BXBX NOVEL Chapter 471: The Amount Of People Influenced Dramatically Increases
Chapter 471: The Amount Of People Influenced Dramatically Increases
Tang Jing did not have the time to continue to beg Su Yang. Instead, she rushed over to hug her daughter and comforted her.
Seeing how worried Tang Jing and Tang Xiaomi were, Su Yang thought about it. ‘Even though I have nothing to do with Shasha, she’s still a young child full of life after all. I shouldn’t just sit back and do nothing.
‘Besides... I can’t bear to see Tang Jing and Tang Xiaomi so anxious.’
Therefore, he thought about it and said, “Sister Tang, alright. I’ll help to look for Shasha. But I’ll say it again, I can’t guarantee that I can find her.”
After Su Yang agreed, a notification popped up in front of him. [New Random Mission received: Save Shasha]
Tang Jing quickly thanked Su Yang.
Su Yang took a look at the mission and turned off the system.
Then, he looked at Tang Jing’s worried face and asked curiously, “Sister Tang, are you close to Shasha’s mother? Do you like Shasha very much? Why are you so worried?”
Tang Jing looked at Su Yang and said, “Maybe... It’s because of empathy. I’m a mother, so I know how worried, fearful, and anxious Shasha’s mother is. Especially since I’ve experienced this before, so I can empathize with her.”
Su Yang listened to Tang Jing quietly and nodded.
After that, both of them got into the car and went to look for Shasha together with Pan Zhaodi. The reason they went to look for Pan Zhaodi was because they needed someone to drive them.
Su Yang needed to use his ability, so he did not have time to drive. On the other hand, Tang Jing needed to keep in touch with Shasha’s mother, so she could not drive either. The best solution was to find someone with good driving skills. Of course, that person was Pan Zhaodi.
As for why he did not want to go with Shasha’s mother, it was because Su Yang did not want his abilities to be exposed to others again. Secondly, Shasha’s mother could not leave right at that moment because she needed to help the police.
Soon, according to Su Yang’s request, Shasha’s full name, photo and the location of her disappearance were sent to Tang Jing’s phone.
As Su Yang asked Pan Zhaodi to drive to the night market in Shanghai, he looked at the photo of Shasha and ate a strawberry that he bought when he picked up Pan Zhaodi.
It was different from the past where he had to pick the cheapest fruits to eat. Now that Su Yang was rich, he was no longer bothered with that small amount of money anymore. Therefore, of course he would buy the fruits that he wanted to eat.
Therefore, when he was driving to pick up Pan Zhaodi, he asked Pan Zhaodi to buy 2 boxes of strawberries first. That way, when he picked her up, she would be able to depart directly.
Su Yang took out the [Fruit-loving Pen] that he had not used for a long time. He spun the pen and took out the notebook that he had prepared.
Then, he took a strawberry and threw it into his mouth, opened the pen lid and imagined Sasha’s face and full name as he slowly chewed the strawberry in his mouth.
The pen hovered above the paper, unmoving. Obviously, its ability had not been activated yet.
Su Yang, who had already guessed this outcome, was not surprised at all.
The possibility of Shasha being kidnapped by someone close was too low. Su Yang was only giving it a shot. ‘After all, Shanghai is too big and It has already been 4 to 5 hours since the golden hour for rescuing her, so the possibility of Shasha still remaining at her original location is too low. She has most likely been kidnapped already.
‘If she’s been kidnapped, I wouldn’t be surprised if she shows up anywhere. I can’t miss out on any possible route that she might pass by.’
Tang Jing and Su Yang sat in the back row and looked at him curiously.
Even though this was not the first time she had seen Su Yang’s fortune-telling method, Tang Jing was still curious. Previously, because Tang Xiaomi was missing, she had found Su Yang in a hurry. Therefore, her mind was blank no matter what Su Yang did. Although she was suspicious, she did not think too deeply about it.
Looking at Su Yang’s behavior, Tang Jing could not help but feel that something was amiss. ‘Is this really fortune-telling? Why does it feel... Weird?’
Tang Jing was reminded of the day she was “picked up” by Su Yang. ‘Su Yang told me that he had superpowers and I seem to recall him showing it to me.
‘However, I might have been too drunk that day to remember what Su Yang had shown me. I can only remember that I was extremely shocked.
‘Thinking about it now... Could Su Yang really be Superman? Does he really have superpowers?’
Su Yang had no idea what Tang Jing was thinking. He was still trying tirelessly. ‘It’s a chance of luck anyway, so there’s no harm in eating more.’
Soon, the car arrived at Shanghai’s night market.
“We’re here, Mr. Su.” Pan Zhaodi stopped the car and said to Su Yang without turning back.
“Okay,” Su Yang agreed. He picked up his pen, imagined Sasha’s name and appearance before eating a strawberry. And then... nothing happened.
Tang Jing looked at Su Yang expectantly, waiting for good news. However, all she saw was Su Yang shaking his head. “Not here.”
No matter how soft Su Yang’s voice was, it sounded like a bell in Tang Jing’s ears. The worst case scenario had happened. Shasha might have really been kidnapped...
There were very few kids like Tang Xiaomi who could go home alone. Shasha was a very obedient child in kindergarten. Once she lost her mother, she would most likely stay right on the spot and wait.
Tang Jing could not help but pray. ‘I hope Shasha can safely survive this calamity. I hope all the human traffickers in the world die a horrible death.”
While Tang Jing was still feeling unwell, Su Yang coughed and said, “Sister Tang, don’t be distracted for now. Tell Shasha’s mother that Shasha is no longer in the night market. We have to expand the range of our search.”
“Oh, okay. Sure, sure.” Tang Jing hurriedly took out her phone and sent a WeChat message to Shasha’s mother.
Su Yang was not bothered with what Tang Jing was doing. Instead, he got Pan Zhaodi to start driving out from the remaining 3 directions so that he could search along the way.
Pan Zhaodi nodded in agreement.
This was what Su Yang liked about Pan Zhaodi the most. No matter what Su Yang did, she would not ask and would only carry it out seriously.
Soon, Pan Zhaodi brought Su Yang around the night market.
Su Yang’s thoughts were simple. With the night market as the center point, he would go drive around and try to search for Shasha.
‘However, the transportation in Shanghai is really too advanced. Even if it’s just an hour, they might have already traveled tens of kilometers on the subway, let alone 4 to 5 hours. Searching like this would really be too inefficient.
As a result, Su Yang failed to locate Shasha despite searching for her from 9pm to 11:30pm.
However, Shasha’s mother had managed to find some clues. Shasha had indeed been kidnapped by human traffickers because a video in a corner of the night market clearly showed Shasha being taken away by a middle-aged woman in red.
Unfortunately, this middle-aged woman was obviously a repeat offender. She knew where the cameras were. Other than showing her face on the first camera, there were no other clues, all the nearby cameras showed no traces of either of them.
Obviously, the middle-aged woman had been maneuvering based on the blind spots of the cameras, she might have even had help from other gang members.
The situation had reached an impasse once again. Everyone’s hearts were extremely heavy.
Tang Jing’s tears were rolling down her cheeks. Tang Xiaomi seemed to have noticed something. For the past 2 and a half hours, she had been using the spare phone that Su Yang left for her to call Su Yang.
Su Yang gradually started to feel anxious as well.
At 12 pm, when they passed by an alley, Su Yang could not hold it in anymore. He got Pan Zhaodi to stop the car temporarily and told her he was going to use the toilet in the alley.
When they arrived at the alley, Su Yang discussed with Little Deeny through his bone-conduction earphones. He asked Little Deeny to use [Booth Of Exchanging Secrets] to give Shasha a call.
[Booth Of Exchanging Secrets] was a tool that Su Yang had added when he was looking for Sea Serpent and Monkey. It was originally an abandoned phone booth that Janet dug out from the soil in the suburbs.
This item could be used to call a person and the person would definitely pick up the phone. After picking up the phone, they could use 3 of their own secrets to exchange for 3 of the other person’s secrets.
There were 2 reasons why Su Yang did not dare to use it previously.
Firstly, he was afraid of exposing his own secrets.
Secondly, he was afraid that Shasha would be in danger if she picked up the phone.
However, if Su Yang still could not find Shasha, she might really be met with a much more cruel danger in the future. Hence, Su Yang could only take the risk.
After listening to Su Yang’s arrangement, Little Deeny went to the study room and took out the [Booth Of Exchanging Secrets]. Then, she memorized Shasha’s appearance and walked into the phone booth.
Arriving at the phone booth, Little Deeny imagined Shasha. She picked up the phone booth’s microphone and placed it by his ear.
The moment she picked up the phone, her hands started to dial a few numbers uncontrollably.
As she finished dialing, the receiver began to beep.
A moment later, the call connected and a little girl’s trembling voice came through the receiver. “H... Hello, who are you?”
When Little Deeny heard that, she quickly wanted to ask about Shasha’s condition, but she realized that she could only open her mouth and not make a sound. A mechanical voice sounded beside her ear. “Please abide by the rules for using special items.”
Little Deeny quickly took a few deep breaths and calmed down. She said, “Hello, my name is Su Di.”
The girl’s voice came through the phone. “Hello, my name is Yu Shasha.”
Little Deeny said, “I’m in the villa in the virtual space. Where are you now?”
The girl hesitated before saying, “I-I don’t know.”
Little Deeny’s mouth dropped open in disbelief. “You don’t know?”
‘Wasn’t I supposed to be receiving a direct lead?
At that moment, she suddenly remembered the item’s introduction. ‘This is an exchange of secrets, not “exchange of truths”. If the girl doesn’t know where she was, then she would not be able to answer this “secret “.
Little Deeny quickly said, “There’s a small alley right outside. There’s a tree on the side of the alley and a Home Inn’s banner on the other side. Do you have any impression of any banners or buildings?”
Sasha said, “The person who kidnapped me once accidentally pulled open the curtains. I think I once saw a 7-Eleven banner.”
‘7-Eleven?’
Little Deeny’s sharp senses picked up on this crucial clue, but just as she was about to ask more, the call ended.
Little Deeny could only walk out and tell Su Yang everything.
Su Yang frowned deeply after listening to Little Deeny’s explanation.
‘7-Eleven?
‘A convenience store?
‘But there are too many 7-Eleven convenience stores in Shanghai, they’re practically everywhere, so there’s no way to confirm which one it is!
‘It’ll be too late if I were to search through it 1 by 1!’
Just as Su Yang was panicking, Little Deeny’s eyes lit up and he said, “Master! Why don’t we mobilize the public?”
Su Yang asked in confusion, “What do you mean by mobilizing the public?”
Little Deeny said, “Don’t we have our Findme app? The daily active users of the Findme app have always been in the millions. Recently, there are almost 2 million users. Also, because we mainly promote our app in Shanghai, about half of our users are in Shanghai.”
“If we can get them to activate their app, maybe they might give us some clues for us to reduce the scope of our search?”
Su Yang’s eyes lit up when he heard Little Deeny’s words. ‘That makes sense! It’s too slow to search alone, so why don’t we get everyone to search together? ‘
With that thought in mind, Su Yang asked Little Deeny to screen the users. GPS is fixed in Shanghai, set to all the users near Shanghai. As long as they are still online or go online within the next 30 minutes, a notification will be sent to the users.
“Everyone, please help us. a child has gone missing and might have been kidnapped by human traffickers. Please try to provide us with any clues you can provide.”
Attached in the message was a screenshot of Sasha’s video.
The screenshot showed both Sasha’s and the human trafficker’s outfit.
Su Yang’s thoughts were simple. ‘It won’t be easy to remember a child’s appearance, but such a strange combination would leave some sort of impression.’
Of course, Su Yang also asked Tang Jing to seek Shasha’s mother’s opinion before he went ahead with the pop-up notification.
Very quickly, the message was sent to many people who hadn’t gone to bed yet.
Instantly, the entire Findme app was in an uproar.
Actually, the society had never lacked warmth, but it lacked an opportunity to be ignited. A cute child being kidnapped by human traffickers attracted a lot of attention.
Soon, all the users left messages that they knew. Some reported where they had been, but they did not see them while some said that they had seen someone similar.
Luckily, Shanghai was the most prosperous city in the country. Everyone was still working and did not rest till late. There were 500,000 daily users in Shanghai where 300,000 of them were online at that moment, so the effect was instantaneous.
With so many messages, all kinds of information flew through the air. Little Deeny urgently summoned 3 of her clones to deal with the information and sift through the useful ones.
Soon, some valuable information appeared before Su Yang.
“I think I saw them at the red bridge. The girl kept crying, but the woman was quite gentle with her. However, I only glanced at them once and stopped paying attention.”
“I seem to remember seeing them at the supermarket near my home.”
“I remember seeing a few people getting out of the car at South Sea Park, they were amongst them.”
“I saw...”
...
Because the netizens would automatically send the location or location that they saw, Little Deeny quickly marked all the suspected locations on Shanghai’s electronic map.
Su Yang followed the dots and realized... other than some scattered dots, most of them seemed to be on the same route.
He followed the line and found a 7-Eleven store nearby!
‘Could this be the place?’
At the thought of this, Su Yang did not wait any longer. He raised both his hands and used his silver ability [Hands Of Fate]. He wanted to fly over and test it out with the[Fruit -loving Pain].
What he did not realize was that after he posted this announcement, the number of people affected by his Gold Mission changed rapidly. 31,100, 31200, 31400, 32,000...
At the same time, his coins were also rapidly increasing...