Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 324 - 185: Statue_2

Chapter 324: Chapter 185: Statue_2

Maya said, "Do you have a split personality? How can someone so emotionally nuanced be so childish?"

Lin Wu laughed carelessly, "The world laughs at me for being too insane, I laugh at others for not seeing through..."

"Got it," Maya interrupted.

This stifled Lin Wu, who patted off dust vigorously and violently blew it towards Maya, ten meters away.

Peanut nodded, "Indeed childish."

Lin Wu threatened, "I’ll put you on the young master’s black list."

Peanut laughed out loud, "Old Lin is wise and brave, unrivaled in the world. Continue resting, I’ll take care of all this dirty and tiring work."

Although Maya was curious about what ’young master’ meant, she didn’t ask, since it seemed like a secret between them. She tore things apart while being mindful of her position and keeping an eye on Wai’s performance. Paying attention to her position could prevent being sniped, and watching Wai could prevent sudden assaults.

Soon, the work on the first floor was done. Maya said, "Lin Wu, set up Beast Traps at the three intersections, try to conceal them as much as possible. We’re going to the second floor."

"Okay."

Statistic: The work on the first floor took 30 minutes and yielded 102 parts, roughly equivalent to 100 parts, which could be exchanged for 10 points. Another statistic: killing a Hunter yielded 200 points and took 10 seconds. Clearly, this latter job was more promising, but unfortunately, players were too competitive; around the digging site, there were already ten teams’ anti-hunting squads, which meant that people like Shadow could only scrap for parts.

Ten minutes after starting work on the second floor, a gunfight broke out about 300 meters from the Twin Towers. The three of them stood on tiptoes at the window, trying to see what was happening, but to no avail. They just had to continue scrapping. Lin Wu gave Wai patrol orders, and Wai began to jog around the second floor.

An hour later, Wai began to non-stop jog on the third floor. Lin Wu felt gratified by this; if all the dogs in the world could be as obedient as Wai, why worry about the great cause of Dog Star not coming to fruition?

Lin Wu was also the only one among the three who slacked off. One moment he claimed to be rewarding Wai, the next he said he was standing guard, and then he said he was searching for treasures. In short, he just didn’t want to work. Speaking of which, Lin Wu could also be considered a professional in demolition, having once worked tirelessly for many days just to build a Beast Trap.

Maya was helpless, as the wealthy Lin would not pay much attention to such little money. Considering that all the food was purchased by him, she had no choice but to work hard with Peanut.

By three o’clock in the afternoon, they had reached the 10th floor, which featured a large room that once had a floor-to-ceiling glass window. Lin Wu leaned against the wall with a cup of coffee worth 15 points, watching the distant city and couldn’t help but remark: this city is really big. Suddenly, he saw something else and turned his head saying, "Maya, Maya, bring me the binoculars."

Why couldn’t the person who wasn’t working come and get them themselves? Maya, huffing angrily, walked over from the next room and handed the binoculars to Lin Wu. After looking through them for a while, Lin Wu handed the binoculars to Maya, "Do you see if that’s a person riding a horse?"

Maya, puzzled, took the binoculars and looked in the direction Lin Wu had indicated. She spotted a statue of a person riding a horse. Maya quickly pulled out her backpack and took out the map left by the NPC they had eliminated. On the first day of the instance, she and Lin Wu each killed an NPC Hunter and only found maps on them, one of which was given to Starfire Base.

The map depicted a statue of a person riding a horse, followed by three paths. One path led to a skull, another to a red X, and the last one ended with the numbers 1234.

"It seems like it," Maya compared for a while. "Peanut, come take a look."

After inspecting for a good while, Peanut repeated like a parrot, "It seems like it."

Maya packed up her backpack, "Let’s go."

Peanut hastily said, "Shouldn’t we consider it a bit? It’s dangerous."

Lin Wu and Maya were stunned—right, it must be dangerous. But Lin Ma were the sort to seek danger wherever it lurked, finding danger was part of their joy.

Lin Wu said, "This place isn’t dangerous, but it’s meaningless."

Maya looked at Peanut, "Are you coming?"

Peanut responded, "If you guys are going, then of course I’m coming."

Maya asked, "What if we can go, but it’s not necessary?"

Peanut thought for a moment, "I would ask if you want to go or not?"

Lin Wu said, "I say go."

Peanut, with tears running down his face, said, "Then let’s go." Why all the fuss.

Maya said, "Go to the roof and make sure we’re clear."

Lin Wu, who had already packed his backpack, immediately fell to the ground, "Cramp in my leg, you go first, I’ll follow."

Peanut was stunned, "Brother, that’s so shameless, so fake."

Lin Wu, enduring the pain, waved them to go and not to worry about him. So, Peanut, who was not shameless, and Maya climbed 60 floors, with Peanut deeply regretting not lying down with Lin Wu. The physical strain was one thing; after all, if you don’t wear out the game body, you don’t wear it out—climbing stairs, even ascending Mount Everest, wouldn’t matter. But psychologically, it was truly damaging. Walking and walking and walking, as if trapped in a maze unable to escape, was utterly suffocating.

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The statue was situated at the intersection of excavation sites 6 and 7. Lin Wu and his team were 5 kilometers from the statue, with an estimated 7 kilometers to travel, and Maya drew a 9-kilometer safe route on the map. Currently, the player Hunters weren’t showing up much, but there were 20 NPC Hunters lurking around, and taking this 9-kilometer route could effectively allow for early detection of the enemy.

The weapon that first detected the enemy was Wai, which indicated that this was not a main road, but a narrow path. In fact, it was a tiny path weaving through city blocks and alleys, with the widest road just able to accommodate two cars passing each other. The advantage was that there were no long-distance shooting ranges, and one wouldn’t risk being sniped from a hundred meters away.

Even so, in a residential area 4 kilometers from the statue, Shadow’s trio still engaged in a gun battle with 4 NPC Hunters. Maya had overlooked something: Lin Wu’s Stealth ability was effective at long range, but in narrow spaces full of obstacles, it couldn’t be utilized. Luckily, Lin Wu and Maya both had forehead guards, and their bullet reserves were no less than those of the NPCs, so they weren’t at a disadvantage after the engagement.

Lin Wu’s trio took cover in a three-story residential building, with a road in front of the house. The NPCs were inside a residential building across the road, and the distance between them during the firefight was less than 10 meters. Maya commanded the two to keep changing positions to ensure they could shoot first. Peanut made use of Rapid Fire to score first, being the only one with an assault rifle and having all 200 rounds of 5.56 bullets collected previously to himself. Using high firing speed and shooting through walls, he managed to kill one NPC alive.

The NPCs appeared rather stiff, not shooting at targets outside their field of vision. Their biggest weakness was the use of infrared direct-aim scopes. They could shoot wherever the red light shone, which gave Maya the chance for a chase-down counter-kill. After Maya took down the second NPC, Shadow’s trio had gained the upper hand, and they sent out Lin Wu.

With cover from Maya and Peanut, the NPC failed to notice Lin Wu sneaking into their territory. Lin Wu ambushed and took down two men, but unfortunately searched only one of them. What annoyed Lin Wu was that he couldn’t find any weapons or ammunition on the NPCs, only maps that were identical to the ones they had found earlier.

After the fight, the three stealthily made their way to the vicinity of the statue. The statue was located in a small square, and near the backside of the statue, close to the street, was a subway station entrance. Maya looked long and hard, confirming that the three routes indicated on the map were inside the subway. While they rested and ate at a concealment spot, Maya proposed a plan, "Three people, three routes?"

Lin Wu asked, "The Skull? Red X and 1234?" The Skull is dead, the Red X half-dead; why choose them.

Maya replied, "I just think we shouldn’t trust the markings on top."

Lin Wu praised, "It seems you have a full understanding of Dawn’s character."

Maya explained, "No, I don’t know what will happen, either. Most likely, 1234 is the good option. Forget it, let’s all take 1234." With unclear information, it wasn’t prudent for the commander to rush to conclusions.

Peanut: "Someone’s here."

Lin Wu and Maya moved to the window and saw a player emerging from the subway. There was no radiation nearby, so he wasn’t wearing a protective suit, but Lin Wu had never seen this person before. Watching him leave, they were pretty sure that the subway was the Fortress Hunters’ nest.

Lin Wu said, "What’s our objective? Our goal can’t be to charge into their den and fight to the death, right? Imagine, we go inside and there are 10 NPCs sleeping, 5 player Hunters dining. Then what’s the point in fighting."

Without a word, Maya took out the map again, reflecting on their lack of numbers—splitting up was unwise, but staying together wasn’t great either. While she was thinking, someone else showed up; it was Nightmare, heading toward the subway entrance, utterly unaware of any nearby enemies and completely unguarded.

Maya had a flash of insight, "Lin Wu, get Wai to bring her over. If she resists, take her out." Nightmare was in open ground, and they were three against one. With no knowledge of their location, Nightmare was bound to die.

Lin Wu looked at Maya and gave the instructions to Wai. Wai scurried off, and Lin Wu said, "If Wai dies, his son will be called Erwai."

Peanut sighed, "Bro, for my sake, be nicer to it."

"Da Wai?"

Peanut: "Never mind, forget I said anything."

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