Since the investigations of Ning Chen, Xu You, and Zhang Huaiyuan all point to the North District, it doesn't matter whether Chen Min gains something or not.
After pondering for a while, Old Li said: "Indeed, we have always ignored the North District, thinking that it was just a deserted mountain range, and did not pay too much attention. Now it seems that the clues point to the North District. If the people of the Samurai Sect still stay,
In Linjiang, most of them are hiding in the North District."
"It's just that the North District is a continuous mountain range with vast areas and lush trees. It's not easy to find them."
yes.
Ning Chen and Chen Min nodded one after another.
The North District is very large, and it belongs to a mountain range. There are no roads, no cameras, nothing. It is easy to hide a few people.
"What should we do now?" Zhang Huaiyuan asked.
"Check." Old Li said: "Since the North District has been locked, it is natural to investigate. Starting from tomorrow, we will separately enter the mountains of the North District to search, searching and investigating mountain by mountain, narrowing the scope as much as possible."
"Remember, once you find something, report it immediately and don't act rashly. If it is really the Samurai God Cult, there will definitely be experts."
Several people agreed one after another.
Ning Chen thought for a while and said: "I think there is still a breakthrough. If, as Director Li guessed, the missing persons incident is also related to the Shishen Sect, then the people from the Shishen Sect must have stayed in Linjiang. But.
,What are they doing in Linjiang all this time?"
"Linjiang is just a small place. They must have some agenda for staying here. As long as we know what they are plotting, everything will be easy to handle."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu You frowned and said: "That's the truth, but we don't have any clues. How can we know the other party's plot?"
Ning Chen said: "It's not that there are no clues. Obviously the other party doesn't want us to pay attention to the North District. Is it just that they are afraid that we will find them? I don't think so. The Samurai God Sect is very powerful. They have many masters and even some warriors."
"For example, the envoy who came to kill me more than half a year ago."
"Since the opponent has masters of martial arts and can control terrifying creatures, there seems to be no need to be so afraid of us. After all, we only have seven warriors in Linjiang, and now there are only eight including me."
As he spoke, Ning Chen narrowed his eyes with a twinkling light: "Then, the other party is so afraid of being exposed. It's probably because there is something in the North District that he doesn't want us to discover. We can find out what's special about the North District.
, maybe something can be gained.”
When Ning Chen finished speaking, everyone's eyes lit up.
Old Li nodded and said: "Ning Chen is right. Why did the people of Shishen Cult choose us Linjiang and why they chose the North District Mountains? This in itself is worthy of scrutiny. In this way, we will work on both sides. Ning Chen and Xu You,
Zhang Huaiyuan, and I, we are responsible for searching the North District."
"Chen Min, go to the library. There is a lot of relevant information there. You may be able to find out what's special about the North District Mountains."
After the instructions were given, several people took their orders.
...
Early the next morning, several people split up.
Lao Li did not plan to use people from other departments in this search operation. Firstly, he was afraid of alerting the enemy, and secondly, the Samurai God Cult had martial arts masters. If ordinary people were sent there, if they were discovered by the Samurai God Cult, unnecessary casualties would undoubtedly be caused.
Of course, the search would be slower if there were just a few of them, but fortunately they were all warriors and were fast, so it wouldn't be too slow.
In the mountains.
Ning Chen climbed up a mountain peak and looked into the distance.
In the distance were lush green, large expanses of vegetation, and some abandoned buildings to the east. He had gone to check before and found that people had lived there before, but they had collapsed and the people had moved away long ago.
"Let's go to the west next." Ning Chen shook his head and looked back. After half a day, he didn't gain much, so he had to carry the knife box on his back and continue to investigate in the forest.
at the same time.
Li Chongfang, Xu You, and Zhang Huaiyuan are also searching in the mountains. Each of them is responsible for an area, but nothing has been found so far.
...
library.
Chen Min found a lot of information, and it was definitely too busy for one person. She simply brought Xiaoya and Liu Zhang, the two police officers recommended by Ning Chen, and they looked through the information together, searching for the mountains in the North District.
Relevant information.
In Xiaoya's hand is a miscellaneous journal, which records a lot of miscellaneous things, including humanities, landscapes, legends of monsters, etc...
What Chen Min has in his hands is the Linjiang County Chronicle.
This thing is hundreds of years old and was originally in tatters. The one in her hand was later sorted out and reprinted.
In ancient times, Linjiang was not a city, but a county. Like many places, the county annals were equivalent to a county history series.
"Yeah." Xiaoya suddenly shouted, pointing to the miscellaneous notes in her hand: "Sister Chen, look, it says there are monsters in the mountains to the north."
"Those are all legends and fabrications." Chen Min said with a smile.
Many of the things in this kind of unofficial history were fabricated and had no basis, so she didn't pay much attention to them.
Xiaoya still looked scared and said: "But it looks real. It said there is a Turtle Back Mountain, which was transformed by a monster. The monster came out to eat people at night. Later, people tried to suppress it
It specially built a temple on the mountain."
Hearing this, Chen Min was stunned.
She suddenly remembered that there seemed to be similar records in the county annals.
She immediately checked and found a paragraph recorded in the county chronicle. It was a little different from the one in the miscellaneous notes. It was more concise and expressed in classical Chinese, but the general meaning was the same. It said that Guibei Mountain was transformed by monsters and people built temples.
to suppress.
"Guibei Mountain." Chen Min muttered.
At this time, Officer Liu frowned and thought for a while, and said: "I remember that there is indeed a temple on Turtle Back Mountain. When I was a child, I went there with my family to burn incense. Later I heard that there was an earthquake and the temple collapsed.
There are scary creatures in the mountains, so no one goes to burn incense anymore."
"Although I only visited it when I was a child, the mountain does look like a lying turtle from a distance, so I still have an impression."
When they heard that Guibei Mountain really looked like a turtle, Xiaoya and Officer Zhang were so frightened that they wrinkled their faces, as if a monster would pop out immediately.
Chen Min's face changed slightly and he murmured in a low voice: "North District, Turtle Back Mountain, legend has it that there are monsters, temple suppression, earthquakes..."
Suddenly, she seemed to have caught something.
A series of words flashed through her mind, and various pieces of information came together to form a complete line.
"Could it be..."
At this moment, Chen Min felt that her scalp was numb and she stood up suddenly. The other three people were startled and they all looked at her strangely.
Chen Min didn't have time to explain, so he immediately took out his cell phone and called Ning Chen and Lao Li: "I found something here, and I will go back to the operations office immediately."