The other police officers on the cliff top were actually looking forward to this search.
One is that this mountain is indeed within the range defined by Shen Ting.
Shen Ting’s previous record in finding the places involved in the case gave everyone great confidence.
Everyone subconsciously thought that since the abnormality was discovered within the area defined by Shen Ting, it was most likely related to the case.
Another thing is that the cave on the cliff is indeed hidden enough.
Ordinary people would not come to this cliff, so it is naturally impossible for them to discover the cave on the cliff.
Therefore, when the police officers found nothing unusual in the cliff cave, they were both surprised and disappointed.
However, the passage discovered by the rappelling police officers gave everyone a second hope.
But unexpectedly, I was disappointed again.
That passage simply led to the cliff outside.
There is no more private space as everyone expected.
So far!
This exploration of the cliff cave is completely over.
This was a direction of investigation that made everyone hopeful, but in the end, nothing was found.
The autumn rain was getting heavier and heavier, and was blown onto everyone by the cold night wind.
The police officers who were originally supported by their passion now felt a chill in their hearts.
The atmosphere on the top of the mountain was extremely depressing.
Even the members of the other three search teams who had just reached the bottom of the cliff found that something was wrong.
From a distance, they could barely see the light of multiple strong flashlights in the hands of the police officers on the top of the mountain.
The light is straight, along different directions, and intertwined with each other.
It seemed to have pierced through the darkness, but the beams of light were just lying there motionless.
It was as if it was fixed there, without a trace of vitality.
Song Huaimin looked up at this scene and frowned slightly:
"Looking at this state, something doesn't seem right!"
Jiang Daoqing nodded:
“If there were any discoveries in the cliff cave, it would definitely not be in its current state.”
Zhang Song said:
"I'll contact Team Leader Shen and ask what's going on!"
After getting their consent, he called Shen Ting:
"Hello, Team Leader Shen, I'm Zhang Song!
Did you find anything over there?"
"We've explored the cliff cave, but haven't found anything unusual yet..."
Shen Ting roughly told everyone about the previous exploration process.
Then send them the video of the whole process.
The three search teams at the foot of the cliff learned that they had indeed found a cliff cave, but they did not find anything related to the case.
All the hesitation in my heart sank.
Like the police officers on the cliff, they were also full of expectations for the cliff cave.
This case is urgent.
One is the latest missing girl, who has been missing for about three days.
Based on previous experience in solving serial murders, it is possible that she survived.
According to the theory of the golden seventy-two hours, these three days are the best time to rescue her.
The longer we delay, the lower the probability of successfully rescuing her will be.
In addition, the murderer of the serial disappearances may commit another crime at any time.
If we can find the location of the crime as soon as possible, there will naturally be hope of arresting the perpetrator as soon as possible.
But now, all these hopes have obviously been completely shattered with the exploration of the cliff cave.
“Alas~~
Sure enough, nothing was found!"
After watching the video of Song Huaimin's exploration of the cliff cave, I couldn't help but sigh.
Jiang Daoqing, who was standing next to him, also sighed:
"I didn't expect that such a hidden place would not be found."
However, after watching the exploration video, Zhang Song's expression was completely different from the other two.
There will definitely be disappointments!
But it is not a complete disappointment, there is still a hint of hope.
At this moment, Shen Ting's voice happened to come from the intercom:
"Director Song, Teacher Jiang, I've thought about it and decided to temporarily halt the search tonight!
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the search conditions were very poor.
Don't let the police officers who are on duty to conduct searches at night come over.
Let the police officers rest tonight and we’ll talk about it tomorrow!
This time, the search for the cliff cave yielded no results, and all our efforts were in vain..."
"Don't say that!"
"That's what reconnaissance is all about..."
Song Huaimin and Jiang Daoqing wanted to offer some words of comfort, but were suddenly interrupted by Zhang Song beside them:
“No, Team Leader Shen, although there is nothing related to the case found in the cliff cave.
But the cliff cave itself is actually a great discovery."
Shen Ting, who was leading the team down the mountain along the muddy path, was stunned for a moment.
Is the cliff cave itself a great discovery?
"Brother Zhang, what do you mean?
The cliff cave is indeed hidden, but it contains no clues related to the case, so it is completely useless!"
“This cliff cave can indeed eliminate suspicion.
However, based on my experience, that cliff cave is most likely not isolated."
Zhang Song explained with a little excitement:
“To put it simply, there should be several similar cliff caves around here.
Team Leader Shen, you may not know that I grew up in the West.
There are also many mountains where I live.
I have been traveling in the mountains and forests since I was a child.
I remember climbing into a similar cliff cave when I was a child.
And we also crawled in along the winding and narrow natural passage.
Although the mountains in our area are not as tall as the Taihang Mountains, they are at least three or four hundred meters high.
The cave I found at that time should be on the hillside of the hill.
I remember that the layout of that cave was similar to the cliff cave you just explored.
Among them are almost collapsed yellow mud stoves, rusty and cracked black pots, weathered and decayed clothes, wooden furniture, and so on.
For a long time, that place was my secret base.
At that time, I also asked the old people in the village how the cliff cave was formed.
They said that the cliff cave has a very long history.
Hundreds of years ago, people hid there to avoid war.
Eighty or ninety years ago, during the war, some people hid there to avoid being drafted or killed by the Japanese invaders who entered the village.
The key point is that the old man also told me that cliff caves generally do not exist alone.
There are usually multiple cliff caves in the same area.
Each cliff cave can observe different directions and is home to people from different families.
Different cliff caves communicate with each other by simulating the calls of different animals.
Some sounds are warnings that danger is approaching in a certain direction, so that people in the cliff cave at the corresponding location can keep quiet.
Some of the voices were requests for exchanging supplies, etc."
After hearing Zhang Song's explanation, Shen Ting immediately understood.
A glimmer of hope reappeared on his face.
"Brother Zhang, are you saying that this cliff cave in Taihang Mountain should be the same as the cliff cave in your hometown?
Are there multiple ones nearby?
Although we haven't found anything in the cliff cave we're searching, could the murderer have found something else?"
“That’s right!”
Zhang Song said: "Based on our search today, I feel that the cliff cave should be the most secluded place in this area.
If I were the murderer, and I really knew that there was a cliff cave here, and I needed a hidden place to carry out the murder, then I would definitely choose this place.
There is no doubt about it!"
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