"Junior Brother Gu." Lu Weiwei glanced at Gu Chen, who nodded silently, and the two of them understood.
Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, who came later, quickly discovered the problem.
Everyone stopped in place at this moment and began to use flashlights to observe the movements around them.
He Wenjun and three other travel companions also staggered to the front.
He Wenjun quickly asked: "Did you find anything?"
"Someone has been here." Gu Chen said.
He Wenjun lowered his head and glanced at the broken vegetation, and quickly understood what Gu Chen's basis was.
The other three travel friends also looked in amazement.
The man with glasses said in disbelief: "It's amazing. In this kind of environment, in the dark, you can do this clue well. It seems that you are an outdoor master."
"Thank you, and you don't need to put a high hat on me. I just feel that they will definitely leave from here."
Gu Chen didn't want to hear these flattering words.
In Gu Chen's opinion, if there are traces of someone passing by here, it must be Zhuang Tianhe who brought Zhuang Hu here.
But what Gu Chen didn't understand was why Zhuang Tianhe brought Zhuang Hu here?
Wasn't that old sheepskin map Zhuang Tianhe's fate? Why would he bring Zhuang Hu here again?
Doesn't this mean that Zhuang Tianhe has made everything clear, so what is the significance of handing the sheepskin map to him?
At least Gu Chen doesn't understand it now.
"Let's go and take a look." With the clue, Gu Chen felt more confident.
Before, I just relied on my understanding of the sheepskin map and wanted to come over and have a look at the situation.
The night route was also a shortcut with a wide view that Gu Chen judged based on the surrounding altitude.
And now, as expected, I found traces of someone passing by on the wild road.
Moreover, judging from the creases on the plants, it is very likely that they were left behind when Zhuang Tianhe and Zhuang Hu passed by.
Strong flashlights illuminated the surrounding roads, and everyone began to become alert.
After all, where is this person? It is already very obvious.
Since we have taken this wild road, it means that we have to walk the same path to the end.
What we need to look for now may be two outdoor people who are in trouble.
The man with eyes quickened his pace, walked up to Gu Chen, and said, "The temperature is low now and the humidity in the mountains is high. If those two people don't bring all the outdoor equipment, they are likely to encounter difficulties."
"They either set up tents on the spot, or they hid in that corner."
"But what I don't understand is, what are they doing here? Outdoor adventure?"
"Maybe." Gu Chen didn't say it too clearly, he just said it casually.
"Then these two people are really irresponsible for their own lives." The man with glasses shook his head with a look of disdain.
After all, judging from the fact that the man with glasses has saved many people outdoors, he should be the most annoyed by people like this.
But Gu Chen didn't say much and continued walking along the road ahead.
Because this is another canyon, there is only one path in the middle.
And there is also a small river here that flows down the top of the canyon.
But the water flow here is more like a stream than the previous main river.
Gu Chen found more traces ahead. It was obvious that the person he was looking for was probably not very far away from him.
But as he walked, Gu Chen discovered that there was a steep slope ahead.
The river flows through the gap below. If people want to pass through this side, they need to climb over this pile of rocks.
Gu Chen quickly remembered the terrain on the sheepskin map and knew clearly that there was an obstacle here.
"Climb." After Gu Chen finished speaking, he took the lead and climbed up.
Lu Weiwei stood underneath for the time being, using a flashlight to provide lighting for Gu Chen.
After Gu Chen climbed to the top of the stone barrier alone, he first used a strong flashlight to shine in the other direction, then shone the bright flashlight downwards and said:
"Come up."
"Okay." Seeing this, Lu Weiwei put away the flashlight and began to use her hands and feet to climb up the pile of rocks.
Next came Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha.
He Wenjun and the three travel companions followed closely behind.
After everyone got along for a while, some tacit cooperation began to appear.
When everyone climbed to the top of the stone barrier and used a strong flashlight to illuminate the scenery on the other side, the man with glasses couldn't help but sigh:
"Oh my God, the scenery here is so beautiful, isn't it? What kind of magical place is this? Why didn't I discover this kind of place earlier?"
"You still call it a fairy place after you discovered it? This is just a wild road. I guess no one has walked on it before." said the man of medium height.
Another strong man also nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "We usually walked on trails with tracks before. How dare you walk casually in a place like this?"
"That's true." The man with glasses also agreed with the strong man's statement.
For those who play outdoors, the most taboo thing is to walk blindly. You must follow the tracks of your predecessors, so that you can avoid getting lost.
For some unfamiliar areas that you have never set foot on, you must maintain a sense of awe and do not wander around at will. This is the most responsible thing for your own life.
Gu Chen listened to the communication between the three travel companions and looked at He Wenjun beside him.
Compared with the other three people, He Wenjun seemed relatively calm. It seemed that this kind of scenery was nothing to him.
"Have you been here?" Gu Chen asked.
"Ah?" He Wenjun didn't react, so he said "Ah" and turned to look at Gu Chen.
Gu Chen said again: "I mean, have you been here before?"
"No...no, I have always followed the established hiking route with my boss before. I have never been here before."
"Okay." Seeing that He Wenjun didn't seem to have been here before, Gu Chen didn't ask any more questions.
So he climbed down first.
Seeing this, other people also followed behind.
At the bottom of the stone barrier, everyone gathered and started walking towards the inside of the canyon.
At this time, the canyon seemed to be getting narrower and narrower, giving people a strong sense of natural oppression.
The three travel companions began to panic, their walking speed gradually slowed down, and their pace began to lag behind.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gu Chen walked for a while and found that the queue was too long. He stopped, turned his head and looked in the direction behind him, and said:
"Can you speed up the pace? The team must not get separated."
"Okay." After hearing Gu Chen's urging, the man with glasses who had already distanced himself quickly agreed.
Then he patted a few other people and asked everyone to follow him quickly.
Everyone continued to move forward, and for who knows how long, the terrain here began to become complicated.
The canyon is gradually opening up, and here, it looks like a trance formation.
Gu Chen had stopped walking, knowing that if he rushed in rashly, he might not be able to get out.
"Junior Brother Gu." Lu Weiwei walked to Gu Chen and reminded: "The terrain here is very complicated, messy, and looks disorganized."
"There are various stones in front, and there is a messy stone wall. If you go inside, you might get lost. Are there any detailed routes on the map?"
Lu Weiwei spoke very quietly, and was also a little confused about the terrain ahead.
Gu Chen shook his head and whispered back: "Although there is this section on the map, it is not detailed."
"How long will we have to go?" Lu Weiwei asked again.
Gu Chen thought for a few seconds and said, "Maybe there's still a third of the way."
"There's still one-third left?" Lu Weiwei couldn't believe it. Everyone had worked so hard to get here, but they had only walked two-thirds of the way.
At this time, Officer Wang also approached Gu Chen and asked, "Gu Chen, what should we do next?"
"When passing through this area, everyone must maintain a sense of direction and cannot walk around at will. Everyone must gather together." Gu Chen also reminded.
"No problem, the key is that we can walk in as well as we can walk out." Officer Wang was also a little worried about the rubbles in front of him at this moment.
After all, it seems that the rubbles here are irregularly distributed, and there seems to be a road, but there seems to be no road.
If a person walks in, he is bound to get lost.
So Officer Wang found the three travel companions and asked, "Do you still have that colorful ribbon?"
"Yes, but not many. They are all used as markers along the way," said the man with glasses.
"But there must be enough road signs in this place, otherwise it is very likely that you will not be able to get out." Officer Wang also reminded.
The man with glasses hesitated for a moment, then quickly opened the pocket of his right jacket, dug inside, took out some colorful webbing, and said, "I have three more."
Turning to look at the two companions beside him, the man with glasses asked: "How many more do you have?"
When the two heard this, they also started to dig into their pockets. The man of medium height said, "I have four more."
"I still have 6 more." The strong man also said quickly.
"That's Article 13." The man with glasses looked in the direction of Officer Wang and Gu Chen and said:
"We still have 13 pieces of webbing in total."
"Save it. If it doesn't work, use stones to draw some marks along the line." Gu Chen said.
Everyone looked at each other and agreed with each other.
So everyone found some gravel around and held it in their hands.
After everyone determined the specific direction, Gu Chen walked in front, while the others followed behind.
Every time they reach a corner of a rock formation, everyone will draw an arrow with a small stone at the corner.
Gu Chen's sense of direction was pretty good, but when he entered the rock formation, the rocks in the rock formation were not very high.
But as we get deeper into the rubble, the stones here have completely blocked the view outside.
From this moment on, everyone began to become nervous, because everyone was among these huge piles of rocks.
Once you go in the wrong direction, you will be in huge trouble.
Fortunately, everyone is constantly marking and marking arrows, just for fear of taking a wrong step and everyone will be trapped here.
"It's really evil." The man with glasses complained while using a stone to carve the arrow more clearly:
"It's like a maze here. All the stones look weird. No matter how you look at it, it's weird."
"Yes, the stones here are very strange, with various shapes. When the light shines on the stones, the shadows cast are very scary. Look, what does this look like? It looks like a monster."
After He Wenjun finished speaking, he also shook the flashlight light a few times.
The shadow of the stone that was illuminated immediately became weird, and it really looked like the monster He Wenjun said.
"Ah?" Yuan Shasha suddenly exclaimed.
When He Wenjun saw this, he also smiled and said: "Why are you so cowardly? I said the shadow of the stone looked like a monster, but I didn't say it was really a monster. It scared you."
"No... no, it's over there. There's a skull there." Yuan Shasha waved her hand and pointed to the corner of one of the forks, saying nervously.
Only then did everyone discover the problem. Gu Chen immediately shined the light of a strong flashlight and found a corner in front of him that seemed to have the prototype of a skull.
"Go over and take a look." Gu Chen reminded him and quickly walked forward, and soon came to a pile of skeletons.
Seeing the pair of bones on the ground, Gu Chen frowned and looked shocked.
Officer Wang was also stunned and said: "This... this, this is obviously human bones."
Looking around, Officer Wang also said nervously: "It seems that this person has been dead for many years. There is only a pile of white bones left. Moreover, the bones are all sunk into the mud. He is in a semi-immersed state. This person must have been dead for many years."
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"Could it be that the people who came here before were trapped in the maze and couldn't get out, and finally died here?" The man with glasses asked with a look of horror.
Gu Chen nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "It's possible, it could be someone from the village at the entrance of the forest, or it could be an outsider who came here for a hike."
Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen added: "This person died a long time ago. It seems that someone has been here a long time ago."
"But if there is only one corpse, it doesn't seem to make sense. After all, what is a person doing in a place like this?"
"That's right." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei nodded silently and said involuntarily:
"It's unlikely that one person came to a place like this. It's very likely that several people came together."
"But this person probably fell behind and fell into the maze without marking the way. He was eventually trapped and died in this rubble and lost contact with his companions."
"That's too tragic." Yuan Shasha's body trembled when she heard this:
"The residual light of the flashlight swept here just now. When I saw the skeleton and the shadow of the skeleton, I was really shocked."
"It's okay." Gu Chen comforted him, then squatted down and began to examine the body in front of him.
"Hey, young man, why are you still studying skeletons? This thing looks so unlucky, aren't you afraid?" The strong man was a little shocked when he saw Gu Chen squatting down to look at the bones.
Gu Chen replied calmly: "What's there to be afraid of? It's just a pile of bones. What I'm most worried about now is that there may be more than just this pile of bones here."
"If someone has ever set foot here, there must be more than just this pile of bones. Otherwise, those who left here successfully will definitely bring people back here to find the whereabouts of the deceased."