novellk Chapter 240 - 152: The Hunt (Part 2)_2
Chapter 240 - 152: The Hunt (Part 2)_2
Chapter 240: Chapter 152: The Hunt (Part 2)_2Maya ascended the watchtower, using the fortress special agent binoculars that they had captured to look toward North Town, where she could vaguely see the Blood Mist enveloping the town. In her mind, she wished to unite everyone to eliminate the Blood Plague and the Titan. But she knew she lacked the ability to unite everyone; the final outcome would likely be Shadow charging ahead, possibly sacrificing lives for the sake of justice.
In a well-established society, soldiers are responsible for fighting wars while civilians are responsible for producing supplies and creating wealth; every profession has its own division of labor, with clear responsibilities. The game world—or Apocalypse World—was not like this, as everyone hoped to survive with the least possible cost.
As Stone had said, whoever becomes the leader gets the short straw. Because while others have no obligation to give tributes, the leader has the duty to protect everyone.
Stone’s voice came through the earpiece: "Horse Soul, Snow Egg, you take ten bullets each to go buy food."
Little Knife asked, "Don’t we have plenty of food?"
Stone said, "We need to make them think our food supplies are low, and at the same time let them know that ten bullets are a significant resource for us. If we don’t buy food today, tomorrow there will be people coming to borrow food from us. Besides, Su Shi make a sign; after ten at night, no one from the base is allowed in or out."
Little Knife: "This..."
Stone cut in: "No interruptions, because we are the only base with an electrical system."
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Maneuvering the sentry points in winter was more troublesome than usual. Lin Wu dismounted his snowboard, leveraging his agility and endurance to put distance between himself and the zombies. Thankfully, the snowy terrain also caused trouble for the zombies, allowing Lin Wu to pass through easily. Just as Lin Wu was about to reach the supermarket base, a drone that had been hovering broadcast a red dot, which appeared near the rural farm railway.
Lin Wu stopped to enlarge the image and saw a masked man. Upon careful observation, he could confirm it was Nightmare. Nightmare had a snowboard strapped to his back, an assault rifle hung on the weapon rack, and was using ski poles to walk in the snow. Unlike before, when he wore a white camo suit, this time Nightmare was wearing a down jacket, an extremely ugly down jacket. Strange, it was not as if he had stripped the man.
Lin Wu slid toward the base, then left the base without taking the main road; instead, he took a straight line through Birch Park to the highway billboard. This was where Lin Wu had hung the banner calling out Maya and
Now came the waiting, the patient wait.
Nightmare sensed a disturbance behind him and turned to find Lin Wu inconceivably behind him. He eyed the snowy ground suspiciously, seeing no other footprints. There was only one answer: Lin Wu must have jumped down from the billboard.
From the moment he was attacked until his death, things happened even faster than Nightmare had anticipated. Seeing Lin Wu and hearing the gunshot, the next thing he knew, he was in the Resurrection Dark House, a shocked expression still frozen on his face. He could comprehend how Lin Wu was able to get close enough to kill him easily, but he couldn’t figure out how Lin Wu had discovered him. He had been extremely cautious, scanning his surroundings with binoculars every hundred meters, but still, he hadn’t noticed any players nearby.
From this, Nightmare drew a conclusion: he believed that Lin Wu or the supermarket base very likely had something resembling a radar, or perhaps cameras, with many hidden ones placed around the base. Even though he considered himself knowledgeable, he hadn’t encountered drones in the game and did not think to consider them.
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Four hours later, Nightmare, who wasn’t wearing a forehead guard, was hiding in the bushes where Birch Park met the highway when he was attacked with a knife. As he lay dying, Nightmare finally raised his voice to shout loudly, "Wait, wait."