Chapter Four: Probability Is Not Prophecy

Police and escrow authorities received the evidence together. Three hundred and seventy million was frozen. After taxes and victim priority, Lin’s reward was 31.6 million. Forty-two yuan became 31.6 million in seventy-three minutes. No one applauded. The buyers looked at Lin with more caution than they had shown Raven. As officers led Raven away, he laughed. “You think you won? The schedule was false, but the buyer list was real. Someone fed me the rumor to make you use the probability tree.” Outside, a thousand harbor cranes paused for one second. Zero’s voice sharpened. “Ghost fingerprint detected. Helix, Clocktower, and Convergence units are converging.” “What about the real maintenance window?” Su Lan asked.