Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded

Shen Yue rolled her eyes at the insensible Lin Feng and turned to introduce, "Building a garden isn't just for looks; it's also an important part of the oasis's water cycle."

"During a Holy Spring Day, the oasis consumes about a thousand tons of water. After filtration, four hundred tons are given to the permanent residents of the five major villages, fifty liters per person. Another four hundred tons are specially sent to the farms of the agricultural village, as they need the most water to support so many people…"

"The remaining two hundred tons are freely given to the lower-class wastelanders. They don't do anything, yet they still get water. The church is already being merciful enough."

Lin Feng still remembered the Gospel Ceremony on the last Holy Spring Day, when he and his group were setting off to hunt a weak, post-childbirth level-nine Rockhorn Horse.

Passing by the oasis warship, he saw tens of thousands of wastelanders lined up in a two-hundred-meter-long queue, densely packed together, prostrating themselves on the ground.

They endured hours of exposure to the sun, waiting for the water to be released.

After a sincere prayer, each person could only receive four or five liters of water to survive until the next Holy Spring Day, fifteen days later.

Two hundred tons of water, two hundred large barrels, two hundred church gray-robed monks, responsible for spreading the Holy Spring Church's grace, helping more than fifty thousand wastelanders.

Although, in Lin Feng's view, the Holy Spring Church could completely save more wastelanders, from the perspective of those in power, the four major villages were subordinates serving the oasis, while the tens of thousands of wastelanders were just burdens following the oasis.

They were already the rejects of several rounds of selection. The new civilization no longer needed them. The Holy Spring Church's free aid every half month was already a great act of kindness in the wasteland.

Different positions naturally lead to different views.

Lin Feng sighed softly and then asked, "Consuming a thousand tons every half month, wouldn't that be two thousand tons a month? Does the oasis have that much water in reserve?"

Shen Yue nodded, taking it for granted, "Of course, don't you see how big the oasis is? This standard level-one mobile fortress has ten thousand-ton-level water tanks. If we didn't have to distribute water to the five major villages, the recycled water could last for more than ten years."

"And now, every Holy Spring Day, a pilgrimage convoy transports a thousand tons of water back from the Holy City ahead to meet the daily consumption of Oasis Town."

Lin Feng nodded. Through Shen Yue's explanation, he had a general understanding of the overall operation mode of Oasis Town.

Thinking that he would also follow the pilgrimage convoy to the Holy City in the future, he asked, "This pilgrimage convoy doesn't seem to be back yet. Could they encounter any danger on the road?"

Shen Yue was stunned for a moment and shook her head, "That's unlikely. I haven't encountered a late pilgrimage convoy in the years I've been here. It's probably just a delay on the road. They'll definitely be back on time before the Holy Spring Day ends."

Lin Feng nodded, thinking that with a second-order priest of the church sitting in the convoy, there shouldn't be any problems.

At this time, as the dome above gradually became completely covered with photovoltaic panels,

the entire upper-class district of the oasis entered the night.

"Let's go, the administrator is coming to kick people out. The moon is about to rise in the garden here."

Watching the last few pieces of dome glass above being covered by photovoltaic panels, Shen Yue's expression changed slightly, and she reminded him in a deep voice.

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment. He originally thought that Moon Garden was just a name with a beautiful meaning, but he didn't expect there to actually be a moon here?!

Following Shen Yue downstairs to leave, he looked back.

He saw the huge inclined glass mirror that he had seen from afar when he first arrived, slowly rising from behind the Moon Garden.

The inner side was a convex mirror, which could gather the external light source and scatter it into the dome's interior upper-class district, so the brightness of the glass mirror suddenly increased several times.

It became exceptionally bright.

Just like the moon reflecting sunlight.

Walking on Oasis Avenue, looking back again, it resembled a slowly rising, bright, and clean full moon.

Just then, walking on the main road of the upper-class district, Lin Feng vaguely felt a familiar, unusual sensation coming from the back of his neck…

Although slight, it was exceptionally clear!

It was the extreme feeling of unease, like a lump in his throat!

And it was different from the unease he felt when he met the bishop before. At that time, Lin Feng's tension and worry were only out of his own weakness and helplessness.

But the unease at this moment…

stemmed from the fear of an unknown existence!

The last time Lin Feng felt this unease was when he climbed to the top of a thousand-meter-high mountain and looked at the approaching Fiery Sun Forbidden Zone, and a feeling of trepidation arose in his heart.

This feeling had returned at this moment.

Just as Lin Feng was about to turn around to check, he found that his hand had been grabbed by Shen Yue, and at the same time, he heard her soft reminder:

"The Moon Night Ceremony of the Holy Spring Day is about to begin…"

"Don't look back, lower your head and follow me!"

Lin Feng swallowed and, imitating Shen Yue, put on the hood of his white robe to cover the back of his neck, and then quickly stepped forward.

At this moment, he realized that in the villas on both sides of the main road, the houses where the upper-class lived, whether it was the glass windows or the floor-to-ceiling balconies, were all covered with curtains.

And the sides of the street, where there were still sparse figures when they finished eating and set off for the Moon Garden, were now empty.

The silent streets, under the artificial night starry sky above, were like the arrival of true midnight.

As Lin Feng continued to move forward, he found many upper-class figures walking out of the narrow passages on both sides of the main road.

Each of them lowered their heads, wearing black robes.

They were all heading towards the church on the bow of the ship, in the same direction as Lin Feng.

Their footsteps were silent, like ghosts.

Lin Feng remembered Shen Yue's reminder just now.

The Moon Night Ceremony had begun…

At this moment, the clean and tidy main road was covered with the moonlight refracted from the convex mirror behind.

Could the so-called Moon Night Ceremony be what was about to happen now…

The unease in Lin Feng's heart had not yet subsided, and suddenly there was another ominous premonition.

Bracing himself, he followed behind Shen Yue. After the two entered the church area and walked into the church from the side, both Shen Yue and Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief, their bodies relaxing.

"We lingered in the Moon Garden for too long. I almost forgot about the Holy Spring Day ceremony."

Lin Feng was holding back a belly full of questions and was about to open his mouth, but Shen Yue held up a finger and placed it in front of her mouth:

"Shh, the Moon Night needs to be quiet. Let's find a place to rest for a while. Before the ceremony officially begins, we can also go and observe it."

Continuing to follow behind Shen Yue, Lin Feng recalled the conversation he had with Priest Su An when he boarded the oasis warship.

At that time, he wanted to find out why the oasis had to stay in front of the Fiery Sun Forbidden Zone, maintaining a dangerous distance of several tens of kilometers.

And the Holy Spring Day every fifteen days intentionally made the oasis warship stop, waiting for the Fiery Sun Forbidden Zone behind to approach.

But what if the warship had a malfunction? Wouldn't it constantly face the risk of being enveloped and swallowed by the Forbidden Zone?

Priest Su An only answered part of the question at that time, and the key point was not mentioned.

He only said that with Lin Feng's current strength and status, there was no need to understand these hidden secrets. When he advanced to the late first-order or became a member of the oasis's upper-class, he would naturally know the reason for doing so.

Now it seemed that it was likely closely related to this mysterious Moon Night Ceremony held on the Holy Spring Day.

The so-called ceremony, the intentionally created night environment, the moon formed by the spotlighting convex mirror, and the gathering of black-robed upper-class citizens in the night…

was the key to unlocking why the oasis warship stayed in front of the Fiery Sun Forbidden Zone!

The more Lin Feng thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, because these elements had a lot of similarities with certain secret underground churches.

But the Holy Spring Church was ostensibly an orthodox church, and he hadn't heard any negative news about it. It was also quite kind to the wastelanders, bestowing fresh water every half month.

Although not much, it could ensure that they didn't die of thirst.

Following Shen Yue, they entered an empty self-study room.

Lin Feng took off his hood and couldn't help but ask in a low voice:

"The content of this Moon Night Ceremony…"

"It wouldn't be some kind of sacrifice, would it?"