Chapter 5 Chapter 4 Adventure

Even though he was so fat that he was inhuman, but he had a sudden attack, but his movements were unimaginably nimble and quick. A gust of wind swept past me, and when he reached Zhang Taifeng, he stretched out his hand and pressed Zhang Taifeng's shoulder.In terms of the strength of his hands, it can calm the nerves of the person being pressed. Fernando said repeatedly: "Calm down! Calm down! Is something wrong with Miss Dian?" Just now Zhang Taifeng just asked Fernando to contact the Panamanian police immediately, but Fernando immediately thought that something happened in Dian Xiwei in Panama. This kind of precise judgment in an instant is enough to prove that he was a policeman from a young policeman to a deputy director. , it is by no means an accident, he does have his superb ability.

At that time, Zhang Taifeng hadn’t responded to Fernando’s words, but I was sure that Fernando’s guess was right, because what happened in Panama, what made Zhang Taifeng so nervous was nothing but related to Dian Xiwei who was in Panama. Besides, nothing else is possible. Zhang Taifeng nodded repeatedly, and said in a hoarse voice, "She...she...is missing!" Fernando was taken aback for a moment, and without asking Zhang Taifeng any further questions, he took out the mobile phone from his pocket. The mobile phone is very small. I was wondering how his thick fingers could press the small buttons on the phone. I saw that his phone did not have number buttons, but only a few simple big buttons. He pressed one of them, Just waiting for the call, it turned out that it was a direct mobile phone.

When the phone was connected, he ordered loudly in Spanish: "Ask the director to speak immediately, yes, no matter what he is doing, come immediately." He gestured to Zhang Taifeng to calm down, Zhang Taifeng was still panting involuntarily. At this time, although I knew that Zhang Taifeng's girlfriend Dian Xiwei had an accident in Panama, but I didn't know the whole story, I only knew that she was missing.As I said before, the law and order in Panama is not flattering, and tourists have accidents there, which often happen.But I also know that Dian Xiwei is not only smart, but also a karate master. It is said that he has a certain ability to respond to extraordinary accidents, and he will not be slaughtered. Seeing Zhang Taifeng anxious like this, I feel that he is a bit of a problem masterpiece.

Fernando waited for a short time before there was a response. We didn't hear what he said, but we heard Fernando yelling: "What? The entire expedition team disappeared? The expedition team once encountered bandits ?” After waiting for a while, he said again: "Apparently there was a shootout? Nine bandits were killed in the shootout?" The matter may be quite complicated. Fernando frowned while listening. After a while, he ordered loudly: "Send more search teams, the more the better, I will come back as soon as possible!" He said, looking at Zhang Taifeng, Zhang Taifeng jumped anxiously, opened his mouth wide, but couldn't ask any questions.

Fernando said: "Things are a bit complicated. After they encountered the bandits in the afternoon, they even reported to the nearest police station..." When Fernando said this, he showed a very hesitant expression, and said, "I couldn't understand some things on the phone during this period. It seems that the gun battle between them and the bandits was a bit weird..." Zhang Taifeng tremblingly said: "Dian Xiwei was injured in the gun battle, or...or..." Fernando shook his head: "No, the last report from the expedition leader to the police station was that all seven members of the team were safe and moved on, but in the following time, they have not contacted the headquarters - originally for safety reasons , The fixed contact is once an hour, 24 hours a day, after eight hours of no contact and the headquarters can't take the initiative to contact them, the headquarters thinks something happened and reports to the police."

There was an unpleasant sound from Zhang Taifeng's throat, and Fernando said again: "When I called just now, there has been no message from them for twenty hours." Zhang Taifeng looked extremely helpless, I walked over and put my hands on his shoulders, and shook his body vigorously, Zhang Taifeng finally called out: "Wesley, you have to help me!" I nodded seriously. At this time, the big fat man Fernando was by my side, and it looked like Zhang Taifeng didn't need to ask me for help. In fact, I immediately agreed to Zhang Taifeng's request, and it was purely to see Zhang Taifeng's current situation. If I needed anyone's help, let alone refuse, if I didn't agree immediately, I'm afraid he would not be able to support it!

And I know almost nothing about what happened to Dian Xiwei in Panama, all I know is what Fernando said just now. Here I am going to change the way I describe the matter.Because if we narrate things in the order in which they developed, it will take a long time to understand the ins and outs of things, and it will take a lot of pen and ink.And it would be much easier to say in advance what you know after the fact. So starting with how Dian Xiwei joined the expedition team, it is more straightforward. Some readers will ask: The story begins with a weird bank robbery incident, and there is no acceptable hypothesis. Why do you suddenly let go of it? Isn’t it against the principle of storytelling?

In fact, friends who are familiar with my storytelling know very well that when I tell stories, I only tell them in my own way. I always ignore the so-called "principles" set by other people, no matter how they are regarded as the standard by others. In my own way, I can say what I like—and that's what makes the stories I tell. It still starts with Dian Xiwei's participation in the expedition team. It turns out that the girl Dian Xiwei has a wide range of interests, so her life is extremely colorful. She can do karate, play plum blossom swords in martial arts, interpret Qu Yuan's speeches in literature, and distinguish oracle bone inscriptions. She especially likes to travel around the world, running around the world , Knowing the action of any expedition team, they did everything possible to ask to participate.Although most of them were rejected-the expedition team needed experts, and people who were just for fun or fun were not welcome to interfere.

However, there are always exceptions. Like the expedition she participated in this time, she was accepted as a member on the condition that she donate 100,000 US dollars for the expedition. This shows how much Dian Xiwei likes to take risks—even willing to pay a large sum of money in order to participate, which can be said to be rare in the world. When Dian Xiwei mentioned to Zhang Taifeng that she was going to explore in Panama, it sounded like a fairy tale to Zhang Taifeng who followed the rules. At that time, Zhang Taifeng asked: "Go on an expedition? What is the purpose of the expedition?"

Dian Xiwei replied: "I don't know yet, after I donate 100,000 US dollars, they will send me detailed information." Hearing such an answer, Zhang Taifeng almost wanted to bump his head to death!With the instinct of a police officer, he dissuaded Dian Xiwei: "It's a scam! It's obviously a scam!" Dian Xiwei's self-confidence is extraordinary, she said: "There is no cheater in the world who knows how to use adventure to cheat - cheating is the most despicable act, and adventure is the most noble act, the two are not related .” Dian Xiwei's reason for saying that it would not be a hoax was extremely strange, but Zhang Taifeng couldn't think of anything to refute.Despite the ten thousand reluctance in his heart, he still asked: "One hundred thousand dollars is not a small amount. If you don't have enough, I have it here."

Dian Xiwei also gave Zhang Taifeng an extremely sweet smile - such a smile is enough to make a young man immersed in love go through fire and water. Dian Xiwei continued: "You don't understand my situation—money, for me, is not a problem at all." In the past few months, although Zhang Taifeng and Dian Xiwei have been dating frequently, he really doesn't know the details of Dian Xiwei. Dian Xiwei leaned on Zhang Taifeng and said, "You obviously disapprove of my expedition, but you are willing to support me. Thank you very much." Originally, this was a good opportunity for Zhang Taifeng to take the opportunity to express his love, but Zhang Taifeng is not good at smooth words, so he just muttered in his throat: "Who told me to like you." Dian Xiwei didn't know if she heard this sentence clearly, and then she told Zhang Taifeng very excitedly the purpose of her trip. The purpose of that expedition was to find the sources of several great rivers in western Panama.We all know that those big rivers originate from Qiligui Mountain, but no one has conducted a detection. Qiligui Mountain is not very high. The recorded peak is 3,500 meters above sea level, but there is no exact record in geography, so it is worth exploring and searching. If the exploration has results, it will be geography great discovery. Dian Xiwei spoke with gusto, Zhang Taifeng smiled wryly when he heard it, and slandered in his heart: How the origins of the rivers in Panama is none of your business—if you are full and have nothing to do, go find the source of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River in your own country It still makes sense. Of course, he didn't say such words, but just reminded Dian Xiwei that Panama's law and order was not good, and the place was backward. In a place like this that no one had ever explored, almost any accident could happen. Then he concluded in a very stern tone: "When you go to explore such a place, accidents are bound to happen. If there are no accidents, then it is the real accident!" Who knew that Zhang Taifeng's words not only didn't frighten Dian Xiwei, but made her even more excited, and Zhang Taifeng asked Zhang Taifeng to promise: "It's what you said, accidents are bound to happen. If my trip is ordinary and there is no excitement at all, I will Come back and settle accounts with you!" Zhang Taifeng looked at Dian Xiwei, he had no choice but to smile wryly. In fact, Dian Xiwei knew that Zhang Taifeng was worried about her, but it was impossible for her not to look for such a rare novelty and excitement.So in the days before the departure, Dian Xiwei reported to Zhang Taifeng the preparations of the expedition in detail, such as how many members, how many weapons were equipped, how advanced the communication tools were - through artificial satellites, the headquarters can be contacted at any time, etc. . Of course Zhang Taifeng was still worried, Dian Xiwei put his arms around Zhang Taifeng's neck at last, and said with a smile, "It would be best if you go with me." It's not that Zhang Taifeng has never considered doing this, but he has made great contributions in deciding whether to restore the water supply to the large storage lake. If he asks for leave to accompany his girlfriend to Panama at such a time, the higher-ups may regard him as an idiot, so even if Dian Xiwei brought it up, he can only shake his head with a wry smile. So Dian Xiwei set off alone as scheduled, and three days after Dian Xiwei set off, Zhang Taifeng arrived in London. On the second day after arriving in Panama City, Dian Xiwei called Zhang Taifeng before starting the expedition, saying that everything was going well. Of course, Zhang Taifeng still has 1.2 million worries. After he arrived in London, he was in a trance. He was in London, but his heart was in Panama. So when he saw the representative of Panama at the venue, he felt very kind and took the initiative to get close to him. It happened that the big fat man Fernando liked to make friends very much, and Zhang Taifeng wanted to make friends again, and the two soon became friends. Between the two, it was Fernando who first mentioned the weird bank robbery to Zhang Taifeng. Zhang Taifeng was restless at the time, and of course he didn't have any clue about such a strange thing, so he naturally mentioned me. Fernando was his local emperor in a small place like Panama, so he naturally had limited knowledge and knowledge, and he had never heard of Wesley's name.So Zhang Taifeng told Fernando what he knew about my experience. What Zhang Taifeng said about my experience was about one-fifth of my total experience, but the big fat man Fernando was fascinated and stunned. I believe that this strange incident can be resolved here. (Fernando listened to Zhang Taifeng’s reaction after he introduced me. He described it like this. I will record it according to the facts. I am not boasting. Of course, if Zhang Taifeng’s reaction to Fernando’s reaction is not pleasant, I will not It has been recorded truthfully—all the so-called "records" can be viewed as such.) Then Zhang Taifeng mentioned to Fernando about Dian Xiwei's participation in the expedition. It turned out that the expedition was a big news in Panama. Fernando not only knew about it, but also participated in the early preparations. Before the expedition was established, it needed the assistance of the police, so Fernando was not ignorant of this expedition.So when Zhang Taifeng and Fernando talked, it was even more speculative.When Zhang Taifeng said that his girlfriend was in the expedition team and he missed him very much, Fernando laughed loudly: "Why didn't you say it earlier!" It turned out that the mobile phone that Fernando carried with him could communicate with the Panamanian police at any time, and through the Panamanian police, he could connect to the headquarters of the expedition team, and then he could use the communication equipment between the headquarters and the expedition team, no matter where the expedition team was, they could call . (The advancement of modern communication technology has made the earth become extremely small in concept. In terms of communication, the problem of "distance" almost does not exist. This is the most prominent point among the many slow progress of human beings.) Knowing that there is such a way to contact Dianxiwei, Zhang Taifeng was naturally overjoyed, so even though the two were separated by thousands of miles, they had at least one conversation every day. Later, Zhang Taifeng contacted the Panamanian police through the local police because he was embarrassed to bother Fernando all the time. Of course, he was also embarrassed to always ask the police communication team to serve his personal affairs, so he only contacted Dian Xiwei once every other day. It was during this interval of one day that something happened to the expedition team.After the expedition team lost contact with the headquarters, the headquarters reported to the Panamanian police, who notified the local police, and the local police immediately called Zhang Taifeng to report. This is the call that Zhang Taifeng heard just now. The process of things, if explained clearly, is not very complicated. However, until now, apart from knowing that the expedition team had a gun battle with the bandits and then lost contact with the headquarters, nothing was known. The so-called "disappearance" is only the judgment of the Panamanian police who does not know which police officer - this judgment itself is very problematic, because losing contact in communication does not mean disappearance, there are many other possibilities, the simplest such as communication equipment With glitches, even artificial satellites are out of function...etc. Seeing that Zhang Taifeng was really like an ant on a hot pot at this time, I brought up what I thought. Zhang Taifeng opened his mouth wide, as if he was in a state of insufficient oxygen, and his voice was hoarse. After listening to the words, he shouted to Fernando: "I'll go right away, to participate in the search!" Fernando took a breath, but looked at Bai Su. His action seemed extremely weird to me, and Bai Su's reaction was completely unexpected. She nodded immediately: "We We can go together." For a moment I could hardly believe my ears, but I asked immediately, "Where are you going?" Unexpectedly again, this time it was Hong Ling who answered: "Go to Panama and find out why the three gangsters who robbed the bank shot and killed themselves." Angry and funny, I said, "You don't need to say 'suicide' as 'shoot yourself to death', just like you don't need to say 'please sit' as 'please put your butt on the chair'." After Hong Ling heard what I said, she seemed to want to refute, but Bai Su gave her a wink, and she didn't say anything, with a strange expression on her face. Of course I know that the sudden development of the matter is the result of the conversation between the three of them at the door just now.However, I don't know what they talked about. This situation made me quite unhappy, so I sneered: "I don't think there is any need to investigate, just kowtow before the God of Retribution, and the God of Retribution will tell you why the three gangsters shot to death own!" I deliberately replaced the simple and clear "suicide" with such redundant expressions as "shoot yourself", which is of course intended to be ironic. Bai Su's tone was very calm, she naturally knew why I was upset, she said: "The result of my discussion with Mr. Fernando just now is that it is necessary to further explore this matter, and to further explore, you must go to Go to the scene and learn more about the situation from everyone present, do you want to go?" I snorted, but didn't answer right away, Bai Su said again: "Even if this matter doesn't arouse your interest, Zhang Taifeng needs help, so he happens to be with us." There was some activity in my heart, and I glanced at Hong Ling: "The whole family is dispatched?" Bai Su raised her eyebrows, but before she made a sound, Hong Ling feared that I would not let her go, so she hurriedly said: "Why not!" At this time Zhang Taifeng also regained at least half of his composure, he said: "Let's go together, it's easy to handle." After finishing speaking, he took another breath, as if talking to himself: "It's not Dian Xiwei who lost contact alone, but the entire expedition team. There should be no... no special accidents?" But he was still a little incoherent—an accident is an accident, what is a "special accident"? Now that they decided to go to Panama together, Fernando was very happy and patted his chest: "I will arrange everything for the journey, and I will ensure that I can reach the destination as soon as possible—the capital of our country, which is a very modern and beautiful city." The most naysayer in the world would not disagree with saying that Panama City, the capital of Panama, is a beautiful city.As for Fernando's arrangements for the journey, the extent of his method was far beyond my expectations. It turns out that although Fernando is only the deputy director of the national police, he has a huge sphere of influence, especially the international relations are excellent, and the relationship with the United States is particularly close. When the former president of Panama had an accident, the United States wanted him to be the president, but He rejected it, and later he told us: The goal of being president is too big, and there is no freedom of action. It is not like me now. I can do whatever I like. Even the president will listen to me many times. How wonderful! And he immediately contacted the president, and the president came forward and asked the US military to send a plane to the nearest air force base to take us to Panama.Every time he needs air travel, he does it the same way.When I saw him for the first time, I wondered how he flew by plane, and it turned out that he used this method. The Air Force's planes are not very big, and it's not an exaggeration at all. He alone occupies about half of the cabin. Before arriving in Panama City, it took about 20 hours to wait for the plane to pick up the flight. We made the most of this time.The first is to determine how to start working after arriving in Panama-because there are two things to do, they must be divided. The division of labor between Bai Su and I is easy to decide. Of course, I will go with Zhang Taifeng to find the whereabouts of the expedition team, and Bai Su and Fernando will study the bank robbery together.Only Hong Ling wanted to participate in both events, and it was difficult to decide, so we had to talk about it at that time. On the plane, they continued to communicate with the Panamanian side. The Panamanian police sent out more than 100 search personnel, but the whereabouts of all seven members of the expedition team were still unknown. Five hours after boarding the plane, a lot of materials have been obtained by fax. Zhang Taifeng also calmed down and studied with me. The matter is indeed very strange. According to the data, the expedition team had already entered the mountainous area the day before, and there was no official road in the mountainous area, so the expedition team gave up the vehicles and used animals to carry all the supplies, and the people had to walk.It is estimated that under such circumstances, it can advance 50 kilometers a day, which is already very optimistic. The facts are indeed true. On the second day after entering the mountain, the expedition team encountered bandits and a gun battle broke out. Nine bandits were killed. The place where the bandits lay dead was 46 kilometers away from the mountain pass. After the shootout, the expedition team immediately reported to the headquarters, which immediately notified the police.At that time, the expedition reported that all members of the crew were safe and sound. Then the expedition lost contact. Assuming that after they encounter the bandits, they continue to move forward, and it will not exceed 24 hours until the search personnel enter the mountain. The tasks of the search team and the expedition team are different. After entering the mountain, the expedition team has to record almost every step forward, so they must walk.The task of the search team is to find the expedition members. Of course they have members on foot, but they also have helicopters to cooperate. In terms of no more than 24 hours, even if the expedition continues to advance, it will not exceed 50 kilometers. With the speed of the helicopter, it can be reached in less than half an hour. The helicopter flew forward from where it met the bandits, returned after flying 60 kilometers, and then flew forward again, going back and forth more than 30 times. Under such circumstances, no trace of the expedition was found.Although there are many trees in the mountains, most of them are tall and big, with luxuriant branches and leaves, it is not easy to find the targets on the ground when looking down from the air.But the expedition team on the ground must be able to find helicopters flying over their heads. Even if the seven members of the expedition were all mentally handicapped, they would surely know that something must have happened, and would contact the helicopter, at least fire a signal flare to let the helicopter know of their existence. But there is no response at all, which is almost certain that the expedition team is not within the scope of the search. I thought of this as soon as I saw such information, but I didn't say it after I glanced at Zhang Taifeng, who was pale.In fact, it doesn't matter if I say it or not, because Zhang Taifeng also thought of it. His voice trembled: "The expedition team is not within the scope of the search team." I believe that Fernando and Bai Su also came to the same conclusion, but in order to comfort Zhang Taifeng, they pointed out other possibilities, but it all sounded reluctant. Fernando said: "The helicopter just flew forward, that is to say, the expedition team followed the plan and moved along the river. If the expedition team changed the direction of progress, they would not be able to find that the helicopter flew over their heads." I couldn't help but sneer: "The actions of the police in your country are really unchanged. After flying back and forth fifteen times without results, wouldn't they change their direction?" Fernando ignored my sarcasm calmly, and said, "Without me taking command there, of course it would be close, just like..." He said "like", of course he wanted to give an example to supplement his words, but after saying the word "like", he stopped talking, but looked at Bai Su first, and then looked at Bai Su again. I glanced at him with a ghostly expression. If this is his body language, it must be incomprehensible and unpredictable, so don't need to delve into it. Zhang Taifeng murmured: "Why did the expedition change its direction?" Fernando did not answer - I believe it was because he himself felt that this statement was very reluctant. But Bai Su said: "We are not familiar with the terrain in that area, and we don't know what the situation in the mountains is like. If the expedition team enters a cave, not only will they not be able to find the helicopter, but it will also cause communication difficulties." According to Bai Su, the acceptable level is relatively high.Later, when we entered the mountainous area, we realized that the terrain was so high and dangerous that it was far beyond our imagination. The subsequent situation will be discussed in detail later. Zhang Taifeng also murmured to Bai Su's words: "What is the expedition team doing in the cave?" I don't know if Bai Su is going to make further assumptions, because at this time another information came in, and Fernando looked at the information, and suddenly his whole body shook, even the plane vibrated. Zhang Taifeng was very alert, and immediately asked: "What's wrong?" Fernando took a breath and didn't answer right away, but his whole appearance was telling others: there is bad news! Zhang Taifeng wanted to squeeze over to read the incoming materials, but the big fat man blocked his way like a mountain. Hong Ling simply jumped onto the chair and looked over Fernando's head. The data was transmitted through the computer. Hong Ling looked at the computer display screen, and said loudly: "The identities of the nine bandits have been identified, and their names are..." Hong Ling read out the names of nine people in one breath, all of them were Central and South American names with many syllables. Hong Ling pressed Fernando's shoulders with both hands, and shook them vigorously. The strength of this wild woman was indeed extraordinary, and Fernando's huge body was shaken endlessly by her. Hong Ling shook her head and asked, "What's the mystery of these names, why do you feel like a ghost when you see them?" Bai Su didn't have time to ask Hong Ling to be polite, Hong Ling had already done everything.