Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 733 - 343: Honor Swept Away_2

Chapter 733: Chapter 343: Honor Swept Away_2

"There is." Lin Meng replied without hesitation.

Lin Wu asked, "Do you like me or Maya more?"

"You."

Lin Wu, satisfied, let go of Lin Meng and pulled out a shrimp cracker from the pocket of Lin Meng’s coat, eating it as he walked away, saying, "I didn’t expect to run into you."

Lin Meng: "I didn’t expect it either." Otherwise, I wouldn’t have come.

"Let’s go."

"Oh."

And so, Lin Meng was escorted by Lin Wu to the Shadow base. Upon entering the base’s safe zone, Lin Meng couldn’t use any items, not even the capacity to kill herself. But she didn’t think too much about that, afraid only of angering Devil Lin Wu. When she saw Maya, it was as if she had seen a family member; she went up to give Maya a hug, and meanwhile took the opportunity to lean on Maya, wrapping her arms around Maya’s arm, trying to stay as far from Lin Wu as possible.

Maya said, "Let me introduce you, this is Lin Meng, Stone, Su Shi, Shana. You know Lin Wu."

Lin Meng shook hands with everyone but Lin Wu: "Hello, hello."

Lin Wu reached out and presented a shrimp cracker to Shana, who, after taking a bite, exclaimed with surprise, "It’s delicious."

Feeling Lin Meng nudging her, Maya swiftly snatched away the shrimp crackers and gave them to Lin Meng, asking, "Lin Meng, why are you here?"

The situation was just as Shana had guessed before; after they settled in Leimeng Town, Fortress Company noticed this group of plague survivors. Since Leimeng Town was not owned by Fortress Company, they had no authority to drive others away, but Leimeng Town was especially important to Fortress Company. Therefore, they issued a task to the Fortress agents responsible for the dirty work.

Task content: A group of plague survivors has settled in Leimeng Town, an important serum research base for Fortress Company. To protect the company’s interests, Fortress agents are dispatched to expel the plague survivors.

Objective one: For each plague survivor killed, 200 points are awarded.

Objective two: After the plague survivors are expelled, the points will be tallied, and the last agent to kill a plague survivor will receive 8,000 points. Meaning, Fortress Company would then determine that it was because of that agent’s action, the survivors’ base was dissolved. Essentially, expulsion equates to the base’s dissolution.

No one knew that the plague survivors Fortress Company referred to were players. Lin Meng didn’t know either, let alone that cursed Lin Wu was one of the survivors—if she had, not for a hundred boxes of shrimp crackers would she have come.

This was not good news for Shadow. It wasn’t a short-term mission, but rather a long-standing bounty. A round-trip ticket was only worth 200 points. Maya speculated that the reason Three Dreams hadn’t come was to let others take the 200 points, while they themselves would come later for the 8,000 points.

"It just so happens we’re short on people." Lin Wu said, "I’ll pull you into the base." He trusted Lin Meng.

Lin Meng looked uninterested, but Lin Wu waited a moment, then raised his voice, "Do you agree?"

"Oh." Lin Meng joined the Shadow base.

Lin Wu: "Remember last time I helped you with a mission and we got a card to change the safehouse? Maya, pick a location, and let her move the safehouse over here."

Maya looked at Lin Meng: "That’s actually a good idea. You can’t complete tasks on your own, and it’s better to be with us than alone out in the wild. We’ll help you with your tasks as much as possible, so you won’t have to wander alone." She quite liked Lin Meng.

Lin Meng hesitated...

Stone said, "Hey, hey, I’m the HR here, and it’s my call to decide who joins the base."

Lin Meng was pleasantly surprised, her face full of hope as she looked at Stone: "Uncle, it wouldn’t be right for me to just join your base like this, would it?"

Stone sighed, "That ’uncle’ melts my heart. Fine, fine, you’re in, I trust Maya and Lin Wu."

Sensitive and empathetic, Shana noticed something off with Lin Meng’s expression and asked, "Lin Meng, is there something troubling you, or is there something you want to say?"

Lin Meng glanced at Lin Wu, who asked, "What’s up?" Confused.

Maya misinterpreted Lin Meng’s intention and said, "Don’t worry, we’ll definitely help you with your task."

"It’s not that." Lin Meng finally said, "I have one condition, can I say it?"

Lin Wu: "You have conditions? You were almost a corpse in the wilderness with no one to claim you, and you still have conditions?"

"Shut up." Maya encouraged, "Go on."

Lin Meng mustered her courage, pointing at Lin Wu: "He can’t bully me."

"Me? Bully you?" Lin Wu pointed at himself incredulously: "Bully you? When have I ever bullied you?" The first time they met, he hadn’t killed her. After that, he even helped her with a task. How was that bullying?

Stone feigned surprise: "Lin Wu, I didn’t think you were that kind of person. Don’t worry, girl, I’m the Boss, and if he bullies you, you come to me."

Lin Wu insisted urgently, "I didn’t bully her, Maya knows."

Maya, caught off-guard, answered, "I don’t pay much attention to these things, and I didn’t notice anything in particular."

"I didn’t bully her, truly, everyone believe me." Faced with everyone’s dubious looks, Lin Wu endeavored to defend himself.

Lin Meng whispered, "Liar."

At that moment, everyone’s view of Lin Wu changed, thinking, so this is the real you.

Lin Wu was at a loss; if he hadn’t been involved, based on Lin Meng’s innocent eyes and soft voice, he too would have believed that Lin Meng was a victim. The worst part was, her fear wasn’t feigned. Lin Wu demanded, "How did I bully you?"

Everyone turned to Lin Meng, suddenly finding gossip to be very interesting.

Encouraged by everyone, Lin Meng bravely answered, "You hit me just now."

"I..." That was true, Lin Wu tried to explain, "That wasn’t bullying. Bullying means, it means, it means not just hitting you, but also cursing at you, frightening you, stealing your food."

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