Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 541 - 269: Fortress Merchant_3

Chapter 541: Chapter 269: Fortress Merchant_3

Maya did not answer the question; she couldn’t explain too much to Lin Wu about this matter. When creating Dawn, humanity had already considered the consequences of an unchecked AI. Designers trusted rules over moral constraints and didn’t believe that AI would always operate according to rules.

On the surface, Dawn trains the Guard Army, and the Guard Army protects Dawn. But in reality, Dawn demands that the Guard Army prioritize enforcing programs that restrict Dawn over obeying Dawn’s commands. If Dawn did not make this request, the Guard Army must destroy Dawn, a rule that is a priority conveyed by Dawn to the Guard Army itself.

Maya had no interest in explaining the peculiar relationship between the Guard Army and Dawn to Lin Wu, and luckily, Lin Wu wasn’t interested in debating Dawn with the Guard Army either.

After Maya finished, she stood by and supervised Lin Wu washing clothes, nodding, "Not bad." Then she went to hang the clothes out to dry.

"Wait." Lin Wu said, "I don’t have the strength attribute, so I can’t wring the clothes."

Maya took over the clothes and wrung them out: "I don’t have the Agility attribute, so I can’t go to the third floor."

It was just a casual remark, but Lin Wu took her bucket of clothes and walked away: "Consider it tuition."

Maya watched Lin Wu reach the clothesline and reminded him through the headset. "Spread them out, hang them on the rack, and then use the clips on the rope to secure them on both sides of the rack to prevent the clothes from being blown away by the wind. Add another clip at the point where the hook and the rope meet."

After hanging the clothes, Lin Wu made a gesture for inspection, and Maya nodded, "Well done."

Cotton announced on the Doomsday channel, "Breakfast is ready."

Dashuang and Lin Wu responded and went to the kitchen to help—no NPCs meant they had to serve their own food, get their own bowls, and wash their own chopsticks. Lin Wu always felt Stone’s theory was unreliable and pondered how to persuade Maya to agree to hire NPCs.

Today’s breakfast consisted of cabbage salad and bread. Considering Lin Wu’s preference for meat, Cotton had specially prepared a serving of kelp meat slice soup, a combination of several slices of meat and kelp.

Halfway through breakfast, at eight in the morning, the system broadcasted: "Special NPC Fortress Merchant appears in Left County. Precious items, weapons, and goods can be purchased from the Fortress Merchant with Honor Value. The Fortress Merchant will leave Left County after 12 hours. Please make haste."

"Oh no." Lin Wu and Maya sighed at the same time, having forgotten that the currency for the wandering merchant of the Fortress was Honor Value, not the barter system of the marketplace merchants.

Doomsday Fortress only had a hundred Honor Points at present. Maya contacted Shana, who told her that Shadow Base also only had 150 Honor Points.

What can you buy with 250? Uncertain, Stone said with a stroke of luck, "Maybe the merchant is a fool?"

Lin Wu: "You..."

After waiting three seconds, Stone said, "Hey, if you want to talk back, just say something. What does starting a sentence mean?" He was prepared for the onslaught of the troll, but then you don’t come at him, what’s the meaning of this?

Lin Wu sighed, "I don’t want to argue with a fool." It was vexing to have someone else steal his lines.

Maya said, "Doomsday Fortress lies on the outskirts of Left County and does not fall within its territory. Lin Wu, you should now head to the logging site and use the drones to search for the wandering merchant. Shana, you draw a map of the area and use sewer number 99 to reach all accessible locations, using Lin Wu’s drones to conduct the search."

Lin Wu said, "Get the Forest Wolves ready; if we can’t afford them, we’ll rob."

Little Knife agreed, "I’m in favor." As a member of the appearance association, she felt pity when she saw Amanda but was filled with the urge to kill at the sight of a deceitful merchant.

Horse Soul also agreed, "They’re wasting our energy, even if they don’t drop equipment, we’re going to kill them."

Maya: "Please keep the channel clear during the mission."

Lin Wu turned off his headset: "You didn’t have to say that, did you?"

Maya said, "He is a merchant seldom seen in months. I just hope that everyone can work seriously and efficiently; this is something I must do as Deputy Commander."

Lin Wu apologized: "Sorry, I shouldn’t have criticized you."

Maya said, "Instead of apologizing, you should make haste."

Lin Wu put down his cutlery and left: "Who, who, who, trouble you with the dishes." He wasn’t sure who would do the dishes today. But a serious Maya was truly annoying.