The next morning, Ye Chen was woken up by Liu Chao, and he was still a little confused.

He crawled out of the tent and found that everyone was up.Cai Lu and Yang Qi squatted by the stream to wash their faces, Lin Yi and Lin Xiao were tearing down the tent, Duoji was also helping, and Liu Chao was beside him preparing luggage.Ye Chen was a little embarrassed that he was the last one to get up in the entire camp.

Seeing him getting up, Lin Xiao greeted him with a smile, "Morning Ye Chen, did you feel too tired yesterday and didn't have a good rest?"

Ye Chen actually went to bed late last night and didn't get up in the morning, but it was quite troublesome to explain.So he laughed, "Maybe I was too excited, I slept a little late." He just remembered that the boy he met last night felt a little unreal. If his beef jerky hadn't disappeared from his bag, he might have thought That was a dream I had last night.

After washing their faces in the cold stream water and packing up their tents, they continued on their way after breakfast.

It's windy today, with heavy, steamy clouds overhead, and the weather is gloomy.

"Yesterday the weather was pretty good, why is it cloudy today?" Cai Lu muttered softly.

Ji Dong was worried that it would rain when the weather came, so he hurried to the front and asked the guide Dorji.

Dorji also looked at the weather with a little worry, "The weather in the mountains is changing quickly, but this season should be fine. Let's hurry up. Otherwise, if the weather really rains, it will definitely delay the trip."

Ji Dong nodded, and told the people behind him a few words, and they quickly quickened their pace.

Fortunately, the scenery along the way is really good, which greatly alleviates the boring feeling of the journey. The dense forests, the camellias that can be seen everywhere, and the flowing water that follows the mountains are everywhere.

Lin Xiao is obviously a small photography enthusiast. Whenever he sees a place with beautiful scenery, he can't help but want to take two pictures.But Lin Yi was afraid of delaying the schedule, so he explicitly prohibited Lin Xiao from taking pictures.Lin Xiao finally waited until noon to rest, so he couldn't help taking out his camera to take some photos.

"ah!"

Ye Chen and the others were sitting on the grass, drinking water and eating, when they heard Lin Xiao yell.Everyone looked sideways and saw Lin Xiao looking for something in his backpack.

"What's the matter?" Yang Qi rushed to ask upon seeing this.

Lin Xiao groped his body for a long time, and searched for the backpack several times.Then with a sad face: "My camera is gone."

"Ah? How did it disappear? Are you looking for where you fell?" Yang Qi and Lin Yi were also very surprised. Lin Xiao cherished her camera very much, and the little girl loves to take pictures. The camera is always hanging around her neck. Why? Will suddenly disappear?

"Did you land in the camp this morning?" Cai Lu asked.

"No, I definitely took it away. I wanted to take pictures of the Haizi I passed by, but my brother refused to let me. He was still on me at that time." Lin Xiao wanted to cry anxiously.

"Did you take it with you during the last break?" Ye Chen reminded her.

"During the rest? I just rested at the last Haizi. I put down my bag first, then took a few photos of Haizi, and then I sat down to rest. I felt my neck was tired, so I took off the camera and put it aside. Then I I don't have any impression..." Lin Xiao tried hard to remember, his face was a little ugly.

"It probably landed there."

"What should I do, brother? Or, I'll go back and get it." Lin laughed.

"No." Lin Yi rejected her without even thinking about it.Not to mention that Lin Xiao was his younger sister, even an ordinary girl, he couldn't let her walk alone in this old forest deep in the mountains. "Otherwise, don't ask for it." Lin Yi said.

"No! That's what Mom left for me." Lin Xiao became anxious when he heard that.

Lin Yi also had a headache seeing his sister's attitude. This camera was left to Lin Xiao by their mother before she died.

"I'll go." Lin Yi said helplessly.

"You are the captain, what will everyone do when you go?" Ye Chen asked.

"And Duoji..." Lin Yi said this with some reluctance.It's not that he can't trust Duoji, it's just that Duoji is only a halfway guide after all, and he certainly can't compare with Ji Dong in terms of coordination and deployment of the entire team.

"I'll go." Yang Qi said, he was eager to show himself in front of Lin Xiao, so he stood up at this moment.

"Yang Qi, you..." Lin Xiao glanced at him, and still had some words to say.Yang Qi is a bit road-crazy, but in fact, it’s okay on weekdays. In the city, there are signposts and terminals everywhere, and there are navigations, but it’s not obvious. If they get lost in the deep mountains and old forests, they have nowhere to find them.

Yang Qi obviously just remembered his own problem, so he shut his mouth resentfully.

Ye Chen looked at their expressions, Liu Chao was a little older, and his physical strength was not enough. It would take about an hour to go back and forth, and he might not be able to hold on in the afternoon.Yang Qi was obviously inconvenient.Cai Lu is not tall, and his face is covered with sweat at this time, and he is in good condition in the whole team.Although he was also tired, but not to the point where he couldn't bear it anymore, so he said, "I'll go."

After Ye Chen finished speaking, the eyes of the whole team gathered.

"I'll go, I'm pretty fast, and my sense of direction is pretty good. I'll find it and come back soon." Ye Chen said.

Ji Dong was in a difficult situation, but he really couldn't find a better choice, so he agreed after struggling for a long time.Passed an electronic map to Ye Chen, and just in case the paper map in their hands was also given to Ye Chen, they rested in place and waited for Ye Chen.Ye Chen unloaded some heavy equipment and hurried back.

The weather is getting gloomy.It seemed dark in the woods.

Ye Chen has a good sense of direction, and he still roughly remembers the roads they traveled before. Fortunately, the roads they took before did not have too many forks.Ye Chen came to the lake where he rested before without any trouble.

He searched carefully, and found Lin Xiao's camera in the grass next to a stone.It is estimated that she accidentally swept it down in the grass when she placed it on the rock, and she didn't see it when she was walking, so she fell down.

Ye Chen checked it. Fortunately, the grass was relatively tall and made a buffer for the camera, so the camera was not broken.He wiped off the mud on the fuselage and walked out while inspecting it.

Raindrops have started to fall from the sky.Ye Chen put the hood of his clothes on his head, and hurried back on his way.

The empty mountain was silent, only the chirping of birds came from the woods not far away.I don't know how long I have been walking, but the rain is gradually trending.Ye Chen put the camera in his arms and hurried on his way.

A voice came faintly from the woods ahead.

Ye Chen was slightly curious, there were very few tourists on this route, they only saw a few backpackers and the boy from yesterday after walking for a day.I don't know what line of tourists appeared at this time.Ye Chen thought, without slowing down at all. As Ye Chen's footsteps approached, three tall figures gradually appeared on the road ahead.

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. Although the three people walking across were dressed like backpackers, they had strong steps and steady figures, and they couldn't hide their sturdy aura.They are too imposing, walking head-on from the narrow mountain road, giving people a strong sense of oppression.Ye Chen became alert almost subconsciously.

Both sides walked quickly, and the distance gradually approached.

"Hey, sir, I want to ask you about someone?"

Just when Ye Chen thought that both sides were in peace, the leader of the three suddenly stopped and spoke.

"Huh?" Ye Chen raised his eyes and looked over. The leader was in his 30s, with sharp eyes. He probably didn't like to smile very much. The muscles around his mouth were tense, showing a few mean lines around his mouth.A knife scar on his forehead brushed his temples and reached his temples, which shows that the situation at that time was dangerous.The two people with him stood two steps behind him, one on the left and the other on the right.

"Excuse me, have you seen a young man in the mountains recently? He is about 185 tall and weighs about 70 kilograms. He is wearing a camouflage uniform. He has a baby face and bright eyes. He may have suffered some injuries."

Ye Chen's heart moved. Although his description was simple, he clearly explained the key physical characteristics of the person he was looking for.Ye Chen immediately thought of Lou Qi.He calmly glanced at the three people across from him.Seeing his gaze sweeping over, the man on the left obviously tensed his muscles, and the man on the right subconsciously concealed his bulging waist.

"Oh, that's a junior in my family. He got angry with the family and ran out. The family is in a hurry. They sent me out to look for him and told him to go home quickly. The family is very anxious." The leader saw Ye Chen didn't speak, but quickly explained.It's just that he may not be very good at managing his expressions. Although his tone has softened, his expression still looks distorted and stiff.

"Sorry, I haven't seen it." Ye Chen shook his head.

"Please think about it. He ran out alone, and the family is very anxious. There are many dangers in this deep mountain and old forest. If you have seen him, please tell me his whereabouts." The man tried to squeeze out a pleading expression.

"Sorry, I really haven't seen it. You also said that you are from the deep mountains and old forests. You three are the first people I met." Ye Chen shook his head pretending to be apologetic.There are obviously problems with these three people. Relatively speaking, Ye Chen believes in the boy he saw last night.

"Excuse me. Thank you." The leader didn't know if he believed it, but he finally stopped pestering him.

Ye Chen nodded at him, turned around and continued walking forward.

He didn't hear the footsteps behind him, but he could feel the eyes watching him from behind.Then Ye Chen felt a sudden wind that was brought up for no reason behind his ears. Before he could understand what was going on, the back of his neck hurt, and then he didn't know anything.

Ye Chen was awakened by a burst of talking.

Before he could understand what was going on, he felt a pain in the back of his neck.He subconsciously wanted to reach out to touch it, only to realize that his hands had been tied behind his back.

Ye Chen looked around calmly.Only then did he realize that he was randomly placed at the entrance of a cave with his hands tied behind his back.It was raining heavily outside, and the rainwater drifted into the cave along the mountain wind, wet most of his body.

There were small voices coming from the cave, and Ye Chen turned over with great effort, and saw the three people he met before sitting in the cave to rest.

The cave was empty and the light was dim, and they were in a position where they could avoid the wind at the entrance of the cave, and by the way, they could see the movement of Ye Chen at the entrance of the cave.

"It's fucking unlucky, it's raining again. When will this shitty day end?" one of the voices complained.

"Yeah, it's really unfortunate that it's our brothers' turn to take on this mission. Where the hell did you say this kid went. We brothers searched all the mountains here, but we couldn't find it."

"Yeah, this kid is as slippery as a loach. Hei San and the others surrounded him in a daze and let him run away. Now let the three of us come out and chase him. Can we catch him?"

"Okay, don't be so poor, it's time to find that kid when the rain subsides. The heavy rain is falling like this, and there are no traces of it."

It's gone. "This is the voice of the leader.

"Hey, boss. You said that we have been chasing for the past few days, but we didn't find any traces of fire in the forest. Except for a few idle tourists, no one came to this deep mountain and old forest. Do you think we are looking for Wrong place? I don't believe that kid is really so patient, why did he just hide from us in this forest for a few days?"

"You should expect the latter. Otherwise, if you find the wrong place and lose the person, you will be beaten to death when you go back." The leader said coldly.

Obviously, some bad associations were brought out by what he said, the man didn't speak again, and for a while, only the silent sound of eating could be heard.

The cave was dimly lit, and Ye Chen couldn't see clearly what was going on inside.He was afraid of disturbing the three people inside.He could only secretly move his body slightly, letting his hands grope on the ground to see if he could find something sharp to cut the rope.

From the content of their conversation, they should be looking for the boy from last night.He thought of the hungry young man who went fishing in the river in the middle of the night last night. The few of them looked at him with bad intentions. Why did they chase after a young man so hard?The young man's skill just pressed him to the ground in an instant, unable to move.Could it be some underworld dispute?While groping hard on the ground, Ye Chen was thinking wildly about the grievances and grievances of the underworld in the movies he had seen.

"Hey brother, what's the use of knocking this kid unconscious?"

It should be me who said this, Ye Chen froze, and quickly listened attentively.

"This kid has already become suspicious of us. If we don't take him away, I'm afraid he will reveal our whereabouts by then."

Ye Chen thought to himself, he was right about this, he really planned to call the police as soon as he turned around.These three people are too suspicious, if you have any questions, call the police. This sentence has been deeply implanted in Ye Chen, a good citizen of the 21st century.

"That would kill him directly, why take him so hard." A voice said.

Killing at the slightest disagreement, so violent... The idea of ​​calling the police just now is really correct, and he is really not a good person, Ye Chen thought to himself.It's just that poachers in this era are too arrogant, killing people at the slightest suspicion.

"Nonsense, seeing that he has so little luggage, I know he must not have come alone. The other luggage must still be there. He can move alone to prove that other people will not be too far away. If you do something nearby, it is impossible for others to find the body and go straight to it." Call the police, and we will be in trouble when the time comes.”

"Then we'll keep him with us?"

"Let's deal with it later," the leader's voice said angrily, "We're already some distance away from there, and we probably won't be able to find it in the short term. Take him out when the rain doesn't stop and you finish eating later." Find a cliff and dispose of it. It is estimated that our task will have been completed long ago when the body is found. At that time, the police may only judge him to fall off the cliff."

That person was suddenly stuffed with a task, and he only scolded his mother in his heart, but he didn't dare to refute due to the pressure of the leader, so he could only eat dry food angrily.

Ye Chen's heart turned cold when he heard it.

The progress bar suddenly went a little fast.Why did he just wake up and jump straight to murder.Shouldn't it still be a plot?Was he waking up just to hear about his own death?

At this time, he didn't care about alarming the three people inside, he moved slightly, and dragged his hands on the ground with great effort, trying to touch something and try to save himself.

At this moment, his cold hand touched something warm, he was startled, and then stretched out a hand from behind his head to cover his mouth.Ye Chen's eyes widened involuntarily, and he turned his head with great effort.What catches the eye is a piece of camouflage fabric.He raised his head and saw a pair of bright black and white eyes.

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