Everyone was walking along the dense forest path when they suddenly discovered that Comrade Lao Wang was missing.
Before, everyone was able to maintain formation, but Comrade Lao Wang took the initiative to cut off the rear for everyone.
Gu Chen and Xu Enping chose to open the way ahead.
But now, the person behind the scenes has disappeared.
If Lu Weiwei hadn't reacted to this, perhaps no one would have noticed Comrade Wang was missing at all.
"How could this happen? Didn't you always follow him before?" Gu Chen also turned back and asked.
Lu Weiwei also put on an innocent face: "He was indeed following me before. I could still see him behind me at first, but I don't know how long it took, and I always felt that this guy Lao Wang didn't say a word.
Woolen cloth?"
"I felt curious, so I looked back, and then I realized that Lao Wang was missing."
"Isn't this too outrageous?" Xu Enping frowned at this moment.
Only he knows best. If you lose the team in a place like this, what will you face?
At this moment, Xu Enping could no longer suppress his nervousness and said quickly:
"From now on, the advance should be stopped immediately and the person must be found immediately. Otherwise, Officer Wang's life may be in danger."
"Because this dense forest is full of uncertainties, especially the creatures here, which have never been disturbed by humans."
"But now, if humans rashly enter their territory, they are likely to attack us."
"Then Lao Wang is in danger." Lu Weiwei's heart skipped a beat when she heard this.
I feel that what Xu Enping said does make sense.
Everyone immediately gathered around, and Gu Chen also reminded: "From now on, everyone must always pay attention to the people around them, and the team cannot be separated again."
"You must always pay attention before and after. Now, we will immediately return to the original route to find Senior Brother Wang."
"Yeah." Everyone heard the words and echoed in unison.
It is a very dangerous behavior to lose a person. Everyone no longer cares too much. There is only one thought in their minds, and that is to find the person back immediately.
This time, Gu Chen walked at the front, followed closely by Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha, and Xu Enping took the lead.
With the experience of Officer Wang getting lost, everyone will pay attention to the people in front and behind him this time.
But when Gu Chen walked all the way back, he found that the road he came from before was missing.
Gu Chen immediately stopped and looked around.
Lu Weiwei, who was behind her, quickly came over and asked, "Junior Brother Gu, do you have any questions?"
"Something's wrong." Gu Chen looked forward and couldn't help but explain.
"What's wrong?" Lu Weiwei looked curious.
Gu Chen then turned around and said, "Senior Sister Lu, haven't you noticed that all the traces of when we came here have disappeared?"
"You mean our footprints?" Lu Weiwei was also startled by Gu Chen's words and quickly looked behind Gu Chen.
Yuan Shasha also came over. The three of them looked at the ground and indeed found that the plants that had been trampled down before seemed to no longer exist.
The roads here seem as if no one has ever walked on them.
"It's weird." Lu Weiwei touched her head, looked back, and then said:
"We just walked through a stone road and then came to this lush grassland."
"But now, there are no traces of when we came. What's going on?"
"I remember, we clearly came from this position." Yuan Shasha also pointed to the front and said.
"Let me take a look." Listening to the conversation of several people, Xu Enping also felt that it was quite strange, so he quickly walked over and observed the previous terrain.
But after seeing it, Xu Enping was also confused. He couldn't help scratching the back of his head and said with surprise: "It's really strange. We did come from here? I remember it was this road."
"Is it possible that we took the wrong road? Maybe... I mean it's possible. This road may be just a similar one, but in fact we are taking another one?" Lu Weiwei said.
"But we should have marked it, look at this." Fortunately, Gu Chen was smarter, so he marked the mark on the fixed rock, and then used the stone to draw an arrow mark.
Xu Enping quickly touched it with his hand, nodded and said, "Yes, I remember when we walked this road, you used a stone to draw on the rocks casually."
"Moreover, the traces are still the latest, which shows that we have not taken the wrong path before."
"Then why did the traces disappear?" Yuan Shasha didn't quite understand.
No one can answer for a while what is going on?
But Gu Chen resolutely took a few steps forward, then began to squat down and observe carefully.
Only then did Gu Chen realize that the vegetation here seemed to have self-healing capabilities.
Gu Chen raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "Yes, we took this road. Look, there are several plants here that were broken by us."
"So, there is still some collapse, but some plants that were trampled by us have returned to normal."
"This shows that the plants here have a strong self-healing function, and they just cover up the traces of our walking."
"Oh my god." Lu Weiwei was a little surprised when she heard what Gu Chen said:
"This place always feels quite evil. Is it because it is not suitable for people to live in, so the aborigines have moved away one after another?"
"It's possible." Gu Chen said.
"Now, we have to continue looking for Senior Brother Wan. Do you want to blow the whistle?" Yuan Shasha asked tentatively.
After all, everyone has a survival whistle, which is usually used in emergencies.
But at this moment, Gu Chen also had his own concerns and communicated to everyone: "It's still unclear who killed the guide? And where is he?"
"That person may be nearby, and blowing the whistle rashly may alert them."
"Junior brother Gu is right, now is not the time, let's find Lao Wang first." Lu Weiwei said.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the end, everyone agreed that for the sake of safety, we should continue searching first.
But everyone went back all the way and suffered a lot.
Because the traces are not very obvious, our logos are not too clear.
So finding the way back is a lot of work.
Fortunately, as we walked, we discovered the houses in those villages.
"Huh?" Lu Weiwei's eyes lit up and she quickly pointed ahead and said, "Look, that's the village we passed before."
"But we have all returned to the previous village, but where did Senior Brother Wang go?" Yuan Shasha was also very curious.
Xu Enping coughed twice and explained: "According to my understanding, Officer Wang may have been too distracted while following the team and went astray."
"But when we looked for us again, there was no trace of us. Then we walked further and further away. We may have been lost now."
"After all, when I took the team to hike outdoors before, some people would go astray."
"We all make signs along the way, but some people are really stupid and will still go astray on marked roads."
"Well, Lao Wang is the kind of stupid person." Listening to Xu Enping's explanation, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but sigh.
But Gu Chen felt anxious and said: "Senior Brother Wang will be very dangerous in this environment alone. After all, we have encountered wild animals here before."
"But if Senior Brother Wang encounters a more aggressive wild animal, it will be even more dangerous."
"What should we do?" Lu Weiwei was also a little anxious now.
Gu Chen glanced at Xu Enping next to him and asked: "Teacher Xu, you are more experienced outdoors. Let's take a look. How should we go?"
"Well……"
When asked by Gu Chen, Xu Enping was suddenly confused.
Obviously, the outdoor situation is ever-changing, and he is not completely sure.
Of course, Gu Chen also saw Xu Enping's difficulties, so he added: "I feel that we have only walked a short distance, and Senior Brother Wang will not be too far away from us no matter how distracted he is."
"He may have encountered some difficulties along the way, so he wasted some time and went astray. Now if you look carefully, you may still be able to find it."
After saying this, Gu Chen also regretted and said: "If we had known earlier, we should have brought a drone. It might be useful in a place like this."
"But now we are on our own."
Gu Chen was very anxious. The key was that Officer Wang could even get lost following the team. What else could he say?
So after discussion, everyone decided not to separate from each other and continue to search as a group.
Gu Chen, who has a master's level of observation, was still able to find a small clue through the traces of these plants.
So Gu Chen began to investigate the plants one by one based on the tilt marks.
They kept searching like this, and no one knew how long it had passed before everyone discovered that Gu Chen was once again standing motionless.
At this time, Lu Weiwei knew very well that Gu Chen had made a major discovery.
"Junior Brother Gu." Lu Weiwei took a step forward.
Gu Chen said slowly: "This is where Senior Brother Wang got sidetracked."
"Here?" Lu Weiwei looked down at the plants underground, and then discovered that there were indeed traces of an incline, heading to a certain spot on the left.
But everyone's team was clearly going to the right.
"In other words, Lao Wang is in this position, completely opposite to us?" Lu Weiwei said.
"Yeah." Gu Chen nodded silently and started to move forward according to the traces.
Everyone saw this and followed closely behind Gu Chen.
I don’t know how long he walked before Gu Chen stopped moving again.
Xu Enping only saw Gu Chen's ears trembling slightly, as if he was listening to what was going on around him.
After a while, Gu Chen quickly walked forward.
Lu Weiwei, Yuan Shasha and Xu Enping saw this and followed closely.
"Senior Brother Wang, is that you?" Gu Chen did not dare to shout too loudly, so he could only ask in a low tone.
"Gu Chen, I'm here."
Soon, Gu Chen discovered that a familiar call came from the jungle, and it was none other than Officer Wang's voice.
"Senior Brother Wang? Where are you?" Gu Chen was still unsure of Officer Wang's location, so he asked again.
"I don't know where I am? I'm in a pit now." Officer Wang also said in a low tone.
However, this time, Gu Chen quickly identified the direction based on the direction of Officer Wang's voice.
So he turned around and looked at the three people behind him, motioning for everyone to follow him and not get separated.
And Gu Chen continued to search ahead.
"Rustling!"
As Gu Chen kept walking in the jungle, he pushed aside a row of weeds and discovered that there was a large pit in front of him. At this time, Officer Wang was standing in the middle of the pit.
Gu Chen looked around and said with a puzzled look on his face: "Brother Wang, this pit is not very steep, why don't you climb up?"
"Shh!" Seeing Gu Chen ask this question, Officer Wang immediately made a sign language gesture to Gu Chen to stop him from speaking.
Gu Chen understood immediately, made the same move to the three people behind him, and whispered:
"Everyone, please pay attention and take shelter in place."
That is, under Gu Chen's order, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha also squatted down subconsciously.
When Xu Enping, who was in the last row, saw this, he realized and followed everyone else's actions.
"Senior Brother Wang, what's going on?" Gu Chen squatted down and took a few steps forward.
Officer Wang also frowned and explained: "There are strangers nearby, and there is more than one."
"Then can you come up and talk first?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Okay, wait a minute." After the officer Wang finished speaking, he returned to the big pit and fiddled around in the dense forest for a while before holding out a skull.
When Lu Weiwei saw this, she also looked horrified and said: "Old Wang, where did this skull come from? How did you get it?"
Officer Wang ignored Lu Weiwei, but took the skull and climbed up the pit with great difficulty. Then he squatted down next to Gu Chen panting, put the skull on the ground, and said:
"This... I found this in a big pit. I don't know whose head it is. I'd better take it back for testing."
"Senior Brother Wang, you haven't told me yet, how did you come here alone? What did you find?"
"That's it." When Gu Chen asked, Officer Wang quickly explained:
"I have been following your team before, but I always felt that there seemed to be some movement around me, so I paid more attention."
"But then I felt more and more that a certain location seemed a little strange, so I changed my route and wanted to go there first to see what was going on."
"But after a while, you disappeared without a trace."
"But when I think about it, I can't stay here forever, right? I have to follow the team immediately, but the strange thing is that I can't find any trace of you based on the direction you are walking and the topography of this dense forest trail.
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"I felt that I must be lost at that time, but because I was afraid that the murderer was nearby, if I made a loud noise, it might put you and myself in danger."
After a pause, Officer Wang continued: "So I thought, how about I look for your traces myself, but I kept looking and couldn't figure out what was going on? So I found this place."
"Then, because the plants here were too dense, I accidentally stepped on them and fell into this big pit."
