Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 496 - 252 Search and Rescue

Chapter 496: Chapter 252 Search and Rescue

Logically, we should hire a cook, originally two meals could become three, eating well is the key to happiness.

If gourmet food is a physiological need, then cleanliness is an environmental need, especially the part about preventing the breeding of mosquitoes and insects, which truly encourages everyone. It’s only been two days since Doomsday Fortress entered Hardcore Mode, and there are already flies appearing. I believe it won’t be long before cockroaches make their debut.

Girls who love beauty prefer a laundry worker, dressing up beautifully every day is a reward in itself. For Lin Wu, as long as the clothes don’t stink and are wearable, it’s fine. Even if they do have a smell, it’s not a big deal. Not being completely clean isn’t too much of a problem.

When it came to voting, Lin Wu voted for the cook, Peanut for the laundry worker, and Dashuang, who had always wanted a laundry worker, voted for the cleaning worker instead. The reason was something Cotton had said, "Think about the cockroaches and rats." In the end, with Maya abstaining, the decision to employ a cleaning worker passed.

After the vote, Lin Wu scorned Peanut, who scorned back, and the two stared each other down. In a fit of anger, Lin Wu called Wai over to join in the staring, and Peanut was defeated.

Peanut said, "The Sawmill headquarters has a lot of pork, and there are a few cuts of pork in the freezer in the warehouse next door."

Lin Wu asked, "Steal a bit, or go ask for some?"

Peanut: "First ask, if they don’t give, then steal, if we can’t steal, we’ll rob."

Lin Wu didn’t quite agree, "You missed out on tricking."

Just as they were deep in discussion, Stone’s voice came through the public channel: "End-of-Days brothers and sisters, come over for a barbecue tomorrow night."

Maya asked, "Everyone? I need to leave someone at home."

Stone said, "Draw straws, just pack a portion for Lin Wu."

Lin Wu dissatisfied: "Hey, why would I end up on guard duty?"

Stone laughed: "You’re bound to draw it."

"Pfft." How could I possibly draw it? Five people and one dog, my chances aren’t even 20%. Besides, even if I’m really unlucky and end up with the stay-home straw, I can still swap with Wai. Would Wai dare not to swap?

After ending the call with Stone, Lin Wu and Peanut delved into a serious discussion about how to deal with the meat situation.

Soon, Maya drove back, bringing 20 kilograms of pork plus beef for the NPCs and was accompanied by one of them on her smooth return to the Doomsday Fortress. After arriving, the NPC started getting busy and explained the details of her work to Maya. She had to place the clothes to be washed in the basket she brought before 8 AM every day, and the washed, dried, and ironed clothes would be delivered to everyone’s dorms.

Before 8 PM every night, she needed to know the ingredients that would be consumed the next day so she could divide them into three meals. If there were any special requests, they needed to tell her in advance. Special requests referred to taste preferences, such as salty or spicy.

The NPC hoped that Doomsday Fortress could provide household items, including but not limited to brooms, mops, rags, dishwashing liquid, disinfectants, washboards, etc. She asked Maya to designate an area to place these tools. Apart from ingredients and the kitchen, she wouldn’t touch anything outside of her tool area.

Lastly, the NPC explained that each successful hiring and her return to the Cozy Cabin would earn two relationship points. If she died, it would reduce five relationship points between the two bases.

Lin Wu named the NPC Qing, which meant Little Cleaner, and the NPC didn’t seem pleased or angry with her name change, calmly accepting it. From this, Qing didn’t seem to differ much from Wai. No, that’s incorrect, Wai doesn’t do housework.

Lin Wu looked up at Wai: "You’re really useless."

Wai was playing with Cotton on the rooftop, with Cotton’s laughter ringing out like a bell as she rolled around with Wai. However, Wai only played with her briefly before returning to Lin Wu’s side, showing a lack of interest in playing with Cotton after a while. The only way was to set Cotton as the guardian—when Lin Wu left the base and Wai stayed behind, Wai would temporarily regard Cotton as the master.

Lin Wu didn’t deliberately try to please Cotton. If Wai didn’t want to play with you, then it just wouldn’t.

They held a meeting at 9:30 PM to discuss the work for the next day. Tomorrow’s task was to swim across to Warehouse 307. On the surface, the task seemed simple: take the water route to the dockside and open the doors to Warehouse 307 for a raid. However, based on today’s events, Maya believed that they should prepare for the worst and reminded everyone to be extremely cautious.

Maya ran meetings more efficiently than Stone; it was over in a minute, and everyone dispersed.

The cleaner’s efficiency wasn’t just for show; Lin Wu found that his dormitory had been neatly arranged when he returned. The bedsheets were smoothed out; the previously sauerkraut-like blankets were tidily spread out, even Wai’s blanket on the floor was folded neatly on the side. Seeing this, Lin Wu instinctively felt like he should tip the cleaner but then thought better of it—the cleaner was already getting 20 kilograms of meat per week, and he didn’t even consume that much himself in a week.

At two o’clock in the morning, Lin Wu was woken by Maya through his private channel: "Get up."

"You’re trying to kill me, sis," Lin Wu replied wearily.

Maya said, "Something’s happened to Shadow."

Lin Wu, who had turned off the public channel before sleeping, was unaware of what had happened. As he stepped outside, he saw Cotton and the others ready to move out. As usual, Dashuang slept, while the others set out.

An hour earlier, Shadow had received a distress call from the NPC housekeeping base. Shana led a team through Sewer 99 to help the NPCs at the housekeeping base. They successfully aided the NPCs in repelling a twin-star siege, and their relations with the other party upgraded to friendly.

There were four of them at that time: Shana, Little Knife, Horse Soul, and Snow Egg, which was the standard field team. Little Knife and Snow Egg volunteered to go back for 30 kilograms of flour or rice, while Shana and Horse Soul stayed behind for Corpse Looting.

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