159: If he wants to act, then you act along with him.
Wan Qiang glanced at the other party and continued, "Is there anyone else willing to join?"
As a result, everyone remained motionless.
Lei Zhen smiled and said, "Five people are enough. Let's do it this way: you're Group One, we're Group Two, and everyone will act separately."
Coming out of the conference room, Zhu Xiaojun whispered into Lei Zhen's ear, "Why do I feel like this guy named Yin Yong has ulterior motives? Out of so many people, he's the only one who came to join us."
Lei Zhen smiled calmly, "Even a fool can see that he's Captain Li Liang's man. He joined our group specifically to help his boss gather information."
"He's playing the undercover game with us?" Zhu Xiaojun was shocked. "How shameless."
Lei Zhen, however, was indifferent and even pretended to welcome the other party warmly.
"Officer Yin, you're an experienced police officer in the Criminal Investigation Team. I, Lei Zhen, am new here, so please teach me a lot."
Yin Yong also put on a very polite front: "That's too formal. Since I've joined your group, we're brothers from now on, and it's only right to look out for each other."
"So where are we going now?" Gu Qingcheng asked from the side.
Lei Zhen thought for a moment: "Let's go check out the scene first, Master. What do you say?"
Zheng Wenchang nodded.
The four then drove to the scene of the incident. Lei Zhen drove everyone in the Xiaomi, while Yin Yong drove a police car from the unit.
On the way, Zheng Wenchang also realized that the person surnamed Yin was suspicious, so he reminded Lei Zhen, "Yin Yong is probably here as an undercover agent. I saw Captain Li Liang give him a look just now."
Lei Zhen smiled, "Master, your observation skills are excellent. As the saying goes, 'know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated.' It's normal for Captain Li Liang to do this."
Gu Qingcheng then said, "Then will he cause trouble for us while he's with us?"
Lei Zhen said, "No, at most he'll quietly report our movements to his boss. It won't have much of an impact."
Zheng Wenchang was still a little worried, "We still need to be wary of him."
"I know, Master," Lei Zhen nodded.
At the same time, in the police car driving in front of the Xiaomi, Yin Yong was also calling his boss to report the situation.
"He wants to go see the scene. I'm on my way there with him."
"Alright, follow him closely. Report any discoveries to me promptly. We must find that child before Lei Zhen does."
Soon, both cars arrived at the scene. After several days of processing, it was now accessible. Of course, the cordon was still up, and the Municipal Bureau had specifically arranged for a police officer to stand guard, prohibiting outsiders from entering.
The severely corroded transport vehicle was overturned in a dry, barren field, already a horrific sight. Although several days had passed, the sulfuric acid had not completely evaporated, so Lei Zhen and his group all put on masks.
"Have any unauthorized personnel entered this scene?" Lei Zhen asked.
"Besides the firefighters who sprayed sand and lime at the time, and our Municipal Criminal Investigation Team personnel, basically no one else has entered."
Lei Zhen then asked, "When you went in, you all wore shoe covers, right?"
"Of course," Yin Yong said. "But the firefighters didn't wear shoe covers. Many footprints at the scene were left by them. At that time, we only thought it was a car accident, so we didn't pay any attention."
Lei Zhen said, "It's fine. Firefighters' shoes are uniform and easy to distinguish."
After speaking, Lei Zhen looked at Zheng Wenchang beside him: "The toxic gas here hasn't dissipated, Master, so you all shouldn't go in. I'll just go in alone to take a look."
Zheng Wenchang nodded, "Then you be careful."
Lei Zhen hummed in acknowledgment, then put on shoe covers and crossed the cordon alone.
The scene was indeed very messy, with clear footprints everywhere. Lei Zhen could see them even without activating the Code Tracing Technique. These footprints were all left by the same type of shoe, the only difference being the shoe sizes.
In addition, there were some footprints without clear imprints, which should have been left by the Criminal Investigation Team personnel earlier.
Here, it's necessary to introduce the special ability, Code Tracing Technique, that Lei Zhen purchased earlier.
This ability allows him to visualize the true image of a person in his mind through details like footprints. Besides not being able to see the face clearly, he can clearly perceive their height, body shape, and even walking habits.
When Lei Zhen observed the footprints, he activated the Code Tracing Technique, and a blurry figure instantly appeared before his eyes. The height and weight of the footprint's owner were clearly displayed.
Lei Zhen also noticed that one of the unmarked footprints seemed to have been left by Yin Yong. To verify, he stood up and loudly asked, "Officer Yin, were you standing here before?"
Yin Yong was stunned on the spot. Indeed, he had entered the scene and stood exactly where Lei Zhen indicated.
Seeing him nod, Lei Zhen also verified the accuracy of the Code Tracing Technique.
With this thing, solving cases is indeed twice as effective with half the effort.
Soon, Lei Zhen discovered several unfamiliar footprints around the carriage. These footprints were clearly not left by firefighters.
He activated the Code Tracing Technique, and two male figures immediately appeared before his eyes.
One was about 1.6 meters tall, and the other was 1.9 meters tall, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin.
Obviously, it was impossible for the fire department to have a firefighter who was 1.6 meters tall, and the same for the Criminal Investigation Team.
This indicates that these two individuals were neither from the fire department nor the Criminal Investigation Team. Their presence at the scene, specifically at the front of the vehicle, was already very telling.
The child was most likely taken away by them.
Lei Zhen then found some footprints with toes pointing towards the road, and clearly noticed that the taller man's footprints were deeper, indicating that he was carrying something on his shoulder at the time.
Lei Zhen speculated that after the sulfuric acid truck overturned, these two people rushed to the scene immediately, found the couple in the car dead, but the child was still alive, so they took the child away.
Of course, Lei Zhen still couldn't understand what these two people wanted to do with the child.
Lei Zhen re-examined the scene, but other than these two people, he found no other footprints.
Climbing out of the field, Lei Zhen patted his pant leg: "Let's go, we'll go back and check the surveillance footage."
Gu Qingcheng asked, "Did you find anything?"
Lei Zhen said, "Of course. I found two special footprints here, which should not have been left by the Criminal Investigation Team or firefighters. They belong to two other men, one 1.9 meters tall and one 1.6 meters tall. I'm not sure what they were doing specifically."
With Yin Yong present, Lei Zhen certainly wouldn't mention that the child had been taken away.
"Ah?" Gu Qingcheng was dumbfounded after hearing that.
The other few also exchanged bewildered glances.
Even Zheng Wenchang was a little surprised: "You can determine a person's height just by their footprints?"
Lei Zhen smiled, "Master, I really can. Not only do I know the height of these two people, but I also know their weight. The shorter one weighs 140 [jin], and the taller one weighs 145 [jin]. One is tall and thin, the other is short and fat, much like Fat Monk and Thin Monk from The Deer and the Cauldron."
Zhu Xiaojun was also stunned after hearing this: "You can even figure that out? What's your relationship with Dong Yanzhen from 'Challenge the Impossible'?"
Lei Zhen smiled, "We have no relationship, but I have the same ability she possesses. We're from the same system, except she was taught by her father, and I'm self-taught."
"Self-taught?" Everyone craned their necks to look at Lei Zhen.
This kind of thing can be self-taught?
"You're more impressive than I thought," Zheng Wenchang couldn't help but blurt out.
Being a master to a criminal investigation genius like Lei Zhen instantly made Zheng Wenchang feel immense pressure.
On the way back, Yin Yong called Captain Li Liang and told him about Lei Zhen's discovery of the footprints and his Code Tracing Technique ability.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible," Captain Li Liang said. "Do you know how difficult the Code Tracing Technique is to learn? And self-taught? Back then, Dong Yanzhen's father, Dong Changcun, studied it for more than ten years and only grasped the basics. Even with a teacher, you can't learn this without extreme talent, let alone self-teach. That Lei Zhen is just bragging, don't believe him."
"Then why would he lie?" Yin Yong asked, puzzled.
Captain Li Liang said, "Lei Zhen isn't stupid. He must be worried that you're an undercover agent I sent, so he's deliberately using false information to mislead us. This actually shows that our direction is correct; the child went missing within this ten-kilometer radius."
"So what do I do now?" Yin Yong asked.
"Believe whatever he brags about. If he wants to act, then play along."