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Chapter 170 Hidden Mountain Shelter
Before dawn, the muddy water under everyone's feet was already bone-chillingly cold, and the equipment on their shoulders had become much heavier.

Lin Che counted the girl's breaths the whole way. The group moved at different speeds, but no one asked them to stop.

Su Wanqing only focused on the flashing dots on the navigator, while repeatedly reviewing the route the girl had mentioned.

Xiao Ran checked the last spare magazine, glancing back at Lu Zhao every now and then, without saying a word that was superfluous.

After about ten hours, when the mud on the soles of our shoes had become a thick layer, the dense forest in front of us was finally torn open.

The girl with the childlike voice tugged at Lin Che's sleeve and whispered, "There's a path ahead; just follow the stone steps up."

Su Wanqing glanced at her, tied a piece of red rope to a tree branch as a marker, and led the way by clearing away the bushes and pushing up the pebbles little by little.

Many of the stone steps were broken, moss grew in the corners of the walls, and only a faint smell of rotting wood remained in the air.

Lin Che noticed that although the girl with the childlike voice walked slowly, she always accurately avoided the dangerous loose stones, as if she knew the next foothold in advance with each step.

He didn't say anything, but simply tilted the basket to the side to prevent the girl from falling.

The group carefully made their way through the moss, and soon a flat area covered by dead branches appeared ahead.

Looking up, there is a three-story resort. Half of the wooden eaves and stone steps have collapsed, but the main building still retains its complete layout.

The porch was covered in thick dust and grime, but the door frame was still sturdy, and there were no cracks in the walls.

Su Wanqing stopped at the door and signaled everyone to pause the inspection.

Xiao Ran held the dagger in his hand, walked around to the window, listened carefully, put his fingers into the glass crack, and checked the outside area along the railing in a few steps.

Lu Zhao opened his laptop and scanned the surrounding signals repeatedly. He said in a low voice, "The terrain provides excellent cover. There are no heat sources or abnormal signals around."

Su Wanqing had no time to hesitate. She kicked aside the fallen leaves by the door, stepped into the hallway, and walked around the corridor and living room.

Lin Che followed closely behind, helping the girl with the childlike voice to carefully check every corner.

Although the furnishings inside the manor were old, there were no signs of battle, only the musty smell mixed with the stench of decaying wood from being sealed for too long.

The bathroom tank still contained rusty yellow cold water, the kitchen was covered in a layer of dust, and several gray rats the size of leopards were scurrying away under the dining table.

Su Wanqing stood in the center of the main living room, her brows furrowed. A few seconds later, she took off the jade bracelet, weighed it in her palm, and made a few silent marks.

As a faint light and shadow swept by, the inner space of the bracelet slowly opened, and she steadily took out several sizable boxes from it. Each box was filled with building materials, a simple generator and battery, as well as spare solar panels.

Lin Che and Lu Zhao looked at each other, neither of them speaking, but the girl with the childlike voice widened her eyes: "Teacher, how come you have everything?"

Su Wanqing simply stacked the boxes side by side without explaining further. She casually tossed a dust mask to Lin Che and said to Xiao Ran, "Check the water and electricity first. If they work, great; if not, immediately switch to the backup generator. Don't touch the kitchen or basement yet. Prioritize securing the outer perimeter."

Xiao Ran, set up security and traps. Install infrared and electric surveillance cameras at all entrances and exits.

Xiao Ran took the small toolbox and started heading towards the surroundings of the villa.

He casually removed the dirty cloth from the doorknob, and while disassembling and reassembling the original surveillance camera, he installed the new infrared sensor at the base of the wall.

Each point was camouflaged with shrub branches, and the signal wires were wound into the cracks between the paving stones.

Lu Zhao took stock of the existing, somewhat outdated monitoring system in the control room. Instead of complaining, he efficiently upgraded and spliced ​​the interfaces.

Before long, the surveillance video of the entire building was connected to his terminal screen.

Xiao Ran then set up two sets of photoelectric sensor ropes behind the villa, directly facing the partially collapsed slope and abandoned parking lot, hiding the dynamic alarm device inside.

Lin Che sat down in a corner of the living room with the girl in his arms, and casually unpacked his backpack, taking out two items from the food bag and two items from the first-aid kit.

The girl squatted down, holding her backpack: "Can I have some water?" Lin Che handed her a bottle of mineral water. She held the water to her face and carefully looked at the new supplies piled up in the room.

"Is everything alright? Has the teacher made any arrangements?" Lin Che simply shrugged and draped his coat over her shoulders.

Footsteps echoed from the kitchen. She silently entered the storage room and glanced at the old electrical control cabinet. She then started the backup generator, connecting several batteries to the main building's power grid, and the emergency lights throughout the room instantly illuminated.

With the lighting restored, Lu Zhao began to inventory the data using the main unit and external hard drive, flipping through and screening the files as he went.

An hour later, Xiao Ran returned from the northwest corner of the villa, wiping the dirt off his face as he reported: "The surrounding terrain provides natural cover, but the surveillance network is too old; it would be more reliable to replace it all. I reinstalled five surveillance cameras on the main road and added three sonic booms and decoy devices. I simply set up a disguised obstacle at the main gate so that no one can easily get in."

Su Wanqing nodded, instructing him and Lin Che to inspect the underground passage again. Lin Che put away his backpack and asked the girl with the childlike voice, "Is this the safe place you mentioned?"

The girl shook her head. "It happened in my dreams." Lin Che didn't press further and simply pulled her downstairs.

On the other side of the corridor, there was a sealed door with a rusted lock. While Lu Zhao was organizing the data, Lin Che pried open the latch and found a stone staircase leading north.

The stone steps were steep, the air was damp and cold, and every step was chilly from the cement that had been soaking for years.

At the end of the stairs was a semi-circular space with bottles and jars of wine on the walls, and some broken glass remained.

A wall lamp cast gray spots in the dim light. Lin Che carefully searched the four corners and felt a metal barrier on the ground that blocked signals.

He kicked the floor tiles and knew what was going on. The corner was very cold, and even the moisture was heavier than up there.

He turned to Su Wanqing and said, "This wine cellar is usable. It has natural shielding and independent ventilation, making it a ready-made laboratory."

Su Wanqing raised her hand to measure the space and pondered for a moment. She marked the remaining commonly used supplies one by one, and then asked Lin Che to check the load-bearing beams and ventilation equipment. She simply moved the most essential instruments and medical bed down, and Lu Zhao also brought the terminal inside.

The girl with the childlike voice watched everyone busily working, and softly asked Lin Che, "Will this be our home from now on?"

Lin Che didn't answer directly, but helped her spread out the stack of sheets on the floor: "Home is wherever you are, as long as you can survive."

The renovation project continued before dawn. Su Wanqing never stopped; she first installed large water purification equipment and filters in the underground wine cellar and installed one-way locks on both ends of the main passageway.

Xiao Ran repeatedly patrolled between the outer perimeter and the second floor, and every ten meters there was a small fake marker that he had set up.

While installing the mainframe in the basement, Lu Zhao imported the data into the new shell, muttering to himself, "The old data is a bit strange..." He suddenly pressed a few buttons on the terminal screen, and the folders opened one by one.

His expression changed: "The files have been rewritten."

Su Wanqing looked up at him and asked, "What's the problem?" Lu Zhao slowly pulled out a line of code and lowered his voice, "There are a few files that have been implanted with tracking programs during the transfer process. If you open them directly, the location signal will bounce back."

He said he had already unplugged a hard drive that didn't have internet access and encrypted it for isolation.

"Save it temporarily, don't open it."

Su Wanqing frowned and asked him to thoroughly review all the data he had brought back.

Lu Zhao worked for nearly two hours before finally relaxing his grip on the mouse. "The main data is all there, except for the treatment records related to Dr. Zheng. The data fluctuations at several key time points are all gone. Only some remnants of the logs remain."

Su Wanqing glanced at Lu Zhao's screen; the filenames were incomplete. She didn't say anything, only instructing Lu Zhao to isolate the core experimental notes separately and temporarily seal the rest.

Lin Che happened to bring over a few spare oxygen cylinders, placed the little girl in the innermost compartment, and said, "The signal is completely blocked here, so you can rest assured. However, we'll have to find another way to install negative pressure equipment."

Xiao Ran turned in from the passage, his dirty coat draped over his shoulders. "Everything outside has been dealt with, except for one backup evacuation route on the east side."

"The rest is up to you to decide." As soon as he finished speaking, Su Wanqing glanced around, called everyone into the wine cellar, and clearly explained their roles.

"Tomorrow, continue to replenish the medical area and set up all available rooms for data and backup purposes. Take turns resting at night, and if the alarm sounds, everyone should take cover immediately."

The girl with the childlike voice sat on the old sofa, clutching the pendant in her hand, and quietly watched everyone without asking any more questions.

Lin Che helped her straighten her hair and casually said, "Have something to eat, you have to work all day tomorrow."

Everyone then realized they were a little hungry, and without saying a word, they all went off to tidy up.

The only sounds in the room were low breathing and sparse footsteps.

Su Wanqing put the jade bracelet back on her wrist. She was the last person in the group, standing at the entrance of the basement looking at a row of instruments and equipment that had just been put away.