There is no ladder in the three-meter-high basement!

Shen Qingli glanced at the utility room and found a bamboo ladder not far from the basement entrance.

At this time, one of the big men came to the entrance carrying a bamboo ladder and extended one end of the ladder into the basement.

The bamboo ladder was about one meter higher than the height of the basement. After fixing the bamboo ladder, one of the men climbed down first.

Then they urged Shen Qingli to go down.

"How can I move with my hands tied?" Shen Qingli moved her hands.

The big man looked at Shen Qingli's hands that were tied behind her back.

Uh...he really forgot about this just now.

It's really troublesome. If I had known, I wouldn't have tied her up. She is as small as a kitten and if she fell into the hands of these brothers, she would not be able to escape from their clutches even if she was not tied up.

But they forgot the kitten's sharp claws hidden under its soft pads.

"Turn around!" the big man said in a deep voice.

When Shen Qingli turned her back to him, the big man reached out and untied the rope for Shen Qingli.

After Shen Qingli stretched her wrists, she obediently climbed down the ladder.

She had just told 98K about the basement entrance, and only climbed down after confirming that placing the ladder was not a problem for 98K.

Otherwise, she would have started fighting right away!

The basement was not as cold, damp, or smelly as Shen Qingli had imagined. Instead, it was quite dry and the air was fresh.

With the help of the torch lit by the first big man who went down to the basement, Shen Qingli discovered a dozen women and three little boys gathered in groups of three or four around the basement.

There was thick straw under their buttocks and several thin quilts next to them.

When everyone saw someone coming from the basement, they all showed expressions of fear and anxiety on their faces, and some of them even cried softly.

"What bad luck!" The big man frowned and shouted at the sobbing women and children, "Why are you crying? Shut up! If you piss me off, I'll whip you with my belt!"

The crying people were so frightened that they trembled and dared not make a sound anymore.

"You all just stay here obediently, and you will be able to go out and live a good life in a few days. But if I find out that you are not honest and have bad intentions, I will kill you immediately!" After the big man made some threats, he climbed up the ladder with a torch and left.

After the big man climbed up, the bamboo ladder was taken away and the wooden board on top was covered.

The basement was dark again.

In fact, it was not completely dark, there was still a little light. Although I couldn't see the expressions on other people's faces, I could still see the general outline of the basement.

Shen Qingli did not greet those uneasy and numb women, but followed the light to another room.

It turns out that this basement has more than one room.

The other room was empty, with a one-meter-wide skylight at the top, apparently used for ventilation.

And this basement must have an exhaust vent, otherwise it wouldn't be so dry.

Following the light, Shen Qingli also found a toilet. After all, it was a dry toilet, so the smell was still quite strong. However, there was a small skylight above the toilet, so the smell in the toilet was not so spicy that she couldn't open her eyes.

The detention environment is so good, this human trafficker is so nice!

But...it's time to act!

Shen Qingli quickly put on the protective suit in the empty room, but did not wear the helmet, boots, glasses, mask, etc. for the time being.

This way, no one would notice that she had an invulnerable protective suit underneath her clothes.

"98K, are you in?" Shen Qingli asked in her mind.

"Who am I? How could I not get in?" 98K's arrogant voice echoed in Shen Qingli's mind. "I'm near the utility room where you are right now. In order not to alert the enemy, I'll wait until the two little Karamis at the door finish their cigarettes and go back, then I'll go rescue you!"

Seeing that 98K would still need some time, Shen Qingli planned to go and talk to the captured women.

Shen Qingli took out a flashlight from the space and turned it on, and the basement suddenly became bright.

The women who had lost all hope in life and had dazed expressions on their faces also turned to look at Shen Qingli.

"Do you want to escape?" Shen Qingli dropped a bomb as soon as she opened her mouth. "If you want to escape, I'll take you away."

"Haha! That's easier said than done." One of the women looked up at the entrance high above her head.

The other women also raised their heads and looked towards the entrance that made them despair.

The woman and child who had been sobbing and being scolded by the big man started crying again.

Then all the women in the basement began to sob.

"Enough, what's the point of just crying!" Shen Qingli frowned. These women's crying gave her a headache. "If you have the guts, go find those human traffickers and take revenge!"

"But...but we can't even get up there, so how can we talk about revenge?" said the woman who spoke first with a wry smile.

She scratched her short hair, with hatred and anger in her eyes, but more of helplessness.

She told Shen Qingli that her name was Zhao Juan, she was twenty years old, and she was the only one among these women who was married and had children. Her husband was a soldier and was promoted to company commander this year. His family was allowed to accompany him to the army, so she took her children to join her husband's army.

A while ago, the army arranged a job for her, which required her to move her household registration there. In order not to delay her husband's work, she entrusted her two children under the age of three to the care of her neighbors and returned to her hometown alone to register her household registration.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she got off the train, she met an old lady who almost fainted. The kind-hearted Zhao Juan helped the old lady and sent her home, and then they came here.

After Zhao Juan spoke, others also told their stories of being abducted.

Some people were approached by a man asking for help, saying that his wife didn't bring any paper, and then asked her to help take the paper to the public toilet in front.

As a result, as soon as she entered the bathroom, someone covered her nose with a handkerchief and knocked her unconscious.

There are also people who are walking alone on the street and meet an old woman who asks for help. They say that they have lost their wallet and ask her to help them go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some food. After buying the food, they can go home with her to get the money.

She agreed out of sympathy, but after all, no one was well off these days, so when she finished buying things for the old man and followed him home, she could no longer get out.

Another person had a similar experience, except that she was knocked unconscious on her way to help an elderly person buy something.

There was also a girl who seemed to come from a well-off family. She was also walking alone on the road. She met a beautiful girl who asked for help. She said that she was being followed by a man and asked her to pretend to be her friend and get the man to leave.

Out of sympathy, she agreed. The girl said her home was nearby and led her into a small alley. Then she was caught by several big men.

Shen Qingli couldn't help but sneer after hearing this. These human traffickers would take advantage of other people's sympathy.

In previous lives, many people were abducted and cheated because of their compassion. Later, in order to protect themselves, people became more and more indifferent.

"Someone's coming to rescue us soon... uh... Do you want to teach those traffickers a lesson yourself?"