The World of American Drama: From the Los Angeles Patrol

Chapter 154 Camping Armadillos and Gunfire

Hannah ran over and lay on Jack's back, watching happily as he continued to complete the final details little by little, leaving a lip mark on his face with a click from time to time.

Mr. Bonham shook his head, and turned to Aunt Molly.

In the afternoon, everyone was ready to go. Walker drove his F150 with a grill tent and other camping equipment. Emily drove a Subaru Forester [-]WD SUV with two children, followed by Jack's Firebird.

After waving goodbye to the two old men, the three cars sped towards the desert area of ​​the southwestern border.

Perhaps because Emily's car was following behind, Walker slowed down slightly, but the whole journey was almost 90 miles per hour, nearly 4 hours' drive.

In a wilderness, three vehicles stopped one by one.

"Just here. We will camp here at night. Emily's supply point is in front of it. There are no drone patrols here at night, and it is a common passage for immigrants."

Walker got out of the car and pointed not far ahead.

The location where everyone is now is slightly higher, and it can be called a hill for the time being. The location Walker pointed to is less than one kilometer from the top of the mountain. From there, the terrain descends, forming a small slope that is not too steep.

A small path can be seen under the small slope, which is obviously the kind that was stepped on by people.

"We set up three supply points on the surrounding hillsides, each with 20 barrels of drinking water and a small amount of food."

Emily pointed to three locations and introduced them to everyone.

"We come here every week to pick up the empty barrels and replenish new drinking water and food, and the money spent comes from everyone's donations."

Illegal immigration from Mexico is one of the pillars of the Lone Star state's economic boom, and ranchers welcome the cheap labor.

As long as illegal immigrants work hard on the ranch honestly and stay for enough years, they can apply for legal status, which can be regarded as a willingness to fight and a willingness to suffer.

"They set out from Mexico. In order not to be discovered, they had to walk nearly [-] kilometers. Every year, frail children and women died in this desert. This is all we can do."

Emily looked a little helpless.

"It's too dangerous here, do you come alone every time?" Hannah was a little worried.

Emily smiled and comforted, "Jerui will accompany me every time, she should be here soon, and I put an AR-15 behind the car, you don't have to worry."

Hannah had a weird expression on her face, "Is that Jerry who runs the bar? Your rival in love? She's not single now, is she?"

Emily smiled and patted her, "Jerui is our mutual friend, Walker has always been loyal to me, don't let me talk nonsense."

Walker looked proud that you couldn't provoke our feelings, and kissed Emily on the cheek, and was pushed away by her, urging him to work quickly.

Jack and Walker moved the grill out of the car together. The two Walker children were also very diligent and capable, and quickly set up three tents.

He took a shovel and dug a shallow ditch around the campsite, and Jack sprinkled it with sulfur powder to repel snakes and insects. In this kind of desert, rattlesnakes and scorpions are the most common guests.

"Jack, come and see."

The two Walker children and Jack were already familiar. After setting up the tent, they started to wander around. Suddenly Stella came and took Jack's arm and ran away.

Somewhat confused, Jack followed the little girl to a rock, and saw a thick rattlesnake fighting with a strange creature.

The strange creature is not small in size, about half a meter long, and looks ugly. It is covered with a hard carapace like a pangolin, but has sparse long hair. It is not afraid of the rattlesnake's fangs, and bites hard. The opponent's seven-inch position.

The rattlesnake looked stout, but it was helpless against the heavily armored enemy. It twisted into a ball but couldn't break free.

"Is this an armadillo?"

It was also the first time for Jack to see this American specialty. He had only seen it in the animal world in his previous life. He had the impression that this thing would shrink into a ball when it encountered danger, but he didn't expect it to be able to pinch a rattlesnake.

After a while, the rattlesnake was bitten to a bloody mess, and the armadillo began to gnaw on its head.

"Can we grab it and play?" Stella was a little curious and wanted to move forward, but Jack grabbed her.

"If I recall correctly, armadillos may carry the leprosy virus."

Jack took out his mobile phone to take a picture of the scene in front of him. The sky is not completely dark yet. It is really rare to see this kind of ancient strange beast that only appears at night and is recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas. I don’t know how the ancients recorded this An animal unique to the New World.

Bats, armadillos and longhorns are all iconic animals in Texas. He didn't expect to see one of them so soon. Bats are nothing to see, but he also wants to see longhorns. I heard that this kind of cattle The horn can grow to more than 3 meters, and the taste is also good.

Pulling two curious children back to the campsite, there is already a pickup truck, and a beautiful woman with a very different style from Emily is chatting with everyone.

This is the Jerui they mentioned before. She has the same long blonde hair as Emily, coiled high behind her head, but compared to Emily's gentle temperament, this girl has a little more wild flavor.

After a brief introduction, the men and boys were rushed to start a fire and barbecue, and the girls, big and small, happily carried supplies to the surrounding supply points for supplies.

Auggie put on the earphones in boredom, got into the tent to listen to the music, Jack and Walker lit the barbecue grill, and chatted while tidying up.

"Can you talk about what happened to you in New Mexico?" Walker asked with a smile.

Jack raised his eyebrows, "What do you know?"

"There are not many secrets within the law enforcement department. Some rumors have spread. It is rumored that an FBI encountered ogres in the mountains and discovered a gold mine."

Jack laughed, "It's the natural gold nugget that reminds you, right? But strictly speaking, I'm not an FBI yet."

He tried to choose as insensitive as possible, describing the encounter roughly.

Walker felt a little regretful: "It's a pity that the whole case has been kept strictly confidential. Otherwise, this legendary story alone would have allowed Jerry to invite you to drink free whiskey at her bar for a month."

Jack was about to answer when suddenly there was a gunshot in the distance, followed by a scream, "Walker!"

The two men were startled, looked at each other, turned around at the same time, pulled out their pistols almost at the same time, and ran towards the direction of the gunshots.

While running, Walker shouted to his son, who also heard the gunshots and was getting out of the tent in doubt, "Take the gun and it's in your mother's car."

Auggie nodded quickly, opened the trunk of the Subaru, and followed with the AR-15 on his back.

(End of this chapter)