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These girls cannot be called little gangsters, because four of them are from wealthy families, and the remaining one is from a middle-class family with very good conditions. They joined Zack's treasure hunting team purely for the sake of seeking excitement.

To paraphrase a line from Let the Bullets Fly: These are sixteen or seventeen years old! ?

Judging from the fullness of her figure, Lucas would believe she was 26 or 27 years old.

Because they were girls, no one in the team was suitable to check their wounds and treat them, which might be the only thing Lucas missed.

However, they were quite adaptable to the environment. They sat around the fire, took off their tops or pants, and left wearing only their underwear, while they checked each other's wounds and applied medicine.

After eating and drinking, these teenagers, like their companions, wrapped themselves in blankets and fell asleep by the fire.

Because Lucas had already collected what he considered to be the necessary intelligence, he did not question in detail the subsequent groups of missing teenagers.

Around eight o'clock in the evening, the mountaintop camp sent out pickup trucks again to pick up all the rescued people.

This time Meili also came with the car.

While they were waking the teenagers by the fire and lining them up for the bus, she talked to Lucas in the woods and told him something unexpected but insignificant.

"Lucas, the intelligence is wrong. The number of teenagers coming in this time is not 25, but 26."

"?" Lucas looked puzzled.

"It's Maria from the Hale family down on Elm Street."

"Who?"

"Forget it. You wouldn't know me even if I told you. Peter and Oli from the Hale family both have problems. They are not competent parents. We didn't receive any reports from them when we were investigating. But when I asked about the five children we picked up at noon, I checked their roster and found Maria was among them."

"That means there are now 26 missing persons, but we have found 17 of them so far, leaving 9 missing persons."

"right"

"It doesn't make any difference. Now we can only pray that God will protect them. But you have to tell us the appearance of this Maria, so that we don't mistake her for a monster and kill her by mistake."

"Long golden brown hair, naturally curly, about 60 meters tall, weighs about kilograms, has green pupils, and looks very mature and beautiful."

"Wow, you described her like that. I'm a little curious. I hope God blesses this child."

After saying this, the two chatted about some other trivial matters, such as whether the rescued boy had any problems or special behaviors. Then the pickup truck from the mountaintop camp on the radio called Merry to hit the road, so she followed the car and left the defense line.

After Merry left, Lucas stayed alone outside the car in the dark for a long time.

"There are 9 more people... no, 8, a guy named Sam Vicovici has been confirmed dead."

"May the good fortune of this world be with you, and may you be able to successfully walk out of the Black Forest and come to us like the others..."

……

Over the next two days, under Lucas's command, the rescue team cut wood, built bonfires, and continued to set assembly beacons according to the daytime outside.

At the same time, the fire isolation belts are being cleared in an orderly manner as a last resort of defense.

But to be honest, unless a lot of effort and time are spent to clear the area all the way to the mountains on both sides, once a fire breaks out, this isolation zone, which is currently only effective in the open space in front of the forest, can only have a short-term delaying effect.

The fire is likely to spread to the entire

Within the space - according to Lucas' experience, the previous "Misty Realm" was a plain forest terrain with a radius of 30 kilometers, floating like a floating island in a thick fog. The day and night phenomena and the sky scenes there were also simulated by the fog under the influence of unknown laws.

He once threw a basketball-sized stone, but heard no echo, so he had no idea what was inside the fog, and he had no interest or courage to tie a rope around himself and jump out to explore it himself.

This "Full Moon Night" themed space most likely has the same setting, but for some unknown reason, it started to become dry... If it is a "floating island" setting, the loss of water circulation is also very normal. God knows where this space has floated to.

……

On the seventh day, which was the ninth day that the missing persons had entered this "foggy realm", Lucas speculated that their supplies should have been exhausted by now and the possibility of survival was extremely slim.

However, that afternoon, there was a lucky person who walked out of the Black Forest and came into their sight.

A young man named Madiborg, and he brought some important information.

After releasing the big monster, the heavily armored skeleton in the coffin, and the others failed the fear test and fled in all directions, Zack, the organizer of this treasure hunt, tried to gather his companions to organize defense and counterattack.

The last thing Madiborg saw when he escaped from the town cemetery was Zack and his six companions, pierced by white bone spurs spreading from the ground, hanging high in the air like slaughtered pigs.

And the roar that seemed to be speaking Russian that kept lingering in his mind until it slowly disappeared half a day after he left the town.

The child knew a little Russian. Looking back now, the roar seemed to be repeating: I will find you and kill you in the most cruel way.

At the time, he was gripped by fear but he didn't feel it. Now that he was free from the influence of the noise, and had spent a long time warming himself by the fire, eating hot canned food and drinking hot drinks, he had completely gotten rid of that fear. Madiborg thought that roar was... stupid.

After learning his intelligence, Lucas thought:

"Except for the girl named Maria, everyone's whereabouts have been basically confirmed. This rescue operation can be ended... But for the sake of safety, and because we have sufficient supplies, let's wait for two more days. Just treat me as an LSP and see how mature and beautiful Maria is."

"But it's time for me to fulfill my promise."

……

Taking advantage of a patrol, Lucas called out Gideon, the leader of the Daddy Gang, and brought him with him.

This kind of patrol is carried out twice a day. Lucas does not do it personally every time, but the people in the rescue team take it for granted and it does not attract attention.

After walking a distance, Lucas said without looking back:

"Tomorrow I will transfer Ed and Green back to the mountaintop camp and transfer two of your own brothers over here."

"Can we finally start taking action?" Gideon was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

"Wait another two days. You can discuss the details of the operation yourselves. I will only give you my opinions and information."

"Yes, sir"

During this period, Lucas did his best to maintain the team and handled many matters personally, winning a lot of respect from them. Gideon called him "Sir" very sincerely.

"According to the information we know now, the monsters that appear in that town are mainly skeletons and undead creatures. Do you understand this concept?"

Without waiting for Gideon to answer, Lucas continued: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand. It's just a name anyway. Just know it. It doesn't stop me from telling you their weaknesses and killing them."

Gideon: “…”

Lucas looked around the woods, as if searching for something, and soon found something. The two came to a small tree less than one meter tall.

Due to lack of water and dryness, all the plants dried up and withered. However, because there was no violent air flow, although the leaves and small branches fell off, most of the branches remained intact.

Gideon didn't know what Lucas wanted to do. He just saw him take out a knife and cut off many branches of the sapling in a few strokes, leaving the main trunk and some forks growing to the left and right.

Retracting the knife, Lucas took a shotgun shell from his ammunition belt, turned to Gideon and said:

"For example, this is an undead creature. They are all skeletons. When bullets hit them, there is a high probability that they will miss through the gaps between the bones."

He held a bullet and simulated firing it, passing it between the two forks.

Gideon understood it immediately.

"So this is why I asked the team to bring more of these scatter weapons, which can increase the success rate of hitting. But according to the descriptions of those children, these skeletons can use their own ribs or bones from other skeletons to transform into various weapons, so I can be sure that these skeletons have mastered the magic of bone transformation, which is to allow bones to deform at will and repair their own skeletons. So we..."

Lucas used the bullet shell to simulate again, this time hitting a fork, and Lucas then broke off the fork.

"Our weapons can destroy their skeletons, but this does not kill them. It just temporarily incapacitates them. If we give them time, they will repair the damage." He pressed the broken branches back to their original positions.

Office.

"It's similar to other types of undead creatures, such as zombies with flesh bodies, but they are undead, already dead, so no matter where they are shot, they won't die again, unless it's here..."

He dropped the branch in his hand and pointed to the top of the small tree.

"head?"

Gideon learned to ask back.

Lucas nodded. "Their ghost fire, soul fire, soul, whatever it is called, is concentrated here. I don't know the specific principle. Anyway, only by attacking here can we effectively eliminate the undead creatures such as bones and zombies. As for the last kind of undead creatures of the ghost system..."

Lucas turned and held the large shotgun shell upright in front of Gideon.

"In the mysterious rituals of various countries, sulfur and saltpeter are often used. There is a reason for this. I don't know the specific principle, but in practice, projectiles that can emit obvious flames are the most harmful to undead creatures. They can effectively offset the will-o'-the-wisp in their skulls and the spirits of ghostly undead."

Gideon subconsciously took the shell in his hand, looked at it, and then looked at Lucas: "Practice? Have you ever fought against something like this before?"

Lucas tilted his head and said, "Yes."

"I understand. In the next two days, I will inform the guys to change their equipment and improve their ammunition."

Lucas took his shell from him and put it back on his bandolier.

"Here's a new question. Remember how those kids described the big bad guy in town?"

Gideon replied: "Well... it can cast a magical spell that disrupts people's minds and can make people feel fear... it can also summon bone spikes from the ground and skewer humans and hang them in the air..."

"No, it's its heavy armor."

Lucas shook his head. "If you wait for this monster to get close to you, you will surely die, so you must destroy it from a long distance, or cause effective damage or delay it. Remember the bazooka and anti-personnel mines I specifically asked you to bring?"

"Ah, Shet, you had expected to encounter this kind of enemy?"

"That's not the case. I expected another large, heavily armored unit... But never mind. All you need to know is that once you enter the town, you must send someone to occupy the commanding heights, bring bazookas and your thickest gun barrels, and then lay as many anti-personnel mines as possible on the roads in the town, with the fuses set to be slower, mainly to prevent that big guy.

Once you see that big guy moving towards you, don't hesitate, don't be greedy, take what you can take away and run away immediately."

Seeing Lucas's serious words, Gideon nodded slowly:

"I understand"

0017

Two days passed quickly.

No miracle happened, the girl named "Maria" did not appear.

There is neither water nor any food in the "fog realm" of this full-moon night scene. The rescue team firmly occupies the only exit leading to the outside world. Even if the girl is lucky enough to escape into the black forest, she will lose her mobility due to lack of food and water for such a long time and can basically be declared dead.

For the past two days, under Lucas's management, the "Dad Gang" men have been cutting wood, lighting bonfires, and conducting border patrols as usual. The rest of the time they have been improving their weapons and ammunition in preparation for the adventure into the town of bones and the undead.

At the mountaintop camp, Meili conducted more detailed questioning and observation of the 17 rescued teenagers.

Among these 17 teenagers, only two or three were stabbed by the weapons of the skeleton undead. The others were injured by falls and scratches during the escape. The wounds had scabbed over in two days and they seemed to be recovering well.

The skeleton undead is light in itself, just a skeleton frame with not much weight at all. The strength may not be very great because it has just been summoned. The spell of transforming bones looks magical, but the lethality of bone weapons is limited, and the attack method is also physical. The two or three children were not injured in vital parts, and they can be cured with simple sutures and bandages.

According to Merry's description, the children behaved normally without any abnormalities, such as a sudden increase in strength or an increase in appetite. The people in the camp were also intact, with no one missing or having bite marks while sleeping.

"Tsk, I thought there would be someone who evolved into a superhuman due to infection with magic essence or contamination with magical substances, or awakened to become a professional. "

Lucas didn't know what was going on in his mind, but he complained secretly.

……

All the pickup trucks had their heads facing outward and their rear ends facing each other, forming a prototype defensive formation.

Several light bulbs hanging on the guardrails illuminated the scene brightly. All members of the Dad's Gang were conducting the final inspection of weapons, ammunition and equipment, making final preparations for the upcoming operation.

"Sir, is there anything else you would like to add?"

Gideon had a hippie-style headscarf on his head, which was covered with blue and white stars. Although his sturdy body was not equipped with a professional belt like Lucas, it was also covered with ammunition chains and grenades.

"Hmm... no more. Oh, I remember now. If it's the Skeleton Undead, there will most likely be Undead Archers. So when you move around in the town, pay attention to cover and move in turns."

Lucas sat in the back of his car. In addition to the necessary self-defense weapons, all the weapons and equipment in his pickup truck were contributed to them for use in the operation.

In addition to weapons

Equipment: Gideon's men only carried one day's worth of food and water, and the rest was used to load weapons.

The excess supplies were piled in the center of the convoy.

"I see. Anything else?"

"Try to stay as quiet as possible during the operation. I mean, when there is no fighting, you bring enough supplies for one day, but that doesn't mean you have to stay in there for the whole day. Don't be greedy, leave as soon as you feel it's enough. No matter how good the money is, you have to live to spend it."

"Understood, quick in and quick out, safety first"

"Yes, oh, by the way, if you see documents, scrolls, or something like that, bring some out to me without affecting your own safety. I am curious about the culture of this town."

"No problem, definitely."

Seeing that Lucas didn't seem to be talking any more, Gideon turned around and clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.

"OK, guys, you heard what the gentleman said, get in and out quickly, safety first, now move your fat butts and let us make some money!"

"Oh, get rich!"

"Awwww——"