Excluding the unlucky fellow who just fell off the cliff, Henry collected the bodies of 95 people and 95 horses, occupying approximately 44 cubic meters of space.
A horse's volume is about 0.4 cubic meters, plus saddles and other items hanging on the horses.
Counting the 9 released yesterday, plus 5 gatekeepers and 4 sentinels, that makes 123 guards released.
There were surprisingly nearly 100 guards inside the factory, and at least two machine guns.
Tough!
While it wasn't completely dark yet, Henry turned back to the main road to try and find the horse he rode.
Fortunately, the horse hadn't run too far; Henry found it after walking five or six hundred meters.
After all, there was a hill separating them, and it was a warhorse accustomed to gunfire, so it wasn't too startled by the explosions and gunshots.
Henry mounted the horse.
By then, it was almost completely dark; he took out a horse lamp from his space, lit it, and hung it under the horse's neck on its side.
Henry could now leave and return to the town; he believed the other party wouldn't dare to ambush him tomorrow.
But there was no guarantee that the other party wouldn't attack Fresco Town after he left, though the probability was small.
Although Mayor William wasn't someone to be trifled with, he should take care of the trouble he caused.
Besides, Henry had originally planned to make it impossible for McKinley to continue mining this mountain.
Since a mortal enmity had already been formed, he definitely had to strike first and cripple the other party.
So Henry decided to continue working overtime tonight.
However, there was no need to rush; the other party wouldn't normally run away.
Henry rode back two or three kilometers and stopped at the side of a hill about fifty meters high by the road—he had noticed a small cave here when he came, over two meters deep, about 1.8 meters high and 1.5 meters wide.
After dismounting, Henry leaned against the hill and took out the granite stone from his space, blocking three meters to his left, then took out two more stones of similar size to block four meters in front and three meters to his right.
Then he pulled the horse into this framework as well and tied the reins to the stone on the left.
Henry then took out another horse lamp from his space and lit it, placing it on top of the rock in front.
This way, the light could illuminate up to ten meters away, and with Henry's eyesight, seeing twenty to thirty meters out was no problem at all.
Henry walked back to the entrance of the hill cave, took out a set of table and chairs, and took out a large copper pot filled with boiling water, poured a large bowl, and placed it on the table.
After putting away the large copper pot, Henry sat on the chair and began to study the upgraded release life progress bar.
The release life progress bar reached Level 3, 1.34%.
Below were 100 gray beads, 64 white beads, 3 green beads, as well as 203 empty gray bead shells, 71 empty white bead shells, and 4 empty green bead shells.
Tonight, 1 green bead, 45 white beads, and 69 gray beads were just added, indicating that the unlucky fellow who fell off the cliff was also counted.
However, among the 115 newly added release beads, only one green bead and one white bead had skill and talent halos flowing.
It would take 10,000 gray beads for the progress bar to reach Level 4, which would likely take a considerable amount of time.
The latest change was indeed another item added to the panel.
[Talents: Warning LV1, Super Vision LV1, Super Reaction LV1, Strong Kidney LV1, Divine Speed LV1]
Henry focused his thoughts on each talent and immediately received feedback.
Warning LV1: Premonition of danger one second in advance and preliminary judgment of actions leading to danger. Upgrading to LV2 requires the energy of 1,000 gray beads.
Super Vision LV1: Eyesight and dynamic vision are 5 times that of ordinary people, with blurry night vision. Upgrading to LV2 requires the energy of 400 gray beads.
Super Reaction LV1: Reaction speed is 5 times that of ordinary people when mentally focused, lasting 1 second, with a cooldown of 1 hour, and subsequent durations decreasing by half each time. Upgrading to LV2 requires the energy of 400 gray beads.
Strong Kidney LV1: Kidney power is additionally doubled. Upgrading to LV2 requires the energy of 200 gray beads.
Divine Speed LV1: Agility and movement speed are additionally increased by 20%. Upgrading to LV2 requires the energy of 400 gray beads.
The panel contained the equivalent of 450 gray beads, plus the 196 gray bead energy stored on the panel, totaling 646 release bead energy.
Except for Warning, all these talents were flashing, meaning they could be upgraded by allocating points.
Strong Kidney LV1 did not need to be considered for now.
Henry's Constitution had already been enhanced twice, making him far stronger than ordinary people.
This Strong Kidney LV1 talent additionally doubled his kidney power.
Henry felt it was already sufficient for use, and he might not need to upgrade this talent in the future.
Among the remaining three items, Henry quickly made a decision.
He first finished the cooled boiling water in one gulp, then put away the large bowl, and then focused his thoughts on the empty release bead shells, receiving feedback—when touched, an empty shell can be mentally merged into a non-human creature, allowing it to be stored in the space, where the creature maintains its state at the time of collection.
The specific number of empty shells consumed is determined by the creature's Constitution and spirituality.
Henry was overjoyed and immediately approached the horse next to him, touching the horse's neck with his right hand.
Instantly, he knew that one empty gray bead shell could store this horse for 2160 hours; the timer would stop if the horse was taken out midway and restart after being collected again.
He immediately mentally merged an empty gray bead shell into the horse.
After the empty gray bead shell instantly merged into the horse, he untied the reins and put the horse, along with the horse lamp, into his space.
Then he put the table and chairs into his space, picked up the horse lamp, and collected three more rocks; after entering the cave, he placed the horse lamp on the ground and carefully inspected the cave, finding nothing amiss.
Someone must have stayed here before, as there were still traces of fire scorching on the cave walls.
Henry walked to the cave entrance and released two granite stones side by side, then placed another granite stone horizontally on top of them, just enough to seal the entrance, then released a pile of ammunition boxes to block the entrance, leaving only a few small gaps for ventilation.
Finally, Henry released a chair and sat on the ground, took out his pocket watch to check the time, then put away the horse lamp.
The cave immediately became pitch black.
He focused his thoughts and silently chanted: 'Use 30 skill-less white beads and 54 gray beads to upgrade Super Vision.'
Instantly, these release beads emitted light and merged into the panel, and finally, the panel released milky white light that merged into Henry's eyes.
Henry felt as if his eyes were immersed in Sweet Dew, feeling an unprecedented comfort; his entire eye area was warm, yet his eyeballs were cool, and by the end, they felt a little itchy.
After an unknown amount of time, Henry opened his eyes, and in the pitch-black cave, two streaks of electric light seemed to flash; the outlines of the bullet boxes and stones at the cave entrance were incredibly clear, as if seen in broad daylight.
The panel displayed Super Vision LV2, and a thought feedback informed him that his eyesight and dynamic vision had become ten times that of ordinary people; he could now see at night, but his eyesight and dynamic vision during night vision were similar to an ordinary person's daytime vision.
Henry took out his gold pocket watch and found that 2 minutes had passed.
He put away the bullet boxes and stones at the cave entrance, walked out of the cave, released the horse from his space—the horse lamp was still lit on its neck—then mounted the horse and set off towards the smelting factory.
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