I am a super cop
Chapter 1719 Deadly Trap [2 in 1 Chapter]
Chapter 1719 Fatal Trap【Two Chapters in One】
Although there are drones in the sky to assist, He Junchao is obviously helpless in the face of the dense jungle.
The winter in the south is no better than that in the north, and the vegetation is mostly evergreen all year round. It is obviously a bit powerless to find the target in this situation.
"Is the thermal imaging turned on?" Gu Chen knew that the latest reconnaissance drone distributed to the Furong Sub-bureau was equipped with advanced thermal imaging functions.
And this kind of thermal imaging instrument can be used day and night, as long as the thermal energy of the object emits infrared, it can receive imaging within a certain distance.
And thermal imaging is to detect infrared energy, that is, heat, through non-contact, and convert it into an electrical signal, and then generate a thermal image and temperature value on the display, and can calculate the temperature value.
Gu Chen has seen this kind of equipment before in the equipment distributed by the city bureau, and has communicated with the operator, so he is very aware of the powerful functions of this unmanned reconnaissance drone.
"You know how to do it." Seeing that Gu Chen seemed to know a lot about this drone detection equipment, He Junchao nodded silently, and also echoed:
"That's right, the unmanned reconnaissance drone system I'm operating with Ji Zhe does have a thermal imaging function, but so far, no useful clues have been found."
"Could it be that the thermal imaging is not working?" For such a long search, no clues were found.
Lu Weiwei felt that this set of equipment had collapsed in He Junchao's hands.
He Junchao was also speechless, and complained: "This drone operating system was purchased by the Municipal Bureau through unified bidding. Most of them are the latest products and will not fail."
"It's just that at present, it is really difficult to find the heat source, as if this Zhang Jinze disappeared out of thin air."
"It may also be hiding in a secret passage somewhere." Officer Wang proposed a hypothesis.
After all, in this kind of place, if it is true what He Shaoqing of Hejia Village in Gaoquling said, the place where the treasure was buried before is in this jungle.
That means that the secret passage is also in this area.
If you hide in a secret passage, no matter how advanced your detection equipment is, it will be difficult to capture useful clues.
"Is infrared thermal imaging technology so mysterious?" Lu Weiwei approached He Junchao, and couldn't help complaining while looking at the picture.
For such high-tech gadgets, they are generally handed over to professional operators.
Because it is equipped with many expensive operating systems, few people in the general police have real access.
After all, this is no better than ordinary drone enthusiasts, ordinary drone bombers, and lose thousands of dollars at most.
However, once this kind of drone equipped with a professional police detection system blows up, the loss cannot be measured in tens of thousands.
So as soon as Lu Weiwei approached him, He Junchao immediately kept his distance and said, "Lu Weiwei, stay away from me. If it affects my operation of the drone, I won't be able to afford it if it blows up."
"I'm just looking, but I don't know how." Lu Weiwei quickly explained.
He Junchao immediately glared and said: "Just because you don't know how, you'd better keep a distance from me. Actually, I don't want to operate this thing. It's extremely expensive. If a part is damaged, it will cost a lot to repair. It’s a lot of stress for me to operate.”
"Then who can be blamed? Who told you to be the technical detective of our Furong branch? If Zhao Bureau doesn't look for you, who will you look for?"
Police officer Wang also knew that the Furong sub-bureau's technical investigation was somewhat advanced and reliable, and these were the only people.
He Junchao knows the basics, and this guy has to give priority to learning all the advanced equipment in the police station.
If it weren't for the fact that everyone has not been trained in the operation of this kind of high-end reconnaissance drone, otherwise Police Officer Wang would also like to experience it.
Lu Weiwei grinned and joked, "Don't be so nervous, why don't I stay away from you?"
"I'm just curious, is the detection principle of this infrared thermal imaging so mysterious?"
"Of course not." Before He Junchao could speak, Gu Chen explained, "Actually, the detection principle of infrared thermal imaging is not that mysterious."
"Explained from the physical principle, the human body is a source of infrared radiation that can be naturally produced, constantly emitting and absorbing infrared radiation to the surroundings."
"The normal temperature of each part of the human body is stable and specific, and different temperatures have different thermal fields."
"So when there's a lesion or an abnormality in a site, there's a change in blood flow there, which causes a change in local temperature."
"So that's the case?" Listening to Gu Chen's concise explanation, Lu Weiwei also nodded silently, and said somewhat educatedly:
"So infrared thermal imaging is based on this principle. The infrared radiation of the human body is collected by a thermal imager and converted into a digital signal, right?"
"Yes, and then generate a colored heat map." Gu Chen said.
After thinking for a while, Gu Chen continued to add: "What's more, the experts in the physical examination center analyze and judge based on these heat maps, the location of human lesions, the nature and degree of disease, etc."
"This technology can actually be widely used in many fields."
"Then Senior Brother Gu, won't this kind of thermal imager affect the accuracy of its function if used during the day? I remember this kind of thing, it's more obvious when used at night, right?"
Yuan Shasha rarely encountered such high-end products in the police station.
This time Zhao Guozhi gave special approval to let He Junchao carry two reconnaissance drones to operate together with Ji Zhe, so Yuan Shasha took the opportunity to open his eyes.
After all, only He Junchao and Ji Zhe had received training in the third team of the criminal investigation team in the entire Furong branch.
When Gu Chen heard Yuan Shasha's remarks, he also explained with a light smile: "Actually, this is a misunderstanding in cognition."
"After all, you have to know that thermal imaging is a relatively advanced observation technology, which can make us have bad weather and poor vision during the day."
"Even with low visibility at night, or completely separated from the light source, to observe the surrounding environment and things."
"So the day and night you mentioned have little effect on thermal imaging technology."
"Especially in recent years, thermal imaging products have blossomed in the market, each with its own merits."
"With the continuous update and development of technology, many friends have some disjointed and cognitive errors in their basic understanding of thermal imaging, which is understandable."
After a pause, Gu Chen thought briefly for a few seconds, then said calmly: "The most typical ones are the size of the objective lens and the quality of the imaging results."
"I remember a few years ago, because the technology of digital infrared thermal imaging was not very advanced, so with a very low-level chip and simple software programming, in order to achieve better picture effects, it could only be multiplied."
"But the magnification is high, the image is blurred, and the field of view is too small, so we can only make a large lens."
"Actually, in the final analysis, the batch of reconnaissance drones Zhao Bureau purchased for us is enough to detect Zhang Jinze's whereabouts in this environment."
"It's just that Zhang Jinze may have been hiding somewhere in a secret passage."
"That's right." He Junchao, who was a little impatient looking here, also complained, "According to the automatic thermal imaging search mode, it shouldn't be difficult to find the target."
"After all, Zhang Jinze's car is still parked by the side of the road, so he must be in this forest."
"But it's a pity that Ji Zhe and I have been searching here for half a day, but we haven't found any traces, only some small birds with very weak signal sources."
"But on thermal imaging, there are only some weak heat source points, which make people feel a little headache."
"Senior brother He, I'm a little dizzy." Ji Zhe, who was operating another drone and repeatedly searching above the jungle, suddenly squinted his eyes, feeling a little dizzy.
He Junchao glanced at the operating platform in Ji Zhe's hand, and said helplessly, "Then take the drone back first, change the battery, and take a short rest."
"When my drone is withdrawn, you can start it again."
"Okay." Hearing this, Ji Zhe immediately operated the drone in his hand and started the automatic return mode.
The price of this kind of police surveillance drone has always been a mystery.
But everyone knew very well that these were baby bumps, and Zhao Guozhi would definitely be blown up if he broke one, so he didn't dare to disturb these operators.
"Buzz!" With the huge circling movement appearing above their heads, everyone made room for a space.
And as the "Dididi" signal continued to come in, the drone operated by Ji Zhe also began to land slowly.
Gu Chen walked up to He Junchao and asked, "Senior Brother He, have you searched all of this area?"
"That's for sure." He Junchao pointed to the left part and said, "I started from the left, and searched in a carpet-like manner."
"And Ji Zhe started from the right and then gathered in the middle, but we have searched twice and found no trace."
"It seems that we have to contact the police dog training base. Let's see if Mu Liang and the others can transfer Pippi to us."
The police dog "Pippi" that Lu Weiwei mentioned was the husky that demolished the office of Xiao Yang's second group.
After Master Nie handed over the little Erha to Mu Liang at the Police Dog Training Center, he hasn't seen him for quite some time now.
Although I have seen little Erha Pippi show off his skills in searching before, but he doesn't use Pippi much.
Many times, Gu Chen was able to solve the tracking problem based on trace science.
Gu Chen looked down at his watch, and said helplessly, "Time waits for no one, how about this, the other side of the police dog training base, please contact me first."
"In addition, we formed a search team in groups of two and two, and the three teams formed a search team, forming a 'pin' formation to search."
"Everyone should take care of each other. After all, the other party may have a deadly needle in his hand, so be careful."
"That's for sure." Lu Weiwei glanced at He Junchao, and also reminded: "He Junchao, we will form a team of six people and a team of two to start the search later."
"You use the drone to cover us and provide us with support. Once you find a suspicious heat source, remember to notify us as soon as possible."
"Of course there is no problem." He Junchao adjusted the instrument in his hand, and said in affirmation: "I will protect you from above, and you should pay attention to safety."
"Thank you, Senior Brother He." Gu Chen thanked, and then began to walk up to the crowd, reminding, "Everyone gather."
"Oh, we're assembled."
"Then hurry over."
"Get the equipment."
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Seeing Gu Chen's actions, the police officers who were scattered around and stood by immediately gathered in front of Gu Chen and lined up in two formations.
Gu Chen and Officer Wang stood in front of the crowd, scanning the search team that was temporarily deployed.
Gu Chen also walked back and forth in front of the crowd before turning around and saying, "Slow down! Stand at attention!"
After a burst of orders, the team quickly entered the state.
Gu Chen took a deep breath and said, "Tell me."
"Shh!"
When everyone heard this, they immediately entered a state of rest.
"The current situation must have been very clear to everyone after coming here."
"The suspect is a foreign woman named Tessa. The picture has been sent to everyone's mobile phones. I hope you can read it several times."
"In addition, there is a middle-aged man, Chinese nationality, the vice president of Johnson Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., named Zhang Jinze."
Turning his head to glance at the car on the side, Gu Chen pointed to the driveway: "This is the car that Zhang Jinze was riding in before. At present, we suspect that Zhang Jinze has already entered this back mountain, and it is very likely that he met the foreign woman Tessa. "
"We must find them as soon as possible, because Zhang Jinze is now facing great safety."
After a pause, Gu Chen said again: "And we suspect that Tessa may be carrying some kind of highly poisonous substance in her hand. Once this poisonous needle is pierced into a person's body, it will lead to sudden death, so everyone must pay attention to it." Safety."
After glancing at He Junchao and Ji Zhe of the drone crew behind him, Gu Chen turned around and said, "Senior brother He and Ji Zhe will provide us with air support."
"Although there is thermal imaging assistance, so far, no traces of Tessa and Zhang Jinze have been found."
"So I conclude that these two people may have been hiding in a secret passage in the mountains, because according to reliable clues, there is a secret passage here, which is used to bury the antiques collected by the northern tomb robbers back then."
"All thermal imaging is useless now, we can only rely on our manual search, do you understand?"
"understand!"
When Gu Chen said this, everyone quickly understood.
There is a high probability that the two co-authors are hiding in this deep mountain, and they also carry poisonous needles on their bodies.
So no one felt that Gu Chen's words were a joke.
After all, the deceased Luo Wei and the suspected murderer Liao Zhongkai died of poisonous needles, so everyone became nervous.
"Captain Gu, how should we search? Tell me." A second-level police superintendent in the line asked curiously.
Gu Chen nodded silently, and continued to remind everyone: "We form a team of two, and a team of three. Each team forms a 'pin' shape to search and support each other."
"Once you find a suspicious target, remember to call the drone team. After receiving the call, the drone team should look for the target as soon as possible and guide everyone to approach the suspicious place. Do you understand?"
"understand!"
When Gu Chen said this, almost everyone knew it better.
After all, it is not the first time for everyone to do this kind of mountain search, and they also have some experience.
After the words fell, Gu Chen continued: "From now on, everyone is free to form a team and set off in 2 minutes."
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Following Gu Chen's order, everyone began to look for teammates in the team.
Lu Weiwei walked to Gu Chen's side, and they naturally became teammates.
Officer Wang is in a group with Yuan Shasha, and Ding Liang is in a group with Huang Zunlong.
Our three groups immediately formed a small team.
As for the other police officers, they were also instantly divided into several small teams according to their numbers.
2 minutes is coming soon.
Everyone lined up one by one, Gu Chen was going to start from the trail near the vehicle, while other police officers started to search separately from several other trails.
As the order was issued, everyone acted immediately.
Gu Chen threw out the mechanical baton and started to take the lead. The team formed with Lu Weiwei cleared the way ahead.
Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, together with Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong, came to the left and right wings of Gu Chen's team to support them.
The reason why Gu Chen started from the path near the vehicle was that this was the place Zhang Jinze must pass through.
According to the trace science he has mastered, while clearing the path, Gu Chen is also constantly observing the creases of the plants on both sides of the path.
From the soil under the ground, it is actually difficult to tell whether someone has walked here.
But Gu Chen can still see the trickiness through the creases of the plants on the left and right sides of the path.
The bending direction of the plants can actually determine the direction in which the characters are walking.
Gu Chen activated his master-level observation skills and began to assist himself in searching for clues.
And the various broken plants in front of him are like several signal sources at this moment, and the information flow is constantly flowing into Gu Chen's mind.
This made it easy for Gu Chen to find them.
"It seems that it's not as difficult as imagined." Gu Chen squatted down to check a broken plant.
Lu Weiwei leaned forward and asked, "Is this the trace left by Zhang Jinze? The broken plants are still fresh."
"That's right." Gu Chen affirmed Lu Weiwei's judgment and stood up.
The trail in front of him instantly converged into a digital route in Gu Chen's mind.
Around the various broken plants, various arrow symbols appeared instantly, allowing Gu Chen to accurately judge where to go next.
After they had walked nearly 500 meters, Gu Chen suddenly raised his hand and clenched his fist, signaling to stop.
Lu Weiwei didn't pay attention, and directly bumped into Gu Chen, and also said "Ouch", and asked Gu Chen:
"Junior Brother Gu, what did you find again?"
"Symbol! The symbol on the ancient bloody jade." Gu Chen looked at a big tree in front of him and said.
"You mean, is the symbol left on the ancient Xueqin jade correct?" Lu Weiwei also looked over according to Gu Chen's gaze.
But there were no symbols around, which made Lu Weiwei confused, and asked curiously:
"I said Junior Brother Gu, how can there be a symbol here? Why didn't I see it?"
"At two o'clock, the distance... is about 30 meters." Gu Chen pointed at the two o'clock position.
Lu Weiwei: "..."
"Well, I might be blind." It felt like Gu Chen's eyesight was against the sky.
If you want to say that the distance is [-] meters and [-] meters, maybe normal people can still see it.
Can be 30 meters?
This kind of distance is not something ordinary people can see with the naked eye in the jungle, but Gu Chen can.
Lu Weiwei felt that she might be blind, so she also squinted in the direction of two o'clock.
After a while, Lu Weiwei looked away.
Gu Chen asked her: "Did you see it?"
"Hehe." Lu Weiwei shrugged awkwardly: "Not really."
"Call Senior Brother Wang and Ding Liang over here." Gu Chen didn't have time to explain to Lu Weiwei the fact that he had master-level observation skills.
So quickly change the subject.
Not long after, Officer Wang's team and Ding Liang's team on the left and right flanks of Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei's team also began to approach Gu Chen.
The 6 people gathered together in an instant.
"What's the matter, Gu Chen? Did you find out?" Officer Wang also looked curious.
After all, it is not easy to find clues in the woods.
It might be reasonable to switch to special forces, after all, they are the kings of the jungle and have received professional training in jungle warfare.
But after all, everyone is just an ordinary policeman, and most of the police incidents they deal with are in the city.
Searching in the jungle felt a little strenuous.
Gu Chen also reminded: "At our two o'clock direction, a suspicious symbol was found, and the distance...is about 30 meters."
"That's the symbol on the ancient Xueqin jade." Lu Weiwei quickly added.
Hearing the words, Police Officer Wang also stared blankly, and quickly followed Gu Chen's gaze to look forward.
Obviously, it is also difficult for Police Officer Wang to find symbols at this distance.
Gu Chen didn't have time to think about it, so he took the lead and led everyone to the front.
20 m.
10 m.
8 m.
5 m.
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As the distance got closer, everyone's eyes became astonished.
There is indeed a special symbol engraved on a big tree in front of it.
Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong had never seen this kind of symbol.
But Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha have all seen each other before.
This is the special symbol on that metal plate, that is, the symbol on the ancient Xueqin jade.
"How could this be?" Officer Wang hesitated for a moment, then turned to Gu Chen and said, "This kind of symbol seems to have been engraved for a long time, and the color has deteriorated."
"That's right, maybe it was engraved a few years ago." Gu Chen also calculated the specific time when it was engraved based on the state of the engraving on the tree.
Due to the passage of time, although the notches have appeared blurred traces, they can still be seen with the naked eye at close range.
Lu Weiwei was also very curious, and said, "The symbol on this ancient Xueqin jade is the icon that guides the way? Is that what it means?"
"From the current point of view, it does make sense." Yuan Shasha looked at everyone and expressed her thoughts:
"Think about it, why is this kind of symbol engraved on a tree? Obviously, only the northern tomb robbers would use it."
"Xiao Yuan is right." Gu Chen walked under the big tree, touched the blurred traces with his hands, and said involuntarily:
"The only ones who know this kind of symbol are the descendants of the Northern Tomb Raiders. If He Shaoqing hadn't been here, then Tessa must have left behind."
"Because He Shaoqing once said that Tessa got that bloody ancient jade from her a few years ago."
"And this piece of ancient blood jade has special symbols and totems on it, all of which have some profound meanings."
Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen took out his mobile phone, took a picture of the symbol engraved on the big tree, and said:
"And this kind of symbol, in my opinion, may be the basis for the northern tomb robbers to leave road signs for their own people."
"Because this kind of symbol is a bit special, ordinary people definitely don't know what it means, but the northern tomb robbers can obviously tell it at a glance, maybe..."
Touching the special symbol in front of him, Gu Chen blindly guessed: "Perhaps the sharp corner of the symbol on it refers to the direction of the road sign?"
Why did Gu Chen say that?Because according to the general road signs, the direction of the arrow is the direction it points to.
But maybe the gang of northern tomb robbers was afraid that outsiders would know where the road signs pointed, so they made the road signs into some kind of weird symbols.
And this kind of weird symbol has different shapes.
Obviously, it also represents a certain meaning.
But Gu Chen's search so far is also the result of blind guessing special symbols.
If the other parts are just to confuse outsiders, then the tip part of the special symbol may be used by the northern tomb robbers and their descendants to make road signs.
The pointed part may be a derivative of the road sign arrow.
After all, if this symbol is regarded as a pictograph, then it is indeed not difficult to understand.
And Gu Chen is also in the library, and has dabbled in the materials about ancient Chinese pictographs, so considering the weird symbol in front of him, combined with the surrounding environment, he blindly guessed that this is a road sign.
It is used as a trace left by the northern tomb robbers, who were able to successfully regain their location after leaving.
Lu Weiwei stared at the symbol for a long time before agreeing with Gu Chen and said, "I think what Junior Brother Gu said may be reasonable, because we really don't know the meaning of the symbol."
"But in the current environment, this is a jungle. Carving this kind of symbol in the jungle is obviously a reminder, where should we go next?"
"After all, this Tessa may have collected some treasure burial sites in her hands, so she can easily find the specific location."
After thinking for a while, Lu Weiwei said again: "And if this is the case, then the totem on the metal plate may be the code word of the map. It's a pity that we don't have other totems, so we definitely can't find them, but Tessa can do it."
"Then give it a try. If you can find the same special symbol in the direction pointed by this sharp corner, it may prove that Gu Chen's guess is completely correct."
After thinking about it for a few seconds, Huang Zunlong also expressed his thoughts.
After all, this result is currently the most reliable explanation.
Gu Chen actually had no idea, but after what Huang Zunlong said, he immediately gained a little more confidence in his judgment of the special symbols.
"Then let's do this." Gu Chen took a deep breath, pointed to the right and said, "Let's go this way."
After the voice fell, everyone began to form a queue and followed Gu Chen.
Along the way, Gu Chen could actually see some tiny details of broken vegetation.
But Gu Chen didn't explain everything, but started to look for the trace step by step according to the sharp corners of the special symbols and the creases of plants on both sides of the road.
Sure enough, not long after, Gu Chen found another special symbol, and immediately stopped in his tracks.
Everyone followed behind Gu Chen, walking hurriedly.
Gu Chen stopped, catching the queue behind him by surprise.
They collided one by one in an instant.
Lu Weiwei was also lying behind Gu Chen, stuck her head out and asked him curiously: "Junior Brother Gu, what's wrong with you?"
"I have already found the next special symbol." Gu Chen said.
"found it?"
The people who lined up behind Gu Chen suddenly looked like Avalokitesvara with thousands of hands, their heads began to poke out from different directions, and their eyes were also looking straight ahead.
"At one o'clock, the distance is...about 20 meters." Gu Chen reminded again.
But the 20 meters is already very obvious to Gu Chen, after all, the master level of observation lies there.
But for the rest of the people, they didn't see anything at all.
Everyone couldn't help but rubbed their eyes, feeling like they were blind.
"Gu... Gu Chen, hurry up and have a look." Officer Wang was a little helpless, and could only urge him.
Gu Chen nodded and walked forward quickly.
When everyone saw this, they all followed.
Not long after, everyone gathered under a big tree.
Lu Weiwei tapped the symbol with a mechanical baton, pointed to the direction the symbol pointed to and said, "Needless to say, Junior Brother Gu's guess was completely correct. This special symbol is the shadow road sign used by the northern tomb robbers."
"It seems that this sharp corner is indeed the arrow of the road sign, so..."
"So it's right to go that way." Before Lu Weiwei could finish speaking, Officer Wang began to follow Jiantou and walked towards the left direction.
Now, Police Officer Wang has become the vanguard.
But when Police Officer Wang walked five or six meters away, Gu Chen suddenly reminded, "Wait a minute."
Officer Wang stopped in his tracks, turned his head and asked, "What's the matter?"
"This symbol seems to be a bit different from the one just now." Gu Chen also crossed his arms, feeling that the shape of the symbol seemed to be somewhat different from the previous one.
Officer Wang stared blankly, and quickly asked Gu Chen: "Then what do you think is different?"
"The direction of the screaming, there is one more... circle."
Although the shape of the special symbol is correct, Gu Chen still sees something tricky, that is, the position of the sharp corner. Compared with the first symbol found before, there is an extra round symbol.
This subtle change may not be easy to detect with the naked eye, but Gu Chen, who has a master level of observation, can still keenly spot the difference between the two symbols.
Officer Wang snorted coldly, and said helplessly: "It's just multiple circles, maybe it's just a wrong symbol, and the tomb robbers from the Northern faction temporarily changed it."
"Afterwards they thought about it, maybe they just need to recognize the direction of the sharp corner. So, I think it's better not to make a fuss, and find someone quickly."
After the words fell, Officer Wang was about to step forward again, but suddenly felt a swipe of his toes, and he lost his center of gravity, as if the soles of his feet were on the ground.
"Whoa!"
With a strange noise, Officer Wang fell heavily to the ground, leaning forward continuously.
And at this moment, the road ahead seemed to be sinking.
"Help, help!"
Officer Wang stared at him, feeling that danger was imminent, so Officer Wang firmly grasped the weeds on the side of the road so that his body could avoid sinking.
"Not good." Gu Chen, who discovered the situation, was the first to react, and quickly jumped forward.
Using his own hands, he firmly grasped Police Officer Wang who was holding on to the weeds on the side of the road.
Just as Gu Chen touched Police Officer Wang's hands, the weeds on the roadside were overwhelmed and broke instantly, and Officer Wang also began to sink rapidly.
Fortunately, Gu Chen reacted in time and used his own hands to clasp the back of Officer Wang's hand.
But after all, Gu Chen's weight is not as high as that of Police Officer Wang, and his whole body is lying on the ground, with an acceleration to rush forward.
Immediately, he was also moved downwards with Officer Wang.
"Oops!" Lu Weiwei was stunned, and immediately kicked her right leg quickly, using a reaction kick, and instantly threw herself on Gu Chen, pressing Gu Chen and gaining weight.
The remaining Yuan Shasha, Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong also reacted instantly after hesitating for a few seconds.
Everyone was overly frightened just now, and this sudden situation also caused confusion for a while.
Fortunately, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei had stabilized the situation, so the remaining people spread out from the two wings, grabbed Officer Wang's left and right arms respectively, and dragged him up from the sinking position.
A moment later, Police Officer Wang was pulled out of the pit, and he was also out of breath at the moment.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, rolled over, looking behind Police Officer Wang.
But when seeing the scene in front of him, Gu Chen couldn't help but gasp.
"My God! Isn't this too dangerous?"
"What's wrong, Junior Brother Gu?" Lu Weiwei, who was relieved, also sighed heavily, and then cautiously approached Gu Chen.
Following Gu Chen's gaze, he looked at the place where Comrade Wang fell just now.
When she saw many hidden weapons cut into spikes from trees in the pit, facing outwards upright, Lu Weiwei also gasped, patted her chest and said with a sob, "This...is this a trap?"
"Oh my god." Yuan Shasha just pulled Police Officer Wang out of the trap, and she also slumped on the ground, and said nervously: "It turns out that the extra circle in the symbol means that there is a trap in the direction of the tip? So that's it. understand?"
Feeling that the goosebumps all over her body were about to explode, Yuan Shasha glanced at Police Officer Wang who was still in shock, and also reminded:
"Senior Brother Wang, it's fortunate that Senior Brother Gu called you, otherwise if you just go straight forward like this, you will definitely die."
"My god." Police officer Wang looked into the pit trap, and saw all kinds of sharpened branches in the three-meter-deep trap facing upwards.
Police Officer Wang patted his chest, feeling that he had narrowly escaped death, his legs became weak from fright, he patted Gu Chen's shoulder, and said out of breath:
"Gu... Gu Chen, thank you, thank you for saving me just now."
"If you hadn't reminded me just now, maybe I wouldn't have stopped. If I hadn't stopped and stepped on it, I'm afraid I'd have to be a hedgehog now."
"Isn't it?" Ding Liang glanced at the trap, and said with lingering fear: "If Gu Chen didn't remind you, you just walked over like this, and there is no possibility of surviving."
"That's right, it's a good thing you stopped on the edge of the trap just now, otherwise the gods wouldn't be able to save you." Huang Zunlong said dumbfounded when he saw this situation.
No one would have thought that there would be such a dangerous trap in such a place.
Most people have seen this kind of trap in TV dramas, but in reality, it is almost impossible to find it.
But then again, in this dense forest, it is almost impossible for anyone to come. After all, there are no roads in the dense forest here, and people have to come out.
But now that Police Officer Wang almost lost his life in this trap, everyone was afraid after thinking about it.
"Senior Brother Wang, it's okay, I'll lead the way later." I feel that after going through this crisis, everyone should have a long memory.
So Gu Chen broke off a branch of a tree beside him with his hands, and then broke off the excess part to make a simple trekking pole.
Facing the road ahead, Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, this way, you don't have to worry about traps ahead, so let all the search teams prepare at least one trekking pole like this." , to avoid falling into the trap."
"Let me inform you." Huang Zunlong took out the walkie-talkie and immediately began to inform other nearby search teams of what everyone experienced just now.
For a while, various responses came one after another, and everyone was asking how Police Officer Wang was injured.
Fortunately, everyone was safe and sound.
After resolving the danger just now, Gu Chen looked back at the special symbol on the tree, and said angrily, "The descendants of the northern tomb robbers are really ruthless."
"Sure enough, it is very important to understand the meaning of these symbols. If I hadn't discovered just now that there is an extra circle in this symbol, I'm afraid Senior Brother Wang will be in dire straits now."
"Damn, these people are too cunning." Thinking of what happened just now, Lu Weiwei said angrily:
"They can use symbols to guide the direction of the follow-up companions, but at the same time, they also leave a hand, leaving traps on the only way, and they don't know what tricks they will play next."
"Just be careful." Gu Chen also took a deep breath, feeling that it was purely a fluke.
But when he saw all kinds of hidden weapons under the trap, Gu Chen was also afraid for a while.
What is this for?Murder?
Thinking of Luo Wei and Liao Zhongkai who were poisoned, Gu Chen began to be more cautious towards Tessa.
"Ding Liang, Huang Zunlong." Gu Chen turned to call the two of them.
"What's the matter?" The two said in unison.
Gu Chen pointed to the trap and said, "Find some branches and surround this trap to prevent others from falling into the trap again." Gu Chen said.
"no problem."
"Leave this to us."
Hearing this, the two quickly took out the police dagger from the police equipment, began to cut off the surrounding branches, and handed them to Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha.
Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha placed the cut branches upright around the trap to form a protective circle.
After a brief operation, Gu Chen checked the protection and said with satisfaction: "Okay, that's it, continue on your way."
"Still...still going this way?" Police officer Wang couldn't help but tremble when he saw that Gu Chen was about to bypass the trap and continue to move towards the direction pointed by the sharp corner of the special symbol.
It seemed that it was the trap just now that made him fear.
Gu Chen also said helplessly: "The sharp corner of the special symbol is pointing this way, so this should be the correct direction."
"As for that circle, it may be to remind our own people that there is a trap somewhere in front of us. Only their own people know about it. Whether we outsiders can avoid it depends on luck, but Senior Brother Wang, you are lucky."
"Damn! Don't laugh at me, my legs are weak now, no, you have to let me slow down."
The thrilling experience just now did make Police Officer Wang a little weak now.
After all, the little fate just now is almost about to be confessed here, but you, Gu Chen, still have to take this road of unknown risks, which inevitably makes Officer Wang a little scared.
After all, there is a saying that once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years. This is about people like Police Officer Wang.
……
Ask for votes, with a sincere face. ╰(‵ ′)╯
(End of this chapter)
Although there are drones in the sky to assist, He Junchao is obviously helpless in the face of the dense jungle.
The winter in the south is no better than that in the north, and the vegetation is mostly evergreen all year round. It is obviously a bit powerless to find the target in this situation.
"Is the thermal imaging turned on?" Gu Chen knew that the latest reconnaissance drone distributed to the Furong Sub-bureau was equipped with advanced thermal imaging functions.
And this kind of thermal imaging instrument can be used day and night, as long as the thermal energy of the object emits infrared, it can receive imaging within a certain distance.
And thermal imaging is to detect infrared energy, that is, heat, through non-contact, and convert it into an electrical signal, and then generate a thermal image and temperature value on the display, and can calculate the temperature value.
Gu Chen has seen this kind of equipment before in the equipment distributed by the city bureau, and has communicated with the operator, so he is very aware of the powerful functions of this unmanned reconnaissance drone.
"You know how to do it." Seeing that Gu Chen seemed to know a lot about this drone detection equipment, He Junchao nodded silently, and also echoed:
"That's right, the unmanned reconnaissance drone system I'm operating with Ji Zhe does have a thermal imaging function, but so far, no useful clues have been found."
"Could it be that the thermal imaging is not working?" For such a long search, no clues were found.
Lu Weiwei felt that this set of equipment had collapsed in He Junchao's hands.
He Junchao was also speechless, and complained: "This drone operating system was purchased by the Municipal Bureau through unified bidding. Most of them are the latest products and will not fail."
"It's just that at present, it is really difficult to find the heat source, as if this Zhang Jinze disappeared out of thin air."
"It may also be hiding in a secret passage somewhere." Officer Wang proposed a hypothesis.
After all, in this kind of place, if it is true what He Shaoqing of Hejia Village in Gaoquling said, the place where the treasure was buried before is in this jungle.
That means that the secret passage is also in this area.
If you hide in a secret passage, no matter how advanced your detection equipment is, it will be difficult to capture useful clues.
"Is infrared thermal imaging technology so mysterious?" Lu Weiwei approached He Junchao, and couldn't help complaining while looking at the picture.
For such high-tech gadgets, they are generally handed over to professional operators.
Because it is equipped with many expensive operating systems, few people in the general police have real access.
After all, this is no better than ordinary drone enthusiasts, ordinary drone bombers, and lose thousands of dollars at most.
However, once this kind of drone equipped with a professional police detection system blows up, the loss cannot be measured in tens of thousands.
So as soon as Lu Weiwei approached him, He Junchao immediately kept his distance and said, "Lu Weiwei, stay away from me. If it affects my operation of the drone, I won't be able to afford it if it blows up."
"I'm just looking, but I don't know how." Lu Weiwei quickly explained.
He Junchao immediately glared and said: "Just because you don't know how, you'd better keep a distance from me. Actually, I don't want to operate this thing. It's extremely expensive. If a part is damaged, it will cost a lot to repair. It’s a lot of stress for me to operate.”
"Then who can be blamed? Who told you to be the technical detective of our Furong branch? If Zhao Bureau doesn't look for you, who will you look for?"
Police officer Wang also knew that the Furong sub-bureau's technical investigation was somewhat advanced and reliable, and these were the only people.
He Junchao knows the basics, and this guy has to give priority to learning all the advanced equipment in the police station.
If it weren't for the fact that everyone has not been trained in the operation of this kind of high-end reconnaissance drone, otherwise Police Officer Wang would also like to experience it.
Lu Weiwei grinned and joked, "Don't be so nervous, why don't I stay away from you?"
"I'm just curious, is the detection principle of this infrared thermal imaging so mysterious?"
"Of course not." Before He Junchao could speak, Gu Chen explained, "Actually, the detection principle of infrared thermal imaging is not that mysterious."
"Explained from the physical principle, the human body is a source of infrared radiation that can be naturally produced, constantly emitting and absorbing infrared radiation to the surroundings."
"The normal temperature of each part of the human body is stable and specific, and different temperatures have different thermal fields."
"So when there's a lesion or an abnormality in a site, there's a change in blood flow there, which causes a change in local temperature."
"So that's the case?" Listening to Gu Chen's concise explanation, Lu Weiwei also nodded silently, and said somewhat educatedly:
"So infrared thermal imaging is based on this principle. The infrared radiation of the human body is collected by a thermal imager and converted into a digital signal, right?"
"Yes, and then generate a colored heat map." Gu Chen said.
After thinking for a while, Gu Chen continued to add: "What's more, the experts in the physical examination center analyze and judge based on these heat maps, the location of human lesions, the nature and degree of disease, etc."
"This technology can actually be widely used in many fields."
"Then Senior Brother Gu, won't this kind of thermal imager affect the accuracy of its function if used during the day? I remember this kind of thing, it's more obvious when used at night, right?"
Yuan Shasha rarely encountered such high-end products in the police station.
This time Zhao Guozhi gave special approval to let He Junchao carry two reconnaissance drones to operate together with Ji Zhe, so Yuan Shasha took the opportunity to open his eyes.
After all, only He Junchao and Ji Zhe had received training in the third team of the criminal investigation team in the entire Furong branch.
When Gu Chen heard Yuan Shasha's remarks, he also explained with a light smile: "Actually, this is a misunderstanding in cognition."
"After all, you have to know that thermal imaging is a relatively advanced observation technology, which can make us have bad weather and poor vision during the day."
"Even with low visibility at night, or completely separated from the light source, to observe the surrounding environment and things."
"So the day and night you mentioned have little effect on thermal imaging technology."
"Especially in recent years, thermal imaging products have blossomed in the market, each with its own merits."
"With the continuous update and development of technology, many friends have some disjointed and cognitive errors in their basic understanding of thermal imaging, which is understandable."
After a pause, Gu Chen thought briefly for a few seconds, then said calmly: "The most typical ones are the size of the objective lens and the quality of the imaging results."
"I remember a few years ago, because the technology of digital infrared thermal imaging was not very advanced, so with a very low-level chip and simple software programming, in order to achieve better picture effects, it could only be multiplied."
"But the magnification is high, the image is blurred, and the field of view is too small, so we can only make a large lens."
"Actually, in the final analysis, the batch of reconnaissance drones Zhao Bureau purchased for us is enough to detect Zhang Jinze's whereabouts in this environment."
"It's just that Zhang Jinze may have been hiding somewhere in a secret passage."
"That's right." He Junchao, who was a little impatient looking here, also complained, "According to the automatic thermal imaging search mode, it shouldn't be difficult to find the target."
"After all, Zhang Jinze's car is still parked by the side of the road, so he must be in this forest."
"But it's a pity that Ji Zhe and I have been searching here for half a day, but we haven't found any traces, only some small birds with very weak signal sources."
"But on thermal imaging, there are only some weak heat source points, which make people feel a little headache."
"Senior brother He, I'm a little dizzy." Ji Zhe, who was operating another drone and repeatedly searching above the jungle, suddenly squinted his eyes, feeling a little dizzy.
He Junchao glanced at the operating platform in Ji Zhe's hand, and said helplessly, "Then take the drone back first, change the battery, and take a short rest."
"When my drone is withdrawn, you can start it again."
"Okay." Hearing this, Ji Zhe immediately operated the drone in his hand and started the automatic return mode.
The price of this kind of police surveillance drone has always been a mystery.
But everyone knew very well that these were baby bumps, and Zhao Guozhi would definitely be blown up if he broke one, so he didn't dare to disturb these operators.
"Buzz!" With the huge circling movement appearing above their heads, everyone made room for a space.
And as the "Dididi" signal continued to come in, the drone operated by Ji Zhe also began to land slowly.
Gu Chen walked up to He Junchao and asked, "Senior Brother He, have you searched all of this area?"
"That's for sure." He Junchao pointed to the left part and said, "I started from the left, and searched in a carpet-like manner."
"And Ji Zhe started from the right and then gathered in the middle, but we have searched twice and found no trace."
"It seems that we have to contact the police dog training base. Let's see if Mu Liang and the others can transfer Pippi to us."
The police dog "Pippi" that Lu Weiwei mentioned was the husky that demolished the office of Xiao Yang's second group.
After Master Nie handed over the little Erha to Mu Liang at the Police Dog Training Center, he hasn't seen him for quite some time now.
Although I have seen little Erha Pippi show off his skills in searching before, but he doesn't use Pippi much.
Many times, Gu Chen was able to solve the tracking problem based on trace science.
Gu Chen looked down at his watch, and said helplessly, "Time waits for no one, how about this, the other side of the police dog training base, please contact me first."
"In addition, we formed a search team in groups of two and two, and the three teams formed a search team, forming a 'pin' formation to search."
"Everyone should take care of each other. After all, the other party may have a deadly needle in his hand, so be careful."
"That's for sure." Lu Weiwei glanced at He Junchao, and also reminded: "He Junchao, we will form a team of six people and a team of two to start the search later."
"You use the drone to cover us and provide us with support. Once you find a suspicious heat source, remember to notify us as soon as possible."
"Of course there is no problem." He Junchao adjusted the instrument in his hand, and said in affirmation: "I will protect you from above, and you should pay attention to safety."
"Thank you, Senior Brother He." Gu Chen thanked, and then began to walk up to the crowd, reminding, "Everyone gather."
"Oh, we're assembled."
"Then hurry over."
"Get the equipment."
……
Seeing Gu Chen's actions, the police officers who were scattered around and stood by immediately gathered in front of Gu Chen and lined up in two formations.
Gu Chen and Officer Wang stood in front of the crowd, scanning the search team that was temporarily deployed.
Gu Chen also walked back and forth in front of the crowd before turning around and saying, "Slow down! Stand at attention!"
After a burst of orders, the team quickly entered the state.
Gu Chen took a deep breath and said, "Tell me."
"Shh!"
When everyone heard this, they immediately entered a state of rest.
"The current situation must have been very clear to everyone after coming here."
"The suspect is a foreign woman named Tessa. The picture has been sent to everyone's mobile phones. I hope you can read it several times."
"In addition, there is a middle-aged man, Chinese nationality, the vice president of Johnson Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., named Zhang Jinze."
Turning his head to glance at the car on the side, Gu Chen pointed to the driveway: "This is the car that Zhang Jinze was riding in before. At present, we suspect that Zhang Jinze has already entered this back mountain, and it is very likely that he met the foreign woman Tessa. "
"We must find them as soon as possible, because Zhang Jinze is now facing great safety."
After a pause, Gu Chen said again: "And we suspect that Tessa may be carrying some kind of highly poisonous substance in her hand. Once this poisonous needle is pierced into a person's body, it will lead to sudden death, so everyone must pay attention to it." Safety."
After glancing at He Junchao and Ji Zhe of the drone crew behind him, Gu Chen turned around and said, "Senior brother He and Ji Zhe will provide us with air support."
"Although there is thermal imaging assistance, so far, no traces of Tessa and Zhang Jinze have been found."
"So I conclude that these two people may have been hiding in a secret passage in the mountains, because according to reliable clues, there is a secret passage here, which is used to bury the antiques collected by the northern tomb robbers back then."
"All thermal imaging is useless now, we can only rely on our manual search, do you understand?"
"understand!"
When Gu Chen said this, everyone quickly understood.
There is a high probability that the two co-authors are hiding in this deep mountain, and they also carry poisonous needles on their bodies.
So no one felt that Gu Chen's words were a joke.
After all, the deceased Luo Wei and the suspected murderer Liao Zhongkai died of poisonous needles, so everyone became nervous.
"Captain Gu, how should we search? Tell me." A second-level police superintendent in the line asked curiously.
Gu Chen nodded silently, and continued to remind everyone: "We form a team of two, and a team of three. Each team forms a 'pin' shape to search and support each other."
"Once you find a suspicious target, remember to call the drone team. After receiving the call, the drone team should look for the target as soon as possible and guide everyone to approach the suspicious place. Do you understand?"
"understand!"
When Gu Chen said this, almost everyone knew it better.
After all, it is not the first time for everyone to do this kind of mountain search, and they also have some experience.
After the words fell, Gu Chen continued: "From now on, everyone is free to form a team and set off in 2 minutes."
……
……
Following Gu Chen's order, everyone began to look for teammates in the team.
Lu Weiwei walked to Gu Chen's side, and they naturally became teammates.
Officer Wang is in a group with Yuan Shasha, and Ding Liang is in a group with Huang Zunlong.
Our three groups immediately formed a small team.
As for the other police officers, they were also instantly divided into several small teams according to their numbers.
2 minutes is coming soon.
Everyone lined up one by one, Gu Chen was going to start from the trail near the vehicle, while other police officers started to search separately from several other trails.
As the order was issued, everyone acted immediately.
Gu Chen threw out the mechanical baton and started to take the lead. The team formed with Lu Weiwei cleared the way ahead.
Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, together with Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong, came to the left and right wings of Gu Chen's team to support them.
The reason why Gu Chen started from the path near the vehicle was that this was the place Zhang Jinze must pass through.
According to the trace science he has mastered, while clearing the path, Gu Chen is also constantly observing the creases of the plants on both sides of the path.
From the soil under the ground, it is actually difficult to tell whether someone has walked here.
But Gu Chen can still see the trickiness through the creases of the plants on the left and right sides of the path.
The bending direction of the plants can actually determine the direction in which the characters are walking.
Gu Chen activated his master-level observation skills and began to assist himself in searching for clues.
And the various broken plants in front of him are like several signal sources at this moment, and the information flow is constantly flowing into Gu Chen's mind.
This made it easy for Gu Chen to find them.
"It seems that it's not as difficult as imagined." Gu Chen squatted down to check a broken plant.
Lu Weiwei leaned forward and asked, "Is this the trace left by Zhang Jinze? The broken plants are still fresh."
"That's right." Gu Chen affirmed Lu Weiwei's judgment and stood up.
The trail in front of him instantly converged into a digital route in Gu Chen's mind.
Around the various broken plants, various arrow symbols appeared instantly, allowing Gu Chen to accurately judge where to go next.
After they had walked nearly 500 meters, Gu Chen suddenly raised his hand and clenched his fist, signaling to stop.
Lu Weiwei didn't pay attention, and directly bumped into Gu Chen, and also said "Ouch", and asked Gu Chen:
"Junior Brother Gu, what did you find again?"
"Symbol! The symbol on the ancient bloody jade." Gu Chen looked at a big tree in front of him and said.
"You mean, is the symbol left on the ancient Xueqin jade correct?" Lu Weiwei also looked over according to Gu Chen's gaze.
But there were no symbols around, which made Lu Weiwei confused, and asked curiously:
"I said Junior Brother Gu, how can there be a symbol here? Why didn't I see it?"
"At two o'clock, the distance... is about 30 meters." Gu Chen pointed at the two o'clock position.
Lu Weiwei: "..."
"Well, I might be blind." It felt like Gu Chen's eyesight was against the sky.
If you want to say that the distance is [-] meters and [-] meters, maybe normal people can still see it.
Can be 30 meters?
This kind of distance is not something ordinary people can see with the naked eye in the jungle, but Gu Chen can.
Lu Weiwei felt that she might be blind, so she also squinted in the direction of two o'clock.
After a while, Lu Weiwei looked away.
Gu Chen asked her: "Did you see it?"
"Hehe." Lu Weiwei shrugged awkwardly: "Not really."
"Call Senior Brother Wang and Ding Liang over here." Gu Chen didn't have time to explain to Lu Weiwei the fact that he had master-level observation skills.
So quickly change the subject.
Not long after, Officer Wang's team and Ding Liang's team on the left and right flanks of Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei's team also began to approach Gu Chen.
The 6 people gathered together in an instant.
"What's the matter, Gu Chen? Did you find out?" Officer Wang also looked curious.
After all, it is not easy to find clues in the woods.
It might be reasonable to switch to special forces, after all, they are the kings of the jungle and have received professional training in jungle warfare.
But after all, everyone is just an ordinary policeman, and most of the police incidents they deal with are in the city.
Searching in the jungle felt a little strenuous.
Gu Chen also reminded: "At our two o'clock direction, a suspicious symbol was found, and the distance...is about 30 meters."
"That's the symbol on the ancient Xueqin jade." Lu Weiwei quickly added.
Hearing the words, Police Officer Wang also stared blankly, and quickly followed Gu Chen's gaze to look forward.
Obviously, it is also difficult for Police Officer Wang to find symbols at this distance.
Gu Chen didn't have time to think about it, so he took the lead and led everyone to the front.
20 m.
10 m.
8 m.
5 m.
……
As the distance got closer, everyone's eyes became astonished.
There is indeed a special symbol engraved on a big tree in front of it.
Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong had never seen this kind of symbol.
But Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha have all seen each other before.
This is the special symbol on that metal plate, that is, the symbol on the ancient Xueqin jade.
"How could this be?" Officer Wang hesitated for a moment, then turned to Gu Chen and said, "This kind of symbol seems to have been engraved for a long time, and the color has deteriorated."
"That's right, maybe it was engraved a few years ago." Gu Chen also calculated the specific time when it was engraved based on the state of the engraving on the tree.
Due to the passage of time, although the notches have appeared blurred traces, they can still be seen with the naked eye at close range.
Lu Weiwei was also very curious, and said, "The symbol on this ancient Xueqin jade is the icon that guides the way? Is that what it means?"
"From the current point of view, it does make sense." Yuan Shasha looked at everyone and expressed her thoughts:
"Think about it, why is this kind of symbol engraved on a tree? Obviously, only the northern tomb robbers would use it."
"Xiao Yuan is right." Gu Chen walked under the big tree, touched the blurred traces with his hands, and said involuntarily:
"The only ones who know this kind of symbol are the descendants of the Northern Tomb Raiders. If He Shaoqing hadn't been here, then Tessa must have left behind."
"Because He Shaoqing once said that Tessa got that bloody ancient jade from her a few years ago."
"And this piece of ancient blood jade has special symbols and totems on it, all of which have some profound meanings."
Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen took out his mobile phone, took a picture of the symbol engraved on the big tree, and said:
"And this kind of symbol, in my opinion, may be the basis for the northern tomb robbers to leave road signs for their own people."
"Because this kind of symbol is a bit special, ordinary people definitely don't know what it means, but the northern tomb robbers can obviously tell it at a glance, maybe..."
Touching the special symbol in front of him, Gu Chen blindly guessed: "Perhaps the sharp corner of the symbol on it refers to the direction of the road sign?"
Why did Gu Chen say that?Because according to the general road signs, the direction of the arrow is the direction it points to.
But maybe the gang of northern tomb robbers was afraid that outsiders would know where the road signs pointed, so they made the road signs into some kind of weird symbols.
And this kind of weird symbol has different shapes.
Obviously, it also represents a certain meaning.
But Gu Chen's search so far is also the result of blind guessing special symbols.
If the other parts are just to confuse outsiders, then the tip part of the special symbol may be used by the northern tomb robbers and their descendants to make road signs.
The pointed part may be a derivative of the road sign arrow.
After all, if this symbol is regarded as a pictograph, then it is indeed not difficult to understand.
And Gu Chen is also in the library, and has dabbled in the materials about ancient Chinese pictographs, so considering the weird symbol in front of him, combined with the surrounding environment, he blindly guessed that this is a road sign.
It is used as a trace left by the northern tomb robbers, who were able to successfully regain their location after leaving.
Lu Weiwei stared at the symbol for a long time before agreeing with Gu Chen and said, "I think what Junior Brother Gu said may be reasonable, because we really don't know the meaning of the symbol."
"But in the current environment, this is a jungle. Carving this kind of symbol in the jungle is obviously a reminder, where should we go next?"
"After all, this Tessa may have collected some treasure burial sites in her hands, so she can easily find the specific location."
After thinking for a while, Lu Weiwei said again: "And if this is the case, then the totem on the metal plate may be the code word of the map. It's a pity that we don't have other totems, so we definitely can't find them, but Tessa can do it."
"Then give it a try. If you can find the same special symbol in the direction pointed by this sharp corner, it may prove that Gu Chen's guess is completely correct."
After thinking about it for a few seconds, Huang Zunlong also expressed his thoughts.
After all, this result is currently the most reliable explanation.
Gu Chen actually had no idea, but after what Huang Zunlong said, he immediately gained a little more confidence in his judgment of the special symbols.
"Then let's do this." Gu Chen took a deep breath, pointed to the right and said, "Let's go this way."
After the voice fell, everyone began to form a queue and followed Gu Chen.
Along the way, Gu Chen could actually see some tiny details of broken vegetation.
But Gu Chen didn't explain everything, but started to look for the trace step by step according to the sharp corners of the special symbols and the creases of plants on both sides of the road.
Sure enough, not long after, Gu Chen found another special symbol, and immediately stopped in his tracks.
Everyone followed behind Gu Chen, walking hurriedly.
Gu Chen stopped, catching the queue behind him by surprise.
They collided one by one in an instant.
Lu Weiwei was also lying behind Gu Chen, stuck her head out and asked him curiously: "Junior Brother Gu, what's wrong with you?"
"I have already found the next special symbol." Gu Chen said.
"found it?"
The people who lined up behind Gu Chen suddenly looked like Avalokitesvara with thousands of hands, their heads began to poke out from different directions, and their eyes were also looking straight ahead.
"At one o'clock, the distance is...about 20 meters." Gu Chen reminded again.
But the 20 meters is already very obvious to Gu Chen, after all, the master level of observation lies there.
But for the rest of the people, they didn't see anything at all.
Everyone couldn't help but rubbed their eyes, feeling like they were blind.
"Gu... Gu Chen, hurry up and have a look." Officer Wang was a little helpless, and could only urge him.
Gu Chen nodded and walked forward quickly.
When everyone saw this, they all followed.
Not long after, everyone gathered under a big tree.
Lu Weiwei tapped the symbol with a mechanical baton, pointed to the direction the symbol pointed to and said, "Needless to say, Junior Brother Gu's guess was completely correct. This special symbol is the shadow road sign used by the northern tomb robbers."
"It seems that this sharp corner is indeed the arrow of the road sign, so..."
"So it's right to go that way." Before Lu Weiwei could finish speaking, Officer Wang began to follow Jiantou and walked towards the left direction.
Now, Police Officer Wang has become the vanguard.
But when Police Officer Wang walked five or six meters away, Gu Chen suddenly reminded, "Wait a minute."
Officer Wang stopped in his tracks, turned his head and asked, "What's the matter?"
"This symbol seems to be a bit different from the one just now." Gu Chen also crossed his arms, feeling that the shape of the symbol seemed to be somewhat different from the previous one.
Officer Wang stared blankly, and quickly asked Gu Chen: "Then what do you think is different?"
"The direction of the screaming, there is one more... circle."
Although the shape of the special symbol is correct, Gu Chen still sees something tricky, that is, the position of the sharp corner. Compared with the first symbol found before, there is an extra round symbol.
This subtle change may not be easy to detect with the naked eye, but Gu Chen, who has a master level of observation, can still keenly spot the difference between the two symbols.
Officer Wang snorted coldly, and said helplessly: "It's just multiple circles, maybe it's just a wrong symbol, and the tomb robbers from the Northern faction temporarily changed it."
"Afterwards they thought about it, maybe they just need to recognize the direction of the sharp corner. So, I think it's better not to make a fuss, and find someone quickly."
After the words fell, Officer Wang was about to step forward again, but suddenly felt a swipe of his toes, and he lost his center of gravity, as if the soles of his feet were on the ground.
"Whoa!"
With a strange noise, Officer Wang fell heavily to the ground, leaning forward continuously.
And at this moment, the road ahead seemed to be sinking.
"Help, help!"
Officer Wang stared at him, feeling that danger was imminent, so Officer Wang firmly grasped the weeds on the side of the road so that his body could avoid sinking.
"Not good." Gu Chen, who discovered the situation, was the first to react, and quickly jumped forward.
Using his own hands, he firmly grasped Police Officer Wang who was holding on to the weeds on the side of the road.
Just as Gu Chen touched Police Officer Wang's hands, the weeds on the roadside were overwhelmed and broke instantly, and Officer Wang also began to sink rapidly.
Fortunately, Gu Chen reacted in time and used his own hands to clasp the back of Officer Wang's hand.
But after all, Gu Chen's weight is not as high as that of Police Officer Wang, and his whole body is lying on the ground, with an acceleration to rush forward.
Immediately, he was also moved downwards with Officer Wang.
"Oops!" Lu Weiwei was stunned, and immediately kicked her right leg quickly, using a reaction kick, and instantly threw herself on Gu Chen, pressing Gu Chen and gaining weight.
The remaining Yuan Shasha, Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong also reacted instantly after hesitating for a few seconds.
Everyone was overly frightened just now, and this sudden situation also caused confusion for a while.
Fortunately, Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei had stabilized the situation, so the remaining people spread out from the two wings, grabbed Officer Wang's left and right arms respectively, and dragged him up from the sinking position.
A moment later, Police Officer Wang was pulled out of the pit, and he was also out of breath at the moment.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, rolled over, looking behind Police Officer Wang.
But when seeing the scene in front of him, Gu Chen couldn't help but gasp.
"My God! Isn't this too dangerous?"
"What's wrong, Junior Brother Gu?" Lu Weiwei, who was relieved, also sighed heavily, and then cautiously approached Gu Chen.
Following Gu Chen's gaze, he looked at the place where Comrade Wang fell just now.
When she saw many hidden weapons cut into spikes from trees in the pit, facing outwards upright, Lu Weiwei also gasped, patted her chest and said with a sob, "This...is this a trap?"
"Oh my god." Yuan Shasha just pulled Police Officer Wang out of the trap, and she also slumped on the ground, and said nervously: "It turns out that the extra circle in the symbol means that there is a trap in the direction of the tip? So that's it. understand?"
Feeling that the goosebumps all over her body were about to explode, Yuan Shasha glanced at Police Officer Wang who was still in shock, and also reminded:
"Senior Brother Wang, it's fortunate that Senior Brother Gu called you, otherwise if you just go straight forward like this, you will definitely die."
"My god." Police officer Wang looked into the pit trap, and saw all kinds of sharpened branches in the three-meter-deep trap facing upwards.
Police Officer Wang patted his chest, feeling that he had narrowly escaped death, his legs became weak from fright, he patted Gu Chen's shoulder, and said out of breath:
"Gu... Gu Chen, thank you, thank you for saving me just now."
"If you hadn't reminded me just now, maybe I wouldn't have stopped. If I hadn't stopped and stepped on it, I'm afraid I'd have to be a hedgehog now."
"Isn't it?" Ding Liang glanced at the trap, and said with lingering fear: "If Gu Chen didn't remind you, you just walked over like this, and there is no possibility of surviving."
"That's right, it's a good thing you stopped on the edge of the trap just now, otherwise the gods wouldn't be able to save you." Huang Zunlong said dumbfounded when he saw this situation.
No one would have thought that there would be such a dangerous trap in such a place.
Most people have seen this kind of trap in TV dramas, but in reality, it is almost impossible to find it.
But then again, in this dense forest, it is almost impossible for anyone to come. After all, there are no roads in the dense forest here, and people have to come out.
But now that Police Officer Wang almost lost his life in this trap, everyone was afraid after thinking about it.
"Senior Brother Wang, it's okay, I'll lead the way later." I feel that after going through this crisis, everyone should have a long memory.
So Gu Chen broke off a branch of a tree beside him with his hands, and then broke off the excess part to make a simple trekking pole.
Facing the road ahead, Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, this way, you don't have to worry about traps ahead, so let all the search teams prepare at least one trekking pole like this." , to avoid falling into the trap."
"Let me inform you." Huang Zunlong took out the walkie-talkie and immediately began to inform other nearby search teams of what everyone experienced just now.
For a while, various responses came one after another, and everyone was asking how Police Officer Wang was injured.
Fortunately, everyone was safe and sound.
After resolving the danger just now, Gu Chen looked back at the special symbol on the tree, and said angrily, "The descendants of the northern tomb robbers are really ruthless."
"Sure enough, it is very important to understand the meaning of these symbols. If I hadn't discovered just now that there is an extra circle in this symbol, I'm afraid Senior Brother Wang will be in dire straits now."
"Damn, these people are too cunning." Thinking of what happened just now, Lu Weiwei said angrily:
"They can use symbols to guide the direction of the follow-up companions, but at the same time, they also leave a hand, leaving traps on the only way, and they don't know what tricks they will play next."
"Just be careful." Gu Chen also took a deep breath, feeling that it was purely a fluke.
But when he saw all kinds of hidden weapons under the trap, Gu Chen was also afraid for a while.
What is this for?Murder?
Thinking of Luo Wei and Liao Zhongkai who were poisoned, Gu Chen began to be more cautious towards Tessa.
"Ding Liang, Huang Zunlong." Gu Chen turned to call the two of them.
"What's the matter?" The two said in unison.
Gu Chen pointed to the trap and said, "Find some branches and surround this trap to prevent others from falling into the trap again." Gu Chen said.
"no problem."
"Leave this to us."
Hearing this, the two quickly took out the police dagger from the police equipment, began to cut off the surrounding branches, and handed them to Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha.
Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha placed the cut branches upright around the trap to form a protective circle.
After a brief operation, Gu Chen checked the protection and said with satisfaction: "Okay, that's it, continue on your way."
"Still...still going this way?" Police officer Wang couldn't help but tremble when he saw that Gu Chen was about to bypass the trap and continue to move towards the direction pointed by the sharp corner of the special symbol.
It seemed that it was the trap just now that made him fear.
Gu Chen also said helplessly: "The sharp corner of the special symbol is pointing this way, so this should be the correct direction."
"As for that circle, it may be to remind our own people that there is a trap somewhere in front of us. Only their own people know about it. Whether we outsiders can avoid it depends on luck, but Senior Brother Wang, you are lucky."
"Damn! Don't laugh at me, my legs are weak now, no, you have to let me slow down."
The thrilling experience just now did make Police Officer Wang a little weak now.
After all, the little fate just now is almost about to be confessed here, but you, Gu Chen, still have to take this road of unknown risks, which inevitably makes Officer Wang a little scared.
After all, there is a saying that once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years. This is about people like Police Officer Wang.
……
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(End of this chapter)
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