Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 341 - 192 Hardcore Mode

Chapter 341: Chapter 192 Hardcore Mode

Lin Wu raised his hand to get everyone’s attention and pointed towards the back door, "The power substation is just across the river." Discovered by the drone.

Upon hearing this, Maya and Shana went to the watchtower to take a look with binoculars. The good news was that the power substation wasn’t far from the base; it was estimated that after taking over the substation as an outpost, there would only be about 15 meters of unsafe area between the base and the substation, which was advantageous for Shadow players to expand their activity area. The bad news was that the power substation in the industrial zone covered more than a thousand square meters and was swarming with zombies.

Shana suggested, "First build two watchtowers, and use the extended range feature of the towers to eliminate as many zombies in the power substation as possible."

Maya said, "We don’t have enough building materials for two watchtowers."

Shana said, "Tear down the farm."

Maya agreed, but with the removal of the farm, the electricity issue had to be resolved quickly, or the stored food wouldn’t last for more than a few days.

Not long ago, they had lost a lot of building materials in the 6-star defense battle at the supermarket base, which also disrupted the construction plans for the sawmill. Given the current situation, with the high density of zombies nearby, they couldn’t let the base members go out scavenging. Not even Lin Wu.

The prudent plan was to build twin towers. The first step was to eliminate as many zombies at the power substation as possible, take over the substation, begin cutting wood, use the wood to build more infrastructure, continue clearing the surrounding zombies, and expand the players’ range of activities.

The second step was to take over the Meteorological Station and form an alliance, creating a mutual support situation. The third step was to construct a temporary base primarily for scavenging and ally with it, focusing on clearing zombies around the temporary base and scavenging the nearby areas.

These initial base construction efforts required time, and they also had to arrange for watchtower personnel to reduce noise in preparation for the first defense battle. Two watchtowers needed two people on duty, subtracting Stone and Su Shi, the loving couple, the other eight people were divided into four pairs based on their strengths and weaknesses.

Snow Egg and Shana were one pair, Peanut and Horse Soul another, Lin Wu and Emerald Feather teamed up, and Maya and Little Knife formed the final pair. Since Peanut had night vision ability, he and Shana were responsible for the graveyard shift from midnight to 6 a.m. Lin Wu and Emerald Feather took the evening shift from 6 p.m. to midnight.

Separating Snow Egg and Little Knife was to accommodate them; if they were on the same shift, then they would have at least 6 hours apart. By splitting the shifts, one could work while the other could visit.

Due to the geographical environment, Shadow was temporarily trapped at the sawmill. Fortunately, the sawmill had a Divine Artifact for producing building materials. However, it was currently unclear how much the construction materials would increase the Threat Value.

In the afternoon, Lin Wu hoped to reach a warehouse a hundred meters away. With the support of the watchtower’s firepower, upon nearing the warehouse, Lin Wu found that it was filled with hordes of zombies, including a Titan. After abandoning the warehouse, he scouted the vicinity and discovered a substantial number of Titans. The density of Titans was comparable to the Frenzy in North Town.

Maya brought bad news for everyone through observation, the refresh rate of zombies in Left County was far higher than in North Town.

At three in the afternoon, the system broadcast: "Dear players, our homeland welcomes its first spring. In the season of blooming flowers... After the end of spring, our homeland will enter near-Hardcore Survival mode. We hope you will enjoy it. For details, please refer to the game manual, and we hope players will prepare in advance during spring. Thank you, and goodbye."

What is near-Hardcore Survival mode? Simply put, perma-death falls under near-Hardcore Mode.

The biggest change in this mode is that food has an expiration date, and food will no longer exist as units. Players will experience hunger and malnutrition among other issues. To accommodate the players, when summer arrives, the system will gift each base with a large freezer, where the food inside will not spoil, and the system will provide a month of free electricity for the freezer.

The farm will exist in the form of an instance dungeon. To harvest crops, players will need to actually plant and pick them. According to the use of pesticides, fertilizers, watering, and other factors, a certain percentage of food will be harvested daily. The system will provide seasonings like salt for free. The Fishing Skill will have a fishing bonus, and so on.

There will be normal requirements for cooking and domestic water use, and the water problem will need to be resolved by the players themselves. One option is to take river water and use clean water tablets produced in the infirmary to purify water at a set ratio. Another option, once they obtain the design blueprints, is to sacrifice a building slot to dig a well. They could also divert spring water from the mountains. Players will have to figure it out on their own.

Finally, the manual explained that any player could opt out of Hardcore Mode at any time, but once they left, they could not return. After summer begins, only those in Hardcore Mode would earn points, whereas players not in Hardcore Mode would no longer earn or lose points.

Upon the issuance of this announcement, there was widespread grief across the server. Even though some knowledgeable individuals had guessed the direction the game was heading, they couldn’t help but curse at Dawn. The same was true for Shadow’s base. After the farm turned into a real instance dungeon, everyone had to do farm work to eat. And all they ate were vegetables.

The discussion turned its focus to Lin Wu, who instinctively protected Wai, "What are you trying to do?"

"Hunter," Shana said. "From now on, you’ll be responsible for our daily meat supply. Ten people need an average of ten pounds of meat a day."

Lin Wu replied unconcernedly, "There’s walking meat everywhere. I’ll give you 20 pounds a day."

Even though they knew Lin Wu was joking, his words still made everyone feel queasy. Only Little Knife took the matter seriously and asked, "If we really could harvest meat from zombies, would we starve, or would we eat the meat?"

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