Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 72 - 71: Annihilating the Frenzy

Chapter 72: Chapter 71: Annihilating the Frenzy

Having dismantled the first car, Lin Wu dragged a bench to the second car, where he would gun down any screaming zombie in seconds, playing a hurdle race with the ordinary undead. What about Frenzy? In an open space, Lin Wu could duel with Frenzy alone. He utilized his agility to dodge and the inertia of Frenzy’s charges. His first weapon was the Silencer; he dodged Frenzy’s charge, causing it to roll and fly seven or eight meters away. At that moment, Lin Wu could take aim. Frenzy would inevitably charge straight at him again, and that was when he couldn’t use the "Quick Gunner" skill, which was a real trap. Instead, he used aimed shots to the head to interrupt Frenzy’s attacks. After repeating this three times, Frenzy lay dead on the spot.

The second weapon came from Su Shi’s hand—the Sharp Blade with a sharp attribute. The preceding maneuvers were the same, but when Frenzy rolled from its charge, Lin Wu would pursue with the Dual Wind Stabs. Then came the crucial step, the first strike had to pierce Frenzy’s head directly. In this situation, with Frenzy down, Lin Wu would execute it. Though Frenzy was Undying, an executed Frenzy would be stunned for several seconds—enough time for Lin Wu to turn its head into a hornet’s nest. If the first strike missed or only pierced after Frenzy got up, it would not be stunned. Instead, it would jump to the side and launch a new attack. At that point, after the pursuit and having used Dual Wind Stabs twice, Lin Wu’s stamina would be depleted, and he had to use his firearms to finish the kill.

If there were two Frenzys, forget it, running away was the only option. Even one Frenzy accompanied by a few zombies posed a considerable risk. Fortunately, the damage Frenzy could inflict on Lin Wu wasn’t fatal. If he was wounded and infected, he’d flee, return to the base, and lie in a sickbed. During the first day of combat, Lin Wu went back to base twice for healing and infection treatment in order to save ammunition.

On the second day, the situation changed drastically. Lin Wu hardly used his gun and, with the Sharp Blade, killed three Frenzys within an hour, remaining lively and unscathed. This was thanks to Maya’s help. Using their data, she coordinated with Lin Wu to rehearse, ensuring he performed standardized evasive maneuvers. In Maya’s view, Frenzy’s movements were mechanical and predictable. As long as Lin Wu executed the movements properly, he could enhance his advantage. Even if he couldn’t overpower Frenzy, a single Frenzy couldn’t cause substantial harm to him.

After going back and forth like this, Lin Wu actually grew fond of Frenzy. Spotting one from afar, he couldn’t help but circle around to tease it and turned Frenzy into his new toy. So much so that by the fourth day, Frenzy had moved away from the death zone—anyway, Lin Wu searched for quite some time without seeing the adorable Frenzy.

The hardest work fell to Su Shi. He not only had to work overtime processing the scrap iron Lin Wu brought back but also had to repair the Sharp Blades, which skyrocketed his workload. However, it wasn’t without its benefits. His engineering skill successfully leveled up, and he became a Junior Engineer.

As a Junior Engineer, he had no bonuses in recycling or manufacturing, but he unlocked an upgrade feature for the base that could elevate a Sentry to a Junior Sniper Tower. A Sentry was an outdoor unit that increased the precision and range of the standing Sentry’s guns by 25%. When manned, it would slowly reduce the threat level, consuming one piece of ammunition per day.

Junior Sniper Tower: Weapon precision and range increased by 50%, two Sentries could be arranged to stand guard. When manned, it would slowly reduce the threat level, consuming two pieces of ammunition per day.

Equipped with a six-times scope, the Silencer’s range was 100 meters, extended to 150 meters by the Sniper Tower. With the precision bonus, it could effectively attack targets within 200 meters. It directly covered the commercial district and one and a half factories, and was capable of assaulting Residential Building No.2 of the Plague.

However, the mountain-top base lacked even a Sentry, let alone a Sniper Tower, due to too few buildable outdoor grids. The dream of a Sniper Tower would have to wait until they advanced to a medium-sized base.

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On the fifth day of dismantling, Lin Wu had obtained 45 pieces of steel, not far from the 50 he needed. The death zone had been transformed into an open area, where not only were vehicles nearly extinct, but zombies had also become a rarity.

During the day, zombies were exterminated; after a night’s respawn, the sparse zombies that were attracted by the noise of dismantling were easily cut down one by one. Once the zombies lost their numerical advantage, they were no different from straw men.

Shana sat on a rock nearby, munching on beef jerky, watching Lin Wu dismantle the last three cars. She did not eat the beef jerky because the system required it but because it was delicious. During the past few nights, the two of them either went to the residential buildings or searched isolated structures far from the base. Shana believed their relationship was warming up. But by day, Lin Wu would sleep or go about dismantling, showing no interest in chatting with her—even failing to notice the recent interactions between Hun Dan and her.

"Steel." Lin Wu, excited, stood on top of the car holding a piece of steel and called out to Shana, "Steel."

"Steel as in the metal?" Shana asked perfunctorily.

"Yeah."

Shana gave a feeble thumbs-up, lay down, gazed up at the sky while lying on Stone, and asked, "Where are we headed tonight?"

"Tonight?" Lin Wu thought for a moment, his eyes sparkling as if he hit upon something, jumped out of the car, and casually picked up some scrap metal: "I’m heading back to the base."

"Wait for me," Shana said, following the brisk Lin Wu back to the base.

After fruitlessly searching the warehouse, Lin Wu seized the radio and grabbed the microphone: "Calling Maya."

Maya: "Received, go ahead."

Lin Wu asked, "Do you have the display mirror?"

Maya: "Yes, I do."

"I’ll be right there," Lin Wu said as he left, while Shana, too lazy to follow, watched him jog away.

Stone sighed, "Youth is such a good thing. Others spend their time playing games at their leisure, but he’s eager to split a minute in two to use it, keeping so busy that I’m a bit envious and resentful."

"He’ll get tired of it sooner or later," Shana commented.

Stone said, "Tired? The beast trap isn’t even made yet, and there’s a 33% chance it will fail. After a failure, he’ll start stripping cars with renewed vigor. Suppose he does make the beast trap, wouldn’t he spend three to five days just playing with it? And let’s say he gets bored of the beast trap, he still hasn’t tired of the guns. For a boy, as long as he’s keen, even mud can be the most interesting toy."

Stone turned to Shana, "Your progress seems to have stalled too, not just lacking in skill improvements, but I can’t think of any extra points you could score besides just staying alive."

Shana helplessly replied, "Being in the same group as him, there aren’t even enough zombies for him to kill. Before, if he saw a Frenzy, he’d be extremely cautious, but now, if he spots one, he’d whip out Little Knife and rush at it like a hungry ghost spotting a top-tier steak."

Stone said, "Maya hasn’t made much progress either. She used up over a hundred crossbow arrows and, considering the retrieval rate, she must’ve shot at least three hundred without mastering any skills related to crossbow arrows. Do you know what we’re preparing for lately?"

"Making explosives to blast Blood Plague," Shana replied.

Stone nodded, "I believe killing Blood Plague will definitely earn a lot of points. Given her attributes, Maya isn’t suitable for ignition. Only you and Lin Wu can do it. Lin Wu has faced off with Blood Plague in Residential Building No.2 and came back unscathed, so theoretically, Lin Wu is the best fit for the task. But I think you could vie for it too."

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