Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 610 - 296: Choose 1 out of 3

Chapter 610: Chapter 296: Choose 1 out of 3

Lin Wu picked up the lock pick and observed the street for a while longer, finding it a challenge. Lin Wu could of course pick locks with a lock pick, and he could do it within 10 seconds, but he didn’t have the ability to precisely grasp the timing. The best solution was to pull Juliet to feed the zombies, which would buy him a little more time, but Juliet’s death could cause the key to transfer to other tasks.

Lin Wu pressed the walkie-talkie and after a while, Maya responded from a safe location, "I’m here."

Lin Wu explained the situation simply, and Maya said, "I’m coming. I’ve got a card: ’Prisoner Transport Train Car.’ As the name implies, it’s a train car used to transport prisoners. First, the prisoners must be taken to the police station in Human Town and put onto the Prisoner Transport Train Car. You get a reward of 5 dollars for each station reached with the prisoners. If a prisoner escapes, you have to pay a fine of 20 dollars. And if a prisoner dies, you have to pay a fine of 10 dollars."

If during transport you feel you can’t complete the task, you can hand the prisoner over to the police station at the next Human Town.

...

Two minutes later, Maya appeared near the light rail train. Lin Wu pressed the walkie-talkie, and Maya looked around and saw Lin Wu waving at her. Maya entered the light rail, and Lin Wu whispered into the walkie-talkie to communicate with her.

Maya avoided the horde of zombies and reached near the carriage, took out a glass bottle from her backpack and threw it, the sound of the glass shattering drew the zombies away from the door. Lin Wu took the opportunity to open the door and leave, while Maya went upstairs.

Seeing Maya smash the bottle, Lin Wu thought Romeo died somewhat unjustly, as there were many glass bottles on the first floor of the convenience store.

Lin Wu lurked near the weapon shop, turned his head to look at Maya, and Maya waved, Lin Wu directly moved without checking the position of the zombies. He picked the door lock, entered the weapon shop, and closed the door behind him.

Ah! Jackpot, the spacious shop was empty. Well, that made sense, the townspeople would definitely arm themselves after the outbreak of the zombie virus. But could there be nothing left at all?

Lin Wu looked at the emptied display cabinet and remembered the mechanisms in the Nightmare Safe House, so he tried to push it. The cabinet actually flipped over, revealing a safe.

The safe instructions read: The key is in the drawer. The password is four numbers, the birthday of the person I love most. Suppose the birthday is January 12, 1872, the password would be 18, 72, 01, 12. The order to enter the password is to turn left first, then right, then left again, then right again. Please note, you have only one chance to unlock.

Damn it! Riddles to solve, too.

The damn Dawn, give me back my computer.

Finding the key was simple, it really was in the only desk drawer. The desk clearly belonged to the owner of the weapon shop, and it held many personal items.

From the photos on the desk and the information obtained from the drawer, the shop owner was the father of a family of four, including a wife, a daughter, and a son. Birthdays of the three other family members were written in the shop owner’s notebook, aside from his own.

So, who was his most beloved person?

Lin Wu grabbed the walkie-talkie, "It should be the wife." Husbands love their wives; the kids are just byproducts.

Maya said, "I think it’s the daughter."

Shuihua said, "Then I can only guess it’s the son."

Qinglang asked, "Lin Wu, what else is recorded in the notebook?"

Lin Wu checked the notebook, "George borrowed 15 dollars. Alexander bought a revolver on credit, worth 25 dollars. It’s just a regular notebook, also recorded the overtime hours of employees."

Qinglang said, "Look again, I think there’s the shop owner’s birthday."

Lin Wu doubted, "You think the shop owner loves himself the most?"

Qinglang affirmed, "To love someone, you certainly wouldn’t forget their birthday. Unless the shop owner has an illness, anyone who needs a notebook to remember birthdays wouldn’t be his most beloved person. Since it’s one out of four, his love can only be for himself."

Lin Wu searched for a while and found a shop deed. The name and birthday of the shop’s buyer were clearly stated on it.

With Qinglang sure of his view, nobody else spoke up. Normally, Lin Wu would have asked, "Are you sure?" Not today though; although he had his doubts, he didn’t voice them and instead followed the instructions to spin the safe’s dial. He turned the key and pressed the handle; the safe opened.

Wow! This kid’s got potential.

Qinglang asked, "Did it open?"

"It’s open."

Everyone asked together, "What’s inside?"

"A Train Armor Card." Lin Wu said, "Once installed, it can protect the train from external damage. Each additional car added will increase coal consumption by 5%. Note: You can choose whether to add armor when adding a new car, and armor can be installed on cars not previously armored at any time. Unless modified at a train modification factory, the armor cannot be removed."

"Ah..." Everyone was unsure whether it was good or bad news. For missions like Black Wind Village, if the train had armor installed, it would be difficult for bandit cowboys to damage the cars. It’s a good item, but increasing coal consumption is a critical issue.

Maya said, "Take it first, then head to the food store."

Shuihua informed, "Maya, Blood Mist is moving fast."

Maya said calmly, "We have 10 minutes. I’ll send Lin Wu into the food store and then lead the NPCs to retreat."

Lin Wu asked, "What about the coal store?"

Maya said, "Don’t consider the coal." Coal is good, but how much can you carry?

...

What Lin Wu and Maya didn’t expect was that the food store also contained riddles. There was a variety of food inside, from fruits and vegetables to meat and poultry, but all the food was locked inside high-strength glass cases. All the locks were not ordinary mechanical locks but three-digit combination locks.