"SOS?" Upon hearing this number, Zhao Meng, who was still confused, suddenly became more nervous.
Thinking of the fact that her old father was still alive and dead, and Xiaobai's tragic death, Zhao Meng instinctively thought of the past in a bad direction, and also took a breath and said:
"Could it be my dad?"
"Calm down." Lu Weiwei frowned slightly, and hurriedly reminded: "Zhao Meng, don't worry, let Gu Chen listen."
"That's right, Gu Chen, listen again and see if there is any response over there?" Officer Wang didn't dare to neglect at this moment.
After all, there are still 5 missing persons who have not been found.
But now under such circumstances, the whistle for help suddenly appeared on the other side of the mountain, which seemed to be something terrible.
Gu Chen didn't dare to neglect, and continued to listen.
A minute later, Gu Chen came back to his senses and said seriously: "The distress signal has disappeared."
"Then what should I do?" Zhao Meng was so anxious at the moment, she quickly grabbed Gu Chen's arm and asked for help:
"Officer Gu, you must save my dad, my dad is fine, I beg you."
"Zhao Meng, don't worry." Holding Zhao Meng, Gu Chen didn't have the slightest reason, and immediately reminded: "Well, Xiao Yuan, you and Xiao Zhou stay here and protect Zhao Meng. Group people up the mountain."
"But Brother Gu, do you have enough people?" Yuan Shasha said.
"Let's go and see the situation first. It's safer for you to stay here. If something happens to us, you may be able to respond at any time if you stay here."
"That's right." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Yuan Shasha, who had some concerns before, immediately obeyed the order:
"That's fine, the three of us will stay here. If you have a situation, you can call with a whistle."
"Just like just now, if it is a distress signal, we will go there immediately to meet you."
"No." Hearing what Yuan Shasha said, Gu Chen hurriedly said again: "If you hear the whistle just now, you immediately go down the mountain and find someone to help. If I blow the whistle intermittently and rhythmically, Come and help."
"Understood." After listening to Gu Chen's explanation, Yuan Shasha could also understand Gu Chen's good intentions.
After everyone took a short rest in the utility room, Gu Chen took Police Officer Wang, Lu Weiwei, and another team to form a six-member search and rescue team, braving the heavy rain, and quickly searched towards the top of the mountain.
Since he had repeatedly confirmed the final location with Zhao Meng in advance, Gu Chen was sure that he would be able to meet the people calling for help by going up the mountain along the only trail.
"Swish, swish!"
The heavy rain continued, but Gu Chen and the others quickened their pace, and almost everyone marched at a running speed.
I don't know how long it has been? Everyone only feels physically and mentally exhausted, but the vegetation in front of them is getting less and less.
When everyone came to a lawn, they found that not far from the mountain, there was indeed a huge rock piled into a cave.
Thinking that the whistle just now came from here, Gu Chen signaled everyone to stay vigilant, and in addition to having the bright flashlight on the FAST tactical helmet, everyone also took out the police flashlight as a weapon to deal with various emergencies at any time. situation.
Due to the urgency of the situation, Gu Chen immediately shouted: "Is there anyone? Is there anyone here? We are from the search and rescue team down the mountain. If there is anyone, please respond, please?"
"The sound was on the top of the mountain, and soon spread around."
However, the storm continued, but it was useless.
Lu Weiwei walked up to Gu Chen, also puzzled and said, "If the distress whistle just came from here, why is there no one here? Or is the person who sent the distress whistle just now in danger?"
"I don't know, everyone, pay attention to vigilance and go to the cave over there to have a look." Gu Chen couldn't say for now, so he could only signal everyone to be vigilant.
All 6 people instantly lined up in two triangular formations, relying on each other on the left and right, and began to approach from the two wings of the cave where the boulders were piled up.
However, when the light shone on the inside of this simple cave, no movement was found.
The area of the stone cave is not large, and it is empty inside, as if there is nothing there.
However, using the light irradiation, some domestic garbage can still be found.
Gu Chen walked over cautiously, illuminated it with a flashlight a few times, kicked a soda can on the ground to the side, and said, "It seems that people often came here to live here before. The garbage bags and drink cans here are all Those who stayed before."
"Besides, how long has it been?" Lu Weiwei squatted down, checked carefully, and said with a puzzled expression:
"If Zhao Meng's father, Zhao Wen, had just been here, he would have left some garbage with him, right? Like food and drink, but the garbage here seems to have been there for a long time, and many of the bags have faded. serious."
"Yes." Police Officer Wang also checked the surroundings, and said: "There is no new garbage found around, obviously, these garbage has been left before, so it's hard to judge who are the people who came to the top of the mountain recently? "
"It seems that we still have to use simple methods." Gu Chen was a little helpless.
"Using 'shout'?" Lu Weiwei knew Gu Chen too well, so she said it casually.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "Everyone shout together, shout separately, and shout in different directions."
"If the person who gave us the distress whistle just now is nearby, this person must be able to hear it."
"Then what are you waiting for?" Officer Wang couldn't wait any longer, and brought everyone to the entrance of the cave, and ordered, "Everyone surround the cave, face all around, and shout to me."
In an instant, the crowd lined up all around, and all kinds of shouts suddenly came in an endless stream.
Even the entire valley is reversing.
It was just because of the noise interference from the thunder and heavy rain that it did cause a lot of trouble for everyone.
But these troubles are also within the controllable range.
"Is anyone there? Is there anyone here?" Gu Chen shouted while walking, looking around.
However, even if everyone tried to call, there seemed to be no response, as if no one existed here at all.
An auxiliary police officer suddenly became suspicious, and asked Gu Chen: "Captain Gu, could it be that you misheard just now?"
"What are you thinking about?" Seeing the auxiliary policeman questioning Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei immediately frowned and said, "Junior Gu's hearing ability, can you make a mistake? His ears are much more sensitive than yours."
"I'll just talk about it casually. After all, I can't find this person." The auxiliary policeman had been exhausted following everyone for a day, and was panting at the moment, and was more complaining about the bad environment.
Gu Chen also shook his head: "I can't be wrong, I really heard the rhythmic whistle, and it did come from the top of the mountain."
"Moreover, the other party seems to understand this very well, using the rhythm of three short, three long, and three short to respond to us."
"Obviously, the other party is in trouble and needs our help."
"But we have already reached the top of the mountain, but why is the guy who sent the distress signal missing? Could it be that he ran away temporarily because he was in danger?"
Another auxiliary policeman expressed his opinion.
Gu Chen nodded silently, and said involuntarily: "Maybe this is the case. It takes a little time for us to go up the mountain, so the other party couldn't wait, so he chose to leave temporarily to avoid the risk."
After a pause, Gu Chen stuck around again, but asked with a puzzled expression, "But, what is the other party hiding?"
At this moment, Gu Chen heard a subtle movement again.
Gu Chen's ears trembled slightly, and he immediately began to judge the direction.
Seeing this, Lu Weiwei immediately became nervous, and hurriedly asked Gu Chen, "Junior Brother Gu, did you hear something?"
"That's right." Gu Chen frowned slightly, looked at the direction when he came, and said, "There are still three shorts, three longs, and three shorts, but the movement this time seems to be where we set off just now."
"What, what?" Officer Wang was almost confused by Gu Chen, and quickly confirmed, saying:
"Gu Chen, you mean, you heard someone sending a distress signal to us at our starting point?"
"Isn't that where Xiao Yuan and the others are currently staying?" Lu Weiwei said hurriedly, also very nervous.
Gu Chen took a few steps forward and looked down the mountain.
But at this moment, the road when they came was already shrouded in hazy mountain fog, and everyone looked forward anxiously.
In the mountain fog at this moment, strong flashlights can't penetrate it at all.
Lu Weiwei didn't have time to think too much, and immediately wanted to take out the whistle, but Gu Chen stopped it instantly.
"Senior Sister Lu, don't blow the whistle indiscriminately. Have you forgotten what we discussed when we went up the mountain?" Gu Chen said.
After thinking about it, Lu Weiwei said with annoyed expression, "That's right, we only told them about the intention of sending them signals, but never about their intention of sending signals to us."
"Once we blow the whistle on them, it's sure to wear them out."
"Wait a minute." Gu Chen suddenly interrupted Lu Weiwei's speech, and continued to listen attentively.
At this moment, Police Officer Wang was also surprised and said: "I heard it too. It's still the three shorts, three longs, and three shorts. It came from the place we set off just now. Xiao Yuan and the others may be in danger."
"Then what should we do?" Lu Weiwei was startled, and immediately suggested: "Let's go down the mountain quickly."
"What about the mountain? What if the person in need appears again?" said an auxiliary policeman.
Police officer Wang didn't have time to think too much, and suggested: "Gu Chen, why don't we let their team stay here, let's go down and see the situation, Xiao Yuan and the others, what's going on?"
"If it's okay, we'll come back immediately and join their group on the mountain."
"If you are so exhausted, everyone's physical strength will be exhausted." Although Police Officer Wang's suggestion has some truth, Gu Chen is also very clear that besides himself, Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang's physical strength, in such a rainstorm environment, turned back and ran overnight. I'm afraid even Iron Man can't stand it.
But Police Officer Wang also insisted: "If someone needs help on the mountain, but we are all down the mountain, then it will be exhausting to go back and forth like this."
"The most important thing now is to save people, desperate to save people."
Speaking of this, Officer Wang didn't care too much, and reminded the other group: "In this way, you leave some rescue tools, and stay here in the cave and don't wander around."
"Let's go back and check the situation now. If there is nothing wrong, we will come up the mountain to meet you again after a short break."
"No problem, we're tired anyway, so we can take a break here, but you've worked so hard." The auxiliary policeman breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Officer Wang and the others were going down the mountain.
Xin said that he could rest on the top of the mountain, wouldn't it be good to stay put?
At least it's not me who is tossing back and forth.
Officer Wang turned to look at Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei.
Although Gu Chen did not agree with the dispersal of personnel, but in the face of unexpected situations and unknown risks, Gu Chen also had to adjust the plan, so he could only agree and said: "Okay, then set off immediately."
After a few people explained a few words near the cave, Gu Chen, Police Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei continued to brave the heavy rain and started rushing towards the road they had just come from.
In the torrential rain at night, the three redundant auxiliary policemen only saw the lumbering figure of Police Officer Wang slumped by the side of the road, and then was lifted up by Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei, and the three gradually disappeared into the mist.
"Swish, swish!"
Since it is going down the mountain, everyone saves a lot of energy than going up the mountain.
The speed is also much faster than before.
The three of them rushed towards Xujia Village almost at the speed of running.
However, when a few people came to the outskirts of Xujia Village panting, it seemed that the whole Xujia Village fell into the same scene as when everyone came here for the first time just now, quiet and scary.
Officer Wang coughed twice, and also shouted: "Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yuan?"
After the words fell, Police Officer Wang looked at Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei in a daze, and said, "Why...why no one responded?"
"Could it be that you were too tired to fall asleep?" Lu Weiwei also guessed at random, and then looked at Gu Chen beside her.
Gu Chen shook his head: "It shouldn't be, I don't think the situation is right, everyone better be careful."
I don't know why? I just feel that the current Xujia Village seems to have become the uninhabited village before.
But Gu Chen somehow knew about the utility room where everyone lived before, so he took Police Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei and started walking towards the utility room.
"Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yuan?" Gu Chen yelled softly, keeping vigilance all the time.
Lu Weiwei also called out: "Zhao Meng, Mengmeng?"
"Officer Wang looked left and right, and suddenly turned his back to Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei, and shouted in the outer direction: "Xiao Zhou, Xiao Zhou? "
After all kinds of shouts received no response, Gu Chen rushed into the utility room first, followed by Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang.
However, the scene at this moment was empty, which made everyone quite curious.
"Strange, where are the people? Didn't they stay here and wait to pick us up at any time? But now why is there no one?"
Looking left and right, Police Officer Wang found Gu Chen squatting at the place where the blood was found before, so he asked, "Gu Chen, what did you find?"
"Bloodstains are new bloodstains." Gu Chen frowned, as if what he was worried about had happened.
"It can't be Xiao Yuan and the others, right?" Lu Weiwei felt bad immediately when she heard that, and hurried all the way to Gu Chen's side.
The three of them immediately gathered together.
There was indeed a new puddle of blood where the strong flashlight irradiated.
Seems like something just happened here? And the whistle for help seemed to be sent by Yuan Shasha and the others.
"Could it be that Xiao Yuan and the others were attacked?" Lu Weiwei's eyes froze, and she looked at Gu Chen in horror.
Gu Chen paused for two seconds, but suddenly realized: "No, could it be that we were transferred from the mountain?"
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