Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 465 - 240 Miscellaneous_2

Chapter 465: Chapter 240 Miscellaneous_2

Shipping container fortresses could take to the sea for survival, while sawmills could retreat deep into the mountains for rigorous training. After all, with just over a year left, those two bases should be sufficient for everyone’s amusement.

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During this day, Lin Wu came to understand more about the reserved cadre, Dashuang. In ancient terms, Dashuang was the epitome of a virtuous wife and loving mother. She did more, spoke less. Without any unified planning, she took action whenever she saw things that needed to be done.

Dashuang worried greatly about her younger sister and shared their story with Lin Wu. They weren’t sisters raised by the Public Supporting System, their parents were just ordinary people. At first, there were no problems, after all, the government provided a monthly stipend. But after starting school, their parents realized they might have made a huge mistake.

Within the concept of Blue Star, Dashuang and her sister were considered ’people caught in the middle.’ Their parents were neither nobility nor wealthy, and couldn’t afford the high costs of private education. They weren’t part of the upper 5%, and could only be at the bottom in city schools. The remaining 95% like them could enjoy a collective life with comprehensive plans in public upbringing communities.

Overall, there were pros and cons.

The good, of course, was that Dashuang and her sister had the love of their parents as they grew up. But their parents were from ordinary families and didn’t have much time to spend with them. As people caught in the middle, whenever they encountered problems, their parents would tell them what to do. No one told those from the Public Supporting System what to do, and in the absence of danger, they were even encouraged to act on their own thoughts.

Simply put, those caught in the middle were raised in captivity, while those raised publicly were free-range. But the captivity wasn’t by professionals; it was by their biological parents. On the other hand, those responsible for the free-range public upbringing were social workers who had undergone strict examinations—consisting of professional psychologists, counselors, and teachers.

Why did the government make such great efforts and establish the Public Supporting System with such vast human and material resources? A very important reason was that many parents were unwilling to lower their quality of life due to the birth of their children. Government money couldn’t solve the problem because some aspects of quality of life are unrelated to money and relate instead to time and energy.

Wealthy people would hire nannies to look after their children, but nannies weren’t professionals; their main function was to keep the children alive. Thus, someone was inspired to propose the Public Supporting System. After its formal implementation, the birth rate started to shift from negative to positive.

Lin Wu and Dashuang exchanged views on the two types of upbringing while on lookout duty. For Lin Wu, who lacked grand ambitions, if he were given a choice, he would most likely opt for public upbringing. His reason was simple: no beatings, no scolding, no homework coercion, no need for supplementary classes, no need to learn manners. No worry about a father coming home drunk, no sight of a mother secretly wiping away tears, no parental arguments. No idle gossip from relatives nor maternal comparison among children in women’s groups.

Dashuang’s view was the opposite; she thought that growing up with the company of her parents was an incomparably happy thing. Despite many displeasures, she now only remembered the good about her parents, unable to recall any bad.

Lin Wu concluded, "Life has already happened, any ’what ifs’ are meaningless. I am happy, and you’re fortunate—that is enough."

As the excitement of tradespeople joining in ensued, Su Shi stepped aside, and Lin Wu along with Dashuang went into action. They had already had several encounters with merchants, so they didn’t take risks in rescuing the merchant, but focused on clearing the zombies, easily resolving the crisis.

With the bosses too far to connect via earpiece, Lin Wu, with his Full Power Value decision-making, took the initiative. Emerald Feather traded painkillers for materials, and Lin Wu traded Serum for a reset skill book. After acquiring the skill book, Lin Wu had Dashuang learn the reset skill book first, and then learn Infrastructure Skills to add one gasoline and one construction material to the base each day.

But Dashuang hesitated. Upon receiving the skill book, she suggested waiting for Stone and the others to return before discussing it further. Her point was that while buying a reset skill book and learning Infrastructure Skills had indeed been discussed in a meeting, that was under the assumption that they did not have a reset skill book; she couldn’t be sure if the leaders had different plans during these days, so Dashuang preferred to wait for their return to make a decision.

From this, it could be seen that Dashuang was an obedient and well-behaved girl within Blue Star. The obedience of Emerald Feather differed from Dashuang’s; Emerald Feather was gentle by nature, while Dashuang was obedient and submissive to authority.

By four in the afternoon, the convoy returned fully loaded. The abundance of gasoline and ammunition not only filled the trunks of the four vehicles, but each person also carried an extra pack. Maya calculated the warehouse capacity and stored some material packages in the trunks of the vehicles.

They also brought news; they had almost confirmed the selection of a doctor. This male doctor was compassionate and loyal and expressed his plan to report to Shadow in the final days of spring.

Stone outwardly admired the doctor’s character, but privately asked Shana to collect information on the second-choice candidates. As a boss, he wouldn’t let your morality dictate the future of the business. Stone was well aware that recruiting doctors would become incredibly challenging after the summer. With more than forty resumes in Shana’s hands, when else to be choosy if not now?

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As Hardcore Mode slowly approached, Dawn’s broadcasting frequency increased, reminding players staying in Hardcore Mode of the points to note. The broadcast first mentioned necessities, which, aside from food and water, included clothing, salt, sugar, and other items.

The broadcast explained that within Hardcore Mode, zombies would not respawn within 30 meters outside the base’s safe zones, and the respawning rate of zombies would be decreased. Moreover, adjustments were made to the siege battles, normalizing the number of Titans and Frenzy appearing, eliminating situations where a group of Frenzy or a group of Titans appeared at the same time. The most significant change was that even if a base was completely destroyed, players still own their bases, the safe zone always exists, and they can rebuild their base after eliminating the zombies.

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