Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 634 - 305 The Three Musketeers

Chapter 634: Chapter 305 The Three Musketeers

Corpses in Corpse Looting are of different grades. The highest-grade corpses are those of players, where the system evaluates the value of the deceased player’s belongings and then arranges them in order of value. In theory, corpses refresh every minute, allowing players to loot corpses three times, but in practice, it’s impossible to achieve that. Without any skill enhancement, each looting takes 20 seconds.

The 20-second rule applies only to players, set specifically to protect the legacy of deceased players. When looting zombies and NPCs, what’s considered is overall attributes. Looting can take up to 20 seconds at most, but the higher your attributes, the quicker the looting. Intelligence has the greatest impact.

Lin Wu, a seasoned thief, was well versed in the art of Corpse Looting. Thus, before he killed his target, he had already placed one hand on Lin. The moment Lin died, Lin Wu instantly initiated Corpse Looting, determined to loot three times.

Lin Wu had expected to find night vision goggles or a weapon on the first try, but instead, he got a satellite phone and an earpiece. The satellite phone had contact numbers for 9 people, including Nightmare, Blood Meng, and other Nightmares alike.

On the second attempt, still no night vision goggles or weapons, he obtained a jeep card. The jeep card could summon an off-road jeep for six hours of use. While this would be a treasure for a special agent, it was trash for Lin Wu due to the restrictions imposed by Blood Mist and Darkness. The only option would be to drive near the train, using the light from the train for protection.

The third attempt still didn’t yield night vision goggles or weapons, but a plane ticket instead. The ticket allowed one to board a helicopter and travel to any location within a 500-kilometer radius near rails. Although more valuable than night vision goggles, it was still trash for Lin Wu.

Lin had his own skills, having reached the Orient Express tracks ahead of time, where he waited. Since the system prevented him from directly destroying the tracks, he spent over an hour painting over a 30-meter section of the tracks, effectively disguising them. Taking advantage of the tracks bending around the forest and the direct beam from the train’s headlight, he ensured that the night train couldn’t detect the tracks.

The painting was rushed and crude, but it wasn’t noticeable unless one looked closely. After setting everything up, Lin laid out Beast Traps on both sides of the track and hid in the woods with a repeater gun, quietly waiting for his prey to fall into the trap.

The reason Lin was killed mainly stemmed from obtaining an important piece of information: Lin Wu and Maya had both previously died. Nightmare had interacted with Lin Wu earlier that day and, noticing his high Agility, suspected that Maya had given Lin Wu the Amulet. As a result, she didn’t rush to chase after the Orient Express, instead letting others go first.

To them, Lin Wu without skills and attributes was just a blank slate. Their pursuit of Sasha and their points depended on the strength of the team protecting Sasha, with supplies being a significant part of the team’s strength. The Orient Express members, carrying large amounts of currency, shopped in Town #10, turning the Orient Express into the town’s fattest sheep.

Amidst these circumstances, Nightmare and Blood Meng noticed Nightmare’s unusually passive attitude towards the plump sheep. The shrewder among them claimed to have a past connection with Lin Wu and hesitated before making a move, inviting other special agents to take the first shot. That’s when Lin stepped up, vowing to take the first claim and asking others not to compete. Three Dreams not only agreed but offered to provide location guidance to Lin, on the condition that he kept them updated on the pursuit.

The description from Lin made it clear that Lin Wu, having ingested some sort of miracle drug, hadn’t lost strength due to death. Lin Wu’s Stealth skill was a major headache for the Dream trio; if he was too far, you couldn’t see him, if it was dark, you couldn’t make him out, and by the time you could see and perceive him clearly, he was already beside you. Once Lin Wu got up close, there was almost no chance of winning.

Following Lin’s death, Three Dreams each harbored their own calculations. Their mission should have been to kill Sasha, but they preferred to kill Lin Wu. Nightmare and Blood Meng needn’t be mentioned; their base had been completely ransacked, Maya wasn’t around to take the blame, and she had left a note in Blood Meng’s safehouse. So, all of this had to be Lin Wu’s doing. They were itching to eat Lin Wu alive. Of course, before they could do that, they had to deal with Lin Wu and strip him of his attributes and skills, or else they’d end up being eaten by him.

Nightmare’s situation was a bit more complicated; she too had reasons to kill Lin Wu. The first one was naturally the game rules; they were now in an enemy state, no longer allies. Unless they could find mutual interests in the current event—but of course, there weren’t any, since Nightmare’s biggest competitor was now penniless.

The second reason, as long as Lin Wu and Maya were killed, they would switch to non-Hardcore Mode, and no one would tell the Dream duo the truth about the robbery. Nightmare wasn’t afraid of the Dream duo, but she preferred to use them. Stripped of their resources, the Dream duo had no choice but to borrow high-interest points from the wealthy Nightmare to buy weapons and carry out missions. Strictly speaking, the Dream duo were now Nightmare’s underlings.

The third reason, Nightmare was also afraid of Lin Wu. Not because of his strength, but because if Lin Wu ever returned to Left County and one day did something rash, or if resources at the base were strained, he might just rob her safehouse.

Indeed, Nightmare believed that Lin Wu had moral boundaries, but if it were to save the base and his friends, Lin Wu would lower those boundaries. Even if Lin Wu truly kept his promise, Nightmare wouldn’t dare leave her fate in Lin Wu’s hands. She had witnessed firsthand the Dream duo’s tragic end: formidable adversaries reduced to bankruptcy overnight.

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