Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 516 - 259 Typhoon Day_2

Chapter 516: Chapter 259 Typhoon Day_2

Maya spoke of the port office located in a four-story building near the harbor, where the area was littered with abandoned trucks and overturned container vehicles, making traffic conditions quite poor. Additionally, there were two large logistics parks not far from the port.

Overall, the harbor area was a place with relatively abundant resources but also high concentration of zombies. The worst part was that there were two Blood Hearts in the harbor area.

Maya decided on a doomsday strategy that, for the time being, would ignore the ships, lighthouses, and the harbor itself. She would focus on looting resources from the warehouse and living areas near the Doomsday Fortress as much as possible.

The spoilage of pork from the warehouse near the Sawmill proved that resources would slowly disappear over time. This was later confirmed by Shana’s team who discovered spoilt food in a shopping center, including visible spoilage of processed foods like bread and sausages.

Moreover, the amount of basic items like scrap cloth, scrap metal, and electronic components obtained from disassembling the same item were declining. Previously, dismantling one curtain could yield at least two pieces of scrap cloth, and sometimes even more with good luck. Now, dismantling one curtain had only a 90% chance of yielding one piece of scrap cloth.

After complaints, it was learned that this wasn’t a matter of the system lowering drop rates, but rather all items would become rotten and dilapidated as time passed.

Everyone felt intuitively that resources were slowly depleting.

Even so, during the first month of summer, life at the twin bases of Shadow was quite good. Daily raids on warehouses and shopping centers yielded no large hauls or surprises, but there were still plenty of odds and ends. With some luck, they could secure a few bullets and some canned food. Fishing was done regularly, and the haul from the sea was stable, as the sea was boundless.

On the first day of the second month at midnight, an alarm sounded throughout the server: a typhoon was approaching. The typhoon was expected to last 4-7 days, bringing with it heavy rainfall. During the typhoon, the density of outdoor zombies would decrease to a minimum, while the indoor zombie density would spike. As for how much, the system suggested players find out for themselves.

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Waking up and opening the dormitory door, Lin Wu saw torrential rain outside. Looking up, he noticed that the breakfast table and chairs across the way had vanished, leaving only a campfire. Although a campfire was a System Item that couldn’t be destroyed, the shelter above it couldn’t withstand the storm.

Going out was impossible, they couldn’t even leave the dormitory. Without a raincoat for the corridor bridge, stepping out would instantly turn anyone into a drenched chicken. After sitting idly for a while, Qing braved the rain to deliver breakfast to everyone: a fish sandwich, accompanied by a cup of tea.

After breakfast, Lin Wu had Wai fetch him shampoo and body wash, then he stepped outside and took a refreshing shower in the rain. Peanut followed suit. A few girls trapped indoors headed to the corner, where there was a two-square-meter space. The gathered rainwater on the top floor rushed down with enough force to wash away all the dirt.

Once done, everyone sat in their dorms and chatted over headsets. Shadow brought bad news. Due to the heavy rain, the two fields in the backyard were getting flooded, and six pumpkin plants had been destroyed. The Shadow People were constructing drainage ditches in the fields and erecting simple rain shelters. However, these shelters could block the rain but not the wind. A gust of wind swept through, and the rain shelter was blown away, destroying an entire mound of wheat.

After the update, a field had four mounds, each with 12 planting spots, producing crops every day depending on the player’s care. Compared to reality, the caring process was simpler, but the maturity period for each crop differed. For example, wheat could be harvested daily, while pumpkins took thirty hours per harvest. These two fields were the main food sources for both the Doomsday and Shadow bases over the past month.

Could they be saved?

Shana replied that it was difficult. She wasn’t one to take precautions and had never thought to reinforce the fields. Everyone had been living comfortably over the month and had not given it much thought, leaving them helpless against the sudden typhoon and watching as their crops were destroyed. An hour later, the two fields were rendered unplantable due to waterlogged conditions.

The two Deputy Commanders took stock of their possessions. Using the previous week’s consumption levels as a benchmark, the storage of staple food would last for one more week. Grain was abundant, but they lacked meat. Looking at the current situation, not to mention not being able to hire NPCs for both bases next week, they might all have to go vegetarian this week.

Maya instructed Lin Wu to ask Wai to retrieve raincoats from the shipping container of piled items. After putting on the raincoats and heading to the top floor, Maya brought more bad news: the buoys of two spike nets had disappeared, indicating that the nets were damaged. In addition, the water level of the Left County River was rising, and it might flood both the seawall road and the dock road, which would be a major issue for transit.

Lin Wu was optimistic, "We can still eat Qing and Xiao Xi."

"Pah," the channel was filled with sounds of disgust, indicating the Doomsday Base’s morale was good.

It wasn’t the same for Shadow Base.

After failing to save the fields, the Shadow Group discovered that the water in the base was over 30 centimeters deep, much faster than the drainage speed. They were virtually living in a watery village, drenched and unable to move, forced to stay in their beds in the dormitory.

And their dormitory was very crowded, one could only see the screen walls, and everything contributed to their low morale. The channel was almost silent. In less than two hours, someone fell ill, and the Biochemist doctor Starlight sloshed through the water to the infirmary to see the patient. At that time, the water in the factory had reached up to Starlight’s knees.

Starlight, on his way out, brought yet another piece of bad news. The river level behind the back door had surged, only 20 centimeters lower than the backyard. If the rain continued, the river water would backflow into the base.

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