Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 873 - 382 Emergency Room

Chapter 873: Chapter 382 Emergency Room

Xiao Jing found Lin Meng to be the most pleasant of the future humans to interact with and tries to chat with Lin Meng. Lin Meng is not foolish and did not reveal the truth about coming from a game. Seeing Xiao Jing heavily worried, she pulled out her trump card: "Let me tell you a secret, the world after death isn’t too bad."

Xiao Jing, surprised, asked, "Have you guys cracked the mystery of the soul?"

Lin Meng nodded, "But Dawn refuses to announce it publicly. However, from the information revealed, death is just a new beginning. For example, if you learned car repair in this life, those skills are gone in the next life. But you still remember the things from your past life, though you and your past life are not in the same world."

Xiao Jing did not understand.

Lin Meng thought for a moment, "Imagine your world as a game; after you die, your attributes and skills reset, and you go to the newbie village. However, you can’t return to the world of your death; you can only go to a new world, where you might meet friends from your original world."

Xiao Jing widened her eyes and asked, "Is it really that magical?"

Lin Meng said, "Dark matter makes it all possible."

Xiao Jing asked, "What is dark matter theory?"

Lin Meng: "Do you know about quantum?" Oops, I seem to be getting better at bluffing, even creating pretexts now.

Xiao Jing responded, "I know."

"Sublimation of molecules is quantum, and quantum sublimation leads to dark matter; commonly known as dark matter theory." The more she spoke, the less right it felt, feeling more and more like someone else. She had to admit, Lin Wu’s approach was simple and practical, which influenced her. No, it was he who lied, forcing her to cover up the lies.

At the camp, a radio broadcast is streaming the latest information: The electrical system is expected to last about 48 hours, not ruling out possible localized power outages in the future. Heavy rain tomorrow, the good news is it might help reduce the fire spreading in the city, the bad news is it may lead to infectious diseases in the city. Worse news, cities around the world like The Day Before Yesterday City have experienced outbreaks of the zombie virus, posing an unprecedented challenge to human survival. Humanity is establishing a quarantine zone in the southern seas of Earth to prepare for the worst.

Before ending, the broadcast slipped in a crucial message, there are two reservoirs for the day after tomorrow; one is the drinking water reservoir, which has been confirmed to be contaminated, please do not drink tap water, try to collect rainwater as much as possible. Due to recent fires, air quality is low, and the rainwater is highly contaminated. It’s barely drinkable but at least virus-free.

Important to note, the power-generating reservoir continues to store water, requiring manual entry into the control room to open the gates; otherwise, there is a risk of dam failure in the future, which could flood most of the city.

South Prison in Day After Tomorrow City is only ten kilometers away from the dam on a mountain road. Soon after the virus outbreak, a riot occurred in South Prison, and it was taken over by the prisoners. The current highest commander of the shelter, a colonel from the military base, is negotiating with South Prison by deploying helicopters. If the prisoners at South Prison can address the dam crisis, all criminals will be pardoned, and at least 20 tons of supplies will be promised to the prison. If South Prison disagrees, it will be the first to suffer from the dam failure.

Why offer such a high price? It’s because, on the day before the zombie outbreak, a global freshwater Fishing competition was being held at the dam. The fishing competition continued for three days, ranking by the total weight of the catch. More than ten thousand people participated in the Fishing competition, and over twenty thousand people provided services. The fishing competition is also why the reservoir stored water.

Because of this, after the virus outbreak, a dense zombie crowd appeared within a three-kilometer radius centered on the dam, similar to the city density. Zombies outside the perimeter could be dealt with by shelling or repelling, but the zombies inside the turbine room were a greater problem. The military base has only two thousand soldiers, tasked with accommodating a large number of civilians fleeing the city, maintaining the temporary shelter, transporting supplies, and other tasks - stretching their manpower thin.

Blood Meng said, "Maya might be compelled into the suicide squad."

Lin Wu helplessly said, "Let’s deal with one thing at a time. On the brighter side, maybe the dam failure isn’t too awful. If we prepare boats in advance, or can make them temporarily, navigating within the city could pose less of a threat from zombies."

Zombies lack blood and muscle; if the water depth surpasses their certain height, they float up. Although they won’t drown, they lose their ability to run and move.

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At five in the afternoon, when five people dine, thinking about leaving the shelter for a world filled with zombies that evening, Xiao Jing couldn’t help feeling scared, even though she tried to hold back, tears kept falling, and she couldn’t eat. After saying she was done, she went aside to wipe her tears. Lin Meng carried her food and sat beside her to chat.

After dinner, everyone went to sleep, and it was unclear if anyone really fell asleep. By ten at night, everyone was fully prepared.

Blood Meng drove, Lin Wu sat in the passenger seat, Xiao Wu on the left in the back seat, Lin Meng on the right in the back seat, and Xiao Jing in the middle at the back. Lin Wu carried an M4 as per his gentleman’s agreement with Blood Meng, and his stuff was first put into the trunk. Blood Meng scoffed at Lin Wu’s arrangement; she didn’t think much of the AK rifle. The submachine guns she favored had only a few bullets left.

Even now, Lin Wu found it strange; Blood Meng approaching Blood Meng ought to be beneficial for Blood Meng, yet Blood Meng had no plans to meet with Blood Meng, nor had he even considered this person. Could it be that Blood Meng truly owed Blood Meng money?

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