Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 999 - 432: Approaching Winter_2

Chapter 999: Chapter 432: Approaching Winter_2

The East Base believes that Little Tyrant Base has underground water resources, arable land area, and seven high-rise residential buildings within the community. They also have a reserve of fuel and bulldozers, excavators. It is estimated that there are currently fifty to sixty people in Little Tyrant Base.

The East Base warns that if Little Tyrant continues to increase the zombie population of New South City through various means such as fireworks, they do not rule out the possibility of launching an airborne assault on Little Tyrant Base and eliminating it once and for all.

Afterward, there were no more fireworks shows, but now the zombie density in New South City is comparable to that of central city.

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Sentry Lin Wu sat in a chair, took a sip of the black tea next to him, worked the bolt, and raised the Lee-Enfield rifle set up on the sandbags in one hand. First, he observed the blowing fabric strips through the scope and then aimed at a Zombie King on the edge of the fabric. He pulled the trigger, the Zombie King’s head burst open and it fell to the ground, pinning two other zombies beneath it, unable to move. The surrounding zombies rushed over for their meal.

Lin Wu picked up a piece of chalk and wrote a checkmark on the small blackboard beside him, where over 200 checkmarks were already written. Another sentry, Lin Meng, who was learning from Lin Wu, drank tea, held the gun, aimed, but was just off, hitting the body of a Zombie King, missing the head by 20 centimeters. There were only about 30 checkmarks on her blackboard.

Lin Wu suggested, "You should shoot zombies." Five points for a Zombie King, one point for a zombie, one point for Exploding Carnage, one point for Frenzy.

Faux-loyal Sniper Xiao Zhuan on the side coached Lin Meng, "Zombie Kings move frequently, but every motion lasts for more than a second, such as turning around. At that time, the trajectory of its head won’t change. You need to understand your own reaction time. I think Lin Wu is right, your targets should be the zombies, they move less frequently and their walking lasts longer."

Lin Meng made excuses: "I’m just not feeling well."

Lin Wu said, "Why not invest some points?" Spend points to generate a quest for a permanent cure for diabetes.

Previously, after losing at mahjong, Su Shi tried to use 2000 points to create a Serum quest. It’s not that it’s impossible, but basically unachievable. The task description stated that there’s a bottle of serum on the only battleship in East Base. How to get it, what the dangers are, and the exact location are unknown.

Lin Meng shook her head.

Lin Wu tempted, "For you, it’s a minor ailment, and you’ve been treated unfairly; maybe it can be settled for just 5 points."

Xiao Zhuan asked curiously, "What are five points?"

Lin Wu explained, "Currency, Blue Star Currency. We could spend Blue Star Currency to send requests to rescue ships in outer space. The more money given, the lower the difficulty of obtaining the items."

Xiao Zhuan exclaimed, "Are you guys that corrupted?"

Lin Wu sighed and said, "That’s why we have to wait until we’re out of danger before we can send you supplies. Spending all our assets now wouldn’t even get us a gun."

After saying this, Lin Wu stood up, took the binoculars for a look, and then handed the binoculars to Xiao Zhuan: "The zombies are starting to surge in."

Xiao Zhuan looked and saw that, although the zombies moved slowly, they were coming to the gathering place from all six directions on three sides. Xiao Zhuan returned the binoculars to Lin Wu and launched a drone to scout: "This is bad, the industrial area’s zombie density has increased considerably from yesterday."

Shana, upon hearing this, came over from the side and asked, "By how much?"

They used a roundabout three kilometers away as a ruler; the area of the roundabout was 50 square meters, and the number of zombies on the roundabout could be used to calculate the density. Yesterday, there was one zombie every two square meters.

Xiao Zhuan said, "Two zombies every three square meters, the increase is substantial."

Shana took the binoculars to observe and asked, "Do you think it could be the sound of the water?"

Xiao Zhuan said, "It should have an effect. I scouted south along the river and found that the density of zombies at the river’s edge can’t be said to be the highest, but it’s definitely not the lowest either. It’s just unfortunate that the Day After Tomorrow City municipal administration did a good job, and there are railings on both sides of the river." It was a latticed railing that wouldn’t be destroyed by the water, and kids couldn’t squeeze through it.

A local girl holding a teacup in her hand explained, "Decades ago, there were frequent accidents of children falling into the water, becoming national news, and even covered by authoritative media organizations during prime time, so the railings were erected."

Shana said, "We have five days until the start of winter. If the zombies are not affected by the cold wave, this winter will be very tough."

The last carriage attached to the tractor was cut in half, bent downward from top to bottom, forming a semi-enclosed sentry post. The carriage, three meters wide, could accommodate two sentries and set up a coal stove. However, for safety, the carriage had to maintain proper ventilation, so the temperature inside might not be much higher than the outside.

We can only hope that like Hardcore Mode, when winter comes, the zombies will burrow into buildings.

"Snow Egg," Maya called Snow Egg over and asked, "Could we set up a searchlight at the sentry post?"

Snow Egg replied, "We can set up a 200-watt searchlight."

"Do we have the materials?"

Snow Egg nodded: "It shouldn’t be a problem, we should be able to make it."

Maya said, "Mount the searchlight on top of the back of the vehicle, fixed to shine directly on the railway tracks."

Snow Egg said, "Maya, if we encounter a blizzard, the searchlight’s effectiveness at night will be very limited due to poor penetration."

Maya nodded, "I know, and the light will attract zombies. Install the searchlight only for emergency use. Have you and Xiao Zhuan finished making the heating equipment?"

Snow Egg: "It’s expected to be completed by tomorrow." By heating water with a coal stove, and arranging pipes inside the carriage, punching holes in the pipes, and inserting a section of pipe into the holes, sealing the opening. When the hot water passes through, the steam will escape. As long as someone is assigned to add water and coal, we can ensure the heating for the whole train. As for the actual effect, we’ll have to wait for the finished product to be tested."

Sentry Lin Wu reported, "Calling Maya, there’s a tide of corpses to the north." A group of zombies appeared near the logistics park.

Maya looked through the binoculars for a while, "It looks like we’re surrounded." Zombies kept pouring into the rarely-seen open area from the east, south, and north.

"Look on the bright side, this number of zombies is nothing to us. Think about South Bridge, it’s said that the gunfire hasn’t stopped for 24 hours." Lin Wu said, "To think even better, there won’t be refugees giving us tough choices to make."

"Idiot." Lin Meng said, "What kind of weapons reserve do they have, what do we have?"

"You’re the idiot, just look at your shooting records."

Shana said, "The broadcast yesterday morning stated that the East Base is organizing refugees scattered in the eastern suburbs to relocate to the thermal power plant via waterways, and it is expected that the refugee population around the power plant will reach three thousand."

Lin Wu asked, "Why does the East Base want to move the refugees southward?"

Shana replied, "Because of water. The only clean and stable water source left in Day After Tomorrow City is the Yangshan Reservoir. In addition to the refugees, the East Base also plans to set up a temporary military camp at the power plant, with five hundred soldiers stationed here. Obviously three thousand refugees do not require as many as five hundred soldiers to maintain order, the only possibility is that the East Base lacks a clean water source. West water to East transfer."

"Heh heh," Lin Wu snickered.

Everyone looked at Lin Wu, and the Shadow People all knew what he was laughing about—he was thinking about the dozens of zombie bodies buried by the reservoir. This obviously couldn’t be let known by the NPCs, after all, their hearts could be condemned.

Naturally, Lin Wu wouldn’t say anything, he focused on aiming and killed a Frenzy. This Frenzy was a weaker version of the other Frenzies, with its full-speed running reduced to 22 kilometers per hour, but its stamina was undiminished. Due to the lack of word bonus, basically no one could outrun a Frenzy.

Maya asked, "What is the ratio of Zombie Kings, Frenzies, Exploding Carnages to ordinary zombies?"

Lin Wu estimated, "1:1:2:20. Lin Meng?"

Everyone looked at Lin Meng; she fainted at her sentry post, so they hurriedly carried her to the medical carriage with a stretcher.

Xiao Yi gave a preliminary diagnosis: "If we can’t make a dialysis machine, then she only has two months to live."

Upon hearing this, the Shadow People expressed, "No problem, two months is quite long."

Lin Wu added, "Don’t be fooled by how stupid the girl seems, she really has nine lives."

Lin Meng, lying on the hospital bed, was too weak to hit Lin Wu and waved her hand feebly a few times.

Xiao Yi said, "Don’t assign her any more work. Here’s a list; the left side is the food her body needs, the right side is what she cannot eat."

Lin Meng struggled, "I’m fine, I can still live for two months."

Xiao Yi sternly said, "Two months lying in bed, with a catheter, having someone else help you with bowel movements and wiping your body, does that make you happy?"