The people who often gathered at the village entrance pondered for a while, but still shook their heads. Everyone who came to the village today was someone they knew.
Captain Wang exchanged a few words with the village officials beside him, then shouted to the crowd:
"Now, everyone, let's help find the child."
"They all split up to search; the young people went up the mountain, while the women stayed in the village to look after their homes and the village."
"Think again, did anyone hit the child today? Look for places where they usually hide!"
Everyone nodded in agreement. Anyone who has children knows that sometimes when you scold or beat a child, some children will become resentful and refuse to go home, deliberately finding a place to hide and not come out.
Since no strangers appeared, everyone assumed that the child was deliberately hiding.
After Captain Wang and the village officials gave a series of instructions, everyone was told to go home and bring a flashlight if they had one, or go home and bring a torch or other fire-making tools if they didn't.
Whether it's deep in the mountains or elsewhere, it's dangerous at night.
If you really go up the mountain, there are wild animals there.
The oldest child inside is only 12 years old, and they are all very young. How can anyone not worry about the children spending the night outside?
Lin Xiaoxiao and Han Qiushi both brought flashlights and volunteered to lead the team to search for the person on the mountain.
Captain Wang thought of Lin Xiaoxiao's impressive martial arts skills and accurate archery, "Alright, you two are both excellent. Take good care of everyone when you get up the mountain."
"Yes, we will," Han Qiushi said.
"Captain, shouldn't we call the police for this?" Lin Xiaoxiao asked.
"I've already sent someone to call them," Captain Wang replied.
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded and found two sticks nearby, one for herself and one for Han Qiushi.
Once everyone had the right tools, they went up the mountain with the young people from the village.
"The child is still naughty, and I don't know what he's playing around with all day."
"Yeah, it's fine if we get lost, but if we..."
"Say less..."
......
There were about a hundred young people searching on each hilltop, but as they were distributed along the way, only about five people remained on Han Qiushi and Lin Xiaoxiao's side.
Han Qiushi shone a flashlight under his feet the whole way, trying to guess the direction the child was moving from some footprints and other clues. Otherwise, they would be searching aimlessly like headless flies.
However, with so many people passing by, even if there are children's footprints, they will be covered by adults' footprints.
Han Qiushi was very silent, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Lin Xiaoxiao searched while thinking.
Her space does contain the latest drones, and the instruments on the device even have drone thermal imaging capabilities.
Using instruments would definitely allow us to quickly find traces and cover a much wider area, but with Han Qiushi and his team around, it's inconvenient to use them.
Moreover, Han Qiushi said that there was a base nearby, and she was afraid that the thing would be discovered by the troops stationed nearby not long after it was launched.
I don't know if I'll be arrested and interrogated because of this instrument, and if they can't find anything out, I might even be dissected and studied.
After all, where would you find something like this in this day and age?
She decided not to cause herself any trouble.
We can only accept our fate and keep searching.
"Little Tiger...Ah Gou..."
People around were shouting as they walked; it was such a big place, they could have been searching for days.
Looking around, Han Qiushi realized that the mountains were full of torches, and he frowned.
Han Qiushi and Lin Xiaoxiao exchanged a few words in private, then made up an excuse and left quickly.
Lin Xiaoxiao then led the group to continue the search.
Several people were looking down from a distance of several meters, calling for help.
A few minutes later, Lin Xiaoxiao reached a bush where she could block the view and took out the drone from her storage space.
This drone is also a detector of life.
Even in the post-apocalyptic world, this is considered a high-tech product. It is very small in size and can be turned off, but its frequency can be detected. However, within this range, there is no need to worry about being discovered by the villagers.
The instrument was also equipped with special radio wave filters. Lin Xiaoxiao adjusted the data inside and deleted all the data on mutated monsters, reactionary robots, and infected mutated humans from the original data.
This means the machine can only detect healthy humans.
After fiddling with it for a while and getting the instrument working, Lin Xiaoxiao quietly placed it in the air. She then took out a button that looked like an air conditioner remote control and used it to scan the area around her.
If she didn't find anything in this area, she continued walking forward.
I also used the electronic devices in the space to mark the places I had just searched, to prevent myself from searching the same place repeatedly.
The instrument is also equipped with reconnaissance poles on both sides, and the search range is at least 5 kilometers.
Lin Xiaoxiao didn't rely entirely on the instruments; she also carefully examined the traces on the ground, recognizing that any footprints were clues.
Not long after, Lin Xiaoxiao heard everyone calling Xiaohu's name again. She could only quicken her pace to search, because if everyone found out that she had such a thing, she wouldn't be able to explain it.
Suddenly the instrument reacted.
Lin Xiaoxiao glanced around and saw three groups of people about 4.6 kilometers away from her.
"The child is probably around here..."
Lin Xiaoxiao was just about to leave when she stopped a second later and noticed three more figures on the instrument, not far from her.
There seem to be quite a lot of people in these mountains.
This time, Lin didn't hesitate and went straight to the spot closest to her.
"Ah..." Because he was walking in such a hurry, he actually fell down.
"Tsk." She fell heavily to the ground. The cave was completely covered by withered leaves, which was how she fell into the trap. Fortunately, it wasn't a trap and there was nothing harmful inside.
She tidied up a bit, then Lin Xiaoxiao took out a flashlight from her spatial storage and shone it around the area: "Xiao Hu! A Gou! Man Cang!"
She was pleasantly surprised to find the children.
"Wake up."
Lin Xiaoxiao squatted down beside the children and found that they were unconscious. "Wake up, come home with your sister." No matter how much Lin Xiaoxiao shook the children, they showed no signs of waking up.
The temperature difference between day and night is large now, and you will definitely catch a cold if you stay outside for a long time. She took three blankets from her space, covered herself with them, and then brought the children into the space one by one. There are instruments inside that can check their bodies.
A dozen minutes later, it was confirmed that the three children's vital signs were normal, and their hands and feet were not seriously injured or fractured. There were only some abrasion marks on their hands and feet.
The reason he fell into a coma was because of hunger and because there were still small amounts of sedatives in his body, which made him impossible to wake up.
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