According to Renel, “I’ve already resolved the situation with you father. At noon tomorrow, I’ll be able to temporarily access the Academy of Sciences’ supercomputer and use the face recognition technology to search all surveillance videos within a 300-kilometer radius of Aurous Hill. Compare Liona’s and Zhiyu’s facial features to see whether we can spot any similarities.”
When Elijah learned of this, he became enraged and exclaimed: “Why didn’t you use it earlier, you man, there’s such a good way? I’ll be able to figure it out now that face recognition is so advanced. As long as Liona and Zhiyu have left photos before being monitored, we’ll be able to figure it out.”
“Dad, the Academy of Sciences’ supercomputers typically have a lot of jobs, ranging from cloud image analysis for weather forecasts to orbit calculations for Mars exploration,” Renel said helplessly.
Almost all uses involve utilizing these supercomputers. In the last few months, one of their supercomputers has been running at maximum capacity. Despite the fact that I have certain rights, I am unable to postpone big national events!”
Elijah couldn’t help but agree when he heard this: “National affairs are important; let us not use power for personal gain.”
Renel rushed to say: “Don’t worry, Dad; their supercomputer will be able to move one of them out at noon tomorrow. There would be a six-hour window, so I arranged with them and spend those six hours.
During the empty window time, all of Aurous Hill’s surveillance videos will be calculated; however, the amount of data is enormous, and the supercomputer’s computing power is equally impressive.
I asked the experts there, and they estimated that it would take about 4 hours to run all of the results. Their follow-up work will not be hampered.”
“This is good…this is good…” Elijah exhaled a sigh of relief.
“Son, after this incident, you must donate a sum of money to the Academy of Sciences, which is regarded as a payment to the institute,” he said after finishing his speech to his second son, Simon, who had been doing business.
Simon said unequivocally: “Don’t worry, Dad; if they can locate Liona and Zhiyu using supercomputer calculations, I’ll donate a million dollars. If they can’t find it, I’ll donate $5 million as well!”
Just as the Du family was pinning their hopes on the supercomputer, tragedy struck.
The car was speeding through Aurous Hill’s outskirts when it came to a halt at a sparsely populated intersection in the suburbs.
“Ms. Du, you should call your relatives,” Issac said afterward, handing Liona a cellphone.
She counted and nodded before picking up the phone and dialing a number.
This is the mobile phone of Elijah, the Du family’s patriarch.
Elijah had gathered his children for a meeting. He wasn’t expecting the phone to unexpectedly ring.
He was irritated even more when he realized it was an unknown number, so he pressed for a response and asked in a threatening tone: “Who is it, exactly? What exactly is the problem?”
“Dad…me…I’m It’s Liona…” said Liona on the other end of the line, and suddenly chocked up.
FAQ Novel
Q: What advanced technology is being considered for the search?
A: A supercomputer from the Academy of Sciences will be used for face recognition across surveillance footage within a 300-kilometer radius.
Q: Why was this advanced technology not deployed earlier?
A: The Academy of Sciences’ supercomputers are typically busy with high-priority tasks, including weather forecasts and space exploration calculations.
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