Surprise showed clearly on Wu Ling's face. "That Wu family pyramid scheme—is it connected to the Wu family?"
"Yes. Two years ago, they started out online and developed into a massive fraud ring. Their online transactions exceeded ten billion yuan, and their offline transactions exceeded another ten billion. The few criminals who've been arrested probably aren't core members of the Wu family. They're distant relatives from your branch. The investigation is still ongoing, so it's only a matter of time before they get to those people in the Wu family, too. As for what I said just now, that was only a guess. The website has already been shut down, but I used some software Nangong left behind to look it over. There are some suspicious elements in the site's layout." Ye Qing explained it to Wu Ling bit by bit.
"You mean some kind of talisman or formation?" Wu Ling was still surprised.
"Possibly. You're the expert in that area; I can only make out the general idea. I'll send you some screenshots," Ye Qing said.
"I understand. I'll take a look in a bit. I'll be careful," Wu Ling promised.
After ending the call, Ye Qing sent Wu Ling the files.
They contained full screenshots of several web pages.
Like many web pages, these had borders, small icons, distinctive divider lines, pop-up ads, and other elements.
I took a look, but couldn't make heads or tails of them.
Wu Ling, meanwhile, opened an image editor, connected several of the icons, and added some markings.
Seen that way, they seemed to form a complete talisman.
But my understanding of talismans was limited, too. I was about as knowledgeable as someone who'd studied math and could tell a function's curve from some kind of ghostly scribble.
Wu Ling drew on