Chapter 946: New Discoveries

Ding Xiaoyu explored forward along a winding stream.

The stream gurgled, and the trickling water flowed past her feet, carrying away some of her nervous emotions.

She couldn't help but pick up a leaf from the water, watching the current carry it away, and felt deeply moved.

Night deepened, and the forest became increasingly dark.

Chu Tian suddenly heard Chen Zihao's voice coming through his earpiece: "I found a hiding spot in the northeast direction; it looks like it has been lived in.

Come over quickly, and we will investigate together."

Chu Tian and Ding Xiaoyu immediately changed direction and rushed toward Chen Zihao's location.

A moment later, the three converged in the northeast corner of the forest.

Chen Zihao pointed to a small wooden cabin in front of them and said: "I just discovered this; it feels a bit abnormal.

Let's look around first to see if there are any clues."

The three approached the small wooden cabin cautiously; it looked quite old, with faded and dilapidated wooden boards.

The surroundings were overgrown with weeds, clearly having not been visited for a long time.

Chu Tian took out his flashlight and carefully checked the surroundings, attempting to find suspicious signs.

Ding Xiaoyu walked to the cabin window to peek at the situation inside.

The room contained some dilapidated furniture, with newspapers and bottles and jars scattered on the floor, and a musty smell assailed their nostrils.

Chen Zihao walked to the other side of the cabin and discovered a half-hidden small door.

He signaled for Chu Tian and Ding Xiaoyu to come over, and the three gathered their courage, carefully pushed the door open, and walked inside.

The space behind the door was not large; it was clearly a temporarily constructed small room.

Besides a dilapidated bed, there was a table in the room, and on the table sat a radio and some miscellaneous items.

In the corner of the wall was a crude shelf holding some food and water.

The air was filled with a stale scent that made one's skin crawl.

Chu Tian frowned and said: "It looks like someone has indeed lived in this place.

However, we still need more evidence to confirm that this person is the mastermind we are looking for."

Ding Xiaoyu picked up a piece of paper on the table, which had some complex patterns and symbols drawn on it with a pen.

She asked confusedly: "What do these mean? Should we take them? They might be useful."

Chen Zihao looked at the content on the paper and said: "Perhaps these are the methods that guy uses to control people. Let's take these; we might find a way to break it."

The three packed up these items and prepared to leave the small cabin.

Just as they intended to push the door open and leave, they discovered that the door was actually locked.

And the other end of the lock was inside the room.

Chu Tian frowned and said: "What is going on? It was clearly open when we came in just now."

Chen Zihao also felt surprised: "Could it be that someone was secretly following us, discovered we came here, and locked the door?"

Ding Xiaoyu looked around fearfully: "What should we do? Are we just going to be trapped here like this?"

Chu Tian looked at the locked door, pondered for a moment, and said: "Let's not panic; the key now is to find a way to open this door.

Perhaps we can look around the room to see if there are any tools we can use to pick the lock."

The three began searching the room for tools to pick the lock, but the room was truly too small, and there weren't many usable things.

Chen Zihao found an iron rod in a corner... ### CHAPTER 947: Escape