The village chief looked at Qi Yanxuan and saw that he just nodded to Xu Xiucai. The others were also silent. Feeling a little awkward, he had to speak up himself:

"Xu Xiucai, you're too polite. Since Yan Xuan agreed to take your family with him, you are now considered members of our village. There's no need to be so polite!"

"Yes! Thank you, sir! Thank you, village chief!"

…

After everyone came in, Shen Yanshan went outside and used his supernatural power to condense a huge rock to block the cave entrance, leaving only a ventilation hole above the cave entrance.

The cave was plunged into darkness. Qi Yanxuan took out an LED solar-powered super-bright light bulb from the space, turned on the switch, and the cave instantly lit up.

The originally spacious cave was now packed with people. They looked at the light bulb on the roof of the carriage with curiosity, and then started talking in low voices in groups of three or four.

Because they were in a cave and couldn't make a fire to cook, everyone took out the sweet potatoes they had dug earlier, peeled them and ate them raw.

For a moment, the only sound in the cave was the crunching sound of people chewing sweet potatoes.

The temperature in the cave is relatively low, and the ground is full of protruding rocks, making it impossible to spread out blankets to sleep. Most people wrap themselves in blankets. If there are not enough blankets, two or three people will share one and huddle together to keep warm.

Shen Yanqing put the quilt over himself and Qi Yanxuan, put his arm around him, and let him sleep on his shoulder.

A strong wind blew in the middle of the night, bending the trees in the forest that were as thick as bowls. Many branches were broken and the broken branches hit everywhere, making crackling sounds.

The howling sound of wind came in from the vents, and everyone shivered from the cold.

Qi Yanxuan instinctively sought the source of heat and kept moving into Shen Yanqing's arms. Seeing this, Shen Yanqing could only hold him on his legs and wrap them tightly with a quilt.

Qi Yanxuan pressed his entire body against Shen Yanqing, his hands thrust directly into his arms, until he felt a constant source of warmth, and then he lay obediently on the other's shoulder and fell asleep.

…

After a night of ravages from the storm, the forest was littered with broken branches and leaves, and some trees were even broken from the fierce wind.

At this time, the wind was still gradually increasing. The animals that were once seen everywhere were nowhere to be seen. What woke people up in the morning was no longer the chirping of insects and birds, but the howling wind.

When everyone woke up in the morning, they didn't need to rush and couldn't go out. After breakfast, the women took out their clothes and shoes and started mending them. The others had nothing to do but stare at the "ghosts howling" sounds outside the cave, and chat about family matters from time to time. Although it was boring inside the cave, it was undoubtedly safe.

The other refugees who fled were forced to look for shelter everywhere by the sudden strong winds last night. The lucky ones found caves or tree holes to spend the night, while some who really couldn't find any had to find larger shelters and could only huddle together in quilts to keep each other warm all night.

In the second half of the night, the wind grew stronger and stronger, and people were frozen to death. Someone didn't hold on to his quilt tightly and was blown away by the wind, and the only thing waiting for him was death from hypothermia.

We thought the wind would gradually die down after daybreak, but it didn't die down and it got stronger instead. We couldn't move even if we wanted to find a shelter from the wind, so we could only huddle together, taking turns inside and outside to keep warm.

At night, the storm swept in with a devastating force, and rocks and broken trees were swept into the air and then fell down wherever it passed.

Those who could not find shelter were blown apart by the storm and then swept into the air. The strong wind tore two people into pieces, blood splattered all over the sky, and the screams lasted only a moment before being drowned out by the storm.

***

The temperature in the cave was getting lower and lower, and there was no way to make a fire to keep warm. Everyone could only turn out their cotton coats and put them on, sitting together huddled under the quilts and shivering.

Qi Yanxuan took out a bag of hot packs from the space and handed them to Shen Yanqing and Shen Yanshan.

"Uncle, Aqing, tear this open and stick it on your inner clothes to keep warm."

As he spoke, he tore open the heat pack and stuck it on his inner clothes. He stuck several of them on before stopping. Seeing this, Shen Yanqing and Shen Yanshan followed his example and stuck the heat packs on. Sure enough, they felt warm in a short while.

Qi Yanxuan took out another sleeping bag from the space, helped Shen Yanshan put on the sleeping bag, and then took out a double sleeping bag for himself and Shen Yanqing. The two of them hurriedly huddled in the sleeping bags so that they would not feel the cold.

"The temperature is dropping sharply tonight. Everyone, put a piece of ginger in your mouth. This will help reduce the risk of catching a cold!"

Doctor Xu warned everyone loudly, and his voice echoed throughout the cave and everyone could hear it.

Everyone also put the ginger slices in their mouths as instructed.

After a night, thanks to the preventive measures taken, no one caught a cold. Even some of the younger ones who were unable to hold ginger slices in their mouths were fed plenty of ginger juice by their parents.

The next day at 11:00 AM.

The storm gradually formed into a huge tornado. The tornado rose from the ground and swept towards the gray sky above, roaring angrily towards the sky like a giant dragon, opening its bloody mouth and destroying everything in its pass.

The trees were uprooted and torn into pieces by the violent tornado. Yellow sand and stones flew all over the sky. The world seemed to have returned to chaos. The forest was filled with the wailing of animals, and all living things were looking forward to the end of this disaster.

***

Three days later.

The storm subsided, and the various sounds brought by the storm disappeared outside the cave. For a moment, it was so quiet as if the world had been paused.

It was not until it was confirmed that the storm would not come back that animals began to come out of the devastated forest to look for food, and the forest was able to regain some vitality.

Everyone in the cave finally breathed a sigh of relief when they realized the storm had stopped.

Shen Yanshan used his supernatural powers to move the huge rock rooted at the entrance of the cave. Everyone walked out of the cave and looked at the devastated forest.

Broken or uprooted trees were scattered everywhere, lying here and there. Only those that were very old and had very deep roots survived, but only their trunks were left, and the leaves and some thinner branches on the branches had been completely destroyed.

The originally colorful forest became bare, and the trees that were blown to and fro in various shapes looked particularly strange at first glance.

Qi Yanxuan found the village chief and told him what to do next and the route to take.

"Village Chief! Organize everyone to clear the trees blocking the mountain road. We need to get out of the forest as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too dangerous for us to stay in the mountains when the land bull turns over. Before the land bull turns over, we must take the official road and not the forest!"

Upon hearing this, the village chief expressed concern: "Will we run into another conscription team if we take the official road?"

Qi Yanxuan: "Let's talk about it when we encounter it! If we really encounter a land bull in the mountains, it will be a dead end!"

The village chief agreed and nodded, saying, "Okay! I'll go organize everyone to clear the mountain road!"

After the village chief finished speaking, he turned around and asked everyone to clear the mountain path.