Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 513 - 258 Food Searching_2

Chapter 513: Chapter 258 Food Searching_2

Lin Wu said, "We’ll send you off."

Nightmare quickly replied, "No need. Maya, do you trust me?"

Maya answered, "I trust you, but it would be best if you could give a date."

"I will definitely bring the Outpost Card here within a month." After the death of a Doomsday Fortress agent, if the body isn’t looted, the items don’t disappear. If it doesn’t work out once, I’ll send it twice, I’m bound to succeed eventually.

"Okay."

Lin Wu reached out and took the magazine: "Suit yourself, that one is called Qing."

"An NPC?" Nightmare wasn’t quite sure.

Lin Wu: "Yeah, a hired worker."

Awesome, not only do they have artillery but also NPC employees.

Maya said, "Cotton heads back to Doomsday Fortress first, Peanut and I will meet up with Snow Egg and then return." There were still a few hours until Snow Egg’s revival.

"Okay."

"You upgrade the girls’ dormitory a level."

"Okay." Lin Wu upgraded the girls’ dormitory, and after the upgrade, an additional compartment was added.

Nightmare visited her dormitory and exclaimed, "I never expected such an ugly base on the outside could have such comfortable facilities inside."

Lin Wu from a distance: "What?"

Nightmare raised her voice: "Nothing, the base is handsome."

"Handsome my ass, your taste is really bad. This is the ugliest base I’ve ever seen."

Nightmare didn’t engage in childish squabbles with Lin Wu over his comment. She believed she had chosen the right path by collaborating with Shadow. Stock up on a few months’ worth of ammunition, and then I can start working on the defense missions.

Will Blood Meng and his gang still come? To know yourself and your enemy is to be victorious in every battle. Though Blood Meng lurked in darkness, they had no clue about Shadow’s strength. However, their equipment not dropping upon death undoubtedly gave them great courage. Another factor to consider was that after multiple engagements, Nightmare and Blood Meng had grown quite wary of Lin Wu.

After reviving, a few Doomsday Fortress agents held a meeting, and ultimately they decided to spare Nightmare for now and instead focus on taking out a few other agents.

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Snow Egg made it home safely but wasn’t in the best of moods; the Sawmill’s Threat Value had risen by 30% because it lacked his sound insulation technology for the past 24 hours. Starlight took charge of psychological counseling, which lifted Snow Egg’s spirits.

Meanwhile, the drinking water at Doomsday Fortress had run out. Even if they got the Outpost Card and seized facilities like the hydro power station and the pump room, it was uncertain whether the water they’d obtain could be drunk directly. But with Starlight, the biochemist doctor, even if they got sick it wouldn’t be a major issue. Thus, Lin Wu voted to disregard the drinking water issue, but the three girls and Peanut voted against ignoring it.

Near the parking spot on the seawall road, they set up a pot stove and used a rope to hoist buckets to draw water from the Left County River. Then they boiled the water and after it cooled they filled up mineral water bottles. This task was done by Dashuang.

The others started to construct a fish weir.

There were no suitable rocks on the base or the tidal flats exposed at low tide, but this was not a problem. Having been briefed in advance, Lin Wu had already scouted for stone material through drones. They drove onto Highway 99 and after about ten minutes reached a stone processing factory. The square stones here were very suitable material for constructing a weir.

However, the stones were also substantial in weight, each around 500 kilograms. Don’t think a 500 kg stone is big - one cubic meter of rock weighs about 2.5 tons. Too heavy to lift, they could only choose the lighter ones. Lin Wu, lacking strength, could only sigh as he sat in the shade watching Maya, Peanut, Cotton, and Nightmare lift the stones.

Isn’t Cotton also lacking strength? Hey, they could’ve completely slacked off, even finding an excuse to be lazy, and you still blame them?

After transporting 5 tons of stones back to Doomsday Fortress and placing them at the designated position, the task turned out to be unexpectedly laborious. Considering the workload, Maya decided to reduce the originally planned 200 square meters to 100 square meters. After all, even if people could handle the load, whether the vehicle or the fuel could withstand it was debatable.

Encircling 100 square meters was much simpler. Using the existing sea embankment of the seawall road and after transporting two more loads, taking advantage of low tide at six o’clock in the afternoon, everyone worked together to successfully establish the fish weir. Dashuang even found some foam to block all larger gaps left between the stacked stones.

The next morning, the fish weir was completely submerged by sea water. How many fish would be caught would depend on the upcoming low tide.

There was also production work today: weaving barbed wire nets.

The material was fishing line, and under Maya’s guidance, except for Lin Wu, everyone quickly mastered the weaving techniques, sitting in rows, skillfully crafting the nets that represented their future better life.

Nightmare had two problems. The first problem, why had she, a refugee with compensation, turned into a laborer? The second problem, was Lin Wu genuinely stupid or just pretending to be?

Today, Lin Wu was also busy. As Maya directed, he caught three small fish, then placed the fish in a small bucket, sprinkled some loess on them, and set them aside. Maya told Lin Wu that after a few days the fish would rot and maggots would grow, which could be used for fishing or as bait for traps in the fish weir.

As the sun set and the sea began to recede, the fish, shrimp, crabs, and other sea products blocked by the weir were left stranded on the tidal flats. The first use of the fish weir yielded significant success. Adding all the catch together, it totaled up to ten kilograms. The next day’s lunch at the base was a sea-food noodle soup, overseen by Cotton, and the taste was incredibly savory.

After two days of labor, Nightmare’s 48-hour sanctuary period came to an end. Maya saw Nightmare off, Lin Wu reminded from behind: Outpost Card, Outpost Card. If it wasn’t for Maya holding back... Whether she held back was irrelevant; after all, they couldn’t beat Nightmare, and she wouldn’t get out of the car for a one-on-one fight with Lin Wu. Of course, Lin Wu wasn’t just doing this to make himself happy and Nightmare unhappy. The intention behind this act was to pressure Nightmare into delivering the Outpost Card as soon as possible.

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