Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 175 - 126 Expedition Prologue

Chapter 175: Chapter 126 Expedition Prologue

They had just dealt with two small potatoes at the cement factory when Nightmare descended upon them. Seeing her hopping out of the car in a huff, Lin Wu quietly took off his M16. A wandering adventurer may choose not to fight, but should always carry a weapon. Lin Wu wasn’t afraid of a fight; Wind Stinger was his ace skill for dodging bullets, Quick Gunner ensured accurate shots, and Lock Head was his lethal skill. Close-up backstabbing or remote M16 sniping, he always had the executioner Maya covering his flank.

Maya, knowing Nightmare had been tricked, went ahead to meet her. The two women walked aside and chattered for a while. Lin Wu could see Nightmare occasionally shooting him a cannibalistic look. After about ten minutes of conversation, Nightmare left in displeasure, and Maya approached Lin Wu, saying, "She’s gone to get the map, plus 30 rounds of 5.56 and 50 rounds of .22 bullets."

Lin Wu immediately regretted: "That’s too little."

"It’s fine," Maya said.

After clearing the zombies around the factory, the two sat down for a rest. After all, extracting Blood Plague in the plant was dangerous work, and they couldn’t afford to be dealing with Nightmare then.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Nightmare returned, greeted again by Maya. The exchange of maps and notes complete, Nightmare was about to spew a few curses at Lin Wu out of frustration, but Maya reminded her, "There might be a chance for collaboration in the future."

Nightmare swallowed her anger and, after saying goodbye to Maya, left.

This was a Left County map book that could be assembled into a big map using the numbers on the back. Work was pressing, so Maya and Lin Wu got back to their base at the supermarket, switched to motorcycles, and headed for the Former Shadow Base. There was a meeting at the Former Shadow Base concerning affairs in Left County Base.

There were seventeen system-recommended bases in Left County, including the hot spring resort, Corner Office, Railway Overpass, Gushan Hospital, Sawmill, baseball field, police station, and brewery, among others. Among them, the mid-to-large bases were the baseball field, Sawmill, and fire department. Mid-sized bases included the police station, Gushan Hospital, and Railway Overpass.

The fire department had four special facilities. An advanced workbench that reduced metal materials needed for crafting and synthesis by 15%. Water and electricity integrated facility: when staffed, it could provide water and electricity for the base. A level two toilet, removable. Firefighters’ dormitory: a small room that could accommodate six people.

Three large outdoor slots, two in the courtyard to the left of the building, one on the top of the building. All indoors were small slots. Twelve indoor small slots + three outdoor large slots.

The occupation requirements: a team of 10 people, at least one player with mechanical skill, with at least one player having Physical Strength over 10 stars, meaning they must be at least 11 stars. If the base population falls below five people after occupation, it will automatically be disbanded.

Everyone rated the fire department, with an average score of 7 out of 10.

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The baseball field had five special facilities: an alarm broadcast. It could play a broadcast that forcibly entered zombie siege mode after one minute. The other four special facilities were grandstand Sentry Cards, tiered grandstands, and the highest point of the grandstand was the Sentry Card.

Six large outdoor slots, five small outdoor slots plus one small indoor slot.

The baseball field’s greatest strength was that it did not fear zombie sieges. Proactively engaging in a zombie siege once daily, it was hard to even accumulate a three-star siege difficulty. The characteristic was that most of the buildings were outdoors.

The occupation requirements: a team of 10 people, with at least one player having an athletic type of trait. If the base population falls below five people after occupation, it will automatically be disbanded.

After much deliberation, everyone gave it an average score of 6.5 out of 10. Lin Wu and Maya both gave it a 10, as they believed that it was more humane to play broadcasts than poke and scream.

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The Sawmill. Special equipment: unlimited wood materials from the sawmill equipment. Once the machine is started, it automatically adds one building material every hour. Because of the noise produced by sawing, the Threat Value will increase rapidly during the operation of the machine.

Eight outdoor large slots + four indoor small slots.

The occupation requirements: a team of 10 people, at least one player must be a junior engineer. If the base population falls below five people after occupation, it will automatically be disbanded.

Su Shi instantly gave it a 10 out of 10. Maya reminded him, the Sawmill had no second floor, doors on all four sides, nowhere for Su Shi to hide in the event of a zombie siege. Su Shi instantly scored it a zero. Lin Wu reminded him that they could hide in the watchtower. Su Shi changed his face again and scored it a 10.

The final average score was 7 out of 10.

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The issue with the three mid-to-large bases wasn’t their other requirements; it was the need for at least 10 members, while the Former Shadow Base only had eight members. But this issue wasn’t significant, the problem was that none of the bases could fully satisfy everyone. Lin Wu and Maya really liked the baseball field, as they could pull the alarm whenever they wanted to shoot guns. Others believed that it would prevent the team from living peacefully.

The fire department was somewhat homely, with human-powered water and electricity. But the trouble was exactly with the human-powered aspect. Lin Wu didn’t want to waste time generating electricity and drawing water. If not used, the human-powered facility would waste a slot.

After half an hour of discussion without resolution, everyone turned their attention to the three mid-sized bases that required 8 people.

Gushan Hospital was located in the Eastern Suburbs, a sanitarium. Its special facility was a professional nursing ward, which not only increased the recovery speed of injuries and illness, but also added one medical unit daily. Three large outdoor slots, seven indoor small slots. Gushan Hospital was similar to the hilltop church, with cliffs on three sides and a road on one. The difference was that the cliffs around Gushan Hospital were over 30 meters high, and falling off meant almost certain death.

The downside of Gushan Hospital was that it was far from the city, with no Resource Points within three kilometers, no other buildings, and it was very remote.