Chapter 1 Sibang Mountain
Sabengshan Wildlife Sanctuary
The breeze stirred the leaves, rustling and it all seemed so normal. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
A ranger carries a shotgun for the last patrol of the day, this is his last patrol of the day, as long as he completes this circle, he can put down the shotgun in his hand, serve the fragrant food, and pour a glass of wine.
Oops, it's beautiful!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but purse his lips, which had been cracked due to lack of water.
However, just as he was about to reach the end of his patrol, he suddenly noticed a strange light from the bushes not far away, white light shining through the cracks in the bushes, and the light seemed to be constantly pulsing.
Oh no, he thought to himself, this glow was most likely a sign of human activity, and there were no other people here besides these rangers, and he thought he had a good chance of encountering poachers!
He picked up his shotgun and cautiously approached the bushes, and when he walked to the bushes and used the muzzle of his shotgun to pick open the bushes that obscured his view, he was surprised to find that what he saw was a ball of light floating in mid-air formed by the convergence of speckles of light.
This strange sight made him stunned for a while, he had never seen this thing in front of him.
The ranger's gaze was completely drawn to the rhythmic ball of light, completely oblivious to the other pair of eyes behind the bushes on the side, a pair of scarlet eyes the size of eggs.
The ranger had never seen such a ball of light before, just as the owner of the eyes had never seen a creature like a ranger......
Beidou Communication Company.
The CEO's office, decorated in American style, is simple but gorgeous. Executive President Xia Shaoguang has just finished a meeting related to the future development of the company and is a little tired, because there is a charity reception in the evening, so Xia Shaoguang has to seize the time to adjust his state, to appear at the charity reception with a perfect image.
Xia Shaoguang casually picked up the photo frame on the table, the photo was a group photo of Xia Shaoguang and another man, Xia Shaoguang's brother, Xia Kaiyang.
He looked at the photo of himself and his brother, and his mind gradually drifted back to five years ago.
At that time, he had just returned from studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and with enthusiasm, he founded Beidou Communications with his brother, who graduated from the same school.
The company is getting bigger and bigger, but the good times don't last long, just two years ago, an accident happened.
Xia Kaiyang disappeared mysteriously during a field trip, and various search and rescue teams poured out of the nest without finding any trace of Xia Kaiyang, and a living person disappeared so mysteriously?
Two years have passed, Xia Kaiyang is still alive and dead, although the police have issued a death certificate to Xia Kaiyang, but Xia Shaoguang never believed that his brother died like this, so in the past two years, he has never given up looking for his brother.
Like Xia Shaoguang, there is another person who has not given up looking for it in the past two years.
The people outside knocked on the office door and forcibly pulled Xia Shaoguang out of his memory.
"Please come in." Xia Shaoguang put the picture frame back in its original position, then sat up slightly upright, and said to the person who knocked on the door.
With permission, the person who knocked on the door pushed the door and entered, and the person who came was Xia Shaoguang's assistant, Xizi.
Xizi stood at the door, holding the documents that had not yet been processed, and said to Xia Shaoguang: "Mr. Xia, Miss Ruan wants to see you." ”
Miss Nguyen? Xia Shaoguang's mind quickly reflected a person, Ruan Wen.
Ruan Wen is the girlfriend of Xia Shaoguang's brother Xia Kaiyang, and the other person who did not give up the search after Xia Kaiyang disappeared was Ruan Wen.
After Xia Kaiyang's disappearance, although Xia Shaoguang also contacted Ruan Wen, the contact was not very frequent, the so-called nothing to go to the Three Treasures Palace, Ruan Wen must have something important to come to Xia Shaoguang this time.
So, Xia Shaoguang bowed slightly: "Please let her in." ”
Within a few minutes, Ruan Wen came to Xia Shaoguang's office, Ruan Wen was wearing a light yellow quick-drying suit, with short hair and clothes on his body, which clearly showed that he was the equipment for outdoor activities in this season, which looked incompatible with the office decoration with a strong business atmosphere.
"Is there something about coming to me this time?" Xia Shaoguang sat down on the sofa facing Ruan Wen and asked.
Ruan Wen nodded, took out a few photos from the backpack he was carrying, put them on the coffee table in front of him, and pushed them to Xia Shaoguang.
Xia Shaoguang picked up the photos in front of him with some doubts, the photos were full of some woods and trees, and several photos were all similar content, Xia Shaoguang didn't understand what Ruan Wen's purpose was in showing these photos to himself.
Xia Shaoguang shook his head, put the photos back on the coffee table in front of him, and said to Ruan Wen suspiciously, "What do you mean?" ”
Ruan Wen seemed to have expected that Xia Shaoguang would not be able to see the famous hall, so he spread out these photos in front of Xia Shaoguang, and then pointed to the lower right corner of one of the photos and said: "Look here, the traces here are very similar to the traces found at the scene of Kaiyang's disappearance. ”
In the lower right corner of the photo are some chaotic leaves, and Xia Shaoguang can see that the fallen leaves in the lower right corner are indeed different from those in other places.
Then Ruan Wen pointed to some locations in several other photos, and some similar traces could be seen.
But what do these photos say?
Xia Shaoguang was puzzled, and immediately picked up the photo that Ruan Wen pointed to at the beginning and asked, "What are you doing with the photos of the scene of the disappearance at that time?" ”
"No," Nguyen Van paused and said, "This is not a photo from two years ago, this is a recent photo." ”
"What?" When Xia Shaoguang heard the news, it seemed that a thunderbolt exploded above his head, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is this?" Where did you get these photos from? ”
Nguyen Van looked thoughtful: "I got the photos from my colleagues in the wildlife conservation organization, and these photos were taken in Sabengshan. ”
Sibang Mountain, his brother disappeared in Sibang Mountain!
I don't know why, Xia Shaoguang has a feeling in his heart that these photos must have something to do with his brother's disappearance.
Then, Xia Shaoguang stood up, walked straight to the desk, and pressed the phone on the table: "Xizi, help me prepare the car, I'm going to Sibang Mountain, tonight's charity cocktail party, let Mr. Wen attend for me, that's all." ”
Si Beng Mountain is not close to the Beidou Communication Company, and Xia Shaoguang and Ruan Wen drove nearly four hours to reach the Si Beng Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary.
By the time they arrived at Sabeng Mountain, it was already getting dark.
For a nature reserve that has not been developed by tourism at all, it is really not a wise move to go into the mountains at night, but Xia Shaoguang and Nguyen Van could not wait for a moment.
A sturdy layer of barbed wire surrounds the outside of the Sabengshan Wildlife Sanctuary, and at the main entrance of the sanctuary, a plaque reads "Danger! No entry! The sign stands prominently there, and just above these words, the bear sign indicates the source of the danger.
Because Xia Shaoguang's preparation time was limited, they did not obtain permission to enter the mountain.
But even so, Xia Shaoguang has a way to get in, and this kind of completely closed nature reserve usually has poachers who want to go in and make some extra money, and traces of poachers can often be seen on the barbed wire fence on the periphery.
In order to enter the mountain as soon as possible, Xia Shaoguang drove around the barbed wire fence of the entire nature reserve, and finally found a large triangular hole in the barbed wire fence closest to a residential area two kilometers away, a large hole large enough to drive into an off-road vehicle.
Xia Shaoguang has some experience in field activities, but he is far less experienced than Nguyen Van in this area, so their equipment is provided by Nguyen Van Van , covering a series of wilderness survival equipment such as lighting and medical care, which is said to be the standard equipment of Nguyen Van and his wildlife protection organization.
After Xia Shaoguang got out of the car, he prepared to enter the mountain from that big hole without thinking about it.
He is now bent on finding his brother, how can he bother with other things?
However, Xia Shaoguang walked through the barbed wire fence and didn't take a few steps before he found that Ruan Wen had not followed, so Xia Shaoguang had no choice but to stop and urge Ruan Wen: "What are you doing?" Let's hurry up and go into the mountains before it gets dark. ”
Ruan Wen didn't seem to be in a hurry to enter the mountain at all, and said thoughtfully at the big hole in the barbed wire: "Come and see, this hole in the barbed wire is very abnormal. ”