Criminal Investigation Brigade.

Video Office.

Two pots of spider plants drooped their bodies, with a delicate expression that had been ruined by smoke, only to attract more cigarette butts.

The hydroponic green plants looked much cleaner, stretching their leaves recklessly, showing off their figures without any concern.

The bamboo plant, bought for 75 yuan, seemed like a financially supported staff member, always wanting to say something in this smoky environment to prove its existence and significance.

A dozen or so men gathered around computers, staring intently. Their expressions were like a group of people watching scarce adult films, with furrowed brows, restlessness, and a hesitant expression of wanting to leave but not wanting to.

Jiang Yuan operated the computer with a helpless expression.

Guo had explained the meeting history with the young man with fake identification, Xiao Ba. Originally, they were supposed to find a place with good surveillance conditions and search for surveillance videos to possibly find Xiao Ba's residence or location information.

However, they didn't expect that the surveillance conditions of the parking lot where they met were surprisingly poor, and the nearby cameras were also in various states of disrepair.

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In the past, there was nothing to complain about. The budget in Ningtai County was limited, and if they spent more on surveillance, there would be less for the men. There were countless small counties like this where the surveillance systems lost their functionality due to lack of maintenance.

If they weren't in a hurry, there were solutions. For example, blindly searching the surrounding surveillance cameras and hoping for a stroke of luck. They could also continue with the old detective's stakeout method. Of course, the ultimate move was the eternal god of investigation, which could be trusted even in the era of interstellar immigration.

If there were no other options, Huang Qiangming would most likely make a difficult decision.

However, most negative emotions in the world ultimately stem from choices.

Huang Qiangming could choose to have Jiang Yuan enhance the video and find a way to restore the surveillance conditions. In that case, he would have to obediently wait in the office and couldn't go out for a stroke of luck or stakeout.

Unfortunately, Jiang Yuan couldn't guarantee how much he could enhance the video and whether there were any desired plot developments within it.

At this moment, Huang Qiangming recalled the times when he used to rent videotapes when he was young.

Outside the dark videotapes, there were always scratched images and colorful descriptions. But once they started playing, whether there was content that young people wanted to see was uncertain.

But Huang Qiangming would always choose to rent and see.

Just like this time, everyone was waiting for Jiang Yuan to restore the video.

For this group of burly men, it was quite an interesting experience.

For Jiang Yuan, the experience was a bit special.

"Um... don't get too close." Jiang Yuan reminded the big man next to him once again.

Wu Junhao, the captain of the first squadron, laughed and took a step back, saying, "My eyesight is not good, I have to get closer to see clearly."

Sitting far away, Gao Jiansheng, the third-generation successor, couldn't help but roll his eyes. He was too lazy to come closer to Jiang Yuan. What was the use of whether Wu Junhao could see clearly or not?

However, Zhuang Wei had to admit that Jiang Yuan looked really cool when enhancing the video. It was quite impressive.

"It will take about fifteen minutes. Do you want to sit and wait, have some water or something?" Jiang Yuan turned around and looked at the police officers of the first squadron.

"It's okay. We're not in a hurry. We'll just wait and watch." Wu Junhao said.

The first and second squadrons of the Ningtai County Criminal Investigation Brigade were considered the main squadrons by default. The difference was that Captain Liu of the second squadron was shrewd and capable, while Captain Wu Junhao of the first squadron was a bit more simple-minded. Since becoming the captain, he liked to choose strong and sturdy people.

Wu Junhao himself had a bit of arrogance and would often treat everyone to a meat sandwich or a hand-grabbing pancake. In terms of a police officer's salary, this was equivalent to the outlaws in Water Margin eating beef.

After a few years, the first squadron had become the main force of the Criminal Investigation Brigade in Ningtai County.

To be honest, in the environment of Ningtai County, the first squadron with explosive combat power was really useful. When facing violent criminals or men who brandished knives on the pedestrian street, as soon as they saw a group of more than ten strong men surrounding them, they immediately understood the spirit of the law.

From this perspective, the first squadron under Captain Wu was also the law enforcement squadron of the Ningtai County Criminal Investigation Brigade.

And today, when it was confirmed that there was a big fish on the internet, Huang Qiangming immediately gathered the first squadron.

In the brigade headquarters, he had the remaining few members of the second squadron, as well as the manpower of the fifth and sixth squadrons, taken away by the instructor, fearing that they wouldn't be enough to catch the fugitive.

But the first squadron, Huang Qiangming kept them all, waiting for Jiang Yuan to produce results and launch a direct attack.

However, Jiang Yuan couldn't do it so quickly.

Although it was quite dazzling to watch.Jiang Yuan managed to restore seven or eight frames of the video in one go, then started searching for the target within.

Since there was only a time range but no specific time, and the location was also uncertain, Jiang Yuan had to restore more segments of the video.

However, these videos didn't need to be too clear, because as long as he found images with similar body shapes, clothing, and colors, he could basically confirm it was the target. Then, he could create clearer and more detailed images, which would save a lot of trouble.

Image enhancement was not a one-off task. Some algorithms required repeated runs.

After one run, the image would change, and it would need to be run a second, third, fourth time. Running it over and over, adjusting the parameters each time, would eventually result in a relatively clear image.

To save time, Jiang Yuan made significant changes to the algorithms and parameters.

These changes left the muscular men of the team watching in awe, while others like Zhuang Wei were sweating profusely.

Why did it change again?

How did he adjust the parameters like that?

What were the notes I took yesterday?

When the questions from his soul became too many, Zhuang Wei couldn't help but ask, "Jiang Yuan, the way you adjusted the parameters just now is completely different from before."

"Yes, because I felt the deviation of the parameters I adjusted before was too large," Jiang Yuan replied.

"It's also very different from the adjustments before that."

"Uh, that's because I changed the algorithm altogether," Jiang Yuan answered softly, which made Zhuang Wei blush.

He had been thinking for too long and hadn't noticed what Jiang Yuan had done.

Of course, the main reason was his lack of skill.

If your skills are poor enough, everything you see is a master; if you read too little, everything you see is a mystery; if you have enough power, everything you see is a 404 error.

Jiang Yuan didn't have time to care about Zhuang Wei anymore.

Enhancing images was not like working with fingerprints, it consumed a lot of mental energy. Plus, there was a group of muscular men waiting for the results, so Jiang Yuan's attention was fully focused.

He would cut a segment of time, make a few images, discard a few, and then make a few more.

As he continued this cycle, the others just watched Jiang Yuan constantly typing on the keyboard, feeling a sense of awe and wondering when this would end...

The computer was roaring so loudly that it made people wonder if it was about to crash.

Huang Qiangming quietly sent a WeChat message to the office staff: "Let's just buy a new computer for Jiang Yuan. We can't avoid the inevitable."

......

"I found it, it's here." Jiang Yuan finally pulled up the image.

On the computer screen, the target was seen talking to a young man.

The target was old, but he laughed humbly, showing the basic skills of a petty thief.

The young man standing next to him was wearing a plaid shirt, didn't have much hair, and was carrying a black briefcase with a hint of Japanese style. Plus, his black-rimmed glasses gave off a strong metro vibe.

Jiang Yuan ran the algorithm twice more, making the image clearer, so that the faces of the target and the young man he was talking to could be seen clearly.

"This should be Xiao Ba who went back to his hometown to start a business." Huang Qiangming stared at the image for a while, then had it printed out and distributed to everyone in the team.

Jiang Yuan continued to process the video, first drawing out the trajectory of Xiao Ba in the plaid shirt to see where he went.

Once he tracked him to an area where the video was intact, Officer Zhuang Wei from the Criminal Police Team's Image Office finally had something to do.

Wu Junhao confirmed the direction Xiao Ba was heading, and didn't wait any longer. He put the printed image in his pocket and said to Huang Qiangming, "We'll get in the car first and head towards Shuixiu."

"Okay, you guys act according to the situation. The key is to catch both the person and the goods. Not only do we need to catch him, but I also want his data. We can't let him destroy his phone and computer." Huang Qiangming was very confident in Wu Junhao, otherwise he wouldn't have waited for Jiang Yuan.

He went to the scene later to avoid interfering with Wu Junhao's command.

This kind of arrest operation was like catching a pig. When it went smoothly, the pig didn't move, as if it had no ability to resist. But if it didn't go well and the pig ran away, it would turn into a thrilling pig-catching competition.

Wu Junhao grunted in agreement, walked to the office door, and shouted, "Forensic Jiang, hurry up. I'll give you a massage later."

Jiang Yuan was taken aback, "What?"

"My massage skills are great, don't believe me? Ask the brothers, right?" Wu Junhao called out.

A dozen muscular men unanimously praised, "Yes!"