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Chapter 744: Chapter 741 Reconnaissance

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The room was bathed in a faint blue light, giving it a futuristic tech vibe. The wide, straight desks were filled with computers, which hummed softly as their fans spun up after being powered on.

Every hunter had their own designated seat, with no partitions between to facilitate easy sharing of documents at a moment’s notice.

Only Robert, as the chief commissioner, had a private office, separated by transparent glass walls. He presided over the control center, able to see every surveillance screen, every move everyone made, exuding an air of complete control.

The hunters were not strangers to each other, while many did not know each other before joining “Stealth Track,” the production team had organized a meet-up half a month earlier for them to get acquainted.

Robert’s talk focused more on clarifying the team’s mission and the role of each member, while also stressing the importance of being vigilant.

Although this was merely a reality show, with all sorts of game-like “settings” that wouldn’t exist in reality, they still couldn’t let their guard down.

If they made an error, it would still be a huge blow to their abilities.

Robert did not want that to happen.

In thirty years, he had never let a fugitive escape, and he would not allow it in the “game” either.

Fisk, the director of “Stealth Track,” stood in a corner, with a cameraman beside him, rotating the camera and shifting the lens toward the massive poster on the wall.

At the bottom of the poster was a dark alleyway, in the middle shone a beam of light from above, reflecting two small figures. The figures, carrying backpacks and looking over their shoulders, clearly conveyed a sense of unease that perfectly matched the core theme of the program.

The entire upper half of the poster bore the CBS logo of Ugly Country, one of the top five public networks there. Shows like “The Big Bang Theory” and “2 Broke Girls” came from their production.

But what CBS excelled at the most were crime-themed shows.

“Criminal Minds,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Person of Interest,” and others were unparalleled in both quantity and quality.

Naturally, “Stealth Track,” which Fisk had masterminded, would not disappoint, and it certainly merged all the classic elements from American crime dramas.

“Stealth Track” had many versions, including Spain, Polar Bear, Holland, Denmark, and even Huaxia had purchased the rights to the program.

Yet among all these versions, the Ugly Country edition was still the most outstanding.

It had the most luxurious lineup, the fastest pace, the highest prize money, the largest map, and the most thrilling content.

Moreover, with many celebrities joining in, and the solid performance of the first season, no one doubted that Fisk’s projected ratings of a peak at 5 and an average over 3 could become a reality, even if it followed the due course—it was a goal well within reach.

Against the backdrop of various conversations, the focus finally settled on the simple yet richly informative “Stealth Track” poster, pointing out the main theme—an excellent choice for an opening shot.

Even if these shots were eventually discarded, they still had to be filmed now.

I might not use it, but you have to shoot it.

“Beep beep beep, beep beep beep.”

The distinctive alarm of an electronic clock sounded, and Robert looked up.

He saw Fisk raise his wrist, pointing with his stubby fingers to the wall clock, while his other hand pushed forward a stack of documents. In a falling and rising tone, he announced:

“One hour has passed, the prey have hidden in the caves, now it’s the hunters’ turn to shine!”

“Alright, attention everyone, computers, intelligence, combat, gather ’round me,” Robert said without any superfluous words. He stood up, took the documents, and walked through the crowd, with a group of hunters he called by name following behind him.

Celebrities, sports stars, hosts, actors, singers…

Ordinary people?

Robert flipped through the data, making the unique rustling sound of paper. He recognized some of the people on it—after all, they were celebrities—but some were also very unfamiliar to him.

For the public, these people were indeed stars, each with their own fan base. However, such status offered no help in evading capture. On the contrary, they would attract the attention of passersby, making them easier to apprehend.

In the eyes of professional captors, these people were even less than ordinary folks. The so-called extraordinary people, at the very least, should possess a considerable degree of anti-surveillance training, like habitual escapees.

Until he looked at the last two pages.

Two Asians?

Robert’s gaze sharpened.

What drew his attention was the last photograph in the file. The person in it looked very familiar, yet intuition told him that this person was important.

The cross-race effect, also known as the own-race bias, is a special phenomenon in face recognition, referring specifically to the significantly better performance of individuals in recognizing and re-identifying the faces of their own race compared to those of other, unfamiliar races.

Robert was not immune to this effect. Moreover, to better fit the atmosphere, the production team took pictures with extreme exposure, which looked quite different from normal photographs, so even Robert, who often needed facial recognition, did not recognize the person immediately.

It wasn’t until he walked up to the blackboard that Robert suddenly remembered where he had seen this face before.

Time Magazine’s cover!

He’d also seen it a few times while browsing through videos.

“This morning, two foreign tourists became fugitives. The first one, Jun Yao, is a second-generation rich kid. His last known location was a first-class hotel in downtown Los Angeles City.”

People buried their heads in taking notes, and then Robert posted the second picture, “The second fugitive, Fang Bi, was last seen in the same location as the first one.”

“Oh.”

A low exclamation came from someone in the team—clearly, this figure was not a minor one.

Robert took a quick glance and noticed that at least one-third of the thirty hunters had a change in expression.

“Emily, why don’t you introduce this person?” Robert called on a hunter. It was she who had gasped, her voice small but heard clearly by everyone.

Emily composed herself and stood up: “Fang Bi, a Huaxia host and the founder of the Wilderness Survivalist series. Theoretically, all related Wilderness Survival shows to date originated from him, and even the emergence of ‘Stealth Track’ has a degree of association with him.”

“Having undertaken many incredible adventure activities, he was once known as the world’s number one explorer, including, but not limited to, his recent rescue of three gray whales trapped in the Arctic, the discovery of legendary hidden creatures, traversing the entire European continent…”

Robert interrupted Emily: “Now is not the time for a fan meeting. I’m not concerned with his accomplishments in adventure. Get to the point. You know what we are most interested in. The more formidable the target, the more we have to speed up.”

“Alright, based on the verifiable records, this Huaxia host is a retired special forces member, and not just an ordinary one at that. He has studied at the Hunter Academy in Venezuela and even ranked in the top ten in its history. Just based on this identity, we must admit that he certainly has a very strong anti-surveillance capability.”

“Sounds like a tough nut to crack,” Senior Analyst Ben Owen frowned.

No matter which country’s special forces, a certain level of scouting tactics is inevitably taught, and to scout means to also know how to counter-surveillance.

Intuition told Owen that, compared to the other seventeen, this one was definitely a primary focus of this capture operation.

“I want to know what they’re planning before they think it, and what they’re going to do before they act.”

“Teresa, from an intelligence perspective, what would you want to do?”