Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 457 - 237: Encountering an Old Friend in My Hometown

Chapter 457: Chapter 237: Encountering an Old Friend in My Hometown

Lin Wu and the others disdained Stone’s pretentious behavior with their eyes. Stone, pretending not to see, told everyone, "Hardcore Mode will test a team’s coordination, discipline, and resource allocation. To avoid increasing threats, we mustn’t shout in our daily lives. For survival, everyone needs to work harder. As management, we need to allocate our limited resources. The only reason we’ve been so comfortable these past few months is our ample supply of ammunition."

Stone said, "I propose we recruit another doctor. First, Emerald Feather is too tired; she also needs a break. Moreover, we need a biochemist to handle infections. With my cynical view, I anticipate a full-blown outbreak of various diseases, and we will need doctors who can professionally treat infections and illnesses."

Maya agreed, "I’ll look for someone at the market tomorrow."

Shana volunteered enthusiastically, "I’ll take care of this." Don’t leave the job of finding someone to Maya.

Stone said, "Good. Everyone, listen to me, there’s nothing to be nervous about. If even our Shadow base can’t survive, then hardly any bases will make it. I want to say this here, we are all family, and we won’t abandon any of our own, I hope we can all stick together till the end."

Everyone clapped, blew whistles, and raised bullshit flags.

After the dismissal, Stone pulled aside two leaders, "We need to get the Auto Turret from the research institute operational as soon as possible. Although it fires slowly, the bullets for the Auto Turret are free."

Shana whispered, "Should I recruit a batch of people tomorrow under the guise of interns? If we dismantle one watchtower to build a barracks, we can have 18 beds in 3 barracks, which would greatly increase our research speed."

Maya said, "That’s not good, how would we send them away later? Based on the current situation, Shadow’s strength isn’t bad. We have Forest Wolf to take on Titan, and Little Knife, Maya, and Lin Wu can all go one-on-one with Frenzy. Injuries are inevitable, so recruiting a qualified doctor is most important."

Stone nodded, "All doctors have similar skills; what we need is a person of good character."

Shana said, "Leave it to me."

Stone instructed, "Don’t recruit a doctor with family; we don’t want someone who’s afraid to leave home."

Shana led a team to dismantle the mall, and Lin Wu, who was on leave, was assigned to chop logs. Two hours later, Stone arrived at the parking lot, and immediately smoked with anger. Lin Wu had been using Wai as a saw to cut logs while also playing music: Pull the girl, pull the girl... tired, rest. He collapsed alongside Wai, seemingly having done an incredibly exhausting task.

Both man and dog lay back to watch the white clouds and blue sky, then Lin Wu saw Stone’s ugly face and pulled out his dagger with his left hand. Without moving his body or turning his head, he stabbed the log with the strength of his wrist, "Hey boss."

Stone asked kindly, "How much wood have you chopped?"

Lin Wu answered modestly, "Not much."

Stone asked, "How much is ’not much’?"

Lin Wu replied, "Go count in the warehouse. The current stock minus yesterday’s inventory, that’s how much wood I chopped."

Stone sat nonchalantly on a log, "I hear Shana calls you ’cousin’."

"Hm?" What are you trying to say?

"Everyone’s curious what Maya calls you." Stone whispered into Lin Wu’s ear. Lin Wu immediately sprang up, and Stone smiled slyly, "If you argue, I can ask everyone to invite you to try once, to see if I’m right."

Lin Wu kicked Stone over, pulled out his machete, rolled up his sleeves, and began to chop the logs, "Get lost, don’t interrupt my work."

Stone dusted off his clothes and gave a thumbs up, "You’ve got guts, kid. Don’t worry, I won’t break up your fieldwork partnership."

Lin Wu tossed the knife aside and lay back down to play dead. Besides, what am I afraid of you?

Lin Wu’s brazenness took Stone by surprise. Stone, steaming with anger once again, kicked Lin Wu and left, his nose huffing with each breath.

Lin Wu said, "Being off is so boring, but I don’t want to work. Got any plans?" He looked sideways at Wai.

Wai lay on the log, uttering a woo-woo sound, probably unsure of what it meant itself.

Lin Wu perked up, "You’re right, let’s go hunt rats."

The man and dog cheerfully headed to the sentry post at the Meteorological Station. Lin Wu set up Silencer; there weren’t any rats, but zombies were everywhere. Lin Wu restarted his life sniping with a bolt-action rifle, reminiscent of the days when a gun and he alone could entertain him for days. However, those days were gone, and after less than ten minutes today, Lin Wu got bored.

Day off? This wasn’t a holiday; it was torture. Lin Wu went to the warehouse to get the System Map, took a pot of tea to the sentry post, and after looking at the map for a while, asked Wai, "Shuixi Middle School isn’t far, shall we check it out? No? Makes sense, too dangerous. How about the pet food store?"

Wai immediately nodded, and Lin Wu said, "Not going there either, where do you want to go? You don’t want to go out either? Alright, then I’ll just stay reluctantly."

Blue skies, white clouds, gentle breeze, the world in silence.

...

Time also passed quietly. The next day’s voting results came as no surprise, with 65% of players agreeing to cancel unlimited bullets in bases after summer, and 15% abstaining. This decision led many to decide to leave Hardcore Mode. In light of this, Stone asked Shana, who was set to recruit a doctor in the market that same day, to pause her efforts, because he wanted to "let the bullets fly a little longer."

In the following two weeks, the trio of Lin Ma, Maya, and Frenzy raided one Alliance Shelter after another. Maya, using cannon, Nightmare’s gear, and Lin Wu’s skills, successfully commanded all the shelter battles, and the Shadow base smoothly racked up 1,000 honor points and acquired a significant amount of weapons and ammunition.

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