Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 441 - 229 Splitting Forces_2

Lin Wu thought for a moment, "You’re heavy."

Maya: "..."

Lin Wu added, "But your waist isn’t thick."

Maya reminded, "You’re harassing me."

After thinking for a while, Lin Wu let out a silly laugh, "Hehe."

Maya didn’t want to ask what Lin Wu was thinking about.

Realizing his faux pas, Lin Wu explained, "I suddenly thought the blood on my leg would have difficulty returning to the body. So I was pondering whether you could stand on your head and hang a bottle at your thigh or waistline, where the blood flowing out could enter the bottle, and then from the bottle through a tube into a vein in your arm."

Maya said, "You’re still harassing me."

Lin Wu: "..."

"What?"

Lin Wu: "Nothing."

"You can say it."

Lin Wu said, "I remembered my classmate, the auntie in the cafeteria gave him an especially large portion of meat in his food."

Maya was puzzled. Why would he think of that? After pondering for a moment, Maya became furious. He meant to imply that she was some ’auntie’ and he didn’t deign to harass her. If it weren’t for the inconvenience of her legs, she would walk over right now and kick him to death.

Lin Wu added, "That auntie was very pretty. We were even a bit jealous of him."

Maya asked, "How old was the auntie?"

Lin Wu replied, "About 23."

Maya almost didn’t spit out a mouthful of blood, "23 and you call her auntie?"

Lin Wu said, "We addressed all social acquaintances as aunt and uncle."

Maya asked, "Were you never beaten for that?"

"No, but people often asked us to call them brother or sister instead," Lin Wu said. "I remember that time... the four of us from the same dormitory were having hotpot. I went to pay with the collective funds. I said, ’Auntie, check please for table 2.’ That lady looked at me for a while then said, ’Call me sister and I’ll give you a 50% discount.’"

Curious, Maya asked, "Did you call her sister?"

Lin Wu: "How could I."

Maya asked, "Then what did you say?"

Lin Wu said, "Thank you, little sister."

Maya couldn’t help but snigger and crawled over to hit Lin Wu lightly.

Lin Wu said, "Just kidding."

Maya said, "I know."

After a long silence, Lin Wu lowered his head to the ground and, without using his hands, flipped over using only his forehead, "Ouch." Time for the painkillers.

Maya said, "Wait a bit before you take them."

Lin Wu was stunned, "What’s wrong?"

Maya said, "Why don’t you bang your head a few more times against the wall? That way, when you take them, it’s like you’ve earned a few extra painkillers, right?"

"A beauty in the first place, why do you treat me like a fool?" Lin Wu said. "After banging my head against the wall, the front of my head won’t hurt anymore, where’s the profit in that?"

With a hint of teasing, Maya said, "As long as you bang it quickly, the pain in the front can be preserved."

The two of them enjoyed the pleasure of talking nonsense, while time ticked away. Lin Wu took the opportunity to lodge a complaint against Dawn. Complaint content: Dawn designed dwarf NPCs, suspected of discrimination.

hours later, Maya regained her health. Lin Wu suggested, "Let’s go there as ordinary players."

Maya vetoed, "Since we promised Nightmare, we can’t change the content of the cooperation on our own. We can persuade Nightmare after she revives, or even break off the cooperation with her, but until then, we can’t complete the mission alone."

Maya stood up, not expecting her body to be realistically fragile from the medical treatment, her legs gave way, and she lunged forward about to hit the wall. Lin Wu, quick-witted, stretched out his leg backward and hooked it, causing Maya to fly up and slap onto the ground. The sound was so loud that Lin Wu gasped in shock.

Maya looked up with difficulty and stared at Lin Wu, "What were you thinking?"

Lin Wu appeared helpless and feeble, quietly saying, "An injury to the head still needs treatment."

Maya exhaled a mouthful of bloody saliva and a tooth, then sat up to take the painkillers while Lin Wu comforted her, "It’s okay, it can be fixed."

Maya, caught between laughing and crying, said, "Let’s go, let’s go."

...

By the time they returned to the base, it was already afternoon. Communication with Shana’s squad in the command post was intermittent, but it was understood that they were making good progress so far. By tonight, before dark, they planned to reach the base of Husband Waiting Cliff and intended to rest for the night before climbing.

The Sawmill base was less than five kilometers away from Husband Waiting Cliff in a straight line. Lin Wu launched a drone and searched according to the location described by Shana, quickly locating their position.

This area was either dense forests or sheer cliffs. Shana’s team was moving along the forest path at the foot of the mountain. In fact, they had yet to truly cross a high mountain. According to Lin Wu’s judgment, they were currently at an altitude of 600 meters, while Husband Waiting Cliff stood at 1500 meters.

They had to ascend a 400-meter-high mountain, then traverse the ridge to reach another 300-meter mountain, and finally find a way to the top of Husband Waiting Cliff. The 400-meter mountain was forested, but the 300-meter one was a stone mountain, and Lin Wu believed their real test was just beginning.

However, the team’s morale was high. Peanut had caught two rabbits, Shana had gathered firewood, and Horse Soul took charge of cooking. The three held a wild barbecue at the foot of the mountain.

Husband Waiting Cliff was on Stone Mountain, with similar terrain and steep slopes. Lin Wu exclaimed in surprise, "Sheep, there are sheep on Stone Mountain."

"Where, where?" Everyone came over to join in the excitement.

"You can’t see them. Can you believe it? The sheep can stand on nearly 90-degree cliffs and hop around." A complaint returned with a flick of the hand.

Little White Rabbit explained, "They’re mountain goats."

Lin Wu: "So just because they’re mountain goats, they can show off? They can ignore the laws of physics?"

Little White Rabbit showed a video to prove that mountain goats were indeed so cool; they could move about on vertical dam surfaces using the uneven dam skin.

Lin Wu: "You’re using a few individual goats to represent all goats."

Little White Rabbit: "I’m not."

With things still to do, Lin Wu waved goodbye without bickering further, and after Lin Wu ceased his childish behavior, Stone said, "We could consider raising goats, for milk and for meat."

Maya: "No more cages."

Stone said, "We can let them graze. Come summer, we’ll increase the number of animals, and then we could also raise cattle and pigs."

Little Knife suggested, "Raise horses."

Snow Egg supported, "Horses are good, you can ride them."

Lin Wu said, "Let’s raise rats. Rat meat is very tasty." He brushed up on his Hunter’s skill. Oh right, we could raise rats.

Lin Wu jogged to the crafting room, "Su, I want to raise rats. Do you have any suitable fences to recommend?"

Su Shi said, "Raising rats requires a large area, and if there’s not enough food on the land, you’ll need to feed them."

Lin Wu asked, "Any suggestions?"

After thinking for a moment, Su Shi said, "If zombie corpses don’t respawn, you could dig a pit and throw the zombies in as food for the rats. Otherwise, you’d have to build a large iron cage. I only have one question, if we have food to feed the rats, why are we raising rats?"

That was a good question. Lin Wu: "Goodbye." And off he went.

Returning to the backyard bonfire, Lin Wu continued the live broadcast, "They’re crossing the forested mountain, moving slowly. Horse Soul has rolled down and hit a tree, but he should be okay. Peanut goes first, dropping down a rope... The canopy is too thick, can’t see anymore."

Stone called out, "Everyone is so idle huh, let’s have a meeting... Fuck, all of you come back."

Reluctantly, everyone sat at the rickety conference table. Stone said, "We have two Sentry Cards, one is definitely for occupying a fire point, and the other? I told Shana to decide, Shana told everyone to decide..."

Lin Wu: "Everyone decided to let Stone decide."

"Agreed."

Stone’s card-throwing sneak attack was swiftly caught by the agile Lin Wu.

Stone rolled his eyes and continued, "Only one agenda item: do we occupy the water facilities or rely on the river water from the back door to meet the base’s water needs after summer?"

Just hearing this topic made people drowsy. Stone stared at Lin Wu, who said in resignation, "If we don’t occupy the water facilities, what else do we occupy?""

"A lot of things."

"Such as?"

"Such as..." For a moment, he couldn’t think of anything.

Lin Wu said, "Gentlemen, how about you figure it out before the meeting? Meetings every day, meetings every day, now just hearing the word ’meeting’ makes me want to vomit."

Emerald Feather agreed, "The three leaders could just decide directly."

Stone: "You should cherish your right to vote and supervise."

Lin Wu said, "Supervising you from doing bad things is enough."

Little Knife: "Meeting adjourned, let’s play mahjong."

Snow Egg looked up at the sky, "It’s only four in the afternoon."

Maya told them, "You two go to the edge of the safe zone to discuss the wedding, and Little Knife, pick some herbs on the way. Dashuang, go rest, I’ll cover your shift. Emerald Feather, check the medical supplies, we’ve been using the painkillers a bit fast lately. Stone, stay at the command post, don’t miss any distress signals from Shana’s team."

Stone pointed at Lin Wu, "What about him?"

Taken aback by the question, Maya asked Lin Wu, "What can you do?"

Lin Wu answered, "Loaf around."

Maya looked at Stone, who helplessly waved his hand, truly at a loss as to what job to assign Lin Wu.