I am a super cop

Chapter 2798: Stone Maze
"Junior Brother Gu." Lu Weiwei glanced at Gu Chen, who nodded silently. The two of them understood each other.

Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, who came over later, also quickly discovered the problem.

Everyone stopped where they were at this moment and began to observe the movements around them with flashlights.

He Wenjun and three other hikers also staggered over.

He Wenjun quickly asked: "Did you find anything?"

"Someone has been here." said Gu Chen.

He Wenjun looked down at the broken vegetation and soon understood what Gu Chen's basis was.

The other three hikers were also amazed.

The man with glasses said in disbelief: "It's amazing. In this environment, in the dark, you can still find this clue. It seems that you are an outdoor expert."

"Thank you. You don't have to flatter 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, there were signs that someone had passed by here, so 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?

Isn't that old sheepskin map Zhuang Tianhe's life? Why did he bring Zhuang Hu here again?
Doesn't this mean that Zhuang Tianhe has already made everything clear, so what's the point of handing the sheepskin map to me?

At least Gu Chen doesn’t understand now.

"Let's go and take a look." With the clue, Gu Chen felt more confident.

Before, I just wanted to come and check out the situation based on my knowledge of the sheepskin map.

This route for walking at night is also a shortcut with a wide view that Gu Chen judged based on the surrounding altitude.

And now, indeed, traces of someone passing by were found on the wild road.

And after judging the creases on the plants, it is very likely that these 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 go all the way to the end.

What we need to look for now may be two outdoorsmen who are in trouble.

The man with the glasses 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 hide in that corner."

"But what I don't understand is, what are they doing here? Outdoor adventure?"

"Maybe." Gu Chen didn't explain it too clearly, he just said it casually.

"Those two people are really irresponsible with their own lives." The man with glasses shook his head, also with a look of contempt.

After all, according to the man with glasses, who has saved many people outdoors, he should be most annoyed by this kind of people.

But Gu Chen didn't say much, but continued walking along the road ahead.

Because this is another canyon, there is only one road in the middle.

There is also a small river here that flows down along the top of the canyon.

But the water flow here is more like a stream than the main river before.

Gu Chen discovered more traces ahead. It was obvious that the person he was looking for was most likely not far away from him.

But as he walked, Gu Chen discovered that there was a steep slope ahead.

The river flows into the gap below, and if people want to pass through this side, they need to climb over the pile of stones.

Gu Chen quickly remembered the terrain on the sheepskin map and knew clearly that there was an obstacle here.

"Climb." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, he led the way and climbed up.

Lu Weiwei stood below temporarily and used a flashlight to provide lighting for Gu Chen.

After Gu Chen climbed to the top of the stone pestle, he first used a strong flashlight to shine on the other side, then shone the strong flashlight downwards and said:
"Come up."

"Okay." Upon seeing this, Lu Weiwei put away the flashlight and began to climb up towards the pile of rocks using her hands and feet.

Next came Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha.

He Wenjun and the three hikers followed closely behind.

After spending some time together, everyone began to cooperate with each other tacitly.

When everyone climbed to the top of the stone pestle 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 place earlier?"

"Do you still call it a fairyland after you discovered it? This is just a wild road, and I guess no one has walked here before." said a man of medium height.

The other strong man nodded silently and said without hesitation: "When we hiked before, we usually walked on routes with tracks. How dare you walk casually in a place like this?"

"That's true." The man with glasses agreed with the strong man.

When playing outdoors, the most taboo thing is to walk around aimlessly. You must follow the footsteps of others so that you won’t get lost.

As for some unfamiliar areas that you have never set foot in, you must maintain a sense of awe and not wander around randomly. This is the most responsible thing for your own life.

Gu Chen listened to the conversation between the three hikers and looked at He Wenjun beside him.

Compared with those three people, He Wenjun seemed relatively calm, as if such scenery was nothing to him?
"Have you been here?" Gu Chen asked.

"Ah?" He Wenjun didn't react, and also said "ah", then turned his head to look at Gu Chen.

Gu Chen asked again: "I mean, have you been here before?"

"No...no, I always followed the boss on the designated hiking route before, and I have never been here."

"Okay." Seeing that He Wenjun seemed to have never been here, Gu Chen didn't ask any more questions.

So he climbed down first.

Seeing this, the others followed suit.

After gathering together at the bottom of the stone pestle, everyone 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 hikers began to panic, and their walking speed gradually slowed down, and they began to fall behind. After walking for a while, Gu Chen found that the team was too long, so he stopped, turned his head and looked behind him, and said:
"Can you guys speed up a bit? The team must not get separated."

"Okay." Hearing Gu Chen's urging, the man with glasses who had already distanced himself quickly echoed.

Then he patted the others and asked them to follow quickly.

Everyone continued to move forward. They didn't know how long they had been walking before the terrain began to become complicated.

The canyon gradually widened, and here, it looked like a maze.

Gu Chen had already stopped, 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 him, "The terrain here is very complicated and messy. It looks like there is no order at all."

"There are all kinds of rocks ahead, and there are also messy stone walls. If I go in, I might get lost. Is there a detailed route on that map?"

Lu Weiwei spoke in a low voice, and was also a little confused about the terrain ahead.

Gu Chen shook his head and whispered, "Although this part is on the map, it's not very detailed."

"Then how long will it take?" Lu Weiwei asked again.

Gu Chen thought for a few seconds and said, "Maybe there is still one-third of the way to go."

"There's still one third left?" Lu Weiwei couldn't believe it. Everyone had gone through so much trouble 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 stay together." Gu Chen also reminded.

"No problem. The key is that we can get in and get out." Officer Wang was also a little worried about the pile of rocks in front of him.

After all, it seems that the rocks here are obviously distributed irregularly, as if there is a road, but also as if there is no road.

If people walk in, they will definitely get lost.

Officer Wang then found the three hikers and asked, "Do you still have the colored ribbon?"

"Yes, but not many. They are all used to mark the way along the road," said the man with glasses.

"But this place must have enough road signs, otherwise you may not be able to get out." Officer Wang also reminded.

The man with glasses hesitated for a moment, then quickly opened the right pocket of his jacket, rummaged around inside, pulled out some colorful ribbons, and said, "I have three more."

Turning his head to look at his two companions, the man with glasses asked, "How many do you have left?"

Hearing this, the two men also began to search their pockets. The man of medium height said, "I have four more."

"I have 6 more." The strong man also said quickly.

"That's 13." The man with glasses looked in the direction of Officer Wang and Gu Chen and said:

"We still have 13 webbings total."

"Use it sparingly. If it really doesn't work, use stones to draw some marks along the line." said Gu Chen.

Everyone looked at each other and agreed.

So everyone found some broken stones around and held them in their hands.

After everyone had determined the specific direction, Gu Chen walked in front and the others followed behind.

Whenever they reach a corner of a rubble of rocks, they will draw an arrow at the corner with small stones.

Gu Chen's sense of direction was pretty good, but when he entered the rocky mortar, the rocks there were not very high.

But as we go deeper into the stone mortar, the stones here have completely blocked the view from the outside.

From this moment on, everyone started to get nervous because everyone was surrounded by these huge piles of rocks.

If you go in the wrong direction, it will be a huge trouble.

Fortunately, everyone was constantly making marks and marking arrows, for fear that if they took a wrong step, everyone would be trapped here.

"This is really weird." The man with glasses kept using the stone to carve the arrowhead more clearly, and complained:
"Why is this place like a maze? All the stones look weird. They look strange no matter how you look at them."

"Yes, the stones here are very strange, with all kinds of shapes. When the light shines on the stones, the shadows they 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 a few times.

The shadow of the illuminated stone immediately became strange, and it really looked like the monster that He Wenjun described.

"Ah?" Yuan Shasha suddenly screamed.

He Wenjun saw this and said with a smile: "Why are you so timid? I said the shadow of the stone looked like a monster, but I didn't say it was really a monster. Look how scared you are."

"No...no, it's over there. There's a skull over there." Yuan Shasha waved her hand and pointed to the corner of one of the forked intersections, and spoke nervously.

Everyone then realized what the problem was. Gu Chen immediately shone the light of the high-intensity flashlight over there and actually found what seemed to be the outline of a skull in a corner ahead.

"Let's go and take a look." Gu Chen reminded and walked quickly forward. He soon arrived in front of a pile of skeletons.

Seeing the pair of white bones on the ground, Gu Chen frowned and looked shocked.

Officer Wang was also dumbfounded and said: "This...this, this is obviously a human bone."

Looking around, Officer Wang said nervously, "It looks like this person has been dead for many years. There is only a pile of bones left. Moreover, these bones are sunken into the mud, and are in a semi-sunken state. This person must have been dead for many years."

“Could it be that someone who came here before got trapped in the maze and couldn’t get out, and ended up dying here?” the man with glasses said with a look of horror.

Gu Chen nodded silently and said without hesitation: "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 to hike."

After taking a deep breath, Gu Chen said, "This person has been dead for a long time. It seems that someone has been here a long time ago."

"But if there is only one body, it doesn't seem to make sense. After all, what is a person doing here in a place like this?"

"That's right." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei nodded silently and said:
"It's unlikely that someone would come to a place like this alone. It's very likely that several people would come together."

"But this person most likely fell behind and got stuck in the maze. He didn't mark the waypoints for himself and was eventually trapped in this pile of rocks and died. He also lost contact with his companions."

"That's too tragic." Yuan Shasha trembled when she heard this:
"Just now, the residual light of the flashlight swept across here, and when I saw the skeleton and the shadow of the skeleton, I was really shocked."

"It's okay." Gu Chen comforted her, 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 also a little shocked when he saw Gu Chen squatting down to observe 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 not only be this pile of bones here."

"If someone had set foot here before, there would definitely be more than just this pile of bones. Otherwise, the person who successfully left here would definitely bring people back here to look for the whereabouts of the deceased."

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