Samantha was stunned for a moment. "You should've come earlier. Chris was here just now."
Luke remembered the handsome middle-aged man. "Was he the one who just left your place?"
Samantha nodded. "Yes, he's McCormick Sr.'s son. The McCormick Mine belongs to him now. Why don't I give him a call and ask for his opinion? "
Naturally, Luke and Selina agreed.
But they didn't enter the house. Instead, they sat on the porch and gazed at the town under the morning sun.
"It's so beautiful." Selina sighed. "It's a shame that this place is going to be abandoned."
Luke simply nodded. He didn't feel much regret.
There were too many beautiful remote towns like this in America. In his previous life, Luke had been to a few remote and nameless towns in China. They were just as beautiful as many so-called tourist attractions.
But for various reasons, those beautiful towns would eventually turn into desolate places that nobody cared about.
After waiting for ten minutes, Samantha came out in embarrassment. "He must've gone to the mine. I can't reach him. Do you want me to take you there?"
Luke and Selina didn't want to waste any more time, and immediately agreed.
A moment later, the three of them set off again.
After they arrived at the mine, Luke observed the environment, and realized that the mine wasn't far from the spider farm. It was only a kilometer away from a hill.
He suspected that the spiders had crawled into the mine and used it as their new nest.
Through the walkie-talkie, she called Chris up from the bottom of the mine. Samantha pulled him aside and talked for a while before the two of them walked over.
They shook hands politely, and Chris said with a bitter smile, "My aunt values this place too much. After all, it's something my father left behind. They've worked here all their lives. In any case, I can offer some help. There are a few old miners down there who are more familiar with the terrain than I am. You can ask them about the details first. How does that sound? "
Luke thanked him with a smile and felt reassured.
Old miners were sometimes more useful than blueprints. They knew a lot of details that weren't indicated on the blueprints.
They didn't want to go down, because it would be too insecure to talk in the mine.
Furthermore, Chris said that they were exploring the mine again, and it was very likely that they would enter some abandoned mine tunnels with high concentrations of gas.
That thing could explode if it was not handled properly. This was one of the reasons why the mine was judged to be exhausted. Many places were blocked by gas.
Before confirming a new vein, not many people dared to risk their lives to search for a new vein in the gas-filled tunnels.
The old miners came up and talked to Luke and Selina for a while.
In the end, Luke realized that the area near the spider farm happened to be covered in gas. The workers had just started looking for new veins, and hadn't explored that area yet.
Luke felt a headache coming on.
If there was gas there, he wouldn't dare to open fire even if he had a gun. Could he just take a knife and slash it?
He was not the Hulk with unlimited power, and it was very dangerous to fight them in a mine that was suspected to be a spider's lair.
He couldn't blow up the mine just because he suspected that there were giant spiders.
This was a gold mine. Even though it had dried up, the miners and many families in the town hoped to find a new vein of ore from it, so that the town could regain its vitality.
In order to solve the problem of the giant spiders, they had to make preparations first and go down to investigate.
After they obtained evidence, they could report it to the FBI and ask them to take care of the monsters.
After talking to Chris, Luke could only meet him at a fast food restaurant in town at noon to bring him the information about the mine.
Luke and Selina said that they didn't need any geological analysis, and only needed a map of the mine.
After that, they tactfully left without asking Samantha to come with them.
They knew that something was wrong just by looking at the middle-aged man and the woman who were exchanging glances every now and then.
After they returned to town, Luke and Selina checked their guns. The equipment might come in handy, and they couldn't afford to be careless.
All the magazines were loaded. Luke also took out a few tear gas grenades and put them in the car.
Selina didn't suspect anything.
It was Luke who had organized the weapons boxes in the front and back of the car. She knew exactly how many guns were in them.
She didn't pay much attention to the magazines, but there had to be more than ten.
Thus, she didn't know that Luke had taken the opportunity to throw out another ten rifle magazines and twenty tear gas grenades from his inventory.
It was noon by the time they were done. They went to a fast food restaurant for lunch.
As promised, Chris gave them the map of the mine.
Watching the guy leave in a hurry, Selina chuckled. "He shaved. It seems that he's quite enthusiastic about Samantha."
Luke touched his face regretfully.
He had wanted to grow a beard to make his young face look more mature.
Tony Stark's carefully trimmed beard wasn't bad. Luke had plenty of time, and it wouldn't be hard for him to trim it himself.
It was a pity that he had a beard now, but it was not thick enough to trim it into a beautiful shape.
Selina chuckled when she saw what he was doing. "Just give up. Just be a pretty boy for the rest of your life."
Luke was lost for words.
His skin was fair, and thanks to his self-healing abilities, he didn't get tanned.
Why was Uncle Wolf tanned? That was because his skin was naturally darker.
In the afternoon, they studied the map of the mine in a corner of the fast food restaurant.
Luke felt that he should go in and take a look the next morning.
Since he couldn't use guns, he could go in with cold weapons such as crossbows and spears.
If he ran into danger, he wouldn't fight to the death; he could just run away.
He still had irritating sprays and gas masks in his inventory, which could be useful against the spiders.
His time in this town was limited, and he couldn't just sit around and do nothing.
It was almost six o 'clock, and a golden red glow appeared in the sky.
Suddenly, Luke's ears twitched, and he frowned. He stood up and said in a low voice, "Selina, get a gun and watch out for ambushes."
Selina immediately followed him and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Luke continued in a low voice, "The spiders are out." Looking at the setting sun, he recalled what Mike had said.
Most spiders were afraid of light, and preferred to hunt at night.
As he walked out, he called Samantha's phone. He was about to speak when the beautiful sheriff spoke first. "Luke, something's wrong. Gladys was captured by the spiders. "
Luke was lost for words. Why did that sound so familiar?
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