Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 240 - 152: The Hunt (Part 2)_2

Chapter 240: Chapter 152: The Hunt (Part 2)_2

Maya ascended the watchtower, using the fortress special agent binoculars that they had captured to look toward North Town, where she could vaguely see the Blood Mist enveloping the town. In her mind, she wished to unite everyone to eliminate the Blood Plague and the Titan. But she knew she lacked the ability to unite everyone; the final outcome would likely be Shadow charging ahead, possibly sacrificing lives for the sake of justice.

In a well-established society, soldiers are responsible for fighting wars while civilians are responsible for producing supplies and creating wealth; every profession has its own division of labor, with clear responsibilities. The game world—or Apocalypse World—was not like this, as everyone hoped to survive with the least possible cost.

As Stone had said, whoever becomes the leader gets the short straw. Because while others have no obligation to give tributes, the leader has the duty to protect everyone.

Stone’s voice came through the earpiece: "Horse Soul, Snow Egg, you take ten bullets each to go buy food."

Little Knife asked, "Don’t we have plenty of food?"

Stone said, "We need to make them think our food supplies are low, and at the same time let them know that ten bullets are a significant resource for us. If we don’t buy food today, tomorrow there will be people coming to borrow food from us. Besides, Su Shi make a sign; after ten at night, no one from the base is allowed in or out."

Little Knife: "This..."

Stone cut in: "No interruptions, because we are the only base with an electrical system."

...

Maneuvering the sentry points in winter was more troublesome than usual. Lin Wu dismounted his snowboard, leveraging his agility and endurance to put distance between himself and the zombies. Thankfully, the snowy terrain also caused trouble for the zombies, allowing Lin Wu to pass through easily. Just as Lin Wu was about to reach the supermarket base, a drone that had been hovering broadcast a red dot, which appeared near the rural farm railway.

Lin Wu stopped to enlarge the image and saw a masked man. Upon careful observation, he could confirm it was Nightmare. Nightmare had a snowboard strapped to his back, an assault rifle hung on the weapon rack, and was using ski poles to walk in the snow. Unlike before, when he wore a white camo suit, this time Nightmare was wearing a down jacket, an extremely ugly down jacket. Strange, it was not as if he had stripped the man.

Lin Wu slid toward the base, then left the base without taking the main road; instead, he took a straight line through Birch Park to the highway billboard. This was where Lin Wu had hung the banner calling out Maya and searching for Nightmare. Lin Wu climbed a straight ladder to the second-floor corridor, which was five meters high, and lay in ambush at the edge of the passageway, just above the highway.

At that moment, a parachute descended; Nightmare called in an airdrop again. Nightmare took a personal rocket launcher from the green weapon box and slung it over his shoulder, then took a rocket grenade and slid it into his backpack’s auxiliary pocket. After finishing his preparations, Nightmare used a compass to identify his position, took his snowboard off, and began to ski towards the supermarket base.

Nightmare was very cautious. He first reached the highway and examined the tracks there, discovering very obvious markings left by a snowboard. One set of tracks went north, and the other went south. Nightmare deduced that both marks came from the same snowboard. Despite his Agility, Nightmare swiftly climbed a tree and used binoculars to follow the snowboard tracks heading south, which turned into the supermarket base.

Nightmare’s gaze landed on the billboard, which was only 15 meters away from the intersection leading to the supermarket base and the main road. Nightmare climbed down from the tree and walked unhurriedly toward the billboard, but he did not stop there, instead heading straight to the intersection. He sneaked into the park’s bushes, observed the courtyard through binoculars for a while to ensure there was no one in sight, and then set up tripwire mines at the intersection. After that, he used branches to sweep away the snow, erasing his own traces.

Nightmare headed near the bridge to find a clean area, lit a fire, and placed several fireworks on the kindling, ensuring the flames would ignite the fireworks once they spread.

After completing these tasks, Nightmare returned to the billboard, mulling over his plan all the way. Once the fireworks were lit, their light and sound would attract Lin Wu out of the base to investigate. Lin Wu would get caught in the tripwire mine’s explosion; even if it didn’t stun him, it would disorient him for several seconds, during which Nightmare could take his shot. Assuming Lin Wu had a forehead guard and could survive two rounds of being Undying and dive for cover, Nightmare would still have his rocket grenade to attack with. He planned to use the shockwave from the rocket grenade to finish off Lin Wu.

Now came the waiting, the patient wait.

Nightmare sensed a disturbance behind him and turned to find Lin Wu inconceivably behind him. He eyed the snowy ground suspiciously, seeing no other footprints. There was only one answer: Lin Wu must have jumped down from the billboard.

From the moment he was attacked until his death, things happened even faster than Nightmare had anticipated. Seeing Lin Wu and hearing the gunshot, the next thing he knew, he was in the Resurrection Dark House, a shocked expression still frozen on his face. He could comprehend how Lin Wu was able to get close enough to kill him easily, but he couldn’t figure out how Lin Wu had discovered him. He had been extremely cautious, scanning his surroundings with binoculars every hundred meters, but still, he hadn’t noticed any players nearby.

From this, Nightmare drew a conclusion: he believed that Lin Wu or the supermarket base very likely had something resembling a radar, or perhaps cameras, with many hidden ones placed around the base. Even though he considered himself knowledgeable, he hadn’t encountered drones in the game and did not think to consider them.

...

Four hours later, Nightmare, who wasn’t wearing a forehead guard, was hiding in the bushes where Birch Park met the highway when he was attacked with a knife. As he lay dying, Nightmare finally raised his voice to shout loudly, "Wait, wait."

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