Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 273 - 164 Alliance_2

Chapter 273: Chapter 164 Alliance_2

Under normal circumstances, each member of the base represents one labor force. It takes five labor forces to add an alliance slot. For instance, Shadow’s main base currently has eight people, and together with the two from the supermarket base, that’s a total of ten labor forces. The supermarket base contributes two labor forces, and the main base contributes three, allowing them to spend these five labor forces to form an alliance. After the alliance, the main base is left with five labor forces.

At this point, the supermarket base could then form an alliance with Base A, which has five labor forces. Theoretically, as long as the other party is willing and able to contribute five labor forces, the supermarket base could form alliances with an unlimited number of bases.

The emergence of this rule signifies the possibility of alliance mode. It seems that as long as there are enough people, alliances could be formed indefinitely. Such alliances also represent a lot of uncertainties, as players can truly rob other bases.

If AB form an alliance, and A takes people to B’s base for tea, they could suddenly rise up, kill three of the five members at B’s base, and use firearms to control the remaining two. Apart from begging, the survivors at B’s base could be extorted by A: "If you want to live, give us this or that in exchange." This is very feasible because if all members of a base were to die, the base would be removed by the system, and all resources and items would vanish into nothingness, and not even getting married could stop this.

Breaking the Alliance: Can be proposed by one party and if the other party agrees, both can immediately end the alliance. If the other party disagrees, the alliance is automatically dissolved after 12 hours.

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The update brought wails from nearly a million people, a sight so grand it was truly spectacular. Fortress agents accustomed to a lone-wolf lifestyle fainted right in the bathroom. The number close to a million suggests there are still aberrations. For example, the Shadow base particularly appreciates the alliance rules, as everyone has been coveting the supermarket base’s library for a long time. It’s not easy to get through the winter, days are hard to pass by, so after forming an alliance, one could sleep in the morning and head over to the supermarket base’s library to read novels all night.

The only problem is the doctor. Right now, among the ten people in the two bases, only Emerald Feather is a general practitioner. What kind of doctor should Emerald Feather advance to? Should the base set up two doctors or just one?

The management’s discussion was inconclusive, so a Shadow expansion meeting was called. Lin Wu’s decisiveness was still at full value, "One, general practitioner."

Little Knife’s voice came through the radio, "Blood Plague survivors are not qualified to participate in this topic."

"Stinky Little Knife."

"Stinky Lin Wu."

Stone urgently interjected, "Shana’s speaking."

Shana said, "I think if there is only one doctor, they could specialize in general practice or surgery. We have an excess stock of Serum syringes. But after the update, there’s a small problem; the distance people can travel has been limited. Any injury that occurs far from the base could put one in a dangerous situation."

Shana continued, "To solve this problem, we need a pharmacist to make a sufficient amount of medicine. Or we need a first responder to accompany teams who can handle the most common injuries on-site, like fractures and bleeding."

Maya said, "Fractures don’t cause ongoing blood loss, bleeding is more troublesome."

Lin Wu disagreed, "As a veteran of fractures, I disagree. With bleeding, you can hurry back to the base briskly, but if you’re fractured, you can only crawl back."

Horse Soul laughed from the side, "It’d be interesting if all limbs were fractured."

Little Knife said, "I think it’d be even more interesting with the left hand and right foot fractured. You can crawl and hop, but it’s not only strenuous to crawl but also uncomfortable to hop."

Lin Wu said, "I always say Little Knife is the worst in the entire base."

Little Knife, exasperated and looking around for a vent but finding none, viciously retorted, "Summon the Five Elements God Thunder and blast you to death."

Lin Wu asked, "What novel?"

"The Most Immortal Journey," replied Little Knife. "I read half of it last time at the supermarket base."

Stone said weakly, "Can everyone be serious, please? Especially you over there at the supermarket."

Lin Wu, annoyed, "Stone, that’s not right of you to say."

Stone asked, "What did I say wrong?"

Lin Wu said, "You asked for everyone’s opinion but didn’t ask for the opinion of the person involved, Emerald Feather. Emerald Feather, what kind of doctor do you want to be?"

What does this have to do with Emerald Feather’s aspirations? Stone said angrily, "Stop the nonsense or I’ll arrange for express delivery of Little Knife over there."

Lin Wu was shocked, "How do you charge a 30% express fee for mailing Little Knife?"

From the radio came the sound of a scuffle, followed by Shana’s voice, "Okay, he’s quiet for now."

While everyone was joking, Maya, who had been silent, brought the conversation back on track after hearing Shana’s words, "I partially agree with Shana. I support training a general practitioner but not a surgeon. The occupations of a first responder and pharmacist are too limited. My idea is that the base’s first doctor should be a general practitioner, and the second doctor should be a biochemist. Take medicine when going out, use medicine for bleeding and withdraw, call for support in case of a fracture."

Emerald Feather asked, "Sister Maya, why general practice and not surgery?" General practice has only one advantage over surgery—it can treat viral infections but cannot treat zombie virus infections. General practice heals patients twice as slowly as surgery.

Maya asked, "Has anyone at Invincible Base ever been sick before?"

Emerald Feather shook her head, "No."

Peanut interjected, "Yes, there have been, and quite a few. Just lie down on the sickbed for a while and you’ll recover."

Emerald Feather said, "How come I didn’t know?"

Peanut replied, "You wouldn’t have been of any use even if you did know."

Emerald Feather awkwardly smiled.