Chapter 2241

Seeing that everyone's physical strength is vulnerable in front of Xu Youzhi, Gu Chen also began to worry about the upcoming itinerary.

The main thing is that I don't trust Xu Youzhi. If this character is used well, it will be everyone's right-hand man.

But once he is a member of that group, as Gu Chen guessed, then bringing him to Hu Peng's side must be a serious threat.

Although Gu Chen thought about the credibility of Xu Youzhi's previous remarks, they could also be Xu Youzhi's one-sided remarks.

If it is said that Xu Youzhi is only because Hu Peng often gave him some cardboard boxes, then there is no need to destroy the monitor for him.

Or, to put it another way, if Xu Youzhi wanted to kill Hu Peng, but didn't want others to know that Hu Peng had been to Hushan Town.

The incentive to compromise monitoring is then very dangerous.

As for why Hu Peng's vehicle stopped at Xu Youzhi's waste collection station, Gu Chen guessed that this may be true to what he said before, and it was a temporary stop.

But before Xu Youzhi could make a move, Hu Peng already took his luggage and hurried towards the mountain.

This might be the reason why Xu Youzhi didn't keep up with Hu Peng's rhythm, and maybe it was also the reason why Xu Youzhi didn't have time to kill Hu Peng.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen felt terrified for a while, thinking that this was just speculation, and if this was the real situation, the consequences would be disastrous.

"Senior Brother Wang, Senior Sister Lu, can you do it?" Seeing that Police Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei were still trying to keep up with their pace, Gu Chen also asked casually.

Police Officer Wang said helplessly: "The altitude rises too fast, and the slope is also steep, which is a bit troublesome."

"What about Senior Sister Lu?" Upon hearing this, Gu Chen immediately looked at Lu Weiwei again.

Lu Weiwei sighed softly, and shook her head helplessly: "I'm not that fast either."

"How about this." Seeing that time was running out, Gu Chen hurriedly explained to Police Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei:

"How about this, Senior Sister Lu, Senior Brother Wang, and Director Zhang, you form the middle formation, which is the connecting point between the vanguard and the follow-up team."

"In this way, we will be divided into three teams, and Xu Youzhi and I will go to the first team."

"Is this okay?" Seeing that Gu Chen was going to be alone with Xu Youzhi, Lu Weiwei, who was a little wary of Xu Youzhi, suddenly became worried.

She had already seen that Gu Chen was not at ease with this Xu Youzhi.

But Gu Chen is also very clear that many things can only be clarified if Hu Peng is found as soon as possible.

So Gu Chen nodded resolutely and confirmed, "That's right, I want to stay with Xu Youzhi in the vanguard team, and discover Hu Peng's whereabouts as soon as possible."

"But don't worry, I will make marks along the way, and you can follow the marks when the time comes."

"Okay." Police officer Wang saw that Gu Chen had said so, and felt that it was the best way at the moment.

After all, this white-haired Xu Youzhi climbed the mountain like a young man in his early twenties.

And the only one who can keep up with his rhythm is Gu Chen.

Thinking of Gu Chen's comprehensive strength, it should be easy to control Xu Youzhi, so he agreed:

"Gu Chen, be careful in everything, don't distance yourself from us too much."

"Understood." After Gu Chen nodded for confirmation, he climbed in the direction of Xu Youzhi.

But at this moment, Xu Youzhi was still sitting on a rock, drinking mineral water.

Seeing Gu Chen's deft movements, he quickly climbed to the opposite position.

Xu Youzhi admired Gu Chen's climbing ability quite a bit, and couldn't help but wonder:

"Young man, are you good at climbing?"

"It's okay." Facing Xu Youzhi's compliment, Gu Chen didn't take it seriously, but continued to urge:

"Now we have changed the plan and divided the previous two groups into the current three groups."

"And you and I will form the first group and continue to walk in front of the team."

"The two of us?" Hearing Gu Chen's words, Xu Youzhi was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly realized it.

So he nodded and agreed: "That's fine, the two of us will go first, anyway, it will take some time to wait for them."

"Let's go now." As soon as Xu Youzhi finished speaking, Gu Chen got up and continued climbing towards the top of the mountain road.

Xu Youzhi shook his head and followed closely behind.

However, the situation is quite different now. Gu Chen, who had been dragged down by his teammates before, thus slowing down his climbing rhythm, finally got rid of the burden and began to climb with all his strength.

After a while, they distanced themselves from Xu Youzhi.

Seeing that Xu Youzhi was starting to be out of breath in his old age, Gu Chen simply found a gentle rock and sat there to wait for him.

A minute later, Xu Youzhi came to Gu Chen's side, out of breath, and lay weakly on a rock, sighed heavily, and said:

"Young man, are you physically strong?"

"It's okay." For Gu Chen, climbing is indeed like a child's science.

Of course, Gu Chen would not tell Xu Youzhi that during his studies at the police academy, he was a climbing master in the whole school, won many awards, and presented performances to international peers.

As for climbing such a mountain range, Gu Chen actually doesn't like it at all.

Let alone a steep 70-degree slope, even if it is a 90-degree vertical position, as long as there is a place to stand, Gu Chen can easily climb up.

"Okay." Taking a deep breath, Xu Youzhi took out the mineral water and drank the first bottle of mineral water in one gulp.

Then he put the empty mineral water bottle in his backpack, and panted heavily:

"On the first day, because we have to climb high-altitude and steep slopes continuously, we will consume a lot of energy."

"So, on the first day, you may need to drink 2L of water, but you still need to save some water."

"Understood." Seeing that Xu Youzhi looked very experienced and he was his guide, Gu Chen could only nod silently and echoed.

Xu Youzhi glanced at his watch subconsciously, and then said again: "Let's go, we can't rest here for too long, if we sit here and rest for too long, then this feeling of exhaustion will quickly come to mind."

"At that time, you don't want to move anymore, you have to go all out and sprint towards the top of the mountain."

"Listen to you." Gu Chen was quite confident in his physical strength.

In particular, he also has the functional drink rewards provided by the system. These things are enough to support Gu Chen to consume a small amount of energy during the climbing process.

Seeing Gu Chen make a move, Xu Youzhi could only follow behind Gu Chen again.

The two of them walked and climbed along the steep mountain road like this. After several hours of climbing, they finally came to a gentle area.

At this moment, Gu Chen obviously noticed that there were some scraps of used paper towels on this flat open space.

Gu Chen subconsciously walked over, squatted down, gently picked up the scraps of paper towels on the ground with his white-gloved hands, and quickly put them into a transparent evidence collection bag after taking pictures to collect evidence.

And all of this was seen by Xu Youzhi, Xu Youzhi also walked to Gu Chen's side, and asked him in a low voice:

"Is this rubbish left behind by Hu Peng?"

Hearing Xu Youzhi's speech, Gu Chen glanced at him, and said casually:

"Didn't you say that? Few donkey friends pass by this route. Then, can I understand that Hu Peng is the only one who is crossing this mountain at present?"

"Yes." Looking at Gu Chen, Xu Youzhi nodded slightly.

Gu Chen snapped his fingers and said, "Then can I assume that this tissue was used by Hu Peng?"

"I understand." Seeing Gu Chen's straightforwardness, Xu Youzhi nodded slightly, and said with a sigh:

"If this is the case, then, judging from the current shape of the tissue, he must have stayed here, or in other words, rested for a long time."

"You're right." Seeing that Xu Youzhi had explained clearly, Gu Chen also nodded slightly, and continued:

"Judging from the current situation, Hu Peng has a lot of things with him. He should slow down, maybe he has camped here."

"Then we can't camp here, we have to leave immediately." Facing Xu Youzhi's words, Gu Chen reminded directly.

Seeing that Gu Chen seemed different from other police officers, Xu Youzhi nodded slightly, and approached Gu Chen and said, "So, we have to leave now?"

"Let's go." As soon as Xu Youzhi finished speaking, Gu Chen got up and walked towards the forest.

Xu Youzhi who was behind couldn't help shaking his head, feeling that when he was climbing the steep slope just now, he still showed off his abilities in front of Gu Chen's team from time to time.

At first, I thought it was because Gu Chen couldn't keep up physically.

But now it seems that this is not the case at all. Gu Chen was waiting for his teammates, so he wasted a lot of time.

The current Gu Chen walks like flying, Xu Youzhi feels that he can't keep up at all.

Since he was following Gu Chen's rhythm, Xu Youzhi seemed powerless.

Finally in an open space, Xu Youzhi was so tired that he supported a big tree beside him, and reminded him: "Officer Gu, why...or just rest here, I'm about to die."

Hearing Xu Youzhi's speech behind him, Gu Chen decisively stopped running, turned around and came to Xu Youzhi.

Xu Youzhi took a step back subconsciously, and continued to say the appeal just now:

"Shall we take a break?"

"Yes." As soon as Xu Youzhi finished speaking, Gu Chen readily agreed.

Afterwards, Xu Youzhi sat under a big tree again, and began to greedily drink his own mineral water.

At the same time, Gu Chen didn't stay idle, and directly took out a dozen red threads, and began to follow everyone's previous agreement.

Gu Chen used a police dagger to draw an arrow on the branch tied with a red string.

Taking a step back, Gu Chen sat on one side in satisfaction after seeing the excellent vision.

At this time, Gu Chen found again that he seemed to have stepped on a hard object under his feet.

Gu Chen looked up and found some peanut shells.

"It seems that Hu Peng has eaten peanuts here?" Gu Chen raised his head and looked around, feeling that Hu Peng, whom he wanted to follow, seemed to be getting closer and closer to him.

But at this time, Gu Chen needs to keep calm.

His eyes quickly swept across Xu Youzhi, and at this moment Xu Youzhi was taking off his shoes and rubbing his feet with both hands.

Gu Chen looked down at his watch, took out his mobile phone, and took pictures of some peanut shells along the way again, and put them into a transparent evidence collection bag.

All of this was seen by Xu Youzhi again, Xu Youzhi's eyes became more complicated, and he hurriedly asked:

"It's peanut shells, right?"

"That's right." Gu Chen nodded.

"That should have been discarded by Hu Peng. Those peanuts were given to Hu Peng by me." Xu Youzhi continued, with complex emotions in his eyes.

Gu Chen raised his brows when he heard the words: "What did you say? You gave Hu Peng all these snacks?"

"That's right." Xu Youzhi nodded slightly, and also explained:

"Before Hu Peng left, he asked me to help him purchase supplies. I just ran errands after thinking about it, so I agreed."

"Later, based on Hu Peng's preference, I specially brought him some salted peanuts. I didn't expect that guy to like them."

Putting his backpack on the ground, Xu Youzhi walked up to Gu Chen and continued to explain:

"So, the evidence you collected just now seems to me to be quite useful. I feel that Hu Peng is not far away."

"Because he is a slow-witted person. If it is said that the fire is already imminent, then he will have a sense of urgency."

"So, he usually hangs around for a long time?" Gu Chen said.

"Well, anyway, it's quite ink-stained, and doing things is also procrastinating."

Taking a deep breath, Xu Youzhi continued to explain: "I think so. According to Hu Peng's character, he should be very cautious along the way."

"If no one is chasing him, he may rest constantly, but if he feels that someone is chasing him behind him, then he will definitely go on a starry night."

"What else?" Hearing Xu Youzhi's remarks, Gu Chen didn't show a very high emotion, but focused on Xu Youzhi.

Because of Hu Peng's many little habits, Xu Youzhi is confident, so Gu Chen has reason to believe that the two of them actually have a good relationship.

Otherwise, how could Xu Youzhi know these little secrets?

"Let's go." Gu Chen didn't want to waste too much time here, so he got up and continued walking towards the bamboo forest ahead.

At this moment, a large bamboo forest appeared in front of him, Xu Youzhi quickened his pace, walked up to Gu Chen and said:

"Follow me, or you will get lost. This place is quite evil."

"Which evil sect are you referring to?" Hearing Xu Youzhi's remarks, Gu Chen also asked casually.

But Xu Youzhi just smiled, and quickly explained: "This forest actually has a complex and changeable climate."

"Maybe you came here under the sun just now, but after a while, it might rain in the forest."

"But the outside world is not feeling the rain."

"And if you walk on the ridgeline, it will rain on you unexpectedly."

"Anyway, this forest is complex and changeable, so it's not suitable to stay for a long time. Once, when I was in the mountains, I suddenly encountered a thick fog and almost lost my way."

"It was freezing cold at the time, and I felt that if I didn't go out, I might die there. It was too scary. Really, listen to me, go quickly, walk faster, and don't stay here for too long."

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