Liu Kaiwen cleared his throat: "Now we know that we were deceived by a gang using the pretext of recruiting workers and brought here after being drugged. However, we don't know what the purpose of this gang is?"

"Are they trying to kidnap us?" Jia Jing widened her eyes, her voice trembling with fear.

"Yes, I heard before that some black coal mines also buy people." Hao Youfu gulped down a mouthful of saliva.

Everyone was stunned at first, then panicked.

"Not necessarily!" Liu Kaiwen looked at everyone's expressions and slowly spoke, "If it is really kidnapping, why are we being kept together and not tied up? We are several big men, and if we really resist, it will be troublesome for them."

"Yes!"

"That's right!"

"Then why are they keeping us here?" Zhao Yihui looked around. "There's nothing here, no food, no water, we'll be trapped here and die."

Liu Kaiwen stood up, pointing to the doorway and said to everyone, "Look!"

Everyone looked over.

Zhou Xuehai stared at the brick wall, becoming more and more confused. He stood up and walked over to it. The others also stood up and walked to the brick wall.

Zhou Xuehai extended his index finger and picked at one of the brick seams, feeling along the seam to the side. Then, he excitedly shouted, "There's a door! There's no cement between these bricks."

Xue Fang and Jia Jing supported each other and asked with joy, "Can we go out now?"

Liu Kaiwen came to Zhou Xuehai's side and gestured to the position of the brick seam, "Let's try to see if we can open it."

The two of them pushed the brick surface hard, and Hao Youfu yelled anxiously from behind, "Push harder! Or let me try!"

Liu Kaiwen exerted force with his foot, suddenly exerted force, and heard a "squeak-hua" sound. He felt his hands empty, and saw three bricks pushed out, which also pushed several bricks out of the outer wall. A rectangular small hole appeared in the center of the brick wall.

The sound of the bricks falling outside brought an echo.

Before the others could react, Hao Youfu had already squeezed to the front and bent over to look out of the hole. The dust choked him, and he coughed a few times. His half-closed eyes gradually widened. There was another layer of brick wall outside the brick wall, and outside that was a dimly lit passage with flashing lights, which stretched into the distance.

"Is it really an air-raid shelter? I just don't know how deep it is." Hao Youfu muttered.

Liu Kaiwen bent over and looked outside, turned around and said to everyone, "We don't know how deep this air-raid shelter is. We don't know what dangers there are outside. All we can do now is to break down this wall."

Jia Jing hesitated, "We don't know how many people are in this gang, whether they have weapons, we know nothing about them. If we break the wall recklessly, we'll attract them. What should we do?"

"Exactly!" Xue Fang whispered in agreement.

Liu Kaiwen waved his hand and asked, "What do you suggest? Stay here and wait for them?"

"Maybe now there are very few people guarding us outside, we can still fight back!" Hao Youfu supported Liu Kaiwen's proposal. Instead of waiting here to die, it's better to fight back.

Zhou Xuehai nodded, "I agree."

Xue Fang saw that Jia Jing was still hesitant, and pulled her clothes, "Let's act together."

The others also agreed.

Liu Kaiwen continued, "We must carry forward the spirit of unity and mutual assistance to escape together."

Zhao Yihui looked at Jia Jing and Xue Fang and nodded, "Don't worry! Although the three of us are women, we will try not to drag everyone down."

Jia Jing and Xue Fang also nodded and agreed.

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"Okay then!" Liu Kaiwen swept his gaze over the three of them and greeted the other male comrades, "Let's break down the brick wall together."

"Okay!" Zhou Xuehai stepped back a few steps, taking a ready-to-charge posture.

To prevent any unexpected accidents such as a cave-in, they discussed a plan. The brick wall was three meters wide, and the main impact point was at the center hole. Three people were enough to handle that area.

Liu Kaiwen, Zhou Xuehai, and Hao Youfu stepped back two meters away from the brick wall, ready to go.

At this point, Liu Kaiwen reminded them once again, "When the wall falls, everyone needs to be quick! Don't be chaotic, let the female comrades go first."

Everyone's face was solemn, holding their breath and waiting.

Hao Youfu took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, stared at the wall in front of him, and said, "Comrades, get ready. I'll count to three, then we'll go! One, two, three!"

As soon as the words fell, the three rushed forward and slammed into the brick wall.

The people behind them stared at their figures, nervous and afraid to breathe.

There was a loud "bang", the bulb hanging on the top swayed violently, and the ground shook for a few moments. The white lime and soil particles on the roof began to fall.

The center of the brick wall was hit, and the three had disappeared.

Immediately, there were groans from Hao Youfu and shouts from Liu Kaiwen, "Come out fast!"

Zhao Yihui grabbed Jia Jing and Xue Fang and pushed them towards the broken wall, "Hurry up!"

Li Zisheng and the others followed closely behind.

Xue Fang leaned over and saw that the bricks had come loose and piled up into a small hill. She stretched out her leg, curled her body, and stepped over it.

Liu Kaiwen caught her and shouted, "Hurry up!"

After sending Jia Jing and Xue Fang over, Zhao Yihui looked up at the top of the hole. The white lime had disappeared, and the soil and small stones were falling. She was about to lean over when suddenly someone bumped her to one side, and a small figure squeezed past her.

"Don't mind him, who is he? Hurry up and follow us!"

Zhao Yihui recognized Li Zisheng's voice and followed the figure in front of her.

Haoyoufu pulled out a person and said, "Why is it you, kid?"

Zhou Xuehai frowned and pulled Wu Wei aside, saying, "Forget it, let's save people first."

Liu Kaiwen stared at the remaining brick wall and shouted, "Not good, it's collapsing!"

Zhao Yihui grabbed Haoyoufu's hand and almost fell over. She heard Liu Kaiwen's shout and responded loudly, "It's collapsing inside too. There are still two people inside!"

Haoyoufu's face changed and he didn't care. He leaned half of his body in and directly dragged out Hu Zili, who was squatting inside with his legs crossed, and shouted inside, "Hurry up!"

The brick wall was shaking and about to collapse.

Haoyoufu's eyes turned red, and when he saw a leg stretched out, he grabbed it regardless and turned around to pull it out.

Li Zisheng was dragged down to the ground, passing through the edges and corners of the bricks, which hurt him. He had just seen Haoyoufu and hadn't had time to complain yet, but he saw him with an iron face, dragging him out. Liu Kaiwen leaned against the wall with his shoulder and shouted to Zhou Xuehai on the other side, "Can't hold it anymore! Run!"

Liu Kaiwen grabbed Li Zisheng's T-shirt and dragged him forward with Haoyoufu.

In an instant, the brick wall collapsed, and the mud inside rushed out, making a muffled rumbling sound. It rapidly advanced forward, swallowing the light that passed by step by step.

Everyone ran for their lives. There was a corner ahead. They turned around and there was no light. The passage was very dim until they ran to another wall. Hu Zili bumped into the wall and found that the wall was unmoved: "No good, it's cement!"

Jia Jing and Xue Fang had already despaired, crying and holding each other. Zhao Yihui found a narrow iron door beside her. The black iron door was less than one meter high and only one person wide. She kicked it twice and kicked the iron door directly down.

"There's a door here!" she called out to everyone.

Hu Zili quickly ran to the door and crouched in to take a look: "It seems to be a passage inside. I'll go in first and see if there's any danger. You take care of the people behind."

Jia Jing and Xue Fang followed behind Hu Zili and went into the door. Zhou Xuehai pulled Wu Wei and ran out of breath. When he saw the cement wall in front of him, he hurriedly stopped.

"Comrade Zhou, what about here?"

Zhou Xuehai turned his head to look to the side and saw Zhao Yihui standing against the side wall, waving at them, and was surprised, "Why is there only you?"

Zhao Yihui pointed to the door at her feet and said to them, "We found a passage here. Comrade Hu and the others went in to check. I'm here to receive you."

Zhou Xuehai only noticed the door at this time. Wu Wei next to him had already quickly gone in.

At this time, Liu Kaiwen, Haoyoufu, and Li Zisheng also arrived.

"Stopped behind?" Zhou Xuehai looked towards the corner.

"Of course. It was so dangerous just now! We almost got buried," Haoyoufu panted, "Hey, where are they?"

Zhou Xuehai could imagine the danger at that time, "Are you injured?" Haoyoufu pointed to Li Zisheng.

"There's nothing serious. I just rubbed my back and scraped my skin," Li Zisheng shrugged his shoulders. It was already good enough to save his life.

"Comrade Liu checked my wound and it's not serious, just painful."

Haoyoufu knocked on the wall, "I'm dizzy! Even if we hit it as ashes, we can't get out!"

"There's a road here, but it's narrow and there's no light. I don't know what's inside," Zhao Yihui said to several people, "Comrade Hu and the others went in to check."

"How long have they been in?" Liu Kaiwen asked.

Without thinking, Zhao Yihui replied, "About six minutes."

Liu Kaiwen was stunned, "Do you have a watch?"

Zhao Yihui raised her hands and shook them in front of Liu Kaiwen, "Now, other than this outfit, I have nothing else."

Liu Kaiwen felt that he had offended the female comrade a little and quickly corrected himself, "Sorry, I just heard you speak so accurately."

"It's okay," Zhao Yihui smiled brightly, "I am very sensitive to time."

Haoyoufu squatted next to them and urged, "Comrades, what time is it now? Don't waste time!"

Another collapse sounded not far away, and the already dim passage was plunged into complete darkness.

"Oh no! Second collapse!"

The roaring sound was next to them. The air-raid shelter completely collapsed, covering everything!