To be honest, this so-called Sky Alliance Base was just a small gang of thugs. There wasn't a single one of them who could actually fight, but they took advantage of the situation and acted like tyrants for a while.

Qiu Ling told Li Ke that the death row was for people who were disobedient and wanted to turn others to kill the three leaders and regain their freedom.

Unfortunately, they were betrayed by a traitor, and before they could carry out their plan, they were captured, severely beaten, and thrown into a well to die.

The well cover was locked, so they could only throw in some edible things through the small hole in the cover. They didn't know if the people inside had made it through.

Li Ke asked curiously, "How long have they been locked up? Has the lock on the well never been opened?"

Qiu Ling thought for a moment: "It's been closed for almost two months. I don't know if it's ever been opened. When we saw it, it was always locked."

"When you throw food down, does it react?" Li Ke asked again.

Qiu Ling shook her head: "It's very deep inside, but Brother Zhou and the others are good people, and many of us don't want them to survive. Besides, we can't find anything good to eat. What we throw away are just some sea worms, dried vegetable scraps, and biscuits, very little. Sometimes we don't get anything ourselves, so we all have to go hungry."

Li Ke directly interrogated Zhan Xiong, who was kneeling on the ground: "Where are the keys to the dungeon and the storeroom?"

Zhan Xiong paused for a moment before saying, "Wang Tan threw the key to the dungeon into the sewer. He hates the people in there and said he wants them to rot and stink underground, die in agony, and never be able to get out. As for the key to the storeroom, it's on Wang Hu. Why don't you send someone to search his body?"

That wasn't difficult. Li Ke did indeed have the body loaded into the car, but she felt that Zhan Xiong was dishonest, and her voice was slightly cold: "So, as the second-in-command, you don't have any keys anywhere?"

Zhan Xiong shuddered: "Yes, yes, I have a key to a small storeroom."

After saying that, Zhan Xiong took out a red string from around his neck, with two keys hanging from it. Li Ke saw this and asked, "Two keys for a warehouse?"

Zhan Xiong carefully held the keys in his palm and said, "One is the key to the small storeroom in the base, and the other is the key to my personal vault."

Qiu Ling listened for a while: "I never knew there were small storage rooms in the base. We couldn't find any other locked places either."

Li Ke asked Qiu Ling to take the keys and then asked her, "Why is someone locked up in the warehouse you mentioned?"

Qiu Ling explained: "The warehouse not only stores supplies, but also locks up many girls. The boss here said that women and children are also property and must be locked up in the warehouse as well. The warehouse is very big and is divided into several rooms. I was once locked up there, but I was taken out later because I was too ugly and sick."

Li Ke thought of the many children she had seen on the beach; some of them didn't look very healthy, but a few of them were quite energetic.

She asked, "Which children do they consider property?"

Qiu Ling: "For children under six years old, who are healthy and fair-skinned, or eight or ten years old if they are very pretty, boys have to do chores and girls are considered women."

Li Ke frowned. These people truly deserved to die. Just then, a shrill scream suddenly rang out from the crowd: "Ah—! You beasts, give me back my child!"

Then a riot broke out. As the woman kicked, punched, and cursed one of the people in the crowd, others followed suit, brandishing weapons and joining in.

Li Ke leaned against the door, relaxed, and waited. The roles had reversed; the weapons were now in the hands of the oppressed crowd. This time, those who had previously inflicted abuse were powerless to fight back.

Li Ke said leisurely to Zhan Xiong, "Is there anything else you haven't explained? Explain it as soon as possible. After they deal with those people, they will all come to deal with you."

Zhan Xiong was now chilled to the bone, terrified. Those people seemed to have gone mad, and his men were being mercilessly beaten and tortured like animals.

His lips trembled as he said, "What they're doing now is even more horrific than what we did back then. By helping them, you might be helping an even more vicious group of demons."

Li Ke ignored Zhan Xiong. So what if he's a devil? Devil is often less frightening than a human heart.

Qiu Ling retorted angrily, "Stop talking nonsense! We won't end up like you. Your current predicament is your retribution. The fact that you're only suffering some physical pain is already too good for you!"

Someone ran over and handed Li Ke everything that had been taken from Wang Tan and Wang Hu: three daggers, five sharp knives, three pistols, two bags of ammunition, a necklace, a ring, and two sets of keys.

Li Ke glanced at the person handing over the items. He was a rather short man, and it seemed like he had handed over all the items. However, Li Ke's impression of him wasn't very good. This man seemed to be trying to curry favor with her, treating her like the new boss.

But Li Ke had no intention of taking over this place. She told the man to leave first, and then said to Qiu Ling, "The keys are all here. Take a few trustworthy sisters and aunts to find out where these locks are from. Remember, keep important things in your own hands, and be sure to find trustworthy people to go with you. Of course, you can also make plans for yourself in secret."

Qiu Ling remained unmoved: "Big brother, I trust you the most. Let's go find these things together. We're willing to give you everything here."

Li Ke's tone turned cold again: "You don't need to play the naiveté card with me. In this kind of world, I won't mind or care what your nature is like. Just be yourself. I can't be with you guys."

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