I am a super cop

Chapter 2802 A Bloody Shoe

In the canyon, everyone gasped.

What Yuan Shasha said was not without reason. If the black shadow that He Wenjun saw flash by when he entered the cave was really some kind of wild animal.

Then, this wild animal is likely to attack the three hikers.

But Gu Chen also used a high-intensity flashlight and searched for a long time with everyone else, but did not find any bloodstains on the ground. This at least showed that it was unlikely that the three hikers had been attacked by wild beasts.

But now several situations exist. Gu Chen is not sure whether these people have returned by the same route, nor is he sure whether they will continue to go deeper into the valley.

So Gu Chen could only look at everyone and asked, "Does anyone have their contact information?"

"Oh no." Upon hearing this, Officer Wang slapped his head in annoyance: "We were all walking together before, so I never thought of asking them for their contact information."

"It's no use asking for contact information." Lu Weiwei took out her cell phone, raised it to test it, and then said:

"There's no signal in this mountain."

"Then these people suddenly disappeared, and we had to go look for them. They were also experienced hikers. Didn't they ever think about this problem?"

"If we go looking for them, we might get lost in this canyon, which is also very dangerous."

After Yuan Shasha finished speaking, she also sighed and continued to complain: "They are also experienced hikers. If they don't know this, then it's really speechless."

"It's not their fault." He Wenjun looked around and said slowly:
"It's so cold outside, and they don't dare to go up. It's really uncomfortable to stay in the canyon and be attacked by strong winds."

"If I can, I will definitely go find a place nearby that is sheltered from the wind and then wait for us to come back."

After a pause, He Wenjun continued, "But, we are using strong flashlights to illuminate the surrounding areas. Even if they hide far away, they should be able to see the flashlights we are using to look for them."

"Logically, they should have responded promptly with flashlights, but they didn't, which is very abnormal."

"I think there's a problem too." As soon as He Wenjun finished speaking, Gu Chen also said slowly:
"I agree with what you just said about this situation. It is indeed windy here. Finding a sheltered place nearby is the right thing to do."

"But they didn't see our flashlights shining on them. There are only two possibilities. One is that they were hiding in a place that blocked their view and didn't see us."

"There is another way..."

"Another possibility is that they encountered something and were unable to respond." Before Gu Chen could finish his words, Lu Weiwei spoke first.

Gu Chen nodded silently and said without hesitation: "Yes, this is the normal situation."

"That means, there is a high possibility that they are still nearby?" said Officer Wang.

Gu Chen said silently: "It should be. We should think in a positive direction, but of course we should also prepare for the worst."

After taking a deep breath, Gu Chen continued, "Let's go around and look for their traces to see if there is any sheltered terrain nearby."

"Which way are we going?" He Wenjun asked.

Gu Chen pointed to the front of the canyon and said, "Go forward, because there is no ideal terrain to shelter from the wind on both sides of the road we came from."

"So I judged that they should go forward."

"That makes sense." After hearing what Gu Chen said, He Wenjun also felt that this should be the direction.

Gu Chen also reminded everyone: "Everyone must gather together now, and don't leave too much distance to avoid getting lost."

"When we entered here, there were eight of us, and now three are missing. This is a big problem, and it could lead to serious consequences."

"Although they are only here to help, we cannot abandon them and must find them."

After a pause, Gu Chen continued: "Especially now, everyone is coming closer to me, always pay attention to the surrounding situation."

Looking at Lu Weiwei, Gu Chen said, "Senior Sister Lu, you follow me on the right side and pay attention to the situation on both sides of the canyon. I will be responsible for clearing the way ahead."

"Okay." Lu Weiwei nodded silently.

Then Gu Chen looked at Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha and said, "Brother Wang, you stay close to my left side and pay attention to the left direction. Xiao Yuan stays close to Sister Lu's right side and pays attention to the right direction."

"Okay." Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha agreed in unison.

Then, Gu Chen looked at He Wenjun again and reminded him, "Stay behind us and pay attention to the situation behind us at all times. Don't fall behind."

"Okay." Seeing Gu Chen's arrangement, He Wenjun naturally had to listen.

So, everyone quickly gathered together, and according to Gu Chen's request, everyone began to observe the surroundings without blind spots.

The lights began to sweep in all directions.

Gu Chen was also very cautious, because he also felt that this canyon seemed a little strange and somewhat different from the terrain he had encountered before.

Especially the bones in the pile of rocks. Although Gu Chen acted very calm, it was hard for him to tell who the dead man was.

But at least it shows that there is danger here.

Moreover, the steps on the slope were obviously dug by humans, which means that someone had been here before and dug the steps here to make it easier to go up and down.

From this, it seems that this place hides many secrets.

Otherwise, what's the matter with the sheepskin map? If it's just an ordinary canyon, why is there a sheepskin map?
Could the person who drew the map be related to the corpse?

Although Gu Chen is not clear about all these at the moment, he is certain that this matter is closely related to Zhuang Tianhe and Zhuang Hu.

The two may have reached a deal and were preparing to do something here.

But Gu Chen’s goal is to find the two people.

But now it seems that finding the three missing hikers is more important.

"Huh...huh..."

The strong wind in the canyon was blowing wildly, whistling towards everyone.

Everyone wore the hood of their windbreaker jackets and wrapped themselves tightly.

There was even flying sand and various dust in front of them. Under the influence of the strong wind, it began to blow towards Gu Chen and the others madly, making it difficult for everyone to open their eyes.

"Listen for a moment." Gu Chen suddenly called for a stop.

Everyone stopped and started to move closer to Gu Chen.

"What's wrong, Junior Brother Gu?" Lu Weiwei asked.

"Footprints." Gu Chen pointed to the ground.

Everyone looked down and found that some faint footprints suddenly appeared near Gu Chen's feet.

Previously, we were in the rocky area, and the howling wind covered the ground with dust, so footprints and the like seemed impossible to be found.

But now, we have entered some dirt areas, and the traces of footprints will be more obvious.

But the footprints were covered with some sand and dust. "Are they... fresh footprints? It looks like they were just stepped on not long ago." Lu Weiwei said.

"It should be them." Gu Chen nodded silently and shone the flashlight forward.

At this moment, the strong wind suddenly became smaller, and gradually, the strong wind began to subside.

Officer Wang was also puzzled and asked, "There's something wrong with this evil wind. It was blowing hard just now, but now it just stops as it pleases?"

"Yes, it was quite windy just now. I couldn't even open my eyes. Now the wind just stopped?" He Wenjun also felt a little unbelievable.

Yuan Shasha reminded, "Let's check around to see if there's any shelter from the wind. We seem to have walked quite a distance."

"Wait, what is that?" As soon as Yuan Shasha finished speaking, Gu Chen's flashlight swept across a corner in front, and there seemed to be a conspicuous object.

Gu Chen quickly stopped the high-intensity flashlight there.

Seeing this, the others quickly shone their light sources over there.

"Yes...it's a shoe, it looks like a shoe." Lu Weiwei looked familiar.

Gu Chen also reminded, "Let's go and take a look."

No one dared to stop and started jogging forward.

But when everyone arrived at the scene, they really found an outdoor shoe.

"Why is there only one shoe? Where is the other one? Also, is this shoe theirs?" Lu Weiwei was a little confused.

Gu Chen nodded silently: "It should be their shoes. I see they are wearing the same outdoor shoes, this kind."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Chen quickly squatted down and checked the condition of his shoes.

Only then did I realize that there was some fresh blood on the outside of the shoes.

"Why is there blood?" Gu Chen frowned when he saw this.

Seeing this, everyone came over, and everyone was made nervous by the scene before them.

"Really? There's blood on it?" He Wenjun looked around and said, his body began to tremble uncontrollably.
"He...they, they must have encountered a wild animal, otherwise how could the shoe fall here?"

"Moreover, it was a shoe with blood stains. Obviously, this was a shoe that they accidentally lost while escaping."

"And before that, someone must have been injured."

He Wenjun told Gu Chen all of his guesses and thoughts.

That’s right, Gu Chen thought so too.

Looking at the bloody shoe in front of me.

Gu Chen began to continue observing the situation around him.

Only then did they realize that there were already some traces of blood in the area ahead.

The blood dripped onto the ground.

Gu Chen quickly took a few steps forward and found a bloody hand print on the rock on the right.

"Oh my God!" Lu Weiwei quickly discovered the bloody handprint on the rock based on Gu Chen's gaze and said:
"This bloodstain should have been applied not long ago."

"Could it be that these three people were really attacked by wild animals?" At this moment, Officer Wang began to worry involuntarily and said:
"If that's the case, then the situation is not good. These people encountered wild animals. This..."

"Wait a moment." Before Officer Wang could finish his words, Gu Chen suddenly interrupted him.

Then he quickly trotted forward a few steps, came to a rock, and began to observe the various traces on the rock.

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly trotted over.

But when they saw the marks on the rocks, everyone was stunned again.

"This...the marks on the rock feel like they were cut by a knife." Officer Wang quickly discovered the trick.

"Are those the knives they carried?" Gu Chen looked at He Wenjun.

But He Wenjun shook his head: "I don't know. I didn't see them carrying knives."

"But if it wasn't them, who could it be?" Yuan Shasha said.

Everyone was stunned for a few seconds, and then Gu Chen speculated: "Maybe some of them brought knives, and this kind of knives might be used by them to cut food outdoors."

"After all, when we met them at the camp, they were already there to solve the problem of dinner."

"Since it is outdoors, this kind of outdoor knife should be used to cut people alive, ham, etc."

"It's possible." Hearing Gu Chen's words, He Wenjun nodded silently and said:
"I always carry an outdoor knife with me, for cutting vegetables and stuff like that."

"But this knife doesn't seem to be an ordinary outdoor knife." Gu Chen looked at the knife marks on the rock and made a new judgment based on his understanding of the knife.

Lu Weiwei frowned slightly and said slowly: "This knife looks like a Nigerian saber."

"Well, the Nigerian sabers are famous all over the world, and judging from the knife marks, they are indeed very similar." Officer Wang also began to become alert.

Everyone looked at each other, and seemed to feel both familiar and unfamiliar with the situation of the Sanming hiker.

"Who are they?" Yuan Shasha began to question, saying:

"From the beginning, they wanted to follow us into the mountains to look for people. At first, they seemed quite enthusiastic, but their physical strength did not seem like that of experienced hikers."

"Xiao Yuan, you finally said what I was thinking at that time." Seeing Yuan Shasha's question, Lu Weiwei quickly agreed:

"Yes, I felt that they were well-equipped before. Plus, they said they had participated in many outdoor rescue operations, so I judged that they must be experienced outdoor experts."

"But when I was going down the canyon, I could clearly feel that they seemed to be struggling. It was obvious that they were physically exhausted."

“If you don’t often participate in outdoor hiking, you should be at their level.”

"Well, I feel like he's just a rookie." Officer Wang couldn't help but complain.

It seemed as if all the doubts that everyone had been hiding in their hearts had suddenly come together.

So everyone turned their attention to He Wenjun again.

He Wenjun shook his head like a rattle and said with a bitter face: "You don't have to look at me, I don't know anything."

"At the time, I was thinking about asking them to catch up with you, but they said they had to slow down because they were running out of energy."

"So I didn't want to embarrass them, so I asked them to stay down there, and I hurried after you, but these guys are experienced strong asses."

Shaking his head, He Wenjun said, "I don't think so."

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