"Who are you?"

Faced with the question, Suren said what he had already prepared, "I am a wasteland hunter. My team encountered a pack of 'lightning lizards' before, and I got separated from them. Now I lack food and water. If you are willing, I would like to buy some, or exchange some..."

Because he lacked knowledge of this world, he tried to say something ambiguous.

These words were half true and half false, not entirely fabricated, as he had indeed encountered a group of giant lizards before.

But he didn't expect that these people in front of him seemed to be hunting those cheetah-fast lizards.

Suren clearly caught the flash of joy in the eyes of the people opposite him when he said this.

Sure enough, someone directly asked, "You encountered a pack of 'lightning lizards'?"

"Yes."

Suren turned his head and pointed to the passage, saying, "On the left side of this passage, in the direction of area B11, there is a large group. I guess there is a nest of theirs."

Hearing the accurate answer, the joy on the faces of those opposite became even stronger.

The captain with the mechanical prosthetic glanced at the gun at Suren's waist, and asked, "You alone? Which wasteland hunting group are you from?"

Without thinking, Suren blurted out, "I'm from the 'Straw Hat Wasteland Hunting Group'."

"Oh?"

The captain's eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking. His gaze fell on the black storage ring on Suren's hand, and he asked, "Are you from the Crow Gang?"

At this, the expressions of the eight people opposite him became vaguely unkind.

"..."

Suren keenly captured the expressions of several people, and his heart became alert.

He didn't understand the exact meaning of the word "Crow Gang". But he vaguely felt that the other party's tone was very assertive, as if they had seen something on him.

Obviously, something was wrong.

He felt that the problem might lie in the fire gun at his waist.

He didn't know before, but now that he compared, the rune fire gun he found in the bald man's storage ring looked much more advanced than the ones on these people.

But obviously, admitting that he was a member of the "Crow Gang" might lead to immediate death.

Suren knew that asking further might lead to trouble, so he could only respond vaguely, "As you can see, I am a free adventurer. Sorry, I just want to buy some food and water. If you don't have any to spare, then forget it."

"A free adventurer?"

The captain heard that Suren didn't belong to any gang, his eyes changed, and he suddenly became playful.

But he obviously saw that Suren had some concerns, and a kind smile suddenly appeared on his face. He signaled to the subordinates next to him to put down their guns, and said, "No, what I mean is... if you don't have a gang, you can choose us. As you can see, we are from the 'Steam Brotherhood'. You can call me Dick."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone next to him added, "This is our captain, Dick 'Silverhand', a famous figure in the Lange Street area of ​​the Eastern City."

Suren glanced at his silver mechanical arm, and said politely, "Of course, I've heard of Captain Dick's fame."

Flattery can get you everywhere. Whether he knew him or not, it was never wrong to give him a compliment.

Listening to the other party's tone, he guessed that this "Steam Brotherhood" should be a very large organization. Moreover, listening to the tone of the person next to him, this Dick should be very powerful...

"Silverhand" Dick suddenly changed his attitude and said, "Brother, would you like to come into the camp and rest? We can sell you some food and water."

"That's really too grateful."

Although he was no longer being pointed at by a gun, Suren felt that he had no right to refuse.

He entered the camp, where a bonfire was burning.

Suren didn't plan to stay long, nor did he dare to say much. But obviously, the other party kept trying to probe his background.

"What do I call you, brother?"

"I'm called Suren."

"Brother, are you not a formal professional yet?"

"No, I'm not."

"Oh, then you should consider our 'Steam Society' even more. As long as you join the gang, you will have many 'employment materials' and 'alchemy plant blueprints' to choose from in the gang in the future. You know, apart from the 'Cross Society' and the 'Crow Gang' in the outer city, no one can provide more resources than us. And if you want to modify mechanical prosthetics, only our 'Steam Society' is the best..."

"I'll think about it..."

Suren captured a lot of useful information from these people's words.

In that city, there seemed to be a distinction between the "inner city" and the "outer city".

And there were three major gangs in the outer city...

Seeing that Suren hadn't agreed, Captain Dick talked about the purpose of their trip.

He tentatively said, "We came out this time to prepare the cursed materials needed for the alchemy implant for Laun, the vice-captain of the team. Our goal is the 'lightning lizard's leg tendons' or the 'cave horn dog's skin'. If you have any of these materials, brother, you can sell them to us..."

"Sorry, I don't. Our group encountered danger and was dispersed not long after we came out. We didn't gain anything."

"..."

The atmosphere of the chat seemed relatively harmonious.

The other party prepared three days' worth of drinking water and food for Suren.

Suren originally didn't plan to think of human nature as so bad, but with the next move, he knew it was time to act.

The All-Seeing Eye identified the water bottle they handed him and displayed a few words: [Water with nerve paralyzing toxin].

Their purpose was obvious.

The reason they hadn't done anything before was probably because they saw that he was alone and couldn't be sure if he had any trump cards or background. Now that they had probed enough, it was time to act.

Putting poison in the water was the best option.

If he drank it, everything would be over.

Even if he didn't drink it, they had so many people that it wouldn't be too late to act.

Now that he knew the other party harbored ill intentions, Suren's eyes also became faintly unkind when he looked at those guys.

It looked like those guys were sitting around the fire listening to gossip, but it was more like an encirclement.

Moreover, their wandering eyes were always on the fire gun at his waist. If he made any slight movement, they would probably strike first.

Suren pretended not to know and unscrewed the water bottle. He had no intention of taking the gun.

He knew very well that even if he drew his gun quickly, he could only fire one or two shots at most.

And there were eight people on the other side.

What's more, there was also the extremely threatening professional—"Silverhand" Dick.

But the good news was that, except for the two on guard, the other six were all within a ten-meter radius of Suren.

And this distance was exactly the range of influence of [Cursed Object - Rune Grotesque Doll].

.......

Suren had a sincere smile on his face and was about to drink water.

But just as the water bottle was placed next to his mouth, he stopped. As if he suddenly remembered something, he smiled and said, "Captain Dick, thank you for your hospitality. Although I encountered some danger this time, I can be considered to have gained something..."

As he said that, Suren unhurriedly took off the cloth bag hanging from his waist and revealed the wooden box inside.

"Brother Suren, you're too kind..."

Although Dick looked like he was smiling, a hint of guard flashed in his eyes.

He was very confident that even if the other party took out a grenade and detonated it at this time, he would be able to dodge it immediately.

"This is something I found in a manor ruin before. I haven't figured out what it's for yet, so I'll give it to Captain Dick..."

Suren also pretended to be silly and ignorant, with a relaxed smile on his lips. He opened the box and took out the Rune Grotesque Doll.

Since there were cursed objects with mental control in this world, then there must be something to resist mental control.

What he was actually planning in his heart was that if it didn't achieve the desired effect, he would have an excuse.

Obviously, the other party was blinded by Suren's "kind" smile. Seeing that he didn't make any dangerous moves that could be misunderstood, none of those people were prepared.

Of course, no one would have expected him to take out such an "evil thing"!

.......

It was the moment that the doll was exposed to the air, that a bizarre scene occurred!

An invisible mental force instantly fluctuated and spread.

Obviously, the power of this doll was stronger than expected.

Even Captain Dick's expression instantly stiffened when he saw this doll. The other five people by the bonfire also seemed to have their souls taken away in an instant, and their eyes were dull.

This was the moment he was waiting for!

Seeing this, Suren's eyes burst out with fierce light!

Without any hesitation, he drew the fire gun from his waist and pulled the trigger towards Captain Dick's eye socket.

Suren had paid attention to it before. As the only "professional" in the team, this guy, like the bald Ivan, had many magical extraordinary abilities.

Therefore, even if he was controlled, Suren felt that this guy had to be killed first!

With a "bang", his head exploded like a broken watermelon.

[Acquired 'Dick Nelson's memory fragments*2]

[You have mastered some 'Intermediate Mechanical Knowledge']

[Obtained a memory: 'There are more and more aberration events in the city, I feel...'"]

[Steam Mechanical Combat Experience +4]

[Mental Power +0.13]

"Gray mist" also appeared on the corpse. Suren waved his hand, and the gray mist was swallowed into his soul.

And before he had time to digest the information he had obtained, he raised his hand and fired another shot, shooting the sniper on the distant watchtower.

A shot hit his lower abdomen, and a figure fell down.

The two snipers were not within the control range of the doll, but they also did not expect Suren to suddenly launch an attack.

What's more, they didn't expect that facing the six people in their team, Suren could instantly "control" them, and instantly kill their captain.

Suren fired two shots in a row. He knew that he had no chance to fire a third shot, and the other sniper wasn't stupid either.

Then he decisively jumped back and hid behind a mud wall.

Sure enough, the next second, with a "pop", a bullet exploded a large piece on the mud wall.

The bullet directly penetrated the mud wall and almost hit Suren.

Then, with a continuous burst of "da da da", the mud wall, which was nearly one meter thick, was turned into powder in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, the only threat left was the sniper hiding in the watchtower.

Suren knew that his marksmanship and terrain were not advantageous. If he exchanged shots, a pistol would definitely not be able to beat a sniper rifle.

Not caring about wasting it, he directly pulled out the fire gun loaded with special alchemy bullets, and then fired several shots at the position of the outpost.

[Alchemy Bullet (Burning)]*2, [Alchemy Bullet (High Explosive)]*2, [Alchemy Bullet (Concussion)]*2.

Although only six bullets were loaded into the large revolver, it directly gave the opposite sniper a firepower crush.

At this moment, Suren didn't know that this round of shooting consumed a year's worth of ammunition costs for many gunmen.

The power of the three special bullets was amazing. After the ammunition was fired, the entire watchtower was directly blown up.

The explosion a hundred meters away was very loud, especially the last two "concussion bombs", which even made Suren, who was far away, feel his head buzzing.

Without any delay, he rushed out directly after shooting.

Because of his enhanced eyesight, he saw the sniper struggling to get up in the thick smoke, and then added two more shots.

"Bang!" "Bang!"

The body fell to the ground.

[Acquired 'Sinos Carter's memory fragments*2]

[You have acquired some 'Basic Alchemy Knowledge']

[Gun Experience +6]

[Mental Power +0.07]

........

Suren didn't dare to be careless. He found the other sniper who had been shot in the abdomen and also added a shot.

Then, he returned to the bonfire and, looking at the five guys whose bodies were twisted strangely like marionettes, unceremoniously fired four more shots, killing four of them.

Leaving behind the vice-captain, Laun.

From the start of the attack to the end of the battle, the entire process didn't take more than a minute. A complete wasteland hunting team was wiped out under Suren's decisive attack.

However, there was also a little trouble.

"Stripping away too many memories at once, my head can't take it..."

After successively stripping away the memories of three corpses, Suren found that his head was also a little dizzy.

Like staying up all night, his thoughts were muddled.

But he also discovered that if he didn't strip them away in time, the "gray mist" on the corpse would become lighter and lighter. The longer the interval, the lower the quality of the stripped memories would be. After about five minutes, the gray mist on the corpse would completely dissipate.

At this point, Suren probably understood some of the limitations of the [Death Harvester] ability.

After resting for a while, waiting for the memory fragments in his brain to be completely digested, Suren opened his eyes.

Suren breathed out a long breath, full of energy, "With this [Harvester] talent, I feel like I can develop to be invincible in this world..."

The soul fragments of the seven corpses brought him too many benefits. His brain suddenly had a lot of strange knowledge and understanding of this world.

He felt that he had visibly become stronger.

In just a few minutes of digestion, he felt that he had mastered the knowledge and skills that would probably take one or two years to learn!

.......

Suren put the [Rune Grotesque Doll] back into the wooden box.

He looked at Laun, who he had trapped tightly, and muttered, "I didn't originally plan to communicate with you in this way..."

Unfortunately, you insisted on having evil intentions.

After the doll was put away, Laun woke up from the mental confusion.

As if waking up from a dream, this guy didn't seem to understand what happened yet. But after seeing the corpses all over the camp and then looking at Suren, he instantly showed a look of horror, "You..."

Suren didn't give him a word of nonsense, stabbing him in the right leg with a knife, and said coldly, "Now, I'll ask you a question, and you answer one..."

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