Start with liberation

The expedition team descended from unknown peaks to the shore of Donner Lake, the sky had not yet completely darkened, and there was still peripheral vision to barely see.

After descending the mountain, the expedition team's progress along the bank of Donner Lake did not slow down, obviously with a clear purpose.

Wu Qing, who was silently walking in the middle of the team, suddenly had an idea in his heart.

Why didn't old Joe the railroadman who picked up the gold on the upper Yuba River gobble up the gold himself, with other railroadmen with him?

About ten minutes later, Wu Qing looked over the shoulders of the team members in front and realized that the road ahead was blocked.

What caught Wu Qing's eyes was a towering mountain by the bank of Tangner Lake. The knife-like rock wall was inserted abruptly into the shoal by the bank of Tangner Lake. At the foot of the mountain was a lake-eroded cave with a strange shape, about two meters high. , four meters wide, a lake that does not cross the calf, extends from the entrance of the cave into the cave, and is still flowing quietly under the impact of raindrops...

The Union soldiers in front of the expedition stopped.

Almost at the moment of this pause, both the federal soldiers and the bounty hunters began to breathe heavily, and then exchanged glances with each other...

Wu Qing was still calm, and she knew in her heart, it seems that Lao Qiao found the gold outside this cave?

But the bounty hunters' eager minds are destined to have nowhere to rest.

Warrant Officer Philip, at the front of the line, turned around, and ordered loudly to the federal soldiers,
"Guys, check your gas masks, shovels, climbing ropes, and guns... You know, this is a wild place, and it's not surprising that there are any abominations, if you see any stupid fools who don't want to die, shoot them immediately, shoot them to death! !!"

The sound echoed for a long time!

When talking about "shovel" and "climbing rope", Warrant Officer Philip was still smiling at the soldiers, but when it came to "guns", he looked at the bounty hunter. When he finally said "shoot to kill", his tone was already cold Biaobiao's unfinished meaning is beyond words.

Yesterday, the bounty hunters were incited by former captain Karl's words about "gold mines". Finally chose to remain silent.

"very good."

Warrant Officer Philip ordered again,
"You bounty hunters are camping here. I hope that when I come out of the cave, you have prepared barbecue and coffee and tea... Do you understand?"

"Understood..." The reply was sparse.

The bounty hunters who are licking their blood are regarded as logistics cooks. Of course, steam soldiers have this qualification. After all, every steam soldier is a sharp knife in a civilized society and the top of a western hero.

"Sergeant Lorenzo, you stay outside the cave and assist the hunters!"

"Yes!"

An ordinary federal soldier saluted and went out.

The rest of the federal soldiers that Philip was going to lead had already drilled into the lake cave.

The remaining sergeant glanced at the bounty hunters and ordered meticulously,
"Pitch the tent, build the fire, prepare the food! Get moving!"

The movements of the bounty hunters were slow, but they finally moved.

However, this sergeant had a brain. After sweeping his eyes over Wu Qing, he turned directly and chose to ignore it.

Wu Qing casually glanced at the dark lake erosion hole, then looked away, his mind has not changed, he still lacks interest...

About half an hour later, several cowhide tents for sleeping overnight surrounded a semi-sloping tent that was completely open.

The half-pitched tent was large enough to accommodate a dozen people, with a campfire burning in the middle.

Holding a piece of barbecue and a cup of tea, Wu Qing sat on the edge of the tent facing Tangner Lake, chewing slowly, and counting the time... Today is already the third day.It takes three days one way, and it will take at least three days to go back, which adds up to six days.But what was agreed before was five days, one thousand dollars a day, a total of five thousand dollars. Since it was overtime, we had to discuss how to increase the money when we went back, but the Land Flyer must be very difficult...

"It's really troublesome. I don't know if Xiong Hua has found Lake Truckee marked by the treasure map."

When Wu Qing muttered in a low voice, a shadow sat down beside him.

Wu Qing frowned and turned his head to look. It was the former captain Carl. Wu Qing didn't even think about it, and said directly,

"I'm not interested in unfounded gold mines..."

Carl, who had just sat down, choked on these words, but he didn't give up so easily. He shrugged his shoulders pretending to be magnanimous,

"I think I might be able to convince you...why listen?"

Wu Qing had a half-smile on his face, but he didn't say anything to refute it, and he was still idle when he was idle.

Carl looked at Donner Lake, stretched out his hands, as if he wanted to embrace the entire Donner Lake, and said,

"Do you know why Donner Lake is called Donner Lake?"

Perhaps because he saw that Wu Qing was not interested, Karl said directly,

"In 1847, at the initial stage of the Westward Expansion Movement, a large number of eastern residents colonized the west from the east coast. The west 20 years ago was even more desolate than it is now. Now there are sporadic reclamation towns on the western land, but at that time it was completely The wilderness, leaving the city of San Francisco, the entire west is a land of gods and monsters that humans have never set foot on. At that time, every immigrant who stepped into the west was a great pioneer..."

"Listen, if I just introduce the history of your white people, I'm not interested." Wu Qing interrupted Carl unceremoniously.

Carl smiled and said,
"At that time, a team of pioneers named Donner's Brigade left Springfield, Illinois, and headed west, passing through this place - the Sierra Nevada Mountains, but their luck was terrible. The whole winter. Although only half of the team of 80 people died after one winter, they still stubbornly walked out of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and settled in California."

Carl accentuated his tone,
"In order to commemorate the fearless pioneering spirit of the Donner Brigade, after 1847, the lake, originally named Lake Truckee, was renamed Lake Donner..."

"Hehe..." Wu Qing just wanted to say something, but suddenly realized something, and his expression was extremely astonished.

Carl was still chattering, "The west was built by pioneers and new immigrants like you. The west should not be monopolized by the federation or the authorities. The various mineral deposits in the west naturally belong to all of us..."

Such incitement was not heard by Wu Qing at all, he just tugged on Carl's sleeve, and asked again in a deep voice,

"You mean, Lake Donner, formerly known as Lake Truckee?"

"Ah..." Karl was obviously taken aback by Wu Qing's serious tone, "Yes, it was originally called Lake Truckee."

Wu Qing still wanted to ask more carefully, but at this moment he felt a burst of cold air coming out of his temple.

boom!
Sparks flew in the darkness not far away.

Bullets the size of grape bullets came from the frantic darkness like raindrops!

The bullets hit the head and face in a gust of wind and rain, and half of them hit Wu Qing's qi shield, lost their kinetic energy, and fell jingling.

But Karl was not so lucky, he made a few puff puffs, his body trembled violently, blood bubbles appeared from the corners of his mouth and chest, and he collapsed down with regret.

This shot has been planned for a long time, and due to the distance and instantaneous nature of firearms, even Wu Qing can only release the qi shield to protect himself. As for protecting others, Wu Qing has no good way.

But almost at the moment when the bullet landed, Wu Qing's soles grazed the sand and mud and rocks and burst out, like a sharp black arrow, Wu Qing's bowed body exploded, and swooped towards the night where the gunfire erupted.

Unlike being shot with a sniper rifle by steam soldiers before, Wu Qing couldn't control the distance of the enemy at that time, but now, the enemy is very close! ! !

Only then did the rest of the bounty hunters and the sergeant erupt in an uproar like cold water being poured into a frying pan.

The assailant didn't seem to have expected that Wu Qing would be able to escape unscathed from "his" gunpoint, nor did he expect that Wu Qing's reaction was so fast that he had no time to move.

The crisp sound of the branches and leaves being trampled, the howling of the wind being broken, together with the black shadow like a tiger and a leopard, all came before the eyes, and the attacker did not panic.

boom!Gunshot!

Wu Qing possessed her body and raised her hand, a long red knife swept out like a peacock under the moonlight, making a series of crisp sounds...

Flying bullets shot at him, obviously it was just a gunshot, but Wu Qing seemed to be facing a shotgun, ping-ping-pong-pong, the gas mask that was strong enough to resist thirty bullets quickly dimmed.

Seeing that the gas mask couldn't bear it, Wu Qing stepped forward, not giving the attacker a chance to fire a third shot. The Chihe knife was covered with a layer of iron cold under the moonlight. As soon as it was retracted, it made a very fast incline, and then pushed forward.

Chi-

Wu Qing was sure that the blade cut through the opponent's neck, and there was also a sound like spurting blood, but when Wu Qing squinted his eyes, he was not preventing the blood from splashing into his eyes, but was blinded by a sharp cold wind. .

The other party was also in the sound of puffing, flying upside down like a deflated balloon, and did not forget to fire another shot in mid-air, blocking Wu Qing's pursuit, and landed lightly on a tree seven or eight meters away. on a bare tree.

The attacker towered above the treetops, and the moonlight cast a shadow on her slender waist.

When Wu Qing looked up, she was a tall, clean-cut, beautiful Caucasian cowgirl.

Long golden wavy hair under a rabbit fur felt hat with an iris pattern hoop, flaming red lips, a shirt with a lapel collar revealing a slippery white pattern, black skinny jeans, uneven waist and hips, but unfortunately a scar on the neck is rolled up and closed tightly —no blood.

The woman squinted her eyes, pressed her thumb on the trigger of the exaggeratedly large revolver, raised her right hand slightly, and did not hide the coldness in her eyes, her voice was hoarse,

"Oriental..."

Name: Denisa
【Wild Stranger】

Threat Level: Red
The cursed gun [Walker-type revolver Deathwind Attendant]:
The prototype is [Colt Walker type], the muzzle caliber is 0.44 inches, and the charge is 3.6 grams of black powder. It was inspired by the old god who has been silent. Windrunner-the god of cold death-the god of the atmosphere-Ita Curse of Kuya, possesses the following magical abilities.

[Vacuum Fission]: Each bullet will cause a split attack within a five-meter cone in front.

[Song of Ithaqua]: Every bullet carries a soul attack, even if it is just scratched, it can make the victim feel the trembling and fear of Ithaqua from the depths of the soul, so the action will Get sluggish!

[Wind of Death]: Her body is filled with dead wind, which will burst out when the body surface is damaged, attack the enemy, and repair the wound, but it is not infinite. Only applicable to Denisa, the Blessed One of Itakua, other people can only use the first two skills after obtaining this cursed gun)
Note: Itakua is an old god who rarely communicates with humans. He even has sex with human women and gives birth to offspring...

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"Is it Denisa? Let's have tea together when you have time."

Wu Qing seemed to be joking, but his movements were too fast to be seen by the naked eye. The red long knife drew a long arc in the air, with a cold and sharp edge.

No matter what this woman is here for, if she dares to make a move on herself, then take it down first! ! !
There was no room for thinking, and in the blink of an eye, Wu Qing had already pulled close to the tree where Denisa was standing. Denisa's eyes sparkled, and she didn't know if it was because she was called by a stranger's name or because she was surprised by Wu Qing's speed.

With a kick of the long leather boots on the top of the tree, the whole person bowed and flew backwards, showing a vague sense of retreat. The sight in mid-air was aimed at the face of Wu Qing who was attacking, and the trigger was suddenly pulled hard.

Wu Qing twisted her waist to pass through the fire and rain, like a flying snake, like a tiger.The Dinessa revolver fired a rain of bullets and metal storms, only a few of them landed on Wu Qing's body, the gas shield ruptured, and a bullet wiped a bloodstain on Wu Qing's arm.

Denisa was overjoyed and won!

The overflowing blood flew backwards on the bloodstain, Wu Qing's face turned pale, and his sprinting movement had no effect at all!

"impossible?!!!"

exclaimed sharply.

In half a blink of an eye, Wu Qing, whose temples protruded an inch, jumped out from Denisa's right side, with an embarrassed face, and roared,

"Bah!"

Exorcism sound!

"Wait..." Denisa buzzed in mid-air, her eyes lost.

bang~
It wasn't the gunshot, but Denisa's arm holding the gun was broken everywhere, blood and cold air flew together, and the broken hand fell to the ground together with the revolver and the cowboy hat.

【moon bead】

Then came Denisa who hit the ground like a bird with broken wings. After waking up from the shock, Denisa felt a sharp pain in her back and right arm at the same time, and the panic in her eyes could not be suppressed. .

The air pressure brought by Wu Qing was like a huge ax hitting his face.

Denisa yelled hastily,

"and many more……"

Wu Qing turned a deaf ear to it, and the pounced figure lowered his waist and raised his foot to spin, his heel was like a round hammer, and he slammed fiercely on Dinisha's charming face.

The bruising and deformation of the face spread rapidly, a few teeth flew out, and the chill penetrated into the soles of Wu Qing's shoes.

Denisa was pierced by a fierce force, flew upside down and hit a tree trunk heavily, coughing blood uncontrollably, her voice was completely terrified,

"us……"

Chi!Suddenly there was a muffled groan, and the Chihe Knife, who was chasing after her, directly pierced her chest and lungs.

"Ah!—" She resisted with an uppercut with her intact left hand, and clashed with Wu Qing's heavy punch, but only one of them broke back, and her fingers twitched meaninglessly...