"Then I'll trouble you, Fifth Master."
Seeing Wu Laogou being so confident, Chen Ziyan didn't have much to say, so he had to agree.
But this is also a good thing for him. Although they have plenty of time, it is difficult to refuse if they can save some.
After receiving Chen Ziyan's permission, Wu Laogou directly dispersed the dogs around him and asked them to start looking for possible traces around them.
Chen Ziyan did not pay too much attention to these dogs. After seeing the dogs leaving in an orderly manner, he turned his attention to the remains of the tents in front of him.
Even if you know that those people had a period of preparation before leaving, and there will be nothing in the remains of these tents, you still have to check it. This kind of thing is not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case. How can you not do it yourself to check? Be determined.
But after opening all the remains of the tents, Chen Ziyan discovered to his dismay that his idea before taking action was indeed correct. These tents were all cleaned up, and there was nothing he wanted at all. Discover.
"It seems that those people had plenty of time before leaving. If they left in a hurry, they shouldn't be able to do this." Wu Laogou has been following him and said when he saw this.
Chen Ziyan nodded lightly: "Indeed, I should have expected it."
This is not difficult to see. With the tent so clean, it was definitely not a temporary decision to break out.
"Woof woof woof!"
Just when Chen Ziyan was about to say something, a dog barked suddenly not far away, attracting their attention.
"Woof woof woof!"
Before Chen Ziyan and the others could react, a dog barked from another direction.
The two barks one after another were like signals, and then there were barks from other directions.
It can be clearly heard that these barking sounds come from different locations.
Chen Ziyan looked at Wu Laogou and asked: "Fifth Master, did you discover something? Or?"
When he heard the first barking, Chen Ziyan subconsciously thought it was something. He found out, but after the few barking sounds later, he became a little unsure.
These barkings can also be explained in another direction, such as echoing each other...
"We have made a discovery. Come on, let's go over and have a look." Wu Laogou didn't do that. Doubtful, as the owner, he clearly received the signals sent back by the dogs.
It is just a coincidence that these barks sounded almost at the same time, because each bark is three times, which represents a discovery, and echoing each other is another different pattern.
"That's good." Chen Ziyan naturally would not refuse this.
They have proven with actual actions that the remaining tents in this camp are worthless, so there is no need to waste time here.
And he was also a little curious about what those dogs found.
After following the barking of dogs and arriving at the nearest spot, the first thing that came into view were two corpses with dark skin and covered in moss.
These corpses were the same as the ones they encountered before, and the relationship between these corpses could be seen from the style of the torn clothes.
"Fifth Master, have you noticed that neither the previous corpses nor the current ones have anything on them?" After checking the condition of the corpses, Chen Ziyan discovered something was wrong.
According to their analysis based on the campsite, these corpses dispersed and fled, and they were prepared to take away supplies and equipment.
But whether it was the corpses I met on the way here or the two in front of me, there was no sign of those things around me. In such an underground space, even if the materials and equipment are lost due to time, they will not leave any traces.
As for whether these people had brought those things with them at the time, Chen Ziyan knew that they must have brought them with them without even thinking about it. Anyone who could reach here alive would not be without this little bit of scheming.
"This is indeed unreasonable. There can't be anyone alive here, right?" Wu Laogou said thoughtfully.
A well-informed veteran like him knows very well that weird things can happen underground, so these words may seem to be in a joking tone, but they may not be the real thoughts in his heart. .
Chen Ziyan frowned slightly: "Fifth Master, let's go to other places to see."
Chen Ziyan is not a stubborn person. He knows that this possibility is indeed possible. Even if he goes to other places The location where the barking came from.
As if in response to their speculation, corpses were also found in the remaining places, but there was also no trace of any material or equipment around these corpses.
If it was just a guess at the beginning, after checking all the corpses, Chen Ziyan had begun to seriously think about the possibility that there were other people here.
He felt that even if there were no people here, there must be other intelligent creatures, otherwise this situation would never happen.
"Maybe it's Hei Feizi?" Wu Laogou said a possibility.
This place is full of black-haired snakes. According to Chen Ziyan, this kind of thing can happen to Heifeizi.
"Maybe..." Chen Ziyan was not sure, but this was also a possibility.
Even compared to the time when some of those people had survived until now, the probability of Hei Feizi was higher.
"Hey, little friend, look here." When Wu Laogou glanced around inadvertently, he seemed to have discovered something and hurriedly greeted Chen Ziyan.
Chen Ziyan knew that he had made a discovery, and quickly followed the directions to look over, and immediately saw that there was something wrong with the color of the tree trunk not far away.
When the flashlight shone on that tree trunk, Chen Ziyan immediately knew what was wrong.
Because the location Wu Laogou discovered was not a pure tree, but something similar to textiles.
"Is this a piece of cloth?" After getting closer, Chen Ziyan tentatively poked the fabric with a tool and said with some confusion.
Whether it was color or texture, it was no different from the fabrics he knew, but what he didn't understand was how this thing appeared here.
Could it be that the underground plants have mutated, and textiles will grow on the tree trunks?
In that case, they should have discovered it along the way.
But Wu Laogou stared at the textile for a while, and suddenly said: "This may be a backpack."
Chen Ziyan looked over and asked: "Fifth Master, what do you mean when those people were there? After realizing that there was no way to escape, he hid his backpack in the tree? "
He just didn't turn around for a while, but it didn't mean that his brain was slow. He was trying to get Wu Laogou. After the advice, I immediately thought of this possibility.
"They came decades before us. This place may not be what it is now." Wu Laogou did not answer Chen Ziyan directly, but said this with deep meaning.
But Chen Ziyan immediately knew what he wanted to express. Yes, this place may not be what it is now. It is not certain whether the trees were there at the time. This backpack may not be deliberately hidden. Maybe Some kind of accident caused this. (End of chapter)