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Chapter 68: Chapter 66: The Police Are Shocked, Someone Is Undergoing Tribulation???
At the same time.
The entire team of detectives from Wuling Mountain Police Station had quietly arrived at Wuling Mountain. To avoid alerting the suspects, they were all dressed in plain clothes. They headed straight to the service center of the Wuling Mountain Scenic Area to find the area’s head.
Chapter 66 Police Shocked, Someone is Crossing Tribulation???
At the same time.
The entire team of detectives from Wuling Mountain Police Station had quietly arrived at Wuling Mountain. To avoid alerting the suspects, they were all dressed in plain clothes. They headed straight to the service center of the Wuling Mountain Scenic Area to find the area’s head.
"Hello, I’m Xiao Peng, the captain of the detective team at Wuling Mountain Police Station."
Xiao Peng immediately revealed his identity.
The person in charge of the scenic area was mumbling to himself about the bad weather and the relatively few tourists. First, he had to deal with a bus driver negotiating compensation, and now some young man wanted to see him. When he heard that the guy was the captain of the detective team, his attitude changed instantly, and he greeted Xiao Peng with a smiling face, saying, "Captain Xiao, hello, hello, what can I do for you?"
"We are investigating a case and wanted to know if you have seen these two people."
As he spoke, Xiao Peng took out the photos of Zou Huaide and Li Wangxin sent by Xiaoqianmen Police Station and handed them to the person in charge of the scenic area.
The person in charge of the scenic area took a close look at the photos, frowning slightly, eyes full of confusion and thought, mumbling, "These... look familiar. Where have I seen them before... where have I seen them?"
"Think carefully."
Xiao Peng’s eyes lit up, confirming nervously, "Have you really seen them? Where did you see them?"
..."
The person in charge of the scenic area stopped mumbling and focused on thinking. After a moment, he suddenly lit up with an idea. Without saying anything, he quickly walked to a cabinet, rummaged through it, and pulled out several large photo albums.
"Captain Xiao, I remember now."
The person in charge of the scenic area began flipping through the albums quickly, saying without looking up, "After all, Wuling Mountain is a tourist spot. We arrange for some photographers to take paid photos for the tourists. I remember seeing them in those photos. To be sure if they are the same people you showed me, we need to compare the photos."
"Let’s look together."
Xiao Peng looked at the numerous albums, thinking that by the time the person in charge flipped through them all, the folks from Xiaoqianmen Police Station would have already arrived.
After saying that, he gestured to the other officers.
Immediately, the sound of pages flipping echoed continuously.
Everyone was looking through the albums.
There is strength in numbers.
Soon, good news came continuously!
"Captain Xiao, isn’t this them?"
"There’s also this one."
"And another here."
...
Xiao Peng picked up two photos casually.
In the first photo, a young couple stood on the steps, happily embracing each other, surrounded by green mountains. Behind them were many tourists, and the closest man was wearing black clothes, a wide hat, and a mask.
In the second photo, a man posed like a typical tourist near an ancient tree, not far from the steps in the first photo. On the other side of the tree, another man was passing by, wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans, a mask, and sunglasses.
Despite this.
He could still recognize that the two men in the photos, trying to hide their faces, were Li Wangxin and Zou Huaide.
The person in charge of the scenic area asked, "Captain Xiao, are these the two people you are looking for?"
"Yes, it’s them."
Xiao Peng continued to look at the photos, answering without lifting his head.
This made the person in charge of the scenic area very pleased, saying proudly, "I knew I recognized them. They stand out too much in the photos. According to the photographer, their overall style doesn’t fit in with the others. These photos were taken in less popular areas of Wuling Mountain with fewer tourists. But because they kept appearing in the photos, I remembered them well."
Xiao Peng listened lightly to his words, focusing more on each photo found.
From these photos.
He made a new discovery!
In some of the photos, besides Zou Huaide and Li Wangxin, there were others following them.
"Other members of the human trafficker gang?"
Xiao Peng’s eyes lit up. He then instructed the officers still looking through the photos, "Don’t just look for Zou Huaide and Li Wangxin. In some of these photos, there are clearly others following them too. Check if they also appear elsewhere in the photos and see if we can identify more accomplices."
"Yes!"
The officers responded in unison.
With their collective efforts, more photos were found.
Besides Zou Huaide and Li Wangxin, there were four more people who stood out in the photos.
And...
All six of them appeared in the same area, the less popular area the person in charge had mentioned before.
"This is not just about two people. The entire human trafficker gang is likely active in the same area."
Xiao Peng concluded that Wuling Mountain was undoubtedly the hiding place of the human trafficker gang.
At this moment, he thought of something and asked, "Can we retrieve the surveillance footage from this area for the times these photos were taken?"
He wanted to use surveillance to pinpoint the direction the traffickers entered Wuling Mountain from, narrowing down the search area.
"Sure, absolutely."
The person in charge nodded and immediately led Xiao Peng and his team to the monitoring room to retrieve the footage.
Then, Xiao Peng thought of something else. He had a few officers review the footage, then took out Lin Beichen’s photo, asking, "Do you recognize this kid?"
The person in charge immediately recognized the boy who cost him the most compensation!
"I do."
He nodded, saying, "Around noon, I compensated him for a broken phone!"
"Compensated?"
"Yes!"
The person in charge briefly explained the situation.
After hearing the explanation, Xiao Peng felt relieved. At least Lin Beichen’s disappearance was indeed a coincidence. His phone was damaged on his way here, and it wasn’t related to the human trafficker gang.
"But..."
"We still need to find Lin Beichen as soon as possible."
He quickly told the person in charge, "Can we check the surveillance footage of the area to see where the boy went after leaving here?"
"No problem."
The person in charge quickly pulled up the surveillance footage again.
Xiao Peng reviewed it personally and soon found the last spot where Lin Beichen appeared on camera.
"It seems Lin Beichen left the scenic area and entered Wuling Mountain from that point."
Xiao Peng’s expression turned serious.
He realized that the point where Lin Beichen entered Wuling Mountain was not very close but also not too far from the area where the human traffickers frequently appeared.
The chance of encountering the trafficker gang was not low.
Xiao Peng knew that finding Lin Beichen was urgent and couldn’t wait for the rest of the operation.
After a brief thought, he pointed at a few officers, instructing, "You take some brothers and enter Wuling Mountain from here. Find Lin Beichen and bring him back as soon as possible."
"Yes!"
The selected officers saluted and quickly left to carry out the order.
Xiao Peng looked at the others and continued, "The rest of you stay with me to continue tracking the human traffickers. We need to narrow the search area as much as possible. The brothers from Xiaoqianmen Police Station will be here soon, and we will search the mountain together."
After saying that, he continued to closely review the surveillance footage together with other officers.
Meanwhile.
The chosen officers partnered up and started moving from Lin Beichen’s last known location into Wuling Mountain, searching for him.
By this time, the accumulated thunderstorm had started.
Heavy rain poured down, and thunder roared.
They trudged through the mountains, with each step being quite difficult.
One officer shook his head, saying, "In this weather, even if Lin Beichen and the human traffickers wanted to meet, they probably couldn’t."
"No kidding. This weather makes searching the mountain so tough."
Before his voice finished.
Several bright flashes streaked across the sky.
All the officers looked up involuntarily.
"Damn! Is someone crossing tribulation?"
Someone exclaimed in excitement.
They saw lightning breaking through the dark clouds overhead, extending towards the ground one after another, as if connecting to Wuling Mountain!
This scene was both shocking and sudden, and extremely unusual!
