On the ground, Brother Xin and his group stood on the empty road, next to a pile of collapsed building ruins.
After a group of over a hundred people dispersed and searched various locations along both sides of the street, one of the leaders stepped forward to report to Brother Xin.
"Brother Xin, we haven't found anyone. Could they not live in the west of the city?"
Brother Xin glanced at him. "Even if they don't live here, they can't have gone far. Keep searching!"
Anyone who dares to steal his things, he'll skin them alive!
Yes, yes.
The leader nodded and bowed in response, then turned around and continued to expand the search area.
A cold wind still blew in the dead of night. Standing next to Brother Xin, Jin Ya, who hadn't dared to say much, shrank his neck and pulled his coat tighter.
"Brother, it's hard to find someone so late at night. How about we go again tomorrow morning..."
Hearing his voice, Brother Xin felt his hands itching again. If it weren't for this good-for-nothing who couldn't even hold onto the food on his own turf, there wouldn't be so much trouble.
He glanced at it coldly, then, as he pleased, he raised a large pouch and slammed it over Gold Tooth's head.
"Tomorrow! Tomorrow! By tomorrow, the person will have long since disappeared, but they'll still be standing there waiting for you to catch them!"
"Get back to work right now! You're useless at everything, what good are you!"
The blow was incredibly powerful; Jin Ya winced in pain, clutching his head, wanting nothing more than to get away as quickly as possible.
"I'll go right away, I'll go right away."
As he spoke, he kicked up his heel and ran faster than anyone else.
Brother Xin's eyes were gloomy, and his whole aura seemed to have dropped. He wrapped his mink coat tighter, took out a cigarette, lit it, and swaggered into the middle of the road, slowly walking forward.
The other henchmen were also perceptive and dared not go forward to cause trouble. They scattered in the buildings on both sides of the road, carefully searching every corner with flashlights.
After moving forward a few hundred meters, it seemed that the end was just ahead, with abandoned wasteland and a dilapidated house with only two broken walls remaining.
The men had been searching all day and were all exhausted. Seeing that they had finally found the end, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
We've finally finished searching!
You can go back and rest now!
Before he could even exhale, Brother Xin, who was about to turn around, suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He looked down at the soles of his feet, and suddenly a mocking smile appeared on his lips.
"Oh, little mice, they really know how to hide."
When the younger brothers saw their older brother stop, they all looked at him with questions, "Brother Xin?"
Brother Xin looked around and found a drain covered by two long stone slabs next to a pile of waste bricks and soil.
He raised his hand to signal his underlings to follow him, and walked in that direction. The others followed him, staring at the drain in front of them, puzzled.
However, there were also several people with superpowers in the group. Upon closer inspection, they discovered that there were quite a few people hiding underground.
A fire-type ability user, emitting a flame from his palm, volunteered to step forward.
"Brother Xin, let me go."
He has fire-type abilities, can provide illumination, and has high attack power, making this type of pipe the most suitable for him.
Brother Xin shook his head, a hint of eagerness in his eyes, and asked the people beside him a question.
Have you ever caught a rabbit?
"rabbit?"
"I used to catch them in the mountains back home when I was a kid. They were cunning and hard to catch; they would block the entrance to their burrows..."
The person who was speaking seemed to realize what was happening, and their words abruptly stopped.
Does Brother Xin mean to block the hole?
Brother Xin raised an eyebrow. "That's right, that's exactly what I mean." He waved his hand, beckoning to the people behind him.
"Go and find some things to fumigate them."
The others, upon hearing this, were quite excited, seemingly finding it a very interesting topic.
"yes!"
There was clutter everywhere, and flammable materials could be picked up at any time. With many hands making light work, in no time, a pile of wood, paper, cardboard and other flammable materials was stacked up in front of the sewer.
Some people even pulled out a bunch of firecrackers and fireworks from a shop on the street, and happily carried them over as if showing off their achievement.
"Brother Xin, do you think this thing is any good? It can hit the target every time."
Brother Xin nodded in satisfaction, "Good, arrange it."
Gold Tooth's lackey stepped forward and, together with the others, moved the two manhole cover stones.
Others threw various flammable materials into the drain, and the fire-type ability users set off the ignition points. Soon, a raging fire broke out in the drain.
The person who initially held the firecrackers threw several large firecracker discs down all at once.
'Crackling, crackling'
The people on the ground were all smiles, while those underground, being far from the cave entrance, were not affected by the fire, and the echoing firecrackers were quite ear-piercing.
They watched as the smoke slowly swept towards them, seemingly about to engulf and devour them.
A young man felt insulted, his eyes turning bloodshot.
"I'm going out to fight them!"
A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!
Tan Jingrui grabbed the man and said, "Your charge is pointless. It's reckless and suicidal."
The young man was disheartened. "What can we do? We can't just sit here and wait to be suffocated by the fumes."
Hong Li tossed his signature red hair. "It's not like there's only one exit."
"Let's go to the other side."
Tan Jingrui made a decision and called on everyone to begin the evacuation.
When it comes to having a voice, there are a few elderly people in this group whose words carry the most weight.
But when it comes to times like these, they still have to rely on the young people. Tan Jingrui, who has rich experience in outdoor survival, naturally became the leader of the group.
On the ground, Xin and his men threw in a lot more things to help the fire burn.
Finally, people put the two stone slabs back in their original positions to block them, and the thick smoke that couldn't escape began to spread inside the underground pipes.
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