Six days later, the survey team completed all survey tasks, but unlike Zhang Fu's initial plan, everyone in this team was extremely exhausted.

They were severely exhausted, had insufficient rest, and were in extremely poor mental condition. Two team members even had the idea of ​​quitting.

And the reason is very simple: there are too many surprises.

From the moment the team members inexplicably took off their gloves, for six days, it seemed that everyone was making mistakes, even captain Qing Hao was not immune. There were only three people in the team who made no mistakes from beginning to end, and that was Zhang Fuhe

The other two security guards were Li Fang and Liu Chu.

No one knew the reason, and no trace of man-made sabotage could be found in this series of events, so they could only think that it was all due to collective hysteria caused by excessive psychological pressure when participating in a major project for the first time.

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Everyone needs to adapt and rest, otherwise the more difficult tasks in the next stage may not be possible at all.

After arriving at Taohuagou, the survey team checked into the B&B that had been arranged earlier. Everyone couldn't wait to go back to their rooms to catch up on their sleep. Only Zhang Fu found a room by himself and started the survey of the previous stage.

of review.

His notebook has been densely recorded with all the unexpected events, the time of occurrence, and the relevant people. What he wants to do now is to connect these clues together and find the logic that may exist in them.

Zhang Fu opened the notebook, started from the first page, and slowly sorted it out from top to bottom.

The first accident occurred on December 6, the night they arrived at the Zilongna camp. Six people in the team took off their gloves. If they had not discovered it in time, they would have been in danger of frostbite.

The second accident occurred late at night on December 6. A team member went out to release water and walked out of the safe area of ​​the camp as if he was sleepwalking. He was discovered and stopped by Li Fang, who was keeping watch.

The third time was a day later, during the day on December 7, when someone took off his goggles while rushing. When Zhang Fu discovered it, the latter already had mild symptoms of snow blindness.

The fourth time was on December 8. An accident occurred during the fire-making process. The tent was too close to the fire and was almost set on fire.

The fifth time was on December 9. While returning from Zhibalongba, the survey team walked straight into the glacier fissure area that had been marked long ago. They were discovered and stopped by Zhang Fu who was accompanying the team, but he still could not

Shen fell into the crack. Fortunately, the crack was not wide and no one was injured.

Later, on the way back from Chidan to Xewaka Village, which was the safest part of the entire trip, small accidents such as accidentally falling out of the team, deviating from the direction, and losing equipment continued to happen. In the second half of the journey, Zhang Fu forced everyone to enter the forced march.

, it took 3 hours to complete the originally scheduled 8-hour journey, and arrived at the Parong Zangbo River, where the unexpected situation finally stopped.

At that time, the morale of the survey team had hit rock bottom and they were extremely exhausted. But what surprised Zhang Fu the most was that in this desperate state, the entire survey team never made any mistakes again.

That mountainous area seemed to be cursed by some kind. Anyone who entered it would make mistakes involuntarily.

Are there really ghosts and gods? Is it really some mysterious force that, after discovering their purpose, is trying to stop them through such means?

But the question is, why are you, Li Fang and Liu Chu not affected?

Zhang Fu shook his head to drive away the chaotic thoughts in his mind, got up and walked towards Qing Hao's room.

After meeting, Zhang Fu found that Qinghao, like himself, was also sorting out the accidents that happened during this stretch of the journey. The latter was not surprised by his arrival, but asked directly:

"Are there any clues? Is it man-made or an accident?"

There was some unnoticeable uneasiness in Qing Hao's expression. As he said before, although he is a materialist, during his long-term field work, he will inevitably have some taboos that cannot be discussed with others, and now

He was worried that he had violated some taboos, which would lead to a series of chain reactions.

"It must be man-made. There must be monsters when things go wrong. I don't believe in any mysterious things. Everything that seems unexplainable can be dismantled to find the root cause."

Hearing Zhang Fu's firm answer, Qing Hao frowned slightly and then said:

"My thoughts are also the same. There must be something wrong with this team, but we can't grasp the key to the problem now - I have reviewed it just now. These accidents were not caused by one person, nor did they have any obvious

Visible connections.”

"As you know, I myself had an accident and took me the wrong way. From my personal experience, I think it was really an oversight - I misread the GPS reading and did not conduct a secondary check on the spot.

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"It wasn't until I felt something was wrong that I realized that our direction had deviated from the planned route."

"From this perspective, I feel that the source of the problem is myself, not external influences."

"But I'm very surprised. I haven't made such a mistake for at least ten years. Now I have just entered the mountain and it is still in the early stages of the operation. I have started making such low-level mistakes. This is very inappropriate...

..”

"Of course not."

Zhang Fu handed Qing Hao a cigarette, lit it and said:

"It's not just you. The time you lit the fire was even more outrageous. Who would place the fire source upwind of the tent and put it so close? Not even Xiaobai would make such a mistake!"

"I always feel that someone is guiding this series of accidents, but I can't find out who it is, and I can't figure out what method he uses..."

"Should I notify my superiors and request a project extension?"

Qinghao asked.

Zhang Fu shook his head and replied:

"It's useless to postpone. What's really useful is to replace people. It's better to replace all of our people - especially me. I haven't had any accidents from beginning to end. I'm the most suspect."

"We don't have enough clues at the moment. I don't think it's necessary to ask for help for the time being. My suggestion is that tomorrow, we organize a plenary meeting to review all the actions at this stage!"

"You know, during these six days, most of our time was spent on the road. There were very few effective information points, and even communication with each other was limited."

"If we can gather all these information points and fill in the gaps in clues, we will very likely be able to find the line that connects these accidents."

"As long as this line is found, the problem can be solved naturally."

"Is this effective?"

Qing Hao asked with some suspicion.

Zhang Fu pondered for a moment and then said:

"I won't say whether it is effective or not. You are the one who has experienced it personally. Come on, let me ask you now, what is the whole process of leading you astray?"

"I'm talking about the entire experience, including the communication and interaction with other people, starting from the time we descended from Chidan Mountain!"

Qing Hao took out his notebook from his pocket and opened it. While browsing his work records, he said:

"After getting off Chidan, I remember I checked the GPS positioning for the first time. At that time, everything was normal. There was a strong wind while leading the team down the mountain, and there was no communication between me and anyone else."

"When we arrived at the foot of Chidan Mountain, we took a short rest and replenished supplies. At this time in the valley, the altitude was low and the wind dropped, so the team began to divide into small groups for lunch."

"I walked a short distance alone to check the road conditions - I didn't leave the team for more than 5 minutes, and the distance I walked was up to 200 meters, and there were no accidents."

"Then I returned to the resting point and chatted with a few people in the team."

"Everyone was in a very positive mood at that time. After all, although there had been so many accidents before, they had all been saved. Victory was in sight at the first stage and the route was clear. All that was left was to hurry."

"Do you remember who you told and what?"

Zhang Fu interrupted Qing Hao.

Qing Hao answered while writing in his notebook:

"The first person I met was Liu Chu who was on guard at the perimeter. He hadn't had a good rest these days. I asked him how his physical condition was. He replied that it was far behind compared with the army's Demon Week. I said he would wait until the peach blossoms arrived.

Go get a good rest for two days, that’s all.”

"The second one was Shu Fang. He asked me if the road ahead was easy. I said it was pretty good. The soil was very hard and there wasn't much snow. Then he said good. It seemed like there wouldn't be any difficulty behind it, so there was no further explanation.

Already."

"The third one was Liu Xiang. He also asked me about the road conditions and his answer was similar to Shu Fang's. He told me not to be too anxious and that I could walk the rest of the way with my eyes closed."

"The last one is Chen Wu - exactly the same. At this point, he has basically succeeded. You can walk out by walking along the river valley without looking at the map. I told him that although the terrain is simple, if you don't look at the map,

If you don’t look at the GPS, you may still take the wrong path, and he said that the GPS may not be accurate, especially when the terrain is complex.”

"I didn't argue with him. I found my backpack and took a few bites before leading the team."

"At the position of 95.3538e, 29.918n, I checked the GPS for the first time and pointed the way. But after walking for 10 minutes, I felt that the slope was rising, so I repositioned and found that the previous reading was

Not allowed."

"Judging from the GPS records, our position at that time was 95.3578e, which was already on the east side of the valley. But I thought it was on the west side, so I led the way east."

"After discovering the problem, I immediately adjusted the route and returned to the main route. There have been no problems since."

After listening to Qinghao's narration, Zhang Fu vaguely felt that he had caught something, so he asked:

"Are you sure you didn't do a second verification when you first positioned it? If it were me, I would do a second verification every time I took a reading."

Qinghao shook his head and replied:

"No, at that time I thought that this river valley was a road all the way to the end, and you could get to the end by relying on the terrain, so I didn't pay much attention to the GPS data..."

"Why don't you care? This is in the middle of snowy mountains! Vision is unreliable!"

"Yes, I know, but..."

Having said this, Qing Hao suddenly raised his head.

He also discovered a problem.

Why don't you care?

In the wild, when precision equipment is available and accurate, it is extremely ridiculous to not rely on equipment but rely on your own experience.

But, he did it himself.

What affects you?

Seeing Qing Hao's stunned expression, Zhang Fu breathed a long sigh of relief and said:
Chapter completed!