In fact, in the process of searching, we are discovering more and more that the traces seem to be getting further and further away.
Therefore, what Gu Chen said just now directly reminded everyone, allowing them to recover from their confusion.
"Gu Bureau, you mean we've already passed?" the fire brigade leader asked.
"That's right." Gu Chen sighed softly and pointed to the way he came. "According to the physical strength at that time, it is impossible for the other party not to rest. However, no trace was found after such a long distance."
"This shows that the other party may be nearby. We should go back and spread out the search."
"Okay, I agree with you." In fact, Gu Chen's words also spoke to the heart of the fire brigade leader.
I originally thought that I should do this, so I quickly reminded everyone: "Everyone, get up and go back quickly."
As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately packed their equipment and started looking for the way to and from each other.
But this time, everyone did not speed up the pace, but chose to search all over the place.
The so-called slow work brings out the best work. Before two minutes had passed, a member of the fire and rescue team reminded him: "Report, there is something discovered here."
When everyone heard this, they immediately stopped what they were doing and ran towards the firefighter in unison.
At this moment, countless flashlight lights were shining on the same location.
Gu Chen and the fire brigade leader took a look and found a man lying motionless in the snow.
Gu Chen took the lead and walked forward, squatted down, and turned the other person's body slightly sideways.
After taking a closer look, I found that it was one of the three outdoor hikers I met that night.
"Is it him?" Seeing Gu Chen stunned there, the fire brigade leader also asked quickly.
"That's right." Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen nodded silently and couldn't help but said, "This person is one of the three outdoor hikers."
"Now there is another man with scars on his face who has not been found. Let's go look around again."
"Okay." With Gu Chen's words, the crowd surrounding him immediately dispersed.
Gu Chen began to check the man's breath.
After a while, Gu Chen took a deep breath, looked at the fire brigade leader beside him, and reminded him: "There is still one breath left."
When the fire brigade leader heard this, his eyes widened, and he quickly waved to the people behind him and said, "We need a stretcher."
Not long after, a portable stretcher was quickly carried to the front. Everyone quickly lifted the man gently and fixed him on the stretcher.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, took off his coat and put it directly on the man.
He took a thermos cup, poured warm water on the cup lid, and gently put it into the man's mouth.
"What's going on?" asked a young firefighter.
"I passed out. There were some scratch marks on my body from tree branches, but there were no fatal injuries. It may have been a coma caused by lack of physical strength." Gu Chen said.
"Yes." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, the fire brigade leader couldn't help but said:
"At night, in this kind of wilderness, being chased by someone and jumping off a cliff requires a lot of courage."
"I was being chased crazily in the woods again. In the end, I lost strength and fainted. It's normal."
Glancing at the man lying on the stretcher, the fire team leader added: "Now, the injured must be sent down the mountain for treatment immediately, otherwise this guy may not survive."
After the words fell, the fire brigade leader also took out the thermal blanket, began to remove Gu Chen's coat, and wrapped the thermal blanket around the injured person.
Then he threw his coat to Gu Chen again and said: "You'd better wear your coat, it's cold here, be careful of catching a cold."
"Okay." Seeing that the fire brigade leader had already dealt with the situation at the scene, Gu Chen said nothing more and immediately began to search everywhere based on the location of the injured person.
Everyone has been searching in the forest for nearly an hour, checking many areas around the injured, but no clues were found.
Several young team members returned to Gu Chen dejectedly and reported directly:
"Gu Bureau, we have searched the surrounding area and found no traces or injured. I don't know where the other person ran?"
"Yes, Director Gu, I estimate that the other injured person may have fled to other places, and may not have jumped from the cliff at all." Another firefighter expressed his opinion.
Gu Chen nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "Since there are no traces around, okay, let's go to the forest path immediately and meet up with the others."
"Okay." Seeing that everyone was finally leaving a place where they had to be wary of falling branches at any time, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
So, everyone began to carry the wounded on the stretcher and walked cautiously down the mountain.
When he came to the mountain path, Gu Chen had vaguely noticed that there were several strong flashlight lights shining behind him.
Gu Chen knew clearly that this might be Lu Weiwei's team, which happened to be coming around from the ridgeline.
So Gu Chen picked up his strong-light flashlight and began to shine it at the other party, sending the light source rhythmically.
The other party seemed to have found Gu Chen's location and directly sent the rhythm light source to Gu Chen.
"It's them. Let's wait here for a moment. After they come, we can go down the mountain together." Gu Chen said.
"Okay." Seeing that other teams were also on the way, the fire brigade leader motioned for everyone to take a break.
Not long after, Lu Weiwei and several other police officers came to Gu Chen panting.
Looking at Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei also complained: "Gu... Junior Brother Gu, it seems that you are faster. Have you... noticed anything?"
Gu Chen did not reply directly, but also stepped aside.
Lu Weiwei looked up and saw a portable stretcher on the ground in front of her.
On the stretcher, there was an unconscious wounded person lying.
Lu Weiwei looked at Gu Chen in disbelief: "Junior Brother Gu, have you really found it?"
"Only one of them has been found, and he is still in a coma. The other one is the man with scars on his face. We don't have any clues about him yet," Gu Chen said.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "That's good, at least we found a survivor." When she said this, Lu Weiwei gasped even harder.
Gu Chen looked behind Lu Weiwei and asked Lu Weiwei:
"Sister Lu, how is the situation here? Did you find anything along the way?"
"No." Lu Weiwei waved her hand and said angrily: "I didn't find anything along the way. I fell a lot when I fell, and my butt was almost swollen."
As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of suppressed laughter from the crowd.
But Lu Weiwei didn't care about this and continued: "Junior Brother Gu, send this person down the mountain quickly."
"Yes." Gu Chen nodded silently and asked curiously: "Senior Sister Lu, why don't you take a rest first? Then follow us down the mountain?"
"No, no, no." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei immediately refused: "I'm not tired. Isn't it normal to be out of breath? I have good physical strength and can keep up with everyone."
"Okay." Seeing this situation, Gu Chen looked at the fire brigade members around him and reminded him:
"Would any of you go and call back the people guarding the tent? There is no point in guarding there now."
"I'll do it. Fortunately, we are equipped with a mobile phone that can make satellite calls." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, the fire team leader took out his mobile phone and started operating it.
Gu Chen looked at everyone again and reminded, "Okay, let's set off now."
Everyone lifted the stretcher of the unconscious man again and began to walk down the mountain.
When everyone walked out of this dense forest and arrived at Hemu Village, it was already around six o'clock in the morning.
At this moment, everyone was exhausted. The first thing they did when they returned to Hemu Village was to rush into the temporary resettlement house and huddle together to warm themselves by the fire.
Many people's feet had already been frozen, and more people fell down and fell asleep.
Many people found it unbearable to search into the mountains for days and under such extreme conditions with heavy snowfall.
Fatigue and cold are eroding everyone.
"Gu Bureau." As soon as Gu Chen came to the door, several police officers who were staying in Hemu Village came directly to the door.
"Which of you can drive?" Gu Chen asked.
"We can all do it," said a tall, thin police officer.
"Very good, prepare a car for us. We are going to take this injured person down the mountain." Gu Chen said.
"Then you come with us quickly." After hearing what Gu Chen said, several police officers immediately took Gu Chen and started running toward the entrance of the village.
Several firefighters carrying portable stretchers immediately followed behind them.
The young police officer opened the trunk of an off-road vehicle, folded down the back seat, and then laid the portable stretcher flat on top.
Later, Lu Weiwei sat in the passenger seat, and Gu Chen sat on the side of the back seat, holding the injured person's stretcher.
The young police officer drove towards the hospital.
The fire brigade leader just exchanged a few words with Gu Chen and then continued to stay in Hemu Village with his teammates.
At eight o'clock in the morning, when the vehicle drove to the entrance of the hospital, the medical staff who had been waiting for a long time immediately carried the injured person on a stretcher truck and sent him directly to the emergency room.
At this moment, when Gu Chen was about to follow him, someone tapped him on the back and shoulder.
Gu Chen turned around and saw Officer Wang standing there.
"Senior Brother Wang? Why are you here? Aren't you responsible for keeping an eye on Liu Yuan?" When he saw it was Officer Wang, Gu Chen was also very curious.
Officer Wang grinned: "Liu Yuan's side is being watched by Lu Qiang, so it's not a big problem. If anything happens over there, Lu Qiang will tell me immediately."
"On the contrary, I saw the message you sent, saying that you found another injured person on the mountain and was about to send him to the same hospital in Laomou, so I came over quickly."
"So that's it?" Hearing Officer Wang say this, Gu Chen also nodded silently.
So Officer Wang quickly asked: "By the way, Gu Chen, what's going on here?"
"It's nothing. I just found another injured person. It seemed that he was chased off the cliff. In the end, he was exhausted and fainted in the woods. The weather was very cold, so he passed out immediately."
"But it's okay now. I've checked the condition of the injured. There are no serious injuries, only minor injuries. I'll see what the hospital says next. I feel the problem shouldn't be serious."
"That's good, that's good." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang breathed a sigh of relief and then said again:
"One by one, these people were attacked. I don't understand. Who would want to kill these outdoor hikers?"
"Why did those murderers do this? What are the benefits to them?"
After complaining a few words, Officer Wang also sighed heavily.
Lu Weiwei on the side said helplessly: "We still don't know the specific situation. We can only find out what happened that night after the injured person wakes up."
After thinking about it, Lu Weiwei asked Comrade Lao Wang again: "Oh, Lao Wang, those two travel companions who were sent to the Tai City Public Security Bureau, did they explain anything?"
"Not yet." Officer Wang sighed heavily and said helplessly:
"Now we can grasp many clues, but we cannot connect them together."
"It feels like all the clues exist independently, but I don't understand. What problems do these people have?"
"Why do they all come to this specific place at this specific time? Why is it such a coincidence?"
"Could it be that Yanzi came back with the same purpose as these people?" As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, Gu Chen seemed to have discovered something?
Lu Weiwei frowned slightly and asked out of curiosity: "Junior Brother Gu, you mean... maybe Yanzi is in the same group as them?"
"Just take advantage of this time to come here and complete something?"
"It's very possible." After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Gu Chen frowned slightly and expressed his opinion:
"If Yan Zi is with them, then this matter will be a bit troublesome."
"If they all want to get something, what is that thing? Why do so many people come to Centenary Peak at the same time?"
"What secrets are hidden on this Centenary Peak?"
Thinking of this, Gu Chen felt a headache.
It seems that I just can't grasp this key clue.
Fortunately, one or more injured people were found from the hinterland of the forest at Centennial Peak.
If the injured person regains consciousness, other clues may be obtained.
However, for now, Gu Chen felt that a more detailed investigation into the identity of the injured was needed.
In particular, is there any connection between the injured person and the two travelers who set up tents on the waterfall? These all need to be verified.
"Don't just stand here? Go to the hospital and wait." Officer Wang saw that everyone was thinking and reminded him.
Mainly because it was so early in the morning, standing at the door of the hospital, my legs were trembling with cold.
"Let's go." Gu Chen waved his hand without any unnecessary nonsense, and everyone immediately started walking towards the hospital.
10:20 am.
While everyone was waiting quietly in the intensive care unit, the injured man's eyes gradually began to tremble slightly.
After a while, the man slowly woke up and looked around with a confused look.
Lu Weiwei turned around unconsciously, and after discovering the man's condition, she immediately reminded Gu Chen and Officer Wang:
"Junior Brother Gu, Lao Wang, he's awake."
Hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Gu Chen and Officer Wang turned their heads at the same time.
When they saw the man regaining consciousness, they immediately gathered around him.
"How are you? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else?" Gu Chen asked him quickly.
The man squinted his eyes and waited for a few seconds before he said weakly: "I...my head feels so dizzy, and I feel uncomfortable all over."
"You're lucky, you met us and saved your life." Officer Wang looked at the injured man and said angrily.
The man glanced at Officer Wang, then at Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei. For a moment, his mind was filled with thoughts.
He also looked curious and asked: "Eh? You guys? Have we met somewhere?"
"Of course I have seen it." Seeing the injured man say this, Lu Weiwei also explained the reason: "We met on the ridgeline."
"On the ridgeline?" After thinking for a while, the injured man seemed to have some impression. After a moment, he said "Oh":
"Yes, we have met before. It's right on the ridgeline. You are walking in the opposite direction. Yes, it's you."
When he saw the faces of several people, the man also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Where are your companions?" Gu Chen saw that he had come back to his senses and his consciousness seemed to be gradually clearing up, so he hurriedly asked him.
"My companion?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, the man frowned and his face suddenly became ugly.
"Where are they?" Officer Wang asked quickly.
"I...I don't know." The man shook his head slightly and said with a painful look on his face: "I only remember that that night, someone was killing people, yes, they were killing people."
"Speak slowly." Seeing that the man was emotionally unstable at the moment, Gu Chen adjusted the angle of the law enforcement recorder and then said:
"Explain to us in detail what you know."
"Okay, okay." With a heavy sigh, the man tried hard to remember, and then said slowly:
"I only remember that that night, I just took over outside the tent, but when I came back, I found that my companion was being strangled from behind with a rope."
"I saw very clearly at the time that someone was strangling my neck. My companion was already dying, but it scared me."
"Because, there were only three of us camping on that flat land at that time."
"How many people did you see at that time?" Officer Wang asked.
"How many people were there at that time?" After thinking for a few seconds, the injured man shook his head:
"I'm not sure. I only know that one of my companions was being strangled from the back with a rope. It was obvious that he wanted to strangle my companion to death."
"I was completely frightened and shouted for help."
"However, this shouting alerted another person. That person looked at me from another direction. I also saw that he was holding a knife in his hand."
"When he saw me standing on the edge of the cliff, the guy with the knife quickly rushed towards me. Then, I was so frightened that I slipped and fell off the edge of the cliff where I had just urinated."
"So this is how you fell? We thought you jumped by yourself when you were escaping?" Lu Weiwei suddenly realized after hearing what the injured man said.
Although there are some differences between the situation analyzed by Gu Chen and Gu Chen, the fact that he fell from the edge of the cliff is consistent with Gu Chen's judgment.
"Keep talking." Gu Chen reminded.
"Okay." The injured man nodded silently and said in horror:
"I was completely frightened at that time. My foot slipped and I fell directly. Fortunately, I grabbed some rocks on the edge of the cliff with both hands, which allowed me to hang half in the air."
"However, in front of me is the murderer who is holding a knife and rushing directly towards me, while below is a slope that is not too high."
"At that time, I had no choice. I had no choice but to let go and jump off the cliff, then roll onto the snow and finally be hit hard against a big tree."
"It was the big tree that saved me, otherwise I would have rolled all the way down the mountain. At that time, I might have been thrown to death."
"What happened next?" After hearing what the injured man said, Gu Chen continued to ask.
"Later?" He gasped twice, and the injured man tried hard to remember, and continued:
"Later, I only remember that my waist was hit and the pain was unbearable."
"My eyes were blurry, and I saw someone chasing me with a flashlight on the top of the cliff. It might be the man with the knife just now."
"The flashlight light in his hand shone directly on me, and then he seemed to be observing the height of the cliff."
"I know, I knew very well at that time that I had to get up immediately and leave this hellish place quickly."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "But just when I got up, I found that the guy had begun to climb down the cliff, and the light quickly shone over him.
"
Breathing heavily, the injured man said in fear:
"I was almost scared out of my mind, so I kept running, kept running, kept running, and fell again and again."
"I know that if I stop running, once caught by this person, he will definitely kill me, because I saw with my own eyes that they killed my companions."
When he said this, it seemed that the scene at that time came to mind again.
The injured man was agitated and his whole body was shaking violently.
At this moment, a nurse just walked in from outside.
Seeing everyone gathered around, he also reminded me: "Everyone give way."
Upon seeing this, Gu Chen, Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei took a step back.
The nurse stepped forward and began to observe the injured man's condition.
Then, check the data against the instrument.
After some professional operation, he changed the medicine bottle for the man. When he turned to look at Gu Chen, he immediately whispered softly:
"The patient is still very weak. If you want to talk to him, please keep your voice down so as not to arouse the patient's emotions."
"I understand, thank you." Gu Chen thanked him.
The female nurse smiled sweetly: "You're welcome. If you need help with anything, remember to click here."
The female nurse pointed to the button on the bedside.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "Understood."
"Okay." Looking Gu Chen up and down, the female nurse reluctantly left.
Then Gu Chen looked at the injured man on the hospital bed again, and continued to ask him:
"How did you escape?"
"Later? I'm not sure. My head felt dizzy and I felt severe pain."
"Don't be in a hurry. Speak slowly." Lu Weiwei also knew that slow work would produce careful work, and she didn't want to force the man.
The injured man paused for several seconds before continuing to communicate with Gu Chen in a weak tone:
"I remember that I ran as hard as I could, running and falling all the way, but I still couldn't get rid of that person."
"That person's light kept shining behind me in various ways."
"No matter how much I run, as long as he stops and shines a light on me, he can locate my approximate location."
"I almost collapsed because I didn't dare to turn on the flashlight. Once I turned on the flashlight, I would expose myself."
"But the light behind me always kept locking on me, so I could only keep turning back and running to prevent the other party from finding my running pattern."
After a pause, the injured man also said helplessly: "Later, I only remember that many branches of the big trees in the forest fell down due to the heavy snow."
"The broken branches splashed snowflakes all around, and together with the noise of various explosions, it interfered with the other party's observation rhythm."
"I relied on God's help to successfully evade tracking."
"But I also know very well that if I run all the way down, my footprints will definitely not be hidden, and they will definitely be discovered by the other party."
"So, I didn't dare to slow down, because I knew that if I kept walking towards the bottom of the woods, I would be able to reach another forest path going down the mountain."
Having said this, the injured man glanced at Gu Chen and said as a reminder: "You could only meet us from the mountain on that forest path."
"That's right." Gu Chen confirmed the injured man's statement.
The injured man continued to explain: "I remember at the time that I wanted to go through the woods quickly, find the trail going down the mountain, and then run to Hemu Village quickly."
"As soon as I get to the village, I can ask for help from the villagers and then call the police."
"What happened next? Why did you lie down in the snow?" Gu Chen also looked curious.
The injured man sighed heavily and shook his head helplessly: "I don't know. I was exhausted at the time and felt that my physical strength could hardly support it."
"In addition, I was running fast in the dark and kept falling down. This stumble made me completely confused."
"Until I came to some big trees, I no longer had any strength."
"I just felt that my legs were weak and my eyes were black. I don't remember anything else."
Looking over Gu Chen and others, the injured man also added: "Later, when I opened my eyes, you guys appeared in front of me."
"I looked at my surroundings and thought I was hallucinating. Then I saw the hanging bottle and realized that I might be in the hospital."
Having said this, the injured man seemed to have thought of something again. So he quickly asked Gu Chen: "By the way, where are my companions? How are they?"
"One of them is dead, the one who was strangled, and the other one's current whereabouts are unknown and we haven't found him yet," said Police Officer Wang on the side.
"Really?" Upon hearing this, the injured man choked up and tears instantly burst into his eyes.
"Don't be sad either." Lu Weiwei took out a tissue, put it in the corner of the man's eyes, dipped it in it, and continued:
"We will definitely find a way to help you find another companion, but now, we want to know why they want to kill you?"
"I...I don't know." When the injured man heard what Lu Weiwei said, he immediately shook his head and denied:
"I don't know them at all. To be precise, I don't even know what they look like."
"What did you say? Didn't you see what the other person looked like?" Hearing this, Officer Wang was quite disappointed.
You know, the injured man now is the key clue and the key figure.
But he didn't see the murderer's appearance clearly, which is terrible and will bring a lot of trouble to everyone's subsequent investigation work.
That's why Officer Wang seemed particularly agitated.
The injured man said helplessly: "To be honest, I really didn't see the other person's face clearly. Those people seemed to be wearing masks. Yes, they were wearing masks. I couldn't see their faces clearly."
"How many people are there?" Gu Chen asked.
"How many people? Let me think about it." The injured man sighed and immediately began to think.
After a moment, he shook his head and said: "I'm not sure, but there was only one person who was strangling my friend at that time."
"Besides, he was the one who was holding a knife and chasing me all the way."
"I only saw these two people at that time. Other than that, I didn't seem to see anyone else."
"That means there are at least two murderers?" Gu Chen repeated based on the injured man's confession.
After thinking briefly for a few seconds, the injured man nodded and said:
"Yes, that's right, there are two people, at least two people. As for whether there are others? Well...I can't say, maybe there are, maybe there are not."
"Have you seen clearly the specific appearance and body shape of these two people?" After listening to the injured man's story, Gu Chen continued to ask.
This time it was a bit difficult for the other party. After struggling repeatedly, the injured man finally shook his head at Gu Chen and said:
"I'm sorry, comrade police, I really don't remember. I only remember that someone was chasing me with a knife. I just ran for my life and didn't dare to carefully observe the appearance and size of the murderer."
"Just in the vague running environment, I glanced behind me and found that the other person seemed to be wearing a mask."
"Other than that, there is no other impression."
The words fell, but the man quickly added: "If I remember it, I will tell you as soon as possible."
"Okay." After hearing what the man said, Gu Chen knew that if he continued to ask, he might only get the same result.
But Gu Chen did not give up and continued to ask the injured man: "By the way, are you brothers or friends?"
"You mean, we outdoor people?" the injured man asked uncertainly.
"Yes." Gu Chen nodded silently and continued to emphasize: "What is the relationship between the three of you?"
"The three of us all met while hiking outdoors. Later, we all felt like-minded, so we went to many places together. Gradually, we formed a team wherever we went."
"In other words, is it an ordinary travel buddy relationship?" Officer Wang continued to emphasize.
The injured man also nodded slightly: "Yes, we are just friends. I don't even know what their two names are? I only know that one is called Lao Ba and the other is Scar."
"Lao Ba? Scar? What does it mean? Literally?" Officer Wang heard this and said curiously.
