According to the villagers, the rumor has been around for more than a decade.
The corpse hunter wouldn't voluntarily show up, so soone must have seen them in the mountains.
If people only saw them years ago, then all the talk about corpse hunters in recent years is nothing but rumor.
There's no concrete evidence that such wild n ever existed, only snippets of hearsay being passed around.
If soone uses this to their advantage, it's not impossible. According to Qu Ruobo's explanation, Luo Fei now has every reason to suspect that the person stirring up this rumor has ulterior motives.
"Old Luo, be careful, the road ahead is tough. There's an old forest, and both ard police and firefighters have gotten lost here before. If it weren't for police dogs and markers, they'd probably disappear inside."
Li Jun gave a warning from the side.
Soon, everyone saw before them a large expanse of mottled old trees. Due to their age, so of the trees were dead; branches that once swayed now hung low and lightly suspended...
Though it was just after five in the afternoon, the canopy created an illusion as if evening was approaching.
With the sun setting today and the mist covering it, visibility was pretty poor.
"Be careful, keep an eye on your surroundings."
"It's alright, this is still an open area. Nothing unexpected will happen; we combed through this place thoroughly a couple of days ago."
Listening to what Li Jun said, Luo Fei nodded, thinking it would be fine if that were truly the case.
As everyone continued forward, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.
There was a sll of blood in the air at the mouth of the ravine on the left side, mixed with the scent of animal feces and urine, a combination that was quite dangerous.
The Mountain Badger was the greatest threat; its tongue carried bacterial toxins. Being a wild mammal, its aggressiveness was only natural.
A human scent mixed with it signals danger.
"Wait a mont."
"Sothing's wrong below, go! Down there."
When Luo Fei called out, everyone was a bit dumbfounded at first. Li Jun and Zhou Fan suspected they had heard wrong and, following Luo Fei's direction, looked with faces full of astonishnt.
Below? How could one possibly get down?
"Go down?"
Liao Xingyu stood by, looking at the difficult path underfoot and doubted if Luo Fei had misspoken.
Below here, besides so deadwood and weeds, there was nothing visible.
Below the mouth of the ravine was a gulley, and if there was any life here, it might only be Mountain Badgers hiding in the caves.
"I slled sothing peculiar, the scent of human blood, animal waste mixed in, and the day-night temperature changes make it diffuse upward. It's not overwhelming, but it does exist."
As soon as he spoke, Qu Ruobo beside him was stunned.
He hadn't expected Luo Fei to have such a capability and admired him even more.
The way he described this hidden scent was so detailed, even though he couldn't be sure, the other's serious expression didn't seem like a joke.
Liao Xingyu and Li Jun exchanged glances.
In such monts, they naturally believed Luo Fei, but they were still a bit worried about the environnt below. Going down rashly might be dangerous.
At this point, Qu Ruobo stepped forward to support Luo Fei's words.
"I previously studied materials from this area, in the Jiangzhou City mountains, there were so herbs and old materials in the forest that people typically watch over and harvest monthly. Though not much, it supplents household inco."
"If these things were indeed true, then there would certainly be so traces left behind."
Zhou Fan and the rest looked at Qu Ruobo with disdain. This guy knew a fair deal about theory, but his youthful face always made him seem a bit unconvincing.
Luo Fei smiled wryly, patting them on the shoulder, signaling not to contradict anymore.
After all, ambition doesn't lie in age, and abilities can't just be judged by it either.
"Alright then, I'll go down."
Without saying more, Li Jun got himself harnessed, allowing a nearby officer to hold the rope while he went down to explore.
But Luo Fei expressed he wanted to go first, and surprisingly, Qu Ruobo insisted on following Luo Fei down.
A certain kind of tacit understanding seed to form between the two as they conversed.
Liao Xingyu and the others naturally supported Luo Fei's decision and stopped interfering.
Thus, two ropes with safety locks were hung down from the side of the cliff.
The height wasn't excessive, but the steepness was a bit extre. The cliff's vertical drops were covered with weeds and sprawling branches, yet it was still very steep.
It was like the sheer cliff cuts gave an overwhelming sense of vertigo.
Once the two reached the bottom, they barely found a landing spot.
"There's really a small house! Brother Fei, look."
Qu Ruobo excitedly pointed to the side, on a platform near the mouth of the ravine, there was a wooden house, comprised of two rooms joined together, a wall dividing the middle.
It appeared to be a resting place for herb gatherers.
There was a wall ladder carved with axes, descending sloped paths were lined to facilitate people coming and going.
"Look, there are even dicine baskets and pestles hanging, soone must have lodged here before, the scent cos from inside."
Luo Fei pointed ahead, and as far as one could see, the remnants of the scarlet sunset sank into the night with the setting sun, no longer visible.
"Turn on the flashlight, stay close, it might be dangerous."
"Understood!"
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