Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 86 - 85 Overlord

Chapter 86: Chapter 85 Overlord

After Lin Wu explained his Hacker Skill, Stone shared his opinion, saying, "The last two functions of the hacker are very practical. There are a lot of cars left on the roads, and if we can unlock the car locks, we can choose cars at will, maybe even get to drive a bus. Pure base skills, do they need a lot of materials?"

Lin Wu said, "Whether it’s a lot or not, Su Shi will have to be the judge."

After looking for a while, Su Shi said, "It requires less than a drone but more than upgrading a radio. Most of the materials aren’t difficult to collect even if we’re short, except there’s a considerable deficit of electronic components."

Lin Wu said, "No rush. We’ll talk about it when we have enough, and we won’t force it if we don’t." To call it a garbage skill, it was terrifyingly strong. To call it a godly skill would be against one’s conscience. In summary, although the skill is good, it’s of no use.

Su Shi said, "The Hacker Skill can upgrade the radio to level three. The materials required to upgrade from level two to three will definitely be a lot. After upgrading the radio to level two, then we can decide whether to use the resources to build a personal computer or to upgrade to a level three radio."

Little Knife looked at Lin Wu, "You’re a resource black hole."

Lin Wu glared back, while Little Knife smiled fearlessly.

Stone corrected, "The Hacker Skill is a base ability. Even the drone is considered a team combat tool, not Lin Wu’s personal skill. The materials will be covered by the base. Of course, forget about the drone."

Shana looked at Lin Wu, "Not quite satisfied?"

Lin Wu honestly answered, "Yeah." Compared to the Beast Trap incident, Lin Wu made great progress. Although he was very unsatisfied with the Hacker Skill, his attitude was much better. The difference was that the Beast Trap was the result of Lin Wu’s work for nearly a week. The Hacker Skill was something he got by chance.

It’s not about how precious the thing is, but how much people value it. The easier it is to obtain something, the less it is cherished. Water is the cheap source of life, while diamonds are expensive garbage rocks.

Snow Egg felt somewhat apologetic and consoled Lin Wu, "At least it’s not a skill trapped in the base."

Lin Wu laughed it off, "Yeah, that’s right. Stinky hand." He glanced at Maya.

Maya froze, knowing Lin Wu was joking, but this made it even harder for her to respond. On the side, Little Knife grabbed Maya’s hand and sniffed it, then said to Lin Wu, "It’s not at all, it’s fragrant hands."

Stone knew it was time to speak, "Alright, meeting adjourned. Lin Wu and Shana have the night shift tomorrow. Pay extra attention to electronic components during tomorrow’s day shift, let’s get the radio upgraded. Dismissed."

...

The next morning at ten o’clock, while Lin Wu was killing Frenzies near the base with Beast Traps, two cars stopped nearby. Lin Wu, holding a Fierce Corpse in his left hand and fiddling with something, called out with his right hand, "Hey, Emerald Feather, hey, Peanut, is your gas free or what?"

Emerald Feather laughed, "Have you forgotten? Our base produces oil automatically every day?"

Peanut said, "You’re carrying a Headless Wild."

Lin Wu responded, "I know."

Peanut continued, "Don’t tell me this is Shadow’s everyday life."

Lin Wu retorted, "It’s not." and threw away the Frenzy corpse.

Peanut indicated, "Get in."

The two cars turned left onto the church path and stopped in the church parking lot. An idle Stone had already seen the visitors and came over to shake hands and greet them, turning his attention to the car that Peanut drove, "This car is kind of awesome." It was a jeep that had a post-apocalyptic Armor flavor to it.

"Overlord," Peanut introduced to Stone, "an off-road jeep modified, with durability three times that of regular vehicles. The rear has been especially reinforced, reducing damage from rear collisions with zombies by 60%. It’s a powerful tool for breaking through when surrounded by a horde. Nine material package transport slots, reinforced doors, double fuel capacity."

"There are added steps below the four doors; players can even stay outside without getting into the car." Peanut stepped on it, grasped a handle on the car with one hand, and pretended to shoot with the other.

Peanut leaned over and pressed something beside the steering wheel; the roof automatically retracted, "It’s not just a convertible. There’s also an armament station in the back compartment where you can attach weapons yourselves."

Stone guessed what Peanut meant but didn’t reveal it, "A modified car? It must be quite expensive, right?"

Peanut didn’t deny, "Even with a repair shop and skill enhancement, it took the brothers a week to gather all the materials. There’s nothing else Invincible Base lacks but vehicles. Our boss said this Overlord is a token of Invincible’s goodwill to Shadow. Please, Boss Stone, don’t look down upon it."

"So formal, come inside," Stone said, "Lin Wu, call Horse Soul back to prepare a few dishes to go with drinks."

"Got it."

Mystified, Emerald Feather asked, "What dishes for drinking?"

Stone, with a smile, invited the two to sit down at the backyard table, while Lin Wu brought a bottle of wine scavenged from an apartment. If anything could be said about apartment buildings, it’s that they had plenty of wine and food, four buildings holding over a hundred refrigerators stuffed with a hefty stock of ingredients.

In a short while, Horse Soul came back on a motorcycle, exchanged pleasantries with the two, went to the warehouse to get ingredients, and in less than five minutes, six dishes and a soup were cooked and brought to the table. Stone pulled Horse Soul in to accompany them, and they drank a few glasses with Emerald Feather and Peanut.

Peanut said wistfully while holding his wine glass, "Your living standards are too high." Chicken wings increase stamina limit by two hours. Stewed dishes increase life limit by one hour. Braised eel increases load-carrying duration by two hours...

Stone responded modestly, "Not at all, not at all, usually we just cook one dish at seven or eight in the evening."

Shana, who had night duty, heard there were guests and dropped her book to join from the dorm to the backyard, greeting everyone and sitting down for a chat. Stone started discussing the development ideas for Left County. Peanut, as the Deputy Commander of Invincible Base, really liked the idea of the Horn Base and suggested that the two bases work together to build a larger safe zone. However, at the moment, nobody was sure about the strategic value of Left County or whether it had the potential to become Horn Base.

Peanut and Emerald Feather also had a mission to go to North Town to recruit a player specialized in Fishing. Apart from contributing two food items to the base daily, he could also make his own fishing nets. Set up in the morning and collected in the evening, a catch of 20 pounds of fish was no problem. Recruiting this player would mean the base could increase by 3 food items daily.

Stone was familiar with the person and he simply mentioned that the character was a bit quirky. Of course, Peanut wanted details, and Stone honestly said that he was not very sociable and quite suspicious by nature. Peanut, however, was open-minded and declared his brothers all had good tempers. Knowing that food was Invincible Base’s biggest problem, Stone said no more.

Before leaving, as there wasn’t much to offer from Shadow Base, Stone took three packs of building materials and two packs of food as a reciprocal gift. They escorted the two to the road and waved goodbye. And like that, the Overlord Peanut had brought stayed at the base.

As an experienced driver, Stone was the first to get a taste of the Overlord. According to Stone, "This car’s handling is S-tier, and it is especially thrilling to drive," but it had two drawbacks: one was that due to the added shell armor, its speed had decreased. The other was its fuel consumption, which had increased by 25% compared to the unmodified off-road jeep.

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