Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 409 - 217 Seven-Star Siege_2

Chapter 409: Chapter 217 Seven-Star Siege_2

Maya was the calmest, "What happened?"

Little Knife swallowed hard, his eyes wide as copper bells, "Su Shi, Su Shi is whipping Lin Wu."

"Ah?" Everyone doubted their own ears.

"With a belt, whipping fiercely, the smacking sound was very loud," Little Knife said, "Lin Wu curled up, hugging his head and let Su Shi kick and whip him."

Everyone looked at each other for a while before Stone asked, "Have you lost your mind?"

Little Knife, jumping anxiously on the spot, "It’s true, you have to believe me, come and see with me."

They looked at each other again, and Horse Soul said timidly, "Isn’t it inappropriate for us to go out now?"

Peanut and several others nodded in agreement.

Little Knife didn’t understand, "Why is it not appropriate?"

Peanut explained, "Can Su Shi beat Lin Wu?"

"He can’t."

Peanut asked, "Then why would Lin Wu put up with being hit?"

"Because... because..." Little Knife’s eyes suddenly grew as large as copper bells, "Because Lin Wu is willing?" His world turned upside down, Little Knife slapped himself to make sure he wasn’t dreaming.

Most people were at a loss, only Stone said, "Let’s go out and have a look."

Little Knife hurriedly said, "Isn’t that inappropriate?"

Stone said, "I like to watch, is that okay?" How could that be possible.

The crowd exited the instance and wandered around, only to find Su Shi in the crafting room drinking tea, who said nonchalantly upon seeing everyone, "Why have you all come out? Did you dig enough?"

They looked at each other and returned to near the entrance of the instance. Little knife had just exited the instance, not believing what he heard, so he ran around the factory, but didn’t find anything unusual. Little Knife came back and whispered, "Really, really, you have to believe me."

Su Shi emerged from the crafting room, and Stone asked, "Old Su, has anyone been by?"

Su shook his head, "No one."

Maya pressed, "Not a single person the whole time?"

Su shook his head, "No."

Peanut, observant, picked up a belt from under the factory’s lathe and asked, "Why is there a belt here?"

Seeing everyone looking at him, Su Shi said, "How would I know."

Shana asked, "Where is Lin Wu?"

Su Shi replied, "He took Wai out to play."

Maya said, "Everyone, take the oysters to the warehouse, and make sure to weigh them first to avoid shortages that could cause issues."

A few people went to the goods warehouse, pouring out oysters while discussing the matter. Little Knife kept saying, "You really have to believe me."

By then, Stone, who had always thought Little Knife was sick, had changed his mind, "I believe it. Because Old Su is lying."

Snow Egg said, "Think about it, who can Old Su beat? As long as the other person resists, Old Su is doomed."

Maya said, "Let’s rest a bit and not arouse Su Shi’s suspicions. Besides, this is someone else’s private affair, and I suggest we don’t meddling in it."

They boiled water for tea and discussed in hushed tones around the campfire. After a while, Lin Wu and Wai returned. Seeing a group of people chatting, Lin Wu was livid, "I hate people who slack off at work the most in this life. Did everyone dig their several hundred pounds of oysters?"

Peanut opened his mouth wide and whispered after a long while, "That’s got to be the most shameless thing I’ve ever heard."

Lin Wu approached, and Little Knife asked, "Lin Wu, where did you go?"

Lin Wu paused for half a second, "Just wandered around."

Clearly, Lin Wu did not expect anyone to care about his whereabouts; the pause made everyone doubt his reaction. Shana pointed to Wai, who was adorned with a butterfly knot and a Fairy Wand. Everyone didn’t know what to say or even think, as it would be a grave sin to speculate.

Feeling the strange atmosphere, Lin Wu asked, "Is there something wrong?"

Su Shi also came forward, "If you’ve got something to say, then say it."

Stone tentatively said, "Old Su, don’t do this sort of thing in the hall in the future."

Su Shi and Lin Wu exchanged glances, with Su Shi asking in surprise, "You saw?"

Little Knife nodded and said to Su Shi, "I saw you hit him with a belt." He didn’t dare to look at Lin Wu, having not expected him to be such a person.

Lin Wu and Su Shi both held their foreheads, Su Shi explained, "I didn’t want to do it, but Lin Wu requested it, and I had no choice."

The group fell apart.

Lin Wu burst into tears, "It’s my fault, I’m sorry everyone."

Everyone hurriedly said, "It’s fine, it’s fine."

Lin Wu took out two serum syringes, "But at least I got two serums."

At this moment, those who thought they understood everything were suddenly perplexed. Shana was the smartest and cautiously asked, "Did you guys get a Skill Book or some item blueprint?"

Lin Wu was shocked, "Holy shit, how did you know?"

Shana covered her face and ran away in tears, "I guessed." Otherwise, how could the whipping produce two serums.

It was then Peanut stood up, took a deep breath, "I haven’t made much contribution to the Shadow since I arrived, I can’t handle technical tasks, but I can take the tough ones."

Peanut handed a belt to Su Shi, put down his backpack, and said determinedly, "Come on, whip me, I’m ready."

Except for Lin Wu and Su Shi, everyone else found themselves somewhat moved. But Lin Wu and Su Shi had their eyes wide open like bells, "What?"

"Whip me."

"Are you out of your mind?"

Maya saw what was going on, pulled Lin Wu to one side, and whispered something in his ear. Lin Wu’s face turned red immediately, unable to pay attention to Maya’s gender, and burst out angrily, "You wish, your whole family wishes."

Su Shi, "What’s going on?"

Lin Wu said, "She said that we like to whip each other."

Su Shi also got angry, "Maya, are you sick?"

Maya wasn’t offended and said, "I think you guys should clarify what you did."

It wasn’t a big deal, it was just that Su Shi had killed an NPC. He and Lin Wu didn’t know NPCs also had health bars, and NPCs infected or injured were as fragile as paper, so after about a dozen lashes, the NPC died. Su Shi quickly got in touch with Lin Wu, knowing Maya would surely give him a lecture on morals and ethics once she found out about this.

First, the base lost honor points. Second, the base lost the follow-up quest. Third, each player treated NPCs differently, for example, many would definitely be dissatisfied with Lin Wu for killing Amanda. Even if Maya had no issues with it, what about the others?

The biggest problem: It was a chain honor quest.

Su Shi found a letter on the dead body, and according to Lin Wu’s guess, after the NPC was treated, they would issue a quest to deliver this letter. And that Resource Box was the reward for a series of chain honor quests.

Lin Wu thought, since the trouble was already created, and the person was already dead, they had the serum in hand. There was no need to tell them. Su Shi also felt that it would be better to remain silent, rather than explaining for a long time and ending up guilty by association.

Once everything was said and done, everyone was silent, just looking at each other. Stone looked at Maya to blame him. Maya looked at Shana for a change of topic. Snow Egg looked at Little Knife, what a silly girl. Horse Soul looked at Little Knife, it’s all your fault. Peanut thought, what a disgrace. Emerald Feather questioned, are we still digging for oysters or not?

"What’s going on?" Lin Wu and Su couldn’t understand.

Maya was afraid that they would connect Peanut’s words to more thoughts, and then more thoughts, and eventually Lin Wu and Su would explode together. So, Maya bravely stood up and said, "Let’s just let it go this time, everyone move out, let’s continue digging for oysters."

Stone added, "Next time we have a group quest, we need to inform everyone."

"Yes, yes, I just thought we didn’t have enough time. I would need to explain when entering the instance, and it wastes a lot of time coming out of it," Lin Wu apologized, "You know the earpiece signal doesn’t work inside the instance."

Stone nodded, "Don’t let it happen again. Everyone go ahead with your tasks." He glanced at Little Knife, thinking you’ve dragged me into a pit, we will settle this in the instance.

Snow Egg saw the unfriendly looks from everyone, immediately said, "Little Knife, you take a break. Go take a shift in the watchtower, come back later."

Little Knife shook her head, "No need, I accept the loss."

Snow Egg wanted to say more but Shana took Little Knife’s hand and entered the instance. They all knew that with Lin Wu and Su Shi’s smarts, after discussing together they would surely connect all the dots, and it would be too awkward to meet after that.

Stupid Little Knife, not seeing things clearly.

...

Unexpectedly, there was a follow-up even after the NPC died. About half an hour later, a helicopter descended from the sky, landing in the west parking lot. The massive noise from its approach at low altitude attracted surrounding zombies, including Titans. Su Shi ran into the instance, continuing to tumble in the mud as he shouted, "Seven-Star Siege, Seven-Star Siege." There was no need for explanations anymore, they would be too late.

No way? Everyone was stunned. Su Shi yelled, "Hurry, Lin Wu is about to die." Knowing that Su Shi wouldn’t joke about this, they quickly scrambled toward the exit.

Maya shouted, "Did everyone bring their weapons?" The rule was, even at the base, you must carry at least one firearm.

Peanut and Emerald Feather responded the loudest, "We did."

Horse Soul and Little Knife trembled with fear and dared not make a sound while Snow Egg secretly handed a small gun to Little Knife.

Maya said nothing more, "Those with weapons follow me to the warehouse and protect those without to get armed."

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