Returning to hometown to farm: The apocalypse system arrived ten years earlier?

Chapter 241: Casino Crisis
Late at night, in the town square, a makeshift statue made of copper wire flickered with arcs of electricity.

The United States also has skilled craftsmen. Although the "lightning effects" they create are not as dazzling as those at the Chengdu High-speed Railway Station, they are also quite eye-catching in the dark.

The American soldiers were lying in ambush around the square, armed with live ammunition, including vehicle-mounted electromagnetic pulse cannons, as well as other combat vehicles and tanks.

There are two tanks, both of which are M1A2 SEP models. This is a big tank, with a body length of 9.77 meters, a width of 3.66 meters, a height of 2.44 meters, and a combat weight of 71 tons, or 14.2 kilograms.

Many people may have the impression that tanks are relatively small, not much bigger than ordinary off-road vehicles, but only when you see the real thing do you realize how big it is.

Well, Li Xiang has a huge strength of 5 kilograms, but he can't even lift this tank. But off-road vehicles, such as Audi Q1800, are relatively large, about 2200 to kilograms, and Li Xiang can pick them up and throw them at will.

Li Xiang had used this electric trap before, and it was equally effective when used by American soldiers. Sure enough, after waiting for about three hours, just when the American soldiers were about to lose their patience, a black shadow came rushing from the darkness in the distance with a slight sonic boom, and rushed straight towards the statue with flashing electric arcs.

"Squeak, squeak~" The black beast devoured the electricity in big gulps and made a cry of extreme pleasure.

It is the size of a tabby cat, but its appearance is far from comparable to that of a tabby cat. No, it has no appearance at all, because it is so ugly that it is beyond description and does not conform to the aesthetic taste of earthlings at all.

How ugly is it? It's the kind that makes you want to vomit. It's ugly enough to make you feel extremely uncomfortable. There is absolutely nothing uglier than this on earth.

An American officer shouted loudly: "Fire~"

In an instant, all kinds of weapons were fired at the same time, submerging the strange beast!
"Squeak~"

The beast roared, and in a flash of black shadow, it was hundreds of meters away, so all the ammunition naturally missed. Some bullets even hit the tanks or combat vehicles on the opposite side, but fortunately, the tanks had thick armor and were unharmed.

The soldiers were panicking: "Where did he go? Where did he go?"

"Ah, it's over there! Oh no, it's coming towards us!"

“Oh, my god!”

Soon, screams were heard one after another. The strange beast, which was as big as a tabby cat, acted as if it was in an empty space and bit anyone to death.

That high-tech weapon, the vehicle-mounted electromagnetic pulse cannon, had fired and missed before. This time the gunner wanted to bombard again, but he couldn't lock on at all because the monster was too fast.

The gunner fired a few random shots, killing several of his colleagues and overturning several chariots, but the alien beast was still active, jumping around everywhere, leaving afterimages. As more and more people died, it pounced on the gunner. The gunner quickly got out of the car and ran away, but it was too late as the alien beast caught up with it and bit it to death.

Hundreds of people were killed, and no one was spared.

This strange beast was covered in blood. Although its head was small, its mouth could be opened as big as a washbasin. It stuck out many strange, ugly, sticky tongues covered with barbs and bumps. It invaded human corpses, rolled out the delicate internal organs, and enjoyed them to its heart's content.

There are sharp thorns on the tip of its tongue, like a sword, which can easily cut open a human body.

Some brave residents nearby looked out the windows and were terrified when they saw the bloody scene.

Many people hid under their beds or in cellars, trembling with fear.

The town lost power. All the electricity was consumed by the beast, and with the nourishment of the bodies of hundreds of American soldiers, the beast was originally the size of a tabby cat, but now it had grown significantly, visibly to the size of a Doberman.

Of course, the Doberman is very beautiful, but this strange beast is still ugly beyond description. Its head is densely packed with eyes and it has a lot of tongues, which drip sour, smelly and corrosive mucus from time to time. Electric arcs flash on its body, as if it came from hell.

This strange beast not only grew in size, but also grew in strength. When it was born, its speed was Mach 2.5, and now, it may have reached Mach .

A black shadow flashed, a slight sonic boom sounded, and then it disappeared.

At this time, Li Xiang and his team had arrived at the meteorite crater in the Black Rock Desert.

They parked the car in the town of Knicks, took out their skis, sneaked into the blockade area, and according to the coordinates provided by the relevant departments, they easily found the deep pit.

Unfortunately, the "Eggshell" has disappeared. It is estimated that it was searched away by the US military. We will ignore it for the time being because we don’t know where it has hidden.

Although the "eggshell" has certain research value, it is definitely far inferior to the strange beast itself.

The most urgent task is to catch that strange beast.

Luo Feifei has the ability of "insight". While searching nearby, she found a small piece of ice that was different from the others. It was not water, but a sticky liquid.

Li Xiang came over, picked it up wearing gloves, sniffed it gently, nodded and said: "This should be the mucus dripping from the strange beast."

"OK!" Luo Feifei understood what Li Xiang meant, so she took out tortoise shells, copper coins and other divination tools, combined with this piece of slime ice, and began to perform divination.

I have to say that Luo Feifei's divination skill is quite abnormal. Even though radar, infrared and other high-tech cannot detect it, Luo Feifei can lock the general direction.

"It should have gone south."

Led by Luo Feifei, everyone skied away at lightning speed.

Luo Feifei led the way in front, while Li Xiang followed behind, fearing that anyone would fall behind.

Fortunately, everyone is a transcendent, even Yao Yao and Zhang Youyou, who are relatively weak, can keep up for the time being.

In fact, Yao Yao can no longer be considered weak in strength now. With the mandarin duck double-edged sword given by Li Xiang and the snake-skin soft boots, her strength has definitely increased significantly. With the use of these two extraordinary spiritual weapons, she should be considered to be far superior to others and ranked second after Luo Feifei.

About an hour later, Li Xiang and his team arrived at the town of Tonopah. Seeing hundreds of bodies scattered in and around the square, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Except for Li Xiang and Luo Feifei, everyone else felt extremely uncomfortable.

Xu Xuan and Zhang Youyou had been pampered since childhood and had never seen such a scene.

Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing and Lei Xiaohui had never even killed a chicken at home before. Lei Jiaming was a little better, but he only killed a pig for the New Year. Therefore, everyone looked pale.

Some of them couldn't help wanting to vomit.

Fortunately, I managed to hold it in.

In addition, they wore helmets, windproof masks, masks, and scarves, covering their faces tightly. After all, it was a secret mission, and they couldn't reveal their whereabouts. If their faces were photographed by cameras or satellites, that would be bad.

"Looking at the state of death of these bodies, it is estimated that it is no more than two hours ago." Xu Xuan judged.

Li Xiang nodded.

With so many corpses at the scene, the strange beasts also left behind a lot of mucus, claw marks, tooth marks, etc. Luo Feifei had a better grasp of divination.

"The hexagram shows that the strange beast fled to the south and should be... lurking in a big city." Luo Feifei pointed with her finger.

"Let's keep moving forward." Li Xiang looked at the map. There was indeed a big city further south, the most famous gambling city, Las Vegas. It was densely populated and had abundant electricity, which was consistent with the direction pointed by Luo Feifei.

Li Xiang and his team left at lightning speed, and the town returned to peace again.

There were indeed survivors in the town, but not many, and they were all trembling with fear. Someone called the police, but unfortunately, there were only two policemen in the town, and they had been with the American soldiers before, and their bodies had long been cold.

It would take some time for the police or military from other places to arrive. After all, this is the United States, not China. It is freezing cold and late at night, so the efficiency is not that high.

In small American towns, the police force is already very weak. In developed states, for example, a small town in California has a population of more than 20 and is equipped with police officers, while in some backward states, a small town may only have three or five police officers.

There are still many small towns without police. There was a news report that all the police officers in McColl, South Carolina, including the chief, resigned due to budget cuts and other reasons.

According to statistics, there are 521 small towns in the United States without police management. Because the income is low, the risk is high, and the intensity is high, no one is willing to do it.

If there were more police officers and a larger population, it would not be so easy for Li Xiang and his team to enter the crime scene and examine the body.

When Li Xiang was inspecting the scene before, he saw the vehicle-mounted electromagnetic pulse cannon and thought it was pretty good, so he wanted to take it with him. But when he looked closely, he found that the power inside had been drained and many electronic components were broken. Needless to say, it was the work of the alien beast.

Then there were blood stains on the body of the car and the gun, which was a bit disgusting, so I didn't bother to take it.

The same thing happened with the two tanks. Inside were corpses with their internal organs eaten out, which contaminated the tanks. Li Xiang looked down on them.

……

They tracked the suspect all the way and found some suspicious traces on the road. They arrived in Las Vegas around seven in the morning.

This world-famous gambling city is located on the edge of the Nevada desert, surrounded by snow-capped mountains ranging from 1000 to 3000 meters high.

At the edge of the city, everyone stopped and Luo Feifei did divination again.

After some operations, Luo Feifei glanced at Li Xiang and whispered, "I dare to conclude that the thing is lurking in this city."

However, divination can only determine the approximate direction but cannot accurately determine the specific location.

There were too many people in the city and it was daybreak, so everyone packed up their ski equipment, along with their guns, and handed them over to Li Xiang, who put them in the system warehouse and would take them out when needed.

The group entered the city, braving the biting cold wind. The city was unusually cold.

Li Xiang whispered, "That strange beast, being alone on Earth, might be more cautious and prefer to act at night. We've been running around all night and are tired. Let's find a hotel to rest and come out at night."

The gambling city is most lively at night.

Li Xiang and his friends found a small hotel and gave the waiter a tip of $100. They were exempted from document check and successfully booked eight rooms.

If you have money, you can do whatever you want, one room per person.

Most hotels, especially big ones, require documents for check-in. For foreigners like them, that naturally requires a passport.

They have passports, work permits, invitations to academic conferences, etc., but they avoid showing them if possible, so as not to cause trouble for the country.

So, I didn't stay in a luxury hotel, but just stayed in a small hotel like this.

Fortunately, the facilities of this small hotel seem to be pretty good.

After going upstairs, everyone gathered at Li Xiang's place and returned everyone's backpacks and suitcases to them.

Then everyone was given some dry food, including beef jerky, chocolate, biscuits, bread, and purified water, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

Especially the girls, their backpacks and suitcases were filled with all kinds of supplies. After running all night in the wind, snow and severe cold, even the extraordinary people were tired, so everyone returned to their rooms and took a hot bath.

(End of this chapter)