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Chapter 636 Barbed Wire
Since she couldn't rely on other people's opinions, Zhu Yu decided that she would have to rely on herself, which was more reliable.

She racked her brains, carefully recalling the two times she entered that small wooden building, not missing any detail she had seen at the time but might not have paid much attention to.

Suddenly, a scene from his memory flashed by, which Zhu Yu keenly caught, and he immediately felt a surge of energy.

“I’ve thought of a detail.” She sat up straight, her eyes reflecting the flickering flame of the oil lamp. “We were in such a hurry when we first went in that we didn’t notice it.”

But thinking back on it carefully, I remembered that the second time we sneaked in, there was a spider web next to the door, slanting diagonally across the top of the door.

I didn't think much of it at the time, but now that I'm recalling it, I realize something's not quite right.

Regardless of whether a thin spider silk would be easily broken by opening and closing the door, the more important thing is that spider silk is sticky. In such a humid mountain valley, and after it had rained, there wasn't a single water droplet on the spider silk.

This is very unreasonable.

So I think it might not be spider silk, but a thin wire as thin as a hair, connected to something below.

As soon as someone opens the door, the people inside will notice.

Following the location Zhu Yu recalled, Lu Qing also searched her own memory and seemed to have vaguely glimpsed that inconspicuous "spider web".

"We went there at night the first two times, and we were discovered as soon as we entered. Maybe the other party happens to be a nocturnal creature."

"In that case, let's go there during the day tomorrow. Don't rush in. First, check if the silk by the door is really spider silk. If it's just thin wire or something like that, then we'll remove its 'tentacles' first, and then take the antidote and sneak in." He explained his plan to the other three. "Remember, when we set off tomorrow, we mustn't alert anyone in town."

Zhu Yu immediately expressed his agreement.

She was very confident in Yan Daoxin's abilities. Lu Qing had known him longer and understood him better, so she had no worries at all.

Now, piecing together these fragmented pieces of information, it seems that many of the strange and chaotic events in Lan Di began gradually after Lu Qing's family encountered trouble. Could the person who faked his death and ran off to Lan Di back then be closely related to all these coincidences?

The person in the small building must have gone into seclusion some time after that. Who exactly is he? Why did he hide for so long? Who is he hiding from? And why are there patterns unique to the Lu family on the things used to cover the windows of that small building?

These questions can only be answered after that person is caught.

Seeing that his two masters had already made up their minds, Fuwen Fulu did not say anything more and followed Lu Qing's instructions to go back to rest early.

The next morning, just as dawn broke, the four of them left a note for the innkeeper and his wife, saying they were going to take a walk along the river and that they didn't need to prepare breakfast for them. Then they quietly left the town.

On their way back to the mountain valley, the four of them discussed their next strategy. When they reached the vicinity of the small wooden building, they slowed down their pace and cautiously approached their target little by little.

After observing the building, Fu Wen and the others found nothing unusual around it. The four of them finally approached the small wooden building and tiptoed to the door. Zhu Yu gestured for Fu Wen to go and check the "spider silk" next to the door.

Upon closer inspection, the rune was indeed a long, thin thread, stretching diagonally from the side of the door. At first glance, it did resemble a spider's web, and it was positioned in a spot where opening and closing the door would inevitably cause it to get caught. This was interesting.

Even setting aside the issue of whether spider silk is sticky and attracts water droplets, the fact that there is a "spider silk" exactly like the one Zhu Yu remembers is already absurd enough.

Clearly, this "spider web" is the key to how quickly the person hiding inside can detect someone's arrival each time.

Following Zhu Yu's prior instructions, Fu Wen carefully traced the thin thread and discovered that the thing had actually passed through a pinhole-sized hole in the wall and gone inside.

This further solidified their prior assumptions.

After searching around, the rune found a stick-up wooden wedge near the small hole; the protruding part was wide enough to wrap several turns of thin wire around it.

So he carefully pressed down one end of the thin wire through the hole to make sure it wouldn't vibrate, and then gestured for the talisman to pull the other end off the door. Except for the part he was holding down, the rest was tightly wrapped around the protruding peg of the wooden wedge.

After doing all this, he slowly let go, and the thin wire that he and the talisman had re-secured remained motionless.

They successfully moved the "messenger spider silk" aside.

Lu Qing took out the adjusted Refreshing and Detoxifying Pills left by Yan Daoxin from his bosom. The four of them took them. Following the plan they had discussed beforehand, Fu Wen quietly slipped in first, while the other three waited by the door. After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Fu Wen reappeared at the door, pushed the door open a crack, nodded, and the other three also silently slipped in.

The small wooden building was deathly silent. It was bright outside, and although most of the windows were sealed off, it was still much brighter than at night.

Zhu Yu glanced around and saw that the first floor was empty. She looked at Fu Wen, who pointed up the stairs, then around and nodded, indicating that the upstairs was in the same situation as this floor.

Obviously, such an empty, unobstructed environment is uninhabitable, especially for those who live in hiding, afraid of being discovered.

That's strange. They've checked the outside of this little wooden building many times, and there's nowhere to live. Surely this person doesn't just fall from the sky every time?!

Zhu Yu frowned and looked down at the ground.

Falling from the sky was too difficult; in comparison, she felt that "breaking through the ground" was an easier option.

The only problem is where the entrance and exit are...

After all, they couldn't just go around trying things out in a big way, lest they alert the enemy and all their efforts be in vain.

At this moment, Zhu Yu suddenly remembered the reason why he felt something was wrong when he first came in—the chicken bone that had been gnawed clean by someone when he accidentally touched it.

Her gaze once again fell upon the shadows beneath the wooden stairs.