Living Arrow

It's normal for Mo Qiong to be resented by Zhao Mingjun, whom he almost single-handedly brought to justice.

Being remembered with such hatred by a criminal might make a timid person panic, but Mo Qiong remained unfazed.

Because he knew very well that Zhao Mingjun would definitely receive the death penalty.

He had specifically checked; several accomplices who committed crimes with Zhao Mingjun before had all received the death penalty and had already been executed.

Zhao Mingjun's crimes were even more severe, leaving no possibility of him being released from prison.

The matter was finally resolved perfectly, and the police greatly praised Mo Qiong after learning the situation.

"You're really something, learned martial arts, haven't you?" an older policeman said.

"I haven't formally learned any. Actually, as long as you're not afraid of him, he's nothing special," Mo Qiong chuckled.

The older policeman nodded, "That's right, criminals are people too. If the public bravely resists, they can subdue criminals."

The police were naturally happy. Zhao Mingjun was suspected in many major cases. As a person on the A-level wanted list, his capture by them was a significant achievement, even if they had only responded to a call.

Regarding Mo Qiong's situation, they assumed he had bravely resisted after being threatened with a knife by Zhao Mingjun, ultimately subduing him.

However, there was still a question: why was Mo Qiong here, especially after they learned he was a student at Yan Da?

"You're not from Weifang, are you? What are you doing at this place?" the policeman asked.

Mo Qiong smiled, "Well... I came to meet an online friend."

"Online friend?" the policeman was taken aback.

Immediately, the Man with the severed finger beside him exclaimed in realization, "Oh! Oh! You mean Xiao Xin, right?"

Mo Qiong smiled, "Yes, Xiao Xin is someone I met online. She said she lived here, and then she hadn't been online for a long time, so I thought I'd come find her. I didn't expect the address to be wrong..."

The Man with the severed finger said, as if it all made sense, "I knew it! Why would you be looking for Xiao Xin here? So that's it... I thought Xiao Xin was my wife's old alias..."

"Huh?" Mo Qiong and the policeman both looked at the Man with the severed finger.

The woman immediately glared at him, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

The Man with the severed finger quickly coughed twice and fell silent.

Little did they know, his reaction was exactly as Mo Qiong had anticipated.

Mo Qiong had made it clear long ago that he was looking for Xiao Xin and came here thinking it was Xiao Xin's home.

The couple had been puzzled by this, but Mo Qiong never explained.

He was waiting for this moment to reveal it, letting them play along naturally.

Indeed, once their confusion was cleared, the Man with the severed finger naturally accepted the explanation and the answer.

With this confirmation, the police had no reason to doubt Mo Qiong's story.

Let alone the couple cooperating to create an atmosphere of compliance, even if the Man with the severed finger hadn't chimed in, the police wouldn't have bothered to verify if Mo Qiong was telling the truth.

Why would they waste their time? He wasn't a criminal; the police wouldn't interfere with who his online friends were.

The cases Zhao Mingjun was involved in were also very clear, with no doubts.

As a fugitive, Zhao Mingjun would soon be sent to the southern city where he committed his crimes. The police in Weifang wouldn't even see the case files and wouldn't genuinely care about this case.

Only the older policeman casually remarked, "Meeting online friends is still unreliable. Look, even the address is fake."

Mo Qiong smiled, "Yes, some people seem normal, but who knows who they really are?"

Mo Qiong went to the police station with the officers and left after a brief registration.

The bounty required some time for approval and would be sent directly to the Dengzhou Municipal Bureau. Mo Qiong could collect the money at the Dengzhou Municipal Bureau in a couple of days.

"The fifty thousand yuan is as good as mine, but I shouldn't make any more wanted posters."

"From the looks of it, since I'm mainly active in Dengzhou, any bounty I earn from capturing wanted criminals nationwide will be sent to the Dengzhou Municipal Bureau, and then I'll collect it."

"If I do this too often, it'll be like going to the police station to withdraw money. The police would go crazy!"

Mo Qiong chuckled; it wasn't worth it for this small amount of money.

He found a restaurant, had a meal, and took out his phone.

Because there was a possibility of GPS devices being deliberately damaged after reaching their destination.

Mo Qiong checked the map periodically and recorded the locations of each GPS to prevent cases where a GPS reached its target point only to go offline and be mistakenly considered lost en route.

"They've all stopped..."

Mo Qiong had launched a total of thirty-two GPS devices. Excluding the one that disappeared, seventeen of the remaining thirty-one had gone offline.

Finally, only fourteen GPS devices had hit their target and were still 'alive'.

After excluding the four that had already been dealt with, ten remained, all of which were used to find children.

Among them, two were from wealthy families, and he planned to charge a fee for them.

"Let's take care of these ones I'm not planning to charge first."

Mo Qiong switched to another SIM card and, using the data backed up on his phone, began dialing the parents' numbers one by one.

After working for over half an hour, he relayed the location clues of the four children to their parents.

"Hmm... the remaining six are all in Hefei..."

On the map, Hefei showed six GPS pings. One was in the city center, and the other five were clustered together in a county town.

Comparing the numbers, he found that the five in the county town corresponded to the children. Among them were two from wealthy families, for whom Mo Qiong had decided to collect a reward.

The one in the city center was a GPS targeting Qin Liang's longevity lock.

A thought crossed his mind, and Mo Qiong immediately understood what this meant.

"These five children haven't been sold yet... otherwise, they wouldn't be gathered together like this."

"Five children together, could this be the stronghold of a human trafficking ring?"

Logically speaking, he could return to Dengzhou that afternoon.

However, Mo Qiong decisively bought a plane ticket to Anhui Province, planning to rush to Hefei overnight.

This trip was not only to personally collect his reward but also to investigate Qin Liang's whereabouts.

Hitting the longevity lock didn't necessarily mean he had found Qin Liang. He couldn't just say Qin Liang was in a certain place in Hefei.

He had to confirm it himself.

Since he was going to Hefei anyway, he might as well look for the five children and collect his reward from two of their parents.

If there really was a human trafficking den there, Qin Liang might have been abducted by them.

The longevity lock was in the city, perhaps they had sold it and hadn't left it on Qin Liang's neck.

If that were the case, to find out Qin Liang's whereabouts, he would have to deal with this human trafficking ring.

"Hmm... this pursuit of Zhao Mingjun exposed a problem. If the target is fleeing, or if the hit location isn't the target's stable residence, my tracking efficiency is very low when the target is moving rapidly."

This time, he was sure Zhao Mingjun wouldn't take a train. But for a human trafficking ring, the children in their stronghold came from all over the country, so this was clearly just a transit point.

Such an organization must have a wide-ranging transportation network.

Their mobility must be much higher than Zhao Mingjun's. If a similar situation arose requiring tracking, relying solely on 'Tracking Talismans' and then riding a bicycle?

"I need an 'arrow' that can hit the target quickly, and this arrow won't arouse suspicion even if it hits the target multiple times, or rather, it can hide the GPS."

"Hmm... animals?"

Speaking of an inconspicuous arrow, Mo Qiong's first thought was animals. People generally wouldn't suspect an animal that bumped into them.

"Are you crazy? If you're hit by a pig, who would suspect the pig had an agenda?"

Or like wasps, if you get stung by a wasp, would someone 'look surprised' and 'secretly suspect': Why did this wasp suddenly bump into me? Was it sent by someone? There must be something fishy about this, and a huge secret must be hidden behind it.

Mo Qiong smiled. Unless it was too outrageous, no one would suspect animals like that.

A sponge ball, a stone, a piece of wood flying and hitting a target might be a one-off, but twice would attract attention.

Because the impact of an inanimate object on the target would definitely be judged as man-made.

This was also why he hadn't used GPS positioning on Zhao Mingjun twice.

But living things were different. If it was an animal that could already fly, it could hit anyone it wanted.

Blame the animal, who would think it was shot out?

For example, a wasp. After hitting the target, its path ends. As long as it's not dead, it can fly away freely.

Being hit by a wasp once is a coincidence. Twice, you think you're unlucky. Three times, you suspect you smell too good...

Unless there's a specific reason to be suspicious, like breaking a window or forcing open a door.

But this isn't about whether it's an animal or not; it would be strange no matter what it was.

This was also why Mo Qiong only intended to earn his first pot of gold by finding people and didn't plan to do it long-term.

Using Absolute Hit to search was more suited for treasure hunting than finding people. It was more suitable for the open sea than for land with dense buildings.

Of course, the occurrence of extremely strange wall-penetrating events would be extremely rare, as even abducted children wouldn't be confined to a secret room.

But using it to find people was ultimately unsuitable and posed safety risks.

"After dealing with this matter, my funds should be enough..."

"Before that, I'll make do with 'Living Arrow' for now."

The biggest advantage of Living Arrow is that no one would be bored enough to check if an animal has a GPS on it, especially when it's flying openly in the air.

So, the Living Arrow must be larger than the GPS, which first ruled out insects.

Then it had to be an animal that most people wouldn't cook and eat, which further ruled out many birds.

"So, what's left are flying mammals... bats?"

Thinking of this, Mo Qiong felt a bit speechless.

Bats rely on ultrasound to navigate. If their senses are disturbed, crashing into buildings or humans is very normal.

From this point of view, it's very suitable as a Living Arrow.

"I'll buy a few to try out, consider them another type of arrow, they should be useful."

p.s: The Living Arrow series has many uses; this is just an introduction.