After chasing for a while, I found that the footprints on the right were also broken.

Apparently realizing that he had been tricked by that cunning guy.

All of a sudden, the mood was also bad.

It turned back to its original position.

The footprints around them have long been trampled on by themselves.

If you want to find that white guy again, it's no fun.

After returning to the camp.

Listening to Gou Shan's narration, Jiang Yan and the others all frowned.

According to this statement, the other party is really surprisingly cunning.

In any case, their exploration work cannot be stopped.

Since you can't catch the other party, you can only strengthen your defense.

In the process of geological exploration by the exploration team to find the ore vein.

Kobolds, spearmen, and northern warriors all dispersed in all directions.

Make sure those cunning guys don't lurk quietly under their noses anymore.

In the face of such guards.

For some time to come, the members of the exploration team did not see those white guys again.

Of course, it is not ruled out that the other party appeared, but they did not find out the possibility.

The days went by day by day.

After a week of exploration and confirmation.

They finally figured out the approximate location of the veins.

At the same time, the ore that was brought back to the camp for inspection has also been confirmed to be copper ore.

Within their Ten Thousand Realms civilization, although there are also several copper veins.

But copper as an important metal vein.

Naturally, the more the merrier.

Every time he finds one, Luo Ji is rewarded.

This rich reward is enough for the members of the exploration team to celebrate.

The leaders of the camp rolled up their sleeves and walked into the tent where the supplies were placed.

I'm going to prepare a sumptuous dinner to celebrate the achievements of these two months.

"Huh? What about salt? Where is the bag of salt? ”

One of the men looked left and right, but he couldn't find the bag of salt.

In the supply tent, another slightly older soldier replied casually after hearing this......

"I remember the salt was in the corner on the left."

"Left?"

The leader of the group who spoke subconsciously looked to the left of the tent.

"Nothing!"

The strange leader of the gang in his heart took two steps forward as he spoke.

As a result, when he got closer, he suddenly felt a cold wind blowing on his legs.

The biting chill made him can't help but stomp his feet.

"Shhh How many months has it been? Is the wind still so cold in the bitter cold land? ”

As soon as he said this, the leader of the gang himself was stunned.

"Wind? Wait a minute! How can there be wind in a tent? ”

Subconsciously glanced back at the curtain at the entrance.

"Moreover, the wind is blowing in the wrong direction......

A bad feeling suddenly arises.

Let the leader of the gang hurriedly run forward two steps.

After pushing away all the food bags that were piled up in front of you.

The scene that caught his eye suddenly made his heart throb!

"Grass! Lao Zhang, come here, our tent where we are stockpiling grain has been opened in the back!! ”

Hearing this, the leader soldier called Lao Zhang hurriedly came up.

Looking at the big hole behind the tent, Lao Zhang's whole face suddenly sank to the bottom.

"Call everyone over and count the supplies! Several other tents stockpiling food were also inspected! ”

The movement here quickly attracted Jiang Yan's attention.

Jiang Yan, who returned to the camp, hurriedly called a soldier and asked about the situation in the camp.

"What's going on over there?"

"Report to Captain Jiang, it was the gang leaders who found that several tents where food was hoarded had holes in the back, and now they are counting the supplies."

"A hole?"

Jiang Yan's two eyebrows, who learned the news, were directly twisted into a ball.

"As soon as you have the results, report back to me."

After saying a word, the joy of discovering the ore vein in the hearts of everyone in the exploration team has been diluted a lot.

Food and materials are related to the survival of hundreds of people in this front camp.

Arguably the top priority.

If something goes wrong, is it okay?

The results of the inventory came out quickly.

Jiang Yan looked at it, and his face suddenly became ugly.

At the beginning of this month, the grain materials that the grain transport team had just delivered were directly reduced by one-fifth!

You know, that's a month's worth of food for hundreds of people!

One in five losses is one can imagine how big it is.

Rubbing his brows vigorously, Jiang Yan quickly called the scouts in his exploration team, as well as Gou Shan, Hill, Harold and others.

He was the captain of the expedition team.

But investigating this kind of thing is obviously not his specialty.

After a period of deliberation.

The thorough investigation of the grain theft case was entrusted to Gou Shan, and Hill.

Harold, on the other hand, continued to be in charge of the escort of their exploration party.

Gou Shan and Hill, who had taken over the temporary job, walked around the back of the camp, intending to check the traces of the scene first.

However, the bitter cold is covered with snow all year round.

Traces like footprints, smells, etc.

Just a while, after a snowstorm.

Basically, you can't find anything.

"Gou Baihu, did you find anything on your nose?"

Ciel's ice-blue eyes swept around, and she asked casually, finding nothing.

Hearing this, Gou Shan shook his head.

"I didn't find it, we don't know when the other party moved, it's too windy here, usually more than half an hour, and the smell will be blown away."

Hill understands this.

Kobolds have a keen sense of smell, but their noses are not omnipotent.

The smell was blown away, and there was no way around it.

After telling Jiang Yan about this result, Jiang Yan's mood undoubtedly became worse.

"So what do we do now? I don't even have a clue, how can I find it? ”

"Maybe we can try to wait for the thief to come to the door himself."

I only heard Ciel, who was standing in the tent, speak slowly......

"This batch of grain was just delivered at the beginning of the month, and the thief stole so much grain in such a short period of time, which means that the other party urgently needs a large amount of food."

"If my assumptions are correct, the thieves should come back to steal food in the short term."

Facing Hill's speculation, Jiang Yan frowned slightly.

"And what if the thief doesn't show up again?"

"That means that the thief is from the camp, and there is a thief in the camp!"

Hill said this with a firm face.

And after everyone was stunned, they also reacted one after another.

That's right, if the thief is a person in the camp, and now the whole camp already knows about the theft of food, the other party will definitely stop it in time to avoid exposing himself.

But if not, as long as they pretend that nothing has happened, the thief will come again to steal food.

Just use this method to confirm whether there is a thief!

(End of chapter)