Upon realizing something was amiss, everyone's expression changed.

"Shao Jie, go and take a look." Yu Yanbin instructed Shao Jie, who was faster on foot, to run ahead first.

"Okay." Before the words were even finished, the person had already disappeared.

The others didn't wait either, and quickly walked back.

A short while later, Shao Jie returned, kicking up dust.

"How is it? What happened?"

"Captain, it looks like someone has gotten inside."

Yu Yanbin had already guessed the outcome and wasn't too surprised. However, his expression wasn't good.

The others were indeed shocked. "What? Someone got in?"

"Hmm, let's go back and check." He didn't want to say more, his brows furrowed and his face full of displeasure.

"Well, let's talk about it when we get back," Yu Yanbin urged everyone to hurry back.

Feeling angry, the group quickened their pace and returned to the hillside in less than two minutes.

The door had been opened; to be precise, the door panel had been shattered into pieces and lay on the ground.

Although it was only a temporary dwelling, they still installed a door panel.

Even if it's just made of wood, it looks more like a home, doesn't it?

But now, the door is broken. It seems it couldn't be opened, so they resorted to brute force.

Everyone looked unhappy, which is the same as forcibly entering someone's home without permission.

"Let's go in and see what else is there?"

"It looks like it's been searched; everything's been messed up."

Yu Yanbin was taken aback and stopped in his tracks. "What?"

Cheng Shaolin laughed, a soft chuckle escaping his lips. His face was smiling, but his eyes betrayed his true feelings, flashing with anger.

Yu Yanbin was annoyed. "You're still laughing?!"

Cheng Shaolin teased, "Does this count as us searching for others, and others searching for us?" He then started laughing again.

Yu Yanbin couldn't laugh; his face darkened even more.

"Captain, we've checked everything. We've searched the whole place. Some of the bags are gone, and some things have been moved."

"Ha, good job, that was a clever little theft." Yu Yanbin's fingers cracked as he pinched them together.

Nobody can be in a good mood. Who can be happy knowing their house has been ransacked?

"Damn it, we even offered them cigarettes. I wonder what they're laughing at us for behind our backs." Xiao Peng was about to explode. The kitchen was a complete mess, and he was furious just thinking about it.

Yu Yanbin gradually calmed down and made a plan in his mind.

Cheng Shaolin looked at Xiao Peng, who was gritting his teeth, and asked calmly with little expression on his face, "What's missing from the kitchen?"

Suppressing his anger, Xiao Peng said in a muffled voice, "Nothing was lost?"

Cheng Shaolin raised an eyebrow.

"The kitchen is sparsely furnished, with only some pots and pans. Who would want those things?"

"Then what are you angry about?"

"Why aren't you angry? If you don't want something, don't touch it. You didn't want it, but you still rummaged through it and made a mess of it, not to mention throwing it on the ground. What kind of garbage is this?"

Even Cheng Shaolin's expression turned ugly.

Taking things is one thing, others might just consider it an abandoned place. But to ruin something you don't need is a matter of character.

“We need to change our plans.” Yu Yanbin looked at Cheng Shaolin beside him.

Cheng Shaolin looked back, waiting for him to continue.

"You all saw it, this shouldn't have happened. They've come to bully us on our own doorstep, I'm really angry this time." As she spoke, she twisted her neck and looked towards the door with a dark expression.

Cheng Shaolin chuckled, "You make it sound like I can tolerate this. I just said I'd skip the benevolence and charity, and now you're contradicting me. I can't help but complain."

"We need to go to the base to find out about this group." Meng Yang was also a member of the team. It wasn't his style to stand idly by when someone bullied him at his doorstep.

"Xiao Peng, use what you can, and throw away what you can't. Let's cook first, and talk while we eat."

"Okay, Captain."

Li Xiao also went in to take a look. Fortunately, she had the habit of storing everything in her spatial storage and taking it with her, only taking it out when she needed it each day.

The kitchen was filled with wooden basins and buckets, which she hadn't put away because she thought they were heavy and took up too much space. Now they were all broken and lying on the floor.

The back room contained only some things that weren't needed for the time being, and some luggage. There was nothing important in it; it was just a mess.

"Brother Peng, could you put up a wall around the outside, about two meters high?"

Xiao Peng came out of the kitchen, and without saying a word, stood at the door and built a wall around the courtyard.

It's about 100 square meters. Luckily, the hillside is big enough, otherwise it would be difficult to handle.

"Thank you." Li Xiao smiled and was very happy to see Xiao Peng finish the task in just two minutes.

"It's nothing, it's simple." Xiao Peng was no longer annoyed and was quite pleased with Li Xiao's gratitude.

Seeing that the courtyard wall provided some cover, Li Xiao once again deployed the solar panels and batteries she had previously installed.

Very satisfied with her masterpiece, Li Xiao went into the kitchen to help after arranging it.

Nothing was usable anymore, so Xiao Peng picked up the broken wooden basins and put them outside the door.

Meng Yang and Qiu Fengyu said nothing, but used their supernatural abilities to make several more wooden basins and buckets, just like the ones before.

Li Xiao took out everything she needed from the space.

Xiao Peng arranged the items one by one, making them convenient to use.

Tian Tian had already filled the water with water and was waiting to wash the vegetables.

Li Xiao continued to take out rice, green vegetables, dried vegetables, yams, and sweet potatoes.

Li Xiao had previously stocked up on large rice cookers, and she found one at the appliance store.

She took out two, both of them were the kind used in small restaurants, one was the bigger one.

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