"There is a situation. ”

The person who walked in front seemed to have noticed something and stopped.

"Xiao Lu, what's the situation?"

The crowd asked, striding over.

"There was a battle here. ”

Xiao Lu replied.

Everyone took a closer look and couldn't help but look at it, there were indeed traces of a battle here, and there were still many bullet casings on the ground.

Qiao Shengnan picked up a bullet case on the ground, looked at it carefully, and she saw the clue, "This is also the cartridge case of the M4 automatic rifle, look, there is also an AK47 cartridge case here, and the two cartridge shells appear here at the same time, which proves that this is not a regular army with a unified standard weapon, but a 'miscellaneous army' pieced together by a messy person." ”

When everyone heard this, they nodded their heads, if it was a regular army, then the weapons and equipment used would definitely be the same, and there would never be two weapons of M4 and AK47 in a team at the same time.

"There are two kinds of bullet casings, could it be that the two groups of people fought hard?"

Tan Qian is a good girl who loves to think, ask questions, and explore.

"The fact that these two shells appeared in this small area at the same time shows that the people holding the M4 and the AK47 are very close together, so it can be judged that they are comrades fighting side by side. ”

Qiao Shengnan replied.

"Man, this is not necessarily, the so-called bold assumptions, be careful to verify. ”

Tan Qian said, "Let me make a bold assumption first, one side of the centaur shot here, leaving behind M4 bullets, and the enemy's firepower was too fierce, this side of the centaur fell into passivity, and escaped......

Pointing to a few blood stains on the ground, she continued to elaborate her opinion, "This side of the people couldn't beat them, so they retreated or fled, and when they fled, the enemy people caught up, and then stood here and shot, leaving behind this AK47 bullet. ”

"Qianya, your assumptions and speculations are very good and logical, but I want to reject your conclusions. ”

Qiao Shengnan smiled, "Assuming that one side escapes and the other side chases, then chasing oneself will definitely not stay here for a long time to shoot, but will only stop for a short time to aim and shoot, so there will be very few bullet shells left, and there are not only a large number of M4 shells here, but also a large number of AK47 shells, which is very revealing." ”

Hearing this, Tan Qian took a closer look at the bullet casings on the ground, indeed, there are not only a large number of M4 shells, but also a large number of AK47 shells, which shows that the people who hold M4 and AK47 are all staying here and firing for a long time, from this phenomenon can support Qiao Shengnan's speculation, the people who hold M4 and those who hold AK47 are the same group, and only the same group of people will stay here at the same time to shoot for a long time, and if they pursue, it is impossible to stay here for a long time to shoot.

"Well, man, I agree with you, it's a 'ragtag army' of miscellaneous people. ”

Tan Qian nodded and replied, "Let's find the position of the other party fighting with this group." ”

At the moment, everyone's eyes swept to find the position of the enemy personnel fighting this side.

"Over there. ”

Someone with sharp eyes shouted loudly.

The people looked in that direction, and sure enough, there were many bullet holes in the trunk of the tree, so it could be judged that the enemy personnel fighting these people were in that direction.

Everyone walked in that direction, but to everyone's surprise, they walked in that direction for a long distance, and they didn't see half of the bullet casings.

"It's not normal. ”

Qiao Shengnan stopped, and a puzzled look appeared on his pretty face.

"Yes, if two gangs are fighting, then there will definitely be a lot of bullet holes left in this direction, however, we walked dozens of meters in this direction, and we didn't see half of the bullet shells, which is really abnormal, too abnormal. ”

Tan Qianqiao's face also showed a puzzled look.

Of course, not only her and Qiao Shengnan, but everyone present, including Zhang Cheng and Xiao Han, were very puzzled.

"Could it be...... It's not two groups of people fighting at all, it's a group of people fighting some fierce beast, or orcs?"

Tan Qian boldly made this assumption again.

"Well, Qian girl, your assumption can be valid. ”

Qiao Shengnan nodded and said, "Let's all look carefully and see if we can find any traces of animals or orcs." ”

The so-called bold assumptions, carefully verify.

Since Tan Qian's hypothesis is true, the next step is to look for evidence.

At that moment, everyone began to look around.

Soon someone found a clue.

"There's a situation here. ”

The people hurried over, and saw a few footprints on the woodland.

Those footprints are shallow, very blurry, and you can't see them at all if you don't look closely.

Everyone looked around the footprints carefully, and it could be seen that these were human footprints, and they were footprints stepped on with bare feet, not shoe prints stepped on by wearing shoes.

However.

At this moment,

Qiao Shengnan, Tan Qian and the others all showed puzzled expressions on their faces without exception.

"It's weird, it's weird. ”

They all cried out in surprise.

"What's so strange about this? These footprints are not wearing shoes, they must be orcs, because neither the criminal gang that came here to capture the orcs without permission, nor the local hunters who hunted in the mountains, were barefoot. ”

Xiao Han said.

"It's because of the bare feet that we find it strange. ”

Qiao Shengnan said, "We have already collected relevant information about orcs, orcs are tall and burly, generally more than two meters, basically weigh more than two hundred catties, legs and feet are thick, and the footprints that come out must be very deep and large, and these footprints are relatively small ......."

As she spoke, she took out a small tape measure that she carried with her, deliberately measured these footprints, and continued, "Only 23 centimeters, the physical characteristics of orcs are similar to those of humans, so we can use the height of humans and the length of the soles of the feet to make a comparison, the length of the soles of the feet of 23 centimeters, converted to height, is definitely not more than 1.65 meters, such a short foot, less than 1.65 height, how can it be an orc? ”

"Mm-hmm, this is certainly not an orc footprint. ”

Tan Qian and the others nodded one after another, agreeing with Qiao Shengnan's analysis and conclusion, these footprints were definitely not left behind.

Xiao Han questioned, "Could it be a minor orc?"

Qiao Shengnan shook his head again, "Orcs are social animals, and they are almost not lonely, and these footprints are obviously left by the same 'person', which is not in line with the activity habits of orcs." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Han also denied the possibility that these footprints were orcs, and said, "Since they are not orcs, they are people." ”

"That's not right, if it's a human being, how can it be barefoot?"

Qiao Shengnan and the others were most puzzled by this, it was definitely not an orc, but if a normal human was a human, it would be impossible for them to run around in this primeval forest barefoot.

At this time, Xiao Han spoke, "It may be a wolf." ”

"Wako?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and their eyes moved to Xiao Han, waiting for him to further elaborate on his views.

"Don't forget, this place is the 'Savage Mountain', during the Anti-Japanese War, the Huaguo Expeditionary Force fought against the Japanese in this Savage Mountain, and the size of the Japanese was relatively short, especially at that time, the Japanese officers and soldiers were generally about 1.6 meters, and rarely more than 1.7 meters. ”

Xiao Han analyzed and said, "From the length of these footprints, it has been concluded that the person who left these footprints is no more than one meter six and five, and in terms of height, it is very consistent with the Japanese of that year, so I think it should be the footprints left by the remnants of the Japanese of that year." ”

"Uncle, the person you are talking about is a remnant of the Japanese Invaders? My sister's unlikely, the Anti-Japanese War was in the first half of the last century, and half a century has passed since now, how can it be a remnant of the Japanese Invaders? Even if there were really Japanese Invaders at that time, they would have died of old age by now, right?"

Qiao Shengnan immediately questioned.

The battle between the expeditionary force and the Japanese in Savage Mountain was a famous historical event, the 'Battle of Savage Mountain', which was later made into a movie.

So everyone present knew about this incident.

"Yes, after so many years, even if there are really remnants of the Japanese Bandits, they will definitely die of old age. ”

Tan Qian and others also did not agree with Xiao Han's words.

"Old dead? Not necessarily. ”

Xiao Han said, "My father was an expeditionary force back then, a veteran soldier who fought with the Japanese Invaders, and now he is still in good health, and his health is very strong, of course, he is indeed not young, he is already over 90 years old, so I judge that these footprints are left by the remnants of the Japanese Invaders." ”

When Qiao Shengnan heard this, he still shook his head and said, "Your father can live until now, because the living conditions are good, he doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, and he eats nutritious and healthy, and he can be cured when he is sick, but living in this mountain forest, he drinks blood, and he can't be healed when he is sick, how can he live for so long? Even if there are really remnants of the Japanese Bandits, I'm afraid he will die long ago after so many years, right? There is another key point......

After a pause, Qiao Shengnan said, "It is certain that those criminal gangs wearing 'flying boots' shot this barefoot man, but why didn't they kill him?

"This is not necessarily? If this widow has cultivated Chinese martial arts, and his cultivation has reached the realm of a grandmaster, it will be no problem to carry bullets in his body. ”

Xiao Han insisted on his opinion, believing that the people who left these footprints should be widows.

Hearing this, Qiao Shengnan couldn't refute it, and his heart was entangled, if this widow cultivates Chinese martial arts and cultivates to a high level, he can indeed carry bullets in his body.

Therefore, so whether this barefoot person is a widow or not, Qiao Shengnan can't draw conclusions.

"Don't worry about whether this barefoot 'person' is a widow or not, follow his footprints, and when he is caught, he will be revealed. ”

Zhang Cheng said.

"Yes, man, Zhang Cheng is right, let's not worry about this kind of thing, follow these footprints...... You know what it is. ”

Tan Qian said.

"Hmmm......"

Qiao Shengnan nodded, don't worry about this kind of thing for the time being, everyone followed these footprints.

Because this barefoot 'man' is short in stature and light in weight, the footprints left by him are not obvious, so it is not easy to track, and after chasing a distance, everyone is depressed, and the footprints that were not clear are completely missing at this moment.

"Don't give up, let's look carefully and see if we can find clues. ”

Qiao Shengnan commanded.

Tan Qian and the others dispersed and continued to look around.

"Don't look for it here, waste your time, go back and look for it. ”

Zhang Cheng said.

"Go back?"

Everyone's eyes moved to Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng nodded, "I have already made a judgment before, the criminal gang wearing the 'flying boots' is fighting with the barefoot man, and in the end, the criminal gang finally escaped, and the barefoot man lost the pursuit of them, so if you look for the escape route of those people and track it down, if nothing else, you can find the barefoot 'person'." ”

"Well, what Zhang Cheng said makes sense, let's go back and chase down the footprints of those 'flying boots'. ”

Qiao Shengnan said.

Present.

After walking for a while, they saw the footprints of the criminal gang wearing the 'flying boots', and then everyone followed those footprints and continued to track.

After chasing for a while, I found the situation again, and there was a corpse lying on the woodland in front of me.

Everyone hurriedly walked over to take a look, the corpse was wearing camouflage uniforms and beige high-top boots, Qiao Shengnan was right what he expected before, these shoes were indeed the 'flying boots' produced by Gao Li Guo Xintiandi Company, and they were indeed Asian faces, but I don't know which country they were.

"This cause of death is very strange. ”

Qiao Shengnan's pretty face showed a puzzled look.

Others, including Zhang Cheng, couldn't help but look puzzled.

The corpse had a wound on its neck, which looked like it had been bitten by some animal, and the bite marks were peculiar, and two deep fangs could be clearly seen, biting directly into the carotid artery.

Except for the wound on the neck, there were no obvious wounds on the corpse's body.

"Obviously, the cause of this man's death was that the carotid artery was bitten by some animal, and finally the blood was sucked dry to death. ”

Qiao Shengnan said.

"Suck blood to death? No, I've lived half my life, and I've never heard of any animal that specifically bites people's necks and sucks human blood. ”

Shawhan was skeptical.

"This corpse, the carotid artery has been bitten off, and it stands to reason that there will be a lot of blood coming out, however, there is not much blood on the ground below the neck of this corpse, and there is almost no blood around the corpse, where did the blood go? There is no doubt that it was sucked dry by some animal. Qiao Shengnan said.

Hear me.

Everyone nodded in agreement, if it wasn't sucked dry by some animal, then there must be a lot of blood around here, not much blood, which speaks for itself.

"What animal sucked this man's blood dry? Let's take a closer look at the scene to see if there are any animal footprints. ”

Everyone looked at it carefully, and finally found that there were no footprints of any other animals except for the footprints of the 'flying boots' and the footprints of the bare foot.

"Could it be that barefoot man who sucked the blood of this criminal gang member clean?"

Doubts once again appeared on everyone's faces.

"Qiao girl, in the information you got about orcs before, did you mention that these orcs can drink blood?"

Zhang Cheng asked.

"Yes, orcs just drink blood, and it's normal to drink blood, but blood is not the staple food of orcs, the main food of orcs is fruit and animal meat, and drinking blood is very hungry and thirsty. ”

Qiao Shengnan said, "Suppose this person was really killed by the orcs, but only the blood was sucked dry, but the flesh on their bodies was not missing, this is unreasonable, besides, not far from the side, there is a stream, if the orc who killed these two people is thirsty, he should also choose to drink water, instead of drinking blood to quench his thirst." ”。

"The most important thing is that there are no big footprints here, only small footprints of barefoot girls, which shows that this person's death has nothing to do with the orcs. ”

Qiao Shengnan analyzed it reasonably.