Driving back to Prosperity Town, as the evening approached, Russell and Chris came to the mine and prepared to arm the miners, but found that there was no one there.
"Maybe they got off work early, after all, it's not safe now..." Chris comforted himself.
There was no one in the office, and when he called home, no one answered the phone. Just as he was worried about Aunt Gladys, the announcer's voice came from the loudspeaker, calling on the town residents to bring weapons and go to the shopping mall to gather.
Russell's heart skipped a beat. Today's mine was very different, giving him an extremely dangerous feeling. He didn't dare to delay at that moment, so he pulled Chris into the car and went straight to the shopping mall.
On the road, I saw many residents rushing towards the shopping center with their families. If it was just Samantha, it would not be enough to call everyone to action, but seven or eight police cars drove into Prosperity Town one by one, and a cordon was opened. , they can’t help but not believe it.
At the entrance of the shopping mall, a row of police cars with flashing lights lined up in a straight line to intercept all vehicles. The police are clearing the way and asking people to park their cars to act as barriers and isolate buffer zones.
The pickup truck driven by Chris was also stopped, but when Russell lifted the tarp on the back of the vehicle, revealing a load of guns and ammunition, the pickup truck was allowed to go.
As soon as the car parked here, several policemen came over and wanted to requisition the arms in the car. To be honest, the weapons on the car are definitely better for the police than the miners, but guns and bullets don't fall from the sky. You say they will be drafted?
The conversation between the two parties was not pleasant, but fortunately Samantha arrived in time and with her as the intermediary, they quickly reached an agreement. Russell generously allocated most of the ammunition to the other party and asked the police to move his ammunition into the shopping mall.
Researchers from the three teams were also in the shopping mall. It was precisely because they confirmed that spiders like to be active at night that the whole town took refuge and gathered in the shopping mall.
Residents of the town were still arriving one after another. Russell looked at the huge three-story building and felt that it was not a good idea to gather nearly a thousand people together. The spiders will attack here, and the pressure they will face will be more terrifying than the spider tide in the original work.
This was also a last resort. The incident happened too suddenly, and the number of police officers was insufficient. It would be useless if they were spread out.
Russell found Ashley and Mike in the shopping mall with some stab-proof clothing, and after putting them on them, he found Aunt Gladys.
The old woman was holding a cigarette in her mouth, holding a double-barreled shotgun, and wearing goggles. She swore to the people around her that she had hunted a bear with the gun in her hand before.
It sounded powerful, but it was useless. The running speed of spiders, especially the jumping spiders, was much faster than her reloading speed. As for the bear, Russell thought about the nearby landscape... maybe it was a raccoon!
The residents of the town all brought weapons and voluntarily joined the defense line. The weapons were of various types, mostly shotguns and pistols. The only weapons store in the town had been moved out, and the owner of the gun store was also there, holding a revolver. This is his only weapon, but even so, he still doesn't forget to sell it to the people around him, rather than selling the last weapon.
Funny jokes are indispensable at all times. They said the enemies were giant spiders and there were huge numbers of them, but there were actually people holding chainsaws and baseball bats...
As for the research team, the young people rushed to buy pistols in the gun store, while the old professors were much more refreshing and refined. Each of them had a camera or a small video camera, waiting for the arrival of the spider. Another one is discussing with the police, asking if there is a possibility of being captured alive, all for the sake of science.
"As expected of the country that is best at committing suicide, it has such a big heart!"
【Ding】
[The host comes into contact with the chainsaw and triggers the lottery. Do you want to draw now? 】
[The host touches the camera and triggers the lottery. Do you want to draw now? 】
[The host has accumulated five draws. Do you want to draw now? 】
Three of the five draws were drawn on spiders. Russell didn't think he could draw anything good, so he kept it, preparing to leave the mission world and draw again to try his luck.
And these two draws...
Russell remembered that he had drawn a veteran driver card, a god-level driver BABY, when he came into contact with the Ford F-150. The expiration of the character card left him with the permanent skill of 'Vehicle Driving Proficiency'.
"System, start the lottery triggered by these two triggers!"
Chainsaws aside, Russell felt that the camera would give him a character card. If it was a master-level photography skill, he would not reject it.
Unfortunately, the reality is far more nonsensical than imagined. There are no character cards, no skill cards, only two item cards that are worse than useless.
[Item card: Cordless chain saw (as long as you turn it on, everyone will become very reasonable)]
[Item card: Digital camera (can save a lot of film money)]
Russell: "..."
What kind of crappy lottery is this? There are already ready-made ones around. What’s the use of these two cards?
"Well, it's not useless at all. At least it can be carried into other mission worlds. After killing the spider, I will take a photo of Ashley and go to Marvel to send it to Black Widow one day..."
…
Russell found Samantha and asked about the general situation. Special forces would come by helicopter from Tucson, which is the second largest city in Arizona. Before that, they could only rely on the firepower of the police and residents.
"The basement of the shopping mall is connected to a mine. We have to block it, otherwise no matter how well the defense line is set up, it will be useless." Chris reminded.
When he said this, Russell remembered that because chemical raw materials were no longer the source of spider mutation, he had almost forgotten about it.
Looking at the sinking sun, Russell immediately ran towards the basement, and Chris went with him. The two came to the entrance of the basement warehouse and found that the door was locked. After asking again, it was the door lock on Mayor White.
The scammer was afraid that evidence of his crime would be discovered, so he hurriedly locked the basement, completely unaware that his actions would kill everyone. Russell broke the door lock with one shot, called the police to explain the situation, and quickly organized a group of people to help. Forklifts and manpower were used to block the entrance of the mine with the heavy objects in the warehouse.
Mayor White had something on his mind, but he still had the look of a victim on his face, saying that everyone had damaged his property and he wanted to discuss compensation.
Russell had never been used to this kind of people and reported him face to face for hiding contraband and being suspected of smuggling.
This caused public outrage, and the residents finally realized why White built a shopping mall in Prosperity Town and why he persuaded everyone to move. It turned out that he had long been in cahoots with Violo's chemical company.
Facing a group of townspeople armed with weapons and harboring evil intentions, White hid in a corner in despair, not even daring to let out a fart.
The sun sets and the temperature in the town drops rapidly!
Because they had been busy for several hours without seeing the shadow of a spider, the tense nerves of the residents gradually relaxed. They held the first Prosperity Town Song and Dance Party in the food area of the shopping mall. The host was the announcer Harlan, who was a bit nervous. black youth.
Russell always thought that the black announcer's brain was caught by the door, or the steel door, but the residents of the town just liked to listen to his nonsense and were amused by his cold jokes from time to time.
Siblings Russell and Ashley were sitting in the corner, eating free snacks from the shelves. They were originally charged, but as soon as Mayor White opened his mouth, five or six guns were pressed to his head.
Listening to the noise around him, Mike looked worried: "We should keep quiet. Spiders are easily attracted to vibrations, especially noise."
Russell said nothing. It was inevitable for monsters to attack human gathering places. No matter how careful they were, it would be useless. Don’t blame the supporting characters. Without them seeking death, the monsters would still attack, otherwise what would the audience be watching!
Ashley snuggled in Russell's arms and played with Lady Luck's ring. Finally, she couldn't hold it back and said, "Russell, when the spider incident is over, you can use it to beg me... wu wu..."
Russell covered Ashley's mouth in time. This flag was so high that if he really wanted to say it out loud, after tonight, he would be unable to do anything except push his body up.
swiss swish ————
A faint sound of friction came from a distance, and the bustle of the shopping center soon stopped spontaneously. People looked at each other and swallowed their saliva.
"Quick! Get ready, the spiders are coming..." Cold sweat dripped from the forehead of the patrolling policeman standing at the window, and his voice gradually dropped: "Maybe I should consider opening a cannery, there are too many fucking things..."
