Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 178 - 127 Waste City (Part 1)_2

Chapter 178: Chapter 127 Waste City (Part 1)_2

Lin Wu pointed at Maya and praised, "That makes sense."

A person used to luxury and fine food finds it hard to revert to a life of meager sustenance. It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult the other way around. This might be what Stone meant by "spilled water can’t be recovered."

...

Perhaps because of the expedition to Waste City, the weather had warmed up a bit in the past two days, with the lowest temperature rising to around 5 degrees Celsius. After two days of testing their guns, the Shadow Squad was still full of confidence in the Waste City expedition. The night before they set out for Waste City, everyone gathered at the Shadow Headquarters, where Stone had Maya give a tactical lesson to the group.

Lin Wu also took the opportunity to hand over the scrap metal he had managed to break apart in his free time to Su Shi, who had made six steel plates. Lin Wu crafted two military spikes and gave one to Snow Egg, who used an M16 that could be fitted with a spike. It could shoot from afar and stab from close, and Snow Egg couldn’t stop praising it, thanking him repeatedly.

The .41 was used by Horse Soul. Shana carried a revolver and a light crossbow, while Little Knife was armed with a composite crossbow and a handgun.

Maya couldn’t be sure what tactics the Shadow Squad should employ, so she could only suggest bringing more ammunition. As long as they had enough bullets, the firepower of the two rifles would be quite impressive.

The Supermarket Squad would adopt a stealth combat approach, aiming to complete the mission. If the expedition to Waste City turned into a competition of killing monsters, they could only watch helplessly.

Little Knife asked, "Sister Maya, are green zombies really tough?"

Maya replied, "Last time, I only faced one green zombie at a time. From what I felt, besides being able to run continuously, they also seemed to have more agile attack movements. However, when I simulated facing three, four, or even more green zombies in my mind, I noticed a problem. No matter how numerous the ordinary zombies are, they still line up. Green zombies, on the other hand, will continuously rush forward. You’re facing zombie A now, but in the next second, zombie A might be pushed to the ground, and you’ll have to face zombie B. The fallen zombie A may not get up but could crawl towards you to attack."

Maya continued, "What’s more frightening is that green zombies seem to possess some intelligence. They feel more like humanoid beasts rather than zombies."

Lin Wu added, "Green zombies have green pus-filled sacs hanging from their necks, and when you chop at them, the pus splatters everywhere..."

Shana, sitting next to Lin Wu, felt disgusted. She grabbed Lin Wu’s left hand with her left and pounded on the back of his left hand three times with her right hand to relieve her nausea.

Lin Wu looked at Little Knife, wanting to add fuel to the fire. Little Knife quickly said, "Shut up." She stomped her foot, as the image of splattering fluids had already etched itself into her mind.

At this point, Snow Egg changed the subject, "If the expedition to Waste City is a defensive battle, our score with two assault rifles would definitely surpass yours." His words were meant kindly, considering both guns were contributions from the Supermarket base.

Maya agreed, "Snow Egg is right. When we enter the copy, we don’t need to carry ammunition or food. It’s very likely that we will be provided with unlimited ammunition inside. Maybe we’ll have to defend the Waste City Town Hall or our base."

Lin Wu suggested, "Since you guys like these two guns so much, why not leave them with the Shadow Squad?"

Stone asked, "What will you use then?"

Lin Wu inquired, "Would the repeating crossbow be okay?"

Stone looked at the Shadow Squad, everyone nodded, and Stone agreed, "Fine, we’ll give the repeating crossbow to Maya. Just so we’re clear, if your Supermarket Squad loses in the Waste City event, you’re not allowed to cry."

Lin Wu scoffed, "Whoever cries is a grandson," and bumped fists with Stone.

Maya warned, "Snow Egg, you need to be careful. If you die, your attributes are reduced by 50%, and we’ll be missing a player with an 11-star Physical Strength rating, unable to take over the fire station."

Snow Egg nodded, "In a life-or-death situation, I’d leave them behind."

"Haha," everyone laughed, and Horse Soul gave Snow Egg a kick.

Lin Wu looked at the Shadow Squad captain Shana and said, "Hang in there." Being a captain must be tough. Lin Wu didn’t quite understand why Shana didn’t carry a gun. Although Shana didn’t have a military background nor was she a police officer, she said she had been learning to shoot since she was 12. Although she wasn’t very professional and hadn’t spent a lot of time and effort, her gun sense should be stronger than that of the Soulless brother.

Another thought occurred to him, could Shana be acting as a scout?

And then he thought again, why worry so much about it.

...

With ten minutes to go before the instance started, Lin Wu checked his equipment at Maya’s behest. In truth, there wasn’t much to check, as the system had made it very clear—bring a gun and an empty backpack. One special note mentioned the assassin; Lin Wu took two new daggers and a fully charged drone.

As time came, Lin Wu felt as if he were flying, surrounded by objects moving rapidly until they became blurred. Soon, the speed of movement slowed down, and Lin Wu saw a vast ocean with countless warships moored on it. He watched as his body passed through the deck of a warship and landed in a room.

Looking around, Maya was right beside him. An NPC commander said, "Supermarket Squad, my name is Mira, and I’m your mission commander. According to intelligence, the scientists suffered an attack in Waste City..."

The story background was constructed based on information discovered by Blue Star robots returning to Earth for archeology. After the fall of Waste City, humanity’s last hope, the Ocean Fleet, launched a final operation named Survival and Destruction. During this operation, scientists and soldiers carried a large amount of equipment via helicopter to Waste City.

The scientists were to mechanically excavate a green device emitting green gases and gather as much information on-site as possible. Fungus Side will move the green device to a small island near the Ocean Fleet via helicopter, hoping to clarify the relationship between green zombies and the zombie virus and find the weakness of the zombies. They also hoped to create a vaccine against the zombie virus by studying the green device.

The green device was artificial, and if the culprits could be found through it, it might save humanity.

The commander said, "Five transport helicopters encountered a severe storm over Waste City and had to make emergency landings within. According to the last messages we received, not only did the five units scatter across various parts of Waste City, but they all came under attack. We then lost contact with them."

After analysis by technicians, their communication systems were found to be experiencing interference, so the commander issued new communication equipment to the two of them. Lin Wu and Maya were to be deployed into Waste City by helicopter, and they had only one mission: rescue the soldiers and scientists.

After locating a soldier or scientist, they were to bring them to an open area and call for a helicopter, which would pick them up and return them to the Ocean Fleet.

Next door to the command room was the ammunition depot, next to which were the medical supplies depot, the general supplies storage, and the food storage. Lin Wu and Maya could take whatever they needed from these. Once they were ready, they could head to the deck, where a helicopter was waiting for them.

In the ammunition depot were two tablet computers. By tapping on the items displayed on the screen, the items would appear on a table to the side. How much to take? Of course, the more, the better, but not exceeding the weight limit, as going over would result in a Physical Strength penalty. Lin Wu and Maya had 4-star Physical Strength, with a maximum carrying capacity of 34 kilograms,

At that moment, the advantages of .22 caliber ammunition became apparent. A .22 caliber bullet weighs two grams, a 41 and M16’s 5.56 bullet weighs four grams each, while the Raider’s 7.62 bullet weighs a hefty 24 grams. This time, Maya brought a Repeating Crossbow, with a set of 10 Crossbow Arrows weighing 20 grams, equivalent to a two-gram bullet each.

A magazine weighed 60 grams; Lin Wu took 100 magazines, weighing just over 6 kilograms. Adding on the weight of the guns, backpack, daggers, etc., his total weight came to 12 kilograms. Lin Wu then took 20 professional-grade suppressors.

The two then went to the adjacent medical supply depot and took hemostatic bandages, fracture bandages, painkillers, and more. Lin Wu’s weight reached 18 kilograms, while Maya’s was 17 kilograms. Following Maya’s request, Lin Wu also took a flashlight, night vision device, raincoat, compass, and map. The remaining carrying capacity, aside from a sleeping bag, was filled with food and water.

This instance would be run in pseudo-reality mode; sustenance would no longer be deducted from the base but was instead to be managed by the players themselves. This included sleep, which was also to be in pseudo-reality mode. The mission duration was seven days; when supplies ran out, or when they chose to conclude the mission, they could call for helicopter evacuation from four retreat points set up in Waste City. Players who retreated could return to Waste City, but the mission points they had earned so far would be halved.

If they could locate an airdrop supply point, they could also call for a supply drop.

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