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Platoon Leader Wang gave a hand gesture to his men behind him. The men on the other side understood.

The men behind them, armed with guns, quietly entered the house.

As for the shopkeeper, he has been handed over to Qiling, who are instructed to keep a close watch on this person to prevent him from committing suicide out of fear of punishment or from escaping.

Those people have already obtained the route to the underground cave, and two groups are blocking the entrance outside, so they can now boldly enter the basement.

The people who were drinking saw the basement door open again and assumed that the shopkeeper had come again.

Lu Jiajia was also getting impatient, feeling that her second uncle didn't trust her.

However, just as she looked up and was about to speak, she saw several men with guns enter and shouted, "Run!"

They are surrounded.

Those who were drinking were stunned for a moment, and then quickly ran into the cave, because it was the escape route they had dug in advance.

The armed police had already opened fire, hitting two people in the legs—the middle-aged man and the young man who had been drinking. Both were unable to walk properly and were subdued during the operation.

Lu Jiajia saw those people first and dodged the bullets to enter the cave.

However, she didn't have time to notify the people digging the tunnel. She immediately fired three shots into the tunnel, one after another. This was a pre-arranged signal that the base camp was surrounded and they should escape from other places as soon as possible.

The cave was only big enough for one person to walk through while bending over, but that was more than enough for someone who was used to climbing tunnels.

Lu Jiajia led a few people to move quickly inside the tunnel, while the people following behind were only thinking about getting out of the escape tunnel as soon as possible.

The eight or nine people who were digging the hole dared not continue and left through another entrance.

Platoon Leader Wang blocked the entrance to the tunnel to prevent unnecessary damage.

The other two exits have been prepared for an ambush. It's better to arrest those people after they come out than to do so in the dark, small tunnel.

Lu Jiajia and the other group ran outside. Seeing that no one was outside, she quickly said, "Brothers, now everyone start running into the mountains and forests. Once we climb over this mountain, we can escape."

"Yes, Miss." The others responded and followed behind Lu Jiajia.

However, they were surrounded just a few dozen steps away.

"Put down your pistols and give up resistance," one of the armed police officers said.

Those were vicious tomb raiders; they weren't going to be so well-behaved. They would shoot anyone who opened fire.

One of the armed police officers was unable to dodge in time and was hit in the thigh.

Since these people were putting up a stubborn resistance, Platoon Leader Liu gave the order: "Fire!"

"Da da da..." Several shots had already taken down several people.

Seeing this, Lu Jiajia realized there were only eight of them and twenty on the other side; escape was impossible. She raised her hands and said, "I surrender, I surrender..."

Seeing this, Platoon Leader Liu stopped. However, upon seeing that they had stopped, Lu Jiajia immediately led her men to jump off the cliff next to them, saying, "Jump down."

The cliff is actually not very high, only about ten meters high, and there are trees and grass. If you are lucky, you will only suffer some minor injuries and will not die from the fall.

However, just when they thought they had escaped, Cui Heng was already waiting below. He picked up a stone and struck each of them on acupoints, causing them to stagger and fall to the ground, unable to move.

Platoon Leader Liu came over and captured them all.

Cui Heng had already quietly left.

Platoon Leader Liu wanted to look for someone, but he didn't find anyone. However, he was certain that someone had come to help him before.

They were probably bodyguards for those leaders.

Since the person has already been caught, he will send him to the local police station first, and then take two people in to search him.

At the other end, there were also people blocking the way, and they captured seven people. Together with those captured outside, there were a total of nineteen people.

Two more are needed.

Therefore, they prepared to enter from three directions to encircle and block the enemy.

When Cui Yong was assisting these people, they were discovered. Seeing them crawling inside, he quickly stopped them, saying, "Those tomb raiders' tunnels are very small. If you go in, you won't be able to use your skills properly. Those tomb raiders are good at moving around inside tunnels. If you go in like this, it will cause casualties."

"Then what do we do?" a captain asked. These were all his men, and he wanted to earn merit, but he didn't want his men to lose their lives.

Cui Yong smiled and said, "It's actually very simple. You can put smoke in there. They have nothing to eat or drink in there, and the smoke will make their eyes water and they won't be able to breathe. They'll naturally come out."

"What if they brought oxygen? We can't handle the thick smoke either," the captain said, somewhat hesitantly.

“You launched a surprise attack, they had no idea, and they certainly didn’t bring any food with them. So how long do you think they can wait?” Cui Yong said. “Besides, those people might have detonators, so it would be pointless for you to go in.”

Upon hearing this, the captain felt that Cui Yong's words made sense and said, "Thank you, sir. You are..."

“I live in the Shenlong Temple on the mountain,” Cui Yong said. “If you are worried, I can wait until your operation is over before I go back.”

"Then I'll trouble you, old man," the captain said, and then began to find some semi-dry firewood, lit it, and released smoke into the cave.

The other two locations also received the news, but the exit for Platoon Leader Wang's side was located next to a shop on the tourist street. If smoke were to be emitted, it might cause panic among the surrounding shops. Therefore, they directly blocked the exit there to prevent the smoke from coming out.

The exits on this side are blocked, leaving only two exits inside, and people are setting off smoke at both exits.

There were indeed two people inside. They originally planned to wait for others to leave before going out themselves, but now that they had set off smoke and the air was becoming increasingly scarce, they didn't know what to do.

"Brother Wu, what should we do?" Xiao Liu asked. They were all orphans adopted by the Lu family. They usually did some hard labor and learned some things, but they never expected to be in trouble this time.

"Ahem!" Little Fifth Brother coughed twice. "We can't escape this time!"

"Then we'll have to go to jail," Xiao Liuzi choked up. "I don't want to go to jail!"

Brother Wu whispered, "Don't be afraid. When we get out, if they ask us questions, just say that we've been orphans since we were little and that we were later found out that we were kidnapped by the Lu family. We can only do some digging work and we don't get any good stuff. Besides, we didn't kill anyone or sell any cultural relics. At most, we'll just go to jail for a few years."

Xiao Liu was taken aback and said, "It's not good for us to say that, after all, the Lu family raised us."

“The Lu family raised us, but we were treated worse than servants there. Why should we protect the Lu family?” Little Fifth Brother said. “If we say that, we can get a shorter sentence and get out sooner. Then, we brothers can leave the Lu family and find a good job in the south. That’s better than spending our lives digging tunnels. After all, what we dig will never be ours; it’s just hard labor.”