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The character's name does contain a typo, which I will not correct because I am a lazy person. You must let us know in the comments if something is incorrect.
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Spider Canyon, Ambarino, June 1899.
Even though it's already the summer season, the area around Spider Canyon is covered in thick snow.
In an abandoned mining town called Coulter Village.
Chen Xu thought about the experience during this time, and he was still a little afraid.
*Crunch*
The tattered door was pushed open, interrupting Chen Xu's memories.
Turning his head to look, he saw a man with a shabby gambler's hat walk in.
The other party has a tall and burly body, blond hair, and beard, as well as crystal blue eyes and a resolute face.
Arthur Morgan!
Looking at the person coming, a familiar name appeared in Chen Xu's heart.
"Mike, take it easy. David's injury is much better than some time ago; we will all get better."
"Ducky is studying that intelligence from the O'Driscoll gang; he'll have a good idea, and we'll all be fine."
Arthur Morgan patted the snow on his body and spoke optimistically towards Chen Xu.
"I hope so, we've had too much time during this time." Without saying anything, Chen Xu, or now McCalland, nodded gently.
It's incredible, but apparently that's the truth.
He travels and travels to the world of the classic open-world game 'Red Dead Redemption' from his previous life.
He became a gunman who had just turned twenty-five, and the Van der Linde gang: Mike Calland
And just two months ago, he experienced firsthand the key to the game's transformation of the Vanderlinde gang: Operation Blackwater.
But fortunately, as a fan of the 'Big Cousin' game, he still has an impression of McCalland, a character who has never even appeared.
A tough gunman, he died in Operation Blackwater Town because of the queen.
Understanding this, Chen Xu at that time also specially grew a heart, did not die after the break, but was dragged to Arthur Morgan and their response.
Coupled with the fact that I don't know if it's because of the crossing, he has a unique perception ability for existences that can threaten his life.
In addition to this, he can even open the dead eye like in the previous life game, but it does not last very long, only about less than a minute.
With this special ability, he finally managed to survive the escape operation in Blackwater Town.
He should also have died of serious injuries on the way to escape from the snowy mountains, according to his brother, David Calander.
Although he was still injured with his help, he was not as heavy as before, and he successfully survived before the ghost gate closed.
But that's about it.
Jenny, a little girl who had run away from home in the game and had just joined the gang, was killed on the spot by Agent Pinkerton.
Sean McGuire, an Irishman, was responsible for diverting the fire and getting separated from the gang.
Chen Xu also didn't know whether the other party was dead or was caught by the bounty hunters of Blackwater Town, as in the original game, and he was prepared to be sent to the federal prison in the west.
"Don't worry, Ducky will come up with a proper plan." Arthur Morgan pulled out two cigarettes from his pocket.
Gently rub the broken match on the heel of the shoe and light one of the cigarettes.
Then Arthur handed the other one that had not yet been lit to Chen Xu and joked with a smile: "It's a pity that you didn't participate in the robbery of the Odrisk gang before, and they have a lot of good things on them.""
"I don't worry about David." Chen Xu explained, and at the same time, he waved his hand to refuse the cigarette that Arthur handed over.
"David will be fine; don't you get one?" Arthur soothed.
"I'm not in the mood, and my throat is not very comfortable." Chen Xu casually made an excuse.
As an outlaw in the Western gang, no one can refuse the temptation of cooking tobacco and alcohol.
But for Chen Xu, there was no idea.
After all, in this era of civilization and chaos, coupled with the fact that he is still a member of the outlaws, this powerful body is the only thing he can rely on, and he will not cherish it so much.
"Okay, but it's still good for the body to come two times in a while." Arthur didn't think too much about it and put the cigarette in his pocket; after all, it was in short supply.
Good for the body?
Chen Xu was speechless for a while listening to Arthur's words, but then he also reacted.
After all, it's 1899!
People in this era do not have any awareness that smoking is harmful to their health.
The external propaganda of major tobacco manufacturers is still that cigarettes are good for health, and they are almost blown into a panacea.
...
"Why are we doing this?"
"The weather has just improved, we can get out of here!"
"I thought we were all going to keep a low profile now."
While Chen Xu was chatting with Arthur Morgan about something that had happened recently,
outside, there were quarrels and the neighing of horses.
From the voice, Chen Xu had already identified the two people in the quarrel.
The boss of the gang is Ducky, and Hosea is a patriarch and also a wise man.
Ducky, a gangster with his own idealism, is also a symbol of the Wild West era.
He fantasises that the world is still in the cowboy era of happy vengeance.
But in the face of the changes of the times, he always thought that he could still live the kind of life of shooting a shot and changing places, which eventually led to the demise of the Van der Linde gang.
Hosea is the brainman of the gang, who does not like to use violence to obtain money but devises elaborate plans to defraud others of money.
The most important thing for Hosea is to be able to retire the gang members safely.
"Go out and see." Chen Xu stood up, looked at Arthur next to him, and said,
Arthur extinguished the cigarette in his hand, put the remaining half back in his pocket, and nodded.
Pushing open the door, Chen Xu squinted his eyes slightly to avoid snow blindness caused by snow and sunlight.
In front of the temporary stable in the distance, the quarrel between Ducky and Hosea became somewhat white-hot.
"What do you want from me, Hosea?" Ducky stopped.
"I just don't want more people to die, Ducky." Hosea shook his head and said,
"We are alive and well, Hosea, we are alive and well…"
"Look at me, we're all alive... Even you, John, David, Mike, Arthur... We are all alive and well". Noticing Chen Xu and Arthur walking towards this side, Ducky waved his hand like a speaker standing on stage.
"Now we need money, but our stuff is in Blackwater, do you want to go back there?" Ducky looked at Hosea.
"No… , I didn't mean to oppose you, I just... Hopefully we can go according to plan, keep a low profile, and go back west. But now, we're suddenly going to grab a train. Hosea elaborated on the pros and cons of the plan.
"What choice do we have?" Ducky held the saddle and asked Hosea.
"Cornwall is not a vegetarian, he is a railroad tycoon, sugar merchant, and oil boss..." Hosea explained why he didn't want people to rob trains.
"Isn't that nice? He seems to have a lot to share with him. When Ducky heard this, he smiled disapprovingly.
"Okay, gentlemen, let's discuss the plan to make money. Arthur, you come first. Mike, you will take care of David and John during this time." Ducky gave two orders, then ignored Hosea and beckoned to Arthur.
Looking at Ducky, who still had a little displeasure on his face and walked into the room first, Chen Xu had a lot of urgency in his heart.
Not surprisingly, the next thing Ducky should do is take the Van der Linde gang and go grab the train in Cornwall.
If it's a game world, it's naturally exciting and cool.
Although he crossed over, his physical fitness is explosive, and he also has super intuition and dead-eye ability.
But Chen Xu really didn't want to give it a try. How many sought-after people could he deal with?
After all, in his opinion, this is a real world.
Time will pass, and after being injured, you can't drink a bottle of tonic and gnaw two pieces of corned beef and come alive again, and you won't die and be resurrected at the archive point.
There is no way to carry a dozen or twenty guns on your back and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
When people are killed, they die.
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