A brief, deathly silence fell over the basement.

After a long while, Ge Shan finally managed to squeeze out a "Holy shit" from deep in his throat.

"Lin Jianshen is a damn dragon crossing the river."

"Crossing the River Dragon" was originally a nickname Cai Long gave himself, but Ge Shan clearly has no time to avoid it now.

Cai Long himself didn't think there was anything wrong with what Ge Shan said.

He collapsed to the ground, a sense of resigned helplessness washing over him: "These methods... I can't argue with them... I have no choice."

After feeling regret and remorse, the two were forced to begin a survival challenge.

Because I was electrocuted and became incontinent before, I had already wasted a precious amount of water.

When they felt the urge to urinate again, the two dared not waste any, so they used a bottle to collect it until not a drop was left before removing the bottle.

When they were so thirsty they couldn't stand it anymore, the two of them would unscrew the bottle caps and take a small sip, as if drinking poison.

Not long ago, the two were still upstairs in the casino's self-built house, enjoying fine wine and food, and boasting about their glorious youth.

He shamelessly declared that he would teach Lin Jianshen a lesson.

At this point, they could only sit in the completely dark basement, encouraging each other to drink urine.

The two had lived a life of luxury for many years, and now they were overcome with grief, yet dared not truly cry.

Tears are water too, and in this situation, you really can't afford to waste a single drop.

The water problem has been somewhat resolved.

Another problem became serious—they had no food.

After some time, the food in their stomachs had been mostly digested.

People who drink alcohol don't usually eat much food.

My stomach first slowly deflated, and then I felt my chest slowly pressing against my back.

Then came a burning hunger.

Cai Long sniffled and moved closer to Ge Shan, reaching out to touch him.

Ge Shan was terrified and had to waste his precious saliva, saying, "Brother Long, Brother Long, you mustn't, you mustn't, please don't do this."

"What about me?"

Ge Shan was bigger, so he naturally consumed more energy. At this point, he was so hungry that he had no strength left and was almost frantic with worry.

He tried to rouse Cai Long to his senses: "Brother Long, we might still be able to get out."

"Once we get out, I'll find you a woman. I'll find you a woman in a foot massage parlor where there are no cameras. But please, don't do that."

Cai Long asked in confusion, "What time is it? Why are you still talking about women? Why bring them up?"

His hand was still touching Ge Shan's body.

With his last bit of strength, Ge Shan pushed him away: "Brother Long, I don't like this kind of thing, really!"

I like women, not men.

Cai Long then realized that Ge Shan had misunderstood.

He groaned weakly, "I'm starving. You smell like pig's trotters. Let me smell you to satisfy my craving."

It turned out that Lin Jianshen had wiped his hands with the clothes on Ge Shan's back, leaving a scent.

Thus, this taste became a precious thought for the two of them, a way to quench their thirst.

Ge Shan simply took off his floral shirt, and the two of them took turns smelling the pig's trotters, giving themselves a little illusory comfort.

The two of them survived for nearly forty hours by squeezing the bottle to make noise, drinking urine, and smelling the rancid smell of pig's trotters.

As Ge Shan was sipping the last drop of liquid, he suddenly heard the sound of an iron plate being lifted from the wall of the room.

Then something rolled in with a gurgling sound.

He's currently in a numb state, on the verge of collapse, only wanting a quick death, and he's too lazy to even look at what that thing is.

Cai Long, who was lying on the ground saving energy, struggled to get up and, in the darkness, followed the last sound he heard, groped his way forward.

After some searching, he found a cold, cylindrical object with a button on it.

Even if it's explosives, Cai Long will press them down now, since the situation can't get any worse than it is now.

This godforsaken place is truly torturous.

Cai Long closed his eyes and pressed the button.

The expected explosion did not occur.

That thing was an old-fashioned flashlight.

Suddenly, light illuminated the basement.

Their eyes were not used to the light for two days and were unable to adjust immediately.

They covered their eyes and shone a flashlight through their palms onto their closed eyes.

Once your eyes have regained some sensitivity to light, shine a flashlight on the ceiling, cover your eyes with your hands, and slowly open a slit.

After about twenty minutes of commotion, the two finally opened their eyes in the basement.

This is a place run by Sun Jian that specializes in teaching debtors a lesson.

He has several such places.

However, the lights are usually on here. People are only restricted in their personal freedom; they are not given food, only water.

The environment won't be that harsh.

People like Cai Long and Ge Shan, who dare to drink urine and even find joy in hardship by clinking bottles and toasting in a secluded room, can truly be considered tough guys with unwavering integrity.

They found light bulbs on the ceiling, but no electricity was being supplied.

In places like this, the light bulbs and switches are not located inside the house.

So they hadn't found the switch inside the house before.

The two shone their flashlights around and discovered that the door had been opened at some point.

The exit was blocked by a thick, opaque black curtain.

A glimmer of hope suddenly appeared before their eyes.

Surprise came like a tidal wave.

Outside the door, there was the long-lost light, the light that belonged to the human world.

It is now dusk, and the afterglow of the setting sun has dyed the horizon red.

The beautiful orange-red light, the expansive view, the flowing air...

The two embraced and wept with joy.

This is an unfinished building overgrown with weeds.

The two walked a few steps forward and found Cai Long's cell phone on the ground with a note on it.

"Pay me back for my phone and the window."

The Alipay account number is on the back of the note.

I don't know what "phone money" means.

But Cai Long is truly afraid now.

He transferred all 40,000 yuan from his Yu'ebao account, leaving no decimal places.

They helped each other as they slowly walked out of the unfinished building.

Cai Long opened Gaode Maps and searched for the nearest restaurants.

The two of them followed the walking navigation, staggering along the secluded streets.

With each step, my legs felt weak, my heart pounded wildly in my empty chest, and my vision blurred.

After walking for more than ten minutes, we finally saw a Shaxian snack shop.

The two of them first took a bottle of mineral water from the beverage cabinet, drank it all in one go, and then lost control of their emotions, hugging each other and crying loudly.

They looked like two children in their forties.

Because for outsiders, this is only forty hours.

But for them, it felt like they had spent half their lives in darkness.

The shopkeeper thought they were two lunatics and didn't dare to come up and ask for money.

After drinking the water, Cai Long said he wanted to eat pig's trotters, as he had been craving the smell of pig's trotters for the past two days.

Fortunately, Ge Shan still retained some rationality and said, "Our stomachs are weak right now, we need to drink some porridge first."

"When you have plenty of time to eat pig's trotters in the future, brother, you must control yourself."

The owner of the Shaxian snack shop got scared and said, "These two bottles of water are free, but I don't have any porridge here. Why don't you try somewhere else?"

The two regained some of their energy and walked a little further.

I found a Xiangyang beef noodle restaurant.

Two large insulated containers were placed at the entrance of the noodle shop, with signs that read "Free of charge: Plain porridge/corn porridge".

Cai Long bought two bowls of noodles.

The owner finished making the noodles, poured on chili oil, tofu, and seaweed, and called out twice, "The noodles are ready, come and get them."

No one responded.

The owner craned his neck to look outside and saw them standing directly in front of the porridge bucket, holding disposable plastic cups, and gorging themselves on the millet porridge.

Their frantic behavior scared the other diners so much that they didn't dare to get any porridge.

The boss initially thought that since he was in business and the other party had indeed paid, it wasn't appropriate to say anything.

Corn porridge is also inexpensive; you just need to mix some corn flour with boiling water.

Let them do what they want, it's no big deal.

After a while, seeing the two of them drinking like crazy, I couldn't help but stop myself.

He leaned closer and said, "Hey buddy, what's wrong with you guys? Haven't you eaten for days?"

"You can't drink like that, you'll burst your stomachs."

The two then stopped, patting their round bellies, and left the noodle shop, sitting on the curb to make a phone call to their younger brother.

I had my younger brother drive over to pick me up.

While waiting for the car, the two of them secretly vowed that they would never provoke a madman like Lin Jianshen again in their lives.

The younger brother drove to the location and was startled when he saw the two people.

The two were dehydrated and emaciated, like mummies whose bandages had just been removed.

Moreover, the smell of urine and rancidity emanated from his body, hitting right in the head.

The two got into the car, and the younger brother secretly turned the ventilation up to the maximum.

After a conversation, Cai Long and Ge Shan learned the truth.

Li Peng is in trouble.

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