Chapter 2244

During the process of walking with Xu Youzhi, Gu Chen has been observing Xu Youzhi's situation and feels that he is an old guide.

At least in the forest, he went back and forth many times, for this forest, Xu Youzhi actually knew it well.

Along the way, if Xu Youzhi hadn't helped to find the way, Gu Chen felt that he would have lost his way.

What's more, Xu Youzhi also saved his own life, which shows the horror of this dense forest.

Especially the bamboo forest that makes Xu Youzhi daunting.

Of course, Gu Chen didn't know if this bamboo forest was really that scary? Or Xu Youzhi's psychological effect?

But at least I almost lost my life in this bamboo forest.

"There is no light nearby, Hu Peng may not be in this area." Gu Chen also said casually after a brief observation.

Xu Youzhi nodded with a grin, and confirmed, "Of course, Hu Peng has been in the forest for a long time after all."

"We are chasing him now, but we will definitely not be able to catch up."

Looking up at the sky, seeing the sun setting and the surrounding environment starting to become dark, Xu Youzhi suggested:

"Why don't you just camp here today, it's very dangerous to walk at night in this mountain."

"That's fine." Gu Chen has seen the power of this undeveloped forest road before, and naturally knows the degree of danger here.

If you walk rashly at night, you may lose your life.

But since everyone didn't bring a tent, it was indeed a bit torturing to spend the night in the mountains.

Fortunately, both of them had jackets to keep them warm.

Xu Youzhi took the initiative to walk to Gu Chen's side and asked, "How much water do you have?"

"There are still some." Gu Chen opened the marching bag.

Xu Youzhi glanced at it, and reminded: "Today's rapid climb to high altitude will consume a lot of energy, and you may drink more water, but you must save water."

"Because there won't be any supplies here in the next few days. If the drinking water and food are exhausted, the best way is to go through this mountain to the boundary of Haibei City, and then supply supplies there. "

"Either it is to go back the same way, go back to Hushan Town, and go on foot without supplies. That will be a very dangerous behavior. Therefore, these days, we must save drinking water."

"Understood." Of course Gu Chen understood this truth, but out of respect for Xu Youzhi, Gu Chen still agreed.

Xu Youzhi didn't turn on the flashlight, but walked to a high ground and looked towards the road when he came.

After a while, Xu Youzhi showed a smile, and then turned back to Gu Chen, reminding him:

"I saw one of the other two teams. It must be the middle team. It is still on the mountainside, and it may be an hour away from us."

"Did you see the light?" Gu Chen guessed the same.

Xu Youzhi nodded silently, and then sat next to Gu Chen.

The two took out the food and drinking water in the marching bag, and prepared to simply solve the problem of dinner here.

Xu Youzhi was eating compressed biscuits, and also secretly glanced at Gu Chen, and then asked casually:

"By the way, are those people who are looking for Xu Youzhi really that dangerous?"

Gu Chen frowned, glanced at the curious Xu Youzhi beside him, and nodded silently: "Yes, these people are quite dangerous, but how dangerous is it? We are not sure yet."

"It feels quite mysterious." Xu Youzhi smiled slightly, and said casually:

"If you want to tell me, your police are overly nervous. Maybe those are just some of Hu Peng's creditors. There is no danger."

"If you think about it, if the creditor wants to find the debtor, it will definitely not hurt him."

"Hu Peng is now at most repaying the debt, and then being chased by creditors for debts, he tried to hide for a while."

"But you police just want to say that this group of people may be harmful to Hu Peng."

Shaking his head, Xu Youzhi sighed and said, "In my opinion, it's not that serious."

"You don't need to worry about this." Seeing Xu Youzhi talking a lot, Gu Chen responded casually.

Xu Youzhi looked around, approached Gu Chen, and reminded him in a low voice:

"Officer Gu, you said that the police from Jiangnan City came to Haidong City to investigate the so-called criminal gangs here."

"Aren't you afraid of being retaliated here?"

"You mean, someone will be against us?" Gu Chen asked.

Xu Youzhi chuckled: "I just remind you kindly, after all, if you really annoy those people, maybe they will stab you in the back."

"Then are you a member of that group?" Gu Chen could hear that Xu Youzhi seemed to be testing himself.

But Gu Chen didn't hesitate, and just said it casually with his own thoughts.

Hearing this, Xu Youzhi froze on the spot, and quickly laughed out of embarrassment and said, "Haha, Officer Gu, what joke are you talking about?"

"I, Xu Youzhi, only buy scraps. How could I be with that group?"

"I didn't say you were, I was just making fun of it casually." Seeing that Xu Youzhi seemed to be serious, Gu Chen also said it casually to resolve the embarrassment of both parties.

Xu Youzhi chuckled and nodded silently, then kept a distance from Gu Chen.

The two are on a large rock, enjoying their respective meals.

Then Xu Youzhi looked at the sky, then at the nearby terrain, and suggested:

"Officer Gu, why don't we spend the night on this big rock? It's damp when we sleep on the ground. Let's take out our things and put them on it, you see?"

"Yes." Before Xu Youzhi finished speaking, Gu Chen readily agreed.

Soon, the two were in their marching bags and took out their warm jackets.

Afterwards, Gu Chen took out a sleeping bag and spread it directly on the rock.

Because of the portable sleeping bag, it is more convenient to carry, so it does not take up too much space.

Fortunately, everyone has seen the latest weather before climbing the mountain.

And in the warehouse of the Hushan Town Police Station, there also happened to be some sleeping bags, which ensured that everyone could have a good night's sleep outdoors.

After getting into the sleeping bag and lying on the rock, Gu Chen suddenly had a sense of seeing the sky as the bed and the ground as the bed.

Xu Youzhi slept on the other side of the rock.

As time passed by, Gu Chen gradually squinted his eyes to rest.

Due to the lack of mobile phone signal, Gu Chen couldn't contact his team, so he could only wait here quietly, hoping that other teams could also find a suitable place to solve the problem of sleeping at night.

I don't know how long I slept. When Gu Chen opened his eyes, there seemed to be no movement around him.

So Gu Chen quickly sat up and looked at Xu Youzhi's sleeping bag subconsciously.

However, what surprised Gu Chen was that Xu Youzhi's sleeping bag was empty, and there was no trace of Xu Youzhi.

"Where did this guy go?" Gu Chen became alert again.

Last time, Xu Youzhi disappeared mysteriously in the bamboo forest, and he almost fell into the cliff.

But this time, Gu Chen didn't know what the hell this Xu Youzhi was doing?

Due to Xu Youzhi's disappearance, Gu Chen didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and quickly crawled out of his sleeping bag, ready to look for Xu Youzhi's trace.

Due to the darkness of the forest at night, the line of sight was greatly affected.

Fortunately, Gu Chen has specialized observation skills, and his eyesight is better than others under the same conditions.

But even so, Gu Chen did not find any trace of Xu Youzhi.

But there was no trace of light around, Gu Chen was curious about this.

"Where did this guy go? Didn't he turn on the flashlight?"

Thinking of this, Gu Chen called out directly: "Xu Youzhi, Xu Youzhi?"

There were two calls, but there was no movement at all.

Gu Chen suddenly felt that the situation was not good, so he quickly took out his bright flashlight, turned it on, and began to search the surroundings.

With the blessing of a bright flashlight, Gu Chen can almost see many areas around him clearly.

"Xu Youzhi? Xu Youzhi?"

Calling continuously, there is still no movement.

Thinking about how he was lost in the bamboo forest before, but when he was in a desperate situation, it was Xu Youzhi who suddenly appeared.

Gu Chen felt that Xu Youzhi might be around, just observing in secret.

Since the current situation is that he is in the light and the other party is in the dark, Gu Chen feels that the situation is not very good for him.

"Could it be that Xu Youzhi is hiding in a corner somewhere? He should be able to hear me calling him that."

"But why didn't he reply? Or did Xu Youzhi do it on purpose?"

Thinking of this, Gu Chen suddenly had a strange idea, so he quickly turned off the flashlight, and quickly ran towards the back of the rock.

After a while, Gu Chen disappeared into the woods.

At this moment, everything around seemed to have fallen into silence again.

Gu Chen hid in a bush, prostrated himself on the ground, took advantage of the cover of weeds, and began to observe the surrounding situation.

Due to the special location, it is difficult to find Gu Chen's trace from many angles.

"Where is this guy?" Gu Chen lay down in the grass, still looking around, but didn't move his body, still letting his body and weeds become one.

Another 10 minutes passed, and Gu Chen felt that everything around him seemed to be as quiet as before.

After 20 minutes passed, Gu Chen began to feel a little tired, but there was still no movement around.

"Impossible. If Xu Youzhi just left to go to the bathroom, there would be dozens of minutes. Xu Youzhi should have returned long ago, but he hasn't shown up yet."

"Could it be that something happened to Xu Youzhi?"

Thinking of this, Gu Chen felt that it was necessary for him to go out and check, but soon, Gu Chen dismissed this idea, and still stayed where he was silently.

"No, this guy may be taking advantage of the night to do private affairs."

"After all, Xu Youzhi's situation is still under investigation. The monitoring that entered Hushan Town was deliberately destroyed by Xu Youzhi."

"But if Xu Youzhi is really one of those people, then the current situation is absolutely dangerous for Hu Peng."

Thinking of this, Gu Chen came up with a new idea: "This Xu Youzhi, shouldn't he be taking advantage of the night to drive forward alone?"

"Because he has to take me with him during the day and let me follow him, it makes it difficult for him to use his climbing skills."

"But Xu Youzhi is eager to find Hu Peng first, so he will definitely use the time when he sleeps at night to go on a private journey at night to chase after Hu Peng's tracks."

"Once Xu Youzhi catches up with Hu Peng, maybe something will happen between the two? I definitely don't know."

"Is it... really like this?" Thinking of this, Gu Chen felt that Xu Youzhi's fox nature seemed to be revealed.

Thinking that he needs to keep an eye on Xu Youzhi every step of the way, and ensure that Xu Youzhi will not meet Hu Peng privately first, Gu Chen feels that he needs to set off early, go to the road ahead, and follow Xu Youzhi.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen stood up slowly, feeling that it was time to leave early.

So Gu Chen didn't hesitate, and directly folded his sleeping bag.

After classifying the other items, Gu Chen hurriedly put on his backpack and prepared to walk at night to catch up with Xu Youzhi.

As for the supplies Xu Youzhi left on the big rock, Gu Chen wasn't going to take care of them.

It was also towards the road ahead, Gu Chen walked for about a kilometer, and then used his master-level observation ability to notice a movement of walking not far away.

Gu Chen looked around and quickly found a big tree to hide himself.

"Shushasha!"

As the footsteps got closer, Gu Chen also began to observe the situation of the people.

But as the figure got closer and closer, Gu Chen realized that the person who came was indeed Xu Youzhi.

At this moment, Xu Youzhi was sneaking around, looking around from time to time, as if afraid of being discovered by others.

Just like that, Gu Chen hid behind the big tree and watched with his own eyes when Xu Youzhi slowly passed in front of him and headed towards the rock.

Gu Chen can already conclude that there must be something wrong with Xu Youzhi.

Actively serve as a guide for everyone, and then take advantage of your mountaineering skills to get rid of the large police force one after another.

If it wasn't for him sticking to Xu Youzhi like a plaster, maybe Xu Youzhi would have other ideas.

It was just a guess before, but now Gu Chen feels that the previous guess may not be unreasonable.

Xu Youzhi's abnormal behavior, especially in the dark night of the forest, has forced him to take corresponding measures.

Just after Xu Youzhi left, Gu Chen slowly walked out from the depths of the woods, ready to follow Xu Youzhi cautiously, to see what Xu Youzhi was going to do?

Because of Gu Chen's light footsteps, he didn't make much noise during the walking process, which made following Xu Youzhi seem to be handy.

He also followed all the way, when Gu Chen came near the big rock again, he found Xu Youzhi at this moment, as if he had lost his soul, and began to tell the traces of looking for Gu Chen.

Gu Chen didn't go out in a hurry, but hid in the grass, observed secretly for a while, then got up directly, and walked slowly towards the rock.

He also heard some movement, Xu Youzhi quickly turned his head to take a look, and found that Gu Chen, who was carrying a military bag, was walking towards him at this moment.

"Oops! Officer Gu, where have you gone?" Xu Youzhi asked Gu Chen as soon as he saw him.

"I went to make it easier, what's the matter?" Gu Chen also said casually, wanting to see Xu Youzhi's reaction.

...

Ask for votes, with a sincere face. ╰(‵ ′)╯