After everyone determined the direction of the investigation with Xu Youzhi, they breathed a sigh of relief.
It won't take long for Hu Peng to leave Hushan Town. It seems that everyone can catch up in time.
However, this mountain lying between Haidong City and Haibei City is full of infinite variables.
No one knows what accidents will happen while crossing this mountain range?
Therefore, an excellent guide is obviously a guarantee of everyone's safety.
Because of Hu Peng, the white-haired old man Xu Youzhi was willing to serve as everyone's guide, which no one had thought of before.
But now that time is tight and the tasks are heavy, there seems to be no other better choice.
So after a short discussion, everyone decided to form a team and set off.
Since it was a temporary departure and a large amount of supplies needed to be purchased, Gu Chen decided to postpone the action.
Everyone returned to the supermarket at the intersection of Hushan Town and purchased a large amount of drinking water and compressed snacks.
Lao Zhang returned to the Hushan Town Police Station and took out various marching backpacks stored in the warehouse to prepare them as equipment for everyone to enter the mountains.
Then everyone gathered at the entrance of the Hushan Town Police Station.
At this moment, everyone received a temporary marching backpack, a large amount of compressed food and drinking water.
Members of the Jiangnan City Police Force including Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, as well as locals including Lao Zhang, Officer Xiaoxuan, and guide Xu Youzhi.
A group of seven people gathered in the courtyard of the Hushan Town Police Station.
Xu Youzhi walked in front of everyone, roughly checked everyone's supplies, and then nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Okay, with these things, we can speed up and try to catch up with Hu Peng as soon as possible."
"Then why don't we arrange a team of personnel to wait and see in Haibei City? We have done this before when handling similar cases."
Lu Weiwei also told the story of how everyone tracked down the people at Fairy Peak in Jiangnan City.
Officer Xiaoxuan nodded silently: "It's also possible, but you need to contact the Haibei City Police."
"However, I heard from Xu Youzhi that there are many wild roads over there, so it's impossible to tell which road Hu Peng took?"
"To block it in this way, or to wait and see, seems to be inadequate."
"Senior Sister Lu and Officer Xiaoxuan have good ideas." After listening to the two policewomen's stories, Gu Chen also walked up to him and expressed his opinion:
"Letting the police from Haibei City assist in the investigation will definitely cause some trouble."
"And this mountain range is spread over a wide area, so we can't do some useless work."
"At least, we can track Hu Peng based on his whereabouts."
"When Hu Peng crossed this wild road, it would inevitably produce traces, or in other words, some garbage."
"In addition, this wild road is actually rarely used by travellers."
"In this way, investigating Hu Peng's traces seems to become much simpler."
Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen continued: "What we have to do now is to speed up and try to find Hu Peng as soon as possible."
"That's good." After Gu Chen finished speaking, Officer Wang stood up and said a few words as an old comrade:
"No more nonsense, our goal now is to speed up and catch up with Hu Peng."
Turning to look at Lao Zhang, Officer Wang said again: "Director Zhang, let's... take action."
"Okay." Lao Zhang nodded, then pointed to the commercial police lane aside: "Let's take this car and go to the foot of the mountain together."
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Ten minutes later, everyone came to a remote open space. Lao Zhang parked the vehicle under a big tree, and everyone got out of the car.
Stand in front of the vehicle to assemble.
Xu Youzhi pointed to a stream ahead and said: "This is the way to go up the mountain. Let's walk along the stream first, and then you can follow me."
"The mountains here are high and densely forested. At the beginning, you need to quickly climb to a high altitude, which may consume a lot of energy."
"Besides, if you are not careful, you may get lost, so it is best for everyone to follow my footsteps."
"Understood, let's go quickly." Yuan Shasha looked at the time and felt that it was already getting late and felt that there was no need to waste any more time.
Afterwards, everyone looked at each other, letting Xu Youzhi take the lead, and everyone began to walk quickly towards the stream.
During the trip, everyone also randomly found some thick branches to use as trekking poles to assist in climbing.
After a while, everyone entered the bamboo forest.
Because the stream blocked the road, everyone could only cross the ravine quickly by stepping on some rotten bamboo pole bridges.
After passing through the bamboo forest, we entered a dense forest.
The ravines here are all streams, and you need to find rocks to climb.
After a while, Officer Xiaoxuan was out of breath.
Officer Wang comforted him: "What's wrong, Officer Xiaoxuan?"
"I'm not very physically strong." Officer Xiaoxuan, dressed heavily and roughly, also said angrily:
"Before, I felt that my physical strength was quite good, and it was no problem to climb mountains and ridges."
"But now, I didn't expect that this high altitude would require a rapid climb."
"And the slope here is generally around 60 degrees, and some even exceed 70 degrees."
With a heavy breath, Officer Xiaoxuan said helplessly:
"It seems that we have encountered a tough situation this time."
"Don't worry, once you cross this section, the rest of the road will be much easier to walk."
Xu Youzhi, who was leading the way, turned back and said.
Only then did everyone look at him.
Although Xu Youzhi is a white-haired old man, his climbing movements are agile and he looks more like a young man.
Especially when traveling through the mountains and forests, his movement sensitivity is far beyond that of ordinary people.
Especially Gu Chen saw all this in his eyes and thought to himself that if he and Xu Youzhi competed in climbing mountains, Xu Youzhi might have an absolute advantage in terms of skills, but in terms of physical strength, he might be better.
But now, just at the beginning, some people in the team are beginning to feel uncomfortable with the intensity of such rapid climb to high altitudes.
Thinking that he still needed to walk in the mountains and forests for a few days, Gu Chen couldn't help but worry about the next trip.
As if seeing Gu Chen's worry, Officer Xiaoxuan quickly said: "It's okay, I just felt a little uncomfortable at first. My physical fitness is still good, but my skills are a bit behind."
"That's good." Seeing what Officer Xiaoxuan said, Gu Chen also explained:
"Due to everyone's physical fitness, there may be differences in participation, so it is not required that everyone can reach a unified rhythm."
After a pause, Gu Chen said again: "Let's see, we are temporarily divided into two teams, one is the forward team. Those with good physical strength and can keep up with the rhythm are in the front."
"And the team behind can keep a certain distance from the forward team."
"Our forward team will mark the road for the rear team. Everyone can just follow the signs. Is there any problem?"
After Gu Chen's brief discussion, everyone immediately looked at each other and seemed to feel that it was acceptable.
Officer Xiaoxuan also nodded silently: "That's good. At least people like me won't hold everyone back. So, now we need to determine the type of mark."
"Don't worry, I brought a lot of red rope, which can be tied to the tree trunks." As soon as Officer Xiaoxuan finished speaking, Lao Zhang took out a roll of red rope from his pocket.
But having the experience of searching for Zhou Xiaotong in the dense forests of Jiangnan City last time, Gu Chen quickly reminded: "This is very good, but if someone follows us or follows us up the mountain, they don't want us to find Hu Peng."
"Perhaps those people will secretly destroy these marks, so to be safe, everyone needs to use a dagger to mark the direction while tying the red rope."
"Okay." After hearing Gu Chen's words, Lao Zhang agreed.
Gu Chen looked around, then pointed to one of the big trees and said, "Take this tree as an example. Tie a red rope on the trunk, and then use a dagger to mark the direction of the arrow."
After finishing his words, Gu Chen took a red rope from Lao Zhang's hand and tied it to the tree trunk skillfully.
Then Gu Chen took out his dagger and marked the arrow on the tree trunk.
Turning around, Gu Chen said to everyone: "Remember, the arrow is drawn in one stroke, and all the gestures are connected together."
"If you find that there are several strokes on the arrow, or there are multiple daubs, it is most likely not the marks made by us, so be sure to remember it."
"Haha." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Xu Youzhi couldn't help but laugh twice and complained:
"Comrade police, do you want to be so delicate? Isn't it just a mark? Is this necessary?"
"You don't understand." Seeing that Xu Youzhi was unclear about the specific situation, Yuan Shasha quickly explained:
"Senior Brother Gu and the others were plotted against in the dense forest before, and they were almost unable to determine the path."
"Because someone will sabotage the marked point. Senior Brother Gu does this. If someone sabotages it, we can identify it at a glance."
"That's right." As soon as Yuan Shasha finished speaking, Lu Weiwei also stood up and said: "It's right to be careful."
Walking to the mark drawn by Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei said again: "Look, an arrow drawn in one stroke is connected together. You can repeatedly draw thicker strokes, but in general, the arrow is one stroke.
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"In this way, we can accurately identify whether these are the marks made by us."
"If someone intentionally damages the mark or even smears on the mark, then that's OK."
"Because the direction marked is the direction of walking. This is unmistakable."
After a pause, Lu Weiwei continued to ask: "Is everyone clear? Do you understand?"
"Understood." After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, everyone nodded in agreement.
Only the white-haired old Xu felt it was unnecessary.
As a result, everyone quickly divided into two camps.
Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang, Lao Zhang and Xu Youzhi are temporarily in the first camp.
Officer Xiaoxuan and Yuan Shasha are in the second camp.
If anyone in the first camp is exhausted, they can temporarily wait for the second camp and join the second camp.
In this way, everyone can take care of each other in the woods.
Gu Chen also hopes that everyone can enter the forest safely and come out safely.
After all, finding someone is not risking your life.
Since he knew how dangerous the hinterland of the forest was before, Gu Chen knew better than anyone else the importance of protecting himself.
In particular, tracing Hu Peng's whereabouts seems to carry huge risks.
In addition, Xu Youzhi, is he really helping everyone, or is he deliberately causing trouble for everyone?
For now, it's not easy for Gu Chen to judge, so he can only wait and see what happens.
And Gu Chen also knew that he needed to guard against Xu Youzhi.
Because if Xu Youzhi is a member of that mysterious group, then if everyone follows Xu Youzhi and goes into the mountains to look for Hu Peng, they may be bringing danger to Hu Peng.
Once something unexpected happens, perhaps Xu Youzhi will choose to deal with Hu Peng at a certain time.
Of course Gu Chen knew that this group should be quite difficult to deal with.
Gu Chen had even simulated everything that might happen in his mind.
Including that when Xu Youzhi was about to discover Hu Peng, he would deliberately find a reason to leave the team, and then rely on his familiarity with the terrain to quickly find Hu Peng and kill him.
In this way, once Hu Peng dies, many things will remain unproven.
This is what Gu Chen is most worried about right now.
However, looking at Xu Youzhi's warm-hearted appearance and recounting his past with Hu Peng, it is still somewhat credible at present.
But Gu Chen was also an overly sensitive person. Gu Chen didn't dare to believe Xu Youzhi 100%.
"Junior Brother Gu, what's wrong with you?" Lu Weiwei couldn't help but remind her when she saw that the teams had been divided, but Gu Chen was frozen in place, as if he was still thinking about something.
After Gu Chen reacted, he said "Ah" and quickly replied: "I'm fine. Since the teams have been divided, let's leave it like that."
"Everyone will set off together for the time being. When the second team needs a rest, everyone can choose to separate, but the distance cannot be too long."
"Because there is no mobile phone signal in the mountains, so everyone should be careful about everything."
"Understood." Seeing Gu Chen say this, Officer Xiaoxuan also nodded silently.
Then everyone started to move on.
As the mountain road that followed became increasingly steeper and the gradient exceeded 70 degrees, everyone felt more and more that their physical strength was about to be exhausted.
Gu Chen, who was second in the team, looked up at Xu Youzhi, who was walking swiftly, and then looked back at his teammates at the foot of the mountain.
Suddenly, it seemed that Xu Youzhi's sense of urgency was stronger than anyone else's.
Gu Chen certainly believed that Xu Youzhi wanted to find Hu Peng as soon as possible, but due to his purpose and motivation, Gu Chen did not dare to compliment him, so he could only speed up again and follow Xu Youzhi.
Unknowingly, Gu Chen and Xu Youzhi had put a huge distance away from the others.
At this moment, Gu Chen quickly shouted to stop: "Xu Youzhi, stop for a moment and wait for the others."
When Xu Youzhi heard this, he stopped helplessly and looked back at the people in the distance. Then he found a gentle rock, sat on it and waited, saying:
"You guys are not very good. You don't feel like you have the physical strength to keep up."
"It's because my mountain climbing skills can't keep up." Although Gu Chen knew that it was Xu Youzhi who was more proficient in mountain climbing skills.
In front of everyone, Xu Youzhi seemed to have obvious advantages.
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