Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 170 - 124 Bookstore_2

Chapter 170: Chapter 124 Bookstore_2

Upon entering, Lin Wu couldn’t help but retch, the stench churning from his stomach seemed to be corroding his nostrils, daring not to exhale nor inhale. Knowing how miserable this thing was, he was determined to have Maya also swallow one.

Huh? Isn’t the normal thought to avoid something so awful once you know how miserable it is? But not eating it wasn’t an option, this was the safest way to infiltrate the bookstore, but misery shared is misery halved... Thinking this, Lin Wu deeply understood the mentality of the Daylight brothers. All starting from the same line, no one was willing to be a mere side character.

Lin Wu launched his drone, which patrolled the bookstore. Lin Wu retracted the drone and sat down at the cash register, opening the cabinet beside it. Before the hidden zombie could even attempt to scare Lin Wu, it was stabbed seven times by Lin Wu’s dagger, quick as lightning, while cursing...

Lin Wu walked to the door of the small restroom, pulled it open, and a female zombie crawled out. Lin Wu was well-prepared and clamped the female zombie’s head in the door. He held a dagger in his right hand and dangled it in front of the female zombie, "Call me grandpa, and if you do, I’ll let you go."

The female zombie shook her head and refused to submit.

Lin Wu sneered, "Heh, call me grandpa, or else heh heh."

The female zombie opened her mouth, "Grandpa."

"Damn." Lin Wu shuddered in fright, his left hand catching the dagger that dropped from his right, cutting his hand. It took 0.99 seconds for Lin Wu to realize that the one calling him grandpa was Maya, who was on a bluetooth call.

Lin Wu took 9.9 seconds to reconsider the whole incident. He was now extremely curious about what Maya was thinking when she called him grandpa. Could he still trust Maya? Once the scavenging was over, would Maya press the accelerator and crush him underfoot?

Lin Wu hurriedly clarified, "I was making the zombie call me grandpa."

If someone else had said this, Maya definitely wouldn’t have believed it. But this person was Lin Wu, forest "Lin," fog "Wu." Him doing something like this was understandable. Even, it could be said, quite normal.

Maya understood, but she felt like she had been taken advantage of. She thought if she asked Lin Wu to call her grandma, wouldn’t she be just as childish as him? Call her "Auntie"? That too felt like a loss. "Big Sister" seemed to grant an advantage as well. What to do? She could only get angry.

To make Maya forget about this incident, after dealing with two hidden zombies, Lin Wu asked while scavenging, "Is Qian Song considered a classic novel?"

"No," replied Maya.

Lin Wu said, "But judging from the cover, the author looks super handsome."

Maya said, "Maybe people are jealous of the author’s peerless beauty, and that’s why his book isn’t recognized as a classic."

"Alas! Envy is the original sin. What about the Seven Sins?"

"This book?" Maya wasn’t sure how to judge it at the moment, "Take it."

"Silver Plum Vase."

"Ah..." Maya thought for a bit, "This book was once considered a classic but was later removed from that category for some reasons."

"Like Pluto?"

Maya answered, "Sort of." There was a huge difference, but Maya didn’t want to explain.

Lin Wu asked, "Where are you?"

Maya replied, "Hmm, I’m near the bus terminal, about 500 meters away from you in a straight line."

Lin Wu asked, "Teahouse?"

Maya inquired, "Who is the author?"

"Lao She."

"A classic," Maya said. "If it’s safe for you, find more books, gather some reference books. Professional reference books on firearms, sports, tools, and the like."

Lin Wu said, "Reference books are the most boring."

Maya replied, "You can also grab some novels. I think we’ll only be able to stay at the base during the nights this winter."

Lin Wu said, "Go out during the day? If we don’t have any transportation, it’s very easy to be targeted by the Solar Demon in daylight."

Maya said, "Speaking of winter and the Solar Demon, do you see any sunglasses or anything like that nearby? I suspect the game might have a snow blindness setting."

Lin Wu said, "What a coincidence, the store next door is an eyeglass shop."

Maya asked, "Got a chance to get there?"

Lin Wu replied, "Should be no problem, wait for my message."

Maya responded, "Okay."

...

Laden with books, Lin Wu crouched sneakily inside the bookstore doorway, observing the movements of nearby zombies through the glass panel above the door. Having been surrounded by hordes of zombies several times, Lin Wu was now scared—the previous hordes he had faced somehow still had Maya the Swordsman at his side. As an assassin, if Lin Wu got surrounded by zombies, he would probably face certain death.

Seizing the right moment, Lin Wu pulled open the bookstore door and stepped out, facing two zombies standing back to back with only half a meter between them. Lin Wu squeezed through the gap, maintaining a crouching position and staying still. Seconds later, as the zombie on the right turned its body, Lin Wu followed behind it, hugging the wall, and edged toward the eyeglass shop 10 meters away.

Lin Wu stabbed the zombie from behind, supporting it as it fell to the ground, his eyes scanning the other four zombies that remained on the path he intended to take. Just as Lin Wu was about to act, a patrolling horde of zombies appeared. Now, Lin Wu either had to retreat back to the bookstore and wait for the horde to pass or take advantage of the final minute to cover the last 7 meters.

This time, Lin Wu didn’t take the risk; he retreated back inside the bookstore. Therefore, after the zombie horde passed, he had to reassess the distribution and activities of the zombies at the bookstore entrance. Lin Wu felt as though he had truly become an assassin. Huh? Why did Dawn want to train an assassin? Surely... he wouldn’t become a killer.

Pondering this question, Lin Wu felt somewhat uneasy. Why had Dawn created a zombie game instead of a city simulation game? Players could take on various professions in a simulated city, familiarize themselves with the supercity, even learn and accumulate work experience.