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

Chapter 114 The Evil Beast in Wuxue Town
After opening up the situation, Chen Jian no longer planned to hide his identity.

The exoskeleton was exposed, the weapon rack was erected, and even the cat car drove all the way across the bridge and into Wuxue Town.

The residents there also seemed to have heard the rumors about Yellowstone City. After all, for civilians like them who make a living by serving businessmen, information is often the most important thing if they want to survive.

So, unlike what Chen Jian expected, they were not treated with hostility or alienation, but were instead received warmly.

Actually, if you think about it, this is quite reasonable.

You know, most of the residents of Wuxue Town witnessed the explosion with their own eyes.

Moreover, they also knew that the invincible battleship from Jinling was also reduced to ashes in the horrific explosion.

After that, the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Sanguinarians did not organize any reprisals.

Instead, the Yuanhuan Chamber of Commerce leaked that it had reached a cooperation with Yellowstone City.

Now, it is clear who is strong and who is weak.

Wuxue is just a small town. If it doesn’t rely on the strong, will it rely on the weak?

Although in terms of overall strength, the Mechanicus and the Holy Blood are still much stronger than Yellowstone City, this is not Jinling after all.
Under the guidance of this cognition, Zhao He, the leader of the residents of Wuxue Town and the "mayor" of Wuxue Town, personally led people out to greet them after learning that a strange team had appeared in the town.

He did not ask any questions that were not necessary, but enthusiastically prepared a place to stay for the few people and served them the most precious food in the town.

Sitting in the room, Chen Jian looked at Mayor Zhao He who was still busy pouring water and said:
"Don't bother, we have a mission."

"Our goal is to investigate and hunt down the level 4 monster active nearby. If you have any relevant information, you can tell me now."

"The Yellowstone City Chinese Army will thank you for your assistance."

Chen Jian's emphasis was on the three words "Huaxia Army". His purpose was to gradually spread its reputation and let everyone know that the team from Huangshi City had a name.

After hearing his words, Zhao He was stunned for a moment, then quickly replied:
"Of course, of course, we will do our best to cooperate with your actions."

"but."

"We don't know much about that monster."

"not much?"

Chen Jian frowned and asked:

"According to the Circle Chamber of Commerce, Wuxue Town has been frequently attacked by that monster. In the past three months, at least 3 people have died in the attacks, including four residents."

"This loss is not small, don't you take it seriously at all?"

"of course not."

Zhao He waved his hand and replied:
"We organized patrol teams and even hired several Mechanicus Skitarii. We also asked for help from the Holy Blood."

"However, the monster's movements were completely irregular, and its attacks on Wuxue Town were not frequent. The help we invited was lost by it."

"And when we are alone, we have no way to deal with this evil beast."

"We don't even know when it came or when it left."

"It always comes at night, and we don't know it's been here until we hear noises and find people dead."

"The only information we have comes from eyewitnesses who saw it from a distance."

"It is said that it is a humanoid monster, but it has sharp teeth and claws, is very fast, and runs silently."

"It will tear down the house and directly attack any living thing inside."

"But it seems that it is not hunting for food, but simply killing for the sake of cruelty."

Chen Jian listened to Zhao He's story quietly. When he saw that the other party fell silent, he asked:
"Finished? That's all?"

".That's all."

Zhao He nodded and said with some embarrassment:

"This is all the information we have. Even if you go and ask the witnesses directly, I don't think you will be able to get more information."

“But of course, you can look anywhere in town.”

"We will never hold back any information and we will provide any help we can."

After Zhao He finished speaking, Chen Jian couldn't help but frowned.

He originally thought that the information from the Ring Merchants was incomplete, but damn, there was no information at all?
There are only two valid pieces of information.

Night attack.

The attack is not for prey, but for killing.

"This seems a bit like the mandrill you mentioned before?"

Chen Jian turned to Zeng Yi and asked.

"Not like."

Zeng Yi shook his head and replied:
"This monster's desire to kill is too low." "If it is really a mandrill, the hundreds of people in Wuxue Town are not enough for it to kill in one night."

"And the mandrill won't try to hide itself like this monster does. It will rush in with great fanfare, roaring from a great distance to announce its arrival, and then kill all of its targets before they can react."

"The only similarity is probably 'massacre'."

"But this is not actually a commonality at all, because almost all monsters have similar natures, the only difference is whether they are manifested obviously or not."

"Understood"

Chen Jian nodded thoughtfully, then stood up and said:
"Then let's go to the scene and take a look."

"Where was the most recent attack site?"

"I'll take you there!"

Zhao He hurried to the door, opened it and said:
"It's not far from here. It's the home of an ordinary resident."

"The attack happened half a month ago, and all four members of the family died."

"Half a month ago?"

Chen Jian asked in astonishment:

"So what you mean is that the monster hasn't appeared for half a month?"

"Yes."

Zhao He nodded immediately and replied:

"That's why I said that the monster's actions had no pattern."

"Sometimes it would come on for days in a row, sometimes it wouldn't come on for a month."

“This is the most troublesome part.”

"The Holy Blood also tried to find its lair, but to no avail."

"Anyway, there's nothing we can do about it now."

"If you can completely solve the trouble caused by this monster, Wuxue Town will definitely offer our loyalty and sincerity!"

"it is good."

Chen Jian answered briefly and followed Zhao He all the way to the edge of the town.

The residents of the town looked at their unique team with curiosity. Some brave children came close and tried to touch Chen Jian's exoskeleton, but were immediately grabbed by his parents and forced to kneel on the ground.

Chen Jian ignored their actions and walked straight towards the building that Zhao He pointed to.

Most of the wooden structure of the house had collapsed, and clear claw marks were still left on the tilted door frame.

"He Shuo, fly the drone and be on guard."

"Zeng Yi and Xie Liu, spread out and check the scene. If you find any useful clues, report them in a timely manner."

"clear."

Several people took action immediately, and Chen Jian walked towards the claw marks on the door frame and got closer to observe them carefully.

These claw marks from top to bottom are very thick and deep, with a cross-section of nearly 5 cm wide and 4 cm deep, and a length of more than 30 cm. And this is only a part of it, the other half of the claw marks remain on the broken door panel.

It can be imagined that after reaching the door, the monster must have lifted up the flimsy wooden door with one claw, then rushed straight in and killed everyone inside.
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The action makes sense.

However, it is not in line with biological instinct.

The entire building is made of wood, and the wooden doors are not much stronger than the wooden walls built with boards. If the goal is to be fast, why use the door?
The collapsed part on the left was obviously caused by a collision.

A three or four meter tall monster trying to open a two meter high door?
Something is wrong.

Chen Jian gently touched the claw marks with his hand, and after a moment, he felt an unusual touch.

When he raised his hand, a tiny particle was already stuck on his fingertips.

Metal particles.

To be precise, it is metal rust stains embedded in the wood fiber structure.

There's nothing like this on a monster's claws.

Chen Jian let out a long sigh and said:
"Everyone be on high alert."

"We are not targeting monsters."

"This thing is most likely a human."

"A person of normal intelligence, even quite intelligent!"

(End of this chapter)