Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 514 - 258 Food Searching_3

Chapter 514: Chapter 258 Food Searching_3

At this moment, Shadow brought some bad news: the freezer in the neighboring warehouse had failed. They transported all the pork to the base and, after filling the refrigerators, began to air-dry the remaining meat. This meant that less than a week into Hardcore Mode, their meat supply had started to dwindle. Of course, they could survive on just pumpkin, rice, and bread, but that was just surviving.

Doomsday Fortress gave half of its fish catch to Shadow, but even this was only a temporary solution; each NPC at the two bases required 20 kilograms of meat per week. What to do? Hunting and fishing became one of the main tasks for both bases.

The first method was to place zombie corpses on the edge of the safe zone and wait for wild beasts to come and feast on them, then kill the beasts for meat. This had several drawbacks: first, the beasts might not come. Second, the corpses would emit a foul odor during their one-week refresh period. Thirdly, it was revolting to eat meat from beasts that had feasted on zombies.

The second method involved setting up nets. The spike nets at Doomsday Fortress were quite effective, and in combination with enclosures, they yielded around 10 kilograms of fish daily. Behind Shadow, there was a small river 50 centimeters deep, but netting there was inefficient, bringing in less than a kilogram a day.

The third method was hunting. Shadow base was close to the mountains. North of Sawmill was the Meteorological Station, further north was Highway 99, even further was the logging camp, then the plantation forest, and then the continuous mountain ranges. Wild boars and other beasts often roamed the logging camp. Su Shi had devised a metal cage mechanism, which, combined with the terrain and using wheat and pumpkins as bait, made for an effective trap.

When the yield was good, they could get around ten kilograms of meat, but when it was bad, they got nothing. Thus, hunting was a method of eating meat that depended on the weather. With each use, the probability of capturing wild boars decreased.

During the second week, when rehiring NPCs, the employer had the option to play a slot machine to determine the hiring resources. Among the outcomes, the best was 20 building materials and the worst was 10 barrels of gasoline. If the conditions were unacceptable, the contract could be terminated, which would result in a 20-point decrease in the relationship due to unilateral non-fulfillment of the contract.

To play or not? On this issue, the Three Leaders called an emergency meeting. Lin Wu chipped in, "Knowing Dawn like I do, don’t ever gamble on luck with him." It’s no different from online gambling; you bet high, and it comes out low.

You obtained the golden finger of time travel, so you traveled to tomorrow. After memorizing the winning lottery numbers, you returned to today and bought a ticket, only to find out the next day that you hadn’t won. Why? This is called "man’s calculation is inferior to heaven’s."

Shana analyzed logically, "Metals, building materials, charcoal, plastics, and cloths are all good. The bad ones are only fuel and edible meat. Adding in the neutral options, our chances of drawing something bad are only 20%. Our chances of drawing something good are 50%."

Maya agreed, "If we don’t draw, Doomsday Fortress will still have to provide 20 kilograms of edible meat. So apart from fuel, there’s no worse option. That’s a 10% chance."

Stone interjected, "You’re overlooking one thing."

"What?"

"Lin Wu’s curse," Stone said. "The end of science is metaphysics, and the end of probability is Lin Wu. Therefore, I disagree."

Shana responded, "I believe in probability, I believe in science; as long as one of our two bases draws something good, then the result is positive."

Stone: "Then let’s draw." Not heeding the words of the wise leads to immediate loss.

Maya: "Shall I go first?"

"Okay."