The bear-like man calls himself Richie.

Zhang Heng got a good news and a bad news from Richie's mouth.

The good news is that he now finally knows where Lincoln County is in the main quest, and the bad news is that it's still quite far from where he is now, and he has to go all the way south through this Gobi.

According to Rich, horseback riding can take up to two days at the earliest, and the trail is not very safe.

As for the trains......

"The train hasn't been here for a while, there used to be a copper mine in this place, and this town was founded at that time, and the town was basically full of miners and their families, but then the copper mine was emptied...... I'm not sure, maybe there's still a little left further down, but it's estimated that it's going to be two hundred feet down, and it's hard to dig into, so as you can see, the people in the town have moved away. ”

"Then why are you still here?"

Zhang Heng poured himself another glass of whiskey.

"We're not from the town...... Start a small business nearby. Richie's eyes twinkled.

"What business?"

"The fur business, but the fur business has been bad these days, even beaver skins are not as valuable as they used to be, and those little things are getting harder and harder to find." Rich grumbled.

"So this place is your stronghold?"

"Yes, we took over the place after the miners moved out, no, it's just the bar."

"How many of you are there?"

"Seven people, you saw it, uh, I'm the only one left now......" Richie's eyes showed a look of pleading, "Sorry sir, I sincerely apologize to you for everything that happened before, I made up all the stories about my Chinese friends, I drank too much and talked nonsense......"

"Uh-huh." Zhang Heng was noncommittal when he heard this, and took another sip of whiskey, "But why did I see eight horses at the door of the bar, don't tell me that one of them belongs to the bar owner, considering his physical condition, I don't think he can still use the horse." ”

"Hmm...... We were eight before, not nine, but then we had a little trouble and lost two companions, but one of us still had his horse, and I beg you, sir, I have told you everything I know, and I know that you are a good man of integrity and respectability, and we are to blame for what happened today, but we have been punished as we deserve, and for God's sake, how about this end of the matter, I ...... I still have $15 in my pocket, which can be given to you. Richie pleaded.

Hearing this, Zhang Heng handed over half a glass of whiskey in his hand.

Richie's eyes flashed with joy, and he quickly took the glass of wine, a symbol of peace, and drank it all with a tilt of his neck, but when his gaze fell back on him, he saw the muzzle of a black hole.

Zhang Heng had already picked up the lever rifle leaning against his feet again, and said, "No, you don't know who I am at all, and by the way, your answer just now is also full of lies." ”

Before Richie could answer, he had already pulled the trigger.

After a gunshot, the glass fell to the ground, and the bar finally fell completely silent.

Zhang Heng took off the [Oath Ring] from Richie's corpse and put it back in his backpack, although this thing only has the quality of F, but it is unexpectedly quite easy to use, especially during interrogation, the "violation of the oath can be perceived by the other party" The feature makes it a portable small polygraph.

Zhang Heng took a moment to search the small bar, found food and a few buckets of drinking water in the pantry, and made himself the first dinner after coming to this dungeon.

Then he took the plate with bacon and potatoes, sat outside the bar door, watched the sunset and finished the meal, considering the distance between him and Lincoln County, Zhang Heng did not rush to the road, but decided to rest for another night in this empty town, after eating, he thoroughly inspected the nearby area with a rifle.

Richie wasn't lying about the town, it had been abandoned for quite some time, and no one had come here except for him and his accomplices.

There are many similar towns in the west, most of them are built on nearby resources, miners, ranchers, gold diggers, these people gather together, with their families, engaged in production, but also need to live and play, but with the depletion of resources, people have to move to new places to live, the original towns have become desolate, and even people go to empty buildings.

It's a completely empty city now.

Zhang Heng quickly completed the inspection and found a clean place to sleep in the houses on the opposite street for one night.

The next morning he returned to the bar, the first thing he did was to change his clothes, his complexion was already a little eye-catching, but what was more eye-catching was his dress, and although the short-sleeved shorts were cool, they could not withstand the scorching sun, if he was going to travel a long distance, he needed to update his equipment.

Cowhide boots, shirts, leather trousers, denim towels...... All of the above things were contributed by the friendship of Richie and his companions, Zhang Heng found a guy who was closer to his stature and changed into the other party's clothes, in addition, he also took two Colt revolvers and stuck them in the holster on his waist.

As for the more powerful lever rifle, considering that he went to Lincoln County this time to settle there and not to find trouble, Zhang Heng did not take it, and there were already two revolvers that were enough for him to defend himself.

Bullets, food, and water are all necessary consumables, and Zhang Heng also stuffed some into his backpack.

In addition, the $15 that Richie promised before Zhang Heng also got it, but unfortunately these guys are not rich people, and the eight people only contributed less than $50 in total, but fortunately, the sum of these money should be enough for him to live for a while.

Before leaving, Zhang Heng opened another barrel of whiskey, scattered it on the corpse and the floor, and drew a match.

It won't be long before everything that happens here will be engulfed in flames.

After doing all this, Zhang Heng walked out of the bar.

But his troubles were just beginning.

There is a lot of distance from here to Lincoln County, not only will it take a lot of time to walk there, but it is estimated that it will not be too comfortable under the scorching sun, and given that the train here has been abandoned, there is obviously no hope, so in this era Zhang Heng has only one choice left.

He looked at the eight horses tied to the bar, last night he also brought a few bundles of hay to these eight guys for dinner, by the way, they observed them, the darkest coat of black horses looked the strongest and lively, so they were the first to be excluded by Zhang Heng, and the other few were also very vigilant when he approached, constantly scraping the ground with their hooves, or shaking their heads, and they didn't look like friendly partners.