Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 227 - 147 Fortress Armory_2

Chapter 227: Chapter 147 Fortress Armory_2

Ten minutes later, a gunfight erupted in the wilderness. One side was the Shadow base, with ambushes on three sides, and the other was the temporary shelter-seeking Fortress agents in the wilderness. After reaping the equipment, the Shadow base’s firepower suppressed the Fortress agents. However, the people at Shadow base were used to conserving resources, seeking to maximize hit rates instead of spraying bullets indiscriminately, which gave the two agents a chance to catch their breath.

Twenty meters away from the Fortress agents, Lin Wu was stealthily crouched to the side, enjoying the chaos. Why hold grudges when they can be settled, he thought. If it wasn’t for revenge, why waste so much ammunition?

Counting on his fingers, 3+3 was already six, with these two that made eight, and finally adding Nightmare and Nightmare, that made ten, meaning the Fortress agent squad was all present. Currently, only Nightmare, Nightmare, and Blood Meng hadn’t been looted. If the others had brought all their belongings with them, they would have a reason to cry after being resurrected.

The two Fortress agents only had one forehead guard, which was soon blown away by Maya. Considering their enemy’s position, the two agents weren’t worried about being looted, and after a brief discussion, bravely stood up. This was suicidal behavior, and obviously, they knew they were bound to die, so instead of wasting their bullets, they preferred to let the enemy kill them.

But to their horror, just as they were about to die, a phantom appeared on their flank, squatting in the snow and watching them. They thought it was a trick of the eye, but upon seeing the phantom’s footsteps behind him, they internally screamed in alarm before they turned into two corpses. Lin Wu’s Wind Stinger swiftly approached, and he began looting immediately.

Assault rifle, rubbish, bullets, good. He looted halfway and then switched to the next body. A complete looting took about 40 seconds, and considering the seconds wasted by Lin Wu getting to the bodies, he couldn’t fully loot both. He had no time for medicines, focusing solely on ammunition. As the bodies disappeared, Lin Wu’s last grab yielded him 60 rounds of 7.62mm bullets.

How he wished North Town would hold a Fortress agent event every day!

Dawn knew about this immediately and had to intervene in the game according to the set data.

Originally, it was a mission involving internal competition and slaughter among the Fortress agents. The agents had fully entered the era of hot weaponry, and even if someone died, they wouldn’t be looted. But now, the intervention of outsiders from the Shadow base had resulted in the deaths of nine agents. This dramatically escalated the equipment level of the Shadow players.

Because both the supermarket base and Shadow base had reached full arms levels, they triggered a system condition. Dawn announced, "The game will undergo an update at 8 am tomorrow, after which Blood Plague will grow into its complete form."

Once it had grown, Blood Plague would continuously spread Blood Mist from its center, and the Blood Zombies produced by the Blood Plague would move within the mist. Previous Blood Zombies would return to the mist. From now on, except for specific locations, Blood Zombies would only appear within the Blood Mist. In the mist, the strength and agility stats of the Blood Zombies would increase.

The closer to the source of the Blood Plague, the denser the Blood Mist, and the greater the boosts to the zombies’ five stats.

The four most critical points.

First, the coverage range of the Blood Mist produced by a single Blood Plague had a very high upper limit.

Second, after killing a certain number of players, the Complete Blood Plague would produce offspring inside certain buildings. The offspring would grow into Complete Blood Plague entities after seven days.

Third, when a base became engulfed in Blood Mist, the Blood Plague might lead a horde of zombies to attack the base. The only good news was that, unless it was a system siege, Blood Zombies would not intentionally destroy buildings. But if someone was hiding inside, like in a dormitory, the Blood Zombies would attack the building until they eliminated the players or destroyed the dormitory.

Fourth, when a Blood Mist reached the Heart of Blood Plague of another complete entity, the zombies within would evolve into Violent Blood Zombies. Their patrol speeds would increase for daily excursions, and their five stats would further enhance.

What was terrifying was that after players were eliminated by Blood Zombies, the corresponding Blood Plague would create zombies that looked just like the deceased players, with no limits on the number.

Everyone who had just returned to the supermarket base was dumbfounded when they heard this, even Maya shook her head repeatedly, "How are ordinary players supposed to survive?" The Shadow base had already wiped out the nearby Hearts of Blood Plague and had no immediate concerns. Although the supermarket base’s cement plant had a Heart of Blood Plague, the base’s equipment was adequate to cope with the threat of the Blood Mist.

But what about the ordinary players? Most bases are now small, and the only way forward is to establish Community Alliances to keep each other warm.

Maya said, "Everyone’s saving bullets for emergencies when they go out. Have the figures been tallied?"

Shana replied, "One sniper rifle, five assault rifles, two submachine guns... about a hundred 7.62mm bullets, five hundred 5.56mm bullets, five hundred pistol bullets..." This isn’t a Fortress agent, this is a Fortress armory.

A cheer rose up, bullets, bullets, and more bullets. A gun without bullets can only show off at home, but a gun with bullets can swagger outside. With today’s haul added to previous lootings, now every Shadow player has an assault rifle. Lin Wu chose an AR15, paired with a Silencer, firepower up close and sniping from a distance.

Due to the scarcity of .50 caliber bullets and the nearly 20 kg weight of the Forest Wolf, Maya will take the Forest Wolf back to the main base. Considering Nightmare is a member of the supermarket base and to avoid trouble, Maya will also take away 80% of the ammunition.

Shana chose an Uzi Submachine Gun to replace her pistol. This gun has an extremely fast rate of fire and low recoil, delivering strong firepower at close range, especially after adding a suppressor to reduce the noise. However, this gun is rather delicate, with a durability cap at only half that of standard guns and a higher chance of jamming.

The pistol Lin Wu used was a Beretta M9 given by Blood Meng, with a 15-round magazine and a slightly louder sound. Its advantage is a fast firing rate, and coupled with Lin Wu’s Quick Gunner Lock Head, it allows for invisible kills within three meters.

Even equipped Fortress agents are at a disadvantage when facing equipped and skilled players. The arrogance of not knowing their adversaries while overestimating themselves led to the downfall of seven Fortress agents after they lost their gear, effectively ending their agent careers in the game. They also pushed countless struggling ordinary players onto the firing line.

At that moment, Nightmare, who had been out, returned. Seeing Shadow players at the supermarket base didn’t surprise her. What did surprise her was everyone’s heavily armed state.

Maya took the initiative to greet Nightmare. Nightmare looked at Maya suspiciously, "That sniper rifle of yours is not bad." She had changed into a red floral padded jacket that seemed quite warm but hideous no matter how you looked at it.

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Nightmare’s mouth hung open as she listened to Maya’s explanation, incredulous, "You looted them?"

Lin Wu said, "I spared Blood Meng."

For the first time, Nightmare felt oppressed. She had always known about the strengths of Lin Wu and Maya and inwardly believed she wasn’t much inferior to them. Learning that nine Fortress agents had died by their hands, Nightmare was profoundly shaken. She believed it was true; Lin Wu wouldn’t lie, neither would Maya, and if Maya did, the weapons wouldn’t.

Nightmare said, "The Fortress agents’ operation started the night before last and will last for seven days. The respawn time for the death penalty has changed from 24 hours to three hours. If they wish to continue participating in the event after respawning, they can choose North Town as their respawn point and randomly appear somewhere in North Town."

Nightmare said, "Blood Meng is the deputy team leader of the market intelligence action team of Fortress Company and the big sister of the Fortress agents. She has high prestige internally. I wasn’t aware of their identities at first when they attacked the three of you. I thought they judged from the supermarket base’s location that everyone inside were rookies and wanted to clear the supermarket before ambushing me nearby."

The reward for the exclusive Fortress agent event, as Blood Meng had said, showed that Blood Meng was a careless person. Lin Wu asked about Blood Meng, and Nightmare described her as someone who is 95% careless in order to cope with work pressure. But no one should consider her stupid; when needed, she could be craftier than anyone.

Lin Wu agreed; that might have been why Blood Meng hadn’t taken the initiative to attack him while he was looting. She bet on Lin Wu not looting instead of betting she could kill Lin Wu when she realized she couldn’t escape.

Nightmare said, "Since you let her go, she probably won’t come after you." From these words, one could tell Nightmare had a certain fondness for Blood Meng.