Chapter 66: Muscle Golden Wheel

These three individuals were even of different ages! Their similarity scores were eighty-three percent, eighty-seven percent, and ninety-six percent, respectively.

He Xingzhou explained, "Because the citizen photographs recorded in the population database are not all recent; some date back several years. Therefore, when the Fierce Eye system performed the comparative search, it covered all possible age groups!"

"So that's how it is. No wonder the results varied so much!" whispered audience members at the venue.

"We will now contact our comrades to investigate and gather evidence regarding these similar individuals. This process will take some time. It might not be completed today, so please be patient and wait," Guan Jie stated. Although similar individuals had been located, they still needed to find the actual persons and conduct DNA testing for comparison to make a positive confirmation.

At the same time, the Fierce Eye system synchronously retrieved the information of Yao Min's father, Yao Wei, including his portrait, body shape, and gait.

This time, the search was conducted within the national public security surveillance system, and before long, it locked onto a suspected target.

The police department immediately dispatched local officers to search for him.

Meanwhile, the portrait of the third fugitive had also been processed through the Chrono-Mirror's projection, depicting various possible representations of her current appearance, which was then searched across the national public security surveillance system.

However, the portrait prediction for this fugitive was not made public.

Finding them all would take time, and the three people seeking help remained at the venue, waiting anxiously and uneasily.

"Dear audience members, we have dispatched special agents to various regions to conduct searches," Guan Jie said. "Please continue to follow our updates."

"Sigh, I wonder if they'll actually be found," the audience members doubted. "They've been missing for so long, how can they possibly be found?"

"Yeah, there are too many people who look alike, and without a current photo, isn't this like searching for a needle in a haystack?"

"I bet this whole thing will just end up unresolved."

Not to mention the audience, even the three petitioners held little hope in their hearts. They had searched for many years, appealing to countless people and organizations, yet the loved ones they sought remained completely unheard from. If this attempt failed, it would simply be yet another disappointment among countless others.

He Xingzhou continued to host the press conference, saying, "Next, we will simultaneously demonstrate our other functions."

"Vein recognition technology. By using infrared light to capture the vein patterns of a person's fingers, palms, and back of the hand, it compiles them into digital images for record. It is more accurate and secure than fingerprint recognition and facial recognition... It can be used for security checkpoints, identity verification, and much more."

He Xingzhou also invited several journalists to experience it on stage, and the recognition system successfully and accurately identified their vein images.

This feature sparked some slight interest among the audience, but they remained far more focused on the upcoming "face-swapping technology."

"AI face-swapping is something I'm sure you have all heard of, and there are already some AI face-swapping software applications on the internet. However, they are still quite crude, remaining merely at the level of swapping facial features. Our face-swapping technology can not only swap faces but also perform biometric adaptation, including facial features, body posture, and movements," He Xingzhou said.

"Of course, I must emphasize one point: do not use this technology casually. Please protect your personal privacy and do not infringe upon the portrait rights of others."

"Let us invite our test participant onto the stage."

A middle-aged man stood up from the audience. He had a relatively large craniofacial structure, a square jaw, gentle facial features, wore a pair of black-framed glasses, and possessed a slightly corpulent build. He belonged to the category of middle-aged men who looked entirely unremarkable at first glance.

"This participant, what is your name? And why would you like to experience the face-swapping technology?" Shen Bingbing handed the microphone to him.

"My name is Han Jinlun." Facing the camera, Han Jinlun still felt somewhat unnatural. He smiled awkwardly, his smile carrying an honest and unpretentious vibe. "I'm not in good shape, but I'm too lazy to lose weight, and my girlfriend broke up with me."

"I want to try on the body of a muscular man to see what I look like after losing weight, and to give myself a little motivation."

Comments in the online live-stream chat began making sharp remarks: "Such a greasy vibe!"

"He looks kind of creepy when he smiles!"

"Don't bother losing weight. Good looks are innate, and losing weight won't help."

" Trust me, face-swapping won't be able to save you either!"

Fortunately, Han Jinlun could not see the live-stream chat at the moment, otherwise he would have died of embarrassment.

He Xingzhou smiled and said, "That's fine. Here, we can borrow material from our partner's asset library. All the materials in it have portrait copyrights. We will find a template that best adapts to you."

On site, the photographer took a full-body photo of Han Jinlun, which was then recorded into the Fierce Eye system for comparative analysis.

"Searching for an adaptive template. Based on the character's facial shape and body posture, an adaptive template has been found." On the massive screen, the template model designated for replacement appeared.

This was a short selfie video of a foreign fitness enthusiast. In the video, a young foreign-looking man was shirtless, boasting a chiseled and robust physique, with his pectoral muscles being particularly well-developed.

In the video, he could even control his muscle groups to twitch while dancing and swaying to the rhythm.

"??? Why is the template a foreigner?" The audience members were baffled. "This system is useless!"

"Yeah, that's not even an Asian person! Did they just randomly pick a template?"

"Oops, looks like it crashed and burned!"

"I don't believe Han Jinlun's face can match that body! Neither his appearance nor his temperament fits at all!"

Han Jinlun himself wore a puzzled expression. Was this template chosen at random?

"Start face-swapping!" He Xingzhou clicked the mouse, and the Fierce Eye system mapped Han Jinlun's facial features onto the foreign young man.

This was not a simple transfer, but a dynamic replacement that encompassed facial features, gaze, dynamic changes in expressions, and more. The process was highly complex, but to the audience, it happened in the blink of an eye.

The replacement video had been generated. He Xingzhou asked, "Mr. Han Jinlun, do you mind if we play it now?"

Han Jinlun replied, "I don't mind."

He was quite indifferent about it, so He Xingzhou played the video.

In the video, Han Jinlun's face appeared on screen—his eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and eyebrows were completely identical to his own—yet his physique had transformed from a middle-aged, corpulent build into a body with lines of perfect muscle definition!

On stage, Shen Bingbing carefully observed Han Jinlun's real face alongside the replacement video, exclaiming in astonishment, "Watching the video, there isn't the slightest sense of incongruity!"

The person in the video looked as though he should have naturally looked like that all along!

This was merely the first second. As the visuals began to move, the audience realized that they had been far too naive!

As the background music kicked in, the muscular Han Jinlun in the video began to dance. With his hands behind his back, he swayed his waist and hips with swagger, even flexing his pectoral muscles to the beat. Alongside his body movements, his gaze and facial expressions changed synchronously.

Rich and delicate smiles were conveyed through his three-dimensional facial features, instantly capturing everyone's attention. His playful gaze and the slight twitch of the corners of his mouth felt like a bolt of lightning piercing through thick dark clouds, instantly sweeping away Han Jinlun's original greasy temperament and turning him into a sunny, confident, and magnetically handsome man!

The video continued to play as he performed various dance moves, head tilts, and facial transformations. Throughout the process, the audience entirely forgot that this was a face-swapped video, genuinely believing it to be a real selfie video!

Gentleness and strength, maturity and playfulness, sunshine and stability—all these temperaments were displayed simultaneously upon him. At this very moment, the image of the muscular Han Jinlun was deeply engraved into the minds of the audience!

On stage, Han Jinlun himself was completely dumbfounded! His mind drifted into a trance: Could this be himself from a parallel universe? That imaginary, handsome, and irresistibly masculine version of himself?