Chapter 72: One Act
"It is difficult to distinguish between virtual and reality, and in fact, humans as biological beings are no longer unique."
"There are now about 400 million photos uploaded every day, and 1.4 billion active users generate 3.2 billion comments. This massive amount of information is not lost. The intelligent brain collects and compiles it into unique and complex personalities."
"This personality is a virtual avatar that can be mistaken for a real person. With it, we can even communicate with our deceased relatives. In the game "Perfect Life" jointly developed by Deep Space Technology and Yongsheng Pharmaceutical, we used virtual avatars to act as NPCs after obtaining user permission. All people in this world are real. They have their own memories and pasts, and their own unique personalities..."
At the main venue of the New Shanghai International Plaza, Kong Tiancheng, an executive from Deep Space Technology, was giving a passionate speech. Suddenly, there was a commotion in the venue. Many people exclaimed and shouted, and the crowd became chaotic.
After a dry cough, Kong Tiancheng was about to amplify the sound of the virtual image when his assistant suddenly ran over.
"problem occurs!"
"Why are you panicking? Didn't I tell you that you should stay calm when encountering big things?" Kong Tiancheng turned off the public voice.
"A murderer with scars all over his body has held several anchors hostage. He said he is Meng Changan's brother and that Meng Changan was the murderer of the human body puzzle ten years ago!"
"What the hell! Where did you see that?!"
Kong Tiancheng glanced at his phone, then looked towards the seats of Yongsheng Pharmaceutical executives on the podium.
Four of the five seats were empty. Only a handsome middle-aged man in the middle was silently looking at the virtual display screen. His name was clearly written on the ID card hanging on him - Meng Changan.
He was in public, being watched by thousands of people. He originally wanted to use himself as bait to lure Meng Changxi out, but at this time he was being stared at by thousands of people instead.
Leaving may be a guilty conscience. If you don't leave, who knows what will happen next?
"He is Meng Changan?"
"The murderer's brother? No, the murderer said Meng Changan is the murderer!"
"Meng Changan doesn't look like him at all!"
"What do you know? People like this are very good at hiding things."
"Report to the head office immediately!"
Kong Tiancheng hurriedly left the podium and music began to play in the venue, but the music could not drown out the discussions of the crowd .
Similar scenes have appeared in many places in Shanghai. In this era of extremely fast information dissemination, explosive information can instantly trigger a craze.
At this moment, many people were looking at their mobile phones, staring at the man on the screen whose face was completely disfigured and whose upper body was covered with scars.
"I want to tell you a story, a story about love and death."
"A mother adopted three unwanted children. Two of them had mental problems and one was physically disabled. The mother gave all her love to them without asking for anything in return, but in the end she was killed by her own children..."
In room 1044 of Xingfu Community, Han Fei also stared at the screen closely. He knew Meng Changxi's past and understood that the other party must have been preparing for this day for a long time.
"Is this the way he planned to end his life?"
Meng Changxi told everything he knew in the video without hiding anything, even including the existence of the butterfly.
In Han Fei's opinion, Meng Changxi knew very well that even if Meng Changan and Meng Changshou were caught, Butterfly would still be at large, so he gambled his life and made the Butterfly organization public with the determination to die.
Some people believe it, some don’t, but it doesn’t matter at all. As long as some people pay attention, the number of people hurt by butterflies may decrease.
In order to avoid facial recognition, Meng Changxi destroyed his face; in order to prevent fingerprints, he ironed his fingertips; for this day, he hid for ten years.
He carved everything he wanted to say on his body. Those scars were all words. Even if the signal was disconnected, as long as the footage had been made public, those horrifying screenshots would be clues and evidence.
From the corpse hidden in the refrigerator case to the human body puzzle, Meng Changxi told everything he had experienced, knew and investigated.
He did not deny his guilt. He said that he had buried the bodies and killed He Shouye with his own hands, but he only admitted what he had done.
Meng Changan had worked so hard to arrange things, to frame others openly and covertly, and the protection network he had spent ten years carefully constructing was torn apart by Meng Changxi in front of everyone!
This live broadcast was very short, and the picture kept fluctuating afterwards. No one knew what happened at the scene afterwards. People only heard Meng Changxi's final roar.
"You need evidence to prove your guilt!"
The live broadcast was interrupted, but the videos and images in the live broadcast began to appear on the Internet on a large scale, and the information dissemination entered a second explosion point.
After watching Meng Changxi's video, Han Fei immediately called Li Xue, but the line was busy. He then sent Li Xue several messages in succession.
Ten seconds later, Li Xue replied to Han Fei: "The three brothers of the Meng family have all been controlled!"
"What are your plans for the next step?" Han Fei trusts the Xinhu police very much, but it is difficult to ask the police to track down an illusory butterfly. Meng Changxi may have made the butterfly public this time, and he may also want to use public opinion to force the police to conduct an in-depth investigation into the butterfly.
"The police are thoroughly investigating the body hidden in the refrigerator case and the human body puzzle. They are going to do their best to catch the real culprit, including the butterfly Meng Changxi mentioned."
"If you are willing to track down the butterfly, I can help you. I have some information about butterflies here."
"You're still at home?"
"I'm in the far suburbs of Xinhu. I'll come to find you now." Han Fei stayed in a room full of paper figures and paper furniture. He also felt that this place was a bit gloomy and wanted to leave.
"Tell me the detailed address. Our leader has already driven off." Han Fei could hear a sense of importance in Li Xue's words.
"It's behind a chemical plant in the northern suburbs. This place is called Xingfu Community..."
Meng Changxi revealed the existence of the butterfly during the live broadcast. In fact, he did not dare to guarantee that he would succeed. After all, he felt that the butterfly was always staring at him, and it would be very difficult for him to implement his plan.
"Butterfly should have seen Meng Changxi's live broadcast. This place is not safe anymore."
Han Fei did not stay any longer. He took away all the information compiled by Meng Changxi, hid the thick file bags in his arms, and ran out of the apartment building.
Fortunately, Han Fei did not encounter any accident before he met up with the police.
Under heavy protection, he was sent directly to the Criminal Investigation Brigade.
Two policemen who looked very imposing personally "received" Han Fei. One of them seemed to be Li Xue's former leader.
The room was full of police officers, but Han Fei did not get stage fright. He never concealed what he should say, and even an ordinary lie detector could not detect anything wrong with him when he said something he shouldn't say.
