31: Chapter 31: Unable to unlock the USB drive?

Good heavens!

Upon hearing this, Zhong Ren immediately understood.

They had already found a rough location, and by using the method Lin Heng mentioned to screen through the remaining possibilities, they would soon be able to pinpoint the location of that fly!

In the conference room, everyone suddenly understood.

How could they not have thought of this before!

They had been trapped by fixed thinking!

They initially thought that because Bitcoin was decentralized, finding the source was impossible. However, after listening to Lin Heng's detailed explanation, they quickly realized their mistake.

No matter how decentralized it was, they could still find the result at the root location; they were the ones who had blocked their own path.

And under Lin Heng's guidance, they quickly grasped the general idea of the situation.

In the previous screening process, the number of shops they could scan was already very small, so they only needed to check the remaining possibilities one by one.

"Director, we are leaving now!"

"This is urgent. Although our Dragon Country has very strict regulations, there are still ways for people to slip through the cracks. We are leaving immediately!"

After understanding Lin Heng's words, those police officers quickly shot up from their chairs, gave a salute to the Director and Lin Heng.

The Police Director nodded.

Naturally, he would not obstruct them.

Soon, the conference room quieted down.

These matters were startling, and Lin Heng was merely offering assistance; he wasn't in a hurry.

And there was no need for Lin Heng to be anxious.

"Lin Heng, your first guess was truly inspired."

"If it were only the second guess, the scope would have expanded countless times. Thank you for your help; our police department will certainly remember this kindness!"

The Police Director expressed deep gratitude to Lin Heng.

Lin Heng casually shrugged.

He said, "It's actually not a difficult matter. After all, Inner Mongolia is known for its mines, making it relatively easy to connect the dots."

"Besides, I'm sure the comrades at the police department must have thought of this immediately too, they just didn't consider it from this specific angle."

"I was merely deducing the cause from the result."

Lin Heng appeared very calm, as if it were something trivial.

Deducing from the result...

Hearing this, the corner of the Police Director's mouth twitched slightly.

If they had tried to deduce in reverse, the difficulty would have been extraordinary, at least much harder than reasoning forward.

What they didn't know was that a large part of why Lin Heng could guess correctly was because he had almost intercepted that batch of Bitcoin previously.

Tsk tsk...

It was a good thing he hadn't acted back then, or this case would have involved him.

Just then, two police officers wearing thick glasses walked in from outside.

Both had messy, bird's nest-like hairstyles and somewhat vacant gazes; they were clearly the technical types.

However, they were currently facing a difficult problem.

Their expressions were extremely grim.

"What's wrong with you two? Didn't we ask you to crack the password on the USB drive? Why are you back?"

"Don't tell me you've already cracked it?"

The Director pursed his lips and quickly asked.

Their appearance didn't suggest the USB drive had been cracked, yet for some reason, they had returned.

Hearing this, one of the messy-haired officers scratched the back of his head.

He looked bitter.

"Director, it's not that we didn't try our best, but this password... we truly cannot unlock it."

He quickly produced a USB drive, his face etched with bitterness.

Tsk!

A completely ordinary USB drive was giving the two senior Technicians in the police department headaches.

At this moment, Su Xueer promptly directed the camera toward the USB drive.

The audience in the livestream room already knew that this USB drive might contain a significant amount of Bitcoin.

A single Bitcoin was now worth tens of thousands of US dollars, making it incredibly precious. After hearing the conversation among the few people, they quickly understood its immense value.

"Oh my god, this tiny USB drive holds at least tens of billions! But it looks like those two Technicians aren't quite up to the task? I wonder what the password is, that it's so difficult!"

"Heh, isn't that a joke? If it's worth tens of billions, how could the password possibly be simple? It's reasonable that they can't crack it."

"Whether the password is simple or not doesn't really matter; what matters is the value of the Bitcoin inside!"

"Right. If possible, they could just force it open, but they're afraid of leaving a backdoor. If they force it open, the data inside will be gone."

"Normal files would be fine, but this contains billions worth of Bitcoin! If the data can't be recovered, then this money is gone!"

"..."

The crowd buzzed with discussion.

After seeing this news, many people finally understood why those two police officers couldn't open the USB drive.

On one hand, it was because they genuinely couldn't crack it.

On the other hand, they didn't have complete confidence that they could actually unlock all the contents!

What if the data was lost? Even losing one Bitcoin was equivalent to losing an entire house for them.

Even with the police department as a safety net, they dared not try further.

"What is going on!?"

The Director immediately became furious when he heard they couldn't open it.

"Aren't you the most senior Technicians? You can't open it?"

"What use are you guys to me?"

If it couldn't be opened, there would be no way to report to his superiors.

Someone else had tried before and also said they couldn't open it. Now, the top Technicians in Dragon Country were personally present, and after two days of research, they still claimed it was impossible??

How could he accept this?

If it couldn't be opened, it meant forty billion had vanished into thin air. What would he use to fill that hole??

"This... Director, we have done our best. We truly cannot handle this one."

The Technician who spoke earlier said with a bitter smile.

The other one's gaze darkened slightly. He quickly spoke, "To say it can't be opened isn't entirely true, but it might cause some data loss in the process..."

He glanced furtively at the Director, then continued:

"Director, you might not know, but we can forcibly open this while preserving the data, but due to internal restrictions, we might lose some of the data. If that portion of data cannot be retrieved, then we have no way to restore the resources within."

"In other words, we might get some of the Bitcoin, or we might get nothing at all."

And that loss...

Even the senior Technician could only say 'some' would be lost.

How much was 'some'?

One-fourth!

What was the difference between this and the netizens' earlier speculation?

The Director naturally could not agree to this.

At this moment, Lin Heng waved his hand grandly.

"Unlock it, I can do it!"