Feng said: "Three days ago, President Zhu of Mingcheng University contacted us, saying that a teacher at Mingcheng University had embezzled public funds, and Director Qiu arranged for me to investigate, and Zhao Zhijie happened to be with me at that time, so we went to Mingcheng University together. And gave a general idea of things. ”

Hai Feng paused and continued: "The teacher involved in the case is surnamed Zhang, his name is Zhang Ming, and he is a teacher in the textbook office of Mingcheng University, responsible for the procurement of student textbooks. ”

Three months ago, Zhang Ming met a girl through the Internet, who encouraged him to gamble on a gambling website called Spinach.com. Zhang Ming lost a total of 13.2 million yuan on this website, of which 200,000 yuan was Zhang Ming's own savings, and the rest was the public money used by the school to buy school textbooks for students. ”

"Now what we have to do is to find the location of this gambling site as soon as possible, and find a way to recover these public funds, which involve more than 30,000 students of Minnesota University, so we need to solve the case as quickly as possible and strive to get the money back before the suspect transfers the funds." ”

Then Hai Feng said to Zhao Zhijie: "Let's tell everyone about your investigation in the past two days!"

Zhao Zhijie nodded, stood up and said: "According to the information provided by Zhang Ming, I tracked this gambling website, and the tracking results are not very optimistic, this website uses Ahri's CDN acceleration server, and the domain name uses the registration service of the notorious 'godfather', and it is impossible to track the server location of this website at all." I also tried to infiltrate the site, but I couldn't infiltrate it. ”

"The website payment is transferred through Zhibao Payment, which is owned by Ahri. I have tried many times, and each time the funds are transferred to some short companies, it should have been transferred to the money laundering company through the fourth-party payment platform in the payment process, and the money has been laundered, so the flow of funds is completely impossible to find. ”

"According to the website, it is an overseas gambling company that follows the laws of Manthorn Plus. But what it really is, now I don't know anything. That's how I'm investigating. ”

Hai Feng nodded and said to Zhao Zhijie: "Thank you for your hard work, don't be discouraged, I know you have done your best." Then Hai Feng turned to Li Weiwei again and said, "Weiwei, it's up to you this time, can you find the location of this website?"

After listening to Zhao Zhijie's words, Li Weiwei finally knew why he was depressed, and when she heard Haifeng's question, she said: "I don't have absolute certainty that I can break it, so I can only look at the situation first and try to do it." ”

Then Li Weiwei turned to Zhao Zhijie and continued to ask, "You should have interrupted the tracking of clues because of Ahri's server, right?"

After getting Zhao Zhijie's affirmative eyes, Li Weiwei continued: "If you use Ahri's CDN acceleration server and Ahri refuses to provide customer information, it is indeed difficult to break through, after all, there is a world-class network security engineer team there, and it is a thousand times more difficult to open a gap from there than to directly attack this gambling website." Without breaking through the Ahri level, it will be difficult to continue to track the true location of this gambling site. ”

After listening to Li Weiwei's words, Zhang Mufeng said: "It is difficult to get the customer's information if you want Ahri to cooperate, as far as I know, many big cases have been rejected before Ahri asked him to provide customer information, after all, it is a multinational company, and the management of customer privacy is very strict, so it can be said to be a 'Swiss bank on the Internet'." Even if it is involved in a crime, it will not hand over the customer's information. ”

Li Weiwei nodded, and then Zhang Mufeng's words said: "So I don't recommend starting with Ahri to break through the case, it's best to try to break through directly from this gambling website." ”

Zhao Zhijie didn't quite understand Li Weiwei's words, he knew that it was naturally best to be able to break through directly from the website, but this was exactly what Zhao Zhijie couldn't do, because the existence of Ahri became the biggest obstacle to breaking through this gambling site, and all the traffic was forwarded by Ahri, and there was no way to find the website across Ahri.

He didn't understand what Li Weiwei meant by breaking through directly from the gambling site.

Li Weiwei saw Zhao Zhijie's doubts, and she explained to Zhao Zhijie: "From the perspective of trace tracking, the existence of Ahri does interrupt the tracking of gambling websites, but in fact, you only need to change an IP to solve this problem." ”

"These gambling sites generally use Ahri's acceleration servers, which is not only to speed up access, but also to provide security protection for themselves, but if you use a foreign IP, you will find that these websites do not use Ahri's acceleration servers abroad. This no longer has to worry about Ahri's strong technical ability. ”

Zhao Zhijie listened to Li Weiwei's words and woke up like a dream. Zhao Zhijie's ability is trace tracking, so he looks for clues more from the thinking of trackers, and rarely uses the thinking of hackers to look at problems. It was this kind of habitual thinking of his that led him to the mistake that he had to crack Ahri first to find a gambling site.

And Li Weiwei's words made Zhao Zhijie realize that he had actually set up a psychological barrier for himself, and the problem would often be solved by changing his thinking.

Li Weiwei continued: "But the servers of gambling websites are often scattered, even if you find the address of the server, it is only the first hurdle, you still need to continue to track and find the real location of those criminals, this is not something that can be done in a short time, and we need to race against time now, so this method is not feasible." ”

Zhao Zhijie originally thought that all the problems would be solved if he broke through the level of Ahri, and he already had the confidence to continue tracking, but after listening to Li Weiwei's words, he knew that Li Weiwei was right, the most important thing now is time, if you can't find this gang of criminals as soon as possible, it is very likely that the funds will be transferred, then the operation will be a complete failure, and tracking gambling websites takes a lot of time.

Zhao Zhijie fell into frustration again. Li Weiwei looked at Zhao Zhijie with his head down and was disheartened, but she wanted to laugh a little, she changed her voice and continued: "But if it is a direct attack on the website, then the problem will be much easier to solve, as long as the website is breached, you will know their location clearly." ”

Zhao Zhijie raised his head again after listening to Li Weiwei's words, and he suddenly said: "Yes, as long as you break the website, there should be no problem for you to do this, right?"

Li Weiwei shook her head, she said: "Gambling websites generally have their own technical protection team, so I am not 100% sure, and it is very likely that in the end, we still need to solve the problem by means of tracking." ”

Zhao Zhijie listened to Li Weiwei's words, he seemed to be doused with a basin of cold water again, lowered his head, and fell silent again.

After listening to everyone's words, Hai Feng understood that this time he had indeed encountered a problem, and the possibility of finding this gambling site through funds was almost zero, and it was not easy to find it through technical means.

What's more important is that if this website is really in Manthorn Plus, it is a gambling site that follows the law of Manthorn Plus, then it is a big difficulty to apply the law.

Hai Feng knows very well that gambling is a legal industry in Manthorn, there are casinos all over the place, and if that is really the case, then even if he finds the business place of this gambling site, it will be difficult to get the money back.

Hai Feng thought for a while and said to Li Weiwei: "Let's try to break through this website first, you and Zhao Zhijie will break through this website together." Others first go to sort out the short companies that Zhao Zhijie found, see if these short companies are related, try to find some clues from here, I don't have anything else to say, let's start acting!"

Qiu Zhiyong sat there silently, and after Hai Feng finished speaking, he said, "Hai Feng, you and Liu Zhiyang come out to send me!"

Hai Feng looked at his old senior, nodded, and walked out of the room with Qiu Zhiyong with Liu Zhiyang.

Walking to the playground of Mingcheng University, Qiu Zhiyong opened his mouth and asked Hai Feng: "This case should be difficult, I don't think you seem to be sure." ”

Hai Feng said: "It's very difficult, it's too professional! Professional seduction gambling personnel, professional money laundering team, professional network protection team, and professional gambling team, every link of the crime is done by professional people, and the crackdown on this black chain is not a simple matter." ”

After a pause, Hai Feng continued: "They are much more professional than us, and in traditional cases, we have an advantage over criminals, they use their bare hands, we use batons, they use knives, we use guns, they have more people, and we have more people, which has formed a crushing advantage for them in all aspects." It is the so-called principle of force plus one that gives us a great advantage. ”

"But in the face of cybercrime, fists and kicks are useless, and weapons are useless. It would be more accurate to say that in the cyber world, criminals' weapons are much stronger than ours, whether in terms of the training of technical personnel, the speed of equipment updates, and even the mastery of cutting-edge technology, they are stronger than us, this is their powerful weapon. What's even more terrifying is that because of the borderless nature of the network, they can form a dimensionality reduction blow to us. ”

Qiu Zhiyong looked at Hai Feng suspiciously, he didn't understand what Hai Feng's so-called dimensionality reduction strike meant.

Hai Feng explained: "Our country's ability to combat cybercrime is uneven, and the developed cities in the south are much stronger than us. They attach great importance to cybercrime, they have the most sophisticated equipment and the best team, so they have been on the front line of cybercrime crackdown over the years, and have cracked down on many cybercrime organizations, but they have also experienced many cybercrime organizations. ”

"These criminal organizations naturally have no advantage over the police in the south who value cybercrime regions, and they can be easily defeated. But when they turned their guns and attacked us, they were five or even ten years ahead of us, and that was a crushing blow to us. ”

"In addition, Minnesota has not paid enough attention to cybercrime in recent years, and has not paid enough attention to the training of the team and the updating of equipment, our cyber attack capability is very poor, and the equipment has long been outdated, so there is no capital to fight against it at all. There isn't even a decent team. ”

Qiu Zhiyong asked, "Isn't it okay for the White Tiger Group?"

Hai Feng looked at Qiu Zhiyong and said with a wry smile: "Everyone's performance is very good, and it can be said that we are the only force that can handle it." But there are some things that are difficult to return, and Zhao Zhijie tried very hard to break through this website before, but he still couldn't do it. ”

"He is already a leader in our technical ability here, but after being delayed for so many years in Mingtan, the latest equipment used is the equipment from two or three years ago, and his technology is still lagging behind. ”

He has worked hard to track down this website in the past two days, but he is completely incapable of doing it, and he does not have the mindset of Li Weiwei. I know he's done his best, but it's really not enough. And this is the current situation of our Mingzhou. Now we can only hope for Li Weiwei, hoping that she can do what we can't do. ”

Qiu Zhiyong also felt a little powerless at this time, he could do many things in the real world, even if he couldn't do it himself, he had a huge network to help him do it. But in the online world, titles are useless, connections are useless, and the case-handling skills that you are familiar with before are useless.

It is precisely for this reason that Qiu Zhiyong realizes that in the online world, only a team of technologically advanced professionals can effectively fight crime. This is also Qiu Zhiyong's original intention to secretly form the White Tiger Group.

After Qiu Zhiyong listened to Haifeng's words, he lowered his head and thought about it, and then asked Liu Zhiyang: "What about the law? Is there a problem?"

Liu Zhiyang said: "As long as they can be caught and there is no problem with the application of the law, I will definitely send them in and let them get the punishment they deserve." But it is very difficult to recover the money they have taken. ”

"After all, it is another country, for the purpose of fighting crime, they will be happy to cooperate with us in the police and send criminals, but as for those illegal gains, if they are at home, it is fine, if they are abroad, after all, they are all real money, and no one will want to give the money they have to others. ”

"Therefore, it is difficult to transfer the property involved in the case as well, and if those illegal gains are allowed to flow out, it will actually play no role in fighting crime at all." It's like the Chai gang we arrested before. ”

"That's right, they have been punished as they deserve, but we haven't recovered much of the illegal gains, the injuries suffered by those girls have not been reduced by this, and the dead people can't come back to life, and more importantly, the little prince is still alive and well, and he is spending all day and wine with the money he earned for him in his free kingdom. ”

"Although we have defeated Chai Yu and his gang, the little prince can always find another agent like Chai Yu to continue to do the same thing, hurt our country, hurt those young people, and he will not get any punishment. So that case didn't work out. ”

"If the gambling syndicate is caught this time but the funds cannot be transferred back, the effect will be the same, there is no problem in doing propaganda to coax the layman, but in fact, how much loss has been recovered for the people? In the end, it is the people who are injured. ”

"We're not people who want to make a name for ourselves, we're past that age. So there's no point in acting just for the sake of being lively. Also, as I said, if you can get them in, you can get them back. Although Manthorn Plus has police cooperation with us, Casino Lottery is a legal industry in Manthorna, and anyone can open a casino in Manthorn Plus, which is not an illegal act. ”

"If we go over there and ask for their cooperation in arresting people, the Manthorn Plus side will definitely not understand why gambling is illegal, so it is difficult for them to assist in the arrest, which means that it is unlikely that we can catch them back. ”

Qiu Zhiyong looked at Liu Zhiyang, this was the first time he saw Liu Zhiyang's depressed appearance. He knew that what Liu Zhiyang said was right. Justice is not just about arresting people, but also about how to reduce the losses of ordinary people, how to reduce the harm suffered by victims, and how to reduce the losses of the country in the face of such transnational crimes.

If only the suspects are arrested, and only let them sit in prison for a few years, and then they can sit on a large amount of illegal and criminal proceeds and be able to eat and drink, then it is not fighting crime, but conniving at crime, and it will also make more people embark on the road of crime.

If this concept becomes a consensus, if murder and arson are only faced with four or five years of imprisonment, then there will inevitably be a large number of people who choose to kill and set fires, and exchange four or five years of hard work for a lifetime of glory and wealth, because there is no better business than this.

This is what Qiu Zhiyong does not want to see.

Qiu Zhiyong asked Hai Feng and Liu Zhiyang to sit on the bench with him, and he said: "Actually, I have had Zhiyang's thoughts before, although I have not encountered this kind of cybercrime, but traditional crimes will also appear in this situation." ”

"It's like those who do fund-raising fraud, the suspects are caught, but thousands of people are deceived by millions of dollars but are spent cleanly, those suspects originally made a living by cheating, and it is not a big deal for them to go to prison for a few years, and they can continue to cheat when they come out. But what about those ordinary people? Some people have taken out all the money for their pensions, and those people will have nothing to rely on!"

"At that time, I even felt that I couldn't help the people recover their losses, but just arrested the suspect was just to complete the task, and it was not a successful strike at all, and I felt that it was a dereliction of duty. ”

Qiu Zhiyong looked at Hai Feng and Liu Zhiyang, neither of them spoke, staring directly at Qiu Zhiyong, Qiu Zhiyong continued: "In the past, others said that I was a hero in the police world, and they all said that I was a crime buster, and I solved a lot of big and important cases, but I don't think I'm a hero at all, in my opinion, those are just propaganda. ”

"Sometimes I even think that I am an afterthought, like a pig beforehand, although it is better than some scum who are willing to be pigs from beginning to end, but it still has not been able to recover the losses of the people, and it has not allowed the people not to be harmed!"

"At that time, I even questioned the meaning of my work, feeling that I was using the blood and tears of ordinary people as a stepping stone, and arresting those criminals was just for my own success. But is that really true? Is that really what I'm meant to be a police officer?"

Qiu Zhiyong paused and continued: "Later, I understood that there are some things that we can't solve, and these things may be solved with the progress of the times, but I can't solve them at that time. ”

"Although I can only do an afterthought, I also want to make the people believe that the legal net is restored and that there is justice in this world. At the same time, I want to make the criminals pay for what they have done. Of course, I also try my best to prevent the crime from happening within my ability and recover as much damage as possible for the victims, which makes me feel better. ”

Qiu Zhiyong looked at Hai Feng and Liu Zhiyang, and said with a sly smile: "Back then, I didn't emphasize human rights as much as now, and I would even abuse some extremely bad criminals to make them afraid of crime, and even if they were released from prison, they would no longer want to commit crimes." ”

"I think it's a little bit of compensation for those who have suffered from the atrocities of these criminals. Although I am not in favor of countering violence with violence, I also know that not everyone can convince people with reason, and some people can only be made to realize their mistakes by making them fear or even die. Of course, I'm not going to tell you how I did it. This is not the means available to you now. ”

After saying that, Qiu Zhiyong raised his head and looked at the sky, and then he continued: "I know that you are facing a lot of problems now, but now you are still stronger than you were back then! With so much progress in science and technology, we can even predict crimes, and we have really achieved what I thought of before, which I never dared to think of before!"

"Of course, our technology is not perfect, we still have a long way to go, but it is much better than before. Your case is indeed very difficult, but don't you also have a White Tiger Group? Our White Tiger Group is an elite team that even Qiao Yuqian envies!"

"I know that you want to get all the money back, you want to get back all the losses of the students, and you are very unwilling to do this, but things must be done little by little, and the steps must always be taken step by step, and you can't be in a hurry. As long as it's always improving. It's right for the White Tigers to make it their goal to help students recover their losses, but even if they fail, it's okay. ”

"But there is one thing, criminals must not let go, even if this time they want to pay money, they must be brought to justice. Only when we truly punish evil and promote good, can we make everyone willing to be kind instead of turning to crime. Money is important, but faith is more important than money. ”

Qiu Zhiyong paused and continued: "There is one more point, you must remember that good people must have good rewards, and bad people must have bad rewards, and you can't let the situation of 'four or five years of hard imprisonment and getting out of prison' as Zhi Yang said, and this bad trend must be stopped." ”

"You have this responsibility. Don't let the law shackle you, the role of the law is to punish the evil and promote the good, protect the people, not protect the illegal and criminal, let alone the hinges that bind you. ”

"You should know the law better than those criminals, since those criminals like to exploit the loopholes of the law and like to play tricks, then let them know that the law is not written on paper, but written in their hearts, let them know that if they want to exploit loopholes, we police will know better than them how to exploit loopholes, and let them know that the price of wanting to escape punishment is a more serious punishment. ”

Qiu Zhiyong looked at Hai Feng again, and then said: "Although I asked you to pay attention to Li Mengyang, when someone wanted Li Mengyang to leave the White Tiger Group, I stopped him. The police force can't kill people at will like Li Mengyang, but there still needs to be people like Li Mengyang. ”

"In a way, he knows the law better than you, so he can kill people reasonably and legally, but you can't find loopholes, and that's what makes him great. Dealing with those who want to evade legal punishment with people like Li Mengyang will indeed play an unexpected role. Of course, Haifeng, I didn't let you use the knife in your hands casually, take care of it yourself!"

Qiu Zhiyong looked at his two old juniors again, and said to them: "I'm old, I can give you limited help, you are not young, and you will retire from the front-line post in a few years, I only hope that before this we can do something for this country, do something for the people, and do something for these young people." Don't be afraid of the limits of what you can do. Do your best, and believe in these young people that one day they will achieve the dreams that you have not been able to achieve today. ”

After speaking, Qiu Zhiyong looked at his two juniors with a smile, and the three middle-aged people laughed happily. Hai Feng: They knew that Qiu Zhiyong was right. It is right to know that it is right to keep moving forward, to believe that young people are right, and to know that they will get better and better on the journey of fighting crime.

Qiu Zhiyong's innocent dreams are the same as they were at the beginning, and they have never changed. They have always used their efforts to contribute to this beautiful country. And this time, they are once again at the forefront of the fight against crime for their common faith.