Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 797 - 358: Approaching Winter_2

Chapter 797: Chapter 358: Approaching Winter_2

Maya nodded, "Temperatures above minus 45 degrees are doable for going outside, which is fine. Shana, I’ll also purchase a full set of winter clothing, which can provide up to 80 points of cold resistance. You should manage your points, maintain 50 points of cold resistance, and buy some other useful items with the rest."

Shana replied, "Understood, there are 3 more minutes, anyone who hasn’t bought something should hurry up.

Su Shi said, "If you have spare points you can buy some electronic components, each for just 10 points."

...

They left the event at eight in the morning and returned to the base, where the sun was shining brightly, and the climate was pleasant. With ten hours of sunlight ahead of them, Maya urgently arranged work at the small square. Lin Meng, who had rejoined Shadow, was assigned to the logging team; she would drive the re-plated pickup with Su Shi, Little Knife, Snow Egg, and Maya to the ranch nearby to cut trees for firewood supply.

Stone stayed not to guard against Fortress agents but to harvest a batch of vegetables and plant another batch. Besides, the double-grid large ranch on the third floor was under construction, and once it was completed, Stone planned to add a few chickens to the ranch list and place the eggs into the automatic incubator.

The bug fence purchased by Lin Meng could produce enough bugs daily to feed 5 chickens, but it was a pity that only one of these could be placed in a single ranch. However, because the food needed to be cooked manually, it was believed there wouldn’t be a shortage of leftovers in the future.

The command post was successfully upgraded to level two, and Stone was able to communicate smoothly with the staff chopping trees at the ranch. As for Lin Wu and Shana, they were scavenging in the department store opposite. When it turned out that the cotton coats could only be dismantled, Lin Wu didn’t hesitate to make a complaint, Little White Rabbit convinced Lin Wu to trust it, saying that if they used the lifelike garments to replace the cold resistance value, few could withstand temperatures below minus 70 degrees.

Indeed, there was a permanent human settlement on Earth where the temperature could drop below minus 70 degrees, but could your commercial street be comparable to those houses? They even have various heating devices to keep their homes as warm as spring.

Shana said, "You’d be better off moving more spirits instead of chatting with it."

"Coming, coming."

The most valuable thing in the department store wasn’t gold or jewels but the liquor inventory. Spirits could not only keep you warm but also serve as combustible material. When truly desperate with hunger, drinking a bottle of whiskey could keep the hunger at bay during a blackout.

The supermarket had been looted by Shadow before the event; unfortunately, it was only a small supermarket without a storage warehouse and not much food. There were, of course, complaints about this because Lin Wu felt uncomfortable all over if he didn’t see Little White Rabbit even for a single day. Most of the fresh produce in the supermarket had been gnawed away by the zombies, what remained intact were some canned and jarred pickled vegetables, and a small amount of instant noodles that had miraculously survived.

Lin Wu was worried about the update stating that zombies would attack non-kin, indicating that both Wai and Dould Ma could be attacked by zombies.

"Compared to what you’ve said, I’m more concerned about the behavior of the zombies," Shana said. "They’ve gone from having no autonomous conscious to chaotic. What’s the next step? Regardless of the group, from insects to humans, once it reaches a certain size, order inevitably arises. In short, a leader among the zombies may emerge."

"A zombie leader?"

"That’s one way to put it. I know you’re joking about a zombie leader, but you wouldn’t think so if you understood animals," Shana said. "Ants crossing rivers, bees sustaining their hives, sheep following blindly into a ravine, such herd behavior often includes a critical element: a leader. If the leader of the zombies in Leimeng Town were to attack our base, they would presumably respond en masse."

Lin Wu said, "That would mean all-out war. If we win, the town is ours; if we lose, our bodies are theirs."

"Hey, this isn’t an event, and our level of armament is very low. We originally planned to exchange everyday goods for bullets, but with the low price of these goods in this event, the value of our stockpiled items isn’t very high," Shana said. "Just think about it, how many people lived in this town?"

Lin Wu replied, "I remember about 4,000 or so."

"Four to five thousand was the number of original residents, which doesn’t include the original airport staff or the Fortress staff who were attacked and turned. Let’s say 4,000 zombies," Shana said. "Even if every bullet is a headshot, wouldn’t we need 4,000 bullets? Facing a wave of zombies, don’t tell me we can just rely on melee weapons."

Lin Wu exclaimed, "Damn! Little Fight spotted two patches of Blood Mist in the air."

Shana was taken aback, "Dawn is really shameless, dropping two Blood Hearts just before the update. Where exactly?"

Lin Wu replied, "One Blood Heart is on the upper right side of the road, expected to expand near the bridgehead. The other is in the direction of the apartment building and the park, predicted to cover the entire apartment building and parts of the park."

Shana responded, "Luckily, it didn’t engulf the commercial area."

Lin Wu inquired, "What’s in the commercial area?"

"Canned goods... and some snacks that people might have hidden in drawers; maybe we’ll even find some intact vending machines," Shana said. "At the very least, we can obtain the materials needed for the base."

The two continued to work and converse, revealing through their dialogue that their view of the future was not optimistic, but they weren’t exactly pessimistic either. In a nutshell, they could survive, but the days of carefree living were over.

Shana abruptly changed the subject, "It’s a good thing Nightmare didn’t bring the original words from the train event back to Shadow, or Shadow could have coasted to the end of the game with their strength at the time."

"Heh, really? I remember the beginning of Shadow’s conflict was due to the lack of supplies," Lin Wu said. "Shana, you seem to have quite an issue with Nightmare."

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