A massive famine! The whole family travels through time together, and with their spatial abilities,

To Shen Shuli's surprise...

Surprisingly, there were indeed fabrics stored in the side room, including a bolt of fine cotton cloth.

However, the cloths were scattered all over the ground in a mess.

Some of the fabrics even had marks of being maliciously torn, showing that those people deliberately damaged them because they couldn't take them with them and didn't want to give them away to others.

Shen Shuli didn't mind at all, picking out the better fabrics and putting the rest into her storage space.

The main focus is on avoiding waste.

"Ah Li, come quick, there's something good here."

Li Qinghe's excited voice came from outside.

Shen Shuli immediately emptied the room and went to check.

"what's the situation?"

"There's a hidden room in this house. We accidentally opened it, and we're too scared to go down. We don't know what's down there," Li Qinghe explained, blushing.

Shen Shuli didn't laugh at the two of them.

It's pitch black down there; venturing in recklessly would only lead to more trouble and danger.

"You two wait here. I'll go down and check it out by myself. Be very careful and keep an eye on the outside. Be careful that no mobs break in," Shen Shuli instructed.

Shen Ziyu and Li Qinghe were somewhat worried about Shen Shuli.

"Sister A-Li, let's go down with you," Shen Ziyu suggested, looking at Shen Shuli with concern.

Shen Shuli shook her head and refused, "You guys stay outside. If we all go down, and someone discovers this place and closes the secret room, we'll be trapped inside and die."

The two immediately understood what Shen Shuli meant, and the thought of that possibility made them feel terrified.

"Don't worry, we'll definitely guard this place well. We'll immediately alert you if anything happens," Li Qinghe assured him.

Shen Shuli was very confident in Li Qinghe in this respect.

If Li Qinghe hadn't fired the signal flare last time, she wouldn't have been able to come back in time to save everyone.

"You two take these two signal flares. You can use them to notify my father and the others if anything happens."

After refilling the signal flares for the two, Shen Shuli cautiously descended into the underground chamber.

After walking for a while, Shen Shuli turned on her powerful flashlight for illumination.

The passageway to the dark room was only one meter wide, and it was long and dark.

After walking about ten meters, the road ahead finally widened.

At the end of the road was a stone gate. Shen Shuli groped along the wall for a long time before finally finding the mechanism.

Hearing faint noises coming from the doorway, Shen Shuli immediately turned off her flashlight.

He took out night vision goggles from the space and hid them behind the wall, carefully listening to the movements behind the door.

The space was very quiet. Shen Shuli could hear five deliberately suppressed breathing sounds coming from the dark room behind the stone wall.

There was another person whose heartbeat was as loud as a drumbeat, and it was very clear to hear.

Shen Shuli was very patient, staying motionless against the wall.

She could clearly feel that the person in the dark room was breathing heavier and breathing faster.

It's clear that these people are getting increasingly nervous.

The fact that this hidden door could be opened means that someone must have come from outside.

However, the people outside opened the hidden door but did not go in, indicating that they were also wary of the people inside.

The people inside were like trapped beasts, growing increasingly uneasy the longer they stayed inside.

Shen Shuli took out a smoke bomb from her spatial storage and threw it into the dark room without warning.

She slipped into the dark room silently, like a nimble cat, without making a sound.

The people inside had no idea that someone had infiltrated, and they were all choked by the smoke and couldn't help but cough.

The person closest to the hidden door, fearing something might happen from outside, immediately closed the door.

But he knew that doing so would be futile.

If someone outside can open it once, they can open it two or three times.

If outsiders bring in accomplices, they will be like caged beasts, destined only to be captured.

The dark room was pitch black, like an abyss, and nothing could be seen.

Fortunately, the night vision goggles have thermal imaging capabilities.

You can see where and how each person is hiding inside.

"Daddy, sob sob sob, I'm scared..." a little girl sobbed softly, suppressing her voice.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Dad will protect you." A deep male voice responded softly.

"Dad, what should we do? Should we rush out of here? We'll just get trapped here and die!" a boy's voice rang out.

"Let me think about it..."

"Father, there's no time! That person didn't come in, which means he was alone, so he didn't dare to come in rashly. If we wait for him to call his accomplices, we definitely won't have a chance to escape!"

"Okay, alright, Dad will listen to you."

"Ahem." Shen Shuli suddenly coughed lightly.

In an instant.

The air seemed to freeze, and everyone held their breath.

because.

Everyone in the dark room could tell that the voice was completely unfamiliar.

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines and trembled with fear!

Shen Shuli felt somewhat helpless.

She just remembered who these people were.

She didn't mean to frighten them, but since things had already come to this, she had no choice but to speak up and remind them.

Of these five people, the boy who just spoke is an important character in the later part of the book.

She is the strategist and advisor to the male and female protagonists.

Shen Shuli never expected that she would stumble upon these people by accident.

Come here.

Shen Shuli certainly wouldn't leave this important character to the female lead.

It was all about chance.

Whoever encounters it first, of course, gets to keep it.

Shen Shuli deliberately made footsteps, came to the table, took out a tinderbox, and lit the candle.

By candlelight.

She lit all the candles in the dark room one by one.

The entire dark room was instantly illuminated.

Everyone in the dark room was drenched in sweat, their eyes fixed on Shen Shuli as she moved.

The group finally saw clearly.

She was a very young-looking girl.

But no one will feel relieved because of this.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the girl, and they tried their best to keep their breathing calm.

Shen Shuli coughed lightly, feeling a little embarrassed, and spoke up first.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

"I stumbled upon this secret room by accident, thinking it was empty."

"I only realized there was someone after I opened the hidden door. I was worried that there were bad guys inside, so I didn't dare to make a sound and sneaked in."

"Did I scare you?"

The male host did not lower his guard because of this. He carefully shielded everyone behind him and watched Shen Shuli warily.

"Young lady, you are not welcome here. Please leave immediately!"

Shen Shuli certainly wouldn't leave just like that. She pursed her lips and said, "If I can find you, others will find this place sooner or later."

"I see that you are all good people. Since we have met, why don't you come with us? We have two or three hundred men, which should be able to protect you."

The man didn't believe Shen Shuli's words at all, knowing that she definitely had something on her mind regarding their family.

"No need, please leave immediately."

Shen Shuli felt her mind was going numb, but she couldn't think of a suitable reason to abduct these people.

Alas, there is nothing I can do.

They've gotten so used to solving everything with force that their brains are practically rusting.

Since that's the case, she decided to stop pretending.

"Ha, I'm speaking to you nicely, and you're taking advantage of my kindness!"

Shen Shuli's expression hardened as she coldly stared at the family of five, slamming her hand on the table.