Following the direction of Cui Guangming’s finger, Ji Feng saw the scene.
It was a dense forest.
Next to one of the big trees, on the ground was a big pit with freshly dug up dirt next to it, and some of the vines and vegetation around it showed signs of trampling.
“It was in this pit that we found the burnt bodies, the others were not here, they were still some way ahead.” Cui Guangming described.
“Hmm.”
Ji Feng nodded his head and surveyed everything around him.
A moment later, he said, “Where were the other corpses found, let’s go over and take a look.”
Cui Guangming nodded and said, “Follow me, it’s not too far.”
The group followed Cui Guangming for a while longer and came to another site, which was similar to the place where the corpses were found before, except that there was no big pit.
Ji Feng carefully surveyed it for a while, but he couldn’t help but frown.
Xiang Yongzhan immediately asked, “What’s wrong?”
Ji Feng shook his head and said, “This is not the first scene.”
Cui Guangming was stunned, “It can’t be? This is where we found the shell casings, look at that big tree in front of us, there are still bullet holes in it, we also found bullets in it, the ground is covered in blood, obviously those villagers were shot here!”
Xiang Yongzhan also said, “Ji Feng, a criminal investigation expert from the police has already come to see it before, this is indeed the first crime scene ……”
“No.”
Ji Feng said with great certainty, “This is definitely not the first scene!”
“But ……”
“Although I don’t know why those villagers were killed here, but this is definitely not the real scene!” Ji Feng shook his head, “Perhaps, those villagers were indeed shot here, but those burnt corpses, they were definitely not killed here!”
Cui Guangming asked with some suspicion, “How do you know that?”
Ji Feng said, “I naturally have my reasons …… Old Xiang, have your men scatter around and be on the lookout for some traces that someone has trampled on!”
Xiang Yongzhan frowned and said, “Are you sure?”
Ji Feng nodded and said, “Sure.”
“But this mountain forest is so big, it’s not that simple to find some traces.” Cui Guangming was a bit skeptical, “Besides, when we came to look for these villagers, our warriors had all been here before, so if there are traces around, then there is nothing strange ……”
Ji Feng said, “Just go and look for it, I naturally have my intentions.”
Xiang Yongzhan said, “Do as Ji Feng says!”
Cui Guangming then stopped talking, only he was somewhat questioning Ji Feng’s decision, the famous special combat brigade came here just to look for traces?
“Bai Zhu, let’s look around too.” Ji Feng said.
“Yes!”
Bai Zhu faintly nodded his head.
Xiang Yongzhan walked over and said in a low voice, “Older brother, what kind of traces are you looking for? What exactly did you find, can’t you tell us?”
Ji Feng slowly shook his head and said, “I’m not sure yet, I’ll tell you when I’m sure.”
Xiang Yongzhan had no choice but to order someone to look for it.
However, the mountain forest was too big, and the soldiers of the Special Combat Brigade did find some traces, but in the end it was confirmed that they were left by the soldiers who were responsible for helping to find the people at that time, and there was nothing special about them, so they could only continue searching again.
It was not too late for them to get here, but the trees in the forest were so tall that the dense canopy blocked the light, making it very dark down there, which made the search even more difficult.
At this time, Xiang Yongzhan said, “Ji Feng, it’s already late, we need to camp early.”
Ji Feng nodded, “Then let’s do this for now, tomorrow if you have time, bring someone with me to look for ……”
Xiang Yongzhan shook his head, “Not tomorrow. I still have to search for the murderer.”
Ji Feng nodded slightly and said, “Then tomorrow the two of us, Bai Zhu and I, will just look, you should be careful when you move.”
“Buzz~~!”
Just then, the communication device on Xiang Yongzhan’s waist suddenly vibrated, he immediately put on the headset and asked, “This is the first captain, what’s the situation?”
Just a moment later, Xiang Yongzhan said in a deep voice, “Order – take you as the centre, all gather, I’ll be right there.”
After giving the order, Xiang Yongzhan said to Ji Feng, “Older brother, the communication soldiers received a message from above, they searched for a suspicious signal, right in the forest, and suspect that it might be the murderer of those villagers, now I need to rush over there immediately ……”
Ji Feng nodded and said, “Go, be careful!”
Xiang Yongzhan said, “Don’t worry, this time I’m here to take someone’s life!”
Cui Guangming then frowned a little, glanced at Ji Feng and asked, “Captain Xiang, should the two of them …… leave their warriors behind to protect them?”
Xiang Yongzhan waved his hand, “No, we’ll just go straight over.”
Just kidding, with Ji Feng’s skills he still needed the protection of others? If someone really wants to harm him, it’s not really clear who will end up harming whom!
Ji Feng smiled and didn’t say anything more, but Cui Guangming glanced at them as he was leaving.
Bai Zhu then frowned with some dissatisfaction and wanted to say something but was stopped by Ji Feng.
“Young Ji, I think that Cui is treating us like a burden!” Bai Zhu said unhappily, “Why don’t you say anything.”
“We’re all in it for the job!”
Ji Feng said, “Besides, Captain Cui and the others are stationed near the border and have to patrol every day, so it’s hard enough, it’s normal to have a bit of a temper.”
Bai Zhu then stopped talking, she didn’t care what these people were like, all she cared about was Ji Feng.
“Let’s go, let’s keep looking!” Ji Feng said, “You just follow me, keep the communication open!”
“Yes!”
Bai Zhu nodded slightly, because it was late in the day, so Bai Zhu drew her pistol and had the safety on after loading the bullets, ready to deal with unexpected accidents.
At this time, Ji Feng’s movement was completely unaffected, under the effect of the bio-current, everything in the vicinity was clear as day, which allowed him to continue searching for the traces he wanted to see very easily.
Time was running out fast.
In the blink of an eye, they searched for another half an hour, but still with no results. The surrounding area was silent, with only insects and some birds and animals chirping from time to time, which in this forest was surprisingly creepy.
Bai Zhu subconsciously followed Ji Feng closely, looking alert.
Ji Feng couldn’t help but bask in the fact that Bai Zhu was also scared?
“Young Ji, what exactly are we looking for?” Bai Zhu asked in a small voice, “Should I turn on the torch?”
“No, you just follow me, I’ll find it!” Ji Feng said.
“Then what are we looking for?”
Bai Zhu asked suspiciously, they had been wandering around in the forest for a long time, yet they never knew what they were looking for.
“Hmm?!”
Ji Feng suddenly stopped, looked at a direction, and walked over quickly.
Bai Zhu immediately followed.
Ji Feng arrived in front of a large tree, touched his finger to the trunk and smiled, “This is it, found it!”
Bai Zhu was stunned, “Found it? What is it?”
Ji Feng said, “A small hole.”
“Huh?”
Bai Zhu faintly froze, not responding for a moment, “A, a small hole?”
Ji Feng nodded, “That’s right!”
He stared at the thick tree trunk and a brilliant light flashed in his eyes, “That’s true!”
Bai Zhu became even more confused, she wanted to ask, but she vaguely saw that Ji Feng was moving around, seemingly observing something, she had to swallow the words back into her stomach, when Ji Feng finished his work, he would give her the answer.
In fact, at this moment, Ji Feng was already busy, he looked around, in fact, he just wanted to find some more traces.
“Those villagers were killed here …… why?” Ji Feng couldn’t help but frown and ponder to himself, “This is just a forest, what’s so special about it?”
“Or is it that those villagers came here to collect medicine and hunt, and happened to inadvertently come across bandits from another country who had infiltrated into the territory of China, and that’s why they were exterminated?” Ji Feng frowned darkly.
Guessing at the possibilities, but Ji Feng was not sure what exactly caused those villagers to be killed, and they were killed here in the unpopulated jungle.
Suddenly, Ji Feng seemed to remember something: “Wait!”
He frowned, turned around and asked, “Bai Zhu, you’ve seen all those photos in Xiang Yongzhan’s hand, right?”
Bai Zhu nodded and said, “I’ve read them.”
Ji Feng asked, “Then do you remember, when those villagers were killed, from which direction did the bullets in their bodies hit them? Was it from the front, or from behind?”
“This ……”
Bai Zhu was stunned, “Young Ji, I really haven’t paid attention to this.”
Ji Feng said, “I didn’t pay attention to it either …… After all, I’m not a professional forensic scientist, I didn’t notice this detail, unfortunately!”
Bai Zhu said, “If Ji Shao wants to know, he can ask Captain Xiang, he has the report in his hands, he must know.”
“Can’t go and contact him now!” Ji Feng, however, shook his head and said, “He’s on the move now, if we contact him, we might alert the enemy, and then we might put Old Xiang and the others in danger, it’s better to wait for him to take the initiative to contact us!”
Bai Zhu nodded slightly, she was not an ordinary girl, of course she understood this.
“Young Ji, so what do we do now?” Bai Zhu asked.
“There’s no rush, let’s observe again.” Ji Feng said.
Bai Zhu couldn’t help but ask, “Observe? Observe what? Young Ji, there are all big trees here, do you see anything?”
Although Bai Zhu’s eyesight was not as good as Ji Feng’s, when she activated the bio-current, she could hazily see that the surrounding area was all jungle, except for some very strange trees and some plants that she couldn’t name, there was nothing special ah.
How come Ji Shao looked like he had found some kind of treasure instead?
What was there here?
What exactly did Ji Shao mean by a small hole?
