In less than a quarter of an hour, Shi Wenshan led people to the foot of Xiaohai Mountain.
Li Jingran and others came earlier, and they all stood waiting in front of the path up the mountain with gloomy faces.
"Captain Li, these three are the family members of the missing townspeople. They were the ones who reported the case just now."
Shi Wenshan stepped forward to say hello and then introduced three middle-aged women.
Li Jingran nodded slightly, not wanting to comfort him. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go up the mountain to find someone right away."
"yes."
Everyone responded and followed the path up the mountain.
Soon, they arrived halfway up the mountain.
"Captain Li, this is the place where the mountain products in Xiaohai Mountain are most concentrated. The townspeople usually collect them here."
Shi Wenshan stopped, pointed at an area and said.
Li Jingran nodded and ordered loudly: "Everyone search separately and pay attention to safety."
Everyone spread out to search.
"Captain, we found it, here!"
Within a moment, a special soldier shouted loudly.
Li Jingran, Shi Wenshan and everyone hurried over.
I saw three corpses lying crookedly in an open space not far from the special forces soldier.
Two of the corpses were cut into pieces, with heads, limbs and torsos torn apart and scattered in the open space. Blood was sprayed everywhere, making it look extremely bloody.
The other corpse was intact, but half of the face and body were covered in blood and flesh, revealing thick white bones, which were obviously corroded by strong acid.
All the police officers only took one look and then turned their heads away. Many people vomited on the spot.
Although the special forces soldiers were not so miserable, their faces were all pale.
It's so tragic.
Two of the three middle-aged women's family members fainted on the spot, and the other collapsed on the ground, beating her chest and feet, and letting out earth-shattering cries.
"Search the surrounding area immediately. If you encounter a suspicious person, shoot immediately!"
Li Jingran's face was extremely gloomy and he shouted sternly.
"Yes, Captain."
All the special forces soldiers shouted angrily and dispersed quickly.
Seeing the tragic killing of the townspeople, everyone's heart was filled with raging anger.
The murderer is so cruel!
Shi Wenshan and the forensic doctor came forward to check.
"Director Shi, the deceased was a homicide, and the manner of death is very similar to that of the townspeople and police officers who were killed in the May 13th incident. It can be basically concluded that the murderer is the same person."
After a forensic examination, he reported to Shi Wenshanhui.
Shi Wenshan nodded, with a heavy expression on his face: "It seems that the murderer is hiding in Xiaohaishan, but it's a pity that we didn't search!"
When Li Jingran heard this, his face twitched a few times and he said nothing.
He knew that Shi Wenshan's words were meant for him.
If he had followed Chen Hao's suggestion to track down the murderer three days ago, these three townspeople might not have been killed.
It's a pity that at that time, he was so focused on being angry with Chen Hao and Lin Suxin that he never thought of adopting Chen Hao's suggestion.
Now he does regret it as Chen Hao said at the time.
But it's too late to regret.
In fact, Li Jingran has been under great psychological pressure in the past three days.
He did not expect that after the information and physical characteristics of the murderer were disclosed, no clues about the murderer emerged for three consecutive days.
This means that he made a huge mistake in the direction of solving the case.
Now the whole province is paying close attention to the May 13th case. If the murderer cannot be caught as soon as possible, public panic will turn into huge pressure from public opinion.
The consequences were definitely not something he, a special forces captain, could bear.
So after Li Jingran received Shi Wenshan's call, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he ordered without hesitation to go up the mountain to look for someone.
He very much hoped that the disappearance of these three townspeople was just an accident and had nothing to do with the murderer of the May 13th case.
Unfortunately, the cruel facts shattered the last bit of luck in his heart.
Not only was the murderer not caught, but three more people died.
He must bear this responsibility!
"Captain, we have searched the surrounding area and found no trace of the murderer."
"I don't have one here either."
At this time, Bazimei and other special forces soldiers came back one after another and reported to him.
"Then keep searching!"
Li Jingran's eyes were blood red, he clenched his fists and roared, "Today I have to dig deep to find the murderer. If you can't find anyone, don't go down the mountain!"
Everyone couldn't help but be shocked when they saw his appearance.
"Captain Li, please calm down."
Shi Wenshan advised, "The Xiaohaishan area is very large. It is impossible for us alone to conduct a comprehensive search in a short time."
Li Jingran said sternly: "Then search separately, and one person is responsible for one area. Is that enough?"
"Captain Li!"
Shi Wenshan's voice also became louder, "The murderer is not an ordinary person, but a warrior. Among the people present now, who else besides you can restrain him? If we are separated and are secretly attacked by the murderer, wouldn't it cause more trouble?
Big casualties?”
Li Jingran stared at him for a while, then suddenly said: "You said before that the murderer is closely related to strong acid. As long as you follow the traces of strong acid corrosion, you can catch the murderer, right?"
Shi Wenshan shook his head and said, "That's what Mr. Chen said, not me."
"No matter who said it, at least it's a clue!"
Li Jingran said, "Let's follow the traces of strong acid corrosion now! This way we don't have to separate, and we don't have to worry about being attacked by the murderer!"
Now, for him, only by catching the murderer can he reduce his responsibility to the greatest extent, so he can't even take Chen Hao's suggestion.
Shi Wenshan thought, now that you have remembered Mr. Chen's suggestion, why did you go three days ago?
He asked: "Captain Li, do you know how to find traces of strong acid corrosion?"
Li Jingran was startled: "What's so difficult about this? Aren't the traces of strong acid corrosion obvious?"
"Then you can lead us to find it. Anyway, I can't find it."
Shi Wenshan didn't say anything and said calmly.
"I didn't intend to point my finger at you either."
Li Jingran sneered, turned around and walked to the complete corpse to inspect it.
This body has been corroded by strong acid over a large area. If you look along, it should be easy to find traces.
Sure enough, Li Jingran only took a few glances and found a series of scattered small holes on the ground in front of the left body, winding away into the distance.
These small holes are very small, but appear to be very deep, and the edges are black, very similar to what Lin Suxin said before after being corroded by strong acid.
Li Jingran felt happy and immediately followed along the small hole, waving at the same time for everyone to follow.
At first, he tracked smoothly, but after walking a few dozen meters, he stopped and frowned.
Ahead is a lush grassland. Once here, the traces of strong acid corrosion are difficult to find.
Because there are many small holes chewed by insects on the grass blades, which are very similar to the holes corroded by strong acid, and because the grass blades are rich in water, after being corroded by strong acid, the edges will not turn black and mix with the small holes chewed by insects.