Chương 60: 40
Chapter 40: The Terror of Venomous Snakes
Charlestown is a quiet and peaceful town with more than 2,000 peace-loving residents living here. It is adjacent to a continuous mountain range.
Because it is backed by mountains, there are many hunters among the people here, and many of them have started hunting in the mountains since they were teenagers.
During the hunting season every year, many people drive here and go into the mountains with hunting rifles to hunt, and many people also come to the mountains to camp.
It is now the hunting season of the year and the weather is cool, which is a good time to go into the mountains to hunt.
But this year things seem to have changed...
"Swish, swish—"
Amid the sound of rustling fallen leaves, several fully armed hunters were walking in the mountains. The leading hunter squatted down and turned over the body of a dead animal on the ground.
When he turned the deer's body, revealing the two bloody holes on its neck, several people behind him gasped.
"Another one..." the leading hunter muttered.
A young hunter asked anxiously, "How many bodies have been found so far this hunting season?"
A female hunter answered him: "Who knows? The mountains are so vast. I heard that there are more than 50 animal carcasses that people have found and reported to the police."
The leading hunter looked at the two teeth marks on the deer's neck and frowned, saying, "Damn it, this is definitely a snake bite! What kind of venomous snake could have killed more than fifty people in just half a month?!"
"Rustle, rustle..."
At this moment, a slight sound came from the pile of fallen leaves next to them.
Several people immediately felt as if they were facing a great enemy. They tightly grasped their shotguns and stared at the direction where the sound came from.
As the haystack was turning, a squirrel jumped out holding nuts.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it was just a squirrel.
——But the next moment, in full view of everyone, a huge black shadow popped out from the bushes like lightning! In
the blink of an eye, when they looked again, the squirrel had disappeared from the spot.
"What the hell, what was that just now?"
The leading hunter stretched out his hand, signaling everyone to step back, and then he walked forward slowly and cautiously, took out a hiking stick, and quickly pushed away the pile of grass.
A squirrel was lying quietly in the fallen leaves, with two huge bloody holes on its body clearly visible.
Now everyone showed a look of panic.
The mysterious creature that had caused countless deaths in the mountains within half a month was just near them!
Now no one said anything more, and everyone hurried down the mountain with their luggage on their backs.
If you raise your view higher, you can see that there are quite a few hunters like them who choose to go down the mountain!
Those who decided not to go hunting in the mountains this year were talking with confusion and fear.
No wonder they panicked.
If there was a den of bears in the mountains, they could deal with them with the guns they had.
But what if there were mysterious creatures on the mountain that were extremely poisonous, elusive, and extremely efficient in hunting...
They had to consider whether their reactions were faster or the poisonous creature was ambushing and poisoning them faster.
During the conversation, the sound of vehicles was heard.
Everyone looked over and saw Charlestown police cars driving up the mountain road one after another, surrounding the area in an instant!
"What happened?"
"Did someone die?"
The car door opened and the Charlestown sheriff got out. He looked at the towering mountains in front of him and took a deep breath.
Time goes back to ten minutes ago——
In the police station, officers were also discussing the mysterious killer in the mountains.
"This is the nth report we have received in the past half month. A dead deer was found in the mountains, with two black blood holes on its body... Man, it really looks like a vampire!"
"What vampires... These corpses have no blood sucked from them. It's obvious that they were poisoned to death, perhaps by some kind of venomous snake."
"Venomous snakes? What kind of venomous snakes can kill so many animals in half a month? We have received sixty-three reports."
"Hey guys! I got a new report of a dead animal, and this one looks a little unusual!"
"Let me see... uh, a bear skeleton? It's been almost eaten up. Isn't it the most common kind?"
"How can this be so unusual? Just think about it, an animal that can eat a full-grown bear! I can guarantee that the one that ate this bear is the mysterious creature that caused so many 'tragedies' in the mountains!"
At this moment, the door of the sheriff's office was flung open, and the chief strode out and asked, "Tragedy? What tragedy?"
The police officer said subconsciously: "Those animals that were poisoned in the mountains..."
The sheriff frowned and waved his hand, saying, "Everyone, mobilize! I received a report from a hunter. This time, a tragedy really happened in the mountain..."
Time returns to the present.
Led by several hunters, the police officers climbed up the mountain and stood around a cleared area.
There were several people lying in a mess on the open ground. Their bodies were swollen, their eyes and mouths were wide open, their pupils were cloudy and dilated, and they had been dead for a long time.
Such a tragedy had never happened in Charles Town. Several police officers looked grim and had the urge to vomit.
One hunter said in a low voice: "We were chasing an elk and found this..."
A police officer whispered: "These people are from our town..."
Everyone knew who these people were. They were young hooligans in town who skipped classes, smoked tobacco, had no education, and had a history of molesting girls.
The forensic doctor put on gloves and gently pushed one of the bodies, revealing two bloody holes on his arm.
"They must have been poisoned to death. Judging from the appearance of their bodies, they were probably injected with the same toxin as the animals a few days ago."
The sheriff said calmly, "Close the mountain."
As soon as he finished speaking, the police phone rang.
He picked up the phone and heard a hurried voice on the other end: "Someone has reported that another body was found on the other side of the mountain...and it seems to be a serial killer who is already on the national wanted list."
"...knew."
After the sheriff went to see the newly reported body and roughly confirmed its identity, that it was indeed a serial killer who had come from other places, he returned to the police station exhausted, and a new reporter came in.
They also brought with them a young foreign woman who was in shock.
The reporter said: "This lady said that when she was passing by the road next to the mountain, she was knocked unconscious by several young men and taken to the mountain to play a 'hunting game'."
A police officer comforted the woman with a bitter face, "Don't worry, you are safe here. As for those who wanted to hurt you... well, they are probably already dead..."
The Charlestown Police Department had a busy day.
Charles Town was also in panic for the whole day.
The news that a poisoned person was found in the mountains spread like wildfire, and both the townspeople and outsiders were worried about it.
They realized that there really was a poisonous and terrifying hunter among these beautiful and vast mountains!
Wildlife experts arrived quickly and after a series of investigations on the traces on the mountain, they came to the conclusion:
the culprit behind this series of deaths in the mountains was probably a snake!
An unprecedented giant venomous snake!
For a moment, the outsiders hurriedly left Charles Town and the entire area near the mountains.
The doors of all the houses in the town were closed, and all the adults strictly forbade their children to go out.
The townspeople bought wire and wooden boards to reinforce the exterior walls of the houses.
No wonder they are so vigilant.
A snake, especially such a terrifying poisonous snake, who knows if it will crawl into people's homes from some corner?
Panic spread extremely quickly. Within half a day, the entire Charles Town was dead silent and everyone stayed indoors.
On the forum, in the chat software, and on the local news station in Charles Town, this incident was called "viper-horror"!
Regarding whether the containment personnel are incompetent and how to contain them, a series of questions will be explained later according to my interpretation of the movie and the setting of the world of the universe
(end of this chapter)
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