Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 11 Reward
Half an hour later, in the temporary shelter that originally belonged to the refugees.

Reggie had already treated the cloaked man's wounds and tied up his hands and feet with drag straps.

Considering that his strength and speed were far beyond those of ordinary humans, Lei Jie directly used all the drag belts of the four people in the team, and even moved several pieces of broken concrete to press on him out of concern.

At this moment, the man seemed to be buried alive. He looked down at the concrete on his body and said with a smile:
"Are you worried that I'm cold? Do you want to shovel some more soil to compact it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Jian immediately felt that he was different.

There is no doubt that those refugees can speak.

But all their languages are rigid, mechanical, and even crude.

And what about this man?

Whether in terms of wording, tone, or subtle sense of humor, they were completely different from the group of refugees he had encountered before.

This is definitely not the difference between "holy blood" and ordinary people, but the difference between normal people and abnormal people.

Thinking of this, Chen Jian asked:
"You are different from the ones we met before."

Hearing his words, the man shook his head in amusement and asked back:
"You don't still think those converts are human beings, do you? How naive and cute."

"No wonder you were tricked into the subway by them - so I'm very curious, who are you and how did you escape?"

A religious word came out of the man's mouth again, but Chen Jian immediately understood what he meant.

Convert.
In other words, that group of refugees actually depended on the mother body for survival.

This may explain why they say "they cannot leave as long as the mother body is still there."

Of course, it also explains their attack on their own team, as well as the loud noise before the monster called Mantis attacked.

Originally, Chen Jian had already assumed that it was a warning. Thinking back, it was indeed a warning, but it was not for himself, but for the monster.
Chen Jian exhaled lightly, looked in the direction of the man and said:

"You shouldn't ask questions. In the current situation, I should be the one asking you."

"Of course, of course."

The man shrugged and said:
"Before you ask, perhaps I should explain my situation."

"My name is Xu Lie, and I'm from Jinling."

"As you can see, I am a Holy Blood and a Hunter."

"I was commissioned by a big shot in Jinling City to come to Chuansha with my teammates to hunt this level 4 monster."

"My original intention was to conduct reconnaissance, but as soon as I entered the city, I found traces of your battle, and then I found you again."

"I noticed your equipment and thought you were another group of hunters from the Mechanicus, so I decided to wait and see and figure out your purpose first."

"But I didn't expect that you would get mixed up with those converts and be tricked by them into the monster's lair."

"I thought you were dead, but..."

"You all know what happened next, so there's no need for me to repeat it again, right?"

"Correct."

Chen Jian nodded slowly and didn't ask any further questions immediately.

The man named Xu Lie contained a huge amount of information in just a few words, which made it difficult for him to fully digest it for a while.

Jinling City, big shots, hunters, level 4 monsters
A series of details show that there is not only a large-scale human settlement on this land, but this settlement even has complex functionality!
Not only that, the confrontation between humans and monsters has obviously developed to a very mature and professional level, otherwise there would be no such thing as "monster classification"!
This is completely different from the information provided by those "converts".

So, from the very beginning, they were prepared to deceive?
Chen Jian felt a chill on his back. He looked at Xu Lie with suspicion and then continued to ask:

"So you've been following us since last night?"

"If you knew there was something wrong with those converts, why didn't you warn us?"

"Is there competition between hunters, or is there a conflict between you, the Holy Bloods, and the Mechanicus?"

"neither."

Xu Lie shook his head and replied:
"You are the ones who have the problem."

"Don't you know how strange you are? The weapons and equipment you use are very similar to those of the Mechanicus, guns, shells, heavy armor, and radios."

"But it's obvious that the things you use are more powerful than any weapons I've ever seen." "And you also have many things that I have never seen or even heard of."

"The flying mechanical bird, the strange thing on its head that looks like a telescope but is very different, and the glowing goggles."

"In short, humans like you have never appeared on this land before."

"At least, it has never appeared in my memory."

"So, do you think I should take the initiative to approach you? You took the initiative to approach the converts, and what was the result? I don't need to explain it to you, right?"

Chen Jian nodded slowly without objection.

At this moment, his mind was quickly sorting out the information in Xu Lie's words, and from it, he discovered a rather strange but vaguely logical situation.

This guy knows about guns, but not body armor, he knows about radios, but not night vision goggles.

Obviously, some of human technology, even the terms that describe this technology and the concepts it represents, have disappeared over the course of time.

Others that are more effective and durable are passed down from generation to generation.

This was very true, and it made Chen Jian certain that, at least in this part, Xu Lie did not lie.

So, he grasped the key points in Xu Lie's words and continued to ask:

"Where is Jinling City? How many people are there?"

"You don't even know about Jinling City?"

Xu Lie was surprised and said:

"You are really weird. You are not holy blood, but you are strong enough to kill a level 4 monster with the strength of only people."

"You know absolutely nothing about this place, but you fight as if you know the terrain like the back of your hand."

"Wait, how did you escape from underground? I mean, no matter how powerful your weapons are, it's impossible. I understand."

Xu Lie let out a long sigh and said:
"That mirror above your head is some kind of device that allows you to see in the dark, right?"

Chen Jian nodded without hiding anything.

"Yes, it's called night vision goggles."

"Night Vision is a very apt name."

"That explains it. As long as you can see it, and with your powerful weapons, the damage you caused to the monster underground is even greater than when you were on the ground."

"That's why it's so weak. It's amazing."

Xu Lie sighed with emotion, and then said:

"Let's get back to your previous question."

"Jinling, that is the largest city in the entire south, with at least 10,000 people living there."

“It’s an outpost on the border between the north and the south, and it’s one of the most dangerous places in the world.”

"There are caravans, hunters, holy blood people, churches, thieves, monsters, everything there."

"No matter where you come from, if you want to quickly understand this world, you should go to Jinling."

At this point, Xu Lie paused, as if he had thought of something, and said:
"No, it shouldn't be."

"You must go to Jinling."

"why?"

Chen Jian asked with a frown.

Xu Lie shrugged and replied:

"You killed the monster and got the bounty."

"If you don't go there, who are you going to give your reward to for free?"

(End of this chapter)