After walking a few hundred meters further, they finally saw a glimmer of light. When they emerged from the cave, they found themselves truly within the mountains, a towering peak located north of the county seat. The three of them carefully surveyed their surroundings, memorizing the terrain. Then, carefully covering any footprints or traces that might reveal their whereabouts, they returned to the tunnel and retraced their steps back to the two-story building.

By the time everyone arrived safely at the County Public Security Bureau, Jiang Huashu had already arranged lunch. He bought all the food prepared by the First State-owned Restaurant for the lunch guests.

What? You're asking where Jiang Huashu got so many food coupons to buy food?

Sorry, we have all kinds of food coupons from all eras and provinces on Xianyuyu, and they are all at low prices. You can choose whatever you want.

And it's not just food coupons; all kinds of coupons are available. What's more, there are even many well-preserved house deeds and land deeds from the Republic of China era.

Since there were neither disposable fast food boxes nor plastic bags in that era, and Jiang Huashu could not take out dozens of iron lunch boxes at once, he was really at a loss and had to leave 50 yuan as a deposit. With his eloquence, he successfully persuaded the waiters and chefs of the state-owned restaurant to personally deliver the meals to his door with plates and large bowls, and then delivered the meals to the Public Security Bureau office.

Jiang Shaoming and his younger brother naturally didn't need to exchange formalities. He warmly greeted everyone, "Thank you for your hard work. Come and have dinner!" This kind of working lunch is the best way to bring people together and unite them. He knew his brother's gesture was out of concern for him, and he was filled with emotion and joy.

Fifth Grandpa had just finished his morning run when Jiang Huashu forced him to come over to inquire about the situation. He had also exhausted a lot of energy from investigating the tunnels, and was now very hungry. So he ate his food quickly like a whirlwind. After filling his stomach a little and feeling a little full, he began to talk about the results of his previous tunnel exploration with his other two companions, and elaborated on his personal analysis and basis in detail.

Jiang Shaoming deeply agreed with his uncle's analysis and thought that what his uncle said made a lot of sense. The biggest suspect might be that bunch of hateful little bastards, but it could not be ruled out that they were enemy spies from Taiwan. They needed to prepare for both scenarios.

If it is true as Uncle Wu guessed, that all the signs in the tunnel are traces left by the former invaders of Xiaobaka, then they must act without delay to find out the truth as soon as possible and never give any reactionary forces a chance to breathe!

The next plan was to keep a close eye on the two-story Western-style building to find out who this mysterious man was. And then there was this young woman, now known only as Li Xiaoman through the neighborhood office. She'd lived there for years, and aside from a portly man, she hadn't seen any friends visiting her. Li Xiaoman was a bit of a loner. Last year, due to the crackdown on marriage issues for older young people, the neighborhood office kindly introduced her to two potential partners, but they didn't work out, so they stopped trying again. However, occasionally, someone saw a portly man visiting her house, their eyes so thick they could make out. Beyond this incident, nothing else was known about her family.