Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 791 - 356 Retired_2

Chapter 791: Chapter 356 Retired_2

System prompt: The instance boss battle will begin shortly, please proceed to the rooftop of the 32nd floor for your mission.

At the end of the 32nd floor corridor, a green ground button appeared, a device that could activate certain things when stepped on. After checking their equipment once more, everyone donned their forehead guards and bulletproof vests. With everything confirmed, Maya led the group onto the roof by stepping on the ground button.

Upon entering the rooftop, three walls rose in front of everyone with a gigantic Blood Heart on one of them. The three walls rapidly retreated in three directions, instantly enclosing the rooftop. Above the Blood Heart was a health bar, along with its name: Evolved Blood Plague Heart.

The battle countdown started at one minute. Shana was the first to speak, "There are red teleportation gates under the two empty walls, probably where the zombies will come from. We are about 80 meters from the wall in front, and about 40 meters from the two side walls. Either we push forward to the front wall for maximum firepower output, but that would risk getting surrounded."

Shana: "Or we use the corridor as cover and hit the Blood Heart with high-damage weapons like Forest Wolf. If we can’t beat it, we can still take the elevator to retreat from the fight."

Her analysis was comprehensive; Maya nodded in affirmation and gave the order, "Follow me." She then led the charge towards the front wall.

"Good job!" Lin Meng praised, following closely behind.

Lin Wu asked Lin Meng while running beside her, "Why are you cursing at Maya?"

In a hurry, Lin Meng said, "Don’t talk nonsense, I didn’t."

Lin Wu: "You said ’good job’ to Maya, even though she is clearly a girl. Or do you think complimenting me for having a gentle beauty would keep me from hitting you?"

It seemed that was the case.

While running, Lin Meng exclaimed, "Maya, listen to me explain, I didn’t mean that."

Maya, already in position, said, "Lin Wu, stop bullying Lin Meng. Snow Egg, cover the left; Lin Meng, take the right; get ready for combat."

As the countdown ended, a green light spread out and the Blood Heart started beating, each thump seemingly causing the building itself to tremble. Gazing at the Blood Heart, towering four stories high, everyone felt an inexplicable sense of insignificance and helplessness.

Gunshots rang out all at once as every firearm aimed to empty their magazines. Countless bullets struck the Blood Heart, like raindrops hitting the surface of a lake, splashing tiny droplets of blood. Aiming wasn’t necessary—the target was just too big. The speed of reloading magazines determined the rate of fire, and firepower meant everything.

Among them all, Maya was the toughest, shooting one-handed while holding magazines in the other. As soon as her bullets were spent, she would use the magazine to scrape out the empty one, drop it to the ground, slam in a fresh one, pull the bolt, and continue firing. The entire process took barely over a second, hardly longer than changing a pistol magazine.

Snow Egg: "They’re coming from the left."

Before Maya could respond, Shana interjected, "Focus fire on the Blood Heart, ignore the flanks." She had already calculated the outcome: before the zombie reinforcements reached Shadow Squad, the Blood Heart would surely perish first.

Indeed, when five Blood Ferocious Ma were less than ten meters from Shadow Squad, the Blood Heart exploded, spewing out a plethora of cards that fluttered down like snowflakes from the sky to the entire rooftop. The Blood Heart’s minions turned into cards and disappeared on the spot.

Shana took command again, "Snow Egg, move to the leftmost 15 meters; Lin Meng, next to him for another 15 meters; Maya, take the center 15 meters; I’ll follow Maya by another 15 meters; Lin Wu, you’re in charge of the rightmost 20 meters. Start running."

Thanks to Shana’s instructions, nobody rushed into the loot-filled rooftop to scavenge immediately. Instead, they spread out left and right first, taking their positions before they started running back and forth.

Bullets, bullets, gun, gun, bullets, building materials, chocolate, 500,000 cash, medical pack, system prompt: You can only carry one basic pack.

As everyone sprinted with all their might, their system messages buzzed frantically. When Shadow Squad completed one lap, the cards’ rotation speed notably increased. Lin Meng, nearly fainting from exhaustion, was purely driven by willpower. Lin Wu ran the fastest; with his stamina and marathon perks, he was like a gust of wind blowing back and forth.

Double-body Snow Egg was the second fastest. His top speed wasn’t very high, but he had great endurance, consistently maintaining a high speed. Shana and Maya performed adequately, neither good nor bad.

With 20 seconds left before the cards disappeared, Lin Wu suddenly found himself unable to run, hastily checking his backpack to discover it was at 300% capacity. He saw he had picked up 150 kilograms of gold bars. With his decision power at full, he immediately discarded all the gold bars, reaching the endpoint in the last ten seconds, and swept up all the cards within his designated 20-meter area.

The rest weren’t so lucky. When the time was up, the rapidly spinning cards vanished into thin air like birds taking flight. Subsequently, the three walls disappeared, and a golden portal appeared in the middle of the rooftop.

System broadcast: Congratulations to Shadow Base for clearing instance 771 Hell level. We encourage other players to continue striving.

Before Shadow Squad could celebrate, a second system broadcast arrived: Congratulations to Snow Pine Base for clearing instance 505 Hard level. We encourage other players to continue striving.

If not for the second announcement, players would have assumed that only clearing Hell level instances would result in a system broadcast. Only with the second announcement did they realize that up to now, only two bases had cleared non-normal instances. This was undoubtedly a huge blow to players still struggling with normal difficulty.

When looking at the entire game, comparing individuals and bases lacked meaning. HomeLand may be an online game, but due to the vast territory and few players, it could be considered a single-player game.