When Nan Muran heard the noise outside, she immediately turned off the TV and put the tablet into the space. She quickly mobilized her mental abilities to investigate the situation outside.
Si Ye also stood up and tiptoed towards the stone wall, trying to listen to the noise outside, but found that the sound outside was terrifyingly clear.
At this time, there were a total of three people standing on the narrow stone steps outside the wooden door. The two people walking in front were ordinary soldiers, wearing combat uniforms and with gloomy faces.
Standing behind them was a level three peak fire-type mutant, a man about thirty years old, with red hair covering half of his face, clearly dressed like a middle school boy.
Nan Muran was most worried about the possibility of someone with tracing, tracking or psychic abilities in the search team. As for the others, no matter how strong they were, there was nothing to be afraid of.
Sister Li first glanced at the location of the secret room to make sure everything was in order, then she let out a long sigh and calmed herself down. Then she turned and went into the bedroom and lay down on the bed.
In the eyes of outsiders, this mother and daughter, one is in very poor health and has been bedridden for years, and the other is a timid coward who can't stand being scared. The setting of these two identities must not arouse any doubt, so the play must be made real.
Xiao He saw that his mother was already lying down, then he walked over timidly to open the door.
The three were visibly stunned when they saw that it was a little girl who opened the door, but they didn't think much about it.
"Are you the only one in your family?" One of the men held the roster with a cold look in his eyes.
Xiao He shook his head, and said in a very low voice: "And mom...mom is...sick and is in the room."
The man looked at her, sighed and said nothing.
Then the three of them walked sideways into the house. The two soldiers walking in front immediately looked around the house. The living room was not big and one could see the end at a glance.
Then one of them entered the bedroom and saw Sister Li lying on the bed, who was obviously half dead. His tone became unfriendly: "Go out and answer the question."
Sister Li frowned slightly: "Well, I'm not feeling well, I need..."
"Stop talking nonsense and go out and answer the call." The man took a step forward and pulled Sister Li off the bed, causing her to stagger and almost fall.
Xiaohe in the living room lowered his head, feeling very gloomy because he was worried that his mother would fall.
After throwing them in the corner of the living room, the two men continued their search. Because the house was not big and the furniture was very simple, the whole room was clear at a glance. The only things that needed to be checked were the wardrobe and the bottom of the bed, so they finished the search quickly.
"There's no one inside or outside." One of the men looked at the red-haired fire-type mutant.
The fire-type mutant frowned: "Ask again."
"Have you seen any strangers in this town?" The man holding the roster looked at Sister Li in a calm voice after hearing the order from the fire-type mutant.
But after seeing Sister Li's appearance clearly, he was stunned, and then looked down at the information on the roster in his hand in disbelief.
Sister Li also recognized the other person's identity at a glance.
Even though his heart was in turmoil, he still managed to hold back from letting anyone notice that something was wrong: "No. I've always been in poor health and have been in bed at home for three days."
"What about her?" The fire-type mutant glanced at Sister Li, who looked pale and obviously in poor health. Then he looked at Xiao He, who was shivering in fear behind her, and spoke in a low and cold tone.
"Xiaohe she..."
"Shut up, let her answer me herself." The fire-type mutant interrupted Sister Li's explanation in a bad tone.
Xiao He shook his head with fear in his eyes, and then nodded: "No... I haven't seen it."
Her reaction instantly made the psychic suspicious, and his tone became more sinister: "Have you met any strangers today? Answer well, or you and your mother will die."
The psychic's threat was clearly murderous, and the man who recognized Sister Li changed his expression. His breathing began to become heavy, and his hands were clenched tightly, with veins bulging on the back of his hands.
"I work at a steamed bun shop on the second floor at the corner of the street, and I see strangers every day." Xiao He was so scared that he burst into tears.
Hearing this, the fire-type mutant frowned irritably, his tone revealing impatience: "Why are you crying? You're just a coward."
"Why are you two still standing there? Let's go." The supernatural person originally thought that Xiaohe had seen the group of people who broke into the underground city because she was so timid. But he didn't know that the child would cry out of fear after he lied. It was really troublesome.
After the psychic and the other man left the house, the man who recognized Sister Li spoke, his voice low and trembling: "Sister-in-law..."
"You guys go ahead and do your work. We already know the place. Come back and see us when you're free some other time." Sister Li quickly interrupted the man.
There are two living people hiding in her home. She doesn't want to recognize her husband's comrades-in-arms at all. After all, times have changed. People in the last days are the worst, and the other party may not be the same as she is familiar with.
The man nodded when he heard that, turned around and quickly followed the two men, so he didn't notice an extremely fine green silk thread entering his body along his right foot.
After the three of them went out, Xiao He first cried loudly on purpose, and then slowly stopped after a while.
The fire-type mutant walking in front of everyone else had a headache after hearing the loud crying: "This is so fucking annoying."
The two men following behind remained silent. After all, the man in front was a fire-type mutant who was extremely irritable and easily angered, and they couldn't afford to offend him.
"Continue with the next one. Don't let go of these shops along the street either." The fire-type mutant said in a cold voice. He hated cowards the most, but he never hurt cowards. After all, he once had a coward like this in his family who cried at every turn.
For a time, the whole town was in a state of panic due to the search. Even some homes that had hidden food or good things were secretly looted by those people.
It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when they left the place.
Sister Li knocked on the stone wall directly, and then lowered her voice: "Ms. Nan, Mr. Si, they have left."
Nan Muran inside was somewhat surprised to hear Sister Li's low and hoarse voice: "Can people outside also hear the noise inside?"
"Probably not." Si Ye stared at the stone door, thought about it and shook his head.
He guessed that the person who designed this secret room must have put a lot of thought into it. Because this secret room is obviously safer and more comfortable than the outside, so it is very likely that the inside of the secret room is where people live, and the outside is just a decoy.
Xiao He looked at the motionless stone wall and couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Aunt Nan, Uncle Si, can you..."
Before he could finish his words, the stone door suddenly opened from the inside, and Nan Muran and Si Ye appeared in front of the mother and daughter.
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