I am a super cop

Chapter 2243 Absolute Advantage
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after confirming the direction of investigation at Xu Youzhi's place.

It would not take too long for Hu Peng to leave Hushan Town, and it seemed there was still time for everyone to catch up.

However, the mountain between Haidong City and Haibei City is full of infinite variables.

No one knows what accidents will happen while crossing this mountain range?
Therefore, an excellent guide is obviously the guarantee of everyone's safety.

Over there, because of Hu Peng, the white-haired old man Xu Youzhi was willing to act as everyone's guide, which no one had thought of before.

But now that time is tight and tasks are heavy, it seems that there is no other better choice.

So after a brief discussion, everyone decided to form a team and set off.

Since it was a temporary departure and a large amount of supplies needed to be purchased, Gu Chen decided to postpone the action.

Everyone returned to the previous supermarket at the junction of Hushan Town, where they purchased a lot of drinking water and compressed snacks.

And Lao Zhang returned to the Hushan Town Police Station, took out all kinds of marching backpacks stored in the warehouse, and prepared them as equipment for everyone to enter the mountain.

Then everyone gathered at the gate of the Hushan Town Police Station.

At this moment, everyone received a temporary marching backpack, a large amount of compressed food and drinking water.

The Jiangnan Police Force personnel including Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha also included locals including Lao Zhang, Officer Xiao Xuan, and guide Xu Youzhi.

A group of seven people gathered in the compound of the Hushan Town Police Station.

Xu Youzhi walked in front of the crowd, roughly checked the supplies of the crowd, then nodded in satisfaction and said:

"Okay, with these things, we can speed up our pace and try to catch up with Hu Peng as soon as possible."

"Then why don't we arrange a team of people to sit on the sidelines in Haibei City? We have done this before when handling similar cases."

Lu Weiwei also told the story of everyone's pursuit of people in Jiangnan City's Fairy Girl Peak.

Officer Xiaoxuan nodded silently: "It's also possible, but you need to contact the Haibei City Police."

"However, according to Xu Youzhi, there are many wild roads over there, so it is impossible to judge which road Hu Peng took?"

"This kind of interception, or just waiting on the sidelines, seems powerless."

"Senior Sister Lu and Officer Xiaoxuan have good ideas." Listening to the two policewomen's narration, Gu Chen also walked up to him and expressed his opinion:

"Having the police at the other end of Haibei City assist in the investigation will inevitably cause some trouble."

"And this mountain range is widely distributed, so we can't do some useless work."

"At least, we can follow Hu Peng's whereabouts."

"When Hu Peng crosses this wild road, there will inevitably be traces, or in other words, some garbage."

"In addition, this wild road, in fact, very few donkey friends will travel."

"In this way, investigating Hu Peng's traces seems to be much easier."

Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen continued: "What we have to do now is to speed up and try to find Hu Peng as soon as possible."

"Well said." After Gu Chen's voice fell, Police Officer Wang stood up as an old comrade and said a few words:

"Not much nonsense, we have one goal now, to speed up and catch up with Hu Peng."

Turning to look at Lao Zhang, Police Officer Wang said again: "Director Zhang, let's... act."

"Okay." Lao Zhang nodded, and then pointed to the commercial police lane beside him: "Let's take this car and go to the foot of the mountain together."

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Ten minutes later, everyone came to a remote open space. Lao Zhang parked the car under a big tree, and everyone got out of the car immediately.

Stand in front of the vehicle to rally.

Xu Youzhi pointed to a stream in front of him and said, "This is the way to go up the mountain. Let's walk along the stream first, and then follow me."

"There are high mountains and dense forests here. At the beginning, it is necessary to quickly climb to high altitudes, which may consume a lot of physical strength."

"Also, if you are not careful, you may get lost, so you'd better follow my footsteps."

"Understood, let's go quickly." Yuan Shasha saw that it was getting late, and felt that there was no need for everyone to waste any more time.

Afterwards, everyone looked at each other, let Xu Youzhi go ahead, and everyone started to walk quickly in the direction of the stream.

During the walk, everyone also found some thick branches at random, which were used as trekking poles to assist climbing.

After a while, everyone entered the bamboo forest.

Because the stream blocked the way, everyone could only step on some rotten bamboo bridges and quickly cross the ravine.

After passing through the bamboo forest, we entered a dense forest.

The gullies here are all streams, and you need to find rocks for climbing.

After a while, Officer Xiaoxuan was out of breath.

Officer Wang comforted: "What's the matter, Officer Xiaoxuan?"

"I don't have enough physical strength." Police officer Xiaoxuan dressed heavily, but said in a bad mood:
"Before, I felt that my physical strength was quite good, and it was not a problem at all to climb mountains and ridges."

"But now, I didn't expect that such a high altitude would require a rapid climb."

"And the slope here is generally around 60 degrees, and some even exceed 70 degrees."

Panting heavily, Officer Xiaoxuan said helplessly:

"It seems that this time I encountered a hard stubble."

"Don't worry, after crossing this road, the rest of the road will be much easier."

Xu Youzhi, who was leading the way, turned around and said.

Then everyone looked at him in unison.

Although Xu Youzhi was a white-haired old man, he was quick in climbing the mountain and looked more like a young man.

Especially in various travels in the mountains and forests, the sensitivity of movements is far beyond ordinary people.

Especially Gu Chen saw all this in his eyes, and thought in his heart that if he competed with Xu Youzhi in climbing mountains, Xu Youzhi might have an absolute advantage in terms of skills, but in terms of physical strength, he might be even better.

But now, just at the beginning, some people in the team began to feel unaccustomed to the intensity of this rapid climb to high altitude.

Thinking that he still needs to walk in the mountains and forests for a few days, Gu Chen couldn't help worrying about the next trip.

Seemingly seeing Gu Chen's worry, Officer Xiaoxuan hurriedly said, "It's okay, but I just didn't get used to it at first. My physical fitness is still good, but my skills are a bit weak."

"That's good." Seeing what police officer Xiaoxuan said, Gu Chen also explained:

"Due to everyone's physical fitness, the participation may be uneven, and it is not required that everyone can achieve a unified rhythm."

After a pause, Gu Chen said again: "How about this, we are temporarily divided into two teams, a forward team, the ones with good physical strength who can keep up with the rhythm will be in the front."

"And the team behind can keep a certain distance from the forward team."

"Our vanguard team will make road signs for the rear team, and everyone will just follow the signs. Is there any problem?"

After Gu Chen's brief discussion, everyone immediately looked at each other, as if they all felt that it was acceptable.

Officer Xiaoxuan also nodded silently: "It's good, at least for people like me, it won't drag everyone down, so now we need to determine the type of mark."

"Don't worry about that. I brought a lot of red ropes, which can be tied to tree trunks." As soon as Officer Xiaoxuan finished speaking, Lao Zhang took out a roll of red ropes from his pocket.

But having had the experience of searching for Zhou Xiaotong in the dense forest of Jiangnan City last time, Gu Chen hurriedly reminded: "This is very good, but if someone follows us or follows us up the mountain, we don't want us to find Hu Peng."

"Perhaps those people will secretly destroy these marks, so, for the sake of safety, everyone needs to mark the direction with a dagger while tying the red rope."

"Yes." After hearing Gu Chen's words, Lao Zhang agreed without hesitation.

Gu Chen looked around, pointed to one of the big trees and said, "Take this tree as an example, tie a red rope to the trunk, and mark the direction of the arrow with a dagger."

After finishing the words, Gu Chen took a red rope from Lao Zhang and tied it skillfully on the tree trunk.

Afterwards, Gu Chen took out his dagger and drew a marking arrow on the tree trunk.

Turning around, Gu Chen said to the crowd: "Remember, the arrow is drawn with one stroke, and all gestures are connected together."

"If you find that the arrow has several strokes or multiple smears, it is probably not our mark, so you must remember it."

"Hehe." Hearing Gu Chen's remarks, Xu Youzhi couldn't help laughing dryly, and complained:
"I said Comrade Police, do you want to be so delicate? Isn't it just a mark? Is it necessary?"

"You don't understand." Seeing that Xu Youzhi was not clear about the specific situation, Yuan Shasha hurriedly explained:

"Brother Gu and the others were plotted against in the dense forest before, and they almost couldn't figure out the path."

"Because someone will sabotage the marked points. Senior Brother Gu will do this. If someone sabotages, then we will be able to identify them at a glance."

"That's right." Just as Yuan Shasha finished speaking, Lu Weiwei also stood up and said, "It's right to be careful."

Walking in front of the mark that Gu Chen had drawn, Lu Weiwei said again: "Look, an arrow drawn with one stroke is connected together. You can repeat the strokes to make the strokes thicker, but generally speaking, the arrow is one stroke. "

"In this way, we can accurately identify whether these are our marks."

"If someone vandalizes the markings, or even smears them, then that's fine."

"Because the marked direction is the direction of walking, this can't be wrong."

After a pause, Lu Weiwei continued to ask: "Is everyone clear? Do you understand?"

"Understood." Hearing Lu Weiwei's words, everyone nodded in agreement.

Only the white-haired old Xu felt that it was unnecessary.

So, everyone quickly divided into two camps.

Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang, Lao Zhang and Xu Youzhi are temporarily divided into the first camp.

Officer Xiaoxuan and Yuan Shasha were in the second camp.

And if the first camp is exhausted, they can temporarily wait for the second camp and join the second camp.

In this way, everyone can take care of each other in the woods.

Gu Chen also hopes that everyone can enter the forest safely and come out safely.

After all, finding someone is not risking your life.

Since he knew the danger level of the hinterland of the forest before, Gu Chen knew better than anyone else the importance of protecting himself.

In particular, tracking down Hu Peng's whereabouts seems to carry huge risks.

In addition, Xu Youzhi, is he really helping everyone, or is he deliberately causing trouble for everyone?
For now, Gu Chen is not yet able to make a judgment, so he can only wait and see what happens.

And Gu Chen also knew that he needed to guard against Xu Youzhi.

Because if Xu Youzhi was a member of that mysterious group, then everyone followed Xu Youzhi and went into the mountains to look for Hu Peng, perhaps bringing danger to Hu Peng.

Once any accident occurs, perhaps Xu Youzhi will choose to deal with Hu Peng within a certain period of time.

Of course Gu Chen knew that for this group, it should be quite difficult to deal with.

Gu Chen has even simulated everything that might happen in his mind.

Including that when Xu Youzhi was about to discover Hu Peng, he would deliberately find reasons to leave the team, and then rely on his familiarity with the terrain to quickly find Hu Peng and kill Hu Peng.

In this way, when Hu Peng dies, many things will be dead without proof.

This is what Gu Chen is most worried about right now.

However, looking at Xu Youzhi's warm-hearted appearance, and telling about his past with Hu Peng, at present, it is still a bit credible.

But Gu Chen is also an overly sensitive person, for Xu Youzhi, Gu Chen dare not believe 100%.

"Junior Brother Gu, what's the matter with you?" Seeing that the teams had been divided, but Gu Chen was frozen in place, as if he was still thinking about something, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but remind him.

After realizing it, Gu Chen let out an "ah" and quickly replied, "I'm fine, since the team has been divided, then let's do it."

"Everyone will set off together for the time being. When the second team needs to rest, everyone can choose to separate, but the distance should not be too long."

"Because there is no mobile phone signal in the mountains, everyone should be careful about everything."

"Understood." Seeing what Gu Chen said, Officer Xiaoxuan nodded silently.

Then, everyone started to move on.

As the next mountain road became steeper and steeper, with a slope of more than 70 degrees, everyone felt more and more that their physical strength was about to be exhausted.

Gu Chen, who was in line No.2, looked up at Xu Youzhi, who was walking like a fly, and then turned back to look at his teammates at the foot of the mountain.

Suddenly, Xu Youzhi's sense of urgency seemed to be stronger than everyone else's.

Of course Gu Chen believed that Xu Youzhi wanted to find Hu Peng as soon as possible, but it was his purpose and motivation. Gu Chen didn't dare to compliment him, so he could only speed up again and follow behind Xu Youzhi.

Unknowingly, Gu Chen and Xu Youzhi have created a large distance between the others.

At this moment, Gu Chen hurriedly shouted to stop: "Xu Youzhi, stop for a while, and wait for the others."

Hearing this, Xu Youzhi stopped his hands and feet helplessly, turned his head and glanced at the people in the distance, and then found a gentle rock, sat on it and waited:
"You people are not very good, you can't keep up with your physical strength."

"It's the mountain climbing skills that can't keep up." Although Gu Chen knew, Xu Youzhi's mountain climbing skills were relatively proficient.

In front of everyone, Xu Youzhi appeared to have an obvious advantage.

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