Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 575 - 283 Night Moon_2

Chapter 575: Chapter 283 Night Moon_2

The two immediately headed towards the dunes, and after climbing up, they did not see any people. Maya took out binoculars to search and said, "The girl in red, riding a horse, went towards the lake."

Lin Wu looked at the skeleton below the dune, "Just a few minutes ago, she not only deprived a life but also skinned and cut the flesh." When unsure of whether the other is friend or foe, it is better to claim the moral high ground, which makes it easier to kill.

Maya and Lin Wu descended from the dune, and Maya looked at the compass display on Lin Wu’s personal computer, "Adjust to one o’clock direction, towards... never mind, just head due west."

Lin Wu was dissatisfied, "Hey, what’s with your attitude, you think I can’t read a compass?"

Maya replied, "No."

"Then..."

Maya explained with resignation, "According to the trajectory of the girl in red, we should adjust to northwest by three degrees, but since we are not clear about the distance, we need to readjust based on the distance traveled..."

Lin Wu said, "Due west?"

Maya nodded, "Due west."

"Let’s go."

...

Two hours later, the two of them and their dog emerged from the desert. During the journey, Maya had explained to Lin Wu about the differences between deserts, saline lands, wastelands, and Gobi terrains.

On one side of the highway was the desert, while on the other, greenery began to appear. The green became more dense as they approached within two kilometers of the lake. Seeing this, Maya let down her guard, as she had been concerned that it was a saltwater lake. When they reached the lake, they found a stone sign erected on the shore.

The lake was called North Lake, a freshwater lake with an area of 1,500 square kilometers and a maximum depth of 30 meters. The lake was home to many protected fish species. The reason why fish could become protected was that the region was a plateau, the lake water was icy, so the fish grew extremely slowly.

Standing by the lake, they could see schools of fish swimming about with the naked eye. They resembled Yellow bone fish but were silver in color. The silver bone fish were not very large, each weighing no more than 0.2 kilograms, by estimation. Maya climbed onto the signpost and looked to the north, "Ten kilometers away on the shore of the lake, there’s a stranded ferry. If I were to choose, I would make that ferry my base. With freshwater, grasslands, no zombies, and only 500 meters away from the highway with birch trees planted along it." It virtually included all the resources needed for survival.

Lin Wu said, "But there’s the threat of zombies attacking. Knowing Dawn as I do, it definitely wouldn’t miss any chance of enjoying a base. That unfortunate base might already have a five or six-star threat level."

Maya jumped down, and Lin Wu instinctively reached out to help her, although she landed steadily, she still took Lin Wu’s wrist. As they walked towards the ferry, Maya said, "Your bias against Dawn has seeped into your bones. However, I hope I’m wrong, if no outsiders have taken it, it would be an excellent temporary base for us."

Zombies were present, but not many. Maya conjectured the main reason was the sparsity of population in Tech City. A town’s total number of zombies remained constant, but with a larger area, the zombie density would naturally be lower.

Walking about 5 kilometers on the road, they reached an intersection where Lin Wu deployed an unmanned drone to gather information. The area’s roads from North Town to the county in Tech City were H-shaped, with North Town at the bottom of the right vertical line running straight to the county. The left vertical line was the road from the county circling around North Lake. The horizontal line connected the two vertical roads.

In this desolate place, at this intersection, there were surprisingly two buildings, one on each side of the fork. They were a coffee shop and a barbecue bar, respectively. What needed special mention was the barbecue bar, surrounded by an iron fence with only two small doors at the front and back, and a parking lot in front. The establishment was two stories high, with half an empty space on the second floor alongside a third-floor rooftop, which could form a very nice crossfire. According to the System Map, the barbecue bar was a system-recommended small base, suitable for three to six people, with no occupation requirements.

They had planned to visit but found a high density of zombies inside. They had just passed the protective period and did not want to attract trouble, so after looking from a distance, they left. The base was good, but too large for two people to manage. Lin Ma preferred a base with certain natural defenses or geographical advantages.

Continuing along the highway, they saw a banner hanging from a billboard by the roadside, which read: Night Moon recruitment, turn left in one kilometer ahead, by the stranded ferry.

Lin Ma looked at each other, and Lin Wu released the drone to scout the ferry, reporting back, "Small base, with a security zone of only about 15 meters. The red-clad woman is cooking on the shore, a horse beside her. Two men are returning from the north, one dragging a bundle of firewood. They are armed with rifles, the woman with a bludgeon, the two men with Sharp Blades."

Lin Wu said, "There’s a clothesline by the lake, hanging the ugliest whiteboard homemade clothes."

Maya asked, "Do you think it’s trustworthy?"

Lin Wu replied, "If a 15-meter safety zone isn’t reliable, we’ll just slaughter them."

Maya, poker-faced, handed Lin Wu her pistol, "I’ll go and talk."

Lin Wu said, "We are still quite far away."

Maya insisted, "We don’t know if they are friend or foe yet, better you keep out of sight for the time being."

Lin Wu asked, "Sniper Crossbow?"

Maya replied, "Depends on whether they get greedy at the sight of money." Although Crossbow Arrows require many materials, they are still cheaper than bullets. Not strictly speaking, the Sniper Crossbow is a silent sniper rifle within 50 meters, and even in Shadow, it could be considered a second-line weapon.

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