America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 33 Cannibals in the Cave

It took a lot of effort for the three of them to figure out that this human head was not the archaeologist himself.

According to the description of the bartender, the archaeologist is about 50 years old. This person looks very young, and there is a high probability that he is his follower.

They soon found the man's mutilated body, which appeared to be missing, in another tent.

"It's too cruel." Sean shook his head.

Chen Jianqiu was also a little uncomfortable. Although this body hadn't had much physical reaction to the scene of broken arms and legs after time travel, this kind of intentional dismemberment, even taking pleasure in it, was still disgusting.

"Boss, shall we continue to chase?" Asuka asked.

"It's all here, let's go and have a look first."

It was still Chen Jianqiu's usual answer.

Yigao people are bold and confident to pursue the unknown, that is called adventure; those who have no confidence, that is called death.

The three continued to set off, with Asuka at the front, tracking the mission; Chen Jianqiu at the rear, responsible for vigilance; Xiao En, who was the weakest in combat, was in the middle, enlivening the atmosphere.

Not long after marching, a cave appeared in front of them. The three of them slowed down. They found a hidden place with higher terrain and began to observe the direction of the cave.

This cave is a stronghold.

The open space in front of the cave was a mess, with all kinds of sundries piled up in a mess, dismantled carriages, unidentified limbs scattered on the ground, and near the entrance of the cave, there was a pot with "gurgling" inside. Turning over the soak, I can't see what is cooked in it from a distance, but judging from the limbs around the pot, there is a high probability that it is not good meat.

"Boss, we should have set up binoculars in that Jew's black shop yesterday." Sean stretched his neck and looked down, and said, "The archaeologist is not in that pot now, is he?"

"Why, do you want to taste it? I still have some salt here, you can add it to the soup later?" Chen Jianqiu glanced at Xiao En, and Xiao En stuck out his tongue.

The three of them circled down, sticking to the edge of the open space and approaching the entrance of the cave.

There are two large wooden cages near the entrance in the cave. The cages have been dyed dark red by an unknown liquid, emitting a disgusting smell.

A shirtless man was leaning against the cage, holding a machete in his hand, as if on guard.

In Colorado in July, the daytime is only about [-] degrees (Celsius), the temperature difference between morning and evening is huge, and it may be as low as about ten degrees at night. This group of people are all shirtless, I really don’t know what they think.

Chen Jianqiu took out a dagger, which was specially selected by Browning yesterday for him. It was of moderate quality and sharp.

He threw the dagger over.

The dagger was accurately inserted into the man's head, and the man fell down without saying a word.

The three quickly leaned over, Chen Jianqiu pulled out the dagger, wiped it on his clothes, and inserted it back into the scabbard.

He took the shotgun from behind and handed it to Sean. It was his turn to walk in the front this time. After all, the dark cave was his home field.

Asuka took out the tomahawk, while he picked up the machete that the guard dropped on the ground.

He tore off a piece of cloth from the man's trousers and wrapped the machete around his hand.

The cave was dark and dark, and the three of them bent over and walked slowly, trying not to make the sound of their footsteps.

Suddenly, a gust of wind came from the cave, mixed with stench and fishy smell.

It seems that this cave is connected, and there are at least two exits.

Going further in, at the end of the corridor, a light appeared.The three of them leaned against the cave wall and approached the brightly lit corner.

Sean walked in the front and looked inside.

Inside there was a natural platform with a bonfire burning on it, and a cross was erected beside the bonfire. A man in his fifties was tied to the cross and stripped naked from head to toe.

Next to him was a fat man with a sharp knife in his hand.He was waiting for the water on the campfire to boil, and then he disemboweled the man on the shelf and cut into the pot to boil the soup.

Two people were sitting around the campfire, chattering for some reason, and another person was rummaging through the box on the other side, with a gun in his hand.

Sean gestured to the two people behind him, indicating that everyone in the hole did not look this way.

So Chen Jianqiu decided to do it immediately, otherwise, they would have to clean up the internal organs for the archaeologist.

Chen Jianqiu and Asuka reached under the table, while Xiao En walked around behind the person who turned over the box.

This time it was the gun in Sean's hand that fired first. Inside the cave, the gunshot sounded like thunder. The person who was hit fell on the box, with blood holes all over his back, and he was completely cold.

Sean was shocked by the recoil and took a few steps backwards.

"Boss, your gun is too fierce."

Chen Jianqiu didn't have time to pay attention to him, he and Asuka rolled up from the shadow under the table.

His knife directly aimed at the fat man who was holding the weapon in his hand. Before the fat man could react, he was chopped down to the ground. His huge body fell towards the bonfire, knocking over the pot.

A whole pot of boiling water was poured on Fatty's body, and the scream of "Aww" echoed in the cave.

Chen Jianqiu aimed at the main artery in his neck and stabbed him again, blood spattered on his face.The fat man soon became silent.

The person next to him saw the person turned upside down, and his first reaction was to touch the weapon beside him, but Asuka raised the ax and dropped it, and the hand that was going to grab the weapon fell to the ground, and then he backhanded the axe, finishing the person life,

Seeing that the situation was not going well, the last person ran away. Before he had gone a few steps, Chen Jianqiu's dagger flew towards him.

The man was stabbed and fell forward.

Group off.

"Save people." Chen Jianqiu said as he rushed towards the cross.

The three people hurriedly lifted the old man off the cross and put him on the stone. Chen Jianqiu found some water and poured him down.

"Cough, cough..." Accompanied by a violent cough, the old man woke up from choking, and when he saw Chen Jianqiu, whose face was covered in blood, he rolled his eyes, as if fainted again.

Chen Jianqiu took a closer look, the old man's eyes were closed tightly, but his body and hands were still trembling.

It turned out that he was playing dead, and Chen Jianqiu signaled Xiao En to wake him up.

Sean gave him a rough slap, and the old man woke up immediately, covering his head with his hands:

"Oh, don't hit me, don't hit me. Give you everything I have."

"We are not robbers." Chen Jianqiu said calmly.

"Then, am I dead? Oh, God, are you the angels he sent to save me?" The old man changed his words.

"Your God's angels are definitely not yellow, and they certainly won't be covered in blood. Of course, they won't come to save you." Chen Jianqiu snorted, "Okay, stop playing tricks, get up quickly."

He found the old man's clothes from the cabinet and threw them for him to wear.

"I thought you were not religious." Sean muttered.

"Um, it's not that I don't believe it, I just don't believe in those country legends." The old man put on his clothes, and after confirming that the three people had no ill intentions towards him, his spirit returned to normal.

It also seems to be a character who has seen the world.

"These people are terrible. I only heard the legend of these people in the southern part of the United States. They used to live in cities, but for some reason they got into the woods, and then tortured and killed travelers passing by and ate their flesh." The old man said. There are still some lingering fears.

"What's your name?" Chen Jianqiu looked at the old man who had returned to normal. At this moment, he was looking for something in the cave.

"My name is William, William Henry Holmes." The old man was still rummaging through the cabinet.

"You are an archaeologist?" Chen Jianqiu was a little dubious. He suddenly remembered that this person in front of him seemed to be famous in American history.

This is the man who successfully explored Yellowstone Park.

However, based on age, shouldn't he be only 35 years old now?

(End of this chapter)