Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 683 - 323 Defense Mission

Chapter 683: Chapter 323 Defense Mission

Lin Wu didn’t open the secret door, but instead led Wai away, returning to the small hill a kilometer away. Phantom in the woods had recovered some of its energy. Lin Wu petted its head as a reward, and ordered Wai to find Maya and bring her here.

Wai sniffed the air and took off running north. From its reaction, the distance didn’t seem too far.

About 30 minutes later, Lin Wu saw Maya at the base of the hill to the north, leading Sandstorm, guided by Wai towards him. Sandstorm’s fatigue reached 50% and it started to slow down, and at 80%, it refused to move at all, not even budging when dismounted. Maya could only wait for it to recover some energy before leading it on foot. When Wai found her, she was only a few kilometers from Lin Wu. Delayed by Sandstorm, she arrived belatedly.

Maya seemed quite dissatisfied with Sandstorm, abandoning the reins without even glancing at it as soon as she neared the woods. Sandstorm tried to approach Phantom but was deterred by a scornful look, leaving it to stand desolately aside.

Maya, holding binoculars, looked towards the gas station: "Position confirmed?"

Lin Wu showed her the computer: "Planted a trip mine."

Maya, surprised: "You actually know how to use trip mines?"

Lin Wu glared at her, and Maya pretended not to see: "Assault or ambush? Get the car, then grab the gasoline. If all goes well, we could be home in a day or two."

Lin Wu said, "It’s a bit difficult. This car is in the same class as the Highway Star. We need a key. Even if I loot corpses three times, I’m not sure I can find the keys on a body."

Maya looked around: "There are quite a few buildings nearby; we might find other vehicles. But the chances are slim. There’s a Fortress agent here and no other players, the resources must have been picked clean. They’d least likely leave a car."

One of the car’s main functions was its trunk, where construction packs could be stored – it was essentially a mobile warehouse. With a car loaded with construction packs, one could set up a temporary base almost anywhere.

Maya asked, "What about negotiating with her? If she gives us the car and gasoline, we’ll spare her and the safe house."

Before Lin Wu could reply, he saw Lin Meng come out of the toilet. She didn’t head for the car, but walked down a side road, approaching a cluster of buildings.

Maya, watching through the binoculars, questioned: "Is she chopping zombies?"

Lin Wu lay on the ground, a blade of grass in his mouth, his feet propped up, gazing at the sky: "What’s strange about that? We’ve been chopping zombies for two days."

"No, she’s just chopping zombies, like she’s leveling."

Lin Wu took the binoculars and observed that Lin Meng was indeed chopping zombies just for the sake of it, continuously luring them with a slingshot to kill them. Lin Wu murmured, "Maybe she’s doing a quest?"

Maya said, "A zombie chopping quest? And just regular zombies? Earlier she killed Frenzy with a gun; it seems she’s quite well-stocked with bullets."

Lin Wu said, "Should we make a move while she’s distracted?" He didn’t want to guess questions without definite answers.

Maya suggested, "Let’s wait and not alarm her. In case she commits suicide, we’d be in trouble without those car keys."

About 20 minutes later, the distant fight ended, and Lin Meng walked back to the gas station for 15 minutes, entering the men’s restroom. About a minute later, she emerged with a bottle of mineral water and headed towards the car wash.

"Oh dear," Maya sighed. "She’s a pauper."

"Hmm?"

"Nightmare said they had a daily beggar quest where they could kill ordinary zombies for body parts to exchange for points, but the zombie materials gained from ten minutes of chopping only exchange for enough points to fill a bottle of mineral water’s worth of gasoline." Maya explained with a tinge of pity, "This girl seems to have really hit rock bottom."

While Lin Wu spoke, "You’re not sympathetic because she’s down on her luck; you’re moved by her spirit to persevere against adversity."

"That’s right," Maya admitted, "It seems she doesn’t have much gasoline. Maybe we can talk to her about cooperation, helping her earn points in exchange for her redeeming gasoline."

Lin Wu countered, "After swapping for gasoline, we could charge Little Fight and fill up the pickup truck with gas, and we could even drive away with her pickup." Do you think she’s an idiot? The one thing she fears most is being corpse looted, she’d definitely kill herself the first chance she gets. Cooperate with you? You get what you want, and she’d be left half-dead with the added loss of a truck – she’d be better off dead.

Maya ignored the comment, noting Lin Meng’s return to the safe house: "Let’s go check it out."

Lin Wu inwardly sighed with resignation: This deal would incur a loss. He didn’t know Maya very well, but he recognized her standout traits. Maya wasn’t a saint, yet she was. She wouldn’t save or coax someone wanting to die, but she’d assist those struggling to survive. The less you bowed to fate, the more you earned her sympathy.

Huh? Then why is she with me? I’m quite easily compromised by fate.

...

The secret door opened, revealing only a faint light inside. Was it a trap? Lin Wu looked at Maya, who shook her head; she didn’t think Lin Meng was that crafty and led the way down the stairs. Inside the safe house, there was only a single candle placed on the table. Lin Meng sat with crossed legs, holding a packet of shrimp crackers in her left hand and a pen in her right, deep in thought over a sheet of paper.

"Hi!"

Lin Meng, startled by Lin Wu’s face at the edge of the darkness, brandished the pen defensively, "You, you, you back off."

"Hehe," Lin Wu stepped forward, picked up the notebook to read for a while, then took the shrimp cream crackers from Lin Meng and said while eating one, "We’re both agents; how could you be in such a sorry state?"

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