America 1881: Legend of the West

Chen Jianqiu got off his horse, walked to the edge of the waterfall, and looked down.

Below the waterfall is a lake, which is emerald in color and extremely emerald. In the surrounding earth-yellow environment, it looks like a flawless jadeite embedded in it.

Looking at the waterfall and the lake, he always felt that something was wrong, but for a while he couldn't tell what was wrong.

"How far are we from our destination?" Chen Jianqiu asked Holmes beside him.

Holmes quickly took out the two maps in his arms, one was his own, and the other was the human skin map.

He compared the two maps repeatedly, looked at the surrounding landforms, and frowned.

After thinking for a while, he was dumbfounded.

"It seems, it seems to be right here..." Holmes looked frustrated, "Why is it completely different from the one on the map!"

Chen Jianqiu took the map from Holmes's hand.

Whether it's a human skin map or Holmes's homemade map, the final burial location of the treasure has been marked.

There is a large snake-shaped symbol on the human skin map, and the homemade map was drawn by Holmes based on the human skin map.

If we judge based on the direction and mileage, it should be about this place.

However, the environment here is completely different from what was previously depicted on the human skin map!

There is no valley shaped like an inverted "mountain" and no altar.

"Could it be that geological events caused changes in the landscape?" Chen Jianqiu asked Holmes.

Holmes was still immersed in his own frustration. He shook his head: "It's simply impossible. This is near the Gulf of Mexico. There are no earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. Moreover, it is impossible for geological movements to destroy the earth in just two hundred years." A valley turns into a lake."

"Is it possible that it was a human operation?" Chen Jianqiu raised another possibility.

"Do you think this place looks like it?" Holmes spread his hands, "Don't say that the herdsmen from Texas and New Mexico haven't set foot here yet. Even if someone does come, how big of a project will it take to bring about such a change? !”

Chen Jianqiu knew that Holmes was right.

He glanced at the people around him.

They also dismounted, overlooking the waterfall and lake below, and marveled at the wonder and beauty of nature.

As a habitual criminal who is good at climbing roofs, Sean has one advantage, that is, he is not afraid of heights.

Therefore, at this time, the black people have already reached the front, the edge of the cliff.

"It's really so beautiful, so beautiful. I really want to hug it. If I hadn't studied much, I would have written a poem." Sean expressed his emotion that came from nowhere.

"Do you want me to give you a kick in the butt and let you perform a 'trapeze'?" Chen Jianqiu glanced at him sideways.

There is a height difference of about 40 to 50 meters between the top of the waterfall and the water surface of the lake below. Even if it falls on the water surface, if the posture is wrong, it will fall to death.

"Hey, no, no, I don't know how to swim." Sean quickly stepped back.

Chen Jianqiu raised his head and glanced at the sky: "It's getting dark, let's find a way to camp first."

So the team turned their horses around, returned along the path they came from, and started looking for a way down.

Chen Jianqiu originally thought that the way back would not go too far, but the strange terrain here still made him understand what "seems to be close at hand, but is actually far away."

He once again felt the fear of being dominated by the viaduct before crossing.

They made a large circle, even crossing the wide Pecos River once, before they found the right path.

By the time they could see the true form of the waterfall from a distance again, the moon had quietly climbed into the sky.

Everyone stopped their horses by the lake. The lake was dry. They took down the things they needed for camping and began to build a simple camp.

Everyone tied their horses to the big rocks by the lake, and then lit a bonfire with branches collected along the way.

Chen Jianqiu picked up the iron cup, placed it on the iron stand on the campfire, and started making coffee.

He also likes to make coffee now, without adding sugar or milk.

Meika is bitter, but it can make people sober.

The more important reason is that he has not been able to get decent tea so far.

"I'll be on duty until midnight. When you're done, go and have a rest." Chen Jianqiu said to everyone.

The Danny woman was bending over to add ingredients to the iron pot on the fire. Carrots provided vitamins, potatoes provided carbohydrates, and beef provided protein.

Her husband was inspecting the environment near the camp with Master and Disciple Hanif to see if there was any walking protein that could be supplemented with meals.

Sean led three Chinese young men to strengthen the tent hammer by hammer.

Holmes was still sitting by the campfire, frowning, studying the two maps that puzzled him.

There was only one person sitting on the ground slumped against a stone beside the camp.

Adam's face looked worse than ever before, and Chen Jianqiu once advised him to rest in the stone fortress.

However, on the day of departure, Adam still appeared outside the stone fortress. In the saddle bag of the old horse under his crotch, there were several bottles of Erguotou brought by Niu San.

"You need me." He only said one sentence, and then drove the old horse to follow the team.

Chen Jianqiu walked to Adam and sat on the ground next to him.

"I don't know where Lynch's Pinkerton detectives are. I guess they won't give up, but Corn has been watching above us and doesn't seem to have noticed them." Chen Jianqiu said.

He didn't ask about Adam's physical condition because he knew there was nothing he could do.

"Yeah." Adam said he heard it. He raised the Erguotou bottle in his hand, raised his neck and took a sip, then bared his teeth, "This wine becomes more interesting the more you drink it."

Chen Jianqiu didn't raise his hand to stop him.

Adam laid his body flat, put the hat on his face, and then fell into a deep sleep.

Chen Jianqiu found a blanket to cover him, and then said to Sean who was walking towards him: "Carry him to the tent later and let him lie flat."

Late at night.

The night by the lake is monotonous and boring, and the sound of the waterfall lapping at the water drowns out any other subtle sounds.

Chen Jianqiu sat in the shadow of the bonfire, staring at the moon in the night sky and the cliff above his head.

His Winchester repeating rifle lay on the stone beside him.

The camp was located in the open space below the lakeside waterfall, so that even if Pinkerton's group really followed, they would not be able to directly attack the camp from above the waterfall.

As expected, once the night is over, they can start researching the location of the treasure tomorrow morning.

However, the accident still happened.

On the outskirts of the camp, where the horses were tied, there was sudden movement.

This movement is not normal.

Chen Jianqiu picked up the gun and walked slowly towards the lake.

He came closer.

Most of the horses tied to the rocks looked restless.

Their ears were constantly turning, snoring, and walking back and forth. Some were even pulling on the horse ropes, as if they wanted to break free and prepare to escape.

Only Black Carrot, the King of Horses, stared at the all-devouring darkness not far away as if facing a formidable enemy.

It must have discovered something.

Chen Jianqiu raised the gun in his hand, preparing to turn on the shooter mode to search the surroundings.

Suddenly, without any warning, a black shadow suddenly jumped out of the darkness. With unusually quick movements, it pounced directly on a horse in the herd.

The speed was faster than any predator Chen Jianqiu had ever seen on this continent before.

The black shadow hung directly on the horse, and then bit hard at the poor guy's neck artery.

The gun in Chen Jianqiu's hand went off.

The bullet directly hit the black shadow and even penetrated its body.

However, what is surprising is that not only did the black shadow not die, it didn't even mean to let go.

Chen Jianqiu did not hesitate and directly pulled the trigger for the second time.

This time, he turned on the shooter mode and used the moonlight to see the entire black shadow clearly.

He gasped.

What kind of monster is this!

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