Using the principle of same current repelling each other, and with reference to the vertical ground resistivity sounding and DC laterlog technology the authors proposed a vertically focused advanced detection scheme on the tunnel face and the wall which is good for tunnel space. Finite element numerical simulation method (FEM) was used to simulate the effect of focused advanced detection method in three-dimensional tunnel space. The results that simulated complex models in the conditions of vertical focused observation showed that the scheme can effectively detect the ill geologic bodies in front and side tunnel.