Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 249 - 156 Rope Bridge

Chapter 249: Chapter 156 Rope Bridge

On the fourth day of the blizzard at eight in the morning, the second round of voting began.

The system broadcast, "The current number of remaining players remains unchanged. The second round of voting will only accept specific number of days, which are 1, 3, 5, 7, 9...31. If any number exceeds a 40% voting rate, that will be the duration the blizzard continues. Voting begins, voting time 5 minutes."

Lin Wu pulled down the system interface, opened the voting interface, and saw that of the 27 food supplies, 12 had been consumed, leaving 15, enough for eating for 5 days, with a maximum survival limit of 7 days.

Shana seemed to understand voting well, saying, "Logically, no one would vote for 1 day, but after being confined for three days, many people no longer care about accumulating points and just want it to end early. That’s why there will be a portion of people voting for 1 day. However, this group isn’t large."

Shana, "The main player base is divided into the first group who will continue to vote according to their actual food supplies. The second group will vote based on their psychological tolerance. I guess the probability for the numbers 5 and 7 is higher. 5 and 7 are also our limits." 5 is the food supply limit, 7 is the survival limit.

Shana, "The fact that Dawn uses voting makes me feel uneasy, our food supply is not sufficient. Let’s wait for the voting results. If the percentage for 5 days is less than 20%, it means the others either have ample food reserves, or they have a continuous replenishment of food. Just like the main base having two farms."

Shana said, "If the vote rate for 5 days is less than 20%, we must take the risk to go out and find food."

Lin Wu asked, "Shall we vote for 5?"

"Yes."

After voting, Lin Wu said, "Yesterday, I climbed from the rooftop to the watchtower, which was only a ten-meter distance, but the process was not easy. We are 700 meters away from the sewer entrance; even if we could crawl to the sewer, we would have frozen to death by then."

Shana said, "No, you were climbing against the wind to the watchtower yesterday. As long as we wait for a tailwind, we can save a lot of physical strength and time. It’s best to choose during the day, as the temperature is lower at night, increasing the rate of frostbite."

Lin Wu looked at Shana, "Seems like you’ve got some skills."

Shana, dissatisfied, "I’ve always been quite capable, okay? How else would I become the Deputy Commander?"

Nightmare asked, "Are you confident? I mean about the decision that if the number of votes for five days is below 20%, we need to go find food."

Shana nodded confidently, "I am. What I’m most worried about is that another player’s base might be left with just one production-type player like Stone. He can produce one or several food items daily; the rest could all head to the shelter. Theoretically, he could last until the game shuts down. The good news is the maximum time given by the system is 31 days. I believe 31 days is a decision made by the system after evaluation, which means the system believes someone can last more than 31 days."

Shana, "The system has to control the number of deaths, this seemingly fair vote, but not a single word is superfluous. For example, why not 12345, but 135? This indicates the system is easing up, hoping to consolidate votes."

Lin Wu praised, "I see you in a new light."

Shana smiled proudly, "Quick, give me some compliments."

Lin Wu said, "Not only are you beautiful, but you’re also very smart."

Shana, satisfied, "That’s the most accurate thing you’ve said since I’ve known you."

Ignored like the air, Nightmare quietly read her book, content with having people around even though she seemed like a shadow at the moment.

The vote ended without determining the number of days. 7 days accounted for 25%, 5 days for 15%, 3 days for 15%, and 1 day for 25%. The next voting time is in 3 days.

After analyzing the results, Shana thought it was a difficult situation. Upon hearing this, Lin Wu rolled his eyes at her in disdain, and Shana laughed as she slapped Lin Wu, explaining, "25% for 1 day can’t hold out, but they can survive until the voting in 3 days, and most of them know they won’t make it, thus they are likely to throw away those votes. That means in the third vote, the total vote will be between 75%–80%. Those who voted for 5 and 3 days will mostly vote for 1 day, as they won’t last until the third round of voting, together making up 30% of the vote. Those who voted for 7 days might re-vote for 1 day."

Shana concluded, "I predict that in the third round of voting, the votes for 1 day will be between 35–45%."

Three days later, only two days’ worth of food remained at the supermarket base, meaning theoretically they would die at eight in the morning on the fifth day. Assuming that after three days, 3 days wins the vote, they would be in an extremely hungry state once the blizzard ends, and they must consume 9 units of food within 24 hours of that day. Therefore, for the supermarket base, the best and optimal solution is for everyone to vote for 1 day in the third round of voting.

However, this would leave their fate in the hands of others.

Lin Wu suggested, "I propose going out."

Nightmare, "I oppose going out."

Shana, "Although I’m against going out, I support going out." When choosing between the opinions of Nightmare and Lin Wu, Shana chose Lin Wu’s.

Nightmare asked, "How do we go out? You yourself said, a distance less than ten meters, you had to rely on crawling. We are 700 meters away from the sewer entrance."

Lin Wu suggested, "Ropes."

"Ropes?"

Lin Wu, "We can divide the 700 meters into 20 segments, 35 meters each. Relying on crawling and other methods, we can fix the rope onto trees or rocks to make a ropeway. Besides, we can cut through the park directly instead of taking the main road, saving us about 100 meters."

Shana praised, "You’re pretty smart as well."

Lin Wu, "And very handsome too."

Nightmare felt like shooting these two shameless people. She questioned skeptically, "Do we have that much rope?"