"Alright then, let's hurry, and take a look inside."

Saying so, Ye Chen moved to the front. However, because the cave was quite spacious, his flashlight could only illuminate a limited area.

It only lit up the surroundings, so without moving forward, it felt as if they had arrived at a new continent.

"Hey, look quickly, what's that place?"

At that moment, they suddenly seemed surprised to discover a setup of iron bars in front of and to the right of them.

At that moment, Ye Chen excitedly walked over and touched it. He found that it was indeed an iron railing, and then took a quick glance with the flashlight.

This design was similar to a fence, and looking over there, there was another entrance setup. However, by then, the iron gate appeared to already be open.

"It's right here."

Ye Chen said as he quickly walked over, pushing open the large iron door, and took a glance inside. It was lined with a layer of straw, and near the corner seemed to be a stone-built bed.

"Yes, this is the place."

With this thought, Ye Chen suddenly got excited. This was, after all, the best place to hide someone. Moreover, it was dark and damp, and you could still hear the sound of dripping water. Clearly, someone must have survived here back then.

"Could it be, could this place be where my dad lived back in the day?"

When Lin Yaru entered the environment, he seemed to have a hard time accepting it.

Imagine living in such a dark and damp place, with surroundings so pitch black that Lin Yaru found it hard to imagine how anyone could survive here, let alone endure it all.

"Don't worry, over there, it seems like there's a light."

He pointed over in that direction, and it seemed faintly like there was a fire starting device there. Subsequently, Ye Chen pulled a fire starter from his pocket and lit the kerosene lamp.

Instantly, the space became bright, and they no longer needed the emergency flashlight. They could now see their cage location clearly.

If we only talk about the cage, the area should be around 15 square meters.

At the corner, there's a stone-built bed, and inside, there are some black items, unclear what they are, but on the stone wall, there are two very long chains.

He walked over and took the chains in his hand to show everyone. He felt these chains were indeed used to restrain people initially, proving that this place indeed held people captive.

"Yes, I'm now sure this place used to hold people, but it's unclear who they were, so we need to quickly search separately and see if there are any living clues left by them."

Saying this, the group began to carefully search separately.

"Hey, what have you found there?"

At that moment, Anying discovered some black items in a corner. She was unsure what they were, so Ye Chen went up and took a closer look.

"I see, this should be some trash generated here, along with some food remnants, suggesting they've been here for many years."

"Look over there."

At this time, Lin Yaru suddenly glanced back. It was then they noticed there was a small bend ahead from that place.

Inside that small bend, there was a large pile of trash, almost mountainous. Only a bit of it could be seen, but the key was, they couldn't smell any odor from the trash.

"If this was the trash left behind by someone who once lived here, how should we understand it? Why doesn't it smell after being accumulated for so many years?"

"It indicates that the ventilation and air flow here must be very good, and from this position, you can clearly feel air blowing, seemingly from overhead."

At this moment, Ye Chen seemed to discover something and excitedly pointed upward.

Everyone then looked up and saw that, indeed, there seemed to be some air blowing down, continuously flowing into the cave.

Therefore, there was always ventilation, and hence, despite the mountain of trash, there wasn't the slightest odor.

"Also, didn't you notice? Standing here, it's indeed much cooler than when we first entered the cave?"

"Could it be understood as a natural refrigerator, so anything piled here won't be found?"

"Additionally, over time with continuous drenching by seawater and water constantly dripping down, I believe these things will gradually disappear here."

"So could I consider that when my dad lived here, all the trash was stored here?"

"Yes, it should be like that. I noticed in here, despite the two chains being quite long, they allow me to freely enter any corner of the room, except I cannot escape from here."

"Strictly speaking, it restricts movement to this place but prevents someone from leaving the cave, right?"

"Exactly, that's it. Also, I can assume someone periodically drops off basic living supplies; when I came in, I noticed a large wooden crate piled in the corner."