North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 778 Roland
In the Dark Tower world, after Roland communicated with the wizard, he began to wonder whether the black rainbow he brought to Jimmy was one of the reasons for the energy imbalance in the Dark Tower world.

But it is not easy to return to Earth. The door he used to return to the Dark Tower from New York was the same door he used when fighting the Men in Black before, but it is very far away from his hometown. When he left his hometown and wandered around this time, he had no intention of returning to Earth, so now he has no way of confirming which direction to go to return to the original door.

In fact, the entire Dark Tower world had entered a period of decline many years ago. Many places were abandoned, and there were no GPS coordinates and maps like those on Earth. Relatively speaking, other places were difficult to accurately locate except for the familiar surrounding environment.

This has led to the current troublesome situation. When he got the reason for the frequent disasters from the wizard, he could no longer find the way back to Earth unless he went back along the previous route.

After careful consideration, Roland decided to come back to find Jimmy. The Dark Tower world was his hometown. Even if there was only a small possibility, he still hoped that this world could be safer. Even if the world was already coming to an end, it was much better than doing nothing.

A world heading towards decline will inevitably encounter various problems. In addition to various physical disasters, even more serious are the demons or vengeful spirits that appear in all kinds of unexpected places without any rules, as well as things that accidentally pass through the cracks from other worlds. Roland has eliminated countless of them along the way.

It is impossible to follow the return route according to his memory. Sometimes Roland will take the wrong road, and when he finds out that he has taken the wrong road and returns, there will be problems. Strictly speaking, Roland is still wandering. The only good thing is that he has a goal now. No matter whether it is the previous door or other doors, he still hopes to find Jimmy and bring him back.

Roland's arrival on Earth this time was actually an accident. During his travels, he saw a suspected crack. Occasionally, lights of various colors would appear in the sky and air, and occasionally there would be deep red or black glare.

Standing on a high place, one can see a gathering point nearby. When Roland arrived at the gathering point village, he found that it was empty and there were several bodies in several rooms.

I have seen this kind of scene many times during this period. There is no doubt that there must be something nearby. These corpses are already somewhat rotten, and they have been dead for some time.

The biggest advantage of encountering this kind of settlement is to collect some supplies. After all, you are riding a horse, and you can't carry too many supplies with you, so you must replenish supplies every once in a while. Now that this settlement has been abandoned, it is a good opportunity to collect some supplies.

Everything was normal, but when he arrived at the well house, he was suddenly attacked. A huge spider monster approached the door from the roof of the well house, and suddenly rushed down when Roland entered, and his long legs almost hugged Roland.

When Roland was attacked, he immediately bent down and rushed forward. While avoiding the spider's embrace, he also pulled out his revolver and turned around to shoot. However, the spider monster moved very quickly. Although Roland's bullets landed on it, they did not kill it directly. Instead, they made a few holes, and some green blood flowed out.

After avoiding the fatal injury, the spider monster did not leave. Instead, it moved along the walls and roof inside the house, occasionally spraying out a spider silk to try to tie up Roland, and also stabbing at Roland with its overly long spider legs.

Roland did not stand still. He moved to avoid the spider's thrusts while firing back. Although the spider dodged very quickly, it did not completely avoid Roland's bullets. It just did not hit a fatal spot, so it could still counterattack Roland.

After several failed attacks, the spider suddenly let go of the roof and fell to the ground. Roland faced the spider head-on, leaving him with less room to maneuver. After dodging, he immediately reloaded his gun. In between shots, a spider silk suddenly touched his leg.

The spider used one of its legs to pull the spider silk and rushed towards Roland at the same time. When he dodged to the side, he was pulled by the spider silk and staggered. He had no choice but to fall to the ground. He took advantage of the situation to roll under the spider, raised his gun and aimed at the spider's head and eyes from bottom to top and shot continuously. The spider's body size and its structure limited its flexibility. After being shot in the head, it immediately gave up Roland and rushed towards the well in the middle of the house. Instead of choosing to climb down, it fell directly.

Roland's legs were still stuck in the spider silk, and he was dragged towards the well by the spider. Roland stretched out his left hand to hold the top of the well, raised his gun with his right hand and fired several shots downwards, but he still couldn't withstand the spider's pull and fell out of the well.

There was no sound of water when the spider fell. The well should have been abandoned. Roland tried to hold on to the sides of the well to slow down when he fell, but there was no place to leverage, so he could only fall to the bottom of the well. However, he was lucky. He must have been lucky when he shot downwards just now, and he happened to kill the spider. When he fell, he just hit the spider and was not injured.

He got up from the spider and wiped the spider's blood off his body. Only then did he realize that the bottom of the well had been modified. The well was not wide at the top, but the space below was quite large, probably in the shape of an irregular elongated conical bottle.

Roland lit the small torch he carried with him to illuminate the place. He found many cocoons wrapped in spider silk around the bottom of the cave. He put away his revolver, pulled out his dagger, cut open one, and took a look at it. He gave up checking the other cocoons. Everyone knows the habits of spiders, and this cocoon is obviously its food box.

With the torch, Roland could see the details of the bottom of the cave, and he found a crack hidden in the corner. When he was about to approach, a big spider suddenly emerged from the crack. It was similar to the spider he had killed before, but now only the head and front legs passed through the crack. "Bang bang!" Roland drew his gun very quickly. Although it happened suddenly, he still quickly drew his gun and fired several shots at the spider. The spider had already come out of the crack, and after being shot, it immediately retreated and returned to the opposite side of the crack again.

Roland raised his gun and aimed at the crack. After waiting for a while and not seeing it coming back, he looked up at the cave entrance with some light above. He couldn't jump up at this height. If he wanted to leave, he would probably have to chisel out a lot of footholds on the cave wall.

After hesitating for a while, Roland adjusted the bullets in his revolver, took some food and drinks from his backpack, sorted everything out, and then walked towards the rift.

The spider could shuttle back and forth in the crack. Obviously, the world on the other side was at least much better than his current situation. After he passed through the crack, he found himself in a small cave. There were many traces of spider silk around him, and obvious light could be seen at the entrance of the cave. The spider that was shot was no longer here. There was some blood of the spider spilled on the ground, and it left along the cave.

Roland slowly moved towards the exit of the cave. This was obviously not a cave dug by humans, and the entrance was not very big. Roland first checked the outside of the cave before coming out.

There was a forest outside the cave. Roland looked around and climbed up a bit. He looked into the distance and saw a small village with some buildings not far away. He looked around but did not find any obvious buildings anywhere else. It seemed that this should be the nearest settlement.

After determining the direction, Roland climbed down the hill and walked towards the settlement. Having just arrived here, he still had no idea what the environment of this world was like. After losing his horse and the supplies on it, Roland was in urgent need of replenishing supplies, otherwise he would not be able to survive for a few days with only the little food and drink in his bag.

The spider's blood had already entered the woods. Now was not the time to chase it. The most important thing was to ensure one's own safety.

It was still very troublesome to move in the woods. Roland was not sure whether the spider had other companions or whether they were in the woods, so he moved forward very slowly and had to be on guard against the other party attacking him from any corner or overhead.

Finally they walked out of the woods. The nearest house was about 100 to 200 meters away. Roland looked at the surrounding grass and the building in front of him. After making sure there was no obvious threat, he left the woods and walked towards the house.

Roland was very familiar with the shape of the wooden single-story houses. After approaching them, he did not go directly into the houses, but walked around them for a while. It seemed very quiet here, too quiet. There was no sound of motor vehicles, no human voices or animals. But just looking at the appearance of the village, it did not seem to be dilapidated. There were American flags flying above several houses. Obviously, the place he came to was the Earth, but he didn't know if it was the Earth he had been to before.

Roland picked a house that looked relatively new and walked over. He smelled a foul smell of corruption and blood before he even entered the house. This smell was not right. He observed from the window, kicked the door open and walked in. The house looked a little messy. There was an obvious pool of blood on the floor, as well as dragging marks, but there was no body. From the dragging marks, it seemed that no one had left the house. This was very strange.

Roland checked the room and made sure that no one was there. He then went to the bathroom to check the water and electricity conditions. He then took out his mobile phone and charger to charge the battery of his mobile phone. He returned to the living room and turned on the TV. He found that everything was almost the same as when he left. It seemed that this was Earth.

He went to the bathroom to take a shower, cleaned off the spider blood and dust on his clothes before picking up his phone, installing the batteries and taking a look.

Jimmy's text message has arrived. Roland directly called Jimmy's FBI cell phone to inform him, but did not ask him to come over. There are all kinds of weird situations here, so let's wait and see.

After resting in the room for a while, Roland changed his clothes, prepared his gun, and then walked out of the house.

He walked around the small village along the way, passing his neighbors' houses, but found that there was no one here. He found a lot of bloodstains, but no body.

The lights in many houses were still on even in broad daylight, so it seemed that the accident happened at night, and it was obvious that the incident happened very quickly without alarming other people. Judging from the current situation, at least there was no external police intervention. Only pistols and a shotgun were found on the ground in two houses at the scene. Obviously, they did not launch an effective counterattack.

While inspecting, Roland searched the house and replenished himself with a batch of .45acp bullets. For villages like this in the United States, having guns and bullets at home is almost standard, but many of the calibers are wrong.

When he was inspecting the houses, he found a lot of anomalies. Some houses had broken windows, some had holes, and traces of spider silk were found in many places. It seemed that the spider he encountered was nearby, and judging from these houses, it should have captured a lot of people as its food reserves. Even considering the people here and the time when it acted, it was very likely that there was more than one spider.

Roland found a relatively closed room, sealed the doors and windows, and then rested there. The spiders had not been capturing these people for a long time, and these houses had refrigerators and stored food. For him, this environment was very good, at least he didn't have to sleep in the wild.

Roland had spent more than ten years working with Jack to clean up some supernatural events on Earth. Although it was not his main responsibility and he did not do everything, it was undeniable that this was actually his own idea. In essence, Roland was still a compassionate and kind person. Although what happened in this village had little to do with him, he still hoped to resolve it as much as possible.

Although he gave Jimmy two guns and the Black Rainbow, he had no idea what Jimmy looked like now. What happened here obviously could not be explained by the infestation of spiders. The two spiders he encountered were almost bigger than humans. Even if only the torso was counted, it was almost the same size as a human torso. This kind of thing could never be produced naturally. It must be related to the Dark Tower world, and it is not ruled out that it is related to other worlds.

There are also spider monsters in the Dark Tower world, and they are even bigger and more powerful. Roland has dealt with them before. The biggest harm of these things is that they can seriously hurt ordinary people around them. They are basically not a big threat to people like Roland, but for ordinary people, they can't run away after being targeted by them unless they have powerful defensive weapons. However, not everyone in the Dark Tower world can get a gun, and it is difficult for ordinary people to threaten spider monsters with a knife.

The people in this small village were obviously ambushed by the spider monster. Roland found a lot of guns here. If they could all use guns to defend themselves, they could at least resist and contact the outside world for support.

Another potential threat posed by spider monsters is that they are still capable of reproduction. If left alone, it may not be long before they multiply.

(End of this chapter)