Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 116 - 101 Clothes Making_2

Chapter 116: Chapter 101 Clothes Making_2

Lin Wu said, "Shana didn’t marry Nightmare for points, nor does it seem like she did it for love. So why did she?"

Stone said, "Because we aren’t in on the whole situation, it’s hard for outsiders to speculate. I still want to think well of Shana; she must have her reasons."

Lin Wu asked, "What should I do?"

Stone said, "Keep this to yourself. If there really is something between them, we’re sure to pick up more clues."

Lin Wu questioned, "Are you sure you’ve really been a boss before?"

Stone replied, "The boss tells you, when a company’s performance is steadily improving and everything internally is harmonious, don’t make hasty decisions about personnel, particularly when it comes to appointing or removing department heads; you have to consider everything very carefully."

Lin Wu asked, "How would you know if the company’s profits are declining?"

Stone answered, "When a company starts installing cameras in the office, emphasizing clocking in and out, questioning employees about the minutiae of their work, even interfering with the amount of time employees spend in the toilet. That’s when you know the company isn’t far from going under."

Lin Wu asked, "Don’t companies need discipline?"

Stone countered, "Do you have discipline? How many times have you knocked off early from the night shift? Do the employees have complaints? Why doesn’t anyone complain? Because your contribution surpasses that of others. In a good company, it’s vital that those who are able perform enjoy certain privileges; that is what motivates everyone to be more ambitious."

Lin Wu half-doubtingly asked, "How is Blue Star Company doing in its business operations?"

Stone replied, "It belongs to my ex-wife now."

Before Lin Wu could respond, Stone angrily said, "Ask one more question, and see if I don’t strangle you, believe it or not?"

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As Stone mentioned, Lin Wu’s comings and goings from work were entirely at his own pleasure. Today, because of the affair between Nightmare and Shana, Lin Wu packed up and went home at 12 o’clock. Another reason for going home early was the mist and the chill rain; Lin Wu felt unwell and, after enduring for an hour, finally decided to knock off early.

Upon returning to base and taking his temperature, sure enough, he had a fever. At this moment, Lin Wu kind of admired Stone’s ruthlessness—as much as Shana could be a villain, they’d have to wait until Shana had produced a batch of clothes before killing her.

The morning shift also ran into trouble due to the temperature. When getting out of bed in the morning, everyone distinctly felt the cold. Glancing at the thermometer, it had dropped to 7 degrees. The weather forecast broadcasted by the Fortress stated that the persistent cold rain this week would continue unabated, and the temperature would keep dropping.

After discussing with Maya, Stone decided to give the day shift a day off, with Shana working overtime to make a batch of clothes. They also decided to install the heating element Lin Wu acquired in the warehouse, so if anyone felt cold, they could go to the warehouse to warm up. They didn’t install it in the small dormitory because it was now the women’s dormitory, housing only three people. The heater was too small to be installed in the large, barracks-like buildings.

The warehouse was a place everyone could go, a place where everyone could be together.

It’s like it’s always raining whenever the roof leaks. At 8:00 a.m. game time, the system broadcasted a server-wide notice: "Server temperature drop, please keep warm, players. To enhance player immunity, the system will extinguish all the fires in all the bases. For detailed changes, please see the game instructions."

After the fires went out, they could be rekindled by adding fuel, which could be any readily visible trees or the like. The good news is that with this change, the size of the fire can be adjusted, and as long as there’s enough fuel, the fire can make a 5-square-meter radius as warm as spring.

The system broadcast, "In the future, Home of the Future will continue to perfect its realism, including but not limited to the cancellation of firearms’ endurance at the base and so on. The next update will remove the virus infection treatment function of the sick bed. Sick bed functionality will change to preventing the virus infection from increasing, with the rate of infection set uniformly to 2% per minute. The update time depends on the overall progress of the players."

Lin Wu was elated, "The era of Lin Wu will descend upon the world, hail the youths, bend your knees to me!" Wahaha, thereafter in the world, will there be any living? Only Lin Wu will roam the Home of the Future alone.

Damn, hey don’t hit me, Little Knife, no kicking!

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The most direct and unpleasant result of the system’s broadcast was Lin Wu being kicked out of the base to grind Blood Plague zombies...

Since the sick bed could no longer reduce infection, in the future, Serum would become as valuable as Gold. Blood Zombies were the only ones to drop Serum, and Blood Zombies would cause viral infection—making Lin Wu, as a survivor of the Blood Plague, the best beast of burden for harvesting Serum. This setting was consistent with history; back then, only Serum could truly treat the virus,

Humans weren’t defeated by zombies. After all, in the face of human weapons, all carbon-based lifeforms are insignificant. Humans were defeated by the virus. Its highly contagious nature, unspecified incubation period, and undetectability were the most significant features of the zombie virus and the main reasons humans nearly went extinct.

However, in the game, besides Serum, there were also gas masks that prevented players from becoming infected. It was rumored that players in Right County had scavenged these from a small military Sentry Card. Aside from being difficult to procure, a professional gas mask only lasted for 30 minutes. A simple gas mask, which had 5 minutes of use, could be made in the clothes-making facility and required substantial materials, including basic items like cotton fabric, as well as drugs, rubber, glass, and other items.

As time passed, players mastered more and more ways to remotely kill zombies. Coupled with the slowly increasing number of Blood Zombies, players’ ability to obtain Serum would also improve.

During the day, Lin Wu tried a combination punch with the Beast Trap, but the effect was poor. To instantly take down zombies with a Beast Trap, it required one’s hand to be close to the zombie’s head. Faced with a single zombie, Lin Wu was confident, but the difficulty increased when facing two or more; his hands kept colliding with the zombies’ arms, and he risked being scratched or clawed. These two types of injuries were external and had a certain chance of causing bleeding. Using a weapon against zombies was still the wiser choice.