Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 727 - 341: Uninvited Guest_2

Chapter 727: Chapter 341: Uninvited Guest_2

"Hehe." Shana emitted a laugh devoid of any emotion.

Maya said, "You guys rest here for now. After nightfall, Lin Wu, you go alone to get two license plates and return to the base overnight." At its peak, Shadow Base had 13 people. Back then, Shana worried about the large number of personnel leading to frequent internal conflicts. Now, that was not a problem anymore.

Maya thought further, having only 5 people occupy a large base was not a good choice. Relocate to a medium or small base? Not to mention they didn’t know which building in Leimeng Town was a medium or small base, giving up the large base was also hard to accept. Returning to Left County wasn’t an option either, as Leimeng Town, although threatened by drones, wasn’t corrupted and had as many resources as when the game server just started.

Recruiting was possible, as the Angel’s Alliance still had many players, and she believed that many would be willing to relocate here. But Shadow Base was individually operated, and that made it very tricky to manage.

The priority now was to first bring back the people, then consider whether to give up Shadow Base and instead set up a new base in a nearby resource area using tents.

Stealing the license plates was risky, but since Lin Wu was the one doing it, everyone didn’t think it would be difficult. Lin Wu had an excellent tradition of running away if he couldn’t win. Frankly speaking, not to mention regular zombies, even Frenzy wouldn’t be able to catch a whiff of Lin Wu’s foot odor.

...

The idle Lin Wu and two others waited at the ruins for it to get dark. It didn’t necessarily have to be dark, but it was only certain that stealing the plates at night would be effective.

Since they had nothing better to do, Lin Wu rode a horse to the northern signal tower to keep watch, after all, it was Phantom that would get tired, not him. At the request of Su Shi, Stone dragged him from the pickup’s cargo bed to the grass. During the process, Su Shi, pained, took a painkiller and asked, "Stone, do we now have to consider Snow Egg and Little Knife?"

Stone said, "The way you put it, it’s as though we never considered them before."

Su Shi said, "In fact, you even disregard Cotton and Dashuang. The core reason for the conflict between Dashuang and Emerald Feather is everyone’s dissatisfaction with Shana. She assigned Peanut and others to throw zombie corpses and carry stones to repair the dam, but she turns a blind eye to Dashuang’s shirking attitude at work. Because of Cotton’s reticence, her conflict with Little Knife has never been resolved. As for Snow Egg, no need to say, he’s the core part of the upgrade. I think Little Knife is the most innocent among them."

Stone: "Snow Egg and Little Knife are both seniors, why do you have a negative view of Snow Egg? Don’t tell me it’s just because he used materials to craft a ring."

"I’m petty." Su Shi admitted as Stone looked at him, nodding, "I’m speaking the truth, I’m an engineer in the game, he’s an engineer in real life, you know how it is in our day-to-day interactions?"

Stone asked, "He looks down on you, the fake one?"

Su Shi neither agreed nor disagreed.

Stone said, "That’s no reason to feel this way. Being immoderate isn’t being manly."

Su Shi said, "Some romances can turn a poor student into a top scorer, while others can turn a top student into a poor one."

Stone: "Little Knife becoming a poor student should be her own fault."

"Alright, let’s consider Little Knife and Snow Egg as tied." Su Shi said, "On the second day after the server opened, we took over the church on the top of the mountain. Except for Horse Soul, pretty much all the brothers from that journey are still here. Cotton left for too long and way too early to be considered a senior."

Stone: "You mean to invite them back."

Su Shi nodded, "They’re all seniors. With Maya present, I believe Snow Egg won’t do anything outrageous again. If you are generous enough, you might even consider Starlight..."

"No way, her situation is different. She and Peanut are in a romantic relationship and they’ve pulled in Emerald Feather. Their little group is too tightly knit." Stone replied, "Starlight and Peanut, Little Knife and Snow Egg, these two couples have a fundamental difference. Relatively speaking, the former is all about stance and interests, the latter is about reason."

Stone: "If Peanut does something wrong, Starlight will definitely go to great lengths to defend him. If Little Knife or Snow Egg did something wrong, not only are they willing to admit their mistakes, but they would also take the blame for their spouse, rather than making excuses for their spouse’s wrong actions."

Su Shi said, "It’s good if you can see that clearly."

Stone had always been the HR of Shadow, interviewing everyone except for Starlight, the only one who got in through the back door.

Su Shi: "I have a question I can’t figure out. Why would Starlight be attracted to Peanut? They’re completely from two different classes."

Stone replied, "A shared interest in sailing. Remember that tugboat? That’s where their story began. Starlight looks at Sunlight as if looking into a mirror – to her, Sunlight is just a male version of herself. Starlight and Peanut couldn’t make it real, poor Peanut doesn’t see through this, he’s still too young."

Su Shi disagreed, "Not necessarily. With Peanut’s points, he could be considered a match for Starlight on Earth."

"Do you think Sunlight and Starlight will stay on Earth? They were selected by Dawn and had to make this trip out of necessity. I bet the Earth side has the shuttle and documentation all arranged, the moment they get there they’ll be on the shuttle and two weeks later they’ll return to Blue Star." Stone changed the subject, "However, maybe love can change everything."

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The northern signal tower was at the top left corner of the U-shape, closer to the airport than the southern tower. Lin Wu saw the planes in the hangar from the northern tower. It was a small fixed-wing plane that could seat about 7 people and looked quite sleek. The ground crew took a checklist and pointed around the plane, and soon after, two of them left the hangar in a car, heading towards a four-story building on the north side by the sea.