Kingdom of Corrosion

Given Naughty Nana’s hazardous gun skills which could harm both foes and friends, training to reinforce precision shooting was promptly put on the agenda. Lin Wu brushed off the shrieking snow with a stick, prompting Shana to start with single shots. Miraculously, with one shot Shana broke the rope suspending the screamer, dumbfounding Lin Wu on the spot for quite a while before he snapped back to reality. Looking up at the sentry post, the sentry Shana had already holstered her weapon, gazing around as if sightseeing, seemingly unconcerned by everything that had just occurred.

What else could be done? So, they went out to the road to capture another screamer. After hoisting up the new screamer, Lin Wu let Shana practice her shooting while he headed to the cement factory. After all, thanks to Shana’s morning round with the screamer, most nearby zombies were already dead, and there were very few screamers left to be attracted.

What puzzled Lin Wu was the odd density of zombies at the cement factory. Only once inside did he realize that a woman in black was mercilessly slaughtering zombies—who else could it be but Nightmare? Upon seeing Lin Wu, Nightmare hesitated but then approached him after killing a few more zombies. Lin Wu tilted his head, waiting, then Nightmare turned back to him, maintaining a posture of readiness to listen and said, "Let’s cooperate."

Lin Wu asked, "Period or question mark?"

Nightmare paused for a moment, then said, "Question mark."

"The reasons, the grounds, how do we cooperate?"

Nightmare didn’t hide anything from Lin Wu. Although she was well-equipped with high-grade weapons and plenty of ammunition, she had only one Serum needle. Nowadays, with Blood Zombies roaming around at a rate of 20% worldwide, she decided to farm Serum for safety. But one’s strength alone was limited, so she thought of cooperating with Lin Wu.

The firearm used by Nightmare was an enhanced version of the Silencer, a semi-automatic silent .22 rifle, which was also her primary weapon. This made Lin Wu wonder, "You’re not afraid of death."

With some reluctance, Nightmare admitted, "I exchanged my instance points for a Skill Book: Sharpshooter. The bullets have a powerful penetration effect, and the accuracy of all firearms is increased by 100%."

Ha ha, so that’s it, you’ve got a weak spot now, and you can’t afford to die. Lin Wu was straightforward in his response, "Deal."

The biggest difference between Nightmare and Maya was that while Maya sliced through zombies at close-range as if chopping vegetables, Nightmare took mid-close range shots, headshotting each zombie. The two quickly found a rhythm in their cooperation. Lin Wu lured a bunch of zombies, leading away the Frenzies while Nightmare intercepted and took the opportunity to loot corpses, achieving a very high efficiency. In less than an hour, they cleared most of the zombies in and around the factory and began burning the Blood Plague.

But the good times didn’t last, Nightmare stopped Lin Wu from toying with the Blood Plague again, "I’m out of bullets." Without bullets, Nightmare was as good as trash. She didn’t want to freeload in murky waters, to take advantage of Lin Wu’s position.