"Have there been any scientific expedition teams before?" Chu Tianyi asked.

"The relevant departments in the county have organized people to go in," Director Wu shook his head, "When it comes to this Grand Canyon, it was discovered by the people from the Forestry Bureau and the people from our protection station. At that time, a strong wind blew. I had the first time I saw such a strong wind. After the strong wind, the people from the Forestry Bureau and us were preparing to go into the mountain to check the forest damage. But I didn't expect that a gap that I had never seen before was found in a forest with towering trees. We went in along the gap, but we didn't expect that the space behind was so huge, and it was the current Jinjiang Grand Canyon. Later, we reported this matter, and the people from the County Geological Institute and the Forestry Bureau went in for a survey. However, due to the special terrain, they didn't understand it, and they just brought a lot of ore samples."

"Ore sample?" Chu Tianyi asked in surprise, "What kind of ore sample is it?"

Director Wu took a sip of cigarette and waved his hand, "I don't know this, but I heard that the sample was sent to the University of Geosciences for analysis. Ah, by the way, it should be your Lincang University of Geosciences. After all, in this regard, your school is the top in China."

Chu Tianyi smiled perfunctorily and then asked, "What kind of reply did the University of Geosciences give?"

Director Wu smiled and waved his hand, "There was no reply at all. Because the scientific expedition team came soon after, there were teachers from the University of Geosciences."

Chu Tianyi took out a small notebook from his bag, "Then can you remember their names?"

"I think about it," Director Wu rolled his eyes and thought for a while, "One of them was An Limin, and the other was Fang Hegang, which seemed to be Fang Chenggang, and the last one was Chu..." He seemed to be unable to recall, "Chu...What's Chu?"

Chu Tianyi's heart was already beating wildly at this moment. He tried hard to suppress his trembling voice, "Do you call me, Chu Chuan?"

"Yes, yes," Director Wu did not notice Chu Tianyi's expression, "You know, you are the teachers in your school!"

"What happened later?" Chu Tianyi asked anxiously.

"Later..." Director Wu lowered his head and recalled, "It was nothing in the first few days. We led the scientific expedition team into the canyon. The members of the scientific expedition team came from different majors, and they conducted sampling and research according to their own majors. Until ten days later, something happened in the scientific expedition team."

"What's the matter?" Not only Chu Tianyi, but even Lao Zhang and Xiao Meng were very immersed in hearing it.

Director Wu spit out a ball of cigarette, "Speaking of this matter is related to the teacher named Chu Chuan. This person is a very personality. Although he usually speaks kindly, he becomes very serious when it comes to academic issues and does not allow him at all. Because of this personality, he had a big fight with Zheng, the captain of the scientific expedition team that day."

"A big fight?" Chu Tianyi was very surprised when he heard this, "Why are you quarreling?"

Director Wu shook his head, "We don't know this, and we dare not ask. These are the experts sent by the above."

"What happened later?" Chu Tianyi asked.

"Later, the scientific expedition team was divided into two groups. The original captain led one group, and Chu Chuan led another group. There were not many people, including the teacher named An Limin, and several other members of the scientific expedition team."

When Director Wu said this, Xiao Meng asked, "Where is the teacher named Fang Chenggang?"

Director Wu told him that the man was still in the group of the original scientific expedition team.

Xiao Meng snorted coldly after hearing this, "I think this person is not authentic. They are all from the same school. They should protect each other. When doing war, there are no ones who don't help their own people. They are not righteous! I think that teacher named An Limin is good."

Chu Tianyi waved his hand helplessly to Xiao Meng, "Don't interrupt." Xiao Meng was very convinced of him since he was rescued by Chu Tianyi at the barbecue stall last time, and he was simply obedient to him. He immediately shut up after Chu Tianyi said this.

Chu Tianyi looked at Director Wu, "You continue talking."

Director Wu nodded, "Actually, later I found that this teacher Chu Chuan not only has a personality, but also has some mystery."

"Mysterious?" Chu Tianyi didn't expect Director Wu to give his father such an evaluation, so he became even more curious, "Why did you say that?"

Director Wu said, "One night, I drank too much water and got up in the middle of the night to pee. But as soon as I got out of the tent, I saw a figure walking towards the dense forest deep in the canyon. But the light was very dark and I couldn't see who it was. At that time, I thought maybe it was a member of the scientific expedition team who wanted to get rid of his hands, so I didn't care. When I got up early the next day," said Director Wu, a little disgusting smiled, "I have a problem, that is, I was awakened by the feces at five o'clock on time. It's not bad every day, it's really annoying."

After a few awkward laughs, he continued, "I was still awakened that day. It was less than five o'clock at that time. I got up and took the paper and walked into the forest. But as soon as I was halfway through, I suddenly saw someone coming out of the forest. It was this teacher Chuchuan. He was surprised when he saw me. I asked him where he was going. He told me that he had woken up and went around the forest. But I noticed that his whole body was almost wet with dew, which means that he had been in the mountains for a long time, so I guessed that the figure I saw last night should be him."

"This teacher Chu Chuchuan," calling his father like this made Chu Tianyi feel a little unnatural, "Well, what will Teacher Chuchuan do to go out tonight?"

Director Wu took a deep breath, "I don't know this, but from that day on, I began to pay attention to him deliberately, especially at night, I found that Teacher Chu Chuan went into the depths of the canyon alone many times. Just when I was about to tell the scientific expedition team leader Lao Zheng, something happened to the scientific expedition team."

"What happened?" Xiao Meng asked.

"A group of people from the scientific expedition team have disappeared." Director Wu said.

Chu Tianyi directly gave the answer, "Is it the group of people from Teacher Chu Chuan?"

"Yes," Director Wu's face also became a little serious. "They went out for inspection that day and did not return to the camp until the evening. We immediately searched everywhere, but it was dark at that time and could not find it at all. The next day, we searched for another day but found nothing. Lao Zheng called out for rescue outside the mountain. Later, the search and rescue team went up the mountain. With the cooperation of the troops, we finally found the missing scientific research team members near Songjiangshan. It's a pity..." Speaking of this, Director Wu sighed long, "When they found them, everyone died. And that teacher Chu Chuan was missing."

Chu Tianyi nodded with a frown and did not speak out. Some of the situations that Director Wu said were similar to what he learned, but it was the first time he knew about the situation during the inspection that year. Chu Tianyi was also very curious, where did his father go tonight? Will it be related to the eventual accident in their group?

Lao Zhang suddenly said "Oh", "So there was such a thing in the Grand Canyon at the time? It was quite dangerous."

Xiao Meng looked at him and laughed, "What's the danger? Now it's a tourist attraction. So many tourists come in every day. If there is danger, something would have happened. Alas! You are the tour guide and you know more!"

Lao Zhang was about to refute him, but Director Wu said first, "It's not what you think. The proven length of this Grand Canyon is more than 70 kilometers, and less than one-tenth of the length is open to tourists. You have never seen the real canyon before, and it is a dangerous place."

After hearing this, Xiao Meng stopped talking awkwardly.

Chu Tianyi was silent for a while before looking up and asked, "How did this happen after it?"

"What else can be done," Director Wu sighed lightly, "The deceased paid compensation and pensions according to the death of duty, and the missing persons searched and rescued. However, this search and rescue team is a bit special."

"What's the special method?" Xiao Meng asked.

Director Wu took a deep breath of cigarette, "There are many people from the military and police system in the search and rescue team. Later, I heard from internal news that because the bodies of the team members were found not far from North Korea or even the Soviet border at that time, and only Teacher Chu Chuan disappeared, so some people suspected that Teacher Chu Chuan, who was missing, had the possibility of defection. However, I don't think he is like that. Although he has not been in contact for a long time, I think Teacher Chuan is an upright and strong person and will never do such a thing. I am afraid it is really..." As he said that, he pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, "Oh, I hope it's good for the good people and the heavens."

Chu Tianyi couldn't help feeling sad when he heard this. He took a deep breath, closed the book in his hand, stood up and said to Director Wu, "Thank you!"

"What are you grateful for?" Director Wu also stood up and waved his hand, "This is not a problem. I probably know so much. I hope it will be helpful to you."

"It's very helpful!" Chu Tianyi stretched out his hand and shook with Director Wu, "I'm disturbing today, thank you! We'll say goodbye."

"Don't," Director Wu reached out to stop the three of them, "It's almost noon, let's go after dinner!"

"No, don't be polite!" Chu Tianyi quickly refused.

Lao Zhang made a smooth move, "Okay, Director Wu, don't be polite. They do have something else to do."

"Okay," Director Wu said while sending the three of them out, "I won't force it."

Chu Tianyi took a few steps ahead and suddenly remembered something. The group of expedition teams that had an accident more than 20 years ago were all unfortunately killed except for his father Chu Chu Chuan's disappearance. However, when he was peeking at the archives of the University of Geosciences, he only saw the name of his father Chu Chu Chuan on the list of casualties of foreign support personnel that year, and no one else!

Chu Tianyi felt something was wrong with this, so he turned around and asked, "Director Wu, you just said that in addition to him, there is also a teacher from the University of Geosciences in Teacher Chu Chuan's expedition team. What is the name?"
Chapter completed!