Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 956 - 413 Task_3

Chapter 956: Chapter 413 Task_3

Wandering around, eating, resting, crawling into bridge holes. In the evening, Twin Dreams, Lin Wu, Maya, and the little girl pushed the cart, loaded with instant noodles, and headed to Veteran Base. The railway bridge base had reserves too; they could donate instant noodles to Veteran Base but would not tell Veteran Base about another carload of instant noodles at the distribution point.

The little girl had already contacted Veteran Base by phone, and the group received a warm reception upon their midnight arrival. The new base head Baldy welcomed everyone, arranging food and accommodation while gathering people to hold a funeral for Bearded. Bearded’s tomb was at the bottom of the U-shape, where ten graves had already been laid, each with a cross in front, hanging a dog tag.

Nine members of Veteran Base and four guests attended the funeral. The ceremony was brief, solemn, and dignified. Afterwards, the little girl told Lin Wu that of the ten graves, only two had bodies in them, but that’s where the spirit lay. Lin Wu didn’t understand this. Maya explained that it was a belief, much like the faithful reverence for holy land, these graves were the sacred ground in the hearts of everyone from Veteran Base and also the motivation that inspired them to forge ahead fearlessly.

The next day, Veteran Base sent five people to accompany Lin Ma to the railway bridge base. Among them, some were to assist with the inspection of the traction vehicles at the railway bridge base, others to carry the remaining 35 boxes of instant noodles. Base head Baldy was there to represent Veteran Base visiting the railway bridge base.

Upon returning to the railway bridge base, Twin Dreams intended to feign ignorance and slip away, but Lin Wu wouldn’t let them off easily – the agreement regarding their two tasks had not yet been fulfilled. In response, Blood Meng offered a postdated check that would be cashable after returning to Earth, but Lin Wu was not a man to be seduced by beauty. After all, being one of Earth’s wealthy elites, his taste in aesthetics was relatively young.

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The difficulty of the system mission was truly daunting. Arriving at the mission point, Lin Wu’s task electronic map displayed a large circle with a diameter of five hundred meters, equivalent to 200,000 square meters. Imagining the difficulty of finding a ring within 200,000 square meters was overwhelming. Hearing about Lin Wu’s task, Twin Dreams felt like dying; this man indeed dared to take on any mission. Couldn’t he just not accept missions and refresh daily, perhaps finding simpler ones?

That’s where Twin Dreams were naive; 200,000 square meters was, after all, a two-dimensional world. If you created a 200,000 square meter three-dimensional space within a city, finding something would be nearly impossible.

Dawn did have a humane side, offering mission assistance — as long as you got within 10 meters of the ring, the electronic map would light up.

In short, it was about navigating the map; the obstacle was zombies. Use bullets only when necessary. Thus, the three of them, equipped with night vision goggles, fought valiantly from 8 pm until 8 am the next day, killed countless zombies, yet never found any trace of the ring. As the sun rose, Blood Meng was almost in tears.

Lin Wu was a person who promoted gender equality and respected the spirit of contracts; he couldn’t just let Blood Meng off because of her pleading since it would be discriminating against women and breaking the contract. Stone and the others naturally took pleasure in her misfortune, exerting pressure, leading Crazy Dreams and Blood Meng on the verge of collapse to work night after night.

However, there were gains too. They also found some good stuff in the sundry freight cars, like crystal balls, books, printers, routers, computers, dolls, white liquor, and various common everyday items. Hence, not only the railway bridge base but even Xiao Jing from the fishing boat base supported their continuous treasure hunting.