There were gradually more cigarette butts in the ashtray, and a pack of cigarettes was almost finished when An Lan finally called.
I quickly answered the call and asked her urgently: "Is there any news?"
"Yes, the taxi driver said she got off at Daguan Temple and then walked up the mountain."
"Going up the mountain?" I exclaimed.
"Well, that's what the taxi driver said. He said that he asked Wang Yi if she had anything on her mind and advised her not to worry about it, but Wang Yi walked up the mountain without saying a word.
"
"okay, I get it."
When I was about to hang up the phone, An Lan said to me again: "I know you will go find him, but let me tell you, the weather forecast says there will be a thunderstorm tonight."
"I have to find her even if I have to kill her."
There was silence on the other end of the phone, and I said to her again: "That's it, hang up now."
"etc."
"Is there anything else?"
"I will go with you."
I was stunned and said: "What are you going to do?"
"This matter also has something to do with me, and I have some professional equipment here that you can use."
"I can just go by myself." I insisted.
"Don't be stubborn with me. Do you know how big Daguan Mountain is? And there will be a heavy rain soon. How are you going to find it alone?"
It is indeed difficult, but I still have to look for him, and because it is going to rain heavily, I should go find Wang Yi.
In silence, An Lan said to me again: "I have set off to Daguan Temple now."
"Where is your child?"
"My mother is here, and I will take the child with her."
I was a little surprised and said: "When did you come? Have you been here before?"
"No, she just arrived."
I had nothing to say, so I hung up the phone and drove to the Daguan Temple.
It looks like it's really going to rain heavily. It's like this in summer, and it's always going to be a thunderstorm.
At the same time, I became even more worried. I didn’t know why she was going to Daguan Mountain so late?
Speeding all the way, in less than half an hour, I arrived at Daguan Temple and discovered An Lan at the same time.
She was not alone. There were two men with her, wearing jackets and holding trekking poles. They looked like professional search and rescue personnel.
An Lan came to me and introduced me: "These two are from the Chengdu Rescue Team. They help us go up the mountain to find people."
"This is so embarrassing!"
A search and rescue team member replied: "It's okay. It's important to save people now. Let's make a plan quickly and set off!"
After a short pause, the man said to us: "I have two satellite phones here. We will be divided into two groups to go up later. In case of emergency, we can use the satellite phone to communicate, right?"
An Lan was the first to take the satellite phone from him, nodded and replied, "I know how to use it."
I looked at An Lan and said to her: "Do you want to go up the mountain with me?"
She nodded and said, "Otherwise? Why would I be wearing a jacket?"
"Just don't go there! It's dangerous inside. Just have their two search and rescue team members here."
Wang Yi is already in danger, and I can't let her take the risk
An Lan saw my worries, and just smiled and said to me: "I have climbed mountains more dangerous than Daguan Mountain without any problems."
At this time, the search and rescue team member who just spoke said again: "Don't worry! Mr. An is a very senior mountaineering enthusiast, otherwise she wouldn't know us, let alone the two of us, if something happens, it won't
So we can take care of each other.”
This is true. It is indeed safer to work in groups of two. Once one of them is in danger, the other person can help call for help.
But I didn't expect An Lan to be a mountaineering enthusiast. I never heard her say this. This only shows that I really didn't know her at all before.
Needless to say, I have always loved adventure.
At this time, An Lan handed me a very professional headlamp and asked me to wear it on my head.
Just like that, we started to go up the mountain.
By this time, the sky had started to become windy, which was the prelude to the coming heavy rain.
An Lan and I were naturally assigned to a group. Although neither of us were professional search and rescue personnel, if An Lan was really a mountaineering enthusiast and I was an adventure enthusiast, we would not be worse than professional search and rescue team members.
Less than ten minutes after entering the mountain, we could no longer hear the movement of the other two search and rescue team members, and we had completely dispersed.
In the deathly silence, An Lan said to me very cautiously: "We only have one satellite phone, and our location is tracked by this, so we must not get separated."
With that said, An Lan handed the satellite phone to me and motioned for me to take it.
This is something that protects life, but she gave it to me.
Because if we get separated and I have a satellite phone, then the safe one must be me.
I subconsciously looked around me. I saw a dense jungle, various thorny vines, and fallen leaves corroded by rain under my feet.
There are dense leaves above our heads, and every time there is some movement, it will bring a sense of creepy fear.
I'm not afraid, I've experienced this kind of scene too many times.
But when I thought about Wang Yi's situation, I started to get scared, and then I seemed to have entered a particularly closed and depressing black world.
The only thing that can take me out is the shining satellite phone in An Lan's hand.
After taking a long breath, I shook my head firmly, and then said to An Lan: "Take it, I'll clear the way in front."
After saying that, I didn’t give An Lan a chance to refuse, so I walked forward with the woodcutter that the search and rescue team member had just given me.
An Lan followed me closely behind.
The two beams of light above our heads intersect and follow us deeper inside.
As we walked, we shouted Wang Yi's name around us, but we never heard her reply.
There are no roads in the deep mountains. We can only walk in the gaps between trees. We also need to use a woodcutter to open the way before we can continue walking forward.
Coupled with the uneven road surface, walking one kilometer here may consume more energy than walking ten kilometers on a flat road.
Before we knew it, we had been walking in the dense forest for half an hour. We didn't know where we had reached. We just kept calling Wang Yi's name all the way.
I shout very frequently, almost every few steps I shout.
But shouting so loudly and opening a path in front is really a waste of energy, and the effect is not very big.
An Lan suddenly stopped me: "Chen Feng."
"What's wrong? Did you hear the echo?" I stopped in a hurry and asked urgently.
"No, I mean let me open the way, and you can rest for a while."
"It's okay, I can do it." I was disappointed and continued walking forward.
"Let me do it. You are really wasting your energy like this. I will open the way and you shout. It will be faster this way."
I stopped again and found that what An Lan said made sense.
In fact, I understand all these principles, but at this time I was only focused on finding someone and didn’t think too much about it.
Saving people is the first priority now. In order to ensure efficiency, I handed her the knife used to cut branches and shrubs.
At the same time, An Lan handed me the satellite phone in his hand.