Mysterious Hunting Ground

Chapter 200 200. Past Secret Mission
The waxing moon hangs in the sky.

Oaks, a motel.

Dean looked at the records in the system - the completion of saving Mick was [-]%.

Withdraw rewards.

Personal level lv5 (400→460/700).

Withdrawing his gaze, Dean looked at Mick who was sitting cross-legged on the bed across from him. The girl was devouring a bucket of family food, and her movements were fierce and fast, as if she was competing with someone.

Although the bruises and dust make her look more mature, her youthful features cannot be concealed. She should be no more than 14 years old. Her afro, ripped jeans, and denim jacket give her a rebellious air similar to Carly. .

Dean smiled and said, "Eat slowly, don't choke yourself."

Mick wiped the oily corners of his mouth casually, his cheeks puffed out like a squirrel, and he chewed the chicken drumstick in his mouth desperately, "If you eat too slowly, you won't get to eat."

"That's right, for people like us, if we have something to eat, we have to open our stomachs and eat until we are full at once, otherwise we will be hungry again soon." Carly at the bedside thoughtfully handed Mick a glass of milk. He nodded in agreement,
"What have you relied on to survive in the past three years since you escaped?" Dean said, "I helped you rescue your buddy, give me a little more trust?"

Carly thought for a while and nodded, "Our identities are all hidden. I was hunted by the laboratory, and Fang killed several young men in Chicago in revenge for my family and was wanted by the police..."

"The cops cornered me in an alley...If it weren't for Carly's helping hand, I would have been shot into a sieve," Fang said gratefully.

Carly returned a tacit smile and continued, "And Mick accidentally killed his rotten father who drank alcohol, smoked grass, and continuously abused himself and his mother, and was placed under house arrest by the police station..."

"You rescued me and gave me freedom." Mick raised the chicken steak towards Carly, "From now on, I will be your exclusive driver."

Carly reached out to take the chicken steak and took a bite, then handed it to the big guy, "We are just sewer rats. We can only do short-term illegal jobs in chaotic and dark places like Indiana, or do some small business of deception. But don’t worry, we don’t touch ordinary people, and the people we choose are usually gangsters with no background..."

"With your illusion ability, it shouldn't be difficult to make money, such as robbing a few smaller gangs..." Dean asked puzzledly. He had never thought about working hard to make money, but he ended up just relying on black and white. Save a lot of money.

"My current ability is still too weak, and I have failed in several robberies." Carly's eyes suddenly looked directly into Dean's eyes, with a flash of passion, "Man, you are so powerful, if you join us, the team will definitely change the situation!"

"Sorry, I'm used to acting alone." Dean shook his head regretfully, "And you haven't heard of the Law of Supernatural Convergence? It's best not for people with super powers to get together for too long, otherwise it will cause unpredictable risks."

"Well, you're right."

"Then let's get to the point?"

……

The dim lights of the hotel illuminated Carly's face with glowing light.

"In 1978, after Lena and Guangming took me out of the laboratory, they fled all the way to Lafayette and settled down in an abandoned house in the suburbs."

"They didn't discriminate against me at all because of my skin color or blood. They worked hard outside during the day, and at night they brought home sumptuous dinners, toys, played with me, and chatted. They are really good people with a sense of justice and compassion."

Dean nodded, glanced at the "Shadow" beside him who looked moved, and continued to ask, "Have they mentioned me?"

"They mentioned that they have an ordinary son, but they didn't name him specifically, and they were worried about hurting you, so they didn't dare to go back to see you or contact you." Carly paused and looked at the strong Dean and sighed. , "If they knew you were so powerful, they would have gone back and reunited with you."

"My power has only been awakened in the past two years." Dean looked at the depressed figure and sighed.

"I can't see you. They have poured their love for children into me. They plan to spend money to help me get a legal identity in a few years when I grow up and my appearance changes." Carly grinned happily,
"The living conditions during that period were much worse than those in the laboratory, but it was the happiest time in my life. I finally understood that the world was not all darkness and cruelty, but also lacked love and warmth. It was also because of their influence that I was able to save Down there and Mick.”

The black girl and the big black man with afro hair looked at Dean with softer eyes after hearing this.

As for the "shadow" next to Dean, there was a hint of transparency in his eyes.

"It's a pity that God is not willing to bless aliens like us. Only one year after our warm little family was established, something happened on August 1979, 8, causing everything to fall apart." Carly was still frightened, "Aunt Lena was there that day. I suddenly saw a terrible vision in the morning..."

The system was shaken, and Dean discovered that the progress of the long-term event "Bloodline" that had not been moved for a long time jumped from 18.00% to 19.00%. "Wait, why can Lena see visions?"

"I forgot to tell you that after years of torture in the Hawkins Laboratory, Aunt Lena and Uncle Guangming have undergone some benign changes in their bodies... Well, they have awakened their superpowers."

The progress jumped to 20.00%.

Dean's face lit up as he heard this, and his dark body began to squirm restlessly. The parents they had been looking for for so long turned out to be superpowers. "The experiments in the Hawkins Laboratory are so effective that they have been able to stably produce A person with super powers?”

"No, the success rate is less than one percent. In fact, uncles and aunts themselves have the potential to become aliens." Carly rubbed her fingers and said, "Uncle Guangming took an overdose of special LSD and was induced to have magical powers. With the ability to heal, a broken finger or even a broken leg can be regrown in the blink of an eye.”

"And Aunt Lena will uncontrollably see various fragments of the future, to be precise, a possibility of the future, most of which are closely related to herself, such as seeing what she had for breakfast the next day, There's a story on the morning news the next week, and if she doesn't deliberately interfere and change it, then that possibility will become a reality."

Dean's eyes were even more surprised, "So the light is self-healing, and Lena has the ability to predict?"

"Well, I am more impressed by the ability to predict, more powerful than telekinesis and sixth sense. It was also because of this ability that we were able to escape from the laboratory. Unfortunately, it works sometimes." Carly continued, "And Aunt Lena On that day... I saw the scene of three of us being disemboweled and lying in a pool of blood, dying."

The progress jumped to 20.00% Two.

"What killed you?" Dean's eyes turned cold and he clenched his fists.
"She couldn't see who the murderer was, but she was definitely some kind of powerful alien. We were frightened. In order to change this ending, Lena kept using pain to stimulate herself to have premonitions, but from then on, all the clips she saw, They are all images of our deaths, as if our lives and superpowers ended at that moment.”

"We began to try to move, buy a lot of weapons and equipment, quit our jobs and lock ourselves in the basement, praying for God's blessing... Unfortunately, no matter how hard we tried, the premonition of death kept popping up in Lena's mind and was unavoidable. .”

"Until an accident, Aunt Lena finally received a response when she prayed to Quetzalcoatl, the spirit of the ancestors, and saw the picture beyond death, the dawn of our survival!"

Praying to Quetzalcoatl?Dean suddenly remembered that Lena was of Indian descent and believed in some strange gods. "What did she see?"

Carly touched the long slanted punk hair, and a trace of memory flashed in her eyes, "Lena described it to me at the time - a young woman in the mist, with light brown skin as smooth as silk, only wearing a three-point bra. Underwear, with a bumpy figure, auburn hair, lips as red as blood, eyes like brown gems, a golden python wrapped around his neck, a traditional Indian feather crest on his head, twisting his body weakly and bonelessly, exuding an evil spirit, Incomparably charming."

When Dean heard this, he exchanged a look with Ying, and a strong sense of familiarity came over him.

He immediately opened the "record" function from God's perspective and read a description of Jane's search in the sensory deprivation tank (Chapter 182)
"Sure enough, this guy is the woman who communicated with Lena in the Supernatural strip club!"

However, the costume with a feather crown on the head and a golden python wrapped around the neck is very weird, and it feels like there is some kind of faith and religion.

Could it be that the Indians are believers and priests of Quetzalcoatl?
……

"This mysterious woman claims that she can provide shelter and break the doom of death caused by the law of supernatural convergence. As long as Lena goes to the southwest alone to meet her..." Carly said with great reluctance, "Lena firmly believes in the prophecy and arranges After everything was resolved, we said goodbye and set off on our journey.”

Dean nodded. The southwest is also the direction leading to Texas, which again matches Jane's description. Moreover, Lena has found the real owner!
"Lena was afraid that we would come and ruin the arrangement, so she did not reveal the specific meeting place..." Carly said, "But it turns out that the prophecy is effective, and she successfully helped us avoid death."

There was a moment of silence in the bedroom.

Fang and Mick sat on the bedside, listening to the story with great interest.

Dean pondered, digesting the information in his mind. At present, Lena's information is relatively clear. As long as he looks for Quetzalcoatl believers and the corresponding strip club along the southwest in the future, then another target——

"Lena went to find a seductive woman, so where did the light go?"

Carly lowered her head dejectedly, "Less than half a month after Lena left, he disappeared inexplicably while working in the Oak Area."

Dean's eyelids twitched, "A alien with super self-healing ability has disappeared. Are you sure he didn't leave on his own initiative?"

"Uncle Guangming would definitely have informed me in advance, but he didn't, so he must have disappeared." Carly said firmly, "I stayed in Faraye for the past two years and refused to leave, just to find him."

"We can prove this. We have been helping Carly find someone through various channels." Fang escaped from his arms and handed a photo of Lu Guangming to Dean.

Dean looked over and Ying stretched his neck.After so many years, Lu Guangming's Chinese-character face has a little more gray on his temples and obvious wrinkles on his forehead. He is more weathered and majestic than in the impression, but his body has also become stronger, with clear muscles on his arms, and his superpowers seem to have strengthened him. physical fitness.

"And Mick recently got an important clue," Carly said. "The gang you broke into today is secretly carrying out kidnappings, mainly targeting people passing through Lafayette from other places. It has been going on for several years. No kidnapped person ever escapes."

"I suspected that Guangming's disappearance was related to them, so I planned to catch their leader, torture him slowly, and steal some money, but I failed... So you didn't kill them all, right?"

Dean shook his head.

Unfortunately, the souls of the two leaders and eight of their subordinates were still in the tablets, so they didn't have time to torture them. They would be entertained later.

"Tell me about all the clues about the light that you have investigated..."

……

The three of Carly talked until midnight.

Bloodline progress reached 20.00% and stopped moving.

"Have a good rest." Dean glanced at the tired trio and handed over a small note with the number on it. "Tomorrow morning, you drive to Blue Town next to Hawkins. My companion will pick you up to meet 11 and Terry. This is his pager number. Come back to see me after you are done, and I will support you with travel expenses."

Carly made eye contact with her companions and nodded,
"Dean, do you think we can still find Lena and Light?"

Dean nodded, "Of course, I will bring them back to see you, but now this task is taken over by me. You don't have to worry about it anymore. You can pursue your dreams to your heart's content in the future."

dream?

Carly's eyes were confused for a moment, and then a wolf-like ferocity appeared on her face, "Then I want to take revenge and kill the researchers who tortured me and other children in the Hawkins Laboratory. Is that okay?"

"You don't need to ask me for permission. As long as you don't kill indiscriminately, no one will stop you."

……

Dean opened the door and left. In the dim moonlight, he arrived at another room near the motel. He closed the door and closed the curtains. He sat cross-legged and closed his eyes on the bed. He looked at the newly acquired photos of his parents and entered the dark area of ​​his mind to search again.

It's a pity that Jane only saw sporadic images with the help of a sensory deprivation tank.

Dean, a newcomer, has poor search ability and can't see any pictures at all.

He reluctantly gave up the idea of ​​searching for people through the dark areas of his mind and took out the divination suit.

The cold breath flew out of the altar, and a strong man with a beard condensed in front of him. He was the gang leader who died in the red house.
"What does the name and identity have to do with the American military?"

"Retired Marine Corps Staff Sergeant, Gracie Johnson." The ghost's face was stiff and his eyes were cold.

"Are all your brothers retired from the Marine Corps?"

"Yes."

“Did you start the gang in Lafayette out of your own free will, or was it a mission?”

"We have been re-signed for a secret mission."

"Who gave you a sign?"

"Captain Kelly Stocker in the Marine Corps."

"What mission? Robbery, extortion, enrichment, and poisoning of Purdue University students?"

"This is just a superficial disguise. Our main task is to arrest six people every half month, send them to the abandoned factory in Oak District, and hand them over to the contact person."

"Why arrest people?"

"I don't know. We don't ask about the purpose, we just strictly carry out the tasks."

"What are the requirements for these six goals?"

"Three men and three women, all in good health, preferably passing through Lafayette from out of town, with simple backgrounds and ordinary social status. Their disappearance will not cause much concern."

Dean frowned when he heard this, but the dignified and beautiful army disguised itself as gangsters and mysteriously kidnapped his own people. What on earth did they want?
"Who do you contact after you catch someone?"

"Codename technician, about 50 years old, male white, height...weight..."

Dean secretly kept this man's characteristics in mind,
“When and where the next transaction will be.”

"Tomorrow night at nine o'clock, southeast of Oak District, abandoned factory No. 018..."

……

"In 79, was he among the victims you kidnapped?" Dean showed the ghost a photo of Lu Guangming,
"Our kidnapping lasted for three years, and we kidnapped 430 people, including 38 Asian men." The ghost dullly recounted the memory deep in his soul, "but I don't remember this man."

Dean frowned. Could it be that Guangming's disappearance had nothing to do with them?

"Besides the 32 people from your gang, are there any other kidnapping teams operating around Faraye City?"

"I don't know."

"Okay..." A cold light flashed in Dean's eyes, he gripped the board tightly and pushed forward, "You can go and die."

Swah——

"You destroyed Gracie's ghost, proficiency +1..."

Next, Dean summoned all the remaining nine souls and tortured them. After confirming that their confessions were consistent, he sent them away one by one.

你摧毁了…熟练度+9，格斗lv3(230→240/400)
Then Dean turned his attention to the system. You triggered a new event - a secret mission.

A group of retired Marines were recruited back to carry out a secret mission in Faraya, delivering six prisoners every half month to an abandoned factory in the Oak District.

Lu Guangming, whom you suspected was missing, was also captured by them.

Now find out the truth behind the secret and find out or rule out their connection with Lu Guangming.

Event Difficulty: Unknown

Progress: (5/100)

Duration: three days

Reward: At least 60 experience points…

Failure penalty: none
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(End of this chapter)