Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 403 - 215 Return to Full

Chapter 403: Chapter 215 Return to Full

Lin Wu picked up the walkie-talkie, "Calling, calling, calling anyone except Old Man."

Shana: "Hey, Lin Wu."

Lin Wu asked, "Is the Resource Beach finished?"

Shana was silent for a while, "Yes."

Lin Wu asked, "Is it a beach?"

Shana answered, "Yes."

Lin Wu asked, "Is the experience good?"

Stone chimed in from the side, "Don’t tell him, let him come back and experience it himself."

Shana answered with a cry in her voice, "It’s fun."

"Huh?" The cry that came out, was it deliberately misleading me?

"Hanging up."

Lin Wu was puzzled and stared at the walkie-talkie blankly.

Maya, who was sipping hot water on the side, said, "Resource Beach, as the name implies, possesses abundant marine resources. How many marine resources do you normally see on a beautiful white sand beach?"

"It seems not so many." You could say very few.

Maya asked, "Do shellfish prefer muck or sand beaches?"

"Muck, I guess?"

Maya asked, "Do crabs prefer reefs or sand beaches?"

"Ah?"

Maya said, "Coral is the preferred habitat for fish and many marine creatures. A lack of coral by the sea means a lack of abundant fish resources. As a Resource Beach, if I guess correctly, there should be rocks by the sea, with pieces of clam shells that can cut your feet. After entering the water, there should be underwater reefs. The sea is mostly muddy, so the water won’t be very clear."

Maya: "A muddy beach and a rocky shore, these two things shouldn’t be together. Of course, I have another thought, that Stone built a beach, not including the shore and the seawater."

Lin Wu said, "So you’re saying, we built a mud hole?"

Maya said, "Your so-called mud hole is actually a sacred place for sea foraging. Many shellfish marine life prefer muddy pits, with clams being the most common. When I was a child, I could dig up 30 kilograms of clams on a weekend morning at the seashore."

Lin Wu nodded, "Now that you mention it, I feel like I could work here for another week. Oh man! When summer comes, in order to get food, we’d not only have to forage the sea for clams but also become farmers?"

Maya said, "That’s survival. Are you done drinking? If so, let’s start working." Maya didn’t say it, but Shadow indeed had both a beach and a farm. To build a farm, one must possess Agricultural Skills. To build a Resource Beach, a Universal Card is needed. While everyone can work hard on the former, effort alone isn’t enough for the latter.

Before Su Shi proposed the beach idea, the three leaders had already discussed the survival problem for summer. A farm could certainly provide enough to eat, but the food was too monotonous. They considered creating a hunting ground, but the only Hunter was lackadaisical, which wasn’t reassuring. A pasture was another option, but it required purchasing expensive Skill Books, so it was not considered.

Compared to mountains and fields, the ocean can provide the most, and arguably infinite, food for humans.

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Perhaps it was some game mechanism that was triggered, or perhaps it was just bad luck, but on the third workday, there were only a measly eight bottles of Serum to show for it. You should know that on the first rest day, working only until 3 p.m., they obtained 20 bottles of Serum. Today, starting from 7 a.m. and ending at 6 p.m., they only got eight bottles. Including the three hours from yesterday afternoon, the temporary base has collected a total of 37 bottles of Serum so far.

With 1 hour left before sunset, the two hurried to use the safety zone to clear out the zombies, dismantle equipment to get Splintered Wood and scrap metal. Now, they were left with only 120 Crossbow Arrows. After busily replenishing for an hour, the stock was back up to 150. Relying on the retrieval feature of the Crossbow Arrows, they just about had enough for the next day.

The biggest problem was that Lin Wu’s Quick Gunner Lock Head skill was ineffective with the Repeating Crossbow, so he had to aim directly. Although the distance was short, Frenzy was agile, and three out of ten arrows would hit outside the head. Furthermore, first eliminating the zombies and then the Frenzy meant there wasn’t enough time to retrieve the Crossbow Arrows used on the zombies.

To conserve ammunition and to avoid Lin Wu’s clumsy hands, the two discussed the possibility of Maya taking the lead in combat and Lin Wu providing support. It was clear that Lin Wu wasn’t as dedicated as Maya—what if he was slow in controlling the equipment? One couldn’t expect Lin Wu to be diligent; that was just his personality. However, Lin Wu had his own methods.

The solution was simple: hang Maya outside the 19th floor. If she could reach her weapon to the tentacles, that was enough. Knock out all the Blood Zombies and shoot them dead, then, after confirming it was safe, Lin Wu would lower Maya down to loot the corpses. The advantage of this approach was Maya’s high precision and dedication; she wouldn’t slack off. Lin Wu’s operation was simple. The downside was that they could only blindly knock.

The difference between the two methods was the distance of the rope let down. Lin Wu could directly reach just below the 19th floor, landing in the upper half of the 18th floor, about two and a half meters from the height of the crane. Maya could only reach the junction of the 19th and 18th floors, where she either had to steady her body with one hand and hit the possible location of the tentacles blindly with a weapon in the other, or she would have to hang upside down. Clearly, hanging upside down was not in line with the safety rope’s regulations.

Maya asked, "What about lowering it another 50 centimeters?"

Lin Wu answered, "If the Frenzy stands on the window frame and jumps to attack, it will definitely reach you." Even in operational control, Lin Wu had to use his waist strength, occasionally lifting his legs horizontally. Damn Dawn, lifting your legs actually consumes stamina? Can you believe that?

"Let’s give it a try."

You couldn’t blame Lin Wu for slacking; the intensity of the work was rather high.

During the day, they fought all day, then at night, they had to dismantle furniture in the base, followed by sleep and night watch. There was almost no private time, not even a moment to think or daydream. So, Lin Wu could only slack off during work. After fighting a wave of zombies and looting corpses, he would stand high up on the crane and enjoy the scenery, often stretching a one-minute waiting rest period into several minutes.