Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 970 - 419: Machine Return_2

Chapter 970: Chapter 419: Machine Return_2

Xiao Yi said to Lin Meng, "Last night was the best night of sleep I’ve had in months."

Lin Meng understood and replied, "At our base, you can sleep well every day; we don’t need to arrange night watches."

Unexpectedly, this had the opposite effect, and Xiao Yi anxiously asked, "No night watch?"

Lin Meng reassured her, "Don’t worry, you’ll understand when we get there."

When the two came out, Maya was using the satellite phone to contact people at the base, Shana assigned Xiao Wu, Snow Egg, and Su Shi to clear the warehouse to make room for Maya’s helicopter. Maya then contacted Veteran Base to learn how to pilot an armed helicopter. The base advised Maya to turn off the active radar and positioning system and maintain a low altitude flight around one hundred meters unless an aircraft carrier dispatches an early-warning aircraft, which won’t detect the helicopter in flight.

Experts from Veteran Base explained what each instrument meant, including how to use the fire control radar. The challenge was that the armed helicopter used kerosene, which is difficult to obtain commercially. According to Veteran Base, there’s a refinery about 20 kilometers southeast of Day After Tomorrow City; it was unclear if they had aviation fuel, but it could be worth checking out.

Maya focused on learning how to taxi the helicopter on the ground, to avoid any accidents after learning everything else.

After dinner, Lin Meng and Lin Wu walked along the railway tracks to the maintenance station to get a handcart, while Xiao Yi and a perplexed Maya stayed behind. While waiting, Maya mostly spent her time on the helicopter, studying it until the satellite phone with 90% battery was dead.

Elsewhere, the work at Double Forest was leisurely; the duo treated it like a picnic, chatting, walking and playing. During this, they gave Xiao Yi an overall evaluation, as they felt a certain responsibility for bringing her back. Originally, assessing was Maya’s job, but since she was distracted, they took it upon themselves to evaluate. If Xiao Yi was deemed unsuitable, an ’accident’ might occur on the trip back to avoid complications at the base that could make Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu uncomfortable.

Lin Meng said, "She’s composed, resilient, polite, cultured, mature, and stable."

Lin Wu commented, "Yes, she has many strengths, and her overall qualities are good. From what I know of her past, I worry she has one serious flaw: being a ’white lotus’."

Lin Meng disagreed, "As long as the leaders aren’t white lotuses, it shouldn’t be a big problem. Rather, I think this is an advantage for Xiao Yi; a doctor should have the heart of a white lotus. Also, I think you’re misunderstanding the concept; people dislike those who coax others into doing good deeds, not those who do good deeds themselves."

"For example, if a refugee shelter appears near our base, and Veteran Base wants to dedicate all resources to help them, even if we think it’s unwise, we should respect them. If Veteran Base advocates mutual assistance and encourages others to fund the refugee shelter, those are the truly bad people."

Lin Wu snapped his fingers, "You’re going to lecture me on morals?"

"Hmph." Added to the notebook, to be settled on Earth.

Essentially, both agreed on Xiao Yi, but contact had been limited, so firm conclusions would need to wait.

Maya, anxious and overwhelmed, finally met Double Forest at lunchtime. Seeing Maya about to board the helicopter, Lin Wu grabbed her: "We haven’t had lunch yet."

"I’m not eating."

"Didn’t you prepare anything?"

Maya: "No."

Lin Wu dragged Maya away, "Go wash the pot, I’ll catch a snake, Xiao Yi will fetch water, Lin Meng will gather firewood."

Maya, speechless, said, "I don’t want to eat." She had a myriad of things prepared to practice during the flight.

But Lin Wu did not let her go, so Maya could only go to the small ditch to wash the pot. After having a good meal and wash, packing up, and seeing the three people getting on the hand-pulled cart, then Maya was finally able to board the plane. This flight was smooth, without alarms or fighter jets.

Veteran Base dispatched an expert to the warehouse at the end destination of the hand-pulled cart, using a baton to guide Maya to land the fighter jet in the most suitable position, and with her guidance, Maya drove the helicopter into the warehouse. The two sat in the plane’s cabin, talking until they still hadn’t finished even after Lin Wu and the others returned.

Shana, Stone, and everyone at the railway bridge base welcomed Xiao Yi, Lin Wu made the introductions, and Shana took over, accompanying Xiao Yi to tour the base. Xiao Yi was very satisfied with the facilities of the base and was also very grateful for the shelter provided by the railway bridge base. After inspecting the stock of medicines, Xiao Yi listed a wish list of medicines hoping to replenish them, in case of emergencies.

It was nighttime, Xiao Yi went to the Mountain Base to meet with flowers, vegetables, and meat, asking them about the herbal medicine situation in the mountains, and didn’t return until very late. Maya also returned to the base together. However, the story had already been told by Lin Meng at a campfire gathering.

The railway bridge base temporarily regained its usual tranquility, the only task was dealing with the list of medications issued by Xiao Yi. The list included muscles, bones, antibiotics, hormones, and other various medicines, and the base also lacked materials like plaster boards used for treating external injuries.

Xiao Yi posted sanitary requirements, demanding that the duty personnel use her prepared disinfectant to spray and disinfect the lodging carriages once a day, and required that garbage be cleaned up daily.

Given that Lin Wu and the others had gone out for a trip, the task of scavenging for medicines was handed over to Xiao Wu and others, even Stone signed up to participate. The scavenging area had been surveilled by drones from Veteran Base, with a high safety level. Thus, on a sunny and pleasant morning, a tractor pulled the carriage, taking Stone, Shana, Su Shi, Snow Egg, Xiao Wu, and Little Knife out, seventeen kilometers away, and they could return home in two hours if fast.

Lin Wu and Lin Meng saw them off, Lin Wu said, "We need to figure out a way to get a motorcycle."

Lin Meng said, "We’ve searched all around, even Veteran Base doesn’t have a motorcycle. According to Xiao Wu, West City bans motorcycles, prohibiting them on the roads."

Lin Wu asked, "What if it went on the road?"

Lin Meng was stumped and called over Xiao Wen, "Xiao Wen, what happens if a motorcycle is found in a no-motorcycle area?"

Xiao Wen came over and answered, "Seizure, a vehicle will transport the motorcycle to a designated parking lot, and after the owner pays a fine, they can go to the parking lot to retrieve the motorcycle."

Lin Wu asked, "Where is the parking lot in West City?"

Xiao Wen answered, "West City bans motorcycles, so the motorcycles will all be sent to the central city parking lot."

"Central City?" That place is hell, unreachable. The number of zombies in Central City is in the millions, and countless zombie kings. Although the base has a helicopter, Maya is reluctant to consume the precious fuel. Therefore, to use the helicopter, first, the fuel issue must be solved. To solve the fuel issue, a trip to the refinery in the southeastern suburbs is necessary.

Going to the Western Peninsula could offer sightseeing and explore games, that was a pleasure. Going to the refinery was different, the environment was harsh, the air filled with foul smells, and considering it was one of the world’s top ten refineries, the Southeast Refinery, the number of zombies inside the plant wouldn’t be small.

The project was too massive, never mind, just stay put, after all, there are only eighty-some days left.

But today, the outdoor team encountered some trouble, they first walked south along the railway track, and upon reaching the nearby district, Stone turned around, Su Shi stayed behind to keep watch, while the rest went to the district. Surprisingly, this district had no zombies.

After scavenging a pharmacy, people from the Survivor’s Alliance showed up, claiming this was their territory, and rudely demanded Shana and others to leave. Shana and others immediately drew their guns, and they promptly left. However, within ten minutes, two pickup trucks carrying over ten gunmen arrived, and both sides confronted each other from a distance of thirty meters.

Shana and the opposing leader communicated at the midpoint, learning that the Survivor’s Alliance had cleared all zombies from this district three days ago, and by their logic, they liberated this district, so all materials should belong to them. Shana knew how to compromise; after negotiations, Shana and others were allowed to take all the medicines they had scavenged from the two stores, but from then on, they were not allowed to step into the territories of the Survivor’s Base.

Shana inquired about their territorial range, the opposing leader was an honest person, and drew it on the map based on their current control. Although this wasn’t in the outdoor team’s planned range, Shana still managed to secure enough benefits. Just when the negotiation ended, the Boss of the Survivor’s Alliance showed up at the scene.