Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 497 - 252 Search and Rescue_2

Chapter 497: Chapter 252 Search and Rescue_2

The two hadn’t gone far into the sewer before they encountered two Night Demon attacks. At the time, they were walking side by side, with Little Knife turning a corner carrying a torch, and Snow Egg a step behind. Seizing the moment, the following Night Demon decisively attacked, clawing and biting. Little Knife hurried back with the light of the torch to fend off the Night Demon and check on Snow Egg’s injuries, then connected to headquarters.

Starlight immediately woke Emerald Feather, and two doctors connected for remote treatment.

At that moment, footsteps were heard around the sewer corner. Little Knife instinctively took a couple of steps forward with the torch to investigate, only to see the retreating back of a Night Demon. Turning around, she found another Night Demon squatting beside Snow Egg, tearing at him. It looked up to meet Little Knife’s gaze, its mouth pixelated by light.

The system then notified Little Knife: Snow Egg is dead. Enraged, Little Knife chased after the Night Demon with her torch, only calming down when she heard Shana’s call. That’s when she realized she was lost. In her hand was a makeshift torch that could only last for half an hour; counting the spare torches in her backpack, she figured she could hold on for about 40 minutes more.

Shana and Horse Soul immediately headed to the sewer entrance, carrying only one torch with them.

Snow Egg and Little Knife had registered their marriage, so if Little Knife died, neither of them would return. After assessing the situation, Shana immediately called Maya, requesting backup from the Doomsday Fortress.

Maya calculated the time while preparing equipment and said over the public channel, "Shana, you guys stay at the sewer entrance. Wait for us there; we’ll enter the sewer together once we arrive. We’ll meet in the middle section and then begin the search and rescue. Little Knife, don’t run around; the more you run, the harder it might be to find you."

"Mhm." Though it was just a word, the despondence in Little Knife’s voice was audible. What no one considered was that Snow Egg’s Life Skill, sound insulation technology, was what Little Knife was thinking about. Snow Egg and Horse Soul, although part of the field team, didn’t have many distinctive traits and were quite average in strength. Snow Egg’s sound insulation technology was arguably his greatest value.

In the last two days of Hardcore Mode, thanks to Snow Egg’s sound insulation technology and occasional sentry duty, the threat value at the Sawmill base was consistently kept at three stars, 0%.

Little Knife knew that Snow Egg would be very depressed after being revived, and she didn’t want to see him force a smile. At first, she thought it might be better if both she and Snow Egg died and started anew somewhere no one knew them. Then she berated herself for such a stupid thought. Lastly, she decided to behave and wait for rescue.

Following the incident, Stone, the team leader, of course got up as well, but being a combat weakling, he could only wait for news at base. Stone sat on a log at the west parking lot, reflecting on the personnel allocation of the two bases.

Compared to each other, it was obvious Maya’s team was much stronger than Shana Team; they were no match for just Little Knife from Shana’s team. Transfer Lin Wu back to the Shadow base? That would greatly reduce the strength of the Doomsday Fortress; not reassuring for their fieldwork.

After all, the peril in fieldwork at Shadow base was currently not significant.

One could only say that tonight’s incident was an accident; he should have prevented them from leaving on the night of a meager glow. Moreover, they chose to take sewer No. 99. It should be known that even during the day, Night Demons are spotted in No. 99.

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Su Shi hastened to make several torches. About 12 minutes after the incident, Maya arrived by car, took the torches, and the four of them abandoned the car and ran to sewer entrance No. 99.

With Maya leading with a torch and Lin Wu trailing with another, a few minutes in, Lin Wu called a halt. He passed his torch to Cotton and told everyone to move forward while he melted into the darkness, hand resting on his headlamp.

A few seconds later, Lin Wu turned on his headlamp, and in its beam, a Night Demon was startlingly close, just two meters away. The Night Demon turned to run, chased by Lin Wu with Wind Stinger drawn, but dodged the attack. Without hesitation, Lin Wu unleashed another Wind Stinger, catching up to and dispatching it.

Lin Wu’s prescience was of course thanks to Wai’s assistance. With no time for Corpse Looting, Lin Wu quickly caught up with the others, and the group hurried on. Based on the walking speed of Little Knife and Snow Egg, Shana and Maya roughly estimated the location of the incident, and personnel from both teams met at that spot.

Lin Wu crouched beside Wai and whispered, "Take me to Lock Head."

Wai set off, Lin Wu turned on his headlamp, holding a torch as he jogged to follow, with the others closely behind.

While running, Wai suddenly twisted and somersaulted mid-air, prompting Lin Wu to look toward a side tunnel. With a swing of Silent night Lock Head, a Night Demon hiding in the tunnel, poised to ambush, thudded to the ground. Without pause, they continued on. However, having witnessed Lin Wu and Wai’s cooperation, everyone felt like extras. It seemed whether they were present or not wasn’t actually crucial.

With Wai hacking through the sewer for a few minutes, they successfully located Little Knife. On seeing everyone, Little Knife burst into tears and clutched at Wai, refusing to let go.

Maya, trailing the team, said, "Something doesn’t feel right."

The Shana beside her nodded, "Yes, it’s as if we’ve overlooked something."

Both had a sudden realization and turned to look at Wai. Shana crouched down, lifting Wai’s chin to face her, and asked Wai, "Can you lead us back?"

Wai blinked, indicating she didn’t understand. Lin Wu gave Wai an order to lead the team out, but Wai lay flat on the ground, indicating she was unable to do so.

Idiot Lin Wu, idiot Shana! Shana wished she could kill herself for committing such a simple oversight. Wai could indeed follow Little Knife’s scent to find her, but how could they have not considered that Wai couldn’t possibly lead the team back to where they started?

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