"From what we can see, the person did indeed disappear after leaving the hotel." After reviewing the surveillance footage, Officer Li turned to look at Wang Yi. "But this only means that your friend encountered some emergency after leaving the hotel and did not return."
This does not mean that Wang Yi's friend has gone missing, nor does it mean that the other party may have encountered any danger.
“But his phone has been switched off ever since. We can’t reach him by phone, and he doesn’t reply to messages.” Wang Yi immediately explained, “Officer Li, for a normal person, if they really encounter an emergency, keeping their phone switched on at all times is the most important thing, right? Power banks are everywhere now. I don’t believe that someone in an emergency would keep their phone switched off all day.”
Moreover, in Wang Yi's memory, Xiao Zhou was someone who valued real-time information extremely much, and he usually carried five or six power banks in his bag. Wang Yi really didn't believe that the other party would keep his phone switched off for an entire day under any "urgent" circumstances.
After listening to Wang Yi's words, Officer Li also felt that something was strange, so he asked the hotel manager, "Do you have any other entrances or exits here?"
"There are a few more. One leads directly to the back parking lot, another is an internal passage for our employees, and there's also a warehouse where vehicles transporting daily necessities like vegetables and fresh produce park..."
The hotel manager explained the situation to Officer Li very seriously.
"Okay, we'll take a look at all these surveillance videos."
The hotel manager hesitated for a moment, but nodded nonetheless: "Okay, but please move to the monitoring room."
So the group headed straight for the monitoring room.
In the lobby, Lao Qi, who had been sitting and looking at his phone, looked up.
He slowly put away his phone and then prepared to follow.
He had only walked a few steps when a cleaner pushing a cart blocked his way.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
The cleaner took a step back and apologized to Lao Qi.
Old Qi glanced at the cleaning lady in front of him, a hint of wariness flashing in his eyes. When he took another step, his steps were no longer in the direction where the group had left. Instead, he naturally walked around the cleaning cart and went to the elevator to wait for it.
Behind him, the cleaning lady hummed a song and slowly pushed her cleaning cart away.
Old Qi didn't look back; he went back to his floor after returning to the elevator.
Doing cleaning work so late at night, that's definitely not normal...
Old Qi went straight back to his room.
Just before entering, Lao Qi glanced discreetly at the security cameras in the corridor.
Was he being watched all along, or were there other people in the hotel who were on alert for the police and other people's investigation?
Old Qi felt that this matter was not simple.
And the "Teacher Xiao" who made him do this is even more extraordinary.
Old Qi, who always sought stability, frowned deeply.
His new boss was a decent person, but sometimes his behavior was really strange, making it hard to figure out his motives...
Hotel room.
Xiao He was completely unaware of Lao Qi's doubts, but he sneezed a few times when his phone beeped with a message.
"Who's thinking about me? Could it be that brat Zhou Junhao, nagging me to go save him?"
Xiao He sniffed.
"I don't have that ability at all—"
He then pressed Enter, and the computer began reading the data.
"This hotel is really interesting. How come I didn't notice it before?"
Xiao He scrolled through the corresponding WiFi names and the connected devices listed below, marveling at their appearance.
Aside from the devices that the hotel's own smart system connects to, some rooms here have an average of four or five connected devices, while others are a bit strange, with more than ten connected devices installed at once.
If it were only four or five, Xiao He could understand. After all, actors usually have two mobile phones and a tablet, which is already three electronic devices. If they add other connected devices, it wouldn't be a problem to break through to four or five at once.
But isn't it a bit much to hang more than ten at once?
The hotel's facilities don't seem that high-end. Are you sure this whole setup won't affect internet ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) access?
Moreover, given how obvious this problem was, the hotel's own network management and monitoring system failed to provide any feedback whatsoever.
Anyone with eyes can see there's something wrong with some of the rooms! These hidden cameras are practically shooting from every angle! If a director came, they could switch between wide, medium, close-up, and extreme close-ups to ensure no two shots are the same!
Upon discovering this, Xiao He broke out in a cold sweat.
With such a huge loophole, the hotel management couldn't possibly be unaware of it.
unless......
To verify his suspicions, Xiao He carefully inspected the entire hotel again and found only a few hidden routers that had been installed on their own. However, the number was very small, and they seemed to be used as a precaution after being exposed—in other words, they were decoys.
Currently, there are three main methods for transmitting data in many covert filming devices.
The first method is to directly connect to the hotel's Wi-Fi and then achieve remote transmission. However, this method is easily detected by the hotel unless the hotel itself is also a stakeholder.
The second option is to install a self-mounted router. This can evade the hotel's existing network management and monitoring to some extent, but it is difficult to install, has a high risk of hardware exposure, and is also costly.
The third type is the earliest and simplest memory card storage method, which records as soon as it is plugged in, is absolutely hidden, and leaves no trace of the network. However, this method cannot obtain real-time data, requires regular maintenance and replacement of the storage, and repeated trips back to the site, making it impossible to immediately screen for useful content.
Clearly, this hotel falls into the first category.
The biggest risk in the first scenario lies with the hotel, and given the rampant use of such equipment, Xiao He simply doesn't believe the hotel is entirely innocent.
Xiao He began to examine historical records again—
And sure enough, it was true.
This time, it's not just those rooms that have connection devices installed now; almost every room has had connection devices installed!
However, not every guest deserves constant monitoring, and whether these cameras are running depends on the guest's individual lifestyle.
For example, that guy who hung up the window before, whose private life was messy and who was entangled with a female actress on set, would definitely be the focus of "attention," and would basically be "on" for a period of time every night.
For example, in the room where Xiao He was staying, after Xiao He checked it, he found that the connection device had only been running in the early morning of the two days before he checked in.
However, it was obvious that Xiao He's life on set was always the same: going back to the hotel and sleeping. There was nothing worth filming. They probably noticed that Xiao He was always sleeping in bed whenever they looked at him, so they completely turned off the shots of him.
It's no wonder Xiao He didn't notice, since the camera always fluctuated in the middle of the night, when he was either sleeping or asleep.
Xiao He's only gratitude now is that the person behind this chose their target first and then eliminated other meaningless people, instead of indiscriminately taking photos of everyone's bathroom area from the start.
Fortunately, after confirming that Xiao He had no nightlife, these people stopped connecting to his room. Otherwise, Xiao He's previous use of hacking techniques to gain experience points in the Qin family would have been exposed.
Of course, if those cameras had actually dared to appear while Xiao He was awake, he felt his criminal intuition would have kicked in, and he would have noticed the situation on the spot, instead of only realizing it now.
But Xiao He was still terrified and broke out in a cold sweat.
He stood up and began searching the room, but even knowing there were cameras, he found nothing.
Finally, Xiao He barely managed to see a small hole through the black frame of the windowsill—it was a very small hole, looking like a screw that had been missed during renovation. On the surface, there was nothing wrong with it, and the position was quite high. If Xiao He hadn't dragged the stool over to look closely, he wouldn't have been able to see it at all!
He tapped on the frame again and found that although the windowsill frame appeared to be hollow, it was actually stuffed with other things inside. The sound was dull when he tapped on it, so the power cord was probably being wrapped in the frame.
"Depend on!"
Xiao He couldn't help but swear.
Even if a celebrity knew the truth, he almost didn't find it!
Moreover, this thing doesn't usually run, so there are no signal fluctuations or heat releases. Its location is not only quite tricky, but it also blends seamlessly with the overall decoration. I'm afraid even with some of the current detection equipment on the market, it would be difficult to find its traces!
These dirty tricks are now so hard to guard against, it's not just that there are ears on the other side of the wall, but eyes inside the house!
