Everyone continued to move forward in this vast forest with the help of the limited lighting tools on their bodies, and every time they walked a distance, Lao Zhao would fiddle with the compass to determine the direction.

After walking for a while, I caught up with Zhao Jinfu in front of him and said, "I suddenly had another idea just now, do you want to hear it?" ”

Lao Zhao jumped over a stumbling tree root, and said without looking back: "Say whatever you want!" ”

I also jumped over the root and said to him, "Do you think it's possible that Liu Wenxia is dead?" ”

Zhao Jinfu was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked me, "What do you mean?" ”

Seeing his serious expression, I immediately relaxed the atmosphere and said, "Don't be nervous, I mean maybe, I also thought of such a possibility by blind thought." Could it be that Liu Wenxia is dead! She was killed by her kidnappers. And we saw that these things used by women, trekking poles, gloves, mobile phones, etc., were actually secretly put away and hidden by another person, just to facilitate the way to leave signals and make reminders and road signs for people behind. ”

This gave Zhao Jinfu another way of thinking, he pondered for a while, continued to walk forward, I followed him, he asked me, "On what basis did you come up with this idea?" ”

I said, "I'm putting myself in my shoes. If you want to make a road sign or a reminder every time, you must use the items you carry. Even if backpackers bring a lot of things, they can't all stay on the road, right? It's not only dangerous, it's easy to spot, but if you're using someone else's stuff or someone who's not here, if you're careful enough, you won't be suspicious, right? ”

Zhao Jinfu listened to my words, and there was silence for a few minutes. When he looked at the compass again, he said to me, "I think it's very likely that you're talking about it." If our previous guess was correct, someone was forced into the place, and this person was aware of the danger of his situation, and he would have tried to get the message out to the outside world. This forest is too big, and it is estimated that this person does not know where he will be taken, nor how far the road is, and if he leaves his things one by one, he is indeed likely to be discovered. ”

I followed his words and said: "That's what I thought, I also guess that this person may have seen the process of Liu Wenxia's murder, he was deeply afraid that he and Liu Wenxia would end up, so he hid some things on Liu Wenxia when he was unprepared. Gloves and mobile phones are small objects that can be hidden no matter what, and trekking poles can be used as an excuse to use when climbing mountains, which is also completely reasonable. ”

Zhao Jinfu listened carefully as I spoke, and his mind was also judging the probability of this possibility.

When I finished speaking, I suddenly felt a flash of inspiration in my mind, and I immediately couldn't wait to say to Zhao Jinfu again: "That's right! Do you remember that phone? That's probably why all the information on your phone is deleted! ”

Lao Zhao was still thinking about the possibility I just said, but he didn't react for a while, and asked me strangely: "How can this have anything to do with the content of the mobile phone?" ”

I said to him in a very excited tone: "Because in addition to the distress signal of "help" that mobile phone, what I also want to tell us is that he is not Liu Wenxia! ”

Zhao Jinfu immediately understood what I meant, his eyes lit up, he quickly thought about it, nodded and said, "Maybe it's really what you said!" Delete all calls, text messages, and address books, just to tell others that the information in this has nothing to do with him, and he is not the owner of the phone. ”

I got a little excited and said, "In this case, the blank phone thing can be explained." ”

I found that I have a characteristic of being a person, the more I am inspired when I am in high spirits, and there are often flashes of inspiration.

Suddenly, Zhao Jinfu said to me: "Then there is something wrong, do you remember the trekking poles outside the forest?" You can judge that the trekking pole was left by Liu Wenxia by its length, because in terms of height, only Liu Wenxia is the most suitable. How do you explain this? ”

I was stunned by his question, blinking my eyes, and I really didn't think about it.

Zhao Jinfu grinned and laughed at me: "It's good to have ideas, and it's not wrong to use your brains more, but don't forget to combine them before and after and verify each other." Otherwise, using a new idea to overturn another of your own ideas will show that both ideas may be wrong! ”

I was a little annoyed and said, "It's careless! I should have double-checked the trekking pole just now, and it is very likely that when the trekking pole is pressed to the ground with all his strength, the retractable part is disjointed by the force, which leads to the possibility that the trekking pole is too short. ”

As I spoke, I regretted that I was still not careful enough, and if I had checked the expansion joints of my trekking poles at that time, I would have been able to verify my judgment just now.

Zhao Jinfu continued to walk, he heard my regret in my tone, he smiled and turned his head to me and said, "You kid don't compete with yourself, we are not immortals, who has those front and back eyes?" Remember to be careful next time! ”

Although Zhao Jinfu comforted me, I was sometimes a little screwed, and the more he said this, the more I blamed myself.

I peeked at his expression, this guy knows my personality too well, did he deliberately say this to irritate me?

Zhao Jinfu didn't know that I was secretly looking at him, he said to me as he walked: "Think about it like this, the first trekking pole left on the ground, what do you think you want to explain by doing this?" What do you want to express to others? ”

I replied casually, "Didn't we discuss it, probably trying to tell us that this person was forcibly brought into the primeval forest of the 'Black Heart'." At that time, the slope of the trekking poles was exactly towards the forest, was there any problem? ”

Zhao Jinfu didn't answer me, he asked again: "What does the second mobile phone mean by being nailed to a tree in a lady's glove?" ”

I then replied: "Two meanings, one is to ask for help, and the other is to tell others that he is not Liu Wenxia, didn't you just say this?" Why do you ask again? ”

Zhao Jinfu still didn't answer me, he said, "Okay! That means the first message is to point us in the right direction, and the second message is to tell us who he is and who he is in danger and needs to be rescued, right? Can you guess if we'll find a third piece of information later? ”

Seeing that I was looking at him curiously, Zhao Jinfu continued: "Since he has left two messages, unless this person dies or reaches his destination soon, he will definitely find a way to continue to leave more information along the way, right?" So guess what message this person will leave next? ”

Seeing me meditating, Zhao Jinfu reminded me again: "Don't stand from your own point of view, you have to think from the perspective of the person being held hostage!" After saying that, he was about to continue walking, when he suddenly turned back to me and said, "This is called empathy!" ”

Only then did I realize that he actually took me another dose and punched him hard.

However, Zhao Jinfu's words just now also reminded me, and I kept thinking in my heart: "If I am the one who is being held hostage, what should I do?" ”

I couldn't figure out the time in the black forest, and when I looked at my watch again, it was already past 12 noon, but I didn't expect to walk for nearly 3 hours without stopping this time.

I patted Zhao Jin from behind, and pointed to the watch on his wrist, Lao Zhao nodded, seeing that the surrounding terrain was quite flat, he ordered: "Rest for 30 minutes, everyone eat something." ”

The fighters found a place to sit on the spot, took out compressed biscuits, beef jerky, and the like and began to send them to their mouths, without mixing a little superfluous action in between. There are fighters in the front and back who take turns patrolling the guards, so we don't need to worry too much.

I took out a box of canned food, and saw that Zhao Jinfu was still fiddling with the compass over there, so I walked over to him and handed it to him, saying, "Eat first, and then fiddle with that thing later." ”

Zhao Jinfu didn't answer, but whispered to me with a very solemn expression: "We may be on the wrong path!" ”

I was secretly surprised, but I was afraid that the soldiers would find out, so I hurriedly got closer, and lowered my voice and asked Zhao Jinfu: "Don't be kidding, haven't you been holding a compass to lead the way?" Can this be wrong? "I panicked a little and blurted out swear words.

Zhao Jinfu didn't care, he still looked at the compass and thought, and looked up from time to time. After a long time, he muttered, "Could it be that this thing is also out of order?" ”

I didn't care that he was talking to himself, so I rushed to the side of the communications soldier and asked him, "Is there a signal for the communication equipment?" ”

The little messenger had to test every two or three minutes, and he had just finished checking it again, but when I asked him, he immediately reconfirmed it again before answering me, "Report!" No signal! ”

I stretched out my hand and said anxiously, "Give me the detector!" "The communications officer immediately pulled the detector out of his backpack and put it in my hand.

I turned on the instrument and slowly tested it around, and by the time I got back to where I was, the damn detector still didn't show anything out of the ordinary. I was so angry that I really wanted to throw him on the ground and step on him again, but reason told me that I couldn't do this, this is a public thing, and I have to pay for it!

I went back to Zhao Jinfu and told him the results of another probe just now.

Zhao Jinfu nodded slightly, and suddenly said to me: "There is good news and bad news, which one do you listen to first?" ”

I stared at him in surprise, when was he still in the mood to tease me.

I said to him angrily, "Can you stop being so careless?" ...... I'll hear the bad news first! ”

Zhao Jinfu buttoned the metal cover of the compass and said, "We are really lost, the compass has failed!" ”

I asked him angrily, "What's the good news if you're all lost?" ”

Zhao Jinfu looked into the distance and said to me, "The good news is that we may be about to find the missing tour group!" ”

I was confused by his words, and asked him strangely, "Where are you going to do this?" Why did you get lost and say you might find them? ”

Zhao Jinfu said to me with a look on his face that I couldn't understand: "You see that there is a problem with our communication system, positioning system, and even the compass, which rarely makes mistakes, but we can't find the source of interference at all, why do you say this?" ”

"Why?" I naturally followed his words and asked.

Zhao Jinfu still looked ahead and said to me: "Because I think what we encountered may not be a jamming signal, but a traction signal!" ”