Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 152 - 117: Night Raid _2

Chapter 152: Chapter 117: Night Raid _2

Lin Wu: "..."

Shana reminded, "I mentioned credits and so on, wait, please cooperate with me."

Lin Wu asked curiously, "What do you mean by ’wait’? Are there other conditions?"

Shana replied, "Indeed, that refers to assisting the fortress agents. In the game, several fortress agents will appear who have memorized our names and faces in advance. If they need our help, we must provide assistance. Refusing to help a fortress agent might jeopardize our positions at Earth Fortress. Conversely, helping a fortress agent significantly increases the chances of being promoted to the higher ranks."

Lin Wu could brag but wasn’t good at lying; for a moment, he didn’t know how to face Shana’s secret while pretending to be uninformed. After thinking for quite a while, he asked, "Have you met one?"

Shana nodded, "Yes, I not only met a fortress agent, but also married her for her mission. It’s the ’Path of Love’ task."

Lin Wu was shocked, "Nightmare?"

Shana nodded, Surprised, huh? She was quite pleased with Lin Wu’s expression and continued, "The ’Path of Love’ task was released from the beginning. Nightmare had been seeking fortress personnel until she met me. I made big demands at that time, requesting a medical book and Eagle Sand, and although she was angry, she gave them to me. Up to now, she’s died five times, and I’ve died twice," Shana sighed.

The ’Path of Love’ isn’t supposed to be traveled alone. Shana helped Nightmare with parts of the ’Path of Love’ task. When it came to the wedding stage, Shana was reluctant, but after incessant pleading from Nightmare, Shana finally agreed and married Nightmare in exchange for Eagle Sand and the medical book.

The marriage was just one part of the task; after that, Shana didn’t need to do much, and the task required some time to wait. After being killed by Lin Wu, Shana resurrected near North Town and, knowing that the Shadow Base was the most powerful base in North Town at the time, reached out to Stone through the North Town players’ radio and joined the Shadow Base.

Shana said, "Nightmare, due to dying too many times and having no skills, was stuck on the textile factory task. When I died a second time, she came to the wilderness to pick me up, hoping to use the power of Shadow to help her once. I didn’t take it seriously at first, but during the meeting, when the Tailoring Skill came up, I mentioned the textile factory. After the meeting, I met with her, and she told me she had a Tailoring Skill book. She wondered if you could partner with her to complete the task."

Shana said, "I told her that as long as you show goodwill first, you’d feel bad about betraying her."

After finishing, Shana said, "I need to give you a formal apology here."

Lin Wu waved it off nonchalantly, "It’s fine, it’s fine, just a trifle."

Shana said, "I didn’t want to mention it, but you all have been so kind to me. Although I haven’t harmed the interests of Shadow, the deceit itself is a form of harm."

Lin Wu contemplated for a moment, "Then you should speak with Stone."

Shana nodded, "I plan to explain to Stone tonight. There’s another reason why I’m explaining to you today, Nightmare contacted Stone last night, hoping to establish a long-term partnership."

Lin Wu understood, "You figure it’s better to come clean yourself rather than get exposed later."

Shana smiled in admission, "That’s what I’m thinking. I don’t trust Nightmare’s acting skills."

Lin Wu suddenly realized, "No wonder Nightmare knew we had the capability to go through the tunnel." My acting isn’t bad; I could consider being an actor after getting to Earth.

Shana said, "You... don’t have any thoughts on this?" That’s really strange. After all the explosive details I shared, Lin Wu has no reaction at all. The weirdest thing is that he’s not even curious.

Lin Wu spoke earnestly, "I’ve always believed in and supported you. I think of you not only as a girl with a story but also as a kind girl."

"Really?" Shana’s face was full of skepticism.

Lin Wu said, "It’s getting late, you still have to go back for the market, we should head back to the base first."

"Alright." How odd.

...

The market runs from one to five in the afternoon. Approaching noon, those who had visited the cement plant’s main base each got into their vehicles, and Stone reminded Maya with great emphasis, "Be careful, don’t go too crazy."

The sub-base didn’t have much for trade, only leftovers the main base didn’t need. There were medical supplies, but not enough to spare for trading. So, Maya and Lin Wu decided to skip the bustle of the market and continued torturing the Screamers and practicing their shooting.

Even with four Screamers in the east, west, south, and north, there weren’t enough zombies for the two of them to kill. To give the zombies a chance to respawn, Lin Wu and Maya caught up on five hours of sleep in the afternoon, planning to head to Left County in the dead of night. Previously, when establishing the sub-base, Maya received an important mission to personally scout three bases and determine the target for after winter.

At seven in the evening, the two pulled back the dormitory screen and a wave of cold air encroached upon their skin, checking the temperature, it had dropped to 7 degrees Celsius. This temperature had a particular feature: when the sun shone brightly during the day, it didn’t feel cold. But as the sun set, the cold began to invade.

Fortunately, both their clothes had been upgraded—50 points of cold resistance could withstand zero degrees, 60 points could withstand minus five degrees. Remembering Bai Ban and others would probably be struggling, it was basically impossible to go outside at night.

Maya had a different approach. She didn’t conduct a thorough reconnaissance of the three potential bases; instead, she simply drove past them—past the fire station, past the sawmill, past the baseball field.

On the way back to the supermarket base, Lin Wu voiced his doubts.

Maya answered, "The details you all have provided are very clear, and observing from a height like you will not yield more information than you have. What I need is the geographic location."

Lin Wu asked, "Have you decided on a base?"

Maya shook her head, "The advantages and disadvantages of the three bases are very clear. Any of them could be chosen. The fire station has superior geographical conditions and a comfortable environment, with notably few outdoor large grids, at most three. The baseball field has a large area, but like the supermarket base, zombies could suddenly reach the residential area, necessitating sentry duty. The sawmill is not bad; its drawback is the lack of defensive positions, even lacking a height advantage, so players must face zombies directly on the ground during defense."

Maya continued, "The key lies in whether the three bases come with facilities. Our Mountain Top Church Base is a System Map recommended base, and although it lacks attached facilities, it is surrounded on three sides by cliffs, making it easy to defend but hard to attack." Invincible Base was also recommended by the system and featured two specialties: automobiles and gasoline.

Lin Wu suggested, "I suggest two things. First, let’s look for Nightmare for sponsorship—I think she still has a map. Second, we should try to find a System Map ourselves."

Maya replied, "The only place we can be sure has a map is the city hall, located right in the city’s center. History has taught us a lesson: we’ve been beaten up in groups many times, never winning." The density of zombies in the small town was not on the same scale as that in the county.

Lin Wu started suggesting a bad idea, "Could we perhaps pass by so I can use the drone to check the distribution of zombies?"

Maya didn’t immediately answer; that road was a zombie rallying area.

"The thrill is what we’re after."

"Carry on, and your heart might stop," grumbled Maya as she turned the steering wheel away from Route 2 and drove into the city area.

Although they had been to the textile factory before, the scale of zombies at city hall was a different matter. Maya dodged left and right, but still couldn’t avoid the zombies. Before long, the hood of the car began smoking, and the vehicle’s durability dropped to 20%.

Maya asked, "Got any plan?"

"No."

Just as she thought, she shouldn’t have listened to him. Maya said, "After entering the city hall, we’ll head to the rooftop." Why on Earth had she heatedly followed his rotten suggestion?

As the city hall loomed ahead, the car ran over a zombie and the hood instantly burst into flames. Lin Wu also got angry, "Dawn, you idiot, the tires ran it over, what does that have to do with the engine?"

With a seven-second countdown, Maya slammed the brakes, and the two of them ran towards city hall like mad, chased by a tide of zombies from behind. The car exploded, wiping out a ring of zombies, but compared to the total amount, it was insignificant. Lin Wu took the lead, hurling towards a Frenzy charging at him. He tackled it to the ground, disregarding his injuries, and stabbed it to death.

Maya arrived right behind him, too late to open the door, she crashed through the glass entrance and rolled into the city hall, then turned to hold the doorway with her knife. To their surprise, however, all the zombies stopped five meters away from city hall. Lin Wu looked back to survey the city hall interior, finding no trace of zombies within, and behind the service desk sat a fat man in his fifties wearing a trucker hat, smiling pleasantly at them.

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