Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 107 - 97 Sewing_2

Chapter 107: Chapter 97 Sewing_2

Maya didn’t know who this person was but, trusting Lin Wu, she stepped on the gas and turned the wheel. Overlord ran over five or six zombies and stopped beside Nightmare. Nightmare immediately pulled open the car door and got into the backseat. Since there were too many zombies, Maya had to run over four more before escaping the scene. By now, white smoke was billowing from the hood of Overlord.

Maya rolled down the passenger-side window and shouted, "Lin Wu, watch out on your right."

The right turn was sharp, and she had to slow down. There were several zombies by the roadside, including a Frenzy. As the Frenzy noticed the car starting to move, Lin Wu grabbed the handle fixed on the roof with his left hand while drawing Silencer with his right. Quick Gunner locked onto the target and hit the Frenzy, luck was on his side, the 25% chance activated, and the Frenzy was thrown aside.

Lin Wu spun Silencer in one hand, turning it halfway before hooking his wrist around the bolt and pushing it, cocking the gun. Then he spun it for another half turn and gripped it with one hand, looking incredibly cool. Without any pause, as Lin Wu gripped the gun, Quick Gunner blew the head off a Screeching Zombie by the roadside, looking doubly cool. Lin Wu then rotated his wrist again to cock the gun, leaned back, resting the gun on his left forearm to aim ahead, and precisely shot a Frenzy in the middle of the road. The Frenzy’s head exploded and jumped aside as the car drove straight past. Triple coolness.

Thanks to Dawn, the shot connected!

Without looking back, Lin Wu, standing against the wind, knew that his cool posture definitely intimidated Nightmare who was sitting in the back.

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Overlord stopped at the bridgehead, and the three got out of the car. Maya took out a car repair toolkit and began to work on the car while Lin Wu introduced them to each other. Nightmare took off his face covering and shook hands with Maya. Before they could say much, Lin Wu was startled, "A woman?"

Nightmare looked at Lin Wu indifferently and nodded to Maya, "Thank you."

Hearing her voice, Lin Wu said, "So it really is a woman."

Maya, too, was surprised that the infamous Nightmare was a woman. Seeing Lin Wu being so impolite, she reluctantly joined the conversation, "Blue Star’s female population accounts for 53% of the total, why couldn’t it be a woman?"

This was a difficult question to answer. Currently at the Shadow Base, there were 5 men and 3 women, which didn’t match the demographic of Blue Star people. It was different from first-person shooter games where, if a girl spoke up, all of the male players had to kneel because girls were so rare. Homeland games involved forced ’surname’ selections and were drafted according to the 53% female ratio. The number of female gamers at Shadow Base did not match the population structure.

Maya, ignoring Lin Wu, asked, "Nightmare, where are you going now?"

Nightmare answered, "Going home."

Maya asked, "Where is home?"

Nightmare turned and pointed to a nearby community that was in danger.

Maya asked, "Does it make a good base?"

Nightmare nodded.

Concerned about game mechanics, Maya asked, "How many people do you have?" To make this place into a base.

Nightmare replied, "One person."

Maya asked again, "One person?"

Nightmare replied, "One person."

Maya changed the question, "Why just one person?"

Nightmare answered, "I like being alone."

"Whatever," Lin Wu said on the side. "Last time I saw you, you were taken down by a Frenzy. Wasn’t it to protect a friend?"

Nightmare gave Lin Wu a suspicious look.

Lin Wu briefly recounted his and Shana’s first night-time exploration of Left County.

Nightmare said, "Not a friend."

Through a series of questions and answers, Lin Wu found out it had been a cooperative mission. Nightmare had agreed to meet with someone according to the mission’s set time and location, only to be ambushed by them. They demanded the Rapid-Fire Crossbow from Nightmare, who then fled into the community. The pursuer followed relentlessly, and both ended up trapped in a zombie horde.

Despite Nightmare’s efforts to escape, she was eventually taken down by a Frenzy. Those who ambushed Nightmare also met their deaths. Nightmare, now revived, had settled down in a shop near the county landmark.

Maya invited Nightmare to consider joining Shadow, but Nightmare refused outright without any consideration.

Lin Wu posed a question, "Nightmare, you completed the marriage mission, and tonight you’re heading to the textile factory for a mission. How do you have so many missions?"

Nightmare’s response was to nod at Maya and Lin Wu, "It was nice meeting you. Goodbye." Then she turned and left.

"Goodbye."

Lin Wu watched Nightmare leave, commenting, "She’s well-equipped. A katana, a shotgun, a black combat suit, a grappling hook. Also, her backpack and face covering both had the Fortress logo."

"Get in the car," as the engine started, Maya said, "Nightmare must have a unique gameplay different from other players."

Lin Wu asked, "Focused on missions?"

Maya nodded, "Stone mentioned in our chat that many people from Left and Right County have received system tasks and have also encountered SkyNet and Fortress agents. The tasks are very simple, and the rewards straightforward. Nightmare’s mission of stealing contracts from the textile factory must be very challenging. How does she receive such missions?"

Lin Wu was curious, "You chatted with Stone? You can chat?"

Maya gave Lin Wu a look, "We talked about work."

"Oh."

Maya couldn’t hold back a second time, "I’m not incapable of chatting, I just don’t want to."

Lin Wu asked, "Why not?"

Maya answered, "There’s no point."

Lin Wu pressed, "Why is there no point? People can get to know each other, build relationships, become good friends."

Maya countered, "You often have tea and chat with Snow Egg and Horse Soul, did you become good friends? You’ve been partnered with Shana for half a month, are you good friends?"

Lin Wu said, "At least we are friends."

Maya asked again, "You’ve hardly spoken a few words to Peanut from Invincible Base, is he your friend?"

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