Chapter 1122

Wang Cheng and Cao Yangming walked one after the other in the dim forest, both with their heads hanging low, looking at the road, neither having the energy to talk.

It was noon, but deep in Liangming Mountain, layers upon layers of plants did their best to block out the sunlight. Very little light could penetrate, making the visibility in the forest even lower than in the city at dusk.

Underfoot, it was no longer the hard, solid ground humans were familiar with, but soft, humus that could sink past their ankles. This was also the main reason the two didn't dare to go deeper into the forest.

On the other hand, it was also because Wang Cheng had some hiking experience and had walked the Liangming Mountain route before, which was why they were able to get this far.

Even so, Cao Yangming was already full of regret and muttered again: "Why don't we just walk out? Liangming Mountain has a road that goes through the middle; we've both walked this road. Let's find a remote section, quietly hitch a ride on someone else's car, and wouldn't we be out?"

"Where is it that easy? We ran out with guns. Sections like this must have checkpoints set up." Wang Cheng walked with his head down.

Cao Yangming had no hiking experience and was already on the verge of a breakdown, saying: "A road is so long, can they really block it all?"

"Even if they block the beginning and the end of the road, there's nothing you can do."

"What if we get off the car a bit earlier and then walk through the mountains? Wouldn't it be harder for them to find us?"

"What about the driver? If you let them go, they'll definitely call the police. If you kill them, one car, one corpse—how would you handle it? It would definitely be discovered. By then, we'd at most be a few hours ahead of the police, and we wouldn't be able to run at all. It's better to stay here."

Cao Yangming shouted: "What's so good about being here? I'm exhausted."

After saying this, he sat down on the ground with a thud, mud splashing everywhere, not knowing how many insects crawled out, and looked up at the sky.

"There are snakes on the ground, and bugs that crawl into your butt," Wang Cheng threatened him, taking the opportunity to rest as well, and continued to persuade him: "Listen to me, let's find a larger cave to live in and be wild men for a month. No police can hold out that long. How many people does it take to search the mountains? Can they afford to search? Once they withdraw, we'll go down. By then, you can go wherever you want."

"Sigh..." Cao Yangming let out a long sigh: "It would be better to be poisoned by a snake. I really can't walk anymore... This isn't even a road we're walking on; my hands are all torn up."

The deep forest of Liangming Mountain also rose and fell with the mountain terrain, and the slopes were also in random mode. Many times, they were extremely difficult slopes to climb, and they could only grab onto trees to climb up or step on trees to avoid rolling down.

"Just hold on a little longer. I know there's a cave ahead; we passed by it before. There's still wood stored inside, and we can start a fire; the smoke will disappear directly from inside. We'll sleep around the fire, plan again when we wake up tomorrow morning. A month's time is very simple; just pretend we came out camping." Wang Cheng said confidently.

If he didn't have this kind of experience, he wouldn't dare to drill into such a dense forest. Even so, he was actually a bit lost, but fortunately, he carried a compass with him. It was just difficult to find the cave, but he wouldn't be trapped to death inside.

Wang Cheng had previously envisioned this cave hiding plan. It was just like how some people envisioned the perfect murder, some envisioned the perfect wedding, some envisioned the perfect encounter, some envisioned being the perfect "licker," some envisioned being a time management master running a perfect harem, and others envisioned being the perfect stock god.

What Wang Cheng envisioned was the perfect deep mountain escape.

This was also the most frequently discussed topic, besides sex, during their hiking trip's fireside chats.

Mountain roads were difficult to travel, and deep mountain roads were especially difficult. If one didn't follow the existing mountain roads, getting lost, injuries, accidents, illnesses, etc., could be said to follow one after another.

Wang Cheng and the others had previously explored the edges of the deep forest, and several people bringing full supplies felt it was difficult, and among all kinds of supplies, firearms were the most useful kind.

With a gun, you had protection and wouldn't panic when encountering larger wild beasts. Most importantly, with a gun, you could hunt, and catching game itself was a supply.

Therefore, for this escape, even knowing that carrying guns would attract more pursuit, Wang Cheng still decided to bring them.

Anyway, as long as they stayed in the cave for a period of time, just pretend they came out to play for a while, and the police surrounding the mountain would naturally withdraw.

At least, there would be loopholes to exploit by then.

Wang Cheng also used this detailed plan to persuade the terrified Cao Yangming.

It was too dangerous for one person to enter the deep mountains. Even if Cao Yangming had no experience entering the mountains, he was a good shot and had good physical strength. If nothing else, helping each other when climbing slopes was also extremely useful.

"We came out light, and the sleeping bags we brought are all thin models. If we can't find a cave and have to sleep in the wild, we'll have to climb up a tree. The forest at night isn't safe." Wang Cheng slightly scared Cao Yangming.

Cao Yangming sighed again and asked with a bit of curiosity: "Are there wolves in the mountains? Leopards?"

"I've heard there are leopards, but I haven't seen one. I haven't heard of wolves either, but there are lynxes. I've seen them several times; they're very fierce, feline, fast, have sharp claws, and can climb trees. Their size isn't small either, about the same as a medium-sized dog." Wang Cheng said, then smiled and added: "Using a gun, it's just a matter of one bullet."

Cao Yangming touched the Remington slung over his shoulder, and his heart felt a bit comforted.

He was the main force in manufacturing guns. At first, he used the repair shop's machinery to process some parts, and the money he earned subsidized the repair shop. Later, the repair shop lost more and more money, and he sank deeper and deeper.

At the very beginning, he would check information to see how long he would be sentenced for this kind of behavior, and deliberately avoided making complete guns. He hadn't checked much in the last two years. Whether it was life imprisonment or the death penalty, he couldn't accept it, but if he wanted to stop, the remaining residual value of the repair shop wasn't enough for him to retire on.

"Once we reach the cave and rest for the night, we'll take the air gun hunting tomorrow morning. There are a few types of wild chicken that are especially delicious; I can't name them, but I remember what they look like." Wang Cheng tried his best to say something happy to motivate Cao Yangming.

Cao Yangming gathered his strength and said: "Won't we be discovered by the police?"

"No, the mountains are huge. We'll just hunt some game and hole up. Don't be afraid; the speed at which they search the mountains will definitely be slow. They won't be able to search here either." Wang Cheng pointed to the south and said: "Liangming Mountain is a mountain system; there are mountains behind mountains. If they want to walk this deep inside, how many people would it take..."

Just as he was talking, a "buzzing" sound came from the sky.

This sound, which was completely different from the sounds in the mountains, immediately aroused Wang Cheng's vigilance. He pulled Cao Yangming, lay down diagonally under a tree, and tried hard to look through the gaps in the branches.

He couldn't see anything, but the buzzing sound was certain.

Cao Yangming leaned against the tree, gasped for breath, listened carefully, and after a long while, said: "It should be a drone, right?"

"Probably. It's nothing; it's within expectations." Wang Cheng calmed down for a few seconds and then said: "This forest is very dense. We can't see above, and the drones flying above the trees can't see us either."

"Makes sense." Cao Yangming was obviously relieved.

Wang Cheng smiled again and said: "It's better than guarding by the side of the highway. If the drones were flying along the highway, we wouldn't have anywhere to hide."

"Maybe earlier would have been fine." Cao Yangming argued, but his tone was much more relaxed, saying: "Walking in the mountains has its benefits too."

The two laughed easily as they spoke.

Buzz...

The sound of the drone continued for a while and then disappeared.

Wang Cheng and Cao Yangming were also rested, both stood up, and continued walking hand in hand.

Below Liangming Mountain.

Jiang Yuan was eating the spicy hot pot prepared by the cooking squad while looking at the charts on his computer.

The images sent back by the drones were meaningless to look at purely as images. There were too many pictures, and the resolution was extremely high, which was a burden for humans and rugged laptops alike, or rather, an impossible task.

Fortunately, Jiang Yuan knew what he was looking for, so he searched purely through data.

Long before the invention of drones, image data from satellite photography was already a headache. Relevant majors in satellite remote sensing had invested huge amounts of resources for this.

By now, not only had satellite remote sensing technology been synchronously transplanted to drones, but the latest AI technology was also crazily colonizing the drone field.

And for Jiang Yuan, LV5 Image Recognition and Analysis was enough to design and develop algorithms in related fields. Applying it in the application field alone, his combat power was more useful than 1,000 pairs of eyes.

Coupled with the temporarily +1 skill, in these 400-plus minutes, Jiang Yuan was the "Sky Eye Hunter" (copied from the book review by reader "Xinyi Ke Kai Tian").

Before dinner time, the newly transmitted data began to be frequently marked in red by Jiang Yuan.

Lieutenant Colonel Zhang didn't understand at first, but gradually he began to understand a little.

"Are you using image segmentation to improve accuracy?" Lieutenant Colonel Zhang tentatively asked Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan nodded and smiled: "Lieutenant Colonel Zhang's technology is also not bad. Have you studied this area?"

"No, no, how would I be qualified to engage in this... I've just heard of it, using spatial and spectral features for image segmentation, dealing with internal consistency and heterogeneity, etc... I learned a little in school, but it was all returned to the teacher. Sigh, actually, I never really borrowed it out. This kind of thing should be used by those who specialize in algorithms, right? We generally just use software..." Lieutenant Colonel Zhang had just secretly checked the literature to avoid saying the wrong thing.

Jiang Yuan nodded and said: "Software can't segment finely; it generally processes data above 300. As for ours, we don't engage in universality, so it's actually simpler."

"Amazing." Lieutenant Colonel Zhang laughed twice. Having stayed in the military for a long time, he could smell the "Versailles" (humblebrag) flavor immediately.

Jiang Yuan didn't continue, but kept scrolling on the computer.

Soon, Jiang Yuan cut out a picture.

Lieutenant Colonel Zhang recognized it immediately; it was a part of the satellite map of Liangming Mountain. Over the past two days, he had looked at this map until he was almost sick of it.

And at this moment, a red line appeared on the map, winding and twisting.

"Confirm along the line and see if it's the traces left by the two criminals. If it is, go ahead and intercept them." Jiang Yuan checked one last time and called Xu Taining over.

Xu Taining only took one look, nodded, and said: "Confirm the traces and intercept—do both things at the same time. I'll call Old Dai."

After saying this, Xu Taining picked up the microphone in the command vehicle, dialed, and said: "Director Dai, the helicopter team you prepared can set off."