Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 386 - 209 Blind Box

Chapter 386: Chapter 209 Blind Box

The white little boxes were a beautiful sight in the homeland, known to everyone as the Dawn Blind Boxes. The contents of the white little boxes were fixed from the beginning, but no one knew what was inside. There were often system activities in the market to auction blind boxes. Since buyers did not know the source of the blind boxes, sellers had to bid them for the price of a piece of scrap iron. The usual transaction price was one pistol bullet. Personnel from this base and allied bases were not allowed to bid.

Although there was a lot of room for maneuver, it was the liveliest event in the market. What’s interesting about this event is that the seller only knows where they got the blind box from and can estimate its value, but they do not know what’s actually within the box. Once, someone had exchanged a pistol bullet for an important base plugin.

Lin Wu said, "It’s quite interesting." Who doesn’t like gifts, right? Compared to ordinary gifts, gifts that even the giver doesn’t know about are more of a surprise.

Shana gently shook her head, "Seven gifts for ten people, excluding Stone and Su Shi, isn’t fair to Snow Egg who’s on duty. Who will issue the tasks in the future 33rd level? Will it be a few experts or everyone joining in the fun? Suppose a few people issue tasks for one gift, and the gift contains a drug that increases attribute stars, who should it belong to?"

Shana said, "The more choices there are, the less conducive it is to unity."

"Oh?" Lin Wu tucked the box into his backpack, that’s your job as the Deputy Commander. I’m just a screwdriver, I don’t care how you manage the team.

Shana said, "The story of a broken cauldron and sunk boats is like this. Originally, the soldiers had two choices: to flee or to resist. After breaking the cauldrons and sinking the boats, they were left with only one choice: to resist. We choose an entertainment facility, and if there’s only one, there will be no disagreement among everyone."

Shana said, "The most terrifying thing for a team is uneven distribution of benefits. Shadow had been striving for survival, and everyone demonstrated their value. Once the crisis of food and warmth passes, there might be certain thoughts on resource distribution. For example, cancel food in summer. There are only five pieces of meat in a pot of soup, how do you distribute it? Or say today we have prepared very even 10 portions of food, do you think it’s fair? Some people are full after eating half, others feel comfortable only after eating two portions."

Shana said, "With equal distribution, some waste while others go hungry. With distribution according to need, those who eat more consume more of the base’s resources. Can those who eat less claim better quality food for themselves? Starting a business is hard, but keeping it is harder. When starting a business, everyone starts with nothing; when keeping it, everyone has to distribute the benefits."

Lin Wu said, "Maya likes to link the game’s background to reality, and you like to expand your thinking, plan ahead, and prevent trouble before it happens. Truly a perfect match." This kind of thought requires a certain pessimistic mindset, thinking about the worst-case scenario to prepare for it.

While talking, the two returned to the lobby. Lin Wu handed over the 33rd level’s task token to the old man, who issued a task card: Rescue. The tasker needed to find the target on the 33rd level.

The task background: the Aixia Family booked the 33rd floor of the Left County Hotel as the venue for their annual family gathering. A member of the Aixia Family is one of the shareholders of Fortress Company, and most of the members have ID cards. There is also a famous scientist in the family. After the zombie virus outbreak, the scientist who didn’t attend the gathering lost contact with the family. In the following months, the scientist used the serum to create an Antimatter Entropy Reduction Serum.

Entropy increase: Pork turns into bacon, and the result after the change is irreversible.

Entropy reduction: Bacon turns back into pork.

The theory is based on the Yin-Yang, Five Elements and Eight Trigrams theory; where there’s Yin, there must be Yang, there’s life and death, pork can turn into bacon, and naturally bacon can also turn back into pork, the key is the method.

Simply put, this is a serum that can turn zombies back into normal people.

Task: Inject the serum into the zombie target, contact the scientist using the target’s phone, and send the target to the helicopter on the rooftop.

Target: Aixia Family Patriarch. One important item on the Aixia Family gathering’s agenda was, due to the death of the former patriarch, the need for family members to elect a new patriarch at the gathering. Since the scientist was oblivious to external affairs, he did not know who might become the patriarch. But as a member of the Aixia Family, he was obliged to rescue the patriarch.

"The general idea is: to gather information without killing any zombies and confirm the identity of the patriarch," Lin Wu flipped over the task card, "Task difficulty B. Wow!" Level 34 was C+, now it’s straight to B, skipping B-.

"Go back?"

"Go back."

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On the way back, both of them were somewhat worried that Snow Egg, who didn’t participate in the task, might have some emotions. But they underestimated the power of love. Since Snow Egg was working a shift, Little Knife and Snow Egg were playfully nudging each other in front of everyone, quite childishly.

Even Stone couldn’t stand it anymore, loudly coughed to stop the two, then turned to the blocked back door conference table with 7 boxes on top: "Take one each." He stopped Su Shi, who stood up, with his grenade launcher: You don’t get one.

"I’m just looking," Su Shi approached the neatly arranged 7 boxes, examining them seriously, "With my novice engineer’s eye, I can tell that at least one, possibly two boxes contain materials."

Most people were skeptical, only Stone, who used to play with radios in his early years, knew that the chance of a blind box containing materials was 25%. Sure enough, every man likes to show off, except the low-key, luxurious, and profound self.

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