White mist shrouded the dense forest, and Gu Chen and the others continued to shuttle through the jungle, judging from the previous direction, looking for the way they came.
However, the road that could be seen clearly before became hazy at this moment, and the visibility quickly decreased to within five meters.
The leading police officer, Wang, stopped suddenly, unable to discern the exact position, so he turned to look at Gu Chen:
"Gu Chen, you have a better memory, look, where did we come from just now?"
"This way." Gu Chen has a master-level memory, and has his own unique advantages in finding the way.
"Okay, then you can lead the way." Officer Wang gave up his position.
Although he is also a master of jungle survival, he still cannot control the overall situation when faced with harsh environments.
Coupled with the fact that he and Gu Chen have acted together in the jungle many times, Police Officer Wang knows that it is the wisest decision to hand over the road-finding work to Gu Chen.
Gu Chen was obliged to walk up to everyone, then glanced at Lu Weiwei beside him, and reminded:
"Senior Sister Lu, you and Senior Brother Wang must follow closely behind me later, and you must not stop. It is best to grab my clothes."
"Understood." Knowing that Gu Chen should not be distracted at this moment, so that Gu Chen can concentrate on exploring the way, Lu Weiwei directly grabbed the corner of Gu Chen's clothes, then looked at Police Officer Wang behind him and said:
"Old Wang, grab my clothes."
"Understood." Officer Wang took a deep breath and grabbed Lu Weiwei's clothes.
Therefore, the three formed a pathfinding formation, Gu Chen concentrated on exploring the way ahead, while Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang followed closely behind, shining flashlights on the left and right from time to time.
It can be said that in the dense forest, the light is not good, and it is necessary to rely on flashlights to barely move forward.
But now it was blocked by thick fog, which made it very difficult for everyone to find in the jungle.
Of course, Gu Chen also knew the reason not to be brave, so he could only choose to accept it as soon as it was good, and return the same way.
Relying on master-level memory, Gu Chen kept looking for the way back.
However, when Gu Chen walked to a certain location, he suddenly stopped.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei who followed closely behind also asked curiously, "Junior Brother Gu, what's wrong?"
"There is a situation." Gu Chen frowned and said slowly.
Lu Weiwei looked to the left and right, and illuminated the circle with the light of the flashlight, but also looked confused: "Is there a problem? No? It seems to be quiet around."
"Yes, Gu Chen, are you lost?" Officer Wang was most worried that Gu Chen would get lost.
Of course, Police Officer Wang has confidence in Gu Chen's memory, but in the face of such an extreme environment, it seems reasonable to make occasional mistakes.
But Gu Chen shook his head, and said with some doubts: "It's strange, according to the way we came here before, we should be going this way."
"However, I clearly remember that when I came, I tied a thorn of a plant to the position of the trunk as a mark."
"But now, that plant wattle has disappeared."
"What did you say? It disappeared?" Police Officer Wang was dumbfounded when he heard it.
Lu Weiwei looked to the left and right, and after helping Gu Chen search, she couldn't believe it: "No way? Could it be tied too loosely and fall to the ground?"
"I've already looked for it just now." Gu Chen took a deep breath, and said in disbelief:
"But under this tree, there is nothing."
"Could it be that we're looking in the wrong direction? Maybe the Vitex plant was tied to another tree?" Officer Wang also proposed a new possibility for Gu Chen.
But Gu Chen shook his head, then pointed to the plants on the ground and explained:
"Senior Brother Wang, look at these plants, there are obviously signs of being dumped. This is the mark we stepped on when we came here."
"Besides, when I was searching for the road ahead, I stepped on some plants and broke them, so that I could use the broken marks of these plants to find the way when I couldn't find my way."
Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Police Officer Wang continued to squint his eyes to observe, and then illuminated a circle with the flashlight, and then said with a shocked face:
"Really, these plants were all trampled by us, which means we must have been here before."
Looking up at Gu Chen, Police Officer Wang continued: "But, since they came from here, where did the marks we made go?"
"Could it be...could it be demolished by someone?" Lu Weiwei tremblingly put forward a new opinion.
When Police Officer Wang heard this, he immediately retorted: "Lu Weiwei, don't scare me, there are only a few of us in this place, is there anyone else?"
"But, since it wasn't a plant vine that was removed by others, where did the plant vine go?"
"Old Wang, you have to be clear. I saw with my own eyes that Junior Brother Gu knotted every plant stem and vine repeatedly, so that it would not fall easily, and it was still a dead knot. I saw all of this. inner."
Lu Weiwei also defended Gu Chen's injustice.
Because Lu Weiwei noticed every detail of Gu Chen's wayfinding.
Coupled with Gu Chen's super memory, Lu Weiwei has long been used to it.
With a super brain like Gu Chen's, such a mistake would never happen.
In addition, as Gu Chen mentioned, every time he went to a marked position, he would deliberately step on a few plants on the ground. As a basis, it is not difficult to see that this place has indeed been visited by everyone before.
At this moment, a gust of cold wind blew through the dense forest.
All kinds of weeds began to rustle.
The leaves began to rustle, making the whole forest look strange.
Officer Wang couldn't help moving closer to Lu Weiwei, and said with concern, "Could it be that we were being followed?"
"Someone has been following us, and tampered with where we made the mark, and removed all the vine marks that Gu Chen tied up before?"
"It's not impossible." Lu Weiwei believed in her own judgment now.
In this kind of dense forest, it is quite strange in itself.
In addition, the mark totems that everyone saw in the jungle hut are actually icons that guide the direction.
But now, everyone was looking all the way to the icon, but encountered such a strange thing, it was hard not to make Lu Weiwei suspicious of the surrounding environment.
"Stop talking." Gu Chen made a silent sign language to everyone, and then lowered his tone and whispered:
"Now we don't know, is there anyone else in this dense forest besides the three of us?"
"If there is, and it is even causing damage to us, then we need to be more vigilant, and we must not let the other party take advantage of the loopholes."
"That's right." Hearing Gu Chen's speech, Lu Weiwei also reminded: "From now on, we should pay more attention to the movement around us while looking for the way we came from."
Officer Wang held his mechanical baton in his hand, and also took a deep breath and said, "After I break it for you, Lu Weiwei, help Gu Chen pay attention to the sides and the front."
"Understood." Lu Weiwei echoed.
"Gu Chen." After explaining to Lu Weiwei here, Police Officer Wang said again:
"You are responsible for concentrating on finding the way. Don't worry about the rest, just leave it to me and Lu Weiwei."
"We have a clear division of labor, and we have to leave this ghost place as soon as possible."
"Understood." After receiving Officer Wang's suggestion, Gu Chen also felt relieved and began to focus on finding the way to come.
Although the marks he made are gone, fortunately, Gu Chen also has a hand. He has been searching for the road, and deliberately stepped on some plants as traces.
In this way, even if there is no sign, Gu Chen can still find the way to come based on the location where the plant fell.
Thick fog began to fill the surroundings, and the visibility was getting lower and lower.
With the cool wind blowing in, in the entire forest, the movement of various plants rubbing against each other emerges endlessly.
Coupled with the dim environment, it is full of weirdness everywhere.
Holding a bright flashlight in his left hand and a mechanical baton in his right, Gu Chen continued to explore the path in the grass.
Fortunately, the strong light police flashlight, the light source is strong enough.
No matter how thick the fog is in front of it, it can still penetrate a certain distance.
This made Gu Chen somewhat handy in the process of exploring the way.
"Swish, swish."
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Gu Chen suddenly stopped.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang immediately began to guard the surrounding area.
"Sure enough, someone is wreaking havoc." Gu Chen looked around, pointed to a branch of a big tree, and reminded:
"I remembered earlier that this is also the place where I made a mark, but I didn't expect that the plant vine that bound the branches is now gone."
"It is obvious that someone deliberately removed these marks, and someone deliberately obstructed our search for Zhou Xiaotong's whereabouts."
"Could it be that we are being targeted?" Lu Weiwei looked around and said vigilantly.
Police officer Wang was silent for a few seconds, before expressing his opinion: "Gu Chen, could it be that we were investigating Zhou Xiaotong in this area, and it was leaked, so we were followed?"
"Didn't we tell Boss Cyclops about this before? Then we found Zhang Da, Zhuang Qiang, and Zhuang Qiang's apprentice."
"Some of these people must have leaked our search for Zhou Xiaotong, so our every move here may be seen by the so-called inviter."
"So, after we entered the mountain at night, the inviter followed us secretly, paying close attention to our specific movements."
"And when the inviter found out that we had been to the dense forest hut, he found the direction of the valley based on the totems on the wall of the dense forest hut."
"So in order to destroy us, that person continued to search, and at the place where we marked, he secretly played tricks and destroyed our marks."
"But in this way, wouldn't it be difficult for that person to tell the direction? Or, that person is a local and is very familiar with this area, especially this dense forest. Even without these marks, he can successfully walk out of the forest? "Lu Weiwei also expressed her views one by one.
Gu Chen agreed, "What Senior Sister Lu said is very likely. This inviter may be a local."
"Also, I suspect that when we were investigating Zhou Xiaotong in this area, we passed by this guy and had some contact with him."
"The other thing is, this person must be quite familiar with this dense forest, even if he doesn't need a mark, he can come and go freely."
After a pause, Gu Chen said again: "But we can't, we are in the light now, while the other party is in the dark, he is causing us trouble."
"Could it be that this guy is still lurking around us, secretly watching our movements?" Lu Weiwei said nervously.
But Police Officer Wang replied with a grin: "Not necessarily, that guy may want to follow us secretly, but now there is a heavy fog in the mountains, and the visibility is so low, even if he wants to follow, it will be difficult."
"The heavy fog now, I think, has two sides. One side is blocking our way back and causing us a lot of trouble."
"But at the same time, it can also serve as a cover for us, so that we can keep a distance from that guy."
"This may be a good thing for both parties."
"Harmful." Lu Weiwei looked at Gu Chen a little depressed, but she was about to speak, but was stopped by Gu Chen's silent sign language.
So Lu Weiwei quickly looked around warily.
Gu Chen didn't pause at all, immediately grabbed Lu Weiwei's arm, and started to walk forward quickly.
Police officer Wang placed the order, and saw that Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei had walked a few meters away, so he quickly followed without saying a word.
Gu Chen walked this time, obviously faster than before, and there was no communication during the whole process.
Lu Weiwei couldn't even keep up with Gu Chen's rhythm, and Police Officer Wang was also a little bit unable to keep up with the sudden speed.
Fortunately, he was able to grab the corner of Lu Weiwei's clothes, so he staggered all the way and kept up with the team.
"Swish, swish!"
"Shushashasha!"
In the jungle, the cool wind blows the plants, making various noises.
And this kind of noise well covered up the movement of Gu Chen's team.
Gu Chen ran with small steps all the way, but when he came to a fork in the road, he stopped suddenly.
After looking left and right, he quickly pulled Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang towards a big tree.
Then, let Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang get into a vegetation in the woods, while he quickly and manually adjusted the position of the plant vine that was overwhelmed just now.
Create the illusion that everyone is walking forward.
After completing all the arrangements, Gu Chen kept stepping back and adjusting the plants under his feet, trying to make the plants appear more natural without any signs of artificial breakage.
After completing the operation, Gu Chen retreated to the position where Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang were lurking, and quickly maintained a quiet state.
At this moment, Gu Chen's flashlight was also turned off at this moment.
Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei looked at each other, and immediately understood what Gu Chen meant.
The flashlights of the two also quickly went out.
After a while, Lu Weiwei asked Gu Chen in a low voice: "Junior Brother Gu, are you waiting for that guy to appear?"
Gu Chen nodded slightly, and also whispered back: "I suspect that guy is still in this jungle, and has been following us."
"If you don't find this guy, just go back like this, I feel that this trip is in vain."
"That's right." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Police Officer Wang echoed in a low voice:
"Since this guy wants to follow us, why don't we come to counter-stalk? Take this guy out."
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