Kingdom of Corrosion

To address the scarcity of grid space, the best solution is to expand and establish branch bases. This would allow the allocation of some facilities to those bases. According to Maya’s idea, the Meteorological Station, Fire Station, and Warehouse could be taken as branch bases. Both the Meteorological Station and the Fire Station are small to medium-sized buildings, so they won’t offer too many grids. The Warehouse covers half the area of the Sawmill, so it’s believed to have a good number of grids.

Stone said the kitchen was only a lead-in to his real question, which was how many bases to occupy, who to assign to them, and to which one? There’s a fundamental condition: the main base must always have at least 5 people. Since Shadow currently has a total of 10 members, at most only 4 can be stationed elsewhere, leaving one spot open; otherwise, if someone from the main base dies, the main base would be forced to dissolve.

Therefore, since they are both uphill, the Meteorological Station and Fire Station can only have one person each, and two people in the Warehouse. Due to Lin Wu’s gun skill and tendency to roam around, he had already been assigned to the Meteorological Station. With building materials being produced, it was now time to choose the other three members for the branch bases.

Branch base members need to have a certain level of combat ability to clear any wandering zombies within the base on their own. They also need to be able to tolerate solitude; during the day, they could play at the main base, but at night, they needed to return early to clear any roaming zombies. Why come back early? Because there’s no electricity, no lighting – that’s the biggest disadvantage of the branch bases.

Lin Wu said, "The Meteorological Station and the Fire Station must have top-notch players who can at least survive. Otherwise, the base would dissolve on the spot, and all the materials in the Warehouse would be reset to zero. It’s better at the factory since we can place two people there."

Stone interjected, "We can’t have Snow Egg and Little Knife together."

"Why not?"

"They might get so lovey-dovey they wouldn’t notice if zombies ate them," Stone said. "Also, I really don’t recommend colleagues of the same post getting married. Seeing you at work, seeing you after work, sleeping next to you, like a shadow for 24 hours a day, you’ll tire of each other soon enough, and it will happen quickly."