The male police officer, looking at the fallen suspect on the screen, said excitedly, "As expected, just as Miss Gecang predicted."

"Next, let the others downstairs activate the mechanism and arrest him. They should be ascending soon. Remember to have them wear gas masks too."

"Yes, sir."

After giving the order, the male police officer took out his walkie-talkie and instructed his subordinates to arrest the suspects. Then, he stared at the screen without moving, well, it should be fine since everything seemed to be under control.

But for some reason, the girl felt a subtle sense of loss as she watched the suspect lying on the ground in front of her. Despite feeling that things were going too smoothly, the surveillance camera had already shown that the suspect had been caught. So why did she feel uneasy? It was the first time she had experienced such emotions. In addition, she seemed to be expecting something, but couldn't quite explain it. What exactly were these feelings of unease, loss, and inexplicable anticipation?

This perplexed the girl, and she instinctively squinted her eyes, deep in thought.

A few minutes later, as if to confirm the girl's unease, a surprising report came through the walkie-talkie.

"Report, there's...nothing inside the mechanism."

"What? How is that possible? It clearly showed on the camera. Could they not have seen it properly?"

The male police officer's voice sounded off-key. Unexpectedly, no one had anticipated this turn of events. Moreover, the most crucial part was that the suspect was still on the screen.

"Even if you say that, the fact remains that there is nothing inside," a hesitant voice from his subordinates confused the male police officer. He turned to the girl with a bewildered expression, hoping to find an answer.

"Miss Gecang, what is happening?"

In response, the girl remained silent, her eyes closed. She wasn't panicking or losing control, but after a long silence, she finally spoke up.

"...If they haven't made a mistake, the only possibility is that."

"That? What do you mean?"

"Yes, simply put, the image we are seeing right now is fake."

"Fake? How could that be?"

This confused the male police officer even more, so he voiced his own opinion.

"Even if the other party could intrude the surveillance cameras, if it's fake, wouldn't it be exposed? Even if it's a fabricated image, in the moment we activate the mechanism, it would surely be revealed. After all, the other party has no idea when we will trigger any switches. This is something that cannot be pre-determined in a synthesized image."

"Your point is valid," the girl candidly agreed with the male police officer's opinion.

"But that is only applicable to regular synthesized images."

"Regular?"

In order to answer the male police officer's doubts, the girl tried to explain the possibility.

"According to this situation, if my guess is correct, this should be real-time synthesized images."

"Real-time synthesized images?"

"You should know, regular synthesized images... For example, it's like combining a picture with only the background and another picture with only the characters, making it a single image with both the characters and the background. It's simple to do that nowadays. Regular synthesized images are all created by people, just like making animations. Everything must be predetermined, and the images will only play according to the pre-set sequence, just like a program."

"Are you saying that real-time synthesized images...?"

"Yes, exactly like you think. According to the concept of synthesized pictures, without any pre-settings, two images can naturally blend together. In other words, it is the immediate integration of one's own character or background into an already playing image. The characteristic of this synthesized image is that one can freely control their character or background within the playing image, just like playing a real-time game. Originally, this invention was proposed to incorporate game characters into the real-time images taken by satellites, in order to achieve the simulation of the most realistic gaming environment. Moreover, through settings, one can determine whether certain elements in reality would affect the integrated elements, whereby reality affects the virtual, but the virtual does not affect reality. With this, even ordinary people can efficiently create all kinds of games. In summary, it is the ability to seamlessly integrate any image being recorded with other elements, and be able to control that element freely while the image is being recorded, without the need for any prior setup."After listening for so long, the male police officer finally came to a conclusion.

"So, what you're saying is that the criminal in this footage..."

"That's right. That is simply the criminal merging with a fake character within the footage through the use of technology. If that's the case, it explains why he can correspond to the traps we set. He only needs to control the actions of the characters in the footage and make them fall to the ground according to the time when the hypnosis gas is activated."

"So, you mean the criminal didn't fall into the trap from the beginning?"

"Well, it seems that the trap was discovered by the other party much earlier. And the reason they intentionally took the bait was to make us think the plan was successful and buy themselves more time for their activities."