The rain was getting heavier.
The white fog in the sky turned dark gray, and the torrential rain raged back and forth above the Anya scenic area.
Even the simple foldable canopy that the staff of the scenic area had set up on the observation platform was on the verge of collapsing in the rain.
Wang Chailong, the chief of the Forest Fire Department, who led the search team at noon, had to end the search early and rush back to the observation platform in the heavy rain.
Even the Nighthawks, which had unparalleled mobility, had to return with the search team because of the severe obstruction of their vision.
Under the crumbling foldable canopy, Section Chief Wang Chailong led all the people and started a search plan meeting.
Nine family representatives.
Representatives of several departments in Anya County.
Two leaders of Tan Zhou University of Fine Arts.
Representatives of the search team from Tan Zhou.
There were also the pilots from Monster Industries and Ye Qing.
Ye Qing had not appeared in the media for almost a year. It was good to find news with pictures of him on the Internet, but without a self-introduction, no one would associate Ye Qing with the legendary president of Monster Industries.
The scene was chaotic, and the nine family representatives were crying and crying, unable to speak. Wang Chailong, who was exhausted and had scratches on his arms and legs, could only shout for silence.
"Listen to me first."
Wang Chailong looked at the crowd and pointed at the scenic area map that was half wet from the wind and rain. He said loudly, "Today, we have three search teams and found a total of 14 mountains. These 14 mountains are all undeveloped areas on the periphery of the scenic area.
"Although we have not found any traces of the students yet.
"Parents, rest assured that the students bought a lot of compressed biscuits from a supermarket before entering the scenic area. They did not bring much drinking water, but as you can see, there is no shortage of water in the current weather.
"We will use the most extreme example to hypothesize that the students are trapped somewhere and cannot get any food other than water.
"Then they can rely on the compressed biscuits in their hands to survive for ten to fifteen days. Now that only two days have passed, our chances of finding them are very, very high. "
The family representatives of the students were the parents of the children. Although the eyes of the fathers were red, they could somewhat restrain themselves.
A well-mannered parent of a student held back his grief and asked, "Captain, can we also join the search team?"
"Please don't." Wang Chailong, who had participated in dozens of search operations, was not surprised by this question.
"You can't search in the mountains just by being hot-blooded. The geology of Anya Scenic Area is very complicated. You will only slow down the search team if you enter the mountains."
"You don't have to worry about not having enough people."
"Today is just the beginning of the search operation. Tomorrow, the forest fire departments from the two neighboring counties and an outdoor enthusiast group from a mountaineering club will rush over and join the search."
After explaining, Wang Chailong took out a notebook. "Now, I would like to ask all the parents to try their best to recall what kind of clothes your children wore before they left home and what kind of belongings they brought with them."
"The more detailed the content, the better. During a search three years ago, our search team used a mask that was abandoned in the bushes to find two missing mountain climbers."
Wang Chailong's words gave the students' parents great hope. Those mothers who were secretly weeping hurriedly tried to recall what their children had brought with them before they left home.
Wang Chailong shouted again, "One by one."
…
A few hours later, the detailed information of the students was recorded.
Wang Chailong asked the students' parents to leave with the excuse that they needed a quiet environment for the meeting.
After the students' parents left, Wang Chailong's expression immediately collapsed. He was half-paralyzed in his chair. The continuous search operation from six o 'clock in the morning until now had drained all his strength.
After he gulped down half a cup of strong tea to refresh himself, Wang Chailong put on a serious expression.
"Everyone …"
"There were a lot of things I couldn't say when the students' parents were here just now."
"Now, let me introduce the real situation to you. The representative of Tan Zhou University of Fine Arts and the representative of the search team supported by the sports school. You can keep what I'm about to say in your stomach."
The two principals of Tan Zhou University of Fine Arts immediately tensed up as if they had been electrocuted. They looked nervous.
"The situation is not optimistic."
"You heard it just now. A student's parent asked what the students should do in such a heavy rain outside."
"I said they are all adults. Even if they are trapped somewhere, they will find a way to hide from the rain."
"But in such weather, the group of students who have no outdoor experience will enter the most dangerous outdoor temperature loss at night because of the humid environment in the mountains, even if they find a place to hide from the rain."
"On such a rainy day, not to mention that they only have one smoking student with a lighter, even professionals like us would have a hard time starting a fire."
"You all heard what the students took with them before they went out. They were all drawing materials and skincare products."
After that, Wang Chailong raised five fingers. "It has been two days and 17 hours since the students went missing. We only have five days left."
"The average altitude of the Anya scenic area is 1,200 meters. The temperature last night was 11 degrees. After the rain today, I estimate that the group of students will be incapacitated until tomorrow."
"So, if we still can't find them in five days, the search team in Tan Zhou can find an excuse to go home."
This was cruel news.
In fact, five days was Wang Chailong's optimistic estimate.
The most terrible thing now was not the lack of food. As long as there was water, the group of students could survive for more than ten days without food. But now was the rainstorm season. Once the students got wet, they could not survive for more than five days.
At this time, the representative of the search team in Tan Zhou raised his hand to ask a question.
"Captain Wang, after we arrived here, we deliberately studied the map of the Anya scenic area. We found that not only are there high mountains and deep water, but there are also many caves. "
"Could it be that … these students got lost in the caves?"
Wang Chailong shook his head. "First of all, we ruled out the Anya cave. I think that if they wanted to enter the cave, they would only choose this sightseeing cave that has been developed by the scenic area. But the caretaker of the cave told us that these students did not come in. "
"How many tourists enter that cave, we have to make sure that many tourists come out before it closes."
"There are indeed many caves in the wild outside. Even we can't guarantee the location of each cave entrance."
"But these students are not adventure enthusiasts. They came to the Anya scenic area with drawing boards on their backs. I don't think they would go into the dark caves in the wild."
"Besides, there are a few girls in this crowd. Us men are scared to go into the caves in the wild, so it is even more impossible for those girls to go in."
Captain Wang Chailong's speculation was very reasonable. The representative of the Tan Zhou rescue team continued to ponder.
College was the time in a man's life when he was most willing to be hot-headed for women. It was also the time when he was the most lustful.
Taking a girl into a dark and scary cave, that kind of steely straight man would not be invited to an outdoor activity with girls.
"Then Captain Wang, you are most familiar with this place. When the rain eases tomorrow, where should we start searching?"
Wang Chailong did not indicate the location on the map. "You are new here. You can't act alone."
"Tomorrow, I will send two people to take you to the periphery of the scenic area to help search. The day after tomorrow, when you are familiar with the terrain, you can split up and go into the mountains with our team members. "
"I think that even if these students get lost, they won't go too far. Maybe we can find them if we expand the search range by ten kilometers. "
"They don't have the stamina or the courage to go far."
"There are also poisonous snakes, leopards, and bears in the mountains here. I think it is most likely that the students will wait for rescue in place."
There were very few cases of large wild animals attacking humans in the Anya scenic area. Even if there were, the animals would not dare to attack nine people in a group.
There were quite a few poisonous snakes that bit people, but if the students were bitten, at worst, only one or two of them would die.
After assigning the tasks to the Tan Zhou rescue team, Wang Chailong endured his fatigue and asked the pilot who was flying the Nighthawk if it continued to rain tomorrow, could the aircraft start searching?
"You don't have to worry about the aircraft. Even in this weather, it can still fly as usual."
"It's just that flying in the sky, you can't see anything."
The pilot was also very tired, but he could change shifts. There were two pilots on the Banshee's private aircraft.
…
It rained heavily for an entire night.
That night, Director Ding said that he heard the sound of crying outside the tent in the middle of the night.
The next day.
The news of nine college students going missing in the wild quickly occupied the entire news page of Hua Xia.
Whether it was the Primordial Spirit Hand or the American Social Security Bureau Director being caught in a spy incident, they were all pushed to the back of the page.
Ye Qing, who was also very concerned about the safety of these students, came to the top of Yunwu Peak again.
Ye Qing thought of a detail.
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