Although Chen Yu didn't take Liu Wei, a petty thug, seriously, Hu Tong's family had kindly helped him out of a predicament, so he still expressed his gratitude to them.

"Brother Hu, I heard from Sister Zhang that you're doing volunteer work here?" Chen Yu asked.

"It's just some cleaning work. What volunteer stuff? We're just staying here for free, so we should at least do our part," Hu Tong laughed. "I'm really ashamed to say I'm only busy for less than an hour each day!"

Chen Yu nodded slightly upon hearing this and smiled, "This place is quite humane."

“Yes, young man, you and your girlfriend are really lucky. You just happened to find two empty beds here. Otherwise, you would have to brave this freezing weather and go to other resettlement areas,” Hu Tong continued, his tone tinged with emotion. “In the face of a natural disaster, finding a safe place to stay is truly difficult. Although the conditions here are simple, everyone is working together, so life is still quite comfortable.”

Chen Yu smiled and said, "Brother Hu is right. It is indeed our good fortune to meet everyone here. We also hope to do something for this place. After all, there is strength in numbers."

Hu Tong chuckled and said, "It's good that you have such an idea, young man. However, what we have in abundance here right now is manpower. Even those of us who usually go to help often feel a bit redundant. Recently, the district leaders have been persuading everyone to return. In the future, I'm afraid we won't even be able to be 'volunteers' anymore!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu raised an eyebrow. This resettlement area was truly interesting. In his previous life, the leaders of the survivor bases he had met were eager to make their members work 24 hours a day. But here, people were eager to volunteer for labor, and the leaders were actually sending them back.

What kind of operation is this?

Suddenly, Chen Yu had a flash of inspiration and said calmly, "This place is so nice, I don't know what the two people who gave us the beds were thinking, they actually left on their own initiative."

“Who says otherwise?” Hu Tong also sighed. “It’s strange, those father and son have been acting strangely these past few days, like they’re guarding against thieves, acting all weird and eccentric all the time. I remember they didn’t even eat last night, and when they woke up at noon, they were gone.”

"Sigh! It's freezing outside. I wonder if they've found a safe place to stay yet."

Upon hearing Hu Tong's words, Chen Yu felt a chill run down his spine.

Could it be because those two, like Chen Yu, discovered the secret of sleeping here and were dealt with by the management?

Chen Yu mentally reconstructed the circumstances of the two disappearing:

By chance, the two noticed something unusual about the place, and as a result, they became suspicious and distrustful of everyone there. They may have tried to warn others, but Hu Tong and the others thought they were just being delusional.

Then, last night—of course, according to Chen Yu's speculation, last night was likely three days ago, but Hu Tong was unaware of it.

Like Chen Yu, they suspected that the food in the cafeteria had been tampered with, so they deliberately didn't eat that night, planning to escape that very night.

However, their actions were eventually discovered by the management here, and in order to prevent the secret from being exposed, the management secretly executed them!

Of course, the possibility that the other party escaped cannot be ruled out.

However you look at it, this place is very abnormal!

"Young man?" Seeing Chen Yu suddenly fall silent and his expression turn serious, Hu Tong couldn't help but ask with concern, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Chen Yu snapped out of his reverie, forced a smile, shook his head, and said, "It's nothing, Brother Hu, I was just thinking about something. By the way, you've been here for so long, have you noticed anything unusual?"

"An unusual place? If there's anything unusual about it, it's that this place is too good. In this extreme cold disaster where food is life-or-death, we can eat our fill every day and don't have to work. To be honest, many times, I've wondered if all of this is just a fantasy I have before I die. Haha~" Hu Tong laughed.

"Hehe." Chen Yu chuckled in agreement.

"Alright, young man, don't think too much. Just settle down here peacefully. I believe this natural disaster will be over soon," Hu Tong patted Chen Yu on the shoulder to comfort him.

As he spoke, he yawned.

"I won't chat with you anymore, go get some rest." After saying that, Hu Tong went back to his bed and lay down.

By this time, most of the others had also gone back to their beds, and it seemed that everyone was getting ready to sleep.

Lin Lele looked at him with disbelief: "Didn't you just wake up? How come you're sleeping again? You can really sleep?"

"Alright, it's getting dark, let's go to sleep." After saying that, she didn't wait for Lin Lele's reaction and lay down in bed.

"Remember what I just told you," Chen Yu reminded Lin Lele.

"Oh~" Lin Lele responded, and despite her reluctance, she still lay down on the bed properly.

She tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep for a long time. Just as she was about to talk to Chen Yu, she heard him say, "Do you have lice? Don't move, don't talk!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Lele pouted and glared at Chen Yu, but she still behaved herself and lay quietly without making a sound.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Lele was groggily pulled out of bed by Chen Yu.

"Sir, what are you doing?" Lin Lele exclaimed, while wrapping the blanket around herself even tighter.

Chen Yu yanked the blanket off her head: "Stop talking nonsense and come with me!"

Lin Lele was about to shout, but after hearing Chen Yu's next words, she realized that she had misunderstood Chen Yu's meaning.

So she immediately got out of bed and followed Chen Yu out of the dormitory.

There was no one outside the dormitory at this time, and the entire gymnasium was eerily quiet.

Chen Yu checked the time; it was only 9 p.m.

His gaze fell on the office building next to the stadium, where a room was still lit up.

He made a gesture to Lin Lele, then drew the pistol from his waist, and the two of them, one in front of the other, carefully crept towards the office building.

Before long, the two arrived at the office building entrance without incident.

The door was ajar, and through the crack, Chen Yu could see two guards inside, fast asleep in recliners.

Chen Yu gently pushed open the door, trying not to make a sound.

Lin Lele followed closely behind him, too nervous to even breathe.

Chen Yu gestured for Lin Lele to be quiet, and then the two of them quickly and silently crossed the front hall, avoiding the guards' sight, and approached the room where the light was still on.