Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 740 - 346 Defense Task

Chapter 740: Chapter 346 Defense Task

Stone’s voice came through the headset, "Lin Meng is back." There was a hint of surprise in his tone, as he hadn’t expected the young girl to be so bold.

"I’m back!" Lin Meng chimed in over the channel.

Lin Wu said, "Lin Meng, you and Shana go to the building material market to haul bricks later."

"Ok. Shana, I bought you a 5 by 5-meter fence, which you can use to raise chickens," Lin Meng said excitedly. "There are also little bugs that continuously spawn inside the fence."

Shana exclaimed with delight, "Thank you, Lin Meng."

Maya asked, "How many points did the fence cost?"

"Three hundred."

Maya asked, "How many points do you have left now?"

Lin Meng: "None."

Maya felt like fainting, but she couldn’t really say anything since the points were Lin Meng’s and did not belong to the base.

Lin Meng said, "I also bought a leather jacket for Uncle."

Su Shi immediately said, "Today, I must admit I’m forty years old, the real ’Uncle’ of the base."

"Drop dead." Stone said, "Lin Meng, thank you."

Lin Meng: "You’re welcome. Uncle Su Shi, there’s also a gift for you, a pair of beautifying glasses. If you accidentally see zombies, you’ll think they’re quite cute."

Su Shi said skeptically, "Really?"

Lin Wu coughed, "Ahem, ahem!"

Maya: "Why did you buy these things?"

Lin Meng explained, "I had to either spend 1,000 points on moving or have my points reset to zero after moving. Also, I bought 15 classics needed to build a library."

Maya: "Thank you, Lin Meng."

Lin Wu: "Cough!"

Stone said impatiently, "Mute your mic when you cough, it’s basic etiquette."

Old Man, I’ll settle scores with you later. Lin Wu asked, "Lin Meng, didn’t you notice something missing?"

Lin Meng: "Your gift?"

Lin Wu: "Mhmm."

Lin Meng: "I bought a pretty sweatshirt for myself."

"What?"

Lin Meng whispered, "I’ll give the old one to you."

"Go to hell, to hell, to hell," Lin Wu raged. "I’ve explained why I wanted your clothes, can we please not bring this up again?"

"The old sweatshirt is men’s clothing, and it was expensive too."

"I don’t want it even if it was expensive."

"I only wore it once."

"Shut up."

"Ok." Lin Meng asked, "So who wants it? The clothes even have bulletproof and cold-resistant effects. I bought them with the points I saved up from doing a mission." In youth, one does not know the value of points, only later to realize that the tasks become increasingly difficult and the points harder to earn.

Aside from Lin Wu, everyone else chorused, "Me."

Lin Wu: "Who dares to vie with me, the morph, for clothes? I’ll reluctantly take them; I shouldn’t be tarred with a stigma for nothing, right?" Damn Fortress, just sell a sweatshirt properly, why sell one that’s bulletproof and cold-resistant.

In reality, all garments sold by the Fortress come with extra effects, such as Farmer Stone’s leather jacket, which can increase harvests by 5%. It’s for such reasons that Lin Meng had bought the leather jacket as a gift for Stone.

Unlike weapons and other items, clothes could not be returned. Like many girls, Lin Meng had initially been charmed by the sweatshirt, but after wearing it once and comparing, she realized it wasn’t as flattering as ordinary clothing, the color didn’t match, and it even made her look a bit chubby. Thus, it was left to gather dust in storage.

Then why not buy a new one for Lin Wu? She had considered it, but looking through the Fortress’s store, she was tempted by a pale green sweatshirt. The pale green one was for women and adhering to the principle of not wasting, the clever Lin Meng thought of giving away the old one. As for whether there was a hint of trying to please, who knows. At any rate, Lin Wu grudgingly accepted it in the end.

...

Lin Meng returned with gifts, and amidst all the thanks, Lin Wu’s brick-hauling career came to a temporary halt as she returned to discuss point farming strategies at the meeting.

As mentioned before, Lin Meng’s tasks were mainly divided into two categories: offensive and defensive. Each offensive or defensive task was inevitably harder than the last completed task of that type, with better rewards. Then there were the random tasks, like expelling Shadows.

The most interesting thing about Fortress tasks was that they were not limited by location. If you accept a task in the safe house in Technology City, the task would be in the vicinity of Technology City. If the task was accepted and could not be completed within the stipulated time, one penalty was a deduction of a certain number of points, another was to complete a new task that was tedious yet simple.

The penalty tasks were extremely annoying. One of the penalty tasks Lin Meng had previously taken was to find a Rubik’s Cube in a safe house and restore it within ten minutes without any assistance. It wasn’t a problem for professionals, but for those unfamiliar with the cube, it was a nightmare. The tenacious Lin Meng attempted it 10 times before ultimately paying the point penalty.

Offensive task prompt: Frenzy nest emerged nearby.

Maya vetoed, "The town won’t spawn a Frenzy nest, and we can’t afford to leave town now."

Defensive task prompt: A three-person instance, teams allowed, dealing with a small zombie horde.

When in Fantasy City, Lin Meng saw that the defensive task was to safeguard a wounded special agent. She guessed that perhaps due to the special geographic advantage of Leimeng Town, it had been changed to a defensive instance instead.

When comparing offensive and defensive tasks, the defensive task would be the obvious choice.

Defensive task: Human shelter is under attack, they require your urgent assistance. Three-person team, empty-package instance, ordinary instance. Lin Meng explained, "Empty-package instance means that you can’t take any items other than your backpack into the instance. We can go straight in, but our items will be temporarily stored. An ordinary instance means that if you die, you leave the instance without any penalty."

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