Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 250 - 156 Rope Bridge_2

Chapter 250: Chapter 156 Rope Bridge_2

Lin Wu said, "Since the game started, I’ve paid a lot of attention to collecting ropes, always carrying two bundles with me every time I go out."

Shana went to the door to check for a while, "With the wind, who wants to test the feasibility?"

"It was my idea, I’ll go first."

Shana said, "I’ll make a simple snow sled."

Lin Wu was very familiar with the terrain around the supermarket base. Without any obstacles, he could find his way back to the supermarket base even if he were blindfolded. He handed one end of the rope to Shana, who secured it to the base’s water pipe. Lin Wu crawled out of the base into the snowstorm, and before he even had a chance to lie down, the strong wind knocked him over and he rolled several meters towards Left County.

Lin Wu pressed the snow sled, which was basically a U-shaped plank, under him to increase the pressure area and avoid sinking into the snow. Then he used his hands and feet to claw at the snow and slide forward. During the process, he tried to keep his body as flat as possible. To reduce wind resistance, Lin Wu didn’t carry any weapons or a backpack.

The difficulty and danger of the journey were nothing to Lin Wu. He was glad to get out after being cooped up for 3 or 4 days, even in the midst of a blizzard. Breathing the cold air and feeling the ice and touching the trees made him feel alive.

Frostbite wasn’t a problem, as Fortress Express had delivered a large supply of medicines. He just needed to watch his health. Lin Wu crawled a hundred meters in one breath and saw more and more frostbite, so he didn’t dare to go further. He tied the rope tightly around a tree and grabbed it to crawl back. The good news was that he didn’t see any zombies along the way. It seemed that Dawn still had some conscience, but he didn’t rule out the possibility of zombies under the snow.

Seeing Lin Wu return, Nightmare and Shana both breathed a sigh of relief. After Lin Wu climbed onto the sickbed, he reported the distance. Using Lin Wu’s injuries and the time for the round trip, Shana calculated that they could extend the rope by another 90 centimeters for the second attempt. Shana took out some paper and started drawing. Once Nightmare understood, she took a deep breath, cursed in her heart, grabbed the rope, and dived into the snowstorm. She really hoped Lin Wu would give up when he got back, but not only did he not give up, he extended the planned 35 meters to 100 meters. As a woman, she had her pride, and there was no way she could raise any objections now because that would make her look weak to the men.

With the help of the rope and the snow sled, Nightmare moved very quickly for the first half of the distance. When she reached the end of the rope, Nightmare tied her own rope to a tree and then crawled in the direction of Left County. She was also familiar with the terrain, cursing herself as she went for trusting those two and leaving her backpack at the base.

When she reached the destination, Nightmare secured the rope, took out a dagger to cut off the excess rope to take back, and slid back down the rope. Lin Wu voluntarily gave up his sickbed, and when Nightmare got onto the sickbed, she checked her backpack and saw that the small mechanism she had set up had not been triggered, which meant that Lin Wu and Shana hadn’t opened her backpack while she was away.

The mechanism was simple, using hair or another object placed at the zipper and zipped up. If someone unzipped it, the hair or object wouldn’t stay in place.

Shana wasn’t in a hurry to leave. After the two’s frostbite had mostly healed, Shana followed the rope. In this relay fashion, the three of them spent a day constructing a rope bridge to the sewer. And the last one to go, Lin Wu, brought back some good news—the sewer was as warm as spring. The bad news was that even with spring-like warmth, Shana’s basic clothes weren’t up to the task.

Shana had to go as a guide, but what to do without clothes? Nightmare gave Shana a universal cotton-padded jacket with a cold resistance of 80 and put on a level 1 exclusive outfit herself.

When Lin Wu saw Shana in the cotton-padded jacket, he couldn’t help but exclaim, "Turns out it’s not the clothes that are ugly."

Shana covered her face with one hand, turning her head aside shyly.

Nightmare’s blood pressure surged to 200, and two ten-thousand-strong herds of mythical beasts ran through her heart.

Oblivious, Lin Wu curiously asked, "Nightmare, where did you get level 1 clothes?"

Nightmare replied indifferently, "I learned some sewing."

The words, spoken with such extravagance, left Lin Wu speechless, and Shana curiously asked, "Where did you get all these strong skills?"

There are skills for each of the five major attributes, which, from what we can see, are divided into two categories: skills that one learns on their own, which are further divided into star-level skills and skills learned with the aid of professional books. The other category consists of skills from Skill Books. Gale Combo belongs to the Agility series of skills and because Shana focuses on secondary Agility, she can’t bring out the true power of Gale Combo. However, as the frequency of usage increases, her Agility ranking will also improve, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of the skill in time. It’s just a pity that because it’s a secondary attribute, the star-upgrading speed is half that of the main attribute.

Beyond the five major attribute skills, there are also Life Skills. Theoretically, each person can only learn one Life Skill, and it can only be obtained through a Skill Book. Thanks to his wide range of knowledge, Lin Wu has mastered both Hunter and Hacker skills. Clearly, the Hacker skill is a high-level Life Skill, while Hunter likely falls within the mid to low-level Life Skills category.

The Hacker skill was obtained from a system special reward chest that appeared after being the first to kill a Titan in the entire game. From a scarcity perspective, even if sewing doesn’t measure up to hacking, it is still considered a scarce mid-level Life Skill. So why do Nightmare and the others possess so many Skill Books?

Nightmare replied, "Completing each task rewards you with one high-level weapon and one Skill Book, because to complete each task we need to expend a great deal of resources. Repeating Crossbows and assault rifles are all rewards from tasks, and the same goes for skills like sewing. Take, for example, the quest line of ’Path of Love’ that was triggered by the opening of the Marriage System: there are a total of five sub-quests, and each time you complete one you obtain a weapon and a Skill Book. However, to complete each sub-quest, I almost always blow through all of my resources. I even traded Lichenology with Invincible Base in exchange for a motorcycle and gasoline."

Lin Wu suddenly understood, "Invincible Base traded Lichenology with us—that was your doing. No wonder, I haven’t heard of any other players possessing Lichenology."

Nightmare continued, "Skill Books have very limited use for us. "

Shana asked, "What happens if a quest fails and all resources are depleted?"

Nightmare answered, "There are two methods. The first is to sell inventory items for resources, but with the current level of players, there are few resources we find appealing. The second is to purchase with points; we buy resources using the points we’ve accumulated from Dawn, although the prices are steep. I’m now doing level 6 tasks, and to buy a set of resources needed for a level 6 task would cost me half of my points."

Lin Wu went to the warehouse, took out a rocket launcher and a rocket, and asked, "What about this thing?"

"Holy shit, an RPG!" Nightmare was shocked on the spot: "It’s expensive ... no, not very expensive but rather rare."

Shana caught every expression on Nightmare’s face and immediately smiled, "Name your price."

Nightmare wanted to slap herself, but she really desired the item. After a long thought, she asked, "What do you want in exchange?"

This question, in turn, stumped Lin Wu and Shana. What did they want? Lin Wu still lacked a hacker computer, but Nightmare certainly couldn’t offer that, as it’s a crafted exclusive item. Shana needed everything, decked in gear so new it couldn’t be newer.

Nightmare said, "I’ll consult with you again when I find items of relative value." Damn it, she wanted to figure out how to trade back the Repeating Crossbow—now it seemed even further out of reach. However, there was a disparity in how they valued things; what Nightmare considered trivial, like Skill Books, were treasures in the eyes of Lin Wu and the others. As long as she could get the right Skill Books, Nightmare was confident she could trade for the RPG.

For Lin Wu and his group, the RPG was rather useless because it only had one shot—a rocket that wouldn’t kill a player, a Titan, or a zombie. For someone like Nightmare, who needed heavy firepower for her tasks, a single rocket could make the difference between success and failure, saving her a lot of bullets in the process.

Moreover, Nightmare coveted the ammunition stockpile in Shadow, feeling increasingly like she was being held captive by Shadow as if she were working for them every time she barely made it through a task. On the other hand, if Shadow really had that kind of strength, she considered becoming a collaborator with them.

To Lin Wu and Shana, though Nightmare might or might not be a bad person, she at least possessed certain morals. After joining the supermarket base, she never tried to peek into the warehouse inventory, at least not when Lin Wu and Shana were around. In addition, because Nightmare didn’t know about the rocket or the large stockpile of ropes, it could be inferred that she likely hadn’t inspected the warehouse.

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