Evolution from scratch with added points

"What? A ransom note?"

"My dad is still alive?"

"???"

Chen Jue was stunned when he heard the news.

Because his father, Chen Hongmin, went to Western Europe to work more than ten years ago and accidentally encountered a shipwreck while stowaway. He never saw anyone alive or dead, so Chen Jue had already tacitly assumed that he was dead.

If he was lucky enough to survive the shipwreck, with Chen Jue's understanding of his father, it would be impossible for him to have no news at all for so many years.

No matter what happens, I will make a phone call, or ask overseas Chinese to bring a sealed letter or something.

After all, Chen Jue's father left his hometown in order to go to Western Europe to work and pay off debts to support his broken family.

If he was really determined to leave Chen Jue alone, he wouldn't have to take such a big risk to cross the border illegally. There would be plenty of places in the country where he could hide from debts and live happily.

Suddenly a foreign letter was sent, saying that his father was still alive. No matter how much he thought about it, he felt that something was wrong.

"Isn't it a scam?" Chen Jue asked with a frown.

After all, the overseas electronic fraud industry is becoming more and more rampant, and the methods of fraud are endless.

In addition to the basic fraud method of making phone calls, electronic fraudsters from all over the world have also developed auxiliary methods such as using real people to pretend to be public prosecutors and video calls with victims, or using auxiliary means such as mailing forged tax fine letters to increase the success rate of electronic fraud. .

"Brother Jue, it doesn't look like a scam."

"If you are committing fraud, you should use Chinese letters." Wu Fang shook her head and translated the English content word for word to Chen Jueting.

The content of the letter is actually very simple, which is to inform Chen Hongmin's family that Chen Hongmin is currently in their hands.

If you want to release Chen Hongmin, you must transfer 1 BTC to the designated electronic account to redeem him.

"BTC?"

"Isn't that Bitcoin?" Chen Jue saw the ransom payment method mentioned in the letter and suddenly couldn't hold himself tight.

As a former financial practitioner, Chen Jue naturally understands Bitcoin very well.

From the beginning it was worthless, 100,000 Bitcoins were exchanged for a pizza, and then it continued to skyrocket to tens of thousands of dollars each now.

As Bitcoin appreciates in value, countless speculators have lost their money and become rich overnight.

In recent years, we have often seen news on the Internet that some hackers use computer virus software to invade home computers and corporate servers, and then blackmail the companies, demanding that the ransom must be paid in Bitcoin.

After all, Bitcoin has been anonymous since its birth, and no traces can be traced whether it is transfers or remittances. This type of virtual currency that is not subject to legal supervision has become a common method of money laundering for black and gray products around the world.

Moreover, there are many people speculating in Bitcoin, the capital is large, and it has strong liquidity. It has become a designated currency in the dark web world.

In addition, in order to confirm the authenticity of the content described in this letter, the sender also left a line of English words marked in red at the bottom, saying that a video link can be received through the mailbox to ensure Chen Hongmin's life safety.

"Is there a video?"

"Isn't it synthesized by AI?"

Chen Jue muttered, but felt a little more uneasy in his heart.

Because his father Chen Hongmin had a very high status in his mind, and when he heard news about him again after losing contact for more than ten years, as a son of a man, he was naturally a little overwhelmed.

He not only hoped that the letter was fake, that a fraud gang had obtained his bank balance data to defraud him accurately, but he also subconsciously felt that the content described in the letter was probably true.

Because Chen Jue really hopes that his father is still alive, even if there is a glimmer of hope.

After all, he is now prosperous, has achieved a successful career by relying on his panel attributes, is worth hundreds of millions, and has a beautiful and outrageous girlfriend.

For someone who has gotten to his level, the only thing he lacks most is the love from his parents.

As the saying goes, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop; the child wants to be nourished but cannot be kissed.

Chen Jue wanted to share his success with his parents, but unfortunately he never had the chance.

Of course, there was a reason why Chen Jue felt that this letter was true.

Because the format of this English letter is very special, the names are all handwritten in English format such as HOHNGMIN·Chen.

The other English sentences were printed using templates, and the name fields inside were all underlined. At first glance, they looked like the kind of extortion letters that an overseas gang would send widely to the outside world.

This delivery method is very common in gray goods. Regardless of whether the item will be returned or rejected, as long as you send it out and someone is fooled, the cost of sending the letter will naturally be negligible.

In order to verify the authenticity of the extortion letter, Chen Jue took out his sideline mobile phone and logged into the external network. He followed the instructions on the letter and sent a verification code to the designated email address.

Soon a URL with a long string of links was automatically replied.

Chen Jue opened the link nervously and jumped to an encrypted dark web video website. When he clicked to play, a face of his father who had been buried in the memory for more than ten years appeared.

"dad!"

Chen Jue's heart trembled.

In the video, Chen Hongmin was seen sitting on a chair with shackles at his feet. His hair was graying and there were age spots on his face. He shouted in Ruicheng dialect: "Help me!"

Compared with the time when he went abroad in 2008, Chen Hongmin has completely transformed from a middle-aged man into an old man in the video.

"It's really my dad!"

Chen Jue's eyes widened. He would never forget his father's appearance, including the voice in his memory.

You know, human voiceprint characteristics are unique to each individual.

The reason why human sounds are unique is that there are individual differences in the physiological characteristics of the larynx, the vibration of the vocal cords, and the resonance of the oral and nasal cavities during the development process.

If the video can be artificially synthesized using ID photos, but without the original voiceprint, it will be difficult to imitate the voice of Chen Jue's father in his memory.

From this point alone, Chen Jue can judge the authenticity of this blackmail video!

In addition, Chen Jue also carefully observed Chen Hongmin's physical features in the video. He found that his father's skin color was fairer, and he instinctively dodge and fear the lights set by the photographer.

This kind of physical characteristics will only form similar photophobia symptoms if the person is detained in a closed place where the sun is not exposed to the sun for a long time and is stimulated by the environment.

"Fangfang, in addition to this video link, please check if there is a specific address for the redeemer in this reply."

Chen Jue's heart was turbulent at this moment, and the fists of his hands were clenching and making creaking sounds. He was forcing himself to stay calm.

After witnessing that the person closest to him in the world was kidnapped and kept abducted for so many years, no one could calm down.

"Brother Jue, the email said that the safety of the hostages will only be ensured if the ransom is paid. The address for releasing the hostages will be sent via email later."

"This should be the automatic reply set up." Wu Fang shook her head and translated the English in the email.

"Gan!!!"

Chen Jue's curses rang out in the dormitory of the rural school.

…

Knowing that his father's address could not be determined for the time being, Chen Jue's fluctuating heart began to calm down a little.

During the period of studying Longmen Taoism, his state of mind improved somewhat along with his [Spiritual] attribute.

Although I still can't tolerate being flattered or humiliated, I still have no problem controlling my emotions.

First, he took a deep breath and used [meditation] to adjust his emotions, and then discussed with Wu Fang how to deal with this kind of thing.

After all, kidnapping and extortion are something that ordinary people will never encounter once in their lifetime.

If this group of foreigners could give him an address or something, Chen Jue, relying on his strong fighting ability, might be able to follow the address and rescue his father.

Even the drug dealers beheaded several of them, and no kidnappers were killed.

Unfortunately, these criminals on the dark web obviously have a strong sense of anti-reconnaissance.

Whether it is a letter or a mailbox, their identity and address information will not be revealed.

Even if Chen Jue is very capable and no matter how good he is with cold weapons, it will be difficult to find the whereabouts of this group of people across the ocean.

"Brother Jue, why don't you call the police!"

"Let the police come out for an interview." Wu Fang suggested while holding Chen Jue to comfort him.

Professional matters still have to be left to professionals.

In the absence of useful information sources, Chen Jue could only follow his girlfriend's suggestion and temporarily pin his hopes on the police.

So that night, Chen Jue took this letter and drove to the county seat to meet Tan Xingke.

Tan Xingke was also surprised to learn that Chen Jue's father had been kidnapped overseas.

Although he is an anti-narcotics policeman, he is very experienced in such transnational cases.

After all, Gong County is adjacent to the Emerald Country, and most of the drug-related cases encountered have transnational elements.

"Mr. Chen, please don't be impatient."

"I have seen many similar cases like yours in the public security system."

Tan Xingke helped Chen Jue register and accept the application while slowly analyzing it for him.

It turns out that human trafficking is rampant in Western Europe. With the influx of refugees and smugglers, gray industries have arisen, and there are hundreds of thousands of missing persons cases every year.

There are generally three main destinations for such missing persons: first, women are forced to work in software hardening projects; second, they have their organs removed and blood sold.

As for the last type, it is also illegal forced labor that Chen Jue's father, Chen Hongmin, is very likely to encounter.

The so-called forced labor is to be kidnapped by local gangs and drug trafficking organizations and taken to an underground plantation, where modern lighting equipment is used for forced labor to grow drugs such as poppies, coca, and marijuana.

With the rapid development of science and technology these days, the technology of artificial indoor cultivation of agricultural products has long been very mature. In first-tier cities such as Shenzhen, a large number of people are investing in using ultraviolet + soilless cultivation to grow vegetables.

Tan Xingke also dug out an old news item that was a front-page headline in the West a few years ago, saying that Interpol had investigated several basements where drugs were grown somewhere in France.

Basements are very popular abroad, and almost every house has to dig a few. Expand it slightly, open a few artificial fields inside, and hang a few rows of cultivation lights that simulate sunlight and run them 24 hours a day, and you can quickly produce raw materials in Western Europe, where drug prices are the highest.

Human labor is still used for free from kidnapping, and when it is used up, it can be used to extort family members, or to remove organs, until the last bit of profit is squeezed out of the missing people.

When capitalists see such a hugely profitable business, they have to call it an expert! (End of chapter)