Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 1004 - 435 Challenge

Chapter 1004: Chapter 435 Challenge

While everyone was preparing, Lin Wu was still at his post, sniping Frenzies through the night-vision device. He had lost count of how many zombies he had killed these past few days. When performing maintenance on the firearms this afternoon, a young woman noticed significant wear on the rifling of the Lee-Enfield rifle. However, the main fighting force was definitely not the sniper rifle, so Lin Wu didn’t care too much.

A multitude of obstacles had been placed on the 300-meter slope with a 15-degree incline, including empty oil drums, dismantled guardrails, and a section of the road covered with solid asphalt. Although it was solid asphalt, combined with incendiary grenades, it could buy some breathing time for the railway bridge base.

Shana stood by Lin Wu, tightening her clothes, looking towards the endless swarm of zombies: "Can we win?"

Lin Wu replied: "Winning is definitely not a problem, but how much we win by and what price we pay – that’s the real issue."

Shana said: "Don’t underestimate Dawn. It chose to launch a full-scale attack on D175 instead of D180, indicating that the zombie corps’ full-scale attack is just its initial combat tactic. It will spare no effort to exterminate players. Did you listen to the broadcast?"

"Didn’t pay attention." He was wearing shooting earmuffs.

Shana continued: "Starlight said on the broadcast that the pit they dug can accommodate up to fifteen hundred zombies. Once the full-scale attack begins, the big pit will be instantly filled up. The residential community walls also cannot withstand the continuous attacks of the zombie kings. Her strategy is to defend from high buildings. Using obstacles to progressively stall the zombies’ advance, employing everything from pianos to bed slabs."

Lin Wu asked: "Will it work?"

Shana: "It will definitely work against normal zombies, but when it comes to Frenzies, Exploding Carnage, and Titans, it’s hard to say. The poison gas from Exploding Carnage can accumulate indoors, Titans can smash through many objects, and Frenzies can climb walls. The most important thing is morale. The players must have psychological resilience, but are the NPCs willing to fight with their backs against the wall? Will they persevere in a hopeless future?"

Lin Wu said: "Ever since Maya got her toy, you’ve been the one worrying about base affairs."

Shana: "Do you think I’m nagging?"

Lin Wu sighed and nodded: "Yes."

"Heh, sorry to trouble you." Shana took the walkie-talkie: "Leave one sentry at the post; everyone else rest after preparation. I predict the offensive will start at eight tomorrow morning, not at midnight."

Stone’s voice came from the broadcast: "From heaven to earth, there is only Shadow. The last five days, the brave days, is anyone else getting excited?"

Lin Wu looked in the direction of the broadcast: "This doesn’t seem like a loudspeaker broadcast, but a real external broadcast."

Upon hearing this Shana immediately got angry and said: "How could Shadow’s first declaration be so rudimentary?"

Stone did not hear Shana’s dissatisfaction and casually tuned the frequencies inside the carriage. Soon, the voice of Starlight came from the broadcast: "Starlight sends greetings to Shadow."

Peanut: "Damn, you guys are really there. Brothers, fight to the end."

After tweaking the frequencies for a while, a new voice appeared: "Cedar Remnants send greetings to both Starlight and Shadow, glad that there are still humans on Earth."

Snow Pine, a base they had never met, only heard about during activities in the Underground City.

Stone started to enjoy himself, chatting with Starlight and Snow Pine over the broadcast, completely ignoring what the NPCs thought, thoroughly setting himself free. Back in the day, Stone was the host of the 8 o’clock Golden Time slot on the Shadow channel in Future City North Left County North Town.

Shana turned off the broadcast’s amplifying feature, letting Stone play on his own, while everyone else went to sleep.

Su Shi volunteered to take the night watch, which was his first time doing so in two years of gaming.

The temperature rose stealthily, and snow began to fall from the sky. Not the rapid droplets of snow, but genuine goose-feather big snowflakes. Each snowflake was beautiful, and as they lightly drifted downward, they reflected the light of the eastern moon, making the night seem extraordinarily poetic and picturesque.

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At seven in the morning, a blood-red sun rose, casting no warmth. The blood-red sun, like the eye of a demon, watched over the world, turning even the clouds in the sky into a red hue.

"A red sun piercing through the clouds, a lament for Shadow." Lin Wu stared directly at the red sun, took a sip of noodle soup, and chuckled coldly. Turning to ask: "Brothers, have you all got your diapers on?"

Half of the people spit out their soup, ruining the melancholic atmosphere with a single sentence.

Dawn’s tip: Each area contains a Smart Zombie commanding the zombies, and killing the Smart Zombie can cause the hordes to lose their leader. Upon the death of a Smart Zombie, a new Smart Zombie will be born after 12 hours. The only way to identify a Smart Zombie: Smart Zombies do not engage in regular team movements.

Dawn’s tip: The End-of-Days horn task will begin at eight o’clock, and all players who have not fled Day After Tomorrow City will encounter a siege by zombies. Under the command of Smart Zombies, zombies possess basic skills such as bridge building and are willing to sacrifice themselves for their kind.

A video appeared in the sky, showing a large pit separating the players and the zombies. Countless zombies leaped into the hole, using their bodies to pile up and create a bridge. This background was from Starlight Base, with no NPCs in sight, only the two players, Starlight and Peanut.

The second video showed the background of Lake Island, a traditional wedding location with a church and a hotel, now a base occupied by Snow Pine Base. Snow Pine Base had collapsed the bridge leading to Lake Island by three meters, and in the video, Titans stood in front of the bridge gap, uniformly laying down logs to build a bridge. In the close-up, the players from Snow Pine Base were two men and two women, with only pistols as their basic weapons.

The third video was from the railway bridge base. In the close-up, Lin Wu and others were distinctly among them. The video angle swept over heavy machine guns, sniper rifles, fuel, incendiary grenades, coal, fishing boats, and armed helicopters. In the video, countless zombies charged towards the railway bridge, and Lin Wu and the others bravely raised their guns in resistance. In the 30-second animation, zombies were slashed down like grass.