Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 884 - 386: Along the Way

Chapter 884: Chapter 386: Along the Way

The three walked in silence, Xiao Wu bumped Lin Wu’s shoulder: "What I said wasn’t quite right."

"No need to apologize."

"I wasn’t apologizing."

"Earthlings are indeed sentimental."

"You aliens are no better." Xiao Wu pointed to the left fork in the road: "Turn left, the Zhongcheng Business District above us used to be the most prosperous area, Xier Street, one of the top ten financial centers in the world, gathered what they said were the smartest people in the world."

Lin Wu said: "In our era, we called these people criminals."

Xiao Wu asked in surprise: "Can’t you invest in the future?"

"Of course, you can invest." Lin Wu said: "Lin Meng, you are familiar with finance, tell us."

Lin Meng explained: "In early years, financial investment was considered profit without output, using A’s money to make money, and A had to bear the risks. B, as a financial institution, took the major share of earnings, and losses didn’t affect their salaries. In the worst case, they could apply for corporate bankruptcy. Therefore, in the future, the institutions must bear the losses, so not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry could work in finance, one must possess extremely strong capabilities and competence. If you can’t afford the losses, you’d end up in jail."

Xiao Wu: "Are there still investment institutions then?"

"Of course, you lose money, you compensate; you make money, you keep it. Anyone can invest in funds, as every fund guarantees the principal, the difference is just in how much profit you earn." Lin Meng explained: "For instance, A buys B’s fund with ten million, B makes ten million from it, gives five million to A, so A’s assets become fifteen million while B’s remain five million. According to Earth’s model, B would zero out the assets and gather funds anew, the second time A invests fifteen million and loses ten million, yet B earns a million from fees. Over two transactions, both winning and losing ten million, A as an investor is left with four million, while B as an institution makes six million."

Investing in business on Blue Star is also profitable, you can do it if you have the capability, you compensate if you have the strength, equivalently raising the entry threshold. Similarly, you can’t expect individual consumers to discern whether the beef sold in the market is real or not, you have to ensure that all the beef sold in the market is genuine.

Talking about the differences between Blue Star and Earth, the three walked and chatted, lightening the somber mood. Lin Meng also cautiously introduced basic information about Stone and others, consistently applying the concept of Blue Star people accidentally entering a wormhole that Lin Wu had experienced for a thousand years.

"Can live up to 180 years?" Xiao Wu exclaimed: "You are still just children."

"Shush!" Lin Meng gestured, her voice growing louder.

Lin Wu also raised a fist, there were stops ahead, and they were already occupied by zombies.

Lin Wu pulled out his phone, Xiao Wu pointed out the route, whispering: "This station is called Collar Worker Station, the passengers are mostly commuters living in the suburbs or even further out. This station is the closest to Galaxy Building, but this station has the most people, so when choosing routes I said, we need to switch lines and move to another station: Fire Station. Collar Worker Station is about one kilometer from Galaxy Building, Fire Station is about 1.5 kilometers from Galaxy Building."

Lin Wu nodded, continuing forward, only to see nearly a hundred zombies at the platform, with about ten more on the tracks below the platform. Lin Wu stepped back to report the situation: "Can we detour?"

"Too far." Xiao Wu pointed at the phone map: "Taking line 3 and coming back, at least 20 kilometers."

Lin Wu said: "You lure the enemy, one by one." They could only use the most foolish method.

Xiao Wu nodded and moved forward, quickly entering the lighted area, Xiao Wu softly whistled, the two closest zombies immediately responded, turning their bodies and running towards Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu ran back, drawing the two zombies into the darkness, Lin Wu and Lin Meng confronted one zombie each.

Lin Wu had no chance for a backstab, he had to take out a dagger and confront the zombie, leveraging his own strength and arm bands for protection while looking for a chance to get a headshot. Lin Meng used a pipe, trying to hit the zombie on the head, the fight went back and forth. Although Lin Meng couldn’t affect the zombie’s head, the zombie couldn’t match Lin Meng’s experience either and failed to grab her.

However, it wasn’t long before Lin Meng started panting, Lin Wu in surprise asked: "What’s with your physical strength?"

Tears fell as Lin Meng responded sadly: "It’s not fair, I’m not like this normally."

Xiao Wu took the Nail-Pulling Hammer forward to assist Lin Meng, this tool was brutal, cracking open the zombie’s head in just a few hits, then helping Lin Wu take down another zombie. Xiao Wu curiously asked: "What’s not fair?"

Lin Wu quickly answered: "Going through a wormhole causes some changes in the body, my physical strength greatly increased, hers greatly decreased."

Xiao Wu accepted the explanation, continuing to drag the zombies, Lin Meng whispered in Lin Wu’s ear: "What do you think he’d do if he knew he was just an NPC?"

After some thought, Lin Wu replied: "Despair, more despairing than death. Unless Dawn didn’t set the despair emotion." Strictly speaking, Dawn can only set despair states, it can’t set despair emotions, because it doesn’t understand despair.

Lin Meng added: "I thought of a bug, if we start discussing about children, wouldn’t Xiao Wu find it strange that there are no people under 18 on Earth?"

Lin Wu responded: "You underestimate the shamelessness of the Twilight Elder. If there’s unfairness it’s Maya, I at least have a chance to fight, Maya was born in a maximum-security prison. But prison is her home, there’s a portal, why hasn’t she met up with Stone?"

Lin Meng suggested: "Maybe she was born in solitary confinement and was released back to her own cell before 7 PM on day two."

Lin Wu looked at Lin Meng in shock: "You’re really wicked."

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