Gu Chen knew that everyone's physical strength was different, and it was impossible to maintain the same speed during the pursuit.
But for now, if these two mysterious people are let go, many clues will be interrupted again.
Finding these two people and holding them down is the current optimal solution.
After a brief discussion with everyone, Gu Chen decisively accelerated his pace and searched ahead alone.
Since no one is at odds with each other now, even if Gu Chen single-handedly holds the other party down, the other party may not necessarily be deadlocked with Gu Chen.
Therefore, Gu Chen's purpose was to delay time and try to buy time for the large army.
"Crunch, crunch..."
As Gu Chen continued to speed up his pace, the footprints in the snow in front of him gradually became clearer, and the depth of the footprints became more obvious.
"It's right in front. These people can't run far." Gu Chen, dressed roughly, continued to quicken his pace.
Gu Chen, who had the blessing of functional drinks, actually did not consume much physical energy for this kind of pursuit.
However, snow tracking is often affected by the natural environment.
For example, if Gu Chen didn't bring crampons, his feet would inevitably slip when walking in this kind of snow.
Gu Chen's balance ability is relatively good, but others are not so lucky, and they will definitely fall.
With two branches used as hiking poles, Gu Chen's walking speed also accelerated a lot.
But when Gu Chen tracked an area ahead, the footprints in front suddenly split into two directions.
One to the left and one to the right.
When seeing this scene, Gu Chen instinctively became alert, stopped and looked around.
At this moment, there was silence all around, and you could even hear the "rustling" sound of snowflakes falling on the leaves.
The footprints that had been moving forward suddenly separated. Gu Chen felt that something was wrong, at least it was impossible for the two mysterious people to separate.
Now that we are separated, it means that our physical strength has reached its limit.
After all, being able to compete with Gu Chen in speed is already considered a leader in physical fitness.
"These two people may have lost their physical strength, so they hid separately." Gu Chen thought to himself, so he used a flashlight to shine on both sides.
Then the footprints disappeared into the woods.
Because the footprints separated in front of me, the situation began to appear messier than in the woods.
Therefore, Gu Chen did not dare to take it lightly.
Especially these footprints, they even move in circles, and some of them even look very unnatural.
It seemed that some of them were walking backwards just to confuse Gu Chen.
After all, Gu Chen is an expert in traces. Naturally, these Xiao Jiujiu cannot escape Gu Chen's eyes.
At this moment, Gu Chen decided to follow the left side. After all, you can't have your cake and eat it too, so he had to do the same thing first.
"Crunch, crunch."
As footsteps began to sound, Gu Chen felt more and more that the surrounding environment became weird.
The footprints were in a pile of weeds in the snow, which suddenly became extremely confusing.
Before Gu Chen could react, a black shadow suddenly flashed behind him, and a sound broke through the air.
With quick eyes and quick hands, Gu Chen quickly took a long step forward, then turned around and greeted with a bright flashlight.
The flashlight light shines on the opponent's tools and emits a bright reflection.
Only then did Gu Chen realize that the opponent's tool seemed to be a bit long. Even if he dodged backwards, the tool could still focus his palm.
"Snapped!"
Also amid a muffled sound, Gu Chen, who had no time to react, quickly knocked the bright flashlight out of his hand.
When Gu Chen saw this, he immediately rolled to the ground to avoid it.
The place where I was standing just now was immediately attacked by the other party's tools.
As the bright flashlight fell to the ground, Gu Chen's vision suddenly went dark.
The opponent also took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on Gu Chen. Since Gu Chen still held two wooden sticks in his hand, Gu Chen raised them to form a cross structure.
The opponent's tool was instantly chopped into the middle of the stick.
"call!"
It was at this moment that Gu Chen heard a roar coming from behind.
Gu Chen's ears trembled slightly and he subconsciously flashed to the right.
The sound of breaking through the air immediately fell into the snow.
Seeing this, Gu Chen used the few light sources and ran directly towards the woods quickly.
Use the cover of the woods to quickly make a few runs and dodges, plus some tactical rolls, to quickly break away from the opponent.
When Gu Chen rolled into a pile of weeds, Gu Chen immediately adjusted his breathing and stayed quiet.
Since the opponent was in a sneak attack at that time, he could use the flashlight light source in Gu Chen's hand as a target.
But now, Gu Chen's bright flashlight fell to the ground, and the other party did not turn on the flashlight, so the surroundings soon fell into darkness.
The only light source here was the flashlight Gu Chen dropped, but because it was blocked by weeds, the area illuminated by the light source was very effective.
"Hoo, ho." Gu Chen carefully kept his breathing and tried not to make any noise.
At this moment, Gu Chen knew very well that as long as he delayed the other party and waited for his large troops to arrive, then these two people would undoubtedly be the turtle in the urn.
At this time, it seemed that these two people did not take advantage during the sneak attack and even made the target disappear.
Therefore, the two of them quickly entered a lurking state, and seemed to be identifying Gu Chen's location.
At this moment, the scene became quiet again.
Gu Chen kept absolutely quiet, but the other party did not dare to act rashly.
In this way, after everyone was in a stalemate for a while, it seemed that the other party began to realize that Gu Chen was stalling for time.
But if we don't get rid of Gu Chen, it seems that it will be difficult to escape now.
After thinking about it, the other party began to feel a little impatient. One of them stood up directly and started to look for Gu Chen.
The other person was not willing to lag behind and moved directly from the other side in an attempt to attack Gu Chen from both sides.
Just as the movements on both sides were getting closer and closer, Gu Chen also began to prepare for a desperate counterattack.
Obviously, the other party could only guess the general area where Gu Chen was hiding, but where exactly? The other party was not absolutely sure yet.
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"Crunch, crunch..."
As the footsteps got closer and closer, Gu Chen tried to calm down and keep his breathing rhythm consistent.
Afterwards, Gu Chen put down the wooden stick in his hand and grabbed a large handful of snow on the ground. When the movement on the right was getting closer and closer, Gu Chen suddenly rushed out and sprinkled the snow in his hand towards the opponent.
The opponent may have been prepared and looked for a way to dodge back, but Gu Chen seized the opportunity, kicked back with the toes of his right leg, and rushed towards the opponent with lightning speed like a small jingle bell.
When the other party saw Gu Chen rushing toward him, he raised the tool in his hand to fight back.
But in terms of speed, Gu Chen had an absolute advantage. While the opponent was avoiding the snow, Gu Chen had already rushed forward.
If the opponent wants to organize a counterattack, it is obviously too late.
"Snapped!"
After Gu Chen swung his leg and kicked the tool away from the opponent's hand, the opponent wanted to get entangled with Gu Chen again, but it was obvious that Gu Chen had no intention of letting the opponent succeed.
As soon as the opponent's hands came forward, Gu Chen squatted on the spot and performed a beautiful sweeping kick, sending the opponent flying into the air.
"oops!"
As a scream came out, the opponent was swept by the sweeper's legs and fell to the ground in the snow.
With quick eyes and quick hands, Gu Chen seized the opportunity and quickly charged forward.
A standard grappling action, quickly slamming the opponent's hands behind his back.
The rose gold handcuffs were then thrown out, and the opponent's hands were quickly locked behind his back.
Just when Gu Chen subdued the opponent in front of him, his body was kicked violently.
Gu Chen lost his balance and followed the trend, doing a tactical roll on the spot to protect his body from harm.
The other person had sharp eyes and quick hands, and kept slashing at Gu Chen with the tool in his hand.
"Hoo! Hoo!"
With the sound of the tool breaking through the air, Gu Chen continued to attack Gu Chen. Gu Chen dodged tactically and never allowed the other party to gain any advantage.
Just when the opponent was running out of skills, Gu Chen once again seized the right opportunity. When the opponent relaxed, he quickly stopped and rushed towards the opponent instead.
When the opponent sees that the situation is not good, he immediately throws away the tools in his hand and prepares to attack again.
However, the other party did not expect that Gu Chen would speed up and rush over at this moment.
Just when the opponent threw out the tool, thinking that it could hit Gu Chen, Gu Chen took advantage of the situation and used the inertia of acceleration to directly move into a sliding shovel position.
The opponent had no time to react and was directly kicked in the ankle by Gu Chen's sliding tackle like a football scramble.
Because the force was so great, the opponent lost his balance for a moment and his whole body fell to the ground.
Gu Chen didn't have time to think too much and stood up quickly. When the other person wanted to get up, he quickly pounced behind him and pushed him into the snow.
Afterwards, Gu Chen clasped the opponent's hands behind his back, took out his spare handcuffs again, and clasped the opponent's hands behind his back in the same way as the other companion.
"Ouch!"
The other party also screamed, as if his muscles and bones were broken.
At this moment, the man who was beaten by Gu Chen before seemed to want to come over to help his companions. However, the huge figure could not escape Gu Chen's sight.
Gu Chen's side kick was as fast as the wind. Because the force was too great, it actually kicked the opponent into the air and fell heavily to the ground.
"Ouch!"
There was another miserable howl.
At this moment, the two people who attacked Gu Chen were completely subdued.
Since both of them were handcuffed behind their backs and kicked to the ground, Gu Chen was not afraid of the two of them escaping at this moment. He stood up, patted the snowflakes on his body, walked directly to the place where he dropped the bright flashlight, and picked up the flashlight.
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Then, he walked straight towards the two of them and shined a flashlight on them.
At this moment, both of them seemed to be blinded by the bright flashlight and immediately turned their heads away.
Gu Chen was not used to the two of them, so he immediately walked up to one of them, twisted one of them's hair, lifted his head, and observed his appearance: "Is it you?"
When he saw that the other person was one of the people setting up a tent at the waterfall, Gu Chen was both surprised and happy.
I had previously guessed that these two people might be the people I was tracking, but now it seems that my judgment was correct.
So Gu Chen quickly let go of the other person, came to the other person again, and reminded him: "Lift your head."
At this moment, the other party also knew that there was no hope of escape, so he could only raise his head in cooperation and face Gu Chen.
But because the strong light was powered by a flashlight, the other person couldn't open his eyes at all.
But it didn't prevent Gu Chen from seeing the other person's appearance clearly.
"Why are you two? Why are you two here?"
When Gu Chen saw the appearance of the two people clearly, he couldn't help but said.
The two of them squinted their eyes and realized that the person who arrested them was actually Gu Chen who had helped them.
The two of them immediately looked at each other and felt relieved.
"So it's you, comrade policeman?" one of the tall and thin men said.
"Let me ask you, why are you here? Why did you run away? Why did you attack me?" Gu Chen also sounded serious and did not mean to joke with the two of them.
The two seemed extremely embarrassed. One of them gasped heavily before replying: "We were attacked in the mountains and someone wanted to kill us."
"Someone wants to kill you?" Hearing this answer, Gu Chen narrowed his eyes and turned to look at the other man.
The other man also nodded fiercely and echoed:
"That's right, since we separated from you, the two of us have lived in a tent that we set up."
"But that night, something strange happened. The two of us were so frightened that we almost lost our minds, and then we got lost in the mountains."
"You were chasing us all the way just now. I thought the person who was attacking us is chasing us again."
"What's going on? Tell me more clearly." Gu Chen was alert enough to the two of them at this moment. While listening to their stories, he also kept a safe distance from them.
Prevent two people from taking advantage of the conversation to launch a surprise attack on you.
When one of them stood up and wanted to get closer to him, Gu Chen immediately pointed at the other person and warned: "Don't come over, just stand here and explain the situation clearly to me."
"Okay." Seeing that Gu Chen seemed to be slightly wary, it was impossible to get close to Gu Chen, so the other party also let out a long sigh, and then said slowly:
"The situation was like this. Didn't we separate that night? Then the two of us lived in a tent."
"It was fine at first, but late at night, I suddenly heard a strange movement outside."
"Because I was already sleeping in a sleeping bag at the time, I thought it was my companion who went out to take over."
"But later on, the more I heard, the more something was wrong. I always felt that this movement was a bit sneaky."
After saying this, the man sighed heavily and said helplessly:
"As you know, we have been playing outdoors for many years and often camp outdoors."
"Sometimes, there will be some small animals that are interested in our tent, so they will approach our tent."
"So, we are not surprised by this kind of thing, and we are used to it, because the places where we camp are usually relatively safe."
With a heavy sigh, the other party continued to explain: "Of course, there will be some small animals, but to us, the threat is not great, but that night, that night..."
At this point, the man's face turned ugly. He seemed to be worried about what happened that night and was very frightened.
"What happened that night? Tell me clearly." Seeing this, Gu Chen reminded him.
The man tried to calm down and then said slowly: "That night, I heard something going on outside, and something was getting worse and worse."
"The noise didn't sound like it was coming from my companion going to the bathroom outside, nor did it sound like a small animal. It looked like a wild beast was infested."
"Are wild beasts infested?" Hearing this, Gu Chen frowned slightly, pointed at the man and continued to ask:
"What exactly is the beast you are talking about? Is it a human?"
"Yes." Seeing what Gu Chen said, the man nodded silently and continued to explain: "I thought it was a ferocious beast at the time, so I was too scared to say anything."
"But later I discovered that there were some footsteps, and there was more than one."
"Because when we encounter strangers outdoors, we will be extra vigilant, especially in such wilderness, where danger is everywhere."
"But when I thought about it, there might be other outdoor hikers here. For example, the two people we met before who didn't have very professional equipment have also been to Centennial Peak."
"But later, we didn't know where they were going, so we wondered, could it be these two people?"
"But we have to figure out the situation after all, otherwise, we won't be able to sleep at night."
With a faint sigh, the man said helplessly: "So I had no choice, so I got out of the sleeping bag, then opened the tent, ready to check what happened."
"But when I opened the tent, I found that the movement around me suddenly disappeared."
Hearing this, Gu Chen frowned slightly, took a few steps, and continued to ask: "Keep talking."
"Yeah." The man nodded silently, looked at Gu Chen, and continued to explain:
"But I clearly heard a lot of footsteps, and they were very close to me, right next to my ears, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten up to check."
"After all, it takes a lot of courage to get out of a sleeping bag in such a cold weather in the mountains."
"But when I came out of the tent with my jacket on, the surroundings were quiet."
"I was so scared at the time that I didn't know what was going on. I wanted to go find my companion, so I was about to go to another tent, but I found that my companion's tent was actually open."
"Opened?" Hearing this, Gu Chen also looked puzzled, and quickly asked: "So, is your companion going to the toilet?"
"No." At this moment, another man also shook his head and denied: "I went to the toilet before, but while I was going to the toilet, I heard strange footsteps coming from not far away."
"I was quite curious at the time because I was squatting on a large cell phone in a low-lying area, so I observed secretly and found a few dark figures quietly coming around our tent and whispering."
"What did you say?" Gu Chen also felt a little curious.
The man also sighed heavily and quickly explained: "I heard the group said, how to deal with these two people?"
"I know that the two people they are talking about refer to me and my companion."
"Because I was squatting in a low-lying area at the time, these people thought that both of us were sleeping in the tent, so they were planning to attack us."
"At this time, I realized that these people came with bad intentions and seemed to want to murder us."
When he said this, the man also broke into a cold sweat and continued to explain: "We haven't offended anyone here?"
"However, in this kind of wilderness, anything can happen."
"Because the two of us have camped in some places and were extorted by locals, I think these people want to take advantage of the darkness to grab something from us."
"Because it's in the wilderness, it's easy to get something. That's what I thought at the time. I felt like I was being robbed."
"What happened next?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Later?" With a heavy breath, the man continued to explain:
"Later, I didn't dare to say anything, so I just hid quietly in the low-lying area, observing the actions of this group of people, but I also wanted to inform my sleeping companions."
"At that time, I really didn't know what to do. Fortunately, some of the movements of these people might have disturbed my companion, who seemed to have been awakened."
"Yes." As soon as the man finished speaking, the tall and thin man wearing a red jacket quickly replied:
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"When I heard footsteps, I woke up naturally. Then, just like what I told you at the beginning, I walked out of the tent to check the situation, but saw that my companion's tent was open."
"That's right, I was hiding in a low-lying area and observing secretly." said the man in a blue jacket.
"What about these people later?" Gu Chen asked again.
"They are hiding." The two said almost in unison.
Gu Chen raised his eyebrows, pointed at the man in the red jacket, and reminded him, "Say it."
"Okay." The man in the red jacket paused briefly, and then explained again:
"Didn't I go to look for my companion at that time? So, I was outside the tent and kept observing."
"When I turned on the flashlight, I found that a figure flashed behind me. I don't know what the other person was using, but he hit me on the head directly."
Having said this, the man in the red jacket immediately pointed to his forehead and explained in front of Gu Chen:
"Look, this is the wound."
When Gu Chen saw this, he squinted his eyes and discovered that there was indeed some coagulated blood on the other person's forehead.
Moreover, there were indeed some signs of swelling on the other party's forehead.
"Okay, what happens next?" Gu Chen asked.
"After?" The man in the red jacket took a deep breath and said quickly:
"After that, I was knocked to the ground. I thought, I definitely can't sit still and wait for death. These people are definitely not good. Then I cried and prepared to run away."
"But those people were very vicious and seemed to want to kill them all, and then they chased after me. I don't know what to do?"
"But at this moment, I heard the voice of my companion."
"That's right." As soon as the man in the red jacket finished speaking, the man in the blue jacket quickly explained:
"I saw that the group of people had something in their hands and wanted to kill my companion. I was so frightened that I quickly shouted to my companion to attract the group's attention."
"But this shouting made me suffer. The group of people rushed towards me crazily. I was so frightened that I quickly ran down the mountain."
"Because there was no road at the bottom of the mountain, only various trees. However, at that time, I didn't care too much. It was important to escape for my life, so I kept running down the mountain, and some of them also chased me."
With a heavy breath, the man in blue jacket continued to explain:
"Later, I don't know how far I ran. Anyway, I was exhausted, and the footsteps that the other party was following were getting farther and farther."
"Although the risk of pursuit has been reduced, as an outdoor person, I know that I will definitely freeze to death if I stay in such cold mountains for a long time wearing simple clothes."
"So at that time, I knew I had to go back, even if I found a sleeping bag, it would help me keep out the cold."
Taking a deep breath, the man in blue jacket tried to calm down and then continued:
"So, I had no choice but to reuse my knowledge of the terrain and quietly return to the place where we pitched our tent from another hillside."
"Then, I hid around and observed secretly for a while, but found that no one was there, so I sneaked into the tent, took my sleeping bag away, and then left quietly."
"What about you?" Hearing what the man in the blue jacket said, Gu Chen turned his attention to the man in the red jacket.
The man in the red jacket gasped heavily and said helplessly: "I was even worse. I was hit on the forehead by the opponent. The blood was not stopping at the time. I just ran away, and then I heard the movement of my companion, which successfully attracted the opponent's attention to me.
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"So, I ran wildly in the direction of my companion, heading into the woods at the west end of the mountain."
Shaking his head, the man in the red jacket continued to explain: "Later, I also felt that this was not the way to go. I would freeze to death in the mountains."
"So, my thoughts at that time were the same as those of my companions. I had to go back quickly and retrieve my sleeping bag."
"Even if the tent is unlivable, I must find a down sleeping bag to save my life."
Having said this, the man in the red jacket seemed to be still frightened at this moment.
Gu Chen walked back and forth in front of the two of them, also thoughtfully, and then asked:
"Then how did you two end up together?"
"Luck." The man in the red jacket said.
"Luck?" Gu Chen frowned slightly and continued to ask, "How do you say it?"
"It's like this." The man in the blue jacket quickly explained: "After we all got the sleeping bags, we all ran in the direction of our previous escape. Later, we found each other in a gap on the hillside."
"Yes." As soon as the man in the blue jacket finished speaking, the man in the red jacket quickly explained:
"When I met my companion, I thought it was the group of people chasing after me. I was so scared that I didn't dare to say anything, so I could only lie on the ground and observe secretly."
"But when I heard the movement, there was only one person's movement. I observed carefully and found that it was a guy holding a sleeping bag. At first glance, he was my companion."
With a heavy sigh, the man in the red jacket said helplessly: "So, then I made a noise to my companion and asked him to come closer to me, and then the two of us got together."
"Then we discovered that we had all packed sleeping bags and hiking poles."
"However, due to excessive nervousness, the two of us did not bring out many things. Of course, I brought my mobile phone, but it has long since run out of battery."
"Yeah." The man in the blue jacket also looked frustrated and said helplessly:
"We really don't know where these people came from? Why did they attack us?"
"Because I heard you say before that your colleague disappeared near Hemu Village, so we are also very worried."
"I was thinking, could these people be the same ones who attacked or kidnapped your colleagues?"
"I felt that these people were not easy to deal with, so we had no choice but to walk down the mountain, thinking that we would escape this disaster first and then think of a way."
"What happened next?" Listening to the explanations of the two people, Gu Chen felt that they did not seem to be lying.
But Gu Chen still had to be vigilant enough to prevent the other party from cheating.
The man in the blue jacket gasped heavily and explained: "Later, both of our backpacks were lost, and we had no dry food or water."
"Fortunately, it's snowing, so I grab a handful of snow to eat when I'm thirsty. During the day, we have been looking for shelter and hope to go down the mountain as soon as possible and find rescue."
"But in this mountain, if it were that mountain road, we might still be able to find a way back. But when we came to this dense forest, and that night, we were both very scared."
"So, you just rushed down the mountain and didn't even know where you went?"
"In this kind of remote place, we two don't know what to do?"
"But, have you ever been to a village at the foot of that mountain?" Gu Chen asked curiously when he heard this.
"That's right." When Gu Chen asked, the man in red jacket quickly explained:
"We haven't eaten all day, but we are alert to everything around us."
"We don't know if those who attacked us were nearby villagers? We don't know anything."
"So, when the two of us stumbled upon that village, I originally wanted to go in and see if I could get some food from the village."
"But then I thought about it, how could there be a village in this ravine?"
"Although we saw someone lighting candles, the two of us still didn't dare to go in, for fear that it was a trap set by those people."
After saying this, the man in the red jacket also turned blue and continued to explain:
"So, we all kept a careful eye on it and tried our best not to go in if we could avoid it."
"When did you come to that village?" Gu Chen felt very strange when he heard this.
The man in the blue jacket quickly explained: "Not long ago, we were just secretly observing outside the village for a while, but we were still thinking about whether to go in."
"I discovered that there seemed to be many flashlight lights on the hillside behind me."
"We were afraid that those people were chasing us, so we had no choice but to bite the bullet and keep walking forward."
"However, we found that the lights behind us were always chasing us, so we could only run as hard as we could, until neither of us could run anymore."
