Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 554 - 275: Win-Win Cooperation

Chapter 554: Chapter 275: Win-Win Cooperation

Maya said, "Since there are no other issues, we can continue discussing the cooperation matters. Shadow has recently run into big trouble, and we need a lot of bullets."

Nightmare jumped up, "Don’t you go too far."

"Sit down first," Maya said. "Believe me, mutual benefit is an essential precondition for all partnerships."

Still skeptical, Nightmare sat down, and Maya added, "I remember you mentioning to me that you know the locations of Nightmare and Blood Meng’s safe houses."

"Oh!" Nightmare instantly understood what Maya meant and said, "Nightmare’s safe house is in Southward Town in Left County, and Blood Meng’s safe house is in North Down Town in Right County."

Nightmare looked at Lin Wu, "Are you sure you can break into the safe houses?"

Lin Wu spread his hands, what do you think? He thanked himself for not losing his temper. It was true, he had to trust Maya. It was embarrassing when Maya made him admit his mistakes, but firstly, it mended the cooperation with Nightmare, and secondly, Maya didn’t plan to make him pay back the bullets. Most importantly, she pointed both him and Nightmare towards a fortune-making opportunity.

"Each safe house has a collection system, with guns, Skill Books, blueprints, etc.," Nightmare explained. "We’ll play dirty first, and then honorable. I’ll pick the guns, Skill Books, and blueprints first, and I’ll only take what I lack. You get everything else that’s left. Bullets will be split down the middle. .50 caliber counts as 5 points, rifle ammunition like 5.56 and 7.62 counts as 3 points, and pistol bullets count as 1 point. You can divide it based on the points; you choose first."

"For fuel and canned goods, it’s seventy-thirty," Nightmare continued. "My share will be stored at the Doomsday Fortress, and I’ll retrieve it when I need it. Also, if there are any other items left in the underground vault, it depends on the specific items. You know we can exchange points for a lot of strange stuff."

"Underground vault?" Lin Wu raised his eyebrows, asking, "And there’s fuel and canned goods?"

Taken aback, Nightmare responded, "You didn’t find it?"

Lin Wu honestly replied, "No."

"Then... have you tried pushing the display case?" Nightmare asked.

"Why push it?" Lin Wu thought, feeling like he had missed a fortune.

"The display case can be rotated; there are compartments on both sides," Nightmare explained. "You’ll see when we get there. We’ll split everything this way no matter how many people from Shadow participate, how does that sound?" He looked at Lin Wu and Maya.

Lin Wu held his head, cursing to himself. Damn you, Little White Rabbit, I’m 95% dumb, but why do you, with your 5%, have to be just as brainless?

Maya agreed readily, "That works, the Sawmill only has 36 hours of protection time left." Little White Rabbit had explained that after reaching 7 stars, the system provides 48 hours of protection time, giving players ample time to prepare. After 48 hours, a lottery draw begins every day at eight o’clock, with a 15% chance of a 7-star siege occurring each day.

"We’ll head to Southward Town first. Shall we leave now?" Nightmare asked.

Lin Ma stood up, "Let’s go."

"What car are you driving?" Nightmare inquired.

"A car? You don’t have one?"

"I have a car, but I suggest you drive a pickup, and it’s best to fill up on gas," Nightmare recommended.

Nightmare packed canned goods and drinking water into her backpack and car trunk, abandoning the temporary base and temporarily joining the Doomsday Fortress to facilitate communication. She was quite fond of Hardcore Mode because it didn’t require system sleep; she could choose to sleep in a tree or under a bridge, carrying a dozen cans of food to travel around.

When Maya told her that her hideout had been raided, she nearly exploded with rage, wishing she could tear Lin Wu into eighteen thousand pieces. However, after Maya mediated, and considering that she could make a fortune and deal a severe blow to her two main competitors, she suddenly found Lin Wu much more agreeable.

But her heart was torn with an inner struggle.

If you forgot your keys and your neighbor helped you open the door using a card or some other method, while you would be grateful to your neighbor, you would also consider changing the locks or even the door the next day, wouldn’t you?

This was exactly what Nightmare was thinking. If Lin Wu really could crack the safe house codes, she would either have to trust him completely or kill him to erase his Hacker Skill. At the very least, she would need to eliminate Lin Wu’s personal computer. Killing Lin Wu meant a total fallout, which had significant consequences and costs. The most important question was, could she ensure his death? If she assumed he was constrained by Maya and wouldn’t target her safe house, but if her assassination attempt failed, he would certainly loot or even openly rob her safe house.

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Thinking of heading to Southward Town, they first had to reach the system-recommended base: the fire station. The fire station was at the very southern edge of Left County, Lin Wu and Shana had scouted the vicinity twice before, and the traffic conditions were extremely bad.

It wasn’t just the fire station; the road to the fire station was fraught with peril. Paving the way was the Doomsday pickup, with Nightmare, who knew the roads well, behind the wheel, and Maya driving a sedan, following the pickup. Lin Wu stood in the back of the pickup, moonlighting as an armored vehicle sniper.

An armored vehicle sniper is tasked with lookout duties on a moving armored vehicle, quickly eliminating any soldiers that pop up with anti-armor weapons. This role was later replaced by heavy machine guns, favoring volume over precision. Lin Wu’s job was to snipe any zombies that posed a threat to the pickup.

With the pickup leading the way, the following sedan had a much easier time, but Lin Wu also needed to provide some support to the sedan.

"The main county roads are safe at 60 kilometers per hour," Nightmare communicated through the earpiece. "At speeds above this, zombie jump-ons rarely occur. Still, be wary of Exploding Carnage; I’ve been killed by them twice. Pay attention, there is a traffic circle ahead with lots of wrecked cars; don’t take the outer ring, drive into the innermost ring."

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