Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 989 - 427: Extinction Plan_2

Chapter 989: Chapter 427: Extinction Plan_2

The remaining personnel, Lin Wu, Lin Meng, Xiao Wu, Maya, Little Girl, Little Sniper, and Xiao Zhuan, seven in total, were assigned to the Sentry team, led by Maya as the captain. Among them, two were on watch and two patrolled at night. Lin Wu, Lin Meng, Little Sniper, and Little Girl formed the watch group, changing shifts daily, with the routine job of monitoring the surroundings and operating drones.

Maya, Xiao Zhuan, and Xiao Wu formed the night patrol, working from 10 PM until six the following morning, adopting a schedule of two shifts on, one shift off.

During off-duty hours, unless given assignments, they are free to do as they please.

Maya also established emergency response measures and conducted a drill deep into the second night.

Another day passed, D101 day, Stone, under the protection of bodyguard Lin Wu, drove the tractor to Veteran Base. Today is the relocation day for Veteran Base. Baldy led his men to load the supplies onto the tractor’s trailer and led a ten-person squad to their designated South Street Base. The remaining supplies and personnel were transported by tractor from Veteran Base.

A fair number of the veterans had a relatively short time at Veteran Base and weaker identification with the base, thus they were more in anticipation of the future.

When the tractor reached the vicinity of the South Street railway track, Bully personally received them, bringing along a pickup truck and a cargo truck to assist with the move. Stone commented, "This guy is interesting."

"What’s interesting?"

"He brought vehicles, not people. That’s interesting," Stone said. "Bully is certain about Veteran Base, so he didn’t employ any oppressive tactics and solely relied on a conciliatory approach. Baldy’s old soldiers can’t withstand such kindness; when others treat them well and respectfully, they hesitate to raise their guns. Just like our previous interactions with Veteran Base, in the end, they felt indebted to us."

Stone was turning around, driving the tractor off the track, circling half around and back onto the track to connect the trailers.

Lin Wu asked, "How will they deal with us then?"

Stone replied, "There are two possibilities. The first possibility is that they have heard our story of rolling back to Blue Star in 180 days, and they may endure for 180 days, provided they believe it. The second possibility is that they might wage a destructive war against us before winter, not aiming to eliminate us completely, but rather to ruin our wintering conditions."

Lin Wu said, "I believe the first one, because it’s something you would come up with. But the second one..."

Stone gave Lin Wu a look, "That’s what Shana thought of. She even came up with a slogan for Bully, claiming the Bridge Base hoards a significant amount of coal, and for the sake of our brothers and sisters to smoothly survive the winter, we must take back the coal that belongs to humanity. Why do you think Maya assigned Snow Egg, the hydroelectric engineer, and why she upgraded the water storage? It’s because she fears someone might poison it."

"Poison? How can you poison flowing water?"

Stone replied, "Toss in half a zombie. On one hand, we worry about their forest infiltration, and on the other hand, we have to deal with their direct challenges. You know, the Bridge Base is guarded against zombies, not humans."

Lin Wu asked, "Can we do the opposite? One of the big reasons why South City has so many survivors is because their water supply system comes from the Yangshan Water Plant near the suburban prison." There’s a small reservoir at Yangshan, originally used for generating electricity, but later, as the city expanded southward and water resources became scarce, Yangshan Reservoir was designated as a potable water reservoir, supplying water to the new southern district. The water plant is situated at Yangshan.

Bully started dealing with the Yangshan Water Plant early on, but because of its special geographical position, he only assigned four people to patrol the reservoir daily to prevent zombie contamination of the water source. However, the chance of encountering zombies there is much lower than encountering wild beasts.

In a low voice, Stone asked, "You mean we should ruin the Yangshan Reservoir?"

Lin Wu: "Strap zombies to stones and sink them into the reservoir, do a few more, let them soak for a few days, and the virus will continuously flow into South City, causing zombies to reappear there. Then no one will have the time to deal with us."

Stone said, "You’re ruthless. This move could not only lead to the annihilation of humanity’s biggest stronghold but also harm our old friends at Veteran Base. We can’t even talk about doing such a thing, let alone act on it. If we did, Shana and the others would turn against us immediately."

Lin Wu asked, "Just tell me if it’s feasible?"

After thinking for a while, Stone said, "It’s feasible, but we’d have to avoid the patrolmen at the reservoir and not let them discover us. Moreover, we’d have to keep it a secret from our base. We’ll need to chop up a couple of zombies, stuff them in backpacks, bring some rope and dive into Yangshan Reservoir to sink the zombie pieces with stones. But how many would it take?"

Lin Wu said, "The number isn’t key, as many as we hit counts. Even if they later find zombie parts at the bottom of the reservoir, they can’t prove it was us who did it."

"Although you’re bad, your limited intelligence means you’re not all that bad."

"Oh? Old Man, what are your lofty suggestions?"

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We should first transport a group of zombie bodies near the reservoir and bury them. When needed, we can then sabotage. In doing so, not only can we rapidly contaminate the water source, but we can also claim it as a forced retaliatory tactic—an important point being that in abundance, there will be plenty to retract."

Lin Wu asked, "Quantity over quality?"

Stone nodded, "If we make a trip now, send two people, we can only deal with four corpses at most. But with some preparation, maybe we could get dozens of corpses."

Lin Wu: "Digging pits is exhausting."

"More tiring than hiking mountain roads?" Stone: "I’ll go down and greet them."

"What about me?"

Stone: "You’re the antagonist, you’re too disdainful to meet with Little Boss. I, on the other hand, am his devoted believer in the human community."

After speaking, Stone got out of the car and walked towards Little Boss not far away. They shook hands, chatted, and smiled as if they were old friends, laughing heartily when the conversation got interesting. Lin Wu admired him; Old Man really knew how to talk the talk. He conveniently tossed the hot potato of disagreeing with the Alliance onto himself, making Little Boss feel extremely uncomfortable.

If everyone at the Railroad Bridge Base was anti-Boss, then war was inevitable. But the information Little Boss got was that the Boss of the Railroad Bridge Base and some personnel were pro-Boss, while the rebellious youth represented by Lin Wu were anti-Boss. To fight would mean turning a father into a stepfather. To not fight meant a father remained a father, and a stepfather remained a stepfather, without changing the situation.

Dozens of zombified corpses, huh? Could a helicopter be sent out for one trip? It’s difficult. Firstly, it’s easy to be discovered by the patrol staff at the reservoir, and secondly, easy to be discovered by Maya and her group.

After a while, Stone shouted, "Lin Wu, come down and have some food."

Lin Wu replied, "I’m not eating, hurry up, we have things to do when we get back." He maintained a cold and hostile attitude. In reality, he really wanted to go down and eat, as long as it wasn’t instant noodles.

...

Stone, who usually doesn’t drink alcohol, drank two cups and came back. He drove the tractor away and did not speak for a long time.

"Did someone cut out your tongue?"

Stone sighed, "Dawn has an ace up his sleeve, this guy is pretty impressive. He told me about the situation in the Alliance Community, and I could tell he wasn’t lying. He even admitted to doing some bad things. In 15 days, the first batch of rice, sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes cultivated by the Alliance will be ready for harvest, which will allow them to be self-sufficient. The farmers will be able to sell their surplus food. The Alliance now has a variety of free professions such as farmers, fishermen, and craftsmen. The Alliance’s armed forces, which number over a hundred people, mainly rely on city resources, like exchanging alcohol with farmers for food. Once the city resources are exhausted, he plans to hold Alliance elections and introduce taxation."

Lin Wu: "What about the coal mine he had his eyes on before?"

Stone replied, "He is indeed interested in the coal mine because the urban area needs electricity. But the problem is that the Alliance is currently short on manpower. Mining coal and generating electricity require too many people, and there are issues like the urban electrical grid. The coal mine is just one of his concepts."

Stone: "For water supply, he installed multiple solar panels in the water plant, but the efficiency isn’t promising. Fuel is limited, and even if fuel could be obtained indefinitely, it also has a shelf life. In short, energy problems still plague him."

Lin Wu said, "Household electricity? Lighting doesn’t consume that much energy, does it? A few hundred solar panels should be sufficient for nighttime lighting."

Stone: "He’s thinking about developing industry. After the relocation of the Veteran Base, the Alliance’s territory covered a large number of factory areas. He has talent and technology among his ranks, capable of bringing some production lines back to operation."

Lin Wu pondered for a while: "From what you’re saying, it seems like you agree with him?"

Stone said, "I agree with his ideals, I also think he’s an outstanding NPC, but that has nothing to do with whether we go to war with him or not. We’ve got weapons, bullets, helicopters, just lacking an adversary, and he also qualifies as our opponent."

Lin Wu smiled and asked, "What if he doesn’t make a move within 180 days?"

Stone: "Then let it be."

Lin Wu: "Was it all for nothing that we were busy all night?"

Stone replied, "Think of it the other way around. It’s because we were busy all night, adding four more veterans, that Little Boss dares not make a move. The cost of making a move now is too high. It’s better to believe in our Blue Star story and wait until after 180 days to see if we’ll scram."