Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 163 - 122: Changing Cars

Chapter 163: Chapter 122: Changing Cars

Lin Wu slowed his pace, and the first to pounce toward him was a White Crazy Savage. Just as it was about to grab Lin Wu, he suddenly sprinted using a burst of stamina and threw a Beast Trap on the ground. The poor White Crazy Savage had seen the trap, but being airborne, it couldn’t change its landing point and plunged directly into the trap, its head crashing into it and getting caught, causing it to flip over and die on the spot.

Lin Wu stopped and turned to chew a piece of gum, facing two oncoming Blood Ferocious Mas head-on. It was a dangerous situation; he could easily get hurt in a two-on-one fight, but would Lin Wu, immune to infection, be afraid of getting injured? He immediately grabbed one of the Blood Ferocious Mas and viciously sliced it. After a few swipes and a bite from the second Blood Ferocious Ma, it was knocked out by a Wind Stinger behind Lin Wu, quickly becoming another corpse.

Lin Wu applied a hemostatic bandage with his left hand and searched the bodies with his right...

At this point, Lin Wu faced a dilemma akin to deciding between rotten apples and fresh ones. Suppose you have half a box of almost rotten apples and half a box of fresh apples. If you eat the rotting ones first, by the time you get to the fresh apples, they would have become rotten, meaning you would end up always eating rotten apples. If you choose to eat the fresh ones, you must throw away the rotting apples.

Logically, you should search the White Crazy Savage first, as it died earliest. Similarly, you should search the two Blood Ferocious Mas next, as they’re the ones carrying serum. With Maya tied up holding off the regular zombies and Blood Zombies, how would Lin Wu choose?

Lin Wu’s decisiveness shone through as he promptly searched the White Crazy Savage—a small fly is still meat. Wow, a blue blueprint. No time to look, he rushed to search the first Blood Ferocious Ma but was shocked when it vanished halfway through the loot. Hurriedly he searched the second Blood Ferocious Ma, and after finding a bottle of serum, the corpse vanished too.

Triangular Military Spike: 30 cm long, comes with sharp, penetrating, and high durability attributes, can be fitted on rifle bodies over 60 cm. Requires three steel pieces to craft.

Sharp attribute: A rare equipment attribute that ignores helmets and stab-resistant clothing.

Penetration attribute: A very rare equipment attribute that ignores obstacles; as long as the length is sufficient, it could even pierce through an iron door. It is termed ’possible’ because it is penetration, not complete penetration.

High Durability: A common attribute, high-durability equipment’s rate of durability loss is reduced by 30% compared to ordinary equipment.

After looking it over, Maya said, "Congratulations, you now have a set of World War II equipment. A bolt-action rifle paired with a bayonet, and you’re ready to rush out of the trenches for close-quarters combat at the sound of the bugle."

Lin Wu asked, "Is it any good?"

Maya answered, "I don’t know. Since World War II ended, there hasn’t been large-scale bayonet warfare in human history. I’m also unclear on the usage of bayonets. Once you craft the military spike, you can look up some related professional books. Anyway, this is the first piercing weapon I know of, a spear-type weapon, and I believe its quality lives up to its blue status."

Lin Wu checked the time, which was already 1 a.m., and asked, "Do we continue?"

Maya said, "Of course, we continue. If we come back tomorrow, the zombies will have respawned, and we’ll have to spend hours clearing the surrounding zombies before we can approach the Blood Plague zombies."

Lin Wu looked at Maya, "Aren’t you tired?" The unspoken words: Sister, it’s time to rest.

Maya said, "This is a game, why would I be tired? We’ll keep going until tomorrow night at seven, leave a few hours to sleep. The day after we’ll go to Invincible Base in the early morning, then return to the supermarket base to rest until daylight and take on the bounty mission. You still need to break down three steel blocks for the spike, we haven’t got the Left County map yet and haven’t completed the task Stone gave us... how can we be so busy?"

Lin Wu: "Because we’re dedicated. Let’s get to work, I’ll go pull the mobs." Is this what working feels like?

...

By ten in the morning, the crossbow arrows were all used up, all three machetes had broken, and Lin Wu was left with only one dagger at 50% durability. With no other choice, the pair had to retreat.

At this time, the bounty hunter mission rewards had been delivered to the base. The most crucial reward item was naturally the 5-kilometer Red Tooth Walkie-Talkies which finally enabled team communication. With the zombie numbers around the east, west, south, and north screams back to their maximum, the pair took no time in killing off four waves of zombies before riding the motorcycle toward the Shadow Base.

Bai Ban was collecting fuel near the base in the rain, afraid of being conscripted, so he dared not disturb them and sneaked to reach the Shadow Base.

In the base, Su Shi took the broken knives and dagger and was speechless for a long time, unaware of what these two had been up to. Everyone had brought them three knives and four daggers during their visit to the supermarket base. He had thought they could last at least half a month, even if not through winter, but they had all broken in just one day.

For repairs and crafting, Maya received half a dozen machetes and sixty heavy crossbow arrows. Lin Wu ended up with half a dozen daggers. Su Shi claimed all the medical supplies and traded them with Maya, who, along with Lin Wu on the motorcycle, headed to Invincible Base.

Passing through the wood-cutting area, they greeted everyone. Lin Wu told Stone they were going to make serum at Invincible Base. Stone asked how much serum they had. Lin Wu replied, "Twenty." Not knowing the drop rates, Stone felt it was a bountiful haul and was delighted. He returned to contact Invincible, asking Lin Wu to deliver five bottles of serum to Invincible Base. He also inquired if they needed any supplies, telling them to take whatever Su Shi could make extra when they returned to the supermarket base.