Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 414 - 219 Rest Day_2

Chapter 414: Chapter 219 Rest Day_2

Shana said, "We’re taking such a big risk, and you only give us a few bullets, isn’t that unfair?"

A secret agent reached into his black suit and pulled out a brown envelope, "There’s also a follow-up mission. The mercenaries guarding the fortress’ laboratory betrayed the fortress upon learning of the virus. They called themselves the Alliance and contacted comrades from all over the country to stockpile supplies and take refuge. The main culprit built his own shelter in the Left County industrial area, plundering a large amount of fortress resources. Eliminate them, and you can take everything they have."

Agent: "There is a map inside the envelope, the location of their shelter is marked by a star."

Stone, watching from outside, asked, "Can we steal the helicopter?"

Hearing Stone’s words, the helicopter started up, its rotor blades spinning rapidly. One of the agents, holding Seru, along with another covering them both, slowly backed toward the helicopter. Lin Wu, still unsure why the mission could never be completed, considering the honor points, had not fired his weapon.

When Seru was put on the helicopter, a system notification popped: Rescue Seru mission completed, 250 honor points awarded.

This was a death sentence. Upon receiving the sentence, everyone tacitly opened fire together. The two agents and Seru were killed on the spot, but the helicopter took off and left. As it lifted off the ground, Lin Wu grabbed a hold of one agent’s leg, pulled his body down from the helicopter, and searched it for a map.

It was a firepower map of Left County with four red circles on it, one of which was at a campsite on the mountain top that Lin Wu and Shana had visited. There were two large-caliber guns at the campsite with a range exceeding 25 kilometers. The game description on the map stated that occupying the firepower points as Outpost Cards would provide artillery support.

Not only were there instructions, but also explanations. After capturing the firepower points, the base command could call in a round of twenty-four 155mm artillery support every twelve hours. Artillery support required guidance, and guiding items included infrared guidance devices, signal flares, etc., which could all be manufactured in the workshop after unlocking the firepower points.

Lin Wu and Shana high-fived each other; they had guessed before that the campsite could provide fire support.

Stone was also very interested, "Do we still have an Outpost Card?" He knew they didn’t, but what if? What if Lin Wu had hidden one? Although he couldn’t quite explain why Lin Wu would stash it away, wasn’t it just a what if?

Everyone shook their heads.

The system made a global announcement, releasing a medical patch: Due to the players’ complaints about serious bugs in the current medical system, the system has updated. The update details are as follows.

First: All medical problems will be treated with true-to-life rendering.

Second: Detailed content can be referred to in the latest game instructions.

The gist of it was that in the future, whether it’s a fracture or bleeding, it would no longer be reflected in numerical values. For example, a fracture would hurt, painkillers could alleviate the pain; if the fractured area was touched again, it would continue to hurt and require more painkillers. The system suggested that in the absence of a doctor, players could learn how to make temporary medical splints.

Bleeding depended on the situation; if not treated properly, even a wound that can heal on its own could become infected.

In addition, symptoms like tinnitus, dizziness, and vomiting were added to mimic the actual human reactions to sickness and injuries. The hope was that everyone would enjoy it.

Third: To meet the players’ needs for realism, the clothing system was specially updated. After the update, damaged clothes would no longer be refreshed to new. As clothes became torn, their value of warmth would reduce, and exposed skin might lead to sunburns if left in the sun for too long. Self-healing sicknesses like sunburn could not be aided in the medbay.

To care for the health of the players’ psyche, any exposed body parts due to torn clothing would automatically be censored with mosaics. When clothes were completely unwearable, players would be forcibly teleported to a dungeon to spend 12 hours at a sewing machine to repair their clothes. What was most fatal was, the return transport would drop the player at the exact location where they entered the dungeon.

Chopping up zombies halfway only to be teleported into a dungeon. Twelve hours later, exit the dungeon to find teammates gone...

"This is retaliation, retaliation against those without clothes," Lin Wu complained, "It’s Dawn retaliating against players who challenge its authority." The whole world should unite and take down Dawn.

Maya was rather indifferent, "Everything in Homeland has been developing in the direction of realism; it’s completely expected, just didn’t think they’d target the clothes system so soon." I also didn’t expect the system to come up with a 12-hour confinement to punish players without spare clothing. To preserve harmony, Dawn sure did strain its CPU.

Shana smiled smugly, "My nickname is Fragrant Treasure, from now on, please refer to me as Lady Shana."

Stone sighed, "Bad company ruins good morals; just like that, a perfectly good girl goes bad."

Lin Wu asked in confusion, "What ink? Who is the ink?" It seemed that no one else at the base had such a shameless quality.

Peanut ran off with tears, "He’s genuinely asking."

Everyone sighed together.

Shana was excused from the task of digging for oysters by Demon Lin, and Su Shi turned the little scraps of fabric into cloth, which Shana used to make a basic set of clothes for everyone. The clothes came with a durability feature; when the durability hit zero, and without a spare set of clothes, one would have to step on the sewing machine.

Lin Wu’s mind wandered and he asked, "Does this mean we even have to wash clothes in the future?"

Those digging oysters all looked at Lin Wu in unison; to them, who were used to washing machines, doing laundry by hand was a nightmare.

Stone added, "Do we have to take baths too? And build a bathroom?"

Emerald Feather said, "Do we have to wash our hair as well?" Long-haired girls hate washing their hair.

Snow Egg said, "We should file a collective complaint, opposing this realism."

Sir Lin sat in his chair, eating chips and said, "When Dawn needs it, it listens to public opinion. When it doesn’t need you, it won’t even give you a second glance." Dawn was the steward, not the mayor, and it had its own operating logic. Its logic was to achieve goals; if it could use you, it would. Of course, it wouldn’t just get rid of you for obstructing its goals—it was constrained by rules, too. In Lin Wu’s words, Dawn wasn’t bad, but it was incredibly sly.

Why was Lin Wu here? Bored and with nothing better to do, he dragged a chair over to the mud pit to cheer everyone on. Who knew when he might lose at mahjong next, so one might as well revel in triumph when life was good. At the same time, he aimed to ignite everyone’s fighting spirit and extend the mahjong nights indefinitely.

Since everyone dug up such a large haul, Horse Soul would run out of lives before he could cook them all. Finally committing to the task, Stone decided to build a kitchen. After digging up his own share, Horse Soul went to work in the kitchen, while Lin Wu timed his departure perfectly to sneak a few oysters on his way out. Before leaving, Lin Wu warned those still working, "I remember exactly how much everyone’s supposed to dig; no slacking off, got it?"

Peanut waited for Lin Wu to teleport away from the mission, hands on hips and declared, "Next time I’ll beat him until he’s running scared."

Maya remained calm, working while saying, "Shouldn’t it be ’no more gambling ever’?"

Maya’s statement successfully killed the mood. Without Lin Wu there to save the day, the scene fell into silence.

Emerald Feather said, "I’m done digging." She exhaled with relief.

Shana said while working, "Emerald Feather, you could’ve just dug a few; Lin Wu wouldn’t have made it hard for you."

Emerald Feather was taken aback, "Does that mean he doesn’t consider me one of his own?"

Shana was also stunned, having to admit there was sense in Emerald Feather’s words. It was precisely because everyone was familiar with each other that Lin Wu went to such lengths. The atmosphere at Shadow base with Lin Wu was much better than without him.

Snow Egg said, "No, that’s not it; you’re a doctor, he wouldn’t dare offend you." It was one reason, yet it also highlighted their estrangement. Kicking Stone’s backside would only lead to a fight with Lin Wu; he would never fire Lin Wu. Not bullying Emerald Feather was due to the fear of retaliation, and it so happened to illustrate the distance between Lin Wu and her, right?

It was an unavoidable situation; old acquaintances not mentioned, Peanut got along fabulously with Lin Wu, the two as thick as thieves. Only Emerald Feather, who seldom interacted with Lin Wu in daily life, was harder for him to tease or bother, resulting in a somewhat distant relationship. But after all, in a base with ten people, one couldn’t expect the relationships to be as unified as though they were all one person.

At that moment, Su Shi entered the mission area, raising his hands high, "Six-star siege, six-star siege." What the hell kind of mission was this, being a messenger for a day.

Here we go again! After barely getting a day’s rest, not only did they have to dig oysters, but they also had to keep going back for overtime. Unluckily, they had to return to dig more oysters after finishing the overtime work.

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