Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 851 - 373 Number 2

Chapter 851: Chapter 373 Number 2

Lin Wu watched Blood Meng walking away on foot, not noticing anything unusual. About an hour later, Blood Meng returned. She casually observed the surroundings as if nothing was amiss. The bottom of the apartment building hosted a small commercial street, primarily featuring pizza and burger joints, bustling with people, but she didn’t spot anything suspicious and so returned to the fifth floor.

Blood Meng didn’t immediately visit the neighbor but first went to her own apartment, turned on the lights, and then proceeded to the neighbor’s place. Lin Wu answered the door, and Blood Meng asked, "Any unusual occurrences?"

"None." Blood Meng handed a bag to Lin Wu, "One for each of us, I also bought ten extra size five batteries. You know, if Shadow intends to broadcast, a radio alone won’t cut it; you’ll need basic station equipment too."

"That’s not my concern. What’s it like outside?"

"I don’t know; probably the same as usual since you and I weren’t here yesterday." Blood Meng said, "There’s also a pair of shoes inside, see if they fit."

Lin Wu took out the shoes, curious, "You and Maya, both emphasize shoes?"

Blood Meng said, "Let me tell you, of all things, shoes are indispensable. Without clothes, a hat, or even underwear, as long as you shed your shame, you can still do whatever you want. Try going without shoes; it’s literally crippling."

Blood Meng made a phone call, "Snake Skin, what’s the situation?"

Snake Skin answered, "All normal, Mengmeng, you shouldn’t be helping Lin Wu."

"That’s none of your concern."

"I’m worried he might get you killed."

"He’s not staying with me, I’ll be fine. I’m calling to tell you, take your family and leave Day After Tomorrow City by seven tomorrow morning. Didn’t you say your hometown is in the mountains, a village with just over twenty households? Take your family back there."

"What?"

"Don’t ask questions, just do it. I don’t want to repeat myself." She hung up the phone.

"Quite the queenly demeanor," Lin Wu commented with admiration and then asked, "Why the fuss over an NPC? Was it worth making a special call?"

"It’s about being humane. I know he’s an NPC, and I know I’m Blood Meng, but since he’s my informant and has helped me out considerably, I should warn him. Not just me, don’t you have a dog? It’s not even an NPC, would you kill it for meat just because you felt like it?" Blood Meng added, "From another perspective, if Snake Skin listens to me and goes back to his hometown, his village could serve as my second fallback location."

"You really think things through."

"Brother, I am a real agent, and you’re just good at playing games." In the World of Zombies, even real agents could only fight, unable to communicate with or manipulate zombies, let alone wage informational or psychological warfare. The attributes and skills from games were exactly what agents lacked. Although it had been less than a day since she arrived in True Hardcore Mode, Blood Meng had already started to control the situation and lay groundwork for her future moves.

But it was her confidence that led to trouble when she tried to further exploit Lin Wu, leading her to be wrapped up in the Gold Case. Though she was on her stage, she hadn’t truly stepped out of the game, treating NPCs as merely NPCs. In her information, Snake Skin was someone who would die for her without asking why. However, during their recent phone call, Snake Skin clearly contradicted this information, a detail Blood Meng failed to notice; she still treated him as a mere NPC, not as a person.

Lin Wu said, "The system recommended we watch a movie called World War Z, claiming True Hardcore Zombies are somewhat similar to those in it."

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By ten o’clock that night, after watching the movie, Blood Meng received a call from the command center. There were three incidents reported: one involved a bar fight where a woman bit three individuals and was subsequently knocked unconscious with a beer bottle, all four individuals were taken to East City Hospital; the second happened in a movie theater where multiple viewers watching a vampire movie reported being bitten in the dark, the theater called for police, conditions were still being assessed, with all injured sent to Central City Hospital, many demanding rabies vaccinations.

Blood Meng marked on her tablet as Lin Wu inquired, Blood Meng disclosed without hiding anything, "Tomorrow morning I’ll first drop you by Handsome Hotel, then I’ll head 15 kilometers north along Round City Road to the Special Police Training Base. My helicopter is parked there, stocked with supplies today."

Blood Meng drew another circle on her tablet, "This area spanning ten blocks between East and Central city will be the most dangerous, so I hope your rendezvous point isn’t here. If it’s here, you better not go east; southwest would be the best direction. It’s not just about how much danger the zombies might pose, but about traffic jams."

Blood Meng received another call, this time from a hospital reporting a nurse bitten by a patient who refused to let go, subdued only after sedatives were administered. The hospital requested police to file a report, preparing for future claims or lawsuits.

Blood Meng returned to her apartment, turned off the light, and went back to the neighbor’s place, "Time to sleep! Tomorrow will be the busiest day," she declared. Soon another call came; Central City Hospital suggested through blood tests that the patient might have contracted a virus unseen before, requesting police help to trace the patient’s last 24 hours.

Of course, Blood Meng wouldn’t get involved in such matters, using feeling unwell as an excuse, she left it to two subordinates to handle.

At one in the morning, Blood Meng stepped out of the bedroom, startling Lin Wu who was on the living room sofa. She signaled silence, one hand holding a gun by the door, the other holding a tablet displaying security camera footage from her home. The door lock turned, then two masked individuals wearing night vision goggles and holding silenced pistols entered Blood Meng’s room.

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