Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 94 - 91: The Battle of the Blood Plague (Part 2)_2

Chapter 94: Chapter 91: The Battle of the Blood Plague (Part 2)_2

Horse Soul returned to the base on a motorcycle shortly, and Snow Egg was also resurrected from the Resurrection Spring, so everyone began the post-battle meeting in the infirmary.

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When Lin Wu saw the serum placed in front of him by Stone, he immediately regretted, "I should have got a shot."

Su Shi said, "You have no shots!" You think the serum is enough, but you also need a syringe. Syringes need to be made at the crafting table.

"Skill Book." Stone took out a skill book and said, "Soundproofing Skill Book, reduces the base’s threat level by 25% daily. Cannot stack. It’s not a reduction of 25% of the total value, but a reduction of 25% of a star’s value. The calculation is done at eight o’clock every morning, and if it’s less than 25%, it will be calculated based on the maximum value." A 3-star threat level will be reduced to 3 stars at eight o’clock.

Maya exclaimed with delight, "This is a godlike skill." Under normal circumstances of not constructing, not shooting guns randomly, and living a normal life, 8 players create 40% noise daily. When the threat level reaches 3 stars, it becomes 30%. When it reaches 5 stars, 8 players add a threat level of 24% daily. The Soundproofing Skill Book is a skill that can effectively prevent the base from breaching a 6-star threat level or even higher.

This is also a logistical skill. This skill book not only described the skill content but also specifically stated that it could not be upgraded. Except for Snow Egg, all players in Shadow Base had already learned all Life Skills; facing a powerful base skill, it would be hard to justify not learning it.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Snow Egg said, "If nobody objects, then I’ll learn it."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

After learning it, Snow Egg looked disheartened, "Lin, why don’t you pull out a combat skill book."

Lin Wu sighed and said, "It’s fate, we have to accept it."

Little Knife said, "I think it’s great. Even if our Shadow Base falls, you’ll still be a hot commodity."

Stone’s face was full of black lines as he took out the Raider, "Raider... don’t fight over it... don’t fight..."

This was the first real long gun in the true sense for Shadow Base. An automatic rifle, the symbol of firepower and a representative of strength. To many, this was what they considered a real gun. The gun’s specs did not disappoint; it was an absolute weapon of violence.

Taking the Raider that she had snatched, Little Knife gave a shout, and everyone dropped Lin Wu and ran to the front yard to test the gun.

Hearing the gunfire from the front yard like torrential rain, a frantic Lin Wu yelled from the hospital bed, "Threat level, threat level."

The front yard had already forgotten about the dying man in the hospital bed. After playing for ten minutes, Stone remembered that there was still loot to discuss, and everyone then returned to the infirmary. Lin Wu strongly demanded to fire a magazine himself, but was told that Stone had already ordered not to issue the Raider at will; the ten minutes of trial shooting had added one star to the base’s threat level.

Lin Wu could tell from everyone’s expressions that the gun was exceptionally satisfying to shoot.

The loot was still a treasure box. Unlike the four colored treasure boxes, this was a red treasure box named the Blood Plague Treasure Box. As the name implies, the Blood Plague Treasure Box could only be obtained by defeating the Blood Plague.

Who would open the treasure box became the focus of the discussion on the scene, with notions of superstition, naming, and lucky numbers interspersed in between, until it was finally decided to settle it by playing rock-paper-scissors. Su Shi became the biggest winner, gaining the right to open the treasure box.

Su Shi first prayed for 10 seconds of life, then pleaded and threatened Dawn with sincere words. After wasting a few minutes, Su Shi finally solemnly lifted the lid of the box; everyone watched without blinking as the box was opened, and they saw a card diagonally sitting inside it. The card wasn’t the issue, but rather which card it was.

Universal Building Card: Allows for the construction of special buildings without consuming resources.

There were many options for the buildings that could be constructed. First, there were the five major supply zones, corresponding to food, gasoline, ammunition, building materials, and medical supplies. After constructing the respective supply zone for these resources, the daily consumption of that resource would be reduced to zero. For example, the infirmary consumes one medical unit every day; if a medical supply zone is constructed, the daily medical consumption of the entire base would become zero.

In addition to providing the option of the five supply zones, the Universal Building Card also randomly adds three types of special buildings that could be constructed:

Repair Shop: A car repair shop, literally.

Armory: Can produce ammunition for all standard firearms, including pistols, submachine guns, shotguns, rifles, sniper rifles, and grenade launchers.

Movie Theater: Morale increases by 30%. With power supply to the base, one can watch all of Earth’s non-harmonious movies made before the year 2044.

Building requirements: Large grid space. It can be built indoors or outdoors, as long as there is a large grid space. Invincible Base’s Repair Shop is a large grid space, and the shop is a bonus building for Invincible Base; they can also choose to demolish the Repair Shop.

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Everyone seriously read through all the explanations and then turned to look at Maya and Stone, whose brows were furrowed throughout. There was no denying that the rewards were really good, but they were long-term benefits. At present, the player base was either small or medium-small size, with very low daily maintenance material consumption. There weren’t many slots to begin with, let alone large ones.

Lin Wu suggested, "Let’s set up a food preparation area so that everyone doesn’t have to fetch water."

The crowd raucously agreed. Maya, who had no sense of humor, responded seriously to this suggestion, "Although food consumption is high, there are more ways to obtain food than other materials. Agriculture combined with Hunter has provided us with 7 food. Our daily consumption is only 9 food."

Lin Wu said, "Since the wheat field only adds 6 food, it’s better to demolish it and build 9 food."

Stone stopped Maya, "Don’t listen to him. He’s just picking a fight with you because he didn’t get to play with guns."

Lin Wu denied, "I’m not."

"Yes, you’re not," Stone said, ignoring him. "Does anyone else have any suggestions?"

Snow Egg raised her hand and said, "A munitions factory. If we produce a batch of assault rifles, they can be used not only for trade but also ensure we have more than enough for defense in the future. Moreover, after winter when we relocate the base, we can’t take the buildings with us, but we can take guns and ammunition."

Su Shi disagreed, "I am certain that the munitions factory is a bigger resource black hole than Lin Wu. By next spring, in these four months, even if we work tirelessly every day, I estimate we could only cobble together one or two assault rifles. I guess the only advantage of the munitions factory is the production of gun accessories."

Su Shi’s crafting station could only make silencers. From the magazine, there were muzzle accessories besides silencers, like compensators and muzzle brakes. The magazine also mentioned items like micro triggers, none of which could be produced in the crafting room.

Everyone turned to look at the resource black hole Lin Wu and nodded in agreement, deciding that it was not feasible.

Lin Wu, feeling offended by their gazes, raised his fist and shouted, "Movie theater, movie theater, we need to boost morale, we want to watch movies," making a scene.

Horse Soul immediately echoed, "Movie theater, movie theater." Who wouldn’t want to enjoy themselves? Unfortunately, even Little Knife did not join in, and after shouting a few times, the two exchanged glances, laughed off the embarrassment, and said no more.

Maya said, "At present, our base has no need for..."

Lin Wu raised his hand, ready to retort, but Stone preempted him, "I’ll give you 20 seconds."

Lin Wu paused for a moment and then said, "I think Maya makes a lot of sense. We should look to the long term. Just think, after we get a bigger base and build five preparation areas, wouldn’t we be able to live in leisure every day, enjoying ourselves immensely?"

Little Knife scoffed and shoved Lin Wu, "Lacking ambition."

Lin Wu glared at Little Knife, "You think I won’t jump? You think I won’t jump down there and die for you to see?"

Little Knife faced Lin Wu, "I don’t believe you."

Lin Wu replied, "Correct answer."

Little Knife didn’t react much, but Shana at the side couldn’t help bursting into laughter. Seeing everyone looking at her, she said, "Sorry, sorry. Continue."

Maya went on to finish what she wanted to say, "Let’s save it for later."

"Alright," Stone said. "I’ll go get the champagne. After killing Blood Plague, we ought to celebrate a bit. Wait, that reminds me, Lin Wu, was it you who killed the Blood Plague?"

Lin Wu looked puzzled, "Yes, why?"

Stone shook his head, "No reason." That’s just fate. To show care for Shana, Stone and Maya had privately agreed to swap the two of them, giving Shana more motivation and also showing the base’s sincerity. But in the end, it was Lin Wu who ended up with the points.

This guy was a bit too much. In just over a month of playing, he had acquired two new entries: Courage and Scholarly Versatility. If killing Frenzy gave points, Lin Wu’s points were unimaginable. Moreover, it was very likely that he had achieved the first kills on Blood Ferocious Ma and Titan, which might also grant point rewards. It was surmised that Lin Wu was also the one who first killed the Blood Plague.

However, Lin Wu had nothing to do with The Ring of the Fortress, so Stone just casually mentioned it before going to the warehouse to get the champagne.

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