During the meal, Chen Hu told Song Jiang and the others that he had participated in Xu Liqiang's search and rescue activities before and also went to the air-raid shelter that Zhou Rui mentioned, but no trace left by Xu Liqiang was found inside...

After hearing this, Song Jiang asked curiously, "Is the terrain of Danglan Mountain very complicated?"

Chen Hu sighed and said, "How to say, the terrain of Danglan Mountain is still a bit complicated than the surrounding area. I have participated in several wild rescues in Danglan Mountain over the years. Most of them are the situation where hikers are lost in extreme bad weather. Because Danglan Mountain has many underground caves, the environment inside is extremely complex. Not to mention ordinary hikers, even people with professional cave exploration experience dare not try rashly... But what happened to Xu Liqiang did surprise us."

Deng Kai heard that the other party should know Xu Liqiang in his tone, so he asked casually, "Do you know Xu Liqiang?"

Chen Hu nodded and said, "Xu Liqiang and I have participated in several field rescue activities. Based on my understanding of him, there shouldn't be an accident in Danglan Mountain."

"What's going on with that air raid shelter? Zhou Rui said that they saw an underground cave inside, with traces of human sacrifices?" Song Jiang said in a deep voice.

Chen Hu shook his head and said, "I really don't know this... At that time, I was responsible for searching the periphery of the air-raid shelter. However, few people usually go up to that air-raid shelter. Except for some wild adventure enthusiasts, locals will never go up."

At this time, Meng Zhe suddenly asked, "Do you know any legends about Danglan Mountain?"

Chen Hu thought for a while and said, "This is indeed... According to legend, Danglan Mountain was a fief of a king of a different surname hundreds of years ago. At that time, a local native tribe even fought with the king of a different surname. Later, the tribe was exterminated, and the king of a different surname was seriously injured and he was not cured to death."

Deng Kai sighed after hearing this, "The ancients were impatient. If there was something wrong, they couldn't sit down and talk. Why bother to meet each other at any time? In the end, they were both defeated..."

Meng Zhe’s focus was on the indigenous tribe, so he asked, “Does there any documents about that indigenous tribe remain in the county?”

Chen Hu shook his head and said, "I don't know this, but the Huaili County Museum does collect some stone axes, stone shovels and other tools unearthed in Danglan Mountain decades ago, as well as some broken pots. They should be the things left by the indigenous tribe."

Seeing that Meng Zhe was very interested in the indigenous tribe, Song Jiang whispered, "Is there any problem?"

"Many early tribes believed in some evil gods who were not as good as the class. In fact, it was considered to be a god to praise them, and at most they were evil demons. Their sacrifice methods were generally bloody..." Meng Zhe said in a deep voice.

Song Jiang thought for a while and asked, "Are you talking about the eyes in the broken porcelain bowl that Zhou Rui mentioned?"

Meng Zhe nodded and said, "It's almost the same...but you have to see the stone statue in detail before you know the specific situation."

At this time, Gu Hao seemed to have thought of something, so he turned to look at Chen Hu and said, "Have there been similar situations in Danglan Mountain before?"

Chen Hu sighed after hearing this, "Of course there is. The last time was three years ago, when an outdoor adventure enthusiast named Han Zhengyuan got lost in Danglan Mountain... We found him for almost three days. By the way, if I remember correctly, Xu Liqiang should have participated in that search and rescue operation."

Gu Hao asked curiously as soon as he heard this, "Have you found the last person?"

Chen Hu said with some regret, "No..."

"I haven't found anyone yet?" Deng Kai asked in surprise.

Chen Hu said helplessly, "We don't want to see this result, but Han Zhengyuan's situation is very special. He has always been alone. Even his online name is called Du Xingke. Therefore, the clues we had at that time were very limited. We only knew that he had indeed entered Danglan Mountain... Unlike Zhou Rui and Xu Liqiang this time, we still knew that their destination was the air-raid shelter."

"Wait... Do you think Han Zhengyuan, who disappeared three years ago, was named Du Xingke?" Deng Kai asked in surprise.

Chen Hu nodded and said, "Yes, Han Zhengyuan is very famous in the outdoor adventure circle because he always likes to be alone... Although some people advise him that this is not safe, he is very confident about it, and something happened in the end."

After hearing this, Deng Kai looked at Song Jiang and the others and said, "You still remember Zhou Rui said that the reason he knew that there was an air-raid shelter in Danglan Mountain was because he saw a post posted by a guy named Du Xingke on the Internet! Could it be the same person?"

"It should be just a coincidence. After all, the name Du Xingke is very ordinary..." Zhou Shiwu said.

But Song Jiang didn't think so, "It's definitely not as simple as a coincidence... First of all, this post must have been posted by an outdoor adventure enthusiast. Brother Hu said that Han Zhengyuan is very famous in this circle, and he has been missing, so ordinary people should not give the same online name as him. In addition, the Danglanshan mentioned in the other party's post happened to be where the real lone guest disappeared. The direction of this is too obvious, and it is unlikely to be a coincidence."

Gu Hao frowned and asked, "Do you think someone deliberately led Zhou Rui and Xu Liqiang to Danglan Mountain?"

Song Jiang nodded and said, "At present, it seems that this is very likely..."

Chen Hu, who was standing beside him, quickly interrupted them, "Wait first, why am I becoming more and more confused as I listened? If it is really like Brother Song said, what is the purpose of the other party doing this? Avenge Han Zhengyuan? But Han Zhengyuan's disappearance has nothing directly to Xu Liqiang? Besides, we were all obliged to go over to help search and rescue back then, and we had never even been to the air-raid shelter at that time, so how could we count Han Zhengyuan's affairs on Qiangzi?"

Gu Hao sighed, "It shouldn't be revenge... By the way, did the previous rescue team really not see any caves collapsed on the ground when they entered the air raid shelter?"

Chen Hu said seriously, "Absolutely no... We were divided into three groups to search on the mountain. The team responsible for the air raid shelter searched all the inside and out. There was nothing in the air raid shelter except some debris abandoned in the early years. Even Zhou Rui found it in a dry ditch six or seven kilometers away from the air raid shelter. If we had not expanded the search range at that time, he would probably not be able to find it."

After hearing this, Song Jiang thought of the red backpack mentioned by Zhou Rui, so he asked Chen Hu, "Brother Hu, did you see a red sports backpack near the air raid shelter when you were searching?"

(End of this chapter)


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