Chapter 443: Unusual Reaction
The sky gradually dimmed, but there was no progress in the search.
The area around the Sizhenshan Bridge was truly vast, and even though the search began on the east side per Liu Guodong’s suggestion, no one knew how far north or south the east side extended.
So, the range had to be expanded as much as possible.
Fortunately, Lu Chuan had finally finished debugging the variable frequency laser spectrometer, and with a sweep of the laser, it covered a vast distance, greatly speeding up the search process.
"Lu Chuan... does this thing really work?"
Old Bai was still somewhat skeptical about Lu Chuan’s method, as he had never seen it before.
What gas chromatography method...
Completely incomprehensible.
Hadn’t even heard of it.
"You old fossil, stop worrying so much. Since Lu said it will work, then it shouldn’t be much of a problem. Let’s just follow along. We don’t have any better options now, and we can’t exactly bring thousands of people here to turn over the whole bottom of the bridge."
Yang Sen had strained his back during exercise a couple of days ago, and now he was walking with a limp and his hands on his waist, searching the scene.
"How’s it going on Zhang Hui’s side?"
The search team was temporarily divided into two areas, with one led by the Crime Scene Investigation and the other by the Second Action Group.
Lu Chuan and his team were in charge of the northern area of the bridge, while the Second Action Group was responsible for the other area of the bridge, then they would swap.
Because the two search groups used different searching methods, swapping would mean each group searched the entire area once.
This was the plan Qin Yong came up with after much pondering. Although they were short on people, they couldn’t lower their standards because of it; otherwise, it’d be a wasted effort coming here.
At night, twenty people were not here for a tour; they were here to find a body.
What Lu Chuan and the others didn’t know was that just as they began searching, a black van was parked under the dense shade at the western bridgehead of Sizhenshan Bridge.
Sitting in the van was a man wearing a mask and a baseball cap.
The man was covered in the smell of fish, as if he were a fishmonger from a fish farm. He looked at the flickering lights on the eastern side of Sizhenshan Bridge and made a call.
"Boss, the police have already started searching under the Sizhenshan Bridge."
The voice on the other end of the call was silent for a moment before saying, "Come back for now."
The man hung up the phone, started the car, turned it around, and left.
Sizhenshan Bridge is over a thousand meters long, and it was impossible for those on the east side under the bridge to notice the van under the dense shade on the western side.
The search was tedious, boring, and exhausting.
Weeds grew wildly under the bridge, with no telling which spot had taller or shorter grass.
Especially now that it was night, the dim light made effective searching almost impossible.
"Captain Qin, this is not working, the brothers are just scaring themselves."
Before night fell, everyone could still identify things with the naked eye, but after dark, it was pitch black and nothing could be seen, let alone where the grass was denser.
The old methods originally used by the action group were completely useless.
Qin Yong frowned deeply.
He knew very well that in this situation, it was useless wasting energy, but...
If he waits until tomorrow.
No, he couldn’t wait.
Even if they find nothing tonight, everyone still needed to stay put here, as long as they were present, the adversary wouldn’t dare to act recklessly.
Then wait until tomorrow, and he could gather more personnel, increasing the chance of finding the body.
As for the resistance Qin Yong had anticipated earlier, it was no longer a concern.
After Ren Qiang received that message, the other party did not send any more clues, a situation Qin Yong had encountered before.
Sending messages anonymously clearly meant that the sender did not want to reveal their identity.
If the police couldn’t make any breakthroughs with the contents of the message, the other party, considering their own safety, would definitely not send more clues.
It’s like a game level; only by clearing the current level can you proceed to the next step.
Regarding Wang Mingshan’s disappearance case, if Wang Mingshan was murdered five years ago, finding his body was also a necessary step.
Otherwise, without the body, there’s no evidence; even if other clues existed, they could not convict the real suspect.
Therefore, Qin Yong had already decided to keep everyone here tonight to prevent the adversary from making a move to transfer the body.
By the next day, no matter what pressure he faced, Qin Yong was determined to summon a large number of people to start digging under Sizhenshan Bridge, as long as he was not removed from his position.
Wang Mingshan’s disappearance case was not a simple one. His disappearance could potentially be linked to more complex issues, like the disappearance of the police officer who had investigated before him.
Was the other person murdered too?
If they dared to kill a police officer, what else wouldn’t they dare to do?
As for leaving a few people here to watch...
Qin Yong didn’t dare take that risk.
After all, everyone pulling an all-nighter was better than leaving just a few people behind.
In this desolate place, if something really happened, he wouldn’t just face pressure but might as well resign.
Moreover, the only thing that got harder was the search due to darkness, not completely impossible, Qin Yong turned to look at Lu Chuan and others searching the northern area of the bridge.
Hoping for some results from their end.
Time flew by quickly, reaching the latter half of the night.
The northern area extended 100 meters from the center of the bridge to the north along the riverbank; Lu Chuan had already advanced 100 meters from east to west.
In other words, Lu Chuan had searched an area of ten thousand square meters.
But unfortunately, the laser emitted by the variable frequency laser spectrometer had no reaction, and the machine had already run out of power twice.
Currently, Lu Chuan and Shen Yan were at the front carrying the equipment, while Liu Guodong, Old Bai, Yang Sen, and Wang Changjiang took turns carrying a spare battery at the back for power supply.
"Lu, if it’s not working, let’s take a break. We’ve covered such a large area already, and I don’t think the northern section has much hope."
Yang Sen couldn’t endure anymore, his back was killing him.
"Okay, let’s push forward ten more meters, take a break, and then head south."
Old Liu finally spoke, and Yang Sen had no choice but to persist.
"Alright, ten more meters!"
Having a goal made the work invigorating.
Lu Chuan lifted the instrument and scanned towards the north.
"Lu Chuan! Look!"
Forensic Doctor Shen seemed to see a shimmering green light flash before her, slightly adjusted the angle as she held the instrument.
Sure enough, a faint green light appeared as if out of nowhere, floating right in front of everyone.
Unfortunately, it vanished in just three to four breaths.
"Was it an illusion?"
"No, the phosphorus emitted by the body is very limited. The gas chromatography laser consumes the phosphorus, so the phenomenon produced by gas chromatography is very brief."
"There must be something beneath here!"