Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 957 - 414 Summer Days

Chapter 957: Chapter 414 Summer Days

Day 65, Blood Meng finally noticed something was off. Their search targets were the less-than-truckload freight trains and the zombie trains. Being seasoned players, they understood Dawn’s antics, so under her insistent demands, the trio left the distribution center and began their search in the relatively safe surrounding areas.

Day 68, when Lin Wu mentioned receiving a notification from the mission map, Blood Meng couldn’t help but kneel and wail, praising God. Only then everyone realized how much Dawn had screwed them over. The mission target was a dead wife, but the kicker was that the wife had become a zombie, wandering all around the distribution center, and there was a strong suspicion that this thing was deliberately avoiding Lin Wu.

Mission complete, Lin Wu’s system interface showed five tasks released on Day 68, including hunting, fishing, planting, breeding, and picking tasks. The target for hunting was the Black Bear, which Lin Wu immediately dismissed, stressing that protecting wildlife was everyone’s responsibility.

The target for fishing was 21 types of fish, only one of each needed, regardless of size or whether they were dead or alive, just having a hand on them was counted as completion.

The target for planting was cabbage, which originally had a maturation period of about 45 days. Since there were only 180 days in a year, this too was adjusted to 22 days. The mission cabbages had a growth period of 11 days.

Twin Dreams: We can’t wait that long.

Breeding would take at least 10 days, and Twin Dreams couldn’t wait either. Don’t even think for a second that Lin Wu would easily give up the contract; he could be the kind of person who is relentless when they’re in the right.

The last task was picking: 100 kilograms of ripe bayberries.

Everyone thought this task was manageable, so they contacted Xiao Cai by phone. Xiao Cai told Lin Wu to forget it; there were indeed many bayberry trees in the mountains, but the ripe ones were mostly eaten by birds. The bayberry season was almost over, and without venturing deep into the mountain ranges, it was definite that they couldn’t collect 100 kilograms.

They ultimately decided to temporarily give up on the task.

Day 69, 8 AM, the tasks were refreshed, with three new ones, one of which was: Eliminate the Zombie King.

This was the first time everyone heard about the existence of a Zombie King. Little White Rabbit’s answer was that any gregarious animal, after a certain period, would inevitably produce a king. Lin Wu was unimpressed by this answer, arguing that zombies were dead things, with no consciousness, only possessing basic instincts. Little White Rabbit played a movie clip showing that in many films, humans turned zombies still retained a sliver of warmth and even rationality towards their own children, parents, and lovers.

At the end of the debate, Little White Rabbit posed a question: Are zombies dead or alive? Medically speaking, brain death is true death. But a zombie’s brain isn’t dead; when their brain is attacked, that’s when zombies die. If a zombie’s brain were already dead, then attacking their brain would be meaningless.

Even with friends cheering him on, Lin Wu was defeated yet again. If he denied zombies had brains, he couldn’t explain why an attack to the zombie’s brain would lead to their death. He didn’t want to end up having to dismantle zombies piece by piece to kill them.

Little White Rabbit explained that the so-called Zombie King was just one that had eaten a bit more. After all, being a king, it ate first and others ate what was left; it could even feast on other zombies when hungry and hence was relatively bigger and stronger.

Under persuasion, Lin Wu took up the task, opening Pandora’s box. The so-called bigger and stronger Zombie King was none other than the Titan.

Looking at the familiar towering figure a hundred meters away, Lin Wu’s eyes filled with tears. He actually felt like the Titan was so familiar, so much like family. Better a Hardcore Mode Titan than a truly hardcore one—headshot and it’s dead. But the Titan’s head had become even smaller, only the size of a grapefruit.

The Titan didn’t stumble and fall when attacked by heavy firepower; it was simply riddled with holes, if its legs were shot off it would tumble and crawl. If the belly was damaged... well, then a lot of stuff nobody wanted to see would fall out.

Furthermore, the destructive power of the Titan was somewhat lessened, at least it could no longer topple an empty train carriage, nor could it lift a regular car. But it could still smash a car to pieces with a punch and penetrate a poor-quality wall.

Day 70, multiple broadcasts reported the discovery of Mutant Zombies: the Zombie King. It was observed that once a certain density of zombies was reached in an area, a Zombie King would emerge. If a Zombie King died and the zombie density in the area didn’t decrease, another Zombie King would be born within 24 hours. Compared to the withered regular zombies, the Zombie King seemed incredibly fresh and juicy.

Veteran Base specifically cautioned that upon discovering a Zombie King, do not disturb it unless you have a weapon capable of destroying it. After all, the destructive power of a Zombie King was real.

Regardless of what impact the emergence of the Zombie King would have on the world, Twin Dreams finally fulfilled their contract. Blood Meng and Lin Wu hugged goodbye, with Blood Meng biting Lin Wu fiercely, signaling they would never forget him in this lifetime.

All members of the Railway Bridge Base had completed the first task, with Lin Meng nearly finishing the second task, while the rest were still struggling with it. Lin Meng’s second task was to grow flowers; the system provided 12 flower seeds, and she had to grow at least one flower. If she failed, she would have to start over with new seeds.

The flowers had a three-day cycle and were far more delicate than the cabbages; they could die from heat, die from cold, die without water, die from too much water, and had particular requirements for humidity, light, and even oxygen content.

As the boat base on the riverbank bid farewell to Twin Dreams, Lin Wu asked Maya beside him, "What’s your task?"

"Collect ten business cards from real estate agents."

"How many more do you need?"

"Nine."

"Keep it up." You’ve got to do it on your own.

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