Chapter 162 Fingerprints
"An explosion and wildfire occurred at the sanatorium on the island, forcing all the local fishermen to relocate..."
Chen Jiao is one of the two security guards sent by the rescue center to the institute to keep the vaccine information provided by the train.
She was a female soldier in her early years. She was cautious, quick-witted, and had good skills. Later, she became a bodyguard for the deputy commander and was considered the deputy commander's most trusted person. That was why she was sent here to keep the information this time.
Because the deputy commander had reminded her of the importance of the information before they came, she and her partner kept a close eye on the safe, and even when the old dean brought people to look at the information, it could not be out of their sight.
The fingerprint samples on the box were taken by a young researcher who came with the old dean and was reminded by him.
Perhaps it is a professional habit for these researchers to always wear gloves when touching some important objects, both to protect themselves and to facilitate experiments.
After a long time, they got used to wearing gloves and the various equipment in the laboratory that were smooth and free of fingerprints.
That's why the fingerprints on the side of the box were so obvious to him.
The young researcher just said it casually, thinking that the fingerprint was accidentally pressed by a staff member during transportation, but Chen Jiao took it to heart.
Because she knew that even laymen like them would wear gloves when moving and transporting such important items. What's more, it was so cold outside that it was impossible to go out without gloves.
She looked at the small fingerprints on the side of the box that were obviously not hers and might be female, and contacted the person responsible for delivering the box to the capital.
After the other party repeatedly denied that anyone had ever touched the box directly with their hands, Chen Jiao and another custodian, Su Jie, looked at each other, and a faint light flashed in their eyes.
Su Jie was a person sent by another department to work with Chen Jiao. He had worked in trace detection related work before, so collecting fingerprints was a piece of cake for him.
The two men were afraid of complications, so they took action immediately. After collecting fingerprints, they reported to their superiors.
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Neither the deputy commander nor the head of another department who received the message thought it would be possible to obtain fingerprints from the box.
It wasn't that they hadn't thought about it. During the previous transaction, they had also thought about finding some traces on the various items sent by the system, but unfortunately, they didn't find anything useful. So later, no one thought about it anymore.
But what they didn't expect was that just after they had given up, an opportunity suddenly appeared in front of them.
The deputy commander forced himself to calm down. "Are you sure? Is it a fingerprint? Is it a human fingerprint?"
Chen Jiao knew what these fingerprints meant. She understood her leader's caution, so she replied seriously, "Based on my experience, I suspect these are indeed human fingerprints. Furthermore, we collected seven different fingerprints in total, and based on their distribution, we can infer they were left by the same person. However, further analysis is needed to determine the specific circumstances."
"good."
After hearing Chen Jiao's answer, the deputy commander was cheered up and immediately made arrangements.
"You two continue to guard over there. I will immediately issue a notice and send someone to retrieve the fingerprints and compare them with the fingerprints in the database."
There have been various speculations about the train's origins, with the most popular one being that it's from outer space. However, a small number of people link the train to online novels, believing it's controlled by humans.
Now that they have these fingerprints, although they may not necessarily match the fingerprints in the database, the clues are always useful. Perhaps in the future they will be able to gain a more detailed and in-depth understanding of the train through these small clues.
But to the deputy commander's surprise, the next day, the investigation team received news that a fingerprint match was found in the database.
Nowadays, residents need to collect fingerprint information when applying for identity documents, so the information center has the most complete fingerprint database. However, the deputy commander did not expect to find it so quickly, and was very surprised when he saw the person who came to report.
The director of the information center responsible for this matter said, "It wasn't that fast, actually. Because all the bases had conducted investigations before, the information of many people who were clearly deceased had been erased from the system. The fingerprint data sent in yesterday was also very complete, so the comparison was very fast, and they found the person right away."
The director asked his subordinate to open the page on his laptop and said, "We need to collect at least two fingerprints to apply for ID cards now. Two of the seven fingerprints from yesterday match this one..."
"Jiang Qian, female, 33 years old..." The deputy commander looked at the information on the screen and asked, "Are you sure it's her fingerprint?"
"Su Jie's operation was very professional, the sample collection was good, and the accuracy of the fingerprint identification was relatively high. But with this thing, no one dares to confirm it 100%..."
The director heard part of the story and knew that the fingerprint was collected from a box sent by the train. Naturally, he did not dare to make a 100% guarantee when he heard this question.
After all, no one would believe that such a high-end train was controlled by someone! What if he made a promise and ended up causing a false case?
The deputy commander also knew his concerns, and getting such an answer was enough.
He continued to look at the other information on the screen.
"From Nanhe County, City A?"
The deputy commander's heart moved, and something was about to break out of the ground. "Can this person be found now?"
The director shook his head.
"We looked yesterday, but most of the information in our system dates back to before the apocalypse. This Jiang Qian is indeed from Nanhe County, but we don't know if she's still there after the apocalypse. Even though the major bases have been doing censuses since the apocalypse, we can't gather that information in real time. If she was involved in the census, I think the major bases should be able to find her. If not, finding her is incredibly difficult under the current circumstances..."
In such a dire situation, it is unknown whether anyone is still alive...
The director didn't say this, but the deputy commander could think of it himself.
"That's it for now!" he said. "Spread the word down there and have them quietly look for this lady. Just find her wherever she is. If you can find her, report it and observe her, but don't disturb her."
"yes."
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Jiang Qian, of course, didn't know she'd left a mark on the safe, causing half of her vest to fall off, and now someone was looking for her. Now, apart from the one or two hours she spent driving, she was busy searching for things in the interstellar archives with the system.
Although she had already looked through it last time and didn't find any information that could help them now, she had nothing to do anyway, so she still did it even if it might be useless.
Of course, in addition to searching the system database, Jiang Qian also had the system help connect to the external network of their era. She felt that if such a research project really existed, even if it was private, it would always leave some traces.
The rescue center had a lot of tasks and needed to focus on many aspects. They might not have enough manpower or time to search bit by bit, but she had some free time, so she could do it. So, Jiang Qian buried herself in the pile of information.
Although she had studied foreign languages for a period of time, she was not proficient in them. Although she had a system as a translator, it was still difficult for her to understand the names of people and places in the reports that she did not know.
But just by chewing on it bit by bit, she actually found something in the end.
"Look, this news report says a monkey attacked someone somewhere, and the wealthy local man who was injured actually posted a notice offering a reward for a monkey?"
When Jiang Qian first saw this news, she felt it was strange that such a wealthy tycoon would bother with a monkey. However, when she clicked on the homepage of the media that published this news and saw other news released by this media, Jiang Qian gradually became alert.
It's a local media outlet in a coastal region of a certain country, publishing local news. Some of these stories are big, some are small, but the editor's language is humorous, so it's a popular site.
"An explosion and wildfire occurred at the sanatorium on the island, forcing all the local fishermen to relocate..."
Jiang Qian muttered to herself as she opened the video below the article. The video was shaky, likely shot by someone on a departing boat. But even though the person filming the video was not far from the fire, the video still captured the billowing smoke from the island.
Around the person filming, everyone was chattering rapidly in a language that Jiang Qian couldn't understand. She was about to turn off the video when her attention was attracted by the person in the upper left corner of the video.
The man was wearing a white shirt, completely different from the surrounding fishermen. His blond hair was messy from the wind. He stared at the island that was emitting thick smoke without blinking...
Looking at the gorgeous blond hair, Jiang Qian suddenly realized something. She quickly opened her phone and found the ID photo of Edmund Smith that was previously published in the news and was taken from a university's official website. She compared them carefully.
However, the faces in the video were too blurry. Even though the system helped to repair them, Jiang Qian had no way to confirm whether the two were the same person by looking at their side faces. Not to mention that it is difficult to distinguish each other's appearance in the eyes of Orientals and Westerners, and most of the time they are automatically face-blind.
Jiang Qian compared them herself and couldn't recognize them. In the end, she could only package the video and article and send them to the official email address posted behind the previous news.
However, just as she received the automatic reply text message from the official email address, the A City base also received a message asking for someone to be found.
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City A Airport.
Xiaozhao Village Committee Meeting Room.
Zhang Chongguang saw the notice spit out by the fax machine, took a look at it, and handed it to the subordinate next to him, "Go and see if there is this person among our currently registered permanent residents."
【Author’s words】
Once again, the time background is fictional and modern.
The next chapter will be updated on Thursday morning.
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