50 Nowhere to be found (1/2)

”Dispose of their corpses, then return to the military camp immediately to report this matter. Especially you, Liu Guangwen. You better get the GPS tracker out of your body as soon as possible,” Mo Wen said calmly while casting a glance at the seven corpses on the floor.

Although it was in the jungle, the corpses still had to be disposed of. In addition, Liu Guangwen and Wang Yuan were badly injured, so they had to be treated in the military camp quickly. With regards to the reason and whether they would want to report the truth, it was up to them.

”Both of you return to the military camp first; I will find Qin Xiaoyou.”

As soon as he said that, Mo Wen disappeared in a flash towards the trail leading up the mountain. At that time, the sky had completely darkened with only the moon as a source of light shining down upon the lush forest, so the visibility was less than sixteen feet.

Mo Wen's eyesight was relatively good with a night vision of about 165 feet though. So he was not worried about not finding Qin Xiaoyou.

Mo Wen searched along the mountainous path and walked further up a few yards, but he still didn't catch sight of Qin Xiaoyou.

As the time passed, Mo Wen's face was gradually becoming more gloomy. The fight happened less than three minutes ago, so Qin Xiaoyou, being a girl, couldn't have run too far away.

However, he was still unable to find Qin Xiaoyou, even though he was already halfway up the mountain.

Did she hide somewhere?

Mo Wen thought of this possibility immediately. It was impossible for Qin Xiaoyou, with the physical strength of a girl, to run a few miles in five to six minutes. It was more likely that Qin Xiaoyou was behind him, but in hiding.

He immediately turned around and walked back towards the base of the mountain. This time, he was more careful to not miss any detail.

However, after looking for half an hour, he still couldn't find Qin Xiaoyou.

He even shouted for every short distance that he walked, but nothing came back.

Could something have happened?

Mo Wen had a somber expression on his face. The fight and his search up the mountain took less than ten minutes. Could something happen during this period of time?

After the search up and down the mountain, Mo Wen couldn't help but start to feel anxious, as he was still unable to find Qin Xiaoyou.

Suddenly, he thought of something and immediately ran towards the campsite at the base of the mountain. At this moment, the four tents were pitched at the base of the mountain, Wang Yuan and Liu Guangwen were not around as they were getting rid of the corpses.

He took the backpack out of the tent, fished out the satellite communication device from the backpack, and attempted to contact Qin Xiaoyou.

When they were separated into groups of four, the satellite communication device was setup to connect the groups and prevent them from getting lost in the mountains.

He remembered that Qin Xiaoyou's satellite communication device seemed to be in her pocket all this while.

After a minute, Mo Wen walked out of the tent with a grave face.

Uncontactable!

The satellite communication device was, surprisingly, unable to contact Qin Xiaoyou. He tried consistently for several minutes, but there was no response from the other side.

There were only two possibilities under such circumstances: Qin Xiaoyou switched off the satellite communication device of her own accord, or she had walked to a place where there wasn't any satellite signal.

The former was obviously impossible. Under such circumstances, Qin Xiaoyou wouldn't switch off the satellite communication device of her own accord.

The latter did not seem possible either, as only a special geographic environment would be able to disrupt the satellite signal. In normal circumstances, there wasn't any place that the satellite signal wouldn't reach. The fight took only about half an hour, so it was impossible for Qin Xiaoyou to walk too far away. Therefore, how it could be possible for her to walk to a place the satellite signal couldn't reach?

Since the two possibilities were slim, there could only be one other possibility. Qin Xiaoyou was abducted and someone switched off her satellite communication device.

With this in mind, Mo Wen became more anxious than before. If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have let Qin Xiaoyou walk up the mountain alone just now.

However, it was too late to talk about it now. Fortunately, the period of time taken was short, so there should be a chance to mitigate the situation.

He immediately picked up his haversack and once again treaded up the mountain. This time, he was more cautious as to not to miss out any trace and detail.

After half an hour, Mo Wen appeared halfway up the mountain. The edge of a cliff was in front of him, and the cold wind was blowing constantly against the cliff, causing his face to be a little cold.