Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 481 - 246 Old Acquaintance

Chapter 481: Chapter 246 Old Acquaintance

The dormitory was located at the bottom of the grid pattern. This position was very close to the south gate, and once there was a situation, players could leave the dormitory by climbing the straight ladder to the third floor, directly facing the seawall road. They could also slide down the ladder to the first floor and block the road on the first floor.

Because of this defensive advantage, Maya had only one basic rule, every person must carry a gun with a full magazine. Pistol, shotgun, rifle, or sniper rifle, any of these would do.

Maya always had the Forest Wolf and the sixty .50 caliber bullets from the Shadow base on her mind. The Forest Wolf paired with Lin Wu’s Quick Gunner was an unbeatable weapon against the Titan. But there was only one Forest Wolf, and the Shadow base needed it as well.

Compared to the crowded barracks, the double dormitory was very comfortable. There were two types of 2nd floor small shipping container boxes: one was 2.5 meters wide with a space 2.6 meters high and 13 meters deep, the other was a 13-meter wide door layout with a depth of 2.5 meters and a height of 2.6 meters. The dormitory belonged to the second type.

Each person had a private space of 3 meters X 2.5 meters. Although the 7.5 square meters wasn’t big, after placing a single bed that was two meters long and one and a half meters wide, there was still a fairly large area to move around. In contrast, the barracks at the Sawmill had an area of 1.8 X 1.8 per unit, and even though the bed was only 1.8 X 0.9 meters long, the space still felt very cramped. Personal items like plush dolls and cushions could only be placed on the bed. The independent bunk structure did not allow one to stand up at all.

Previously, Wai could only nestle on the lower bunk, but now it could roll around on the bed until its ruthless owner kicked it to the floor. Wai lay on the carpet under the bed, motionless and feeling terribly wronged, until Lin Wu took out its special blanket from the backpack and threw it down to Wai, who immediately wrapped up in it happily, thinking sleeping on the floor wasn’t so bad after all.

The dormitory also had bedside lamps, sleep lights, and daylight lamps. Once the dormitory door was closed and the lights were on, it became a complete isolated world. Lin Wu rolled around on the bed, the feeling of comfort filling the room. At that moment, a message came from the system, "Daiyu wants to talk to you."

The name sounded familiar! Lin Wu refused the video call, answered the phone, and put it on speaker: "Hello?" he said, rolling off the bed to wrestle with Wai.

"Lin Wu, I’m Daiyu."

Lin Wu: "Hello." He remembered now, a female player he had met early in the game.

Daiyu said, "Are you still with Stone?"

Lin Wu: "Yes."

Daiyu: "Trust me, Stone is not a good person."

"Oh?"

Daiyu: "It was he who killed me."

Lin Wu: "Oh."

"Oh?"

Lin Wu ended the call, blocked Daiyu, and continued to wrestle with Wai. Wai, forced to "business," was weak and helpless, letting Lin Wu flip it over and throw it around.

Lin Wu didn’t think much of it, but the matter didn’t end there. Little Knife at the Sawmill tapped on the screen of the dormitory where Stone was staying and asked Stone to come outside for a chat to inquire about Daiyu. In the face of Little Knife’s inquiry, Stone honestly replied, "She’s right, I killed her."

Little Knife incredulously asked, "You said she was killed by zombies."

Stone: "I lied to you."

Little Knife: "How could you kill your own teammate? And I don’t understand, why can you answer so calmly?"

Stone explained, "Her personality didn’t suit our team."

Little Knife had her own opinion, "She was there first, then the team. Besides, even if you were dissatisfied with her, you could have just asked her to leave, why kill her?"

The question was complex to explain. Stone knew he couldn’t convince Little Knife because killing Daiyu was based on his own subjective judgment without any concrete objective evidence or facts.

Little Knife and Lin Wu were different, Daiyu had nearly gotten Lin Wu killed, he was quite annoyed with her actions. But Daiyu had been with Little Knife since the start of the game, the two had helped each other escape from the city, and she was the first friend Little Knife knew.

For many people, Stone’s actions were unforgivable. My friend has faults, you can tell me plainly that my friend does not fit the team, you can ask her to leave. I can also choose to leave with her, or stay behind alone. But not only did you kill my friend, you also deceived me.

In Little Knife’s view, everyone has flaws, if her friend did something wrong, she could tell her and ask her to make amends.

But in Stone’s view, he had no interest and felt he had no right to change someone’s character or correct someone’s flaws, he wouldn’t even judge that person. What Stone did was make choices, to choose you, or not to choose you. Daiyu’s case was special, from Stone’s own selfish perspective, the only way to keep Little Knife in the team was to kill Daiyu.

At that time, Stone was faced with a choice: if he drove Daiyu away, Little Knife would likely leave with her. Keeping Daiyu could disrupt the team’s harmony, potentially being a ticking time bomb. With both himself and Lin Wu dissatisfied with Daiyu, the only reason to keep her was because her friend Little Knife was a suitable team member. Perhaps there would’ve been a better solution in the future, but in the early days of forming the team, Stone opted for the simplest and most brutal approach.

So Stone made the final choice: get rid of Daiyu and blame it on the zombies.

Stone apologized to Little Knife, "I was wrong about this matter, I shouldn’t have lied to you, I hope you can forgive me."

Little Knife said, "You should apologize to her in person."

Stone said, "No, I think lying to you was wrong, but I don’t feel any remorse for killing her. I will not meet her, nor will I let her return to Shadow. Little Knife, I’m not a good person in the traditional sense, but please believe me, I’m not an irredeemably bad person either."