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Chapter 74 Spirit Snake

Looking at Feng Yi running over, he didn't see a python on his body, nor a snake in his hand. Steve's heart finally dropped, but it soon became suspended again. If he didn't find anything serious, Feng Yi Wouldn't call it that.

"What happened?"

"I found something over there."

"what?"

Steve followed Feng Yi to the tree.

"There's a package tied to a strap."

Steve looked up for a moment.

Although the branches and leaves blocked part of the view, you could still see the package if you looked closely.

"Have you climbed up to take a look?" Steve asked.

Otherwise it would have been impossible to see clearly that a belt was tied to the package.

"I've seen it," Feng Yi replied.

"Is it an electronic instrument?"

"Probably not."

"Then don't worry about it. Just tell Professor Zhou later and ask Professor Zhou to inform the ranger."

Steve usually doesn't mind those nosy things. He has participated in many scientific expeditions and encountered some private treasure hoarding, but he doesn't have a strong curiosity about them.

You never know if there is a special meaning behind these personal treasures.

Steve once encountered a father who deliberately hid something and then took his children to find it.

Of course, there are also some other events, some good and some bad, but he is only interested in scientific research and finding cute reptiles, and he doesn't want to cause too much trouble that will interfere with his time.

Feng Yi didn't know how to deal with this kind of incident, so after hearing what Steve said, he decided to ignore it.

But since we have to inform the rangers and police about this matter, of course we need to be more detailed.

Feng Yi told him what he had discovered when he climbed into the tree.

"There should be some metal objects inside the package, and the belt is real snakeskin..."

“Real snakeskin?!”

Steve got angry when he heard that.

This is beyond his tolerance!

If it was indeed real snake skin, it would definitely be illegal to store it now!

The strictest protection laws after the abnormal climate period may vary slightly from country to country, but they are absolutely not allowed in China!

Steve immediately ran to tell Professor Zhou about this.

"Are you sure that's real snake skin?" Professor Zhou asked Feng Yi.

"I'm sure, I can still identify the snake skin." Feng Yi replied.

Professor Zhou looked serious and nodded, "If it were real snake skin, this matter might involve a lot more."

Professor Zhou asked Feng Yi, "How did you find that thing on the tree?"

Feng Yi said: "There was a bird on the tree just now. It was quite beautiful. I was going to take pictures of the bird, but I didn't expect to find something else on the tree."

Several people came under the tree, and Professor Zhou asked Teacher Lei to take pictures of the whole process.

Feng Yi climbed up the tree and took down the package.

In order to facilitate filming, Teacher Lei also put a portable camera on Feng Yi.

If there is any involvement, they will have video evidence by then to prove that they had nothing to do with it.

Seeing Feng Yi steadily climbing up the tree, Steve couldn't help but said: "Don't you know that this guy is also very good at climbing trees! We have to go up trees to shoot in several places in the early stages. We should let this guy do it at that time." Help me, kid!"

Teacher Lei also agreed: "Indeed, we still wasted talents in the first half of the journey."

Teacher Lei is in charge of filming. Although he has many skills, he is not superior in tree climbing and cannot compare with Feng Yi.

Therefore, during the inspection period, I encountered some arboreal snakes. Several times, I gave up because it was inconvenient to take pictures, or the angles were not good.

After Feng Yi climbed up the tree steadily, he untied the package from the tree.

The package is not big, but it is heavy to hold, so it is no wonder that it is tied with a belt.

Strong and easy to take off.

Professor Zhou put on gloves and opened the package to take a look.

It’s full of gold bars!

Steve raised his eyebrows.

Just look at this and you know it can’t possibly be a family interaction!

It is very likely that it will be involved in some major cases!

Of course, Professor Zhou also realized the seriousness of this, and immediately contacted the base to inform him of what happened here.

But when he said it, he was talking about discovering the package while photographing arboreal snakes.

Steve also quickly understood that Professor Zhou was protecting Feng Yi.

It is unknown what is involved, and Professor Zhou is worried that Feng Yi will be resented and retaliated against.

There is also a unified voice within the team.

After seeing the photos sent by Professor Zhou, the base immediately called the police.

The South 6 team was currently on the edge of the nature reserve. Feng Yi took a nap. When he woke up, Professor Zhou told him that the person who took over the matter was here.

Five helicopters landed at suitable locations nearby.

There are two for the police, two for the base rescue team, and one for the United Nations Security Bureau.

After all, there is a snakeskin belt involved, and the Federal Security Bureau is concerned about this. The UN Security Bureau has been following up on the scientific expedition activities in Nan Chong, so it received the news as soon as possible and came here.

However, the people who came over from the Joint Security Bureau were not Captain Yuan whom Feng Yi knew. Feng Yi didn't say a few words to them and walked aside in a daze.

Professor Zhou will handle the rest.

The leader and several persons in charge of the field expedition already have experience in handling various emergencies. Know what to do to protect the interests of team members.

Because of this kind of thing, the team needs to stay here temporarily.

Feng Yi: "..."

Heart: Ah————

Feng Yi watched helicopters flying over his head every day. People from the police came here to investigate and collect clues. There are also people from the base coming here to protect the team.

The people from the FBI were looking at the snake skins, and the people from the police were looking at the gold nuggets.

The package left clues. Fingerprints and DNA were extracted, compared with the database, and the target was quickly identified.

Feng Yi rarely moved around during the two days he stayed, and basically just lay there. Other members of the team, like Wang Wentao, were busy sorting out records or starting to write papers, while Feng Yi was sleeping nearby.

Steve told him about the progress of the case investigation.

"The package was left by a pair of brothers named Tian. But the gold nugget belonged to their grandfather.

"Their grandfather was involved in a gold theft case that happened more than thirty years ago. I don't know the specific details. I just know that the old man brought the gold nuggets back to his hometown. But before the old man could get rid of these things, the whole village moved, and everything I didn't dare to take it out, so I found a place to secretly hide it and marked it. In case I forgot, I also drew a picture in a notebook I brought with me.

“Their ancestors were local mountain people, and they used to live in the small village surrounded by plants that we passed.

"After their grandfather moved away from the village, he died in an accident not long after. No one knew about these gold nuggets.

"Not long ago, these two people heard about the scientific expedition team on the Internet, and also learned that the Nanchong Scientific Research Base has been collecting information about the forests and species in the Nanchong Mountains and surrounding areas."

Feng Yi knew this.

The Nanchong Research Base is worried that one day the climate will change again and all the unknown endangered animals in the mountains will become extinct, so they try to collect as much information as possible, then formulate an inspection route and assign additional tasks to each team.

In terms of understanding of this mountain forest, the base is definitely not as good as the mountain people who once lived here.

For example, ancestral stories...

For example, where did you see something magical in which area, in which pool was there a monster, in which cave was there a big snake eating people, etc. The deified and exaggerated ones will provide some clues to the scientific expedition team to find out whether they are endangered animals or new species and whether they need protection and rescue.

"Not long ago, the two brothers learned that a man from the same village had sold a piece of information that they thought was nonsense and got 500 yuan, so they became interested.

"A story that has made my ears grow calloused since I was a child is nonsense to them now. It is worth selling it for 500 yuan. To put it simply, it is like selling junk.

"They just found their grandfather's notebook when they were looking through old things, and they thought the old man must be hiding something."

Steve was also amazed as he spoke.

"Their ancestors all lived in the mountains. Although the brothers themselves are not familiar with it, they can know more things from some of the image files left by their ancestors. For example, where are the shortcuts and where are the hidden paths? These are things that others don't know. of.

"The two successfully bypassed the rangers and surveillance cameras, sneaked into the former village, and dug out the gold bars according to the old man's drawings, but..."

Steve's tone changed and he was rather gloating.

"When the two of them were returning, the younger one was bitten by a poisonous snake. Although they brought some medicine, they couldn't delay it for too long. They might have to call for help. The older one hid the gold bars in a tree and took them with him. Take the little one for treatment."

Steve spread his hands.

"You'll know the next thing. Oh, speaking of the snakeskin belt, the two of them actually had one each. They were concerned about face and didn't have that much money, so they found a way to get help to buy two imitations that were difficult to detect.

“They have been proud of that belt for a long time, and no one has ever noticed it when wearing it.

Now, people from the Federal Security Bureau are waiting nearby. "

…

In the hearts of the two brothers, they did not lose to anyone this time, just to the snake.

If they hadn't been bitten by a snake, they wouldn't have hidden the package containing the gold bars in their hands and called for emergency help.

If it weren't for the snake, the expedition team wouldn't have discovered the package in the tree.

They were hidden so well, and the belt pattern and the color of the wrapping fabric were not conspicuous. How could they be discovered under normal circumstances?

They even thought about whether there really was a Nan Chong spirit snake?

Of course, no matter how hard they racked their brains, they would never have imagined that what they were exposed to would be a fake.

Soon, news related to this matter was reported.

It involves a major gold theft case many years ago. It has been so long that many people have forgotten or have never heard of it. When they saw this news, they searched for the gold theft case that year, and then combined the reported information, and After analyzing (brainstorming) the logical lines that came out, I started to make comments and step on the two brothers.

This incident became somewhat legendary after word of mouth, and the self-media reaped another wave of traffic.