Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 463 - 239 Shuixi Middle School_2

Chapter 463: Chapter 239 Shuixi Middle School_2

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Starlight, Maya, and Lin Wu were on their first mission, and in Lin Wu’s eyes, Starlight was simply replacing Nightmare. What was Nightmare’s position? Expendable material, sacrificial expendable material. Actually, this positioning was not wrong, as Starlight was currently a blank slate and supposedly planning to leave Hardcore Mode; her death would be as light as a feather.

Maya drove the car up the slope by the side of the campus road, and the three of them immediately got out to face the pursuing zombies, using their bodies to protect the car. With Maya, the king of cold weapons, the fight was quickly resolved.

Lin Wu released the unmanned drone and Maya drew the map based on Lin Wu’s descriptions. Shuixi Middle School, like most middle schools, had a library, a swimming pool, an auditorium, academic buildings, staff buildings, a sports field, a soccer field, a basketball court, and so on. However, there was one exception, Shuixi Middle School had a 1500-meter straight road.

The layout of the school was in the shape of the character 曰, with a straight road in the middle devoid of obstacles, even the street lights were ground-level ones. Maya believed that the conditions of this road were suitable for the take-off and landing of small to medium-sized aircraft. Why would a middle school have such a facility? It was later discovered that Shuixi Middle School was an industry under the banner of Fortress Company, specially constructed to resolve the issue of enrolling the children of Fortress Company’s employees working in Left County. The school had many unconventional studies and trainings, including piloting fixed-wing aircraft.

To the left of the character 曰 were four hangars, one of which housed a small propeller plane, visibly a 10-person passenger plane by estimation.

While giving a lesson on the subject, Maya said, "In the 20th century on Earth, the aviation industry was very developed in many countries, and some white-collar workers would even use airplanes for commuting. Seaplanes and small planes that required only a 500-meter runway were particularly popular."

Lin Wu said, "That said, it seems Shuixi Middle School doesn’t have any other secrets, just an evacuation point."

Maya asked, "Is there anything special?" If it were just an evacuation point, there wouldn’t be any clues for the players.

After observing for a long while, Lin Wu said, "If I have to point out something special, it’s that this small plane is a bit peculiar, it doesn’t look like a scrapped one."

"Oh?" Maya’s eyes lit up instantly.

Having seen that look in her eyes while driving the Highway Star, Lin Wu hurriedly said, "Sister, calm down. Even if the plane could fly, where do you plan to land it? Besides, with the meager fuel at our base, how far could we get?"

Starlight agreed with Lin Wu’s opinion, saying, "Besides, fixed-wing aircraft are far less practical than helicopters."

Maya knew what the two of them said made sense, but it seemed she had been poisoned by Lin Wu’s personality; at that moment, she didn’t really want to be reasonable, "Let’s go take a look."

How come this woman is like a man? She likes sports cars, she likes planes. Of course, women also like sports cars and planes, but some are interested in the value and face they represent. Men like sports cars and planes because of machinery and speed.

Lin Wu found a relatively clean path, and the three of them then stealthily set off. Within the campus, there were no zombies in school uniform, only ordinary zombies, which was a feature of the game Homefront. In this game, you wouldn’t see any underage zombies.

Using cover, the two humans and one dog moved in a roundabout way under Lin Wu’s lead, successfully avoiding zombies and reaching the runway. The runway was wide, with open surroundings and few zombies. Only then did the three straighten up and exit stealth mode, walking towards the hangar at the end of the runway.

When they were about 500 meters away from the hangar, Lin Wu stopped, "Something doesn’t feel right."

Maya looked around, "That’s right, there isn’t a single zombie around."

Lin Wu launched the unmanned drone again, and at a roadside 50 meters away, he spotted something. It looked like a large rear-end monitor with four wheels underneath, moving neither fast nor slow towards them. Lin Wu said, "Be on guard, there’s a strange creature approaching."

Maya and Starlight spread out to the left and right, each holding their guns at the ready. Soon, the monitor arrived before them, first scanning them with a green light, then text appeared on its screen, and at the same time, it produced a voice, "Human presence confirmed, please enter or speak the access code."

Lin Wu looked to Maya for help; Maya had a good memory and immediately replied, "Hands retain the scent of fragrance."

The monitor responded, "Access code has been invalidated, please leave immediately."

Lin Wu poked the monitor with his Silencer, "Or else what?"

The monitor repeated, "Please leave immediately."

Lin Wu certainly didn’t indulge it, with a shot he blew a hole into the monitor, which smoked and emitted a hoarse synthesized voice, "Under attack, under attack." Lin Wu wasn’t causing trouble, but scouting. If you really listened to Big Butt and left, you wouldn’t have gotten any information.

Lin Wu switched to the drone’s perspective and saw several hangar floors open up, and things the same size as the monitor continuously emerged from beneath. Similar in size, but completely different in appearance, these things had a caterpillar-track chassis with a pair of eyes emitting a green light scanning back and forth, and a gun barrel where the nose would be.

"Combat Robots." After hearing Lin Wu’s description, Maya grew a bit excited, "This means the plane can really fly."

Starlight said, "It could also be Fortress’s NPC takeoff and landing airfield."

While they were talking, three shadows ejected from the hangar, Lin Wu shouted, "Drone, run."

The three didn’t hesitate, immediately turning around to scatter and flee for their lives. Three drones mounted with grenades came flying in, the first drone flew over the trio and dropped the first grenade, targeting Maya. Maya turned right and after sprinting to burn stamina, jumped towards the roadside, the grenade exploding 7 meters away from her on the road.

The drone circled back and flew over Maya again, dropping the last grenade. Maya didn’t stand up but instead swiftly rolled sideways to escape, and the grenade exploded 4 meters from where she was.

One drone targeted one person. The drone targeting Lin Wu was the most unfortunate; after it dropped its grenade, Lin Wu had already sprinted 10 meters away with three consecutive Wind Stingers. By the time the grenade exploded, he had escaped to 20 meters away.

Starlight was naturally the most pitiful, being a rookie she couldn’t run far, her only option was to scurry away a few steps before lying down. The first grenade caused her a concussion and bleeding from multiple wounds. As the drone circled back, preparing to drop a second grenade on her head, Sharpshooter Lin Wu aimed his gun but didn’t hit the drone, only watching as the grenade fell.

Maya shouted, "Cover your head, lie on your side."

Starlight did as instructed, and the grenade exploded 50 centimeters away from her hip and back, the massive blast wave pushing Starlight almost a meter away.

Lin Wu and Maya, who had fled to either side of the road, came back to check and found Starlight’s back a bloody blur, a mosaic of gore. Fortunately, Starlight had not died. So Lin Wu tossed a painkiller into Starlight’s mouth and, together with Maya, they hooked under Starlight’s arms and dragged her as they sprinted forward. They didn’t stop until they saw the familiar sight of zombies, only then did the two halt.

The second batch of pursuing drones closed in to within 20 meters of Lin, Ma, and Starlight before turning back toward the hangar; the Combat Robots also withdrew back to base.

Starlight connected to the healing system right there. That’s gaming for you, as long as you have a breath left, you won’t die. It’s the same over at Blue Star.

Lin Wu did have a certain fondness for Starlight, and even though he treated her like a consumable, he didn’t want to see her suffer. The more he thought about how the three of them were bullied by a bunch of machines into stray dogs, the angrier he became. He took a smoke grenade from his backpack, mounted it on the drone, "Robots, accept judgment."

However, the revenge plan didn’t go smoothly, as the drone approached the hangar it was met with strong interference. Lin Wu elevated the drone, flying it a hundred meters above the hangar. After aiming, he prepared to deploy, but Lin Wu found that no matter how much he shook the drone, the smoke canister was firmly attached to the drone.

Maya reminded from the side, "How do you plan to activate the smoke grenade?" The drone was carrying a smoke grenade, not an activated one.

Starlight’s injury didn’t affect her thinking or speaking, "I think we can’t just do this recklessly. If we really want to delve into the hangar, we must obtain the access code."

Maya looked around and said, "The access code should be within this campus that spans over more than 200 acres."

Lin Wu asked, "Why do you guys love to spout nonsense so much?"

Starlight answered, "Nonsense can enhance relationships."

Lin Wu and Maya exchanged glances, Lin Wu nodded, "That makes sense." Maya, being not fond of chatting or spouting nonsense, rarely socialized or interacted with others daily.

Of course, Maya knew what Lin Wu was thinking and explained, "I was boasting about my calculation of the campus area being 200 acres, not spouting nonsense."

Lin Wu flashed a toothy grin: I understand, I get it.

Maya was speechless: I really want to hit him.

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