Master of Deception System-Chapter 35: Final Preparations

Half a month had passed since Li Xuan's university life began, but for the members of the special task force, their search for Li Xuan had been ongoing for a month and a half.

In these forty-five days, Kang Shuwei meticulously analyzed Li Xuan's escape route.

He had marked the possible trajectories of Li Xuan's actions on a map of Jinling City, starting from the vicinity of Jinling Station.

Looking at the map, it was covered with dense red lines, many of which were marked with small crosses at their ends, indicating that Li Xuan hadn't fled along those paths.

The seven talents from different fields within the task force were now idly sitting in front of their computers, watching surveillance recordings.

The origins of these red crosses were quite evident.

"I mean... Kang, how much longer is this going to take?"

"I'm about to vomit."

"I'd rather do autopsies in the morgue..."

The voice of forensic expert Lu Lan drifted over.

Although Li Xuan currently had no records of murder cases, nonetheless, as long as he was still on the run, there was a high possibility he might resort to violence.

However, up to this point, the only person who had died in connection with Li Xuan was Wang Hua.

But Wang Hua's cause of death was clearly a suicide...

So at this point, Lu Lan's role within the team was more like a general assistant.

Hearing Lu Lan's complaints, Kang Shuwei didn't show any intention of moving. His gaze remained fixed on the computer screen in front of him.

But he said, "Go back to do autopsies. How many years will it take for you to get promoted?"

"Capturing Li Xuan and spending a few less years with corpses, enjoying a few more years of life—what's more worthwhile?"

Lu Lan clicked his tongue. Kang Shuwei's words always seemed to strike a chord with his thoughts. Whenever he was utterly bored, exchanges like these made him continue sitting in his chair, willingly staring at the computer screen.

"Huh?"

As Lu Lan watched, he suddenly exclaimed.

Then he immediately stood up and pressed the left arrow key on the keyboard a few times.

"Is this..."

"Is this Li Xuan!?"

Hearing his exclamation, everyone lifted their heads, and their fingers simultaneously hit the space bar on their respective computers, pausing the video playback. Then they hurried over to stand behind Lu Lan.

"Is it Li Xuan? Which one is it?"

"Where's Li Xuan?"

Kang Shuwei didn't pose such a question; he seemed to have quickly locked onto Li Xuan's figure in the surveillance footage.

"August 15th..."

He silently repeated the date of the surveillance video, then asked, "Which street is this?"

Lu Lan immediately answered, "Yuanning District, Yingchun Street!"

Kang Shuwei nodded and immediately said, "Let's go!"

Ye Gaoyi was the last one to leave. The image of Li Xuan looking up at the camera on the screen filled him with excitement.

Finally!

Finally!

Finally, the day had come!

Without Li Xuan voluntarily revealing himself, they had finally located Li Xuan!

He quickened his pace, catching up to the others.

Their destination was Yuanning District, Yingchun Street, and there, they would find clues related to Li Xuan!

...

Dong dong dong.

Li Xuan's room door was knocked.

He was sitting at his desk, looking at his laptop, and he furrowed his brows slightly.

"Who is it?"

He was a bit puzzled and also cautious.

Quietly, Li Xuan walked to the door and looked outside through the peephole.

"Is it her?"

At this moment, Li Xuan was receiving his first guest in the dormitory.

Li Xuan hadn't expected that Zhang Qian would take the initiative to knock on his door.

But after all, Zhang Qian had helped him quite a bit. At this time, regardless of the reason, it wasn't a good idea to refuse.

"Miss Zhang?"

Li Xuan opened the door and asked, "Why do you have time to come to my place today?"

Zhang Qian smiled and said, "President Gu asked me to come, Professor Lin."

"On September 20th, there will be a nationwide aerodynamics-related competition. I don't know if you're willing to lead a team to Yanjing."

Li Xuan silently calculated for a moment, then he said, "Will this delay our classes? Is that okay?"

"No problem, the postponed classes will be rescheduled by the school."

"When you return from Yanjing, the courses can continue as well."

Li Xuan nodded in agreement.

"That's good, I'm willing."

"Moreover, you can take a domestic flight and enjoy the scenery of this beautiful country."

Upon hearing Lin Yi's words, Zhang Qian was a little surprised. She said, "It's not like that, Professor Lin..."

"We will arrange flight tickets. If you prefer to take the train, it's actually a bit inconvenient in terms of timing."

A hint of disappointment appeared on Lin Yi's face. "Well, that's a pity."

"But regardless, being able to go to Yanjing and appreciate the culture there is a good thing."

"Miss Zhang, you can convey to President Gu that I accept this invitation."

Zhang Qian nodded politely, smiled at Li Xuan, and then left his doorstep.

Li Xuan closed the door and turned to look at his room.

There was a sharpness in his gaze.

"Is it starting now?"

"It seems I need to hurry as well."

...

September 18th.

This was the last aerodynamics class before heading to Yanjing.

After finishing the class, Li Xuan spoke, "I think you all should know about the upcoming competition in Yanjing."

"I will temporarily leave the school and lead a trip to Yanjing."

"The students accompanying me will be selected from the sophomores and juniors of our major."

"Our class also has three strong students participating."

Whispers spread among the female students in the audience.

What's going on?

Professor Lin leading the team? Why wasn't this mentioned before?

When the counselor mentioned this earlier, there was no mention of Professor Lin leading the team. Otherwise, even if they had to fight for a spot, they would definitely want to travel with Professor Lin...

A gentleman, handsome, and wise – traveling with such a teacher would surely become a wonderful memory in their lives.

Li Xuan didn't care about the discussions below, he continued, "Fellow students, because the course will be delayed by two weeks, now..."

"I'm going to assign some homework."

"Get your notebooks ready!"

Upon hearing that Professor Lin, who had never assigned homework before, suddenly wanted to give assignments, sighs filled the room.

"The homework I'm assigning is... the analysis of forces on a kite during its ascent, as well as the effects of different altitudes of airflow on the kite."

Upon hearing the nature of the assignment, the students were pleasantly surprised.

"To ensure that students can analyze and judge from a practical perspective..."

"On the morning of September 20th, from 8 to 10, we will conduct practical operations on the school playground."

Upon hearing this statement from Professor Lin Yi, cheers erupted in the classroom.

This teaching method...

Was truly fantastic!

And there was a gleam of excitement in Li Xuan's eyes.

His plan was about to reach its final step.