Very few people working as forensic doctors or in crime scene investigations or trace evidence analysis throughout the entire province do not know Zhang Yuanchao.

As the most renowned forensic expert in the province, Zhang Yuanchao has assisted with cases for all the City Public Security Bureaus.

Those present are all seasoned criminal investigators who have interacted with Zhang Yuanchao more than once.

"Hello, Elder Zhang."

"Greetings, Elder Zhang."

Even Li Donglin, who had just left, now came back in.

Even though Zhang Yuanchao is quite old, he is still in good spirits, followed closely by Li Changgeng.

Lu Chuan might be the only one present who has never met Zhang Yuanchao in person.

However, hearing how everyone was addressing him and seeing Li Changgeng behind the elderly man, Lu Chuan naturally knew who had arrived.

"Hello, Elder Zhang!"

Lu Chuan stood up and saluted.

"Good, good, very promising!"

Zhang Yuanchao's voice was loud and his eyes were full of praise when he looked at Lu Chuan: "I've read two of your skeleton identification analysis reports, and they were excellent; some parts were even more detailed than my own work."

"You flatter me, Elder Zhang. I had good teachers during my studies."

But Zhang Yuanchao shook his head: "I know the forensic professors at the Public Security University. At best, they are on par with me, but they couldn't have taught a student as outstanding as you."

Lu Chuan had nothing to say in reply; how was he supposed to respond to that?

Besides, he majored in crime scene investigation, not forensic science.

Lu Chuan had only attended a few open lectures by the forensic science professors at the Public Security University.

"Interested in working at the provincial level?"

"Join my studio and specialize in skeleton identification analysis."

Um...

Faced with an invitation from Zhang Yuanchao, Lu Chuan felt both flattered and overwhelmed.

"Thank you for the offer, Elder Zhang. I haven't been working for long and would like to gain more experience at the grassroots level for a few more years."

Rejected it?

Lu Chuan actually rejected it?!

The eyes of the other dozen or so experts looked at Lu Chuan as if he were a fool.

Does he even know what kind of place the provincial office is?

How difficult it is to get in?

Did he not see that even Sun Bing, with his doctorate, can only do logistical support work?

The staff allocations at the provincial office are much fewer than those at the City Bureau.

As for the promotion mechanism, there are opportunities aimed at the City Bureau, but it's rare to have an opening even every two or three years.

Zhang Yuanchao's studio is the only forensic science research lab in the province, approved by the ministry.

Also supported by a technical certification center, the workload isn't heavy, and the benefits are great, with special allowances for talents.

One could directly settle in the provincial capital and obtain a formal position in the provincial bureau.

What is a staffing quota?

The end of the universe is staffing.

Although all those present were experts, none of them qualified to enter the provincial office.

Zhang Yuanchao regretfully shook his head: "Gaining more experience at the grassroots level is also good; you can come to me anytime if you change your mind."

"Thank you, Elder Zhang."

After seeing off Zhang Yuanchao, Zhao Zhiguo caught hold of Lu Chuan: "Brother, do you have any idea how prestigious Elder Zhang's studio is?"

Lu Chuan shook his head; he honestly didn't know.

"Well, you're still so young."

"Let me tell you, Elder Zhang is not only the top forensic expert in our province but also a top expert appointed by the ministry, enjoying national allowances."

"His forensic science research lab is specially approved by the ministry; not only do you get a position in the provincial bureau after joining, but even working at the ministry isn't impossible in the future!"

"Why would you give up?"

Zhao Zhigao's face was filled with regret, as if he had missed out on a five-million-dollar lottery ticket.

Even Lu Chuan felt it was indeed a pity.

"It's fine; Elder Zhang said I could come anytime in the future if I want."

Zhao Zhigao's expression froze; he felt like Lu Chuan was bluffing, yet there seemed to be no evidence.

"I'm off to work."

As groups of people came and went, everyone finally focused wholly on fingerprint identification analysis.

Fingerprint analysis at the provincial office differs from that at the City Bureau.

The fingerprint database comprises unsolved cases across the province, all case-solving clues point to fingerprints.

As for the types of unsolved cases, there are homicides, serious injuries, Qiang Jian cases, robbery cases, and so on.

The number of cases is substantial, amounting to several hundred.

This number actually accounts for less than half of the relatively major unsolved cases in the province.

After all, not all cases can be solved by relying on fingerprints.

Many crime scenes have no fingerprints to collect.

As for the total of a few hundred cases, it's not much, considering these are crimes accrued over many years.

Aside from Lu Chuan, the other experts have participated in provincial fingerprint battles more than once.

Therefore, before the battle starts, they all mark the cases they compared before but were unsuccessful.

This ensures they mainly work with new cases.

This increases the likelihood of successful identifications.

Lu Chuan had no such privilege; he was participating in the battle for the first time, so he was unfamiliar with all the cases.

The reason for the partial unfamiliarity is that there were four homicide cases in Haizhou City that Lu Chuan compared but did not succeed in; they should be in the battle fingerprint database as well.

Opening the system, Lu Chuan still targeted unsolved homicide cases.

No matter what case, it's all about comparing fingerprints, and since they remained unsolved, the difficulty of fingerprint matching cannot simply be assumed as small for small cases and large for large cases.

It's all about luck.

A search revealed a total of eighty-three unsolved homicide cases.

These are all the unsolved homicide cases collected over decades in the province that can be solved by fingerprints.

Lu Chuan casually picked one and began fingerprint preprocessing.

It was a bloody fingerprint with decent clarity, but with severe fingerprint distortion, where the middle part was all blurred.

It likely resulted from the perpetrator exerting too much force, causing fingerprint distortion.

This kind of fingerprint is challenging to handle; otherwise, it wouldn't have remained an unsolved case.

Opening the Photoshop software, Lu Chuan started performing image data transformation.

And so, a scene from the Haizhou City Public Security Bureau was replayed.

The quiet meeting room was filled with the crisp sounds of Lu Chuan's rapid keyboard typing.

Many people looked up towards the source of the sound.

Fingerprint identification analysis often requires a quiet environment.

Also, isn't fingerprint identification done by visual inspection? Since when has it required typing like typing on a keyboard?

Sitting next to Lu Chuan, Zhao Zhigao leaned over, intending to remind Lu Chuan that they were supposed to be working, not playing games.

This place needs a quiet environment.

"Lu Chuan, we..."

But one glance at Lu Chuan's computer screen left Zhao Zhigao stunned.

"Holy... is this... the Matrix?"

A screen full of data streams resembled a waterfall.

Zhao Zhigao was utterly bewildered.

This person's method of fingerprint identification, is it different from us normal folks?

Of course, Zhao Zhigao knew nothing about Fourier transformation, let alone image layering.

He stood up and stood behind Lu Chuan, dumbfounded, staring at Lu Chuan hitting the keyboard.

Lu Chuan was intensely focused and did not notice Zhao Zhigao.

At first glance, this fingerprint seemed problematic; using conventional methods, it was tough to successfully identify and analyze.

However, performing a two-dimensional data transformation, then preprocessing through Fourier transformation yielded pleasing results.

Lu Chuan was now working on bottom-level data restoration, which would take another two to three minutes to complete.

Thus, Lu Chuan's typing speed further increased, and the sound became louder.

Two minutes later, the fingerprint preprocessing was complete.

Lu Chuan directly dragged it into the system for comparison.

Three minutes later.

"Ding!"

A delightful notification sound rang out, with a "Match Successful" dialog box popping up on the screen.

It worked!

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