Chapter 101 Clone James
Although he was a little sleepy by this time, Luke didn't stop at all, and drove straight through Central Street and out of the city. The next big city was still far away, but there were some small towns along the highway.

About half an hour after leaving Charleston, Luke saw a road sign indicating that 10 kilometers ahead was a town called Black Falls. Soon Luke arrived at the town and found a hotel that looked clean and stayed there.

After taking a hot bath and lying on the soft and comfortable bed, he began to focus on the gains from killing in the other world.

I have to say that this trip to Jacksonville was very rewarding. After a wave of enhancements, I was left with only more than 1600 points of spiritual essence. After the trip to the other world, it increased to points.

In addition, Luke has two more proficiency-level skills, namely French and the use of flintlock rifles; and one proficiency-level skill, navigation.

French, of course, needs no explanation; it is a foreign language.

The use of the flintlock rifle gave Luke some experience in loading, firing, and aiming ancient flintlock rifles, which was basically of no use. Only the aiming made Luke's rifle skills slightly more accurate.

Navigation is much more complicated, involving many different skills such as celestial navigation, use of the compass, drawing nautical charts, knowledge of tides and currents, emergency ship repairs, etc. Much of this knowledge, although outdated, is still very useful.

By the time he had managed to finish reading the panel, although it was already dawn, he had experienced two battles in one night and had used the power of the sky for a long time to travel, he was already exhausted and sleepy, so he simply drew the curtains and fell into a deep sleep.

Luke slept until late at night.

After sleeping for a long time during the day, his whole body felt sore. He stretched his body while opening his [Endless Stomach]. He was going to take out some food from it to fill his stomach first.

As soon as I opened the [Endless Stomach], the crystal ball that I placed inside before going to bed last night began to flash, conveying the message that there were dark creatures nearby.

Speaking of which, this crystal ball, whether it is not compatible with Luke or there is something wrong with its own function, the search and warning function is not very stable. Sometimes it may predict dark creatures more than ten kilometers away, and sometimes it will only give a warning when it is several kilometers away.

Because of this instability, it is impossible to use the traditional three-point positioning method to determine the actual location of the monster.

However, the witch who sold him the crystal ball could directly get the approximate direction of the monster without the need for three-point positioning.

Now that he had entered the extraordinary world for a few months, Luke was no longer as easily excited as he was in the beginning. He continued to take food out of his [Endless Stomach], ate the fast food slowly, washed up, and then prepared to go out to explore.

It is now around seven in the evening, which is the time when people are active at night, so there are still many people in the town.

Luke asked the hotel waiter, but the US dollar was no longer effective this time, and he couldn't tell me what strange things had happened in the town recently. As for the bloodshed and injuries, he just mumbled a bunch of accidents on the football team, which was of no reference value.

After all, the day when no one gets hurt playing rugby is news.

The simplest information channel failed, but Luke didn't take it seriously. He strolled outside while looking into the gutter.

Perhaps because the town was not very prosperous, even the mice were surprisingly few. Luke walked for a long time and only found two. Moreover, these two were local species, and there was no survival pressure in the town. The entire group evolved very slowly and was stupid. Communicating with them was like chatting with a mentally retarded person. No matter how hard he asked, he could not get any clues.

Both information channels failed, and Luke had no better solution. He did buy a drone and placed it in the [Endless Stomach]. However, when it comes to searching for dark monsters, you often can't just fly over with a drone and see them.

It is better to walk around and try your luck than to stay in the room to take photos with a drone.

Luke thought about it and realized that the monsters encountered in a small town like this were either lurking in the town and eating people, or hiding in some remote wilderness waiting for people to come to them.

Now that he had slept enough and had nothing to do, and night was the peak time for monster activities, Luke simply started to sneak into the corners of the town, trying to play a trap for law enforcement.

From seven to nine o'clock, Luke walked almost all over the town at a very fast pace, but still found nothing useful.

Then look outside of town.

Luke was not wandering around during this time, and he also learned a little about the terrain outside the town. The place where monsters are most likely to appear is to the west of the town, where there is a dense forest and an abandoned mine next to the forest, which is simply the best nest for various monsters, aliens, and mutant beasts.

Sure enough, when Luke arrived near the mine, he vaguely sensed signs of human or animal activity.

He became more alert, holding the [Molten Gold] in his hand, ready to deal with any monster that might suddenly appear.

A few minutes later, a white guy who looked younger than Luke, wearing sportswear and with short brown hair, walked out of the gate of the abandoned mine.

The other person looked up and saw Luke. He was startled at first, then waved at Luke and shouted, "Hey, man, I'm James. Hello, you look unfamiliar. Which class are you from?"

He is really a high school student?

Luke remained alert and stood three meters away. He replied, "I'm just a traveler passing by. I just came to take a look."

“Is that so?” the other person said as he walked towards him. After taking two steps towards him, the fake friendly expression on his face disappeared, and he suddenly started to speed up and rush over: “Then go to hell!”

Luke calmly watched the opponent rushing towards him, neither moving forward nor running away. He held the hilt of [Molten Gold] in his hand, and slashed with it the moment the opponent approached.

The sharp blade of the dagger cut through the air, and the high school student named James was beheaded as soon as he entered Luke's attack range.

There was a "wow" sound.

The beheaded high school student turned into a pool of green slime, splashing and exploding in all directions.

Fortunately, Luke had been on guard against the opponent's methods. He pushed his free left hand forward, and a wall of fire formed by solar fire appeared, blocking all the mucus out.

Although limited by his strength, the solar fire he summoned was not as hot as the real sun, but it was over 1000 degrees, which is the same temperature inside a normal forest fire.

Under the scorching heat of the fire wall, all the green mucus was evaporated instantly, and not a single bit of it penetrated to Luke.

Outside the wall of fire, the trees and soil were unimpededly stained by the green slime, and immediately seemed to be corroded, emitting black smoke and sizzling sounds.

What weird thing?
Luke frowned. The panel did not give any prompt, which meant that the enemy was not dead yet.

But looking at the corpse that had exploded into a pool of slime on the ground, could it be that James was a ninja? Could he be a water substitute?
James, the Water Shadow Ninja, this idea is really hard to handle.

However, Luke soon didn't have to worry about thinking anymore.

The noise just now disturbed the abandoned factory. Just as high school student James turned into a pool of slime, four identical James walked out of the factory. Am I awesome?

clone?
Luke was slightly shocked. You allies can also use the replication center technology?

After seeing Luke, the four James clones looked at each other and rushed over ferociously like the previous one. The only difference was that their speed was much faster than the previous one.

Of course, for Luke, it's still slow.

Not knowing how many clones were behind, Luke didn't want to waste too much of his energy, so he took out the AR-47 that had been with him for several months from his [Endless Stomach].

For this kind of opponent, a rifle is enough.

The sound of "bang bang" gunfire began to echo near the abandoned factory. At this distance, with Luke's marksmanship, he could hit whatever he pointed at. He attacked the four enemies in different positions: head, heart, chest, and legs.

After four verifications, some preliminary clues about the clones were obtained.

The head is a vital point. Once shot in the head, it will immediately explode into a ball of green slime.

Except for the head, other parts of the body can withstand the attack of 7.62 bullets. Even if knocked down by the impact, it can quickly stand up and run again, and its mobility is basically unaffected.

After death, they will explode into green slime, which is highly corrosive, but has no effect on each other.

After the inspection was completed, Luke fired three consecutive shots in the head, destroying all the clones, but he still did not look relaxed.

Because the panel still didn't give any hints, there were still many James clones hiding in this factory. However, the clones inside were probably frightened by Luke's shooting skills, and they stopped going out and hid inside.

Wait for me to come in?

Do you think I'm stupid?
Without saying a word, Luke took out a incendiary bomb, walked a few steps closer to the abandoned mine, pulled the safety pin, and threw it in.

With a "boom", the flames exploded.

Although there was nothing flammable, white phosphorus could burn for a long time and release a lot of choking gas. Considering that the factory was quite large, Luke moved again and threw three white phosphorus incendiary bombs in succession from the empty and leaky windows, trying to cover as much space as possible.

Although the head is the only fatal part, it is impossible that the 2000-degree fire can't burn the person to death, right?

Sure enough, within a minute or two, more than twenty James rushed out of the main entrance of the factory. The leading ones were responsible for extinguishing the flames and clearing the way. After being stained by white phosphorus, their bodies began to burn.

To Luke's surprise, every burning "James" would immediately blow up his own head, turning into a pool of mucus and falling to the ground, briefly separating the flames from the crowd.

After three or four "James" sacrificed themselves, the rest of the "James" rushed out safely.

However, Luke keenly noticed that the few people at the back seemed to be carrying a human-shaped object.

After escaping from the main gate, most of the "James" rushed towards Luke's gun, while the last one to fall behind began to flee into the distance with the humanoid object.

They actually know how to sacrifice themselves and fight for opportunities for their companions. Could it be that this is collective wisdom, or is it controlled by a certain individual?
Luke was thinking in his mind, firing calmly with the gun in his hand. Although he couldn't hit the head with one shot every time, facing these "James" who rushed towards him like wild beasts without trying to dodge, it was still easy to hit one with two or three shots.

After emptying the magazines, there were less than ten "James" left out of the twenty or so. At this time, the closest one to Luke should be only five or six steps away.

Seeing that the rifle in Luke's hand was empty and stopped firing, "James" who was rushing in the front had a ferocious look of surprise on his face.

Those who don’t have time to change bullets will die!
Then Luke drew his sword and slashed. Under the infusion of his mental power, [Molten Gold] extended outward into a flaming blade of more than thirty centimeters. Under the astonished gaze of the "James"s, he cut the leader into two pieces with one blow.

Although it was not a headshot, being broken into two pieces obviously exceeded the limit of damage these clones could withstand, so the two halves of "James" on each side also turned into mucus.

Luke visualized Quetzalcoatl in his mind, the power of the sky and the power of the sun flowing through his body at the same time. With a leap, he arrived above the heads of a dozen clones.

He glanced downwards and saw that the enemies had already appeared, so there was no need to be too stingy with his mental energy.

[Spirit Fang] flickered, and white light left a trail of tail feathers in the air. Human heads exploded one after another, and pulp spurted out.

When Luke flew over, the clones turned into green slime and dissolved into puddles on the ground. At this time, the clones that had escaped with important items had only escaped for a few minutes and could not even escape Luke's sight.

"Stay!" Surrounded by the power of the sky, Luke pounced on the opponent like a winged tiger. [Spirit Fang] passed by him with a gust of wind, destroying all the remaining heads effortlessly.

The green slime quickly dissipated in the natural environment. After the slime disappeared, Luke curiously went to see the humanoid object taken away by "James".

It turned out to be a wood carving, which looked exactly like "James".

Is this the prototype of "James"?

Luke didn't know whether they took the wood sculpture with them when they fled in order to produce more copies or for other reasons. He stared at the wood sculpture for a moment, and in a trance, he seemed to feel that the wood sculpture seemed more like a real human than the copy just now.

Extraordinary people don’t have inexplicable intuitions. They are either spontaneous or their minds are influenced by other people.

Luke thought about it and decided that since he didn't know the creature, why not just chop it off?
It's all over now. Even if there is some conspiracy, the worst that can happen is that I can just run away again.

Maybe after this wood carving is finished, the spiritual essence will come out.

We just fought for half a day and didn't gain anything. It's such a waste of energy.

He raised [Molten Gold]. The temperature of this short knife was just enough to restrain wooden products. It seemed that this wood carving only needed one cut.

Before the [Molten Gold] fell, the [Future Vision Orb] that had been collected for a long time and was the only one left in the [Endless Stomach] suddenly cracked, and an illusion appeared in Luke's eyes.

(End of this chapter)