The forest path after the rain is not easy to walk.
Perhaps because they were getting closer to the place where Maomao disappeared, the four of them had little communication on the road.
This also makes the journey very boring.
Fortunately, the mosquitoes in the woods were particularly gentle today and were far away from them. Apart from the sweltering heat, they were not bothered by bites.
Zhang Yu secretly glanced at Mei Qian, who was walking at the front to clear the way, and simply opened the zipper of his outer shirt, revealing the short sleeves inside. Although it was still very hot, his breathing became easier.
Mei Qian took out the compass and took a look at it. He suppressed the worries in his heart, turned to Zhang Yu, and finally raised a question that everyone had been avoiding in the past two days: "What do you think Maomao's chances of survival are?"
"If the environment in Shirengou can make people lose their minds, only two days and two nights have passed, which is not enough to kill people. At present, the premise is that what the ranger Lao Qian said is true, and Maomao really enters.
Over there." Zhang Yu wiped the hot sweat from his head before replying.
"Do you think we were deceived by our old money? You were the first one to suggest coming over during the meeting this morning." Mei Qian raised an eyebrow.
"Stop pretending to be stupid with me, I don't believe you can't see the loopholes in it." Zhang Yu curled his lips.
"But I believe his experience is true. There is indeed something strange in Shirengou." Mei Qian said seriously: "I really want to see what's inside."
Zhang Yu turned around and glanced at Ning Chi, who was still calm and expressionless as usual, and then glanced at Li Chen who was far behind and looking at him with questions on his face. He sighed inwardly and gave up the idea of explaining.
In fact, what Lao Qian said last night seems more reasonable. After all, if you have hallucinations, you may see anything.
But later on, the other party's description after he came out of the ravine became more subjective.
For example, in a place where people are always missing, how come the experts who come here investigate whether or not they investigate, and what they find out, and why do they so easily come to a conclusion?
Another example: Why did the police who went into the ravine to search only pick up a shoe and then return? Even if the poaching suspect ran out from the other side of the ravine, shouldn't he continue to chase him inside?
Lao Qian said that nothing happened to the investigating experts and the police. Is this true?
Of course, these most likely have nothing to do with Lao Qian. The officials may have felt that Lao Qian didn’t need to know too much, so they just gave a casual explanation.
Or perhaps, the official took action in the later period, but Lao Qian and other ordinary people didn't know about it.
Intuition told Zhang Yu that Shirengou was definitely not simple.
When he came here, he checked the information about Lexiang in En County. Due to its remote location and inconvenient transportation, it has never been able to develop.
In recent years, this situation has gradually improved with the help of various newly developed tourist routes.
But no matter which route is taken, it perfectly avoids the mixing of various ethnic groups, and is located in Lexiang in the Wushan Mountains. Is this reasonable?
Of course, this is just a speculation in my mind as a veteran detective who deals with negative emotions all day long. You have to look at it to know the truth.
It does not rule out that those who are parents and officials are really mentally ill.
Zhang Yu thought for a while and then said to Mei Qian: "Otherwise, when we get to Shirengou, I can call and ask questions to learn more about it, and then we can go in again?"
Well, I found another suspicious point. Shirengou is in the mountains and there are no people around it, but it is possible to send text messages.
"Eternal God Emperor"
Although the ranger said that Shirengou was not far from the cabin where they spent the night.
But Mei Qian and others still walked in the woods for more than two hours, and they still didn't see the stone mountain forming an angle in the description.
What we see is that dense forests are still dense forests, and weeds are still weeds.
"We should be there soon, right? This road is too difficult to walk." At this time, Li Chen from behind shouted breathlessly. Among the four, he was the youngest, but he was the first to complain that he was tired.
Compared to the others, he was now drenched, and he was afraid of the mosquitoes in the mountains, so he wrapped his body tightly, and even had to wave his hands to disperse the insects that were circling around his head.
Zhang Yu looked back and felt a throbbing pain in his temple.
Not to mention whether this apprentice is smart or not, his observation skills are obviously not good.
After walking for such a long time, he didn't realize that he and Ning Chi deliberately stayed close to Mei Qian with their arms open, and weren't they afraid of bugs at all?
You are so far away from the team. If the mosquitoes don't bite you, who will they bite?
After thinking for a long time, he still didn't remind the other party directly, but took off his jacket completely, exposing the short sleeves underneath.
But he was still disappointed.
After walking for a long time, Li Chen didn't realize that he was even further away from the three of them despite the hint.
Perhaps it was a mistake to give the senior senior face by leaving him in the criminal police team after his internship and letting him take over personally.
I originally thought that this kid just looked silly, but at least he had good fighting and shooting scores, he dared to do what he was told, and he was pretty easy to use.
But now that I think about it, it still seems a bit tender.
Should we let him go to the police station to exercise?
Thinking of this, Zhang Yu stopped, snorted behind him in dissatisfaction, glared at Ning Chi who was gloating about his misfortune, and then continued to catch up with Mei Qian.
As for Li Chen, he naturally didn't know that just because of his performance today, his life would change a lot in the future. He is still struggling against the sweltering heat, fatigue and mosquito harassment.
He still believed what the ranger said, Old Qian, and thought he was almost there.
Unexpectedly, after another half an hour, I discovered that the previous road was actually pretty good.
The next journey could only be called a mountain road, so Mei Qian and Zhang Yu, who were walking at the front, had to take out their daggers and cut off the branches blocking the road.
As a result, the speed will be even faster and walking will become more tiring.
"Did you hear any strange noises?" Mei Qian suddenly stopped and asked while walking.
Zhang Yu and others were stunned for a moment, but they also concentrated their attention, but there was only the sound of birds chirping in their ears, and they couldn't help but look at him in confusion.
Mei Qian's face became a little ugly, and she suddenly turned around and walked straight into the depths of the forest.
Ning Chi and Zhang followed closely behind without saying a word.
Li Chen tried hard to catch his breath, then gritted his teeth and hurriedly followed.
Not long after walking, I discovered that there was enough light in front of me. After about ten minutes, several people walked out of the forest one after another.
Right now they were in an open area full of rocks and weeds.
There was a mountain breeze blowing over, and everyone took a long breath, finally feeling less depressed.
"It seems that the direction Lao Qian said is not accurate." Ning Chi looked at the two small hills in front of him and sighed softly.
"After all, I'm not a professional, as long as the general direction is correct." Zhang Yu took out his mobile phone from his arms and frowned again.
This should be the Shirengou mentioned by the ranger, but there is no signal on the mobile phone.
Mei Qian came over to take a look and guessed: "Maybe the place with the signal is in the valley. Should we go in now?"
"Take a break, take a break, I can't do it anymore." At this moment, Li Chen, who was panting, arrived and sat down on the ground.
"There's no rush now, let's go in later." After all, he is his apprentice, Zhang
Yu also found a clean place to sit and took out a kettle.
"That's right!" After taking a sip of water, he suddenly remembered something was wrong: "I also looked at the compass and there was no deviation in our walking direction. How did you find out that the direction was wrong?"
"An expert's intuition!" Mei Qian only answered in two words.
Zhang Yu was stagnant and couldn't think of a word to refute for a while.
Mei Qiandan glanced at him, then picked the highest stone, stepped up on it, and stared at the two ordinary-looking low mountains with a solemn expression.
After a long while, he murmured in a voice that only he could hear: "What is it that attracts me inside?"
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