I am a super cop

Chapter 2904: Disorganized Photos

"That is to say, the two little girls might have encountered rainy weather in the mountains. What I want to know now is, are there many people hiking there now?" Gu Chen continued to communicate on the phone.

Lao Zhang on the other end of the phone quickly replied: "We have people hiking in Wufeng Mountain at all times, regardless of wind or rain."

"The reason is simple: the weather in the mountains is different from the weather in the city."

"And it's always sunny and rainy these days, so many people will continue to hike."

"So, there are still quite a few people going to the mountains during this period, right?" After listening to Lao Zhang's narration, Gu Chen asked quickly.

"Yes." Lao Zhang agreed, "But these two girls didn't sign the registration, so there is no record of them here."

"But the trail you mentioned, the trail with the waterfall, is not managed by anyone. They may not want to pay the sanitation fee or want to take a shortcut, so they didn't go to the hiking entrance to register."

"That's possible." Listening to Lao Zhang's explanation, Gu Chen felt more and more that the two girls might have gone up from that path.

Although Gu Chen had never walked that road, he had heard of it. However, the terrain there did not seem to be suitable for novice hikers.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen continued, "Lao Zhang, send out the rescue team first. One team will search the hiking entrance, and the other team will search the trail with the waterfall."

"I think they must have followed this route, and I know that the main trail on this hiking route is along the ridge line, and there are signs along the way."

“Plus, one of them has hiked here many times before, so he is very familiar with the terrain.”

"What I'm thinking now is that they might not have taken the main road, but might have gone to some other place to camp and had an accident, or gone to some dangerous place to take pictures and had an accident."

"Yeah." After listening to Gu's words, Lao Zhang thought for a few seconds and said slowly:

"Officer Gu, what you said makes sense. Let's send the rescue team out first. We'll keep you posted if anything happens."

"Okay, thank you then."

After talking on the phone with Lao Zhang from the Wufeng Mountain Tourist Scenic Area Management Office, Gu Chen leaned back in his chair and carefully recalled the scene of his first hiking trip to Wufeng Mountain.

At that time, Gu Chen was still in high school. During the summer vacation, he and several classmates went hiking in Wufeng Mountain with backpacks.

At that time, there were fewer people hiking there, and there were not many infrastructure facilities.

But the road signs are very clear, and generally speaking, as long as you walk along the ridgeline, you won’t get lost.

But the problem now is, even if there are signposts and there are many people going there for hiking, and one of them has been there several times, how could one get lost in the mountains in this situation?
Gu Chen really couldn’t figure out how these two girls left.

"Junior Brother Gu." Seeing that Gu Chen was still thinking about the problem, Lu Weiwei handed her bottle of yogurt to Gu Chen and said:
"Still thinking about the two missing hikers?"

"Yes." Gu Chen took the yogurt handed to him by Lu Weiwei and said slowly:

"The hiking trails in places like that are very mature, and the other girl has been there several times and has experience."

"But in this situation, how can we get lost? I don't think it's possible."

"What do you think is the possibility?" Lu Weiwei leaned against Gu Chen's desk and asked curiously.

After thinking seriously for a few seconds, Gu Chen said, "I guess it was the other female hiker who had been there a few times. She always entered through the hiking entrance, which is the one that required paying the sanitation fee."

"So she thought she might as well take a different route this time, so she might choose to take the trail with the daughter of the mother who called the police, the trail with the waterfall."

"I've never been to that road. Have you been there, Junior Brother Gu?" Lu Weiwei asked.

Gu Chen shook his head: "I haven't been there either, but I've heard of that road, and from the map, it's actually in the middle of the hiking route, a road along the ridge."

"But this road has many steep sections, and there have been reports of tourists falling and getting injured in the past."

"Of course, if that's the case, it's actually not that difficult to find them. I'm just afraid they didn't take the main road, but went to another place."

"Junior Brother Gu, do you suspect that they are not going in the direction of Jinding?" Lu Weiwei was also very curious when she heard it.

Gu Chen nodded silently: "Yes, the Wufeng Mountain Scenic Area is very large, and it actually belongs to the same mountain range as several other cities and even the mountain range in our Jiangnan City."

"Furthermore, Wufeng Mountain covers a very large area, but only a small area has been developed as a scenic spot, and the hiking trails are only half-developed."

“The number of inns along the way has only started to increase in recent years, but they are also on the main road.”

"But if they strayed from the main road and went somewhere else, they would probably get lost, and we wouldn't know if they actually went somewhere else."

"If that's the case, it will be very troublesome to search for it."

"Hasn't the search and rescue team already set off?" Lu Weiwei said.

"Yeah." Gu Chen sighed and nodded silently: "I hope the search and rescue team can find clues and bring them back safely. Let's wait for news slowly."

Looking at the time, Gu Chen said, "No overtime tonight, Senior Sister Lu, go back and have a rest."

"Okay, let's go back together." Lu Weiwei said.

The two of them finished organizing the documents on their respective desks in the office before leaving the office together.

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The next morning, 9:20.

Gu Chen sat in the office, imparting some police experience to the new police officers.

Everyone was listening attentively, and many were taking notes.

But at this moment, Gu Chen's cell phone suddenly rang.

Seeing that it was Old Zhang from the Wufeng Mountain Scenic Area Management Office, Gu Chen quickly explained to everyone: "That's basically the situation. You guys go think about it. If you have any questions, you can come to me."

"Okay, Brother Gu."

Seeing that Gu Chen had something to deal with, several new police officers dispersed and returned to their respective jobs.

After swiping the answer button, Gu Chen asked directly: "Lao Zhang, how is the search and rescue team over there?"

"Officer Gu, our collection team reported that they passed by a village in the mountains last night, and the villagers told them that the two girls might have passed by there."

"Is it the main road of the scenic area?" Gu Chen asked.

"No, it's right there on the path leading up to the waterfall. There's a small village over there."

"Some villagers said they saw them six days ago, when they were entering the scenic area's hiking route."

"Also, as our search and rescue team continued their search, they found a backpack somewhere in the mountains and found a camera inside it."

"But the strange thing is that there is no trace of anyone around, but there are many photos in this camera, including those of the two women." "Where are the cameras left?" Hearing this reply, Gu Chen also began to think and said:

"That means, those two girls did appear in that area, and even left something in the mountain, a bag?"

"Yes." said Lao Zhang on the phone.

"Besides the camera, what else is in the bag?" Gu Chen asked again.

"There are also some daily necessities." said Lao Zhang.

"Did you find anything else around here?"

"No."

"Wait, in that photo, can you take a look at where the background is? Where have they been?"

"You are quite familiar with Wufeng Mountain, so you should be able to find some clues from the photos."

Gu Chen also gave Lao Zhang some advice.

On the other end of the phone, Lao Zhang sighed helplessly and quickly said:
"In the photos, they were all basic photo poses at the beginning. From those first photos, we can judge that the two of them had indeed been to the waterfall and climbed the mountain from that side."

"But they also left some photos along the ridgeline. The first few hundred photos were still good, but the ones after that..."

"What happened next?" Gu Chen asked.

"Oh, I can't understand the photos at the back at all." said Lao Zhang on the phone.

Gu Chen frowned: "You don't understand? Why can't you understand?"

"The photos at the back were all taken randomly. Some were of a patch of grass, some were of a tree. Anyway, I felt that they were taken for no apparent reason, and it seemed like the shutter was randomly pressed."

Hearing what Lao Zhang said, Gu Chen suddenly had a bad feeling.

"The first few photos were normal, but the later ones started to get random? How is that possible? Is there something wrong with the camera?"

"Lao Zhang, use that camera again and test the shooting situation."

"Officer Gu, we have already tested it." Facing Gu Chen's request, Lao Zhang also quickly replied:

"There was nothing wrong with the camera. Everything was working fine. It even had a quarter of its battery left."

"But there are dozens of photos later, all of which were taken randomly. They don't look like normal photos at all."

"Could it be a clue they left behind?" Gu Chen said thoughtfully after listening to Lao Zhang's explanation.

"Huh? Officer Gu, the situation you described may exist." Lao Zhang said.

"Then take a look at the photo. Are there any special clues?" Gu Chen asked.

"I'm really not sure about this. After all, I wasn't at the scene, and the search and rescue team didn't carry a card reader."

"They just took pictures of the situation with their cell phones and told me."

"I thought the same as you. I felt that these two girls might have encountered something, so I took photos to capture the clues."

"That's why I wanted to communicate with you and see what's going on."

"Lao Zhang." Hearing Lao Zhang say this, Gu Chen quickly reminded him:
"Send me those random photos and I'll give you an email address."

"Okay, I'll send them to you later. The search and rescue team took a few simple photos. I asked them to send all those strange photos to me in order, and then I'll send them to your email."

"Okay, thank you for your help." Gu Chen said.

After a brief conversation between the two, Gu Chen hung up the phone and began to wait quietly.

When Lu Weiwei saw Gu Chen hang up the phone, she turned around and asked, "Do you have any clues?"

"Yeah." Gu Chen nodded slightly and couldn't help but said:
"The search and rescue team found their traces. They did come up the mountain from the path with the waterfall."

"Moreover, the villagers over there also saw them. Their bags fell on the road and were picked up by the search and rescue team."

"But what's strange is that the camera in the bag recorded hundreds of photos. The first few were relatively normal, but the dozens after that were all random photos."

"I asked them to send the photos in question to see if they were clues left by the two of them."

"Well, it's quite strange." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei also felt that there must be something fishy here.

After waiting for about 20 minutes, Gu Chen received a reminder to receive a package in his mobile mailbox.

Gu Chen quickly logged into his email using his computer, and then accepted the pictures that had been sent to him.

Seeing this, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha also gathered around.

Several people waited for the photo to refresh slowly.

"What are these photos of? Why can't I understand any of them?" Officer Wang was also confused as he looked at the randomly taken photos.

Yuan Shasha also said without hesitation: "Some of them took pictures of the grass, some of them took pictures of a tree, and some of them took pictures of mud. What do they want to express? Is this a clue to their walking?"

"Maybe." Listening to Yuan Shasha's analysis, Gu Chen nodded silently and said without hesitation:
"I feel like these photos look ordinary, more like they were taken randomly."

"The photos were all random and disorganized, but if they were in danger at the time, these photos might have been used to convey information to the outside world."

"They may have left their backpacks on the road in the hope that passers-by would see them. Of course, it's hard to say whether passers-by would help them or take the camera for themselves."

"But I guess the two of them were probably gambling on what the search and rescue team could find, or what kind-hearted hikers passing by could find."

"Yeah." After listening to Gu Chen's analysis, Officer Wang nodded slightly and said:
"Gu Chen, your analysis makes sense. Now it depends on whether the search and rescue team can find the area pointed to by these photos."

After a pause, Officer Wang continued, "Looking at these messy photos, there is no big picture, so they have no reference value at all. What on earth do they want to express?"

"Who knows?" Lu Weiwei also shook her head and said:

"The shooting was completely random. If you want to leave clues for people, it will take a lot of time."

"Moreover, these photos have no reference value. The plants in these photos can be found in any place. But the key is that they don't take big pictures, they just take local shots."

"Yeah." After listening to Lu Weiwei's words, Gu Chen sighed and continued:

"Perhaps it was inconvenient for them to film, so they just filmed secretly and wanted to leave clues."

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