According to the map, it was correct, and the location markers were accurate, but now Gu Chen was confused.
You know, when Zhuang Tianhe handed the sheepskin map to the old man for safekeeping, he made it clear that this sheepskin map was his life.
If he doesn't go back to retrieve the sheepskin map after five days, he will hand it over directly to the police.
It can be seen that the secret of this map cannot be handed over to outsiders under any circumstances, especially Zhuang Hu.
But now, Zhuang Tianhe has brought Zhuang Hu here. It is obvious that he has told him the secret of the map. So what happened to the sheepskin map that was entrusted to the old man? At least Gu Chen can't figure it out now.
But seeing that the traces ended here, Gu Chen also knew very clearly that Zhuang Tianhe and Zhuang Hu were currently inside the cave.
"Junior Brother Gu, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that Gu Chen seemed to be in a trance, Lu Weiwei reminded him, Gu Chen waved his hand and said:
"It's okay, maybe it's because I feel that all this is unreasonable?"
"Well, I think so too." Lu Weiwei nodded silently and said involuntarily:
"I don't know what Zhuang Tianhe is doing to us? Why did he give us the eyelid map and bring Zhuang Hu here himself? Isn't this unnecessary?"
"No." After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Gu Chen's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he understood something.
He also said slowly: "Zhuang Tianhe may not have done anything unnecessary. He may have wanted us to come here."
"You mean, he wants to lure us here?" Lu Weiwei's eyes were blank, and she was in disbelief.
Officer Wang came over and whispered: "Don't underestimate this Zhuang Tianhe. I feel like this guy is full of bad intentions."
"Didn't you hear what the old employees of the company said about Zhuang Tianhe? He's just a playboy who doesn't do his job properly."
"Moreover, Zhuang Tianhe's reputation was very bad a few years ago. How do you expect such a person to change his ways? It's difficult. He is bad at heart."
"But that's not necessarily the case." As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, Yuan Shasha on the side also retorted:
"This was the life he lived when he had no worries about food and clothing, but now, his parents have died, and the death of his relatives must have hit him hard."
"Furthermore, he is now bankrupt and has stayed abroad for several years. His original habit of spending money lavishly may have made him bankrupt faster."
"He may have suffered abroad for a long time and thought about it, so he returned to China to develop."
"People will reflect in this situation, and he wants money now. I think he wants to negotiate a deal with Zhuang Hu."
"Zhuang Hu may have made relevant promises with him before, but Zhuang Tianhe was worried, so he gave the things to the old man for safekeeping."
"But now, Zhuang Hu seems to have satisfied his greater interests, so Zhuang Tianhe made a compromise, and then gave up the principles he had always maintained before, and brought Zhuang Hu here."
"In this case, Zhuang Tianhe will be in danger." Gu Chen seemed to realize that what Yuan Shasha said seemed to make some sense.
But in this case, if Zhuang Hu cheats, Zhuang Tianhe will suffer a big loss.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen quickly looked at the location on the mountainside.
At this moment, He Wenjun and the other three travel companions did not seem to dare to move forward at will. They were standing on the steps, discussing something.
Seeing Gu Chen and others approaching, He Wenjun said: "You should lead the way from the front."
"Yes, we are here to help find people. To be honest, when we went to assist those who were trapped in the mountains, we set off in large groups together."
"There are only three of us now, and together with you, there are only eight of us. We..."
"I understand." When the man with glasses said this, Gu Chen already understood that he was afraid and did not dare to go ahead.
Gu Chen also took a deep breath and then started to walk to the front, preparing to climb up the steps of the dirt road.
"Junior Brother Gu, be careful." Lu Weiwei reminded her and followed closely.
Next came Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha.
Seeing that everyone had climbed up, He Wenjun felt that he had no reason to stay below, so he followed closely.
The three remaining travel friends looked at each other, as if they had not yet made up their minds.
"Climb or not?" the strong man asked.
"There may be danger up there." The man with glasses is also a bit of a thief, or in other words, he has more worries.
The middle-sized man reminded: "Let's not go up yet, wait for them to go up and see the situation."
"If they don't have any problems, it won't be too late for us to go up there."
"It makes sense. If there is a wild beast or something in the cave, we can escape unscathed. After all, in this wilderness, wild beast attacks can be really fatal."
The bespectacled man took a deep breath and looked up at the people in front of him.
He Wenjun followed Gu Chen's team and put some distance away. He turned back and looked down, but the three of them were still standing where they were.
He Wenjun used a bright flashlight to scan the three people below and asked in a low voice: "Aren't you coming up?"
"Let's take a rest first and take it easy before going up," the man with glasses said.
"Okay then." He Wenjun had already noticed that these people were relatively timid, but they had done their best to follow them all the way here.
There is no obligation for others to come up, and thinking about it, there is no need for me to ask any more questions.
But Zhuang Hu was his boss, and now that his boss was missing, he was entrusted by the boss's wife to come here with Gu Chen and others.
If you don't go up there, it will definitely be hard to explain when the time comes.
After thinking about it, I could only bite the bullet and climb up.
This dirt road is relatively steep, but fortunately the steps are well dug.
The soles of the feet were more secure, but when they looked up, Gu Chen's team had already opened up a long distance.
He Wenjun looked around and saw the cold wind pouring into his neck. He Wenjun shrank his neck and quickened his pace, walking quickly in the direction of Yuan Shasha.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He didn’t know how long he had been climbing, but He Wenjun felt that the distance below was getting farther and farther, and the figures of the three people had been obscured by the rocks.
"Huh, it's really fatal." He Wenjun took a deep breath and continued to climb up.
But when he climbed to a gentle slope, he found Gu Chen and others standing on the same spot.
He Wenjun quickly climbed up, walked to Gu Chen and others, and asked in a low voice:
"What's wrong? Why don't you leave?"
"Shh!" Officer Wang made a sign language gesture to He Wenjun to stop him from speaking, and then looked at Gu Chen.
At this time, Gu Chen squatted down and used his flashlight to illuminate the road ahead.
"Junior Brother Gu, how are you?" Lu Weiwei asked in a low voice.
"The steps are messy. The steps of these two people here are very messy. It is obviously a sign of panic." Gu Chen said in a low voice.
"Isn't there a fight?" Yuan Shasha asked.
Gu Chen shook his head: "If it was a fight, it wouldn't be like this."
After a pause, Gu Chen circled the ground with the light again and said:
"You see, the footsteps on the ground are all in the same direction, and these footsteps in the same direction appear in various messy ways, but they keep moving forward."
"If it was a fight, the person in front would definitely have turned around, so his footsteps should have moved backwards, but they didn't, which means there were no signs of a fight between the two."
"On the contrary, the two of them may have encountered something? So they appeared panicked."
As he said this, a bright light suddenly flashed in Gu Chen's mind, and the avatars of Zhuang Tianhe and Zhuang Hu soon appeared in front of his eyes.
At this moment, both of them were walking forward, but suddenly they encountered something terrible. They began to panic and looked left and right, but they did not dare to retreat and could only move forward.
And after a period of panic, the pace of the two began to become more rapid, which was obviously a sign of running.
"That's it." When Gu Chen saw this, he nodded silently and basically judged the situation of the two people at that time.
A bright light flashed, and the avatars of Zhuang Tianhe and Zhuang Hu disappeared. Gu Chen stood up and turned to look around, only to find a slightly gentle rock not far behind him and above.
Based on the walking signs of the virtual character he had just simulated, Gu Chen clearly saw what was happening behind him.
"Could it be that the two of them discovered something behind them?" Gu Chen frowned and became alert.
Judging from Gu Chen's gaze, Lu Weiwei quickly pointed the bright flashlight at the gentle rock behind her.
When Officer Wang saw this, he also shined his flashlight.
But several lights were shining across each other, but nothing was found.
"Maybe they were extremely scared at the time, so they felt a little weird when they saw the shape of the rock behind. After all, the rock looked scary in shape." Officer Wang also expressed his opinion.
Without a better judgment at present, Gu Chen could only nod silently and said:
"This may be the case. Let's keep walking. Everyone, please pay attention to your steps."
"Understood." Everyone responded, and then followed Gu Chen and continued walking forward.
Gu Chen led the way and casually glanced at the location down the mountain, then asked He Wenjun at the back: "He Wenjun, didn't those three people follow you?"
"Oh, they said they would slow down for a while before coming up, but I guess they won't come up. They feel a little scared," He Wenjun said.
"Okay, ignore them and let them stay down there." Gu Chen didn't say anything after hearing this and continued to lead everyone forward.
After walking for who knows how long, the road ahead began to become wider, and Gu Chen also discovered that the cave was just ahead.
But this cave on the mountainside looks much larger than what everyone saw at the bottom of the mountain before.
When everyone came to the entrance of the cave, Gu Chen also felt a cool breeze.
"Is there wind? The wind here is not out of nowhere, it must be leading to other places." Gu Chen said.
"Yes, there was wind when we passed through the cave just now. It is obvious that the cave is open," said Officer Wang.
"Everyone, please pay attention, we are about to go in." Gu Chen warned, and walked to the entrance of the cave cautiously, and then shined a flashlight into it.
The cave inside seemed a bit winding, and Gu Chen also discovered the messier footprints of the two people at the entrance of the cave.
"What are you doing? Why are you walking in such a panic?" Seeing this, Gu Chen didn't dare to rush into the cave.
Because it can be seen from the footprints on the ground that the two people's steps were filled with panic.
Yuan Shasha frowned and leaned close to Gu Chen to whisper: "Junior brother Gu, I feel that this place is a bit eerie and weird."
"Although I can't say why? But it just feels weird, and the footprints are not normal."
"Yeah." Gu Chen also felt this way, but Yuan Shasha said it out loud.
So Gu Chen took out the mechanical baton from his backpack and swung it hard.
As the mechanical baton was thrown out, Gu Chen immediately made a defensive posture and began to carefully walk inside according to the footprints on the ground.
Following closely behind were Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha.
When He Wenjun finally walked into the cave, his whole body was shaking violently, and his legs began to lose control.
After taking a few steps, he couldn't help but look back.
However, he suddenly discovered that there seemed to be another black shadow at the entrance of the cave, and the moment he turned around, he quickly disappeared.
"Well!"
He Wenjun was stunned on the spot, his whole body was shocked. In the hypothermic state, his legs couldn't control themselves, and He Wenjun shivered with fright.
He also quickly turned around and looked at Gu Chen and the others.
But when he turned around, he found that Gu Chen and others had already walked away.
"Hey, wait...wait for me." He Wenjun may have been frightened, and his speech seemed to become a little weak.
And his actions became a little difficult because of his cold legs.
He quickly looked behind him, and everything seemed to be normal again.
So He Wenjun used a flashlight to shine at the entrance of the cave. After confirming that there was no problem, he quickly turned around and ran away.
Although he was running slowly and with great difficulty, He Wenjun did not want to fall behind. He knew what it meant to fall behind in such a wilderness.
So He Wenjun gasped for air and used all his strength to rush forward desperately.
I don’t know how long I walked, but the light source in front always seemed to be very weak, and I couldn’t seem to keep up with the footsteps of Gu Chen and the others.
Just as He Wenjun ran forward recklessly, he was grabbed from the side by a big hand.
"Ah!" He Wenjun was trembling with fright. He wanted to shout for help, but his mouth was covered by a big hand.
He Wenjun was even more panicked now, thinking that he might be doomed, but when he turned around, he found that Gu Chen and others were standing there, and the one covering his mouth was Officer Wang.
"Shh! What's your name?" Lu Weiwei made a silent gesture towards He Wenjun.
Officer Wang then released him and whispered angrily: "What are you doing?"
"I, I, I..."
"Where did you go just now?" Yuan Shasha also asked curiously.
"Me, me, I was behind, and I felt something was following me, but...but I felt that my movements were a little slow, so I tried my best to catch up with you, and then, then..."
"Okay, I understand, don't say anything yet." Gu Chen said.