Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 377 - 205 Exploring the Waterway

Chapter 377: Chapter 205 Exploring the Waterway

Maya said, "Withdraw from this route. Since we can’t find Blood Heart now and only Blood Mist is available, the efficiency of farming Serum is not high, let’s withdraw Lin Wu from this route. We’ll consider the Serum production after Shana opens up the Bounty Hunter channel."

Shana pitched in, "Lin Wu and I are enough."

Maya nodded, "Okay, you two will operate independently. The current Threat Value of the base is 5, and it’s difficult for Stone to defend the base alone, so Bai Ban will assign someone to stay at the base." With the surplus manpower, planning and arrangements could be made more thoroughly.

Shana looked at Lin Wu and smiled as she extended her hand, "We’re partners again."

Lin Wu sighed and shook hands with Shana, "It doesn’t even feel new anymore." Lin Wu dodged punches at close range, avoiding flying kicks, showing everyone with facts how high attributes could crush a newbie.

This scene stunned everyone. Everyone knew Lin Wu’s three primary and one secondary attributes, and that he never reset them, but they hadn’t realized the gap was so vast. From his recent movements, Lin Wu’s reaction speed surpassed Shana by a dimension.

Not convinced, Shana took Lin Wu aside to practice. Shana, who had learned fighting for several months, couldn’t land a hit on Lin Wu. Stone enjoyed the chaos without fear and told Shana to bravely fight back with weapons when facing bad guys. Even using an expandable stick, Shana was still very passive, with Lin Wu’s fast advances and retreats making her attacks miss repeatedly.

Maya saw a pattern. When Lin Wu dodged, advanced, or retreated, he was burning stamina. Normally, with his double Agility, he could only make a level 1 move, but by consuming stamina, he was able to perform 1.2 or even higher level moves. Like a boxer who normally punches twice a second, they can also punch three times a second, but it consumes more stamina. Lin Wu’s high-speed movements also burned more stamina, but besides his double Agility, he had primary Physical Strength, which allowed him to recover stamina quickly, and his secondary Will reduced the stamina consumption, enabling Lin Wu to freely waste stamina.

Lin Wu fully utilized the recovery speed of his primary Physical Strength, finding the rhythm that suited him best and wasted the least stamina.

Lin Wu called a halt, and took out a water pen from his backpack to use as a dagger. What followed was a merciless fight. Lin Wu struck as fast as lightning; before Shana could raise her stick, she was already hit. And as the stick fell, she was hit again, while Lin Wu easily dodged it.

The advantage of high attributes was perfectly demonstrated in Lin Wu. With his performance, a full-blown discussion and experimentation with attributes kicked off that evening around the campfire. It was discovered that the difference was not significant within a 3-star gap in attributes. Beyond a 5-star gap, a noticeable difference emerged. And past 10 stars, the disparity was stark.

This wasn’t news. Someone with primary Agility would obviously be faster than one without, simply because they were born in Rome with a higher speed threshold. Primary Strength could deal more stun time, something not achievable by even 10,000 stars of Agility. However, because Lin Wu’s attributes were so high, it led to a combat scene completely out of one’s league.

Lin Wu’s double Agility made his Agility level up very fast, and it was already at 17 stars. He would maintain a significant lead over most people and his combat strength would only grow stronger, widening the gap between him and the players. With his 8-star Physical Strength and 3-star Will, one could say that in one-on-one close combat, without using Wind Stinger, Lin Wu was without an opponent, even against the swordmanship of Maya with a machete.

The only regret was that the advantage of attributes was not as apparent in the use of firearms. However, the higher the star level, the more advanced skills that could be learned. Lin Wu with 20 stars of Agility could learn Sharpshooter. By then, using Forest Wolf, he would be deadly accurate since he no longer had to consider environmental data such as Wind Power or temperature that could affect accuracy. Even with Crossbow Arrow in hand, there would be no arc in the trajectory; he could shoot wherever he aimed.

Upon fully recognizing the importance of attributes, many who had died in instances and lost their attributes deeply regretted it, which led to a new leveling frenzy within Shadow.

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A new day, a new beginning. Lin Wu took the brewed tea, biting the cup while climbing the ropes up to the lookout with both hands. Sitting down, he petted the dog’s head while leisurely drinking his tea, enjoying the peaceful morning.

An explosion rang out from the east. Lin Wu took a glance with Silencer and saw it was the rascal Stone playing with grenades. Sitting atop the "throne" in the farm, composting and firing grenade launchers in all directions. Whether he hit zombies or not, he didn’t really care.

The most comfortable life is one without the rush to change shifts.

Soon, Shana came up with a hot water kettle, making instant coffee for herself: "Morning," she said, holding her cup as they both enjoyed the view. Luxury items like coffee, following the looting of stores, would only become more plentiful.

"Morning," Lin Wu replied, each holding a hot drink as they continued to daydream.

After three rounds of tea and two cups of coffee, the pair leisurely set off towards the main base, taking a detour to Warehouse 88.

Stone watched as they passed through the factory: "You got no manners?"

"Oh," Lin Wu waved to Su Shi in the fabrication room: "Bone-de to touch you."

Shana said, "Shana touches you too."

"Touch you, touch you," Su Shi replied casually, not really looking up from his magazine.

Not until they encountered the first zombie and eliminated it did Lin Sha regain some spirit. They arrived at the sewer entrance without issue and entered. Shana stood under the blueprint, chanting silently, while Lin Wu sat against the wall, took out his thermos, and continued to sip tea.

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