New Gods of North America

In order to avoid arriving at the town in the middle of the night, the few people deliberately slowed down and spent the night by the river on the way.

The next morning,

The few of them slowly arrived outside the "town" of Hewan Town.

Although both are western towns, Riverbend and Blackrock, where Wayne grew up, are somewhat different.

Black Rock Town,

It is a completely newly built pioneer town deep in the wilderness.

In the process of western development, they will be the "destinations" or "terminal stations" for some pioneers at a certain stage, and then they will become the "service areas" and "transit stations" for more people to continue to move forward and explore.

They themselves are the places that people plan to "reach" or "stay for a while".

It's like a growing "tree trunk".

The town of River Bend,

It is a town that has developed from a "city" like Kanks City.

For example, when a city has taken shape but is not particularly large,

Some of the "later" young pioneers would go to the farm to work during the day and return to the city to live and entertain at night.

The nearby land has been developed almost completely, and the newly developed land in the surrounding area is getting farther and farther away from the city.

For some people, the cycle of "returning to the city" will be forced to be continuously extended, from returning every day to returning every few days, weeks or even longer.

New settlements thus gradually formed around the city and eventually became new towns.

However, due to the city with a more advantageous geographical location and earlier development nearby,

Such derivative towns are often "congenitally deficient" from the very beginning.

Like "thin branches" extending from a tree trunk.

If we conduct population analysis in a cold and heartless way,

If it is possible that there are founders such as "big landowners", "big businessmen" and "politicians" in the pioneer towns deep in the wilderness,

Then in the derivative towns, basically all the people are descendants of ordinary people such as "small landlords" or "petty citizens".

——After all, it is not very far from the city. People with capital or ability may have residences in both places, but most of them will identify more with their identity and status in the "city". Most of the places they choose to settle will also be in the "city".

The talents that grow up locally in the derivative towns will also be constantly "drained" by the nearby cities.

Eventually, it will either be incorporated into the city and become a district, or become a poor neighbor next to the city.

But from the perspective of the contempt chain,

Before a pioneer town develops to the point where it is recognized and desired by most people, it can only be regarded as a "small country place".

The derived town, on the other hand, is considered half a "city" from the moment it is born.

For example, Wayne

In the contempt chain, he is a very pure "Western boy who grew up in a small country town".

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"Although we have arrived at Hewan Town, the area here is not too small. Where should we start our investigation?"

Lina looked left and right on a small hill with a telescope. No matter how small Hewan Town was, it was still a "town".

"Before we knew of a specific location, apart from the cemetery, there was only one so-called 'small manor'. You can look for a place that looks like that." Wayne was drinking holy water to aid digestion.

Compared to those "extraordinary materials" that can be directly absorbed and transformed into spiritual power, the things absorbed from the tribesmen of Tecumseh are really difficult to digest.

Wayne has been drinking holy water three times a day, morning, noon and evening, and he has probably only digested half of it so far.

Moreover, the increase in my "blue bar" can only be said to be better than nothing.

I can only say that there was a reason why Inesa specifically emphasized to me that "absorption may be harmful rather than beneficial".

"The cemetery is easy to find. It's probably over there. But things like 'small manors' may not be within our sight right now. We may have to go to the town to ask." Lina said.

Inissa seemed to be observing the terrain. "If we go to the cemetery first, then we should just go around outside the town. We don't know what the situation is here."

The carriage started again.

Walk around the town towards the cemetery.

Generally speaking, for a small town like this that is not far from a big city, you don't have to worry too much about attacks from foreign gangs.

But if the public security is not good, there may be local gangs.

Maybe one of the locals would suddenly shoot you in the back.

The cemetery's caretaker was an old man. When he saw a stranger driving a carriage, he came out of his shed and was quite enthusiastic:

"Are you looking for someone's grave, or are you looking to buy a grave for someone?"

When you are out and about, you give yourself an identity.

Wayne went through several scenarios in his mind and finally chose the identity of a detective - if something happened accidentally, it would be convenient for Roose Bolton and others to send people to look for traces.

"We are detectives from the Wayne National Detective Agency, and we are currently investigating a homicide case. Has anyone recently robbed graves in your cemetery?"

The old man got angry when he heard this. "It happened just a few days ago. Some bastard came from nowhere and dug several graves in the cemetery in the middle of the night. If I hadn't found him in time with my shotgun, he would have run away with the things."

"Would you mind taking us over to have a look?" Wayne asked.

"Come with me."

…

The graves that were stolen were all located at the edge of the cemetery, far away from the guard shed.

At this time, everything has been basically restored to its original state.

But there is an obvious color difference between the soil above and the land next to it.

"So he didn't have time to take the stolen goods away?" Wayne asked.

"Yes. After I fired the shot, the guy didn't even bother to pick up the shovel. He just ran away."

Although there are walls or fences around the cemetery, they can basically only stop dogs that don't jump.

For the horrible apes, it is not a big obstacle.

The old man thought about it and added:

"Most of the things should not have been taken away by him. But I don't know exactly what was buried in the tomb. Maybe there were some small and valuable things like pocket watches and pendants that he stuffed into his pockets in advance."

Wayne looked around and saw that the cemetery looked like an ordinary small town cemetery.

Judging from the locations, tombstones, and epitaphs on the several graves that were stolen, the people buried inside did not seem to be rich or powerful.

- At least the graves of Wayne's parents and several participants in the construction of Blackstone Town and large landowners have a separate area in the cemetery next to the Blackstone Town Church. The material and workmanship of the tombstones are obviously different from those of ordinary people.

If Wayne were to choose, he would definitely dig for that kind of thing first if he wanted to steal.

If the person who dug the graves was indeed Luke, then he chose to dig the graves in this area mainly to facilitate his escape.

According to the estimation that "the value of the burial objects may not be very high" and "the thief only got a small amount of burial objects at most", the amount that can be exchanged is probably not as high as the face value of the "counterfeit banknotes" he used in the casino.

Wayne thought about it, and looked out in the direction given by the cemetery guard.

"So, he fled in this direction?"