At this time, the sun had risen, and the golden light shone brightly on the earth. The light I just saw was reflected off this trekking pole.

If it weren't for the fact that the place we were standing just now was slightly higher than here, it would not be easy to spot. I looked around, looking for any other signs.

Zhao Jinfu said: "There is no need to look for it, even if there are traces for so many days, they are covered by these fallen leaves." He beckoned six warriors to work in pairs and scour the neighborhood to see if anything else had been left behind.

I took out my camera and took a 360-degree picture of the trekking pole stuck in the ground.

When I was taking pictures around, Lao Zhao also followed around the trekking pole. After reading it, he frowned and fell into deep thought.

After a while, the six warriors returned, saying that they had found nothing.

Lao Zhao nodded, but he didn't speak, still thinking. They will also crouch next to the trekking poles to watch carefully, and even stick the trekking poles into the ground and pick up the fallen leaves around them.

I also looked curiously at the trekking pole nailed to the ground, it must not have fallen here by accident, but was artificially nailed to the ground.

I guessed what might have happened and why it was here.

After a while, I saw that Lao Zhao seemed to have figured out something, so I hurriedly asked him, "How is it?" See what's coming? ”

Zhao Jinfu said: "I can see some things, but many things can't be seen." ”

I said anxiously, "Don't you sell it?" If you have something to say, let's analyze it together. ”

Zhao Jinfu nodded and said, "First of all, the handle of this trekking pole is pale pink, so I guess it should be used by women." And there is only one woman among the six missing people, and that is 32-year-old Liu Wenxia. I saw that the spikes at the bottom of the trekking poles were inserted into the roots of the trees on the ground, and the whole spike was completely inserted, and I think she was using all her strength. But I can't figure out what she's doing it for! If it is a road sign, it is very unreasonable in this place, and it does not make sense to use trekking poles as road signs. ”

I squatted down and looked at the situation of the trekking pole inserted into the root of the tree, and it was indeed as Lao Zhao said.

Zhao Jinfu continued: "There is another situation, this trekking pole may be someone else. Or maybe it's Liu Wenxia herself, but it's possible that someone else inserted it here. ”

He paused slightly, and continued: "What I can't figure out the most is the effect of this trekking pole inserted here, could it be that she was separated from the rest of the team and stayed here to show the direction to the other teammates?" I said this idea based on the angle of the tilt of the trekking pole, and you see, the direction of the handrail is slightly inclined towards the jungle of the black heart. ”

But after speaking, Zhao Jinfu shook his head again, and said to himself: "It's not right, why stand on the ground if you want to point the way, it's not better to stick it directly into the trunk, and it's easier to be discovered." ”

The soldiers all listened to Zhao Jinfu, some nodded, some were noncommittal, and no one said anything else.

I observed some of the situation of the trekking pole again, and said to Lao Zhao: "My thoughts are a little different from yours, I think this trekking pole was left by Liu Wenxia herself, and I suspect that the purpose of her doing this is to ask others for help." ”

My words surprised everyone, and Zhao Jinfu was even more puzzled.

He hurriedly asked me, "How can you be sure that this is what Liu Wenxia left?" ”

I looked at my trekking poles and said to him, "According to the length of the trekking poles!" ”

Lao Zhao looked at the trekking poles, looked dazed, and asked me rhetorically: "Length?" What length? ”

I crouched down in front of the trekking poles, gestured the length of the poles with my hands, and said to him, "This is the length!" ”

Lao Zhao seemed to understand a little, but he hadn't fully figured it out, so he urged me: "You go on!" ”

I stood up and said, "We know that trekking poles are retractable, because each person adjusts the length of the trekking poles according to his height and arm length to facilitate his own use. But you see this trekking pole, it is obviously relatively short, so it is very likely that it is used by women. That is, Liu Wenxia herself used. ”

Lao Zhao immediately retorted and said, "That's not necessarily, maybe there are some shorter ones among the other men." ”

I didn't speak, but picked the shortest one from the warriors and asked him to pretend to hold the pole. The shortest warrior looked to be about 1.65 meters, and he stepped forward to make a gesture of holding the trekking poles, but he was still much taller, and he had to crouch down to really hold it.

"Based on the length of this trekking pole, I probably estimate that Liu Wenxia is about 1.62 to 1.65 meters tall, and she is very thin, and she is most likely left-handed," I said at this time. ”

Left-handedness means that the dominant hand is left-handed.

Zhao Jinfu was even more surprised and asked me, "Can you even guess this?" Tell me how you see it. ”

I said, "I guessed based on the trekking poles, too." First of all, I would like to point out that this trekking pole is not inserted into the root of the tree with great force, but is pressed directly against the root of the tree with all the strength of the whole body. ”

Everyone looked at me very strangely, and Lao Zhao asked, "How can you see this?" ”

I called him to the poles, made him crouch down, and said to him, "Look closely at the spike at the end of the pole and into the roots." ”

Zhao Jin came back to look at it for a long time, obviously didn't see anything, and looked up at me curiously.

I didn't think it was clear to just talk, so I asked for a wedge to fix the tent from a soldier next to me, and then said to Lao Zhao: "Look at it! ”

With that, I swung my wedge and stabbed hard at a nearby tree trunk. There was a muffled sound, and the wedge was driven into the trunk of the tree a few centimeters. I pulled it out, then put the tip of the wedge against the trunk and pushed it up the tree with all my strength. Seeing how hard I worked, there was a warrior who came to help. With the combined efforts of the two of us, the wedge was inserted into the trunk of the tree about two centimeters.

I looked at it about the same and slowly pulled the wedge off the tree, trying not to damage the marks left on the trunk. After that, I said to Zhao Jinfu: "Come, you see what the difference is!" ”

Lao Zhao came over and carefully checked the two small holes left behind, and suddenly realized. said: "I see, there are obvious cracks around the hole that was smashed hard, and that was caused by your force." And this hole that the two of you pushed out is rounded around it, and there are no signs of cracking. ”

I smiled and said, "That's right! That's the difference. And there is no sign of cracking after this trekking pole is inserted into the root of the tree, indicating that it was pressed down with all the strength of the body. ”

Lao Zhao patted me on the shoulder and praised, "Okay! People who have been to the military are different. You know this! ”

I gave him a blank look and said, "Where does the military university teach this?" If you've pressed a thumbtack on a wall and smashed a nail, you'll know that. ”

Zhao Jinfu didn't care about the difference between the two, and then asked, "Then how do you see the rest?" You say she's calling for help, and you say she might be left-handed or something. ”

I explained: "I guess she may have been calling for help because I think Liu Wenxia didn't press the trekking pole into the root of the tree in front of her, but put it behind her back and put her hands behind her back." ”

My bizarre guess surprised everyone again.

Lao Zhao simply didn't guess, and said to me directly: "I don't understand!" ”

I smiled and said, "Actually, you just mentioned that the trekking poles were slightly tilted to make me think of this. ”

Zhao Jinfu looked at the trekking poles on the ground, and thought of the correlation between this inclination and positive and reflexive bodies.

I said directly: "Because of this inclination, only when you turn your back and press with your backhand will this angle be formed." ”

Zhao Jinfu said directly: "That's not necessarily, you can do it on the front." ”

I pointed to the handle of the trekking pole and said, "If this trekking pole is a hand-held handle, you might be right." But this one is a hand-held handle, so the possibility of you talking about it is very small. ”

I thought it was too hard to explain, so I simply took a branch about the length of a trekking pole from the woods and sharpened the end with a saber. Hand it to a warrior and ask him to hold it in front of him and stick it into the earth, but only with his hands, not with tools.