Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 524 - 262 Shadow Raffle Gala_2

Chapter 524: Chapter 262 Shadow Raffle Gala_2

It seems they were also very hungry.

Three pots were brought out, and after racking his brains, Horse Soul ultimately cooked three hot pots, one with rabbit meat, Chinese cabbage, and glass noodles, one with snake meat, Chinese cabbage, and glass noodles, and one with leopard meat, Chinese cabbage, and glass noodles. After being served, there was a chorus of hissing, to which Horse Soul defended himself, "The key to a good hot pot is the seasoning."

Everyone helped distribute bowls and chopsticks, lit the torches in the hall, and placed the three pots beside the bonfire before sitting down to eat. Warmed by the steaming food, the chill on our bodies diminished a lot, and the atmosphere immediately livened up.

Putting down his bowl and chopsticks, Stone picked up his backpack and walked to the command post not far from the bonfire, picking up the transmitter and tuning to the broadcast channel, "Latte province, the Jutes, Boye, and Gro. Today we gather here..."

Lin Wu raised his fist in protest, "Reject the meeting." and smashed all the meeting rooms.

Everyone echoed, "Reject the meeting, reject the meeting."

"Shut up," Stone shouted, then softened his tone, "These past few months, we’ve scavenged a lot of odd and hard-to-deal-with stuff. Tonight, apart from Maya, all members of Shadow are here..."

Lin Wu interjected, "And Wai."

Stone took a deep breath and squeezed out a smile, "Tonight, apart from Maya and Wai, everyone is here, so I’ve decided to hold the first Shadow lottery to determine the ownership of some items. Everyone has a share."

"Wow." Everyone clapped their hands, the party was still okay to hold.

"Please switch to the public channel so that Maya and Wai can also join."

Once everything was done, Stone put down his backpack and asked, "Who wants the first item?"

Horse Soul said, "Stone, you’ve got to at least show them what it looks like, right?"

Stone shook his head, "No. But I promise to distribute from top to bottom. Some of these things are unique, some are just to make up the numbers, what exactly you get is up to each person’s destiny."

Decisive Lin Wu immediately raised his hand, and Stone pointed, "Congratulations Cotton, you’ve got the first prize."

Cotton was stunned, he had just touched his face.

Lin Wu was furious, you old codger, just wait until I get my hands on you.

Stone took out a big box from his backpack, "The complete set of Shrimp Essence beauty products, including eyebrow pencil, lipstick, foundation, primer, concealer, foundation cream, BB cream, pressed powder, loose powder, eye shadow palette, blush, highlighter, lip gloss, and so on."

Every time Stone listed an item on stage, Little Knife and Shana couldn’t help but react from below, "Ah... Ah... "

This beauty set was Shana’s reward for completing a small task while scavenging in a mall. As it was personal private property and only usable by one person, it had been kept in the warehouse all this time. The most eager for this beauty set were Little Knife and Shana. Shana regretted not acting, while Little Knife rolled on the ground, earning Snow Egg’s consolation.

Cotton accepted the complete set of beauty products and bowed to everyone, "Thank you."

Everyone clapped, including Little Knife and Shana.

Stone, "The second special item. Hint: It’s related to beauty."

Snow Egg stood up in the blink of an eye, "Me."

Stone stared at Snow Egg for three seconds and then pulled out an apple from his backpack, "Research shows that eating apples..."

This time Snow Egg was the one rolling on the ground, with Little Knife comforting her and throwing Stone a look, "You stinker."

The prizes that followed were a mixed bag, including model orbital trains that the boys liked, a one-time dress-up card that the girls liked, and rubbish like cabbage leaves.

"Congratulations Lin Wu."

Lin Wu’s face darkened, don’t be too much, he hadn’t even moved a finger when Stone called out, "Come up."

"No."

"Come up."

Lin Wu walked up to Stone, looking very unpleased, and Stone handed him a piece of paper. Lin Wu leaned over to see it was Stone’s own handwriting, his hands clenched into fists. The crowd started to jeer, preparing to watch a sumo wrestling performance.

Stone seemed completely unaware as he recited, "In view of Lin Wu’s outstanding contributions and his imminent moral fall into hell, in the spirit of curing the sick and saving lives, we hereby give Lin Wu 1,200 electronic components. Go fetch them from the workshop yourself."

Lin Wu was stunned, "Electronic components? Can I, can I actually make a personal computer?"

"Yeah."

Lin Wu said, "Isn’t this a bit too much?" The command center at the Doomsday Fortress was still a level one command center, and he and Maya had brought it up twice; Maya had said she knew. Now he realized that the reason the command center hadn’t been upgraded was to gather electronic components for him.

Stone, all smiles, handed the paper to Lin Wu. Lin Wu was overwhelmed and looked at everyone; they all clapped their hands as Starlight joined in the fun, shouting, "Say a few words, say a few words."

After contemplating for a moment, Lin Wu said with deep emotion, "First, I have to thank myself; if I weren’t so excellent, I wouldn’t have received... don’t throw shoes, don’t throw..."

In the gap between the tossed shoes, Lin Wu quickly said, "Stop, everyone listen to me."

Everyone held another shoe in their hand, signaling: Speak.

Lin Wu, "Next, I want to thank Dawn; without Dawn, I wouldn’t have Hacker Skill." Ducking, the shoes greeted Stone right behind Lin Wu instead.

Lin Wu smiled proudly, returning to the center spot, "Then I want to thank everyone."

Everyone nodded in satisfaction, and Shana said, "I suggest you stop while you’re ahead."

"I don’t accept your suggestion," Lin Wu continued. "Without everyone’s mediocrity, my excellence can’t be highlighted, so I wouldn’t have been able to receive..."

Stone kicked Lin Wu over from behind, and everyone piled on, heartily giving Lin Wu a good beating with their bare feet and took their shoes back in the process.

Lin Wu, covered in dirt, sheepishly returned to his seat, skillfully skipping the corny speech-making part with a beating.

Stone said, "Finally we have the two Deputy Commanders, but I didn’t prepare any gifts for you. Because I believe no gift is worthy of your contributions to the base. All I can say is, thank you, thank you for your work, thank you for doing countless tasks we know and don’t know about. Thank you!"

Everyone clapped, clapping at Stone’s empty promises. To everyone’s surprise, Shana was moved; she stepped forward, turned to everyone, bowed, and said, "Thank you, Stone, thank you, everyone. As everyone knows, I am a person prone to emotion..."

Lin Wu chimed in with the perfect timing, howling to the sky, "Wuu..." Serious apologies or heartfelt speeches could turn the originally happy mood heavy. Stone’s final thanks to the two commanders also included highlighting Shana’s contributions. Today, Shana’s temperamental behavior on the public channel was completely out of character compared to her usual demure self.

A good person who commits a bad deed is seen as showing their true colors. A bad person who does a good deed is thought to have a conscience. Why? Regardless of the reason, Stone didn’t want everyone to speculate too much. As the boss, he had the duty to maintain his executives’ image in front of the staff.

Shana stopped suddenly, "What are you doing?"

Lin Wu, "Dubbing."

Stone took the intercom from Shana’s hand, "Alright, we all know you’re very emotional; you can step down now. Next, does anyone else want to share their feelings? If not, I have an announcement to make."

Stone gestured for Shana to step down, and with an "Oh," she went back and sat in her place. Starlight, sitting next to her, gave her a hug.

Lin Wu snickered from below: Old Man, let’s see what you’re going to come up with now.

Stone announced, "The raffle is over."

"Tsk!"

Undisturbed, Stone continued, "Tonight, the girls will stay inside. Boys, especially those in relationships, are not allowed inside." That way, the girls could take off their wet clothes and get some good sleep.

Stone said, "There’s a small compartment inside; you can consider how to start a fire. Boys will stay in the hall; whether you dry your clothes or not is up to you. I estimate we will have to stay at the Sawmill for another two to three days, and I hope everyone can work together and get through this tough time."

His last few words were very sincere, and everyone showed their appreciation with applause, bringing the raffle to a successful close.

The girls went inside to rest, while the boys took off their wet clothes. Everyone, bare-chested, gathered around the campfire and chatted, feeling like they were back in a communal dormitory. Whether it was Shadow or Doomsday, they were all compartmentalized dorms. They offered good privacy protection, but they also made it difficult for people to interact with each other.

The next day, it was still raining. Stone told everyone they could take a day off. Lin Wu went to the Sawmill and used the 1,200 electronic components to make a personal computer in the workshop.

Why did it require so many electronic components? Why not complain? When there was real business to attend to, who had the time to deal with that damn rabbit.