Chen Jianqiu dismounted, walked to the edge of the waterfall, and looked down.

Underneath the waterfall is a lake of turquoise greenery, embedded in the surrounding earthy yellow environment.

He looked at the waterfall and the lake, and always felt that something was not right, but for a moment he couldn't tell what was wrong.

"How far are we from our destination?" Chen Jianqiu asked Holmes beside him.

Holmes quickly took out the two maps in his arms, one for himself and the other for the human skin.

He compared the two maps repeatedly, looked at the landscape around him, and frowned.

After thinking about it for a while, he was dumbfounded.

"Like, it seems like it's right ......here," Holmes looked frustrated, "how different from the map!" ”

Chen Jianqiu took the map from Holmes's hand.

Whether it was the human skin map or the homemade map of Holmes, the final burial place of the treasure was marked.

The human skin map is a large serpentine symbol, and the homemade map is based on the human skin land icon.

Judging by the direction and mileage, this should be the place.

However, the environment here is completely different from what was depicted on the human skin map!

There are no valleys in the shape of inverted "mountains", and there are no altars.

"Could it be a geological event that caused the change in the landscape?" Chen Jianqiu asked Holmes.

Still basking in his frustration, Holmes shook his head: "It's impossible, it's near the Gulf of Mexico, there are no earthquakes or volcanic eruptions; Moreover, geological movements cannot turn a valley into a lake in just 200 years. ”

"Is it possible that it was human?" Chen Jianqiu proposed another possibility.

"Do you think this place looks like it?" Holmes spread his hands, "Don't say that the herders of Texas and New Mexico haven't set foot here yet, and even if someone comes, how big a project will it take to bring about this kind of change!" ”

Chen Jianqiu knew that Holmes was right.

He glanced at the people around him.

They all dismounted, overlooking the waterfalls and lakes below, and marveled at the wonder and magnificence of nature.

As a repeat offender who is good at climbing roofs, Sean has the advantage of not being afraid of heights.

So, at this time, the blacks had run to the front, the edge of the cliff.

"It's so beautiful, so beautiful, I really want to hug it, if it weren't for the fact that I hadn't studied much, I would have to write a poem." Sean expressed his emotion from nowhere.

"Do you want me to kick your ass and let you perform a 'trapeze'?" Chen Jianqiu glanced at him with slanted eyes.

There is a height difference of about forty or fifty meters from the top of the waterfall to the surface of the lake below, and even if you fall on the water, if you don't take the right posture, you will fall half to death.

"Hehe, no, no, I don't know water." Sean hurriedly retreated.

Chen Jianqiu glanced up at the sky: "It's getting dark, let's find a way to go down and camp first." ”

So, the team turned their horses, returned along the path they had come, and began to look for their way down.

Chen Jianqiu originally thought that the way back would not go too far, but the strange terrain here still made him understand what it means to "seem to be close at hand, but in fact far away in the world." ”

He felt the fear of being dominated by the viaduct before crossing it again.

They made a big circle, and even crossed the wide Pecos River once in the middle, before they found the right way.

By the time they could see the waterfall from afar again, the moon had crept up into the sky.

The men stopped their horses at the edge of the lake, which was dry, and they took off what they needed for camping and began to set up an improvised campsite.

The men tied their horses to a large rock by the lake and lit a bonfire with the branches they had collected along the way.

Chen Jianqiu picked up the iron cup, placed it on the iron shelf on the bonfire, and began to brew coffee.

He now also likes to brew coffee, without sugar or milk.

The beautiful coffee is bitter, but it can make people sober.

For the more important reason, he hasn't gotten any decent tea so far.

"I'm in the middle of the night, so go and rest when you're done." Chen Jianqiu said to everyone.

Lady Danny was bending over an iron pot over the fire, with carrots providing vitamins, potatoes providing carbs, and beef providing protein.

Her husband and Hanif were checking the environment at the camp, checking out if there was any walking protein to add to their meals.

Sean and three Chinese boys are hammering and reinforcing the tent.

Holmes, on the other hand, sat by the campfire with his brow furrowed, studying the two maps that puzzled him.

Only one man sat on the ground against a stone at the edge of the camp.

Adam's face was worse than ever, and Chen Jianqiu had advised him to rest in the stone fortress.

However, on the day of departure, Adam still appeared outside the stone fortress, and in the saddle bag of the old horse under his crotch was inserted several bottles of the two pot heads brought by Niu San.

"You need me." He had only said a word, and then drove the old horse to follow the group.

Chen Jianqiu walked to Adam's side and sat on the ground next to Adam.

"Lynch's Pinkerton detectives don't know where they're going, and I guess they're not going to give up, but Corn keeps looking over our heads, and it doesn't seem like we've noticed them." Chen Jianqiu said.

He didn't ask Adam about his health, because he knew there was nothing he could do.

"Hmm." Adam said he heard it, he raised the two-pot bottle in his hand, craned his neck and took a sip, then bared his teeth, "The more you drink this wine, the more interesting it becomes." ”

Chen Jianqiu didn't raise his hand to stop him.

Adam lay himself flat, put his hat over his face, and fell into a deep sleep.

Chen Jianqiu found a blanket to cover him, and then said to Sean who came to him: "Carry him to the tent later and let him lie flat." ”

It was late at night.

The night by the lake was monotonous and boring, and the sound of the waterfall crashing against the water drowned out any other subtle sounds.

Chen Jianqiu sat in the shadows out of the campfire, staring at the moon in the night sky and the cliffs overhead.

His Winchester repeating rifle rested on the rock next to him.

The camp was located in a clearing on the side of the lake's waterfall, so that even if Pinkerton's gang did follow behind, they would not be able to attack the camp directly from the top of the fall.

Not surprisingly, when the night was over, they would be able to begin researching the location of the treasure tomorrow morning.

However, the unexpected happened.

On the outskirts of the camp, where the horses were tethered, there was a sudden movement.

This movement is not normal.

Chen Jianqiu picked up the gun and slowly walked towards the edge of the lake.

He stepped closer.

Most of the horses, which were tied to the stones, looked restless.

Their ears are constantly turning, snorting, walking back and forth, and some are even tugging at the leash of their horses, as if trying to break free and prepare to escape.

Only the black radish, who is the king of horses, stares at the all-engulfing darkness not far away, as if he is facing a great enemy.

It must have found something.

Chen Jianqiu raised the gun in his hand, ready to turn on the shooter state to search the surroundings.

Suddenly, without warning, a black shadow burst out of the darkness, moving with unusual agility, and pounced straight on one of the horses in the herd.

The speed was faster than any predator that Chen Jianqiu had seen on this continent before.

The shadow hung directly on the horse, and then bit down hard into the poor worm's neck artery.

The gun in Chen Jianqiu's hand rang out.

The bullet hit the shadow directly, even penetrating its body.

However, surprisingly, not only did the black shadow not die, but it didn't even mean to let go.

Chen Jianqiu did not hesitate and directly pulled the trigger for the second time.

This time, he turned on the shooter state, and also saw the whole picture of this black shadow through the moonlight.

He gasped.

What kind of monster is this!

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