Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 821 - 367

Chapter 821: 367

Lin Dog left the small square and walked toward the side, where the red dot was located at the stone pile storage area. The place was cloaked in darkness. As Lin Wu approached step by step, the red dot quietly waited. Little did it know that Wai had already flanked its retreat. Lin Wu’s flashlight soon caught the figure of the Night Demon, which frantically hid behind the stones.

Seeing Lin Wu closing in, the Night Demon prepared to fall back, but as soon as it left the stone pile, it was lit up by a strong beam of light—turns out Wai had tied a flashlight to his head. This time, there was no escape for the Night Demon; no matter how it tried to hide, Wai’s brilliant light always tracked it and reacted much faster.

In the end, the Night Demon died, a very normal outcome. It had lived this long only because of Lin Wu’s bored antics. Lin Wu complained, "The Night Demons aren’t counted in the total number of zombies."

Little White Rabbit: "Yes, they are."

Lin Wu: "How did the Night Demons get here if the midnight sun lasts for a month?"

Little White Rabbit: "Zombies that linger in the dark for a long period have a certain chance of mutating into Night Demons." During the midnight sun, some zombies lived in darkness, and a portion of these mutated.

Lin Wu thoughtfully waved goodbye to Little White Rabbit then keyed his earpiece: "I just made a complaint."

Stone: "When do you not complain?"

Lin Wu: "Do you believe I’ll come right now and flip your blanket?"

Stone: "Haha, when will this cycle of grievance end? What were you complaining about?"

Lin Wu said: "I complained about Night Demons. Dawn told me that Night Demons are mutated from zombies that stay in the dark for a long time. That means, during the month-long polar night, there will be a lot of regular zombies turning into Night Demons."

Maya said: "I’m more worried about the Night Demons’ activity levels. Everyone have breakfast first, then proceed with work as usual, being just a bit more cautious."

Lin Wu: "Has breakfast been served?"

Lin Meng: "Yep."

Lin Wu: "Why didn’t you wait for me to help?"

Lin Meng didn’t respond, and Stone answered for her: "You’ve hardly ever moved meals these past two months."

Lin Wu: "Don’t you understand, as a boss? A good leader needs to be hands-on. Do you still go into the trenches to turn screws?"

"Ha!"

"Ha, your sister. Just tell me, how was breakfast?"

"Okay, I guess. The eggs were a bit salty."

Lin Wu: "So, the porridge is very watery." The porridge was extremely thin because there was only half a kilogram of rice left.

Maya: "Come for the meeting."

Maya organized the work, which had mostly been explained yesterday. After breakfast, Lin Meng, Little Knife, Stone, and Maya drove 80 meters to their destination, where Stone parked with precision. Lin Meng got out and opened the jeep’s trunk; this model’s trunk opened like a door instead of up and down.

Maya and Little Knife positioned the bundled flashlights properly, ensuring that two beams of light entered the office building lobby. At the center of the building was a reception desk with corridors on both sides. This area, not even 20 square meters in size, was crammed with more than 20 zombies.

Little Knife kneeled on one knee and shot arrows from her bow while Maya left most of the space for Little Knife and picked off zombies with a crossbow.

Lin Wu’s voice came through the earpiece: "Heads up, there are two red dots coming toward you, 20 meters away."

There were no streetlights during the day. The car’s headlights shone across the street in front of the office building while the areas to the left and right of the car remained dipped in darkness. Stone reached over to turn on the car’s interior light, which was dim yet sufficient to keep Night Demons from directly attacking the vehicle.

Rocket grenades had to be conserved for emergencies, but Little Fight still had a bombing function. Carrying a 5-kilogram stone, Little Fight took off again. Since zombies lacked any heat source and there was no light, Lin Wu could only blindly target based on the red dots’ positions. After locking onto a random spot and dropping the stone, the red dot didn’t even flinch.

Stone scoffed: "Save some electricity, will you?"

Lin Wu recalled Little Fight: "Think big. Do you think I want to kill them?"

Stone: "What else?"

Lin Wu said: "I simply like throwing stones in front of Stone."

"Damn," Stone: "Back on Blue Star, I’d fire you in a minute."

Lin Meng: "Firing a champion seller?"

Stone: "Girl, do you think all bosses love champion sellers? Usually, yes, but if a champion seller’s sales account for a significant portion and no one at the company can shake their position, their presence is harmful to the company. A salesman like Lin Wu should either be promoted to a leadership position or take on more difficult challenges. In any case, he must share his resources with others, even if there’s some loss."

Maya: "During the mission, please keep the public radio channel Silence."

Stone expressed his dissatisfaction as a boss with his eyes through the car’s rearview mirror.

NPCs began their workday, driving past along the roadside. Under the glow of their car lights, Night Demons dodged away. Passing the jeep, they curiously glanced like any normal person, but didn’t stop, driving past two snow-covered, scrapped trucks on their way onto the highway bridge.

Maya reported: "The cleanup is pretty much done."

Stone started to reverse the car, positioning it in front of the door, a touch of the accelerator and the rear tires climbed three steps, dragging the vehicle to a stop at the entrance. However, this noisy action drew quite the stir as a dozen or so zombies poured out of the corridors flanking the reception desk. Maya immediately said: "Return to the original positions."

Maya and Little Knife shot down the four pursuing zombies, while the remaining ten or so stayed in the lobby and outside the main entrance. After another round of maneuvers, the jeep backed up to the main door, its rear merged with the building lobby, and Maya, Little Knife, and Lin Meng each took a silenced pistol and got out.