Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 407 - 216: Honor Quest_2

Chapter 407: Chapter 216: Honor Quest_2

Spectator Maya asked, "For example?"

Lin Wu said, "For example, running outside the door and shouting three times: ’I am a fool, I am a fool, I am a fool.’"

As soon as he said that, even the childish Little Knife looked down on him, saying, "Childish."

At that moment, Stone lazily approached the two mahjong tables, handing out three repeating crossbow magazines to each person: "These past few days Lin Wu and Maya have worked hard, and everyone else has too. So, I propose we take a day off tomorrow."

Everyone looked at their magazines, waiting for Stone to connect the day off with the magazines.

Stone said, "Tomorrow night we will eat oysters. Each magazine has ten crossbow arrows, each person has thirty arrows. Each arrow represents five kilograms of oysters. Simply put, for every arrow lost, you’ll have to dig up five kilograms of oysters tomorrow. The bet ends at one o’clock in the morning."

Seeing the silence among the crowd, Stone taunted, "Scared?"

Lin Wu asked, "What’s your calculation?"

Stone said, "Maya and I will each bet on one of you, and whoever loses more, we will dig that amount."

Snow Egg said, "And this counts as a day off?"

Stone spread his hands and said, "Someone will get to rest, anyway."

Lin Wu looked at everyone and declared, "I’m in."

"In." Everyone spoke up one after another, as long as I wasn’t the one losing.

Stone said, "I bet on Little Knife."

"Fine," Lin Wu said. "To ensure fairness, Snow Egg and Little Knife will be separated."

In a hurry, Stone said, "Don’t, let us at least savor a bit of the rotten scent of love."

Little Knife, with her face blushing red, kicked Stone.

Ignoring Stone, Lin Wu asked, "And you, Maya?"

Maya’s brain started working, recalling past win rates at the card table, each person’s level of expertise, and responded, "I bet on Peanut."

...

Resource Beach spanned a large area, where seventy percent consisted of land and thirty percent was sea, surrounded by faint rainbow-colored air walls. Why was the land area so large? Because a significant part was mucky ground. Walking through the muck was torture in itself, with uneven steps that could leave you stuck, sometimes with your upper body moving, but your feet still trapped, causing you to fall flat in the mud.

Having crossed the mucky ground, you would reach the reef area. The reefs were not smooth and even, and they were covered in oysters, barnacles, and other sessile shellfish. There were also many crabs among the rocks.

Beyond the reef area, you would finally enter the sea, where the murky waters, thanks to the mudflat bay, hid more reefs that could easily trip you up if you weren’t careful.

As you continued forward, you would reach the coral reefs, teeming with countless fish. Here, the water was clearer, but you could only snorkel. Swimming? Swim a lap and you’d come out with over a dozen cuts.

Since it was Resource Beach, the system also provided an artificial pier extending 50 meters out to the nearby Deep Sea Blue Hole. Unlike your typical deep-sea blue hole, this one had four blue holes, each unfathomably deep. Sadly, they were only half a square meter in size, good for nothing but fishing.

From a recreational standpoint, the happiness index of this beach was even lower than the small river behind the back door. Fall into the river, and you might swallow a mouthful of water. Fall on the beach, you’ll either eat mud or drink seawater—and the key point is that the seawater is salty, drink too much, and it dries out your throat.

The eight workers grabbed homemade iron sheets, put on gloves, and trudged through the mud, finally reaching the rocks to pry oysters from their surfaces.

The sun rose, and its heat baked the mucky ground, filling the entire area with a hot, offensive smell. Lin Wu stood by the portal with folded arms, watching the eight hard-working individuals, and said to Su Shi, "We’re all brothers and sisters. Seeing them suffer like this is honestly unbearable for me."

Su Shi said, "Then we won’t watch."

With that, the two burst into laughter and teleported away. Shana, upon hearing the laughter intentionally carried to her ears, grabbed a handful of mud and threw it towards the distant duo. The poker game last night was a roller coaster. Su Shi made a miraculous comeback, eventually taking five consecutive turns as the banker. Lin Wu won early on but then started losing because he had won too much earlier, to the point where he couldn’t lose it all later.

The most miserable was Peanut, who understood mahjong; his ability to speak and play didn’t mean he mastered it. He lost all his chips and dragged Maya down with him into digging one hundred and fifty kilograms of clams. Stone didn’t fare much better, and Little Knife’s straightforwardness got her repeatedly blocked, resulting in her losing one hundred kilograms of clams as well.

Su Shi went to the crafting room and lived a contented otaku life in his little paradise. Lin Wu and Wai played in the western parking lot, killing rats along the way, eagerly unlocking Hunter’s second skill and aiming for 20 Star Agility.

However, the rats at the sawmill were tougher than the ones at the supermarket base; one reason was the abundance of hiding spots amidst the large stacked logs, through which the rats liked to scuttle. Another reason was that these rats weren’t short on food and weren’t interested in Lin Wu’s bait.

While they were having fun, a commotion came from the west. Lin Wu stood on tiptoes to see, spotting an NPC with one hand clutching his chest, on the run, with a large group of zombies in pursuit. This NPC was much kinder than a merchant; merchants not only ran in a zigzag to drag the monsters along but also intentionally slowed down. The NPC, however, ran straight towards the base.

Lin Wu immediately switched to his assault rifle. It was just like Lin Wu, after all, he belonged to the Meteorological Station base and always carried his full gear whenever he visited the main base.

The NPC soon entered the safe zone, and Lin Wu, standing beside him, opened fire relentlessly. One by one, the zombies fell until over twenty of them lay dead.

The NPC was no ordinary person; he was a Fortress agent. It was Lin Wu’s first time seeing such a disheveled agent without a backpack, though he hadn’t seen many of them, to begin with. The NPC’s purpose was to assign an honor mission - honor points could be exchanged for various services via the radio, but the price was high.

The NPC’s squad had been attacked by zombies, leaving him the only survivor. During the breakout, he was not only wounded and infected but also lost most of his equipment and his basic ability to move. The NPC got in touch with headquarters through a satellite phone, and headquarters promised to deploy a helicopter to pick him up soon. However, before boarding, he must inject serum to prevent bringing the virus into the quarantine zone and to stop him from transforming on the helicopter.

Upon hearing this, Lin Wu thought it was Dawn trying to deceive him out of his serum supply and was ready to kill him: Does the life of an NPC even warrant a bottle of serum?

The NPC explained that during their mission, a resource box had been airdropped with them. This resource box could be preserved for a long time; it was meant to provide emergency assistance to Fortress agents in the combat zone. The resource box must not be touched unless needed. This resource box contained the serum the NPC required.

The NPC said, "There’s a red cross on the box, the code is 789. Don’t input it wrong, or it will explode. You can’t take the whole resource box either, or it will explode. This is the location of the resource box."

Lin Wu glanced at the NPC’s phone that displayed an animated real scene map. At first glance, it felt eerily familiar to Lin Wu, and upon a closer look, wasn’t this the football field at the exit of Sewer 99’s Channel 1? The resource box was near the goal post.

The NPC said, "Sir, it’s all up to you now." His body tilted, and he collapsed. Simultaneously, the 30-minute mission countdown started.

Lin Wu’s mind raced. Thought one: If I give him a shot myself, can I save him? Maybe, but there’s a resource box over there, and the serum is only part of the resources. If I inject him and he walks away, and I lose a shot of serum, who do I cry to?

Thought two: Can I reach Exit 1? The answer is yes. The flood drainage sewers aren’t complicated; just follow the main conduit and turn left at the site. There’s a special marker at the position.

Thought three: Is half an hour enough? It should be, enough at least to get the resource box. As for whether the NPC is dead or alive after getting the resource box, it’s all up to fate.

Thought four: Do I need to call others? Hmm... Can’t give them an excuse to not dig clams.

Thought five: Can I handle a Night Demon? Lin Wu wasn’t confident in a solo fight, but with Wai, they would definitely be enough.

Lin Wu took Wai to the crafting room, where Su Shi inquired about the gunshots. Lin Wu briefly explained there was an NPC mission, and if he didn’t come back within an hour, to have Shana and Maya go into the sewers to rescue people.

Following Lin Wu’s instructions, Su Shi fetched a Fairy Wand and a bow from the warehouse. They tied the Fairy Wand on Wai’s back and hung the bow around Wai’s neck. This way, Lin Wu could see Wai’s expression in the dark, hence gauge whether there was a Night Demon nearby.

Why not tie a flashlight to Wai or put a headlamp on him? Of course not, first, it wouldn’t allow Lin Wu to see Wai’s face, and second, Wai shaking the light around would blind his master, Lin Wu.

It took 3 minutes for the preparations. A man and his dog headed towards the Meteorological Station. Su Shi looked at the NPC lying on the ground: "What do we do with him?"

Lin Wu said, "Shoot and kill him after 26 minutes." Since we can’t save you, let’s hope you can make some contribution to us.

Su Shi shouted, "Need a hand?"

Lin Wu responded, "No need." Man and dog, with little lights twinkling, went into the distance.

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