Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 347 - 194 Arrangement_2

Chapter 347: Chapter 194 Arrangement_2

To address the scarcity of grid space, the best solution is to expand and establish branch bases. This would allow the allocation of some facilities to those bases. According to Maya’s idea, the Meteorological Station, Fire Station, and Warehouse could be taken as branch bases. Both the Meteorological Station and the Fire Station are small to medium-sized buildings, so they won’t offer too many grids. The Warehouse covers half the area of the Sawmill, so it’s believed to have a good number of grids.

Stone said the kitchen was only a lead-in to his real question, which was how many bases to occupy, who to assign to them, and to which one? There’s a fundamental condition: the main base must always have at least 5 people. Since Shadow currently has a total of 10 members, at most only 4 can be stationed elsewhere, leaving one spot open; otherwise, if someone from the main base dies, the main base would be forced to dissolve.

Therefore, since they are both uphill, the Meteorological Station and Fire Station can only have one person each, and two people in the Warehouse. Due to Lin Wu’s gun skill and tendency to roam around, he had already been assigned to the Meteorological Station. With building materials being produced, it was now time to choose the other three members for the branch bases.

Branch base members need to have a certain level of combat ability to clear any wandering zombies within the base on their own. They also need to be able to tolerate solitude; during the day, they could play at the main base, but at night, they needed to return early to clear any roaming zombies. Why come back early? Because there’s no electricity, no lighting – that’s the biggest disadvantage of the branch bases.

Lin Wu said, "The Meteorological Station and the Fire Station must have top-notch players who can at least survive. Otherwise, the base would dissolve on the spot, and all the materials in the Warehouse would be reset to zero. It’s better at the factory since we can place two people there."

Stone interjected, "We can’t have Snow Egg and Little Knife together."

"Why not?"

"They might get so lovey-dovey they wouldn’t notice if zombies ate them," Stone said. "Also, I really don’t recommend colleagues of the same post getting married. Seeing you at work, seeing you after work, sleeping next to you, like a shadow for 24 hours a day, you’ll tire of each other soon enough, and it will happen quickly."

Maya questioned, "Really?"

"I’m talking about men," Stone replied. "That’s also why I insist that Little Knife and Snow Egg work in different sentry shifts."

After thinking for a while, Lin Wu said, "Anyway, I’m going to the Meteorological Station."

Maya didn’t let Lin Wu off the hook, "What about the Fire Station?"

"You, Peanut, or Little Knife could all do it," Lin Wu replied.

Maya asked, "Little Knife could handle it?"

Lin Wu said, "Wow, you don’t still see her as just a woman, do you? She’s as violent as a Titan."

So there’s no issue. Little Knife will go to the Fire Station, and Snow Egg with someone else to the Cement Factory.

Lin Wu added, "By the way, I don’t like your grand Shadow plan." The so-called grand Shadow plan was to occupy all four grids of Tianzi.

"Oh?" Maya responded.

Lin Wu continued, "We are already short on hands, and everyone likes community living. Due to the density of Titans, the branch bases are highly dangerous. Imagine having a great time at the main base one day, then returning to a branch base to rest, only to find a Titan wandering inside. How many could escape its pursuit? Moreover, after establishing the three branch bases, given the two Sentries left in the main base, minus Su Shi and Stone, we would have only four combat personnel left. How would we arrange the work?"

"I know theoretically, if everyone works hard and follows the assignments, the grand Shadow plan is very suitable for us; we’d become stronger and stronger. But we’re not soldiers, nor are we machines; we’re lazy humans. We work hard to have more time to laze around," Lin Wu stated.

Lin Wu added, "That’s just my personal view."

After Lin Wu left, Stone asked, "What do you think?"

"Not much," Maya replied. In her work and life, she had never seen anyone succumb to inactivity. The moment they had free time, they engaged in training and learning. Her pace of life had always been fast-paced. It was the same while at the Supermarket Base, except that there wasn’t a clear allocation of work there, which didn’t trigger Lin Wu’s aversion.

"If I were the boss, I would definitely adopt Maya’s grand Shadow strategy, because I pursue maximum benefits and would want each employee to work themselves to death for me without any personal thoughts. But Shadow doesn’t belong to me. The goal of establishing Shadow was to serve us all. If that’s reversed, making everyone serve Shadow, then it might as well not exist," Stone replied.

In the end, it was decided to scale down the strategic expansion, occupying only the Meteorological Station as a branch base and reducing the two Sentries to just one on duty. As the sole member of the branch base, Lin Wu wouldn’t participate in sentry duty and could decide for himself what to do. Considering Lin Wu’s contribution to Shadow, it was believed that no one would have objections to this.

With this strategic plan and due to the density of zombies, Shadow wouldn’t be able to expand outward in the near term and could only scavenge for materials through two unconventional routes. One route used overhead corridors constructed from electrical wires. The other used underground tunnels built through the sewer system.

The nearest underground tunnel entrance was at the edge of the Sawmill’s secured zone, a pipe for discharging treated domestic waste water that led directly to the river. However, since it wasn’t a regular sewer entrance, there was no blueprint. Shana was assigned as the leader of the tunnel exploration team to find a way to clear the underground tunnel.

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